A seasonable address to both Houses of Parliament concerning the succession, the fears of popery, and arbitrary government by a true Protestant, and hearty lover of his country.
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             A seasonable address to both Houses of Parliament concerning the succession, the fears of popery, and arbitrary government by a true Protestant, and hearty lover of his country.
             Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695.
          
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             1681.
          
           
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           Seasonable
           Address
           To
           both
           Houses
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           CONCERNING
           THE
           SUCCESSION
           ;
           The
           Fears
           of
           POPERY
           ,
           AND
           ARBITRARY
           Government
           .
        
         
           By
           a
           true
           PROTESTANT
           ,
           And
           a
           Hearty
           Lover
           of
           his
           COUNTRY
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           MDCLXXXI
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Seasonable
           ADDRESS
           TO
           Both
           Houses
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           ,
           Concerning
           the
           Succession
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           IT
           was
           the
           Aegyptians
           practice
           ,
           before
           Physick
           was
           reduc'd
           into
           Art
           o●
           Profession
           ,
           to
           carry
           forth
           into
           the
           Roads
           and
           Highways
           ,
           the
           Diseas'd
           ,
           and
           enquire
           of
           all
           passengers
           concerning
           the
           Causes
           and
           Remedies
           of
           their
           Distempers
           ;
           out
           of
           whose
           prescriptions
           their
           Friends
           selected
           ,
           and
           applyed
           what
           they
           judg'd
           most
           proper
           .
        
         
           What
           was
           then
           done
           for
           the
           Natural
           ,
           is
           now
           as
           necessary
           for
           the
           Body
           Politick
           of
           this
           Country
           ,
           sick
           ,
           almost
           unto
           death
           ,
           of
           Fears
           and
           Iealousies
           ,
           the
           Plots
           and
           Devices
           of
           the
           wicked
           and
           ambitious
           ;
           expos'd
           to
           all
           Travellers
           ,
           among
           whom
           good
           Nature
           and
           Self-preservation
           have
           at
           length
           ,
           after
           two
           years
           silent
           compassion
           ,
           prevail'd
           upon
           me
           to
           give
           my
           opinion
           of
           the
           Causes
           and
           Cures
           of
           our
           Evils
           ;
           which
           I
           will
           offer
           without
           fear
           or
           favor
           of
           Party
           or
           Faction
           ,
           of
           Court
           or
           City
           ;
           enquiring
           how
           far
           our
           apprehensions
           of
           Popery
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Government
          
           ,
           that
           have
           so
           long
           discompos'd
           us
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           made
           us
           contemptible
           abroad
           ;
           are
           just
           and
           reasonable
           .
        
         
           Though
           I
           confess
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           
             There
             never
             wa●
             Smoak
             without
             some
             Fire
             ,
          
           yet
           at
           first
           sight
           it
           seems
           hard
           to
           believe
           that
           sober
           m●n
           shou'd
           ever
           attempt
           innovations
           ,
           seldom
           or
           never
           advantageous
           ,
           always
           hurtful
           ,
           because
           necessarily
           attended
           with
           the
           sad
           effects
           of
           
             Civil
             War
          
           ;
           a
           calamity
           that
           has
           so
           lately
           prov'd
           fatal
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           in
           general
           ,
           to
           the
           Prin●e
           and
           to
           the
           Subject
           .
           Whence
           it
           may
           be
           reasonably
           presum'd
           ,
           when
           our
           Passion
           is
           over
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           fully
           consider'd
           the
           rise
           ,
           progress
           and
           event
           of
           
             the
             Last
             Rebellion
          
           ▪
           we
           shall
           grow
           calm
           and
           wise
           ,
           permit
           the
           King
           to
           enjoy
           his
           own
           Preroga●ives
           ▪
           and
           content
           our selves
           with
           our
           just
           Right
           and
           Priviledges
           .
           'T
           will
           be
           ●●me
           ●nough
           
           (
           when
           these
           are
           invaded
           ,
           if
           Religion
           even
           then
           will
           allow
           it
           ,
           )
           to
           oppose
           ,
           or
           stand
           upon
           our
           defence
           ;
           to
           offer
           at
           it
           sooner
           is
           madness
           and
           folly
           ,
           Rebellion
           and
           Impiety
           ▪
        
         
           For
           the
           better
           coming
           to
           our
           point
           ,
           't
           is
           necessary
           we
           take
           a
           review
           of
           the
           times
           preceeding
           
             Forty
             One
          
           ,
           when
           from
           the
           end
           of
           King
           
           Iames's
           Reign
           ,
           the
           people
           were
           ,
           as
           now
           ,
           full
           of
           murmurings
           ,
           repinings
           and
           distrusts
           against
           the
           Government
           .
           At
           last
           the
           smother'd
           Embers
           burst
           forth
           into
           a
           Flame
           ;
           and
           after
           ten
           years
           Violence
           ,
           War
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           and
           near
           as
           many
           more
           of
           Usurpation
           and
           Tyranny
           ,
           the
           Common-wealth
           was
           so
           far
           from
           being
           better'd
           ,
           by
           any
           of
           the
           many
           changes
           and
           expedients
           ,
           that
           the
           recalling
           our
           King
           from
           his
           unjust
           Exile
           was
           found
           ,
           and
           unanimously
           agreed
           ,
           the
           only
           way
           to
           prevent
           its
           utter
           Ruin.
           Our
           Gracious
           Sovereign
           ,
           merciful
           beyond
           example
           ,
           pardons
           his
           Rebellious
           Subjects
           ,
           the
           Murderers
           of
           his
           Royal
           Father
           ,
           and
           the
           Usurpers
           of
           his
           own
           Crown
           and
           Dignity
           ;
           loads
           ,
           even
           among
           them
           ,
           with
           Offices
           and
           Honor
           ,
           such
           as
           seem'd
           penitent
           ,
           and
           were
           capable
           .
           He
           then
           proceeds
           ,
           first
           to
           the
           resettlement
           of
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           like
           vertue
           seated
           in
           the
           middle
           ,
           and
           equally
           endanger'd
           by
           the
           two
           extremes
           of
           Popery
           and
           Presbytery
           ;
           and
           after
           ,
           to
           that
           of
           the
           State
           in
           peace
           and
           quiet
           ,
           which
           we
           enjoy'd
           to
           the
           envy
           of
           our
           Neighbors
           .
           This
           happiness
           occasion'd
           a
           War
           with
           
             Holland
             ,
             France
          
           ,
           and
           Denmark
           ,
           to
           their
           great
           Lo●s
           ,
           and
           the
           Renown
           of
           England
           ,
           ending
           in
           a
           League
           of
           friendship
           and
           amity
           ,
           for
           the
           general
           good
           of
           Europe
           .
           Not
           long
           after
           the
           King
           was
           advis'd
           to
           grant
           a
           toleration
           for
           the
           ease
           of
           tender
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           the
           advancement
           of
           Traffique
           and
           Manufacture
           .
           This
           was
           press'd
           with
           arguments
           ,
           that
           the
           want
           of
           it
           occasion'd
           Venners
           Insurrection
           ;
           the
           Plot
           in
           1662.
           for
           which
           several
           suffer'd
           at
           Tyburn
           ;
           that
           in
           1663
           ▪
           begun
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           carried
           on
           in
           England
           ,
           for
           which
           in
           1●64
           divers
           were
           executed
           ▪
           in
           York-shire
           ,
           as
           were
           others
           after
           in
           
             London
             ,
             April
          
           1666
           ,
           who
           confess'd
           at
           Tyburn
           a
           Design
           of
           subverting
           the
           Government
           ,
           seizing
           the
           Tower
           ,
           and
           Firing
           of
           London
           the
           September
           following
           ;
           and
           withal
           ,
           declaring
           there
           were
           those
           behind
           of
           their
           Party
           ,
           that
           wou'd
           still
           effect
           that
           design
           ,
           which
           as
           to
           that
           part
           was
           too
           evident
           ▪
           This
           is
           notorious
           from
           the
           historical
           account
           pu●lish●d
           in
           80.
           and
           confirm'd
           by
           the
           Gaz●t
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           cannot
           but
           wonder
           at
           the
           Commons
           Vote
           of
           last
           Ianuary
           the
           10
           th
           .
           That
           it
           is
           the
           opinion
           of
           this
           House
           ,
           that
           the
           City
           of
           London
           was
           burnt
           in
           the
           year
           1666.
           by
           the
           Papists
           ,
           designing
           thereby
           to
           introduce
           arbitrary
           power
           and
           Popery
           into
           this
           Kingdom
           ▪
           It
           wou'd
           be
           a
           great
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           world
           to
           publish
           the
           grounds
           of
           this
           opinion
           ,
           because
           that
           otherwise
           considering
           they
           did
           not
           pursue
           it
           ,
           nor
           any
           reason
           assign'd
           what
           shou'd
           have
           hindred
           ,
           it
           will
           hardly
           gain
           more
           credit
           ▪
           than
           the
           Philosophers
           paradox
           ,
           that
           Snow
           was
           black
           .
           I
           have
           read
           of
           some
           ,
           who
           never
           wanted
           opinions
           ,
           cou'd
           they
           but
           find
           arguments
           to
           make
           them
           p●obable
           ,
           fo●
           which
           their
           being
           at
           a
           loss
           made
           them
           ridiculous
           with
           the
           sober
           ●art
           of
           Mankind
           .
        
         
         
           The
           King
           consents
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           declares
           a
           War
           against
           Holland
           ,
           whose
           insolence
           and
           injustice
           in
           point
           of
           Trade
           and
           Honour
           was
           become
           insupportable
           ▪
           Soon
           after
           the
           Parliament
           conven'd
           ,
           and
           apprehending
           the
           Indulgence
           might
           in
           time
           prove
           destructive
           to
           the
           establish'd
           Religion
           ,
           pray'd
           it
           might
           be
           revok'd
           ;
           the
           King
           contrary
           to
           the
           then
           Minsters
           advice
           ,
           an●wer'd
           their
           desires
           .
           Hereupon
           they
           grow
           peevish
           ,
           and
           thence
           forward
           vow
           and
           study
           all
           the
           methods
           of
           Revenge
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           tho'
           with
           the
           hazard
           of
           the
           publick
           .
           Ever
           since
           we
           have
           been
           continually
           alarm'd
           with
           Libels
           against
           the
           Government
           ;
           at
           last
           a
           discovery
           is
           made
           of
           a
           Popish
           contrivance
           ,
           sifted
           as
           far
           as
           possible
           by
           the
           King
           in
           Council
           ,
           and
           after
           earnestly
           recommended
           to
           the
           Parliaments
           further
           consideration
           .
           This
           is
           pursued
           ,
           but
           some
           men
           laying
           hold
           on
           this
           ,
           design
           to
           d●ive
           it
           on
           to
           further
           purposes
           ,
           and
           under
           pretence
           of
           defending
           the
           Kings
           Person
           and
           expelling
           Popery
           ,
           set
           up
           Presbytery
           ,
           and
           pull
           down
           the
           Monarchy
           .
           But
           there
           being
           too
           strict
           a
           bond
           of
           mutual
           love
           and
           loyalty
           between
           the
           King
           and
           that
           Parliament
           ,
           means
           are
           now
           us'd
           ,
           upon
           a
           great
           Ministers
           being
           impeach'd
           ,
           to
           have
           it
           dissolv'd
           :
           An
           Act
           that
           answer'd
           not
           his
           expectations
           .
           A
           new
           one
           is
           call'd
           ,
           and
           exceeding
           the
           bounds
           of
           prudence
           and
           moderation
           quickly
           sent
           home
           .
           A
           third
           is
           summon'd
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           having
           to
           this
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           over
           and
           over
           press'd
           the
           impartial
           examination
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           the
           tryal
           of
           the
           Lords
           ▪
           and
           the
           care
           of
           the
           establish'd
           Religion
           ,
           wherein
           by
           all
           iust
           and
           lawful
           ways
           he
           often
           declar'd
           he
           wou'd
           not
           follow
           ,
           but
           heartily
           go
           along
           with
           them
           ▪
           But
           alas
           !
           they
           intended
           no
           such
           thing
           .
           The
           Plot
           must
           be
           kept
           on
           foot
           ,
           ●lse
           they
           wou'd
           be
           defeated
           .
           The
           King
           perceiving
           they
           still
           neglected
           the
           good
           of
           the
           publick
           ,
           breaks
           them
           ,
           and
           summons
           a
           fourth
           at
           Oxford
           ▪
           where
           I
           wish
           they
           may
           be
           inspir'd
           ,
           with
           softness
           and
           prudence
           ▪
           answerable
           to
           the
           designs
           of
           the
           Place
           ,
           and
           the
           needs
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ▪
        
         
           A●ter
           this
           short
           account
           ,
           is
           it
           possible
           to
           believe
           these
           ,
           who
           insinuate
           the
           King
           himself
           is
           in
           the
           Plot
           ,
           is
           a
           Papist
           ,
           and
           intends
           arbitrary
           G●vernment
           ▪
           Oh!
           ridiculous
           ,
           nonsensical
           fancy
           ,
           If
           ●he
           Plot
           be
           against
           his
           Person
           and
           Government
           ,
           and
           contriv'd
           by
           Rapists
           ,
           and
           among
           them
           (
           as
           ●edlow
           has
           sworn
           )
           none
           in
           England
           but
           have
           receiv'd
           the
           Sacrament
           upon
           't
           ,
           and
           he
           be
           of
           the
           number
           ,
           he
           must
           joyn
           with
           others
           to
           cut
           his
           own
           throat
           ,
           stab
           ,
           shoot
           ▪
           or
           poyson
           himself
           .
           But
           her
           's
           fome
           mystery
           in
           this
           pretty
           invention
           ;
           
             Charles
             S●uart
          
           conspires
           against
           the
           King
           ;
           this
           imitating
           the
           Long
           Parliament
           in
           his
           Fathers
           time
           ,
           who
           fought
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           for
           his
           politick
           capacity
           ,
           against
           himself
           ,
           his
           Natu●al
           ,
           his
           Person
           .
           But
           if
           he
           were
           a
           Papist
           ,
           wou'd
           he
           have
           pass'd
           into
           Laws
           every
           Bill
           tender'd
           him
           by
           both
           Houses
           ,
           as
           well
           before
           ▪
           as
           since
           this
           Plot
           ,
           in
           their
           disfavour
           ?
           and
           yet
           we
           know
           one
           of
           the
           godly
           Party
           was
           lately
           fin'd
           500
           l
           ▪
           for
           saying
           ,
           The
           Duke
           of
           York
           was
           a
           Papist
           and
           the
           King
           little
           better
           ;
           a
           saying
           no
           longer
           minc'd
           nor
           whisper'd
           ,
           but
           now
           
           loudly
           and
           plainly
           spoken
           every
           day
           .
           Cou'd
           he
           have
           been
           wrought
           to
           a
           change
           of
           Religion
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           his
           banishment
           ,
           he
           had
           not
           withstood
           ,
           the
           offers
           of
           foreign
           Princes
           and
           the
           solicitations
           of
           a
           fond
           Mother
           ,
           to
           reinstate
           him
           in
           his
           own
           Dominions
           with
           absolute
           arbi●rary
           power
           ▪
           But
           he
           was
           too
           much
           a
           Christian
           ,
           and
           too
           good
           a
           King
           ,
           not
           to
           prefer
           continuance
           in
           exile
           ,
           to
           the
           designs
           of
           enslaving
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           either
           in
           their
           souls
           or
           in
           their
           bodies
           .
           Must
           he
           now
           ,
           in
           an
           Age
           desirous
           of
           rest
           and
           quiet
           ,
           be
           up●raided
           with
           such
           purposes
           ,
           that
           had
           resolv'd
           against
           them
           in
           the
           heat
           of
           his
           youth
           ,
           the
           great
           spur
           of
           ambition
           ?
           Now
           when
           to
           compass
           this
           wicked
           and
           ridiculous
           project
           is
           as
           impossible
           ,
           as
           before
           it
           was
           the
           contrary
           ;
           when
           after
           his
           restoration
           besides
           foreign
           assistance
           ,
           offer'd
           at
           any
           rate
           ,
           and
           to
           any
           purpose
           ,
           he
           had
           an
           obsequious
           General
           ,
           a
           victorious
           Fleet
           and
           Army
           ,
           and
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           whose
           zeal
           and
           devotion
           seem'd
           in
           nothing
           to
           be
           bounded
           but
           by
           the
           limits
           of
           his
           own
           pleasure
           ;
           when
           to
           the
           immense
           treasure
           he
           was
           possest
           of
           ,
           bestow'd
           among
           his
           people
           with
           equal
           bounty●s
           it
           was
           given
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           added
           vastly
           by
           the
           confiscations
           of
           more
           than
           half
           the
           Estates
           and
           Wealth
           of
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           .
           But
           instead
           of
           this
           ,
           he
           often
           press'd
           his
           Parliament
           to
           expedite
           the
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           ,
           disbanded
           his
           Army
           ,
           and
           enlarg'd
           the
           Fleet
           ,
           by
           making
           one
           Squadron
           of
           more
           value
           than
           all
           three
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Queen
           Eliz.
           disabl'd
           ,
           in
           all
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           without
           exception
           ,
           all
           Papists
           ,
           from
           bearing
           any
           Office
           Civil
           or
           Mititary
           .
           Has
           he
           not
           pass'd
           the
           Bill
           ,
           excl●ding
           for
           ever
           all
           Popish
           Lords
           out
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           ●o
           which
           his
           Father
           cou'd
           never
           be
           perswaded
           ?
           Has
           he
           not
           like
           wise
           curtayl●d
           the
           Royal
           power
           by
           two
           other
           Acts
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           
             Habeas
             Corpus
          
           ,
           and
           against
           Quartering
           of
           Souldiers
           ?
           Three
           Statutes
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           might
           have
           had
           as
           many
           Millions
           ,
           had
           he
           insisted
           on
           a
           bargain
           ,
           or
           known
           how
           to
           distinguish
           between
           his
           own
           private
           Interest
           and
           that
           of
           the
           subject
           ,
           or
           the
           truckling
           way
           of
           Bartering
           ,
           when
           the
           g●od
           of
           his
           people
           was
           concern'd
           .
           Why
           did
           he
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           refuse
           the
           elder
           Daughter
           of
           the
           Crown
           to
           the
           Dauphin
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           marry
           her
           to
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ?
           And
           this
           without
           putting
           his
           Par●iament
           to
           the
           charge
           of
           a
           ●ortion
           ,
           or
           a
           much
           greater
           Sum
           ,
           which
           they
           wou'd
           have
           gladly
           given
           ,
           had
           he
           made
           the
           proposition
           ▪
           And
           no
           other
           cou'd
           be
           the
           motives
           of
           recalling
           his
           Troops
           from
           France
           ,
           raising
           an
           Army
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           Netherlands
           ,
           at
           the
           expence
           of
           above
           200000
           l.
           more
           than
           was
           given
           ,
           and
           his
           prohibiting
           Trade
           with
           that
           Crown
           .
           These
           things
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           the
           progress
           of
           that
           victorious
           King's
           Arms
           ,
           occasion●d
           his
           quitting
           M●ssina
           ,
           and
           clapping
           up
           a
           general
           peace
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           just
           at
           the
           point
           of
           his
           propos'd
           Conquest
           .
           If
           our
           Prince
           intended
           an
           arbitrary
           Government
           ,
           why
           besides
           his
           former
           neglecting
           the
           opportunity
           ,
           wou'd
           he
           disable
           himself
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           by
           parting
           with
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           instruments
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           the
           Court
           of
           wards
           and
           Liveries
           ,
           Tenures
           
             in
             Capite
          
           
           and
           Knight-Service
           ,
           purvevance
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           what
           did
           he
           receive
           for
           this
           excess
           of
           bounty
           ,
           for
           the
           chiefest
           and
           most
           useful
           flower
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           but
           a
           trifle
           ,
           a
           feather
           ,
           half
           the
           Excise
           ,
           not
           above
           a
           fourth
           of
           the
           others
           yearly
           value
           .
           And
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           Knaves
           invent
           ,
           and
           Fools
           believe
           he
           is
           now
           ●etting
           up
           for
           Tyranny
           and
           Popery
           ,
           when
           his
           years
           are
           past
           the
           heat
           of
           ambition
           ,
           his
           Coffers
           empty
           ,
           France
           disoblig'd
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           people
           alarm'd
           ,
           and
           bent
           against
           it
           with
           all
           imaginable
           resolutions
           of
           oppsition
           .
           Can
           any
           man
           imagine
           that
           a
           person
           ,
           who
           disarms
           himself
           ,
           intends
           to
           fight
           ?
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           What
           one
           Illegal
           Arbitrary
           Act
           has
           he
           done
           in
           his
           twenty
           years
           Reign
           ?
           Whom
           has
           he
           defrauded
           of
           an
           Ox
           or
           an
           Ass
           ,
           of
           life
           or
           possession
           ?
           Where
           has
           he
           in
           any
           one
           instance
           invaded
           
             magna
             charta
          
           ,
           our
           Rights
           ,
           Properties
           or
           Liberties
           ?
           What
           Bill
           tender'd
           by
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           the
           security
           of
           our
           Lives
           or
           Fortunes
           ,
           has
           he
           rejected
           ?
           He
           pass'd
           all
           without
           exception
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Bill
           for
           intrusting
           the
           Parliament
           with
           the
           Militia
           for
           a
           limited
           time
           ,
           reason
           then
           ,
           and
           experience
           since
           ,
           has
           prov'd
           it
           was
           a
           needless
           encroachment
           on
           the
           Royal
           Prerogative
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           prospect
           of
           publick
           good
           ;
           and
           to
           have
           parted
           with
           tha●
           power
           but
           for
           a
           moment
           ,
           was
           for
           so
           long
           to
           unking
           and
           divest
           himself
           of
           a
           power
           he
           cou'd
           not
           be
           certain
           wou'd
           be
           ever
           restor'd
           .
           As
           he
           has
           freely
           pass'd
           all
           Laws
           ,
           has
           he
           not
           as
           chearfully
           offer'd
           to
           enact
           any
           thing
           that
           was
           agreable
           to
           Justice
           and
           Reason
           for
           our
           further
           security
           in
           Religion
           ,
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           ?
        
         
           From
           these
           considerations
           ,
           nothing
           will
           appear
           more
           vain
           and
           idle
           than
           our
           Fear●
           and
           Iealousies
           ,
           our
           Factious
           and
           Seditious
           reflections
           on
           the
           Government
           ▪
           I
           will
           not
           say
           without
           great
           caution
           ,
           but
           we
           may
           run
           into
           those
           very
           things
           we
           so
           much
           dread
           ,
           and
           wou'd
           avoid
           ,
           Popery
           and
           
             French
             Government
          
           ,
           or
           (
           which
           is
           equally
           destructive
           of
           our
           Birth-rights
           and
           Happiness
           )
           Presbytery
           and
           a
           Commonwealth
           .
           This
           will
           be
           no
           groundless
           surmise
           ▪
           if
           we
           look
           back
           ,
           and
           observe
           that
           the
           Leav'n
           against
           the
           establish'd
           Constitution
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           has
           sowr'd
           almost
           the
           whole
           lump
           ,
           the
           poyson
           of
           Presbytery
           ,
           formerly
           known
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Puritanism
           ,
           hatch'd
           at
           Fran●ford
           and
           Geneva
           ,
           grown
           to
           a
           head
           in
           Scotland
           with
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           has
           infected
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           common
           Traders
           and
           Dwellers
           in
           Cities
           and
           Corporations
           ,
           and
           the
           unthinking
           and
           illiterate
           part
           of
           the
           Gentry
           ,
           with
           hatred
           against
           Monarchy
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           This
           was
           certainly
           the
           invention
           of
           Rome
           to
           overthrow
           us
           ,
           by
           thus
           sowing
           Divisio●s
           ▪
           they
           well
           foresaw
           our
           Kingdom
           and
           Church
           in
           it self
           divided
           cou'd
           not
           long
           stand
           ▪
           All
           the
           Antimonarchical
           Principles
           are
           the
           same
           in
           both
           ,
           the
           one
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           deny
           Supremacy
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Iesui●
           will
           have
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Presbyter
             Iesus
          
           his
           Head.
           King-killing
           and
           Depo●ing
           .
           D●●trine
           is
           disown'd
           by
           all
           honest
           Papists
           ,
           as
           the
           Author
           even
           of
           
             Pl●t●
             Redi●i●●●
          
           doe●
           confess
           ,
           tho'
           two
           or
           three
           Iesuits
           have
           privately
           assented
           
           the
           Opinion
           as
           problematical
           ,
           for
           which
           themselves
           and
           writings
           were
           censur'd
           and
           condemn'd
           ,
           as
           false
           and
           damnable
           ;
           But
           't
           is
           justified
           ,
           both
           by
           Books
           and
           Practice
           of
           the
           whole
           Presbyterian
           party
           ;
           't
           is
           so
           plain
           and
           fresh
           in
           our
           memories
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           instance
           in
           ●he
           Authors
           .
           St.
           
           Peter's
           Chair
           is
           not
           more
           Infallible
           than
           that
           of
           an
           Assembly
           of
           Presbyters
           in
           a
           National
           Cla●sis
           or
           Synod
           .
           Men
           of
           these
           Antichristian
           Principles
           stirr'd
           up
           the
           
             Late
             Rebellion
          
           ,
           and
           being
           active
           and
           diligent
           ,
           drew
           in
           many
           unwary
           honest
           men
           beyond
           the
           power
           of
           retreating
           .
           Did
           not
           the
           Faction
           here
           tamper
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           where
           the
           promoters
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           
             that
             Godly
             Instrument
          
           ,
           apply'd
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           France
           for
           protection
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Letter
           found
           with
           the
           Lord
           Lowdin
           ,
           therefore
           sent
           to
           the
           Tower
           ?
        
         
           But
           what
           was
           the
           issue
           of
           th●s
           Contrivance
           ,
           but
           Confusion
           and
           Misery
           through
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           the
           Presbyterian
           party
           overpowr'd
           by
           the
           Ind●pend●nts
           ,
           and
           these
           again
           by
           the
           Army
           ;
           a
           Commonwealth
           set
           up
           ,
           and
           soon
           after
           turn'd
           into
           a
           perfect
           Tyranny
           under
           
             Oliver
             Cromwel
          
           ;
           after
           more
           money
           had
           been
           illegally
           squeez'd
           from
           the
           Subjects
           by
           Ordinances
           and
           Loans
           ,
           Sequestrations
           and
           Decimations
           ,
           Excise
           and
           other
           Impositions
           ,
           than
           was
           ever
           known
           before
           or
           since
           ?
           The
           people
           weary
           ,
           call
           home
           their
           Prince
           ,
           who
           by
           an
           excess
           of
           mercy
           and
           clemency
           ,
           sparing
           to
           root
           up
           men
           of
           these
           Principles
           ,
           gave
           way
           to
           their
           infecting
           others
           with
           the
           same
           humour
           of
           discontent
           .
           'T
           is
           to
           be
           observ'd
           ,
           that
           the
           year
           1535.
           is
           remarkable
           for
           the
           
             Geneva
             Reformation
          
           ,
           and
           the
           spawning
           of
           the
           Iesuits
           Order
           ,
           and
           that
           our
           unlucky
           home-bred
           Divisions
           we●e
           fomented
           ,
           if
           not
           first
           set
           on
           foot
           ,
           under
           hand
           ,
           by
           directions
           from
           the
           Court
           of
           France
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           from
           Rome
           ,
           the
           Interest
           of
           t●at
           State
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           depending
           on
           our
           Distraction
           ;
           to
           which
           end
           Richlieu
           ,
           that
           great
           Minister
           ,
           imploy'd
           many
           Pensioners
           into
           Sco●land
           ,
           as
           did
           after
           his
           Successor
           Mazarine
           in
           England
           .
           And
           therefore
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           inconsiderate
           than
           to
           think
           we
           are
           not
           now
           acting
           and
           promoting
           French-Des●g●s
           ;
           't
           is
           their
           business
           to
           divide
           us
           ,
           and
           yet
           so
           to
           manage
           the
           Ballance
           ,
           that
           they
           let
           neither
           the
           King
           nor
           Parliament
           have
           the
           ●etter
           ,
           or
           ever
           come
           to
           a
           right
           understanding
           :
           They
           can
           no
           otherwise
           obta●n
           the
           Western
           Empi●e
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           directly
           against
           their
           Interest
           ever
           to
           suffer
           England
           to
           be
           either
           a
           perfect
           Monarchy
           ,
           or
           an
           absolute
           Commonwealth
           .
           Those
           that
           roar
           most
           against
           French
           Councils
           and
           Measures
           ,
           u●der-hand-bargains
           and
           agreements
           between
           both
           the
           Kings
           ,
           know
           they
           bely
           their
           own
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           French
           have
           us
           in
           the
           last
           degree
           of
           con●emp●
           ▪
           Th●s
           the
           ●●●●of
           D●●printed
           in
           his
           own
           vindication
           ,
           pe●haps
           no●
           ignorant
           that
           some
           of
           their
           Ministers
           did
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1677
           ▪
           and
           78.
           before
           the
           breaking
           for●h
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           de●●are
           ▪
           
             That
             Monsieur
          
           L.
           
             ●ad
             greater
             Int●rest
             and
             more
             friends
             in
          
           England
           
             than
             the
             D.
             of
          
           Y.
           
             That
             the
             K.
             had
             need
             be
             on
             〈◊〉
             G●ard
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             in
             a
             great
             danger
             of
             running
             the
             same
             risque
             with
             his
             Father
          
           ;
           
           when
           it
           was
           likewise
           enquir'd
           ,
           
             What
             Interest
             among
             the
             people
             two
             great
             Peers
             had
             ,
             who
             have
             since
             the
             Plot
             been
             the
             great
             Pillars
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             tho'
             neither
             was
             ever
             reputed
             to
             have
             any
             ,
             were
             Ministers
             and
             Advisers
             in
          
           1670.
           and
           71.
           
             very
             good
             friends
             to
          
           France
           
             and
             Popery
             ,
             Enemies
             to
             the
             Triple
             Alliance
             ,
             and
             to
          
           Holland
           ,
           &c.
           
           It
           was
           also
           said
           ,
           That
           300000
           
             l.
             a
             year
             bestow'd
             in
          
           Scotland
           and
           England
           ,
           
             among
             the
             Factious
             and
             Discontented
             ,
             wou'd
             better
             serv●
             the
             Interest
             of
          
           France
           ,
           
             than
             any
             Bargain
             they
             cou'd
             drive
             with
             the
             Ministers
             .
          
           'T
           is
           too
           well
           known
           that
           the
           greatest
           of
           these
           two
           Noblemen
           made
           a
           secret
           journey
           into
           France
           ,
           some
           weeks
           before
           the
           Plot
           ,
           after
           some
           private
           Transactions
           here
           with
           others
           ,
           among
           whom
           were
           Sir
           
             E.
             L.
          
           fam'd
           for
           Religion
           ,
           for
           Morality
           ,
           Major
           W.
           and
           
             H.
             N.
          
           as
           notorious
           for
           the
           same
           perfections
           and
           their
           love
           of
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           hatred
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           nor
           did
           
             A.
             S.
          
           want
           his
           share
           in
           the
           Consultation
           ,
           a
           stout
           assertor
           of
           Prerogative
           ,
           witness'd
           by
           his
           and
           others
           living
           out
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           ever
           since
           the
           Kings
           Restau●ation
           ,
           untill
           they
           saw
           some
           likelyhood
           of
           a
           change
           ,
           the
           one
           returning
           about
           the
           time
           the
           D.
           of
           B.
           and
           the
           other
           Lords
           were
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           a
           few
           months
           before
           the
           breaking
           forth
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Conspiracy
          
           ;
           which
           no
           sooner
           came
           before
           the
           Parliament
           than
           some
           of
           the
           great
           Lords
           of
           the
           Committee
           for
           the
           Examination
           of
           the
           Plot
           kept
           their
           Consultations
           ,
           and
           manag'd
           much
           of
           that
           Affair
           at
           Wallin●ford-House
           ,
           Major
           W.
           their
           Secretary
           ,
           where
           they
           concluded
           to
           take
           hold
           of
           this
           opportunity
           for
           the
           carrying
           on
           some
           long-hatch'd
           Designs
           of
           their
           own
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           to
           be
           forgotten
           that
           in
           Iune
           before
           ,
           a
           Letter
           was
           writ
           by
           an
           eminent
           person
           of
           the
           Faction
           ,
           and
           can
           be
           now
           produced
           ,
           
             That
             v●ry
             shor●ly
             som●what
             wou'd
             be
             discover'd
             ,
             that
             wou'd
             prevent
             our
             much
             l●nger
             walking
             in
             the
             dark
             ;
             and
             that
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             Lords
             sent
             to
             an
             Astrologer
             t●
             know
             wh●th●r
             he
             was
             not
             in
             a
             short
             while
             to
             be
             in
             the
             head
             of
          
           60000
           men
           .
           The
           method●
           agreed
           upon
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           pursu'd
           here
           ,
           were
           to
           make
           a
           Court
           and
           Country-party
           ,
           to
           sow
           and
           disperse
           Iealousies
           between
           both
           ,
           and
           widen
           the
           gap
           with
           all
           possible
           Devices
           ;
           which
           resolutions
           some
           here
           were
           the
           ●ooner
           induc'd
           to
           embrace
           ,
           upon
           this
           consideration
           ,
           
             That
             they
             shou'd
             not
             l●ve
             to
             see
             the
             issue
             ,
             and
             were
             unconcern'd
             for
             what
             shou'd
             come
             after
             .
          
           But
           yet
           I
           am
           too
           charitable
           to
           think
           ,
           if
           we
           have
           any
           French
           Agents
           at
           home
           ,
           they
           are
           impos'd
           upon
           by
           their
           own
           unwariness
           ,
           and
           the
           others
           cunning
           ,
           to
           act
           rather
           against
           ,
           than
           with
           ,
           their
           knowledge
           ,
           a
           part
           so
           much
           contrary
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           Duty
           of
           a
           Christian.
           But
           however
           it
           be
           ,
           I
           am
           morally
           assur'd
           we
           are
           doing
           their
           work
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           are
           not
           Knaves
           and
           Pensioners
           ,
           we
           are
           Blockheads
           or
           Fools
           ,
           that
           are
           blind
           and
           besotted
           like
           men
           prepar'd
           for
           Destruction
           .
           Quos
           Jupiter
           
             perdere
             vult
             ,
             hos
             dementat
          
           .
           If
           any
           one
           talks
           thus
           ,
           he
           is
           presently
           call'd
           
             a
             Papist
             and
             a
             Tory
          
           ;
           every
           true
           Son
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           En●land
           ,
           and
           Loyal
           Subject
           ,
           is
           branded
           with
           Nick
           names
           and
           run
           down
           by
           Noise
           and
           Faction
           ;
           and
           he
           
           that
           opposes
           Popery
           ,
           if
           he
           defends
           not
           Presbytery
           ,
           is
           but
           
             a
             Protestant
             in
             Masquerade
          
           ;
           if
           he
           commends
           Mon●rchy
           and
           our
           Legal
           Constitutions
           ,
           to
           the
           discredit
           of
           a
           Commonw●alth
           ,
           he
           is
           
             a
             Rascal
             ,
             a
             Villain
             ,
             and
             a
             dangerous
             Person
             ,
          
           not
           considering
           that
           we
           are
           made
           Tools
           and
           Instruments
           for
           French
           purposes
           ,
           betray'd
           by
           their
           Cunning
           and
           Address
           ,
           to
           forward
           and
           act
           with
           our
           own
           hands
           ,
           our
           Slavery
           and
           Ruine
           .
           Shall
           we
           be
           still
           blind
           and
           deaf
           to
           reason
           and
           demonstration
           ?
           Can
           we
           not
           reflect
           upon
           the
           French
           double-dealing
           in
           o●r
           late
           Civil
           Distractions
           ,
           and
           remember
           what
           the
           Lord
           Keeper
           Puckering
           tells
           the
           Parliament
           in
           Q.
           
           Elizabeth's
           days
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Puritans
             ,
             even
             at
             the
             time
             of
             the
          
           Spanish
           
             preparations
             for
             Invasion
             ,
             were
             urging
             and
             pressing
             intestine
             C●mmotions
          
           ▪
           where
           he
           largely
           sets
           forth
           their
           being
           as
           dangerous
           to
           the
           Crown
           and
           Mitre
           as
           the
           others
           ,
           and
           therefore
           that
           both
           were
           to
           be
           equally
           suppress'd
           ,
           Papists
           and
           Puritans
           .
           I
           cannot
           find
           that
           either
           have
           since
           alter'd
           their
           Principles
           ,
           and
           consequently
           cannot
           but
           wonder
           why
           the
           Papists
           shou'd
           be
           persecuted
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           countenanc'd
           ,
           even
           against
           Law
           and
           former
           Statutes
           .
           'T
           is
           surely
           very
           imprudent
           to
           expect
           your
           House
           will
           be
           warm
           by
           shutting
           a
           Window
           ,
           and
           se●ting
           open
           the
           Doors
           .
           And
           therefore
           because
           in
           this
           I
           can
           freely
           agree
           with
           
             Plato
             Redivivus
          
           ,
           that
           the
           fear
           of
           Popery
           is
           not
           the
           cause
           of
           our
           present
           disturbances
           ;
           I
           shall
           without
           regard
           to
           Religion
           ,
           consider
           the
           Papists
           and
           Presbyterians
           as
           two
           Factions
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           like
           the
           Arm●nians
           and
           Lov●stein
           party
           in
           Holland
           ;
           and
           as
           such
           pronounce
           that
           both
           are
           to
           be
           suppress'd
           ,
           or
           neither
           ,
           because
           by
           emptying
           only
           one
           of
           the
           S●ales
           ,
           the
           Ballance
           is
           broken
           ,
           and
           the
           Court
           or
           Monarchical
           party
           is
           first
           weaken'd
           and
           destroy'd
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           whole
           form
           of
           Government
           alter'd
           into
           that
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           fully
           convinc'd
           ,
           if
           that
           had
           not
           been
           that
           Authors
           Designs
           ,
           as
           to
           an
           ordinary
           Reader
           is
           past
           doubt
           ,
           he
           wou'd
           have
           set
           down
           this
           as
           one
           of
           the
           Remedies
           of
           our
           present
           Evils
           .
           But
           the
           contrary
           was
           his
           purpose
           ,
           and
           in
           order
           to
           it
           he
           c●nningly
           ,
           to
           preserve
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           wou'd
           set
           up
           a
           plain
           Democracy
           ,
           and
           for
           an
           English
           King
           ,
           ob●●ude
           upon
           us
           a
           Do●g
           of
           Venice
           ;
           for
           he
           tells
           you
           at
           large
           that
           the
           antient
           Power
           of
           the
           King
           is
           fallen
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           and
           therefore
           to
           keep
           up
           the
           former
           illustrious
           splendor
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           he
           wou'd
           have
           all
           its
           Jewels
           taken
           out
           ,
           and
           set
           about
           the
           
             Speakers
             Cha●r
          
           ,
           the
           King
           made
           a
           Cypher
           ,
           and
           divested
           of
           all
           Power
           but
           the
           Name
           ,
           to
           keep
           up
           the
           three
           several
           and
           distinct
           shares
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           King
           ,
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           .
           'T
           is
           an
           ingenious
           way
           of
           arguing
           ,
           but
           we
           are
           not
           yet
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           such
           fools
           to
           have
           it
           p●ss
           ,
           to
           venture
           at
           play
           ,
           and
           not
           know
           how
           to
           distinguish
           false
           Di●e
           .
        
         
           Oh!
           but
           says
           a
           
             Factious
             P●titioner
          
           ,
           that
           takes
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           (
           sufficiently
           prov'd
           by
           the
           learned
           Answer
           to
           
           Petyt's
           Book
           ,
           to
           have
           had
           no
           share
           in
           the
           Legislative
           power
           )
           to
           be
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           all
           their
           Votes
           ,
           how
           wild
           and
           unreasonable
           ●oever
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           lately
           as
           well
           as
           formerly
           seen
           in
           
           print
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           force
           of
           Laws
           ,
           and
           yet
           deny
           any
           Authority
           to
           the
           Kings
           Proclamation
           :
           This
           Scribler
           (
           says
           he
           )
           is
           Popishly
           affected
           ,
           a
           French
           designer
           ,
           a
           meer
           Tory
           ;
           not
           considering
           that
           there
           is
           not
           less
           hazard
           in
           splitting
           upon
           a
           rock
           ,
           than
           upon
           a
           sand-bank
           ;
           that
           if
           I
           must
           be
           a
           slave
           ,
           and
           forfeit
           my
           liberty
           ,
           't
           were
           at
           least
           as
           good
           to
           do
           so
           under
           a
           single
           person
           ,
           as
           more
           ;
           the
           tyranny
           of
           many
           is
           much
           more
           intolerable
           than
           that
           of
           one
           .
           'T
           is
           equally
           destructive
           of
           my
           liberty
           ,
           whether
           the
           King
           or
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           takes
           away
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ;
           I
           am
           still
           against
           arbitrary
           Government
           ,
           ruling
           according
           to
           pleasure
           ,
           not
           the
           Laws
           and
           known
           Constitutions
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           whether
           assum'd
           by
           King
           or
           Commons
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           choice
           ,
           the
           odds
           are
           against
           the
           latter
           .
           And
           to
           speak
           truth
           ,
           by
           what
           has
           pass'd
           since
           the
           Plot
           ,
           any
           one
           in
           his
           wits
           ,
           wou'd
           believe
           ,
           the
           King
           is
           invaded
           ,
           not
           an
           invader
           ;
           that
           his
           frequent
           Prorogations
           and
           Dissolutions
           have
           been
           his
           legal
           defensive
           weapons
           ,
           us'd
           as
           much
           for
           his
           Subjects
           security
           ,
           as
           his
           own
           honour
           ;
           that
           arbitrary
           power
           is
           a
           delicious
           thing
           ,
           and
           therefore
           aim'd
           at
           by
           our
           Demagogues
           and
           Tribunes
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           bad
           and
           to
           be
           decry'd
           ,
           only
           while
           in
           the
           Soveraign
           .
           'T
           is
           very
           convenient
           to
           cry
           Whore
           first
           .
           Solomon
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             He
             that
             appeareth
             first
             in
             his
             own
             cause
             ,
             seemeth
             just
             ;
             but
             his
             neighbour
             cometh
             after
             and
             proveth
             him
             .
          
           If
           the
           people
           in
           an
           Island
           are
           alarm'd
           that
           an
           Invasion
           is
           design'd
           ,
           and
           that
           only
           at
           one
           Port
           ,
           and
           they
           become
           so
           foolish
           as
           for
           the
           guard
           of
           that
           ,
           to
           neglect
           and
           expose
           all
           other
           ,
           they
           do
           but
           make
           the
           easier
           way
           for
           their
           enemies
           to
           land
           and
           overcome
           .
           Those
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Watchmen
           ,
           the
           Sentinels
           of
           our
           safety
           ,
           ought
           with
           Ianus
           to
           have
           two
           faces
           ,
           one
           behind
           and
           the
           other
           before
           ,
           and
           many
           eyes
           like
           Argus
           ,
           there
           being
           otherwise
           no
           security
           against
           surprize
           .
           I
           remember
           in
           Thucydides
           ,
           that
           the
           Gretians
           besieging
           a
           strong
           City
           ,
           found
           no
           means
           but
           stratagem
           to
           become
           Masters
           ,
           which
           they
           thus
           contriv'd
           :
           After
           they
           had
           puchas'd
           within
           some
           Pensioners
           ,
           they
           kept
           the
           besieged
           awake
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           into
           a
           great
           distress
           by
           continual
           false
           alarms
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           design'd
           ,
           prepar'd
           to
           believe
           nothing
           more
           was
           intended
           than
           amusement
           and
           distraction
           .
           The
           false
           Citizens
           within
           taking
           this
           advantage
           ,
           affirm'd
           they
           ought
           for
           the
           future
           to
           make
           it
           death
           to
           any
           Watchman
           to
           give
           the
           Alarm
           .
           This
           decreed
           ,
           notice
           was
           given
           to
           the
           enemy
           ,
           and
           without
           the
           least
           resistance
           the
           besieg'd
           were
           taken
           and
           undone
           ,
           when
           and
           where
           they
           least
           suspected
           ;
           whereupon
           this
           Proverb
           was
           taken
           up
           .
           
             Amyclas
             perdidit
             silentium
          
           .
           I
           wish
           we
           may
           never
           run
           the
           same
           fate
           ;
           the
           application
           is
           too
           easie
           and
           natural
           to
           be
           dwelt
           upon
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           I
           cannot
           but
           take
           notice
           how
           the
           late
           House
           of
           Commons
           have
           assum'd
           to
           themselves
           a
           power
           extraordinary
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           Vote
           without
           proof
           or
           conviction
           ,
           made
           eminent
           men
           and
           known
           Protestants
           ,
           guilty
           of
           Popery
           and
           French
           designs
           ,
           made
           them
           Advisers
           and
           Counsellors
           according
           to
           
           their
           own
           〈◊〉
           ,
           imprison'd
           several
           DURING
           PLEASURE
           ,
           seiz'd
           Closets
           and
           Writings
           without
           Information
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           voted
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           made
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           establish'd
           Religion
           ,
           us●less
           ,
           and
           their
           execution
           grievous
           to
           the
           Subject
           against
           the
           Protestant
           interest
           ,
           and
           an
           encouragement
           to
           Popery
           ,
           &c.
           and
           among
           these
           ,
           which
           is
           most
           wonderful
           ,
           a
           Law
           made
           by
           the
           darling
           Queen
           Eliz.
           who
           cannot
           well
           be
           suppos'd
           to
           have
           been
           a
           friend
           to
           Popery
           .
           If
           these
           be
           not
           odd
           and
           arbitrary
           proceedings
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           are
           ▪
           nor
           why
           that
           shou'd
           be
           tolerable
           or
           lawful
           for
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           for
           any
           ,
           no
           not
           for
           our
           Sovereign
           .
           Considering
           men
           are
           afraid
           the
           abettors
           of
           such
           practices
           are
           not
           friends
           to
           peace
           and
           quiet
           ,
           but
           rather
           factious
           and
           dangerous
           ,
           willing
           to
           enslave
           us
           to
           foreign
           Invasions
           or
           domestick
           Encroachments
           ,
           whatever
           may
           be
           said
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           these
           actings
           are
           but
           too
           good
           grounds
           for
           such
           apprehensions
           .
           The
           cunningest
           Whores
           seem
           most
           devout
           ,
           and
           inveigh
           very
           bitterly
           against
           the
           lewdness
           they
           daily
           study
           &
           commit
           .
           Your
           rooking
           Gamesters
           abhor
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           believe
           their
           shams
           and
           oaths
           ,
           the
           use
           of
           false
           Dice
           ,
           and
           the
           un-Gentleman-like-trick
           of
           cheating
           .
           However
           ,
           none
           but
           Cullies
           ,
           who
           want
           wit
           or
           years
           to
           make
           observation
           ,
           can
           be
           wheedl'd
           and
           drawn
           in
           by
           such
           pretences
           .
        
         
           Before
           the
           discovery
           of
           the
           Plot
           our
           Ministers
           were
           reflected
           on
           ,
           as
           designing
           Popery
           and
           Arbitrary
           Government
           ,
           by
           many
           scandalous
           Pamphlets
           ,
           and
           one
           in
           particular
           call'd
           ,
           
             an
             Account
             of
             the
             ●rowth
             of
             ●opery
             ,
          
           &c.
           as
           if
           the
           people
           were
           to
           be
           prepar'd
           to
           believe
           the
           whole
           Court
           were
           Popish
           ;
           that
           while
           they
           were
           alarm'd
           against
           that
           party
           ,
           they
           might
           be
           unprovided
           to
           defend
           themselves
           against
           the-other
           .
           The
           Presbyterian
           true
           blue
           ,
           who
           like
           
           Aesop's
           Ca●
           ,
           though
           transform'd
           into
           the
           beautiful
           shapes
           of
           Court-Imployments
           and
           Honors
           ,
           will
           still
           be
           hankering
           after
           the
           old
           s●ort
           of
           Mousing
           ;
           they
           will
           ever
           be
           lovers
           of
           a
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           enemies
           to
           Monarchy
           .
           This
           is
           plain
           from
           former
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           later
           ,
           proceedings
           ,
           since
           the
           discovery
           of
           the
           Popish
           Plo●
           ,
           when
           ●hey
           began
           to
           shew
           themselves
           in
           their
           proper
           colors
           ,
           when
           they
           cry'●
           n●t
           only
           the
           Court
           ,
           but
           the
           Church
           was
           Popish
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           are
           for
           the
           ●stablish'd
           Government
           .
           You
           cannot
           now
           be
           loyal
           ,
           unless
           you
           are
           factio●s
           ,
           nor
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           if
           no
           Presbyterian
           .
           But
           pray
           observe
           ,
           none
           tell
           you
           this
           ,
           but
           the
           spawn
           of
           those
           seduc'd
           ,
           or
           concern'd
           in
           the
           late
           Rebellion
           ;
           men
           turn'd
           ou●
           ,
           or
           that
           wou'd
           get
           into
           Court-Imployments
           ,
           that
           account
           themselves
           slighted
           or
           disoblig'd
           ;
           men
           of
           great
           Ambition
           ,
           or
           of
           desperate
           Fortunes
           ,
           who
           make
           all
           this
           noise
           and
           clutter
           ,
           to
           be
           taken
           off
           .
           To
           what
           purpose
           else
           ,
           did
           the
           late
           House
           of
           Commons
           make
           the
           Vote
           against
           the
           bargain
           or
           hopes
           of
           Court-preferment
           ,
           but
           that
           such
           a
           design
           was
           a
           driving
           between
           some
           leading
           Members
           and
           Courtiers
           ?
           Can
           they
           after
           such
           a
           discovery
           pretend
           zeal
           for
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           of
           their
           Country
           ?
           For
           shame
           ,
           let
           not
           Faction
           
           and
           private
           Interest
           make
           men
           forgetful
           of
           the
           publick
           ,
           of
           the
           peace
           and
           quiet
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           Let
           them
           secure
           our
           Constitutions
           against
           the
           encroachments
           or
           invasions
           of
           any
           ,
           whether
           Presbyter
           or
           Papist
           ;
           and
           remember
           that
           the
           most
           forward
           in
           the
           
             Long
             Parliament
          
           were
           soon
           turn'd
           out
           by
           others
           ;
           and
           because
           what
           is
           
             Sawce
             for
             a
             Goose
             is
             sawce
             for
             a
             Gander
             ,
          
           this
           of
           course
           will
           be
           the
           fate
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           now
           glory
           in
           being
           
             Ringlead●rs
             of
             Faction
          
           to
           thwart
           and
           oppose
           their
           Sovereign
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           it
           may
           possibly
           be
           worse
           ,
           the
           Gentlemen
           ,
           the
           Knights
           of
           the
           Shires
           ,
           may
           be
           kick'd
           out
           by
           Mechanicks
           ,
           by
           Citizens
           and
           Burgesses
           ;
           for
           he
           that
           practiseth
           Disobedience
           to
           his
           Superiors
           ,
           teacheth
           it
           to
           his
           Inferiours
           .
           Sir
           
             W.
             I.
          
           Sir
           
             F.
             W.
          
           Collonel
           T.
           &c.
           all
           know
           were
           disoblig'd
           ,
           and
           if
           taken
           into
           favour
           ,
           the
           Employments
           and
           Honours
           they
           covet
           ,
           wou'd
           stand
           up
           for
           the
           Court
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           now
           they
           do
           against
           it
           .
           Whether
           the
           Petitioning
           Lords
           be
           not
           of
           the
           same
           temper
           ,
           will
           best
           appear
           from
           the
           story
           of
           every
           single
           person
           .
           One
           of
           them
           has
           the
           humour
           convey'd
           with
           's
           Bloud
           .
           His
           Father
           was
           a
           Gentleman
           that
           appear'd
           zealous
           in
           the
           long
           Parliament
           for
           the
           good
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           the
           first
           that
           brought
           in
           the
           complaint
           of
           Ship-money
           .
           But
           soon
           after
           when
           he
           was
           made
           a
           Lord
           and
           a
           Courtier
           ,
           he
           chang'd
           notes
           and
           sung
           another
           song
           ,
           no
           man
           more
           for
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           in
           its
           defence
           he
           lost
           his
           l●fe
           ,
           and
           at
           his
           death
           publickly
           repented
           his
           actings
           against
           the
           Earl
           of
           Stafford
           ,
           His
           Son
           was
           made
           an
           Earl
           upon
           the
           Kings
           retu●n
           ,
           sent
           Emba●sador
           Abroad
           ,
           and
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           into
           Ireland
           ;
           to
           get
           his
           command
           he
           despis'd
           not
           the
           Courtship
           and
           assistance
           of
           Coll.
           T.
           though
           a
           
             R.
             C.
          
           and
           a
           Creature
           of
           his
           R.
           H.
           to
           whom
           he
           made
           no
           slender
           Professions
           ;
           not
           being
           satisfied
           with
           gaining
           vastly
           in
           that
           Station
           five
           years
           ,
           he
           grows
           peevish
           in
           hopes
           of
           being
           sent
           the
           second
           time
           ,
           nay
           rather
           than
           fail
           he
           is
           content
           to
           be
           Commissioner
           of
           the
           Treasury
           ,
           in
           hopes
           that
           by
           the
           Courtship
           and
           Interest
           of
           some
           Women
           ,
           no
           matter
           what
           Religion
           they
           are
           of
           ,
           he
           may
           come
           to
           be
           Lord
           Treasurer
           :
           But
           not
           like
           to
           gain
           the
           White
           Staffe
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           not
           caring
           to
           govern
           an
           empty
           Exchequer
           ,
           he
           bent
           his
           Thoughts
           again
           towards
           Ireland
           ;
           slighting
           the
           Treasury
           he
           is
           outed
           ,
           and
           grows
           more
           discontented
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           turn'd
           out
           of
           Council
           ,
           the
           next
           day
           he
           repeats
           a
           Speech
           of
           E.
           of
           S.
           his
           making
           ,
           and
           unask'd
           presents
           a
           piece
           of
           Councel
           and
           Advice
           to
           His
           Sovereign
           ,
           pretending
           as
           a
           Peer
           it
           was
           his
           duty
           .
           I
           am
           sorry
           his
           zeal
           made
           him
           forget
           ,
           that
           Peers
           have
           no
           right
           of
           advising
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           when
           he
           makes
           them
           of
           his
           Council
           ,
           or
           by
           Writ
           Summons
           'em
           to
           Parliament
           .
           And
           what
           's
           very
           odd
           ,
           he
           advises
           just
           the
           contrary
           to
           what
           he
           and
           the
           other
           Noble
           E.
           had
           done
           t●e
           year
           before
           ,
           when
           Courtiers
           .
           This
           Noblemans
           Life
           wou'd
           make
           a
           Comical
           History
           ;
           he
           knows
           how
           to
           put
           on
           all
           shapes
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           late
           times
           ,
           was
           not
           ignorant
           how
           to
           make
           an
           Apple-tree
           supply
           the
           place
           of
           a
           Pulpit
           ,
           he
           knew
           how
           to
           serve
           himself
           in
           all
           turns
           and
           changes
           ,
           and
           has
           not
           fail'd
           since
           1640.
           to
           have
           been
           often
           out
           and
           in
           with
           the
           several
           Higher
           
           ●owers
           .
           ●o
           give
           him
           his
           due
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           man
           of
           extraordinary
           Parts
           ;
           but
           if
           one
           of
           these
           Lords
           said
           true
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           a
           Courtier
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           newly
           remov'd
           ,
           they
           are
           al●
           fitted
           and
           turn'd
           for
           confounding
           and
           amusing
           ,
           but
           not
           for
           extricating
           out
           of
           difficulties
           .
           He
           wants
           not
           Wit
           to
           hold
           forth
           in
           the
           House
           ▪
           or
           in
           the
           open
           Air
           ,
           upon
           occasion
           ;
           nor
           is
           he
           meanly
           skill'd
           in
           the
           methods
           of
           Court-Pleasures
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Business
           .
           He
           must
           have
           an
           ill
           memory
           that
           forgets
           who
           advis'd
           the
           breaking
           the
           Triple-League
           ,
           and
           making
           an
           Alliance
           with
           France
           ,
           and
           a
           War
           with
           Holland
           ,
           pronouncing
           in
           the
           Language
           of
           the
           Beast
           ,
           
             Delenda
             est
             Carthago
          
           ,
           that
           a
           Dutch
           Common-wealth
           was
           too
           near
           a
           Neighbor
           to
           an
           English
           Monarch
           ;
           the
           Shutting
           up
           the
           Exchequer
           ,
           the
           granting
           Injunctions
           in
           the
           case
           of
           the
           Bankers
           ,
           and
           lastly
           the
           sourse
           of
           all
           our
           present
           misfortunes
           ,
           the
           general
           Indulgence
           .
           These
           things
           being
           found
           of
           ill
           consequence
           ,
           and
           the
           Ministers
           remov'd
           as
           designers
           of
           
             Popery
             ,
             Presbytery
             ,
             Atheism
          
           ,
           or
           
             Irreligion
             ,
             Arbitrary
          
           or
           French
           Government
           ;
           must
           any
           of
           such
           Principles
           assoon
           as
           turn'd
           out
           of
           Court
           ,
           be
           receiv'd
           into
           the
           Country
           ,
           as
           if
           these
           two
           had
           different
           Interests
           ?
           Whoever
           say
           there
           is
           more
           than
           one
           common
           wealth
           in
           both
           ,
           are
           Deluders
           ,
           and
           Incendiaries
           ,
           and
           Betrayers
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           Those
           that
           strive
           to
           divide
           the
           King
           and
           his
           People
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           look'd
           upon
           as
           Pensioners
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           most
           severely
           punish'd
           .
           There
           are
           that
           can
           tell
           Tales
           ,
           what
           Great
           man
           since
           the
           Plot
           ,
           offer'd
           a
           Reconciliation
           with
           the
           D.
           and
           for
           a
           Restoration
           to
           his
           former
           Power
           and
           Greatness
           ,
           wou'd
           be
           his
           Servant
           to
           all
           intents
           &
           purposes
           .
           But
           the
           D.
           cou'd
           not
           be
           perswaded
           ,
           one
           that
           had
           as
           often
           chang'd
           Parties
           ,
           as
           Proteus
           his
           Shapes
           and
           the
           Chamel●on
           his
           Colors
           ,
           cou'd
           be
           true
           to
           any
           Interest
           ,
           b●t
           his
           own
           ;
           and
           therefore
           rejected
           his
           many
           Messages
           on
           this
           subject
           .
           Another
           Peer
           ,
           whose
           Son
           in
           the
           Lower
           House
           ,
           is
           the
           great
           Tribune
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           wou'd
           have
           had
           a
           Dukedom
           added
           to
           the
           Garter
           ,
           to
           make
           both
           Sing
           to
           another
           Tune
           .
           A
           forth
           wou'd
           fain
           be
           a
           Privy
           Councellor
           in
           Reversion
           .
           A
           fifth
           not
           long
           since
           at
           any
           rate
           of
           purchase
           ,
           wou'd
           have
           been
           Master
           of
           the
           Horse
           to
           the
           Duke
           :
           Strange
           ●
           that
           a
           Protestant
           Lord
           shou'd
           think
           of
           serving
           a
           suppos'd
           Popish
           Prince
           ,
           and
           after
           hope
           ,
           though
           thus
           mounted
           on
           Horseback
           ,
           to
           get
           to
           Heaven
           .
           'T
           wou'd
           be
           tedious
           to
           give
           particular
           accounts
           of
           all
           ;
           only
           by
           the
           way
           observe
           that
           a
           Young
           Lord
           newly
           come
           to
           Age
           ,
           own'd
           himself
           to
           His
           Majesty
           Disoblig'd
           ,
           because
           after
           a
           Voyage
           to
           Tangier
           ,
           his
           great
           Valor
           there
           shown
           ,
           
             and
             spending
             his
             Youth
             in
             his
             Prince's
             Service
             ,
          
           (
           these
           were
           his
           own
           words
           to
           the
           King
           )
           another
           was
           preferr'd
           to
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           Lord
           
           Plymouth's
           Regiment
           .
           I
           cannot
           but
           commend
           this
           Noblemans
           Ingenuity
           in
           owning
           the
           true
           Cause
           ,
           and
           not
           pretending
           ,
           as
           others
           ,
           Conscience
           and
           publick
           good
           for
           his
           motives
           .
           But
           I
           am
           sorry
           he
           should
           forget
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           obligations
           of
           gratitude
           ,
           which
           he
           is
           under
           for
           his
           Bread
           and
           for
           his
           Honor
           ,
           but
           also
           who
           says
           ,
           
             Appear
             not
             wise
             before
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             give
             not
             Counsel
             unask'd
             .
          
           He
           has
           learning
           enough
           to
           understand
           the
           meaning
           of
           
             in
             consilium
             non
             vocatus
             
             ne
             accesseris
             .
          
           'T
           is
           to
           be
           hop'd
           he
           may
           repent
           ,
           and
           〈…〉
           wit
           may
           be
           turn'd
           into
           Wisdom
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           D.
           of
           M
           ,
           I
           believe
           him
           perfectly
           drawn
           in
           by
           designing
           Politicians
           for
           ends
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           who
           never
           intended
           him
           more
           than
           as
           an
           useful
           Tool
           ,
           afterwards
           to
           be
           la●d
           aside
           .
           'T
           is
           no
           wonder
           that
           one
           of
           his
           Youth
           and
           Spirit
           shou'd
           be
           tempted
           with
           the
           Baits
           and
           Allurements
           of
           a
           Crown
           ,
           the
           splendor
           and
           gaity
           of
           Power
           has
           blinded
           many
           Elder
           men's
           understandings
           .
           But
           that
           they
           never
           had
           him
           in
           their
           thoughts
           for
           K.
           appears
           from
           the
           Author
           of
           
             Plato
             Redivivus
          
           ;
           and
           indeed
           if
           they
           had
           they
           went
           the
           wrong
           way
           to
           work
           .
           They
           shou'd
           not
           have
           engag'd
           him
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           deserve
           his
           being
           turn'd
           out
           of
           his
           Command
           as
           General
           ;
           a
           Post
           ,
           that
           wou'd
           have
           best
           enabl'd
           him
           to
           seize
           upon
           and
           make
           good
           any
           pretence
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           after
           the
           death
           of
           his
           Majesty
           .
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           believe
           his
           Grace
           is
           sorry
           for
           what
           is
           past
           ;
           I
           am
           certain
           it
           were
           his
           Interest
           to
           throw
           himself
           at
           the
           Kings
           Feet
           ,
           and
           quit
           the
           Counsels
           of
           those
           men
           ,
           who
           int●ieg●●ng
           for
           themselves
           ,
           puff
           him
           up
           with
           false
           hopes
           ,
           and
           yet
           sufficiently
           discover
           that
           nothing
           is
           farther
           from
           their
           hearts
           than
           his
           Exaltation
           ,
           or
           what
           is
           so
           much
           in
           their
           mouths
           ,
           publick
           service
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Country
           .
           'T
           is
           much
           better
           for
           him
           to
           be
           content
           with
           the
           second
           place
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           than
           by
           pretending
           to
           the
           first
           ▪
           against
           all
           manner
           of
           reason
           ,
           and
           the
           obligations
           o●
           gratitude
           ,
           forfeit
           all
           ,
           his
           Fame
           and
           Honor
           ,
           Life
           and
           Fortune
           ▪
        
         
           The
           Petition
           being
           already
           answer'd
           ,
           I
           will
           only
           observe
           ,
           that
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           intending
           to
           turn
           them
           out
           ,
           sent
           
             Mr.
             Secretary
          
           to
           the
           E.
           of
           E.
           for
           a
           List
           of
           the
           Papists
           he
           mention'd
           in
           the
           Guards
           ;
           But
           the
           
             Noble
             Peer
          
           had
           none
           to
           give
           ,
           but
           may
           be
           suppos'd
           to
           have
           taken
           the
           story
           upon
           hear
           say
           ▪
           from
           some
           that
           had
           the
           malice
           to
           invent
           it
           .
           And
           now
           must
           the
           Nation
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           rid
           by
           any
           Faction
           ,
           because
           designing
           particular
           advantages
           ,
           they
           guild
           all
           with
           the
           specious
           pretences
           of
           Religion
           and
           Loyalty
           ,
           particular
           respect
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           by
           opening
           her
           Doors
           to
           all
           Di●senters
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           by
           clipping
           the
           Kings
           power
           to
           prevent
           the
           Papists
           Contrivances
           against
           his
           Person
           :
           Examine
           whether
           the
           zealous
           sticklers
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           have
           any
           at
           all
           ;
           or
           if
           they
           have
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           as
           far
           from
           that
           Establish'd
           by
           Law
           ,
           as
           Popery
           ?
           Whether
           if
           the
           King
           wou'd
           grant
           their
           desires
           ,
           receive
           them
           into
           Offices
           and
           Power
           ,
           they
           wou'd
           not
           stand
           up
           in
           justification
           of
           the
           Court
           as
           fiercely
           as
           now
           they
           do
           the
           contrary
           ?
           What
           has
           been
           before
           ,
           may
           well
           be
           expected
           again
           .
           He
           that
           considers
           this
           ,
           and
           that
           malice
           never
           spoke
           well
           of
           any
           ,
           will
           give
           the
           Factious
           little
           credit
           ;
           especially
           ,
           when
           against
           reason
           and
           sense
           they
           wou'd
           impose
           upon
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           himself
           is
           in
           the
           Plot
           ▪
           or
           as
           one
           the
           Members
           in
           a
           printed
           Speech
           tells
           the
           House
           ,
           
             The
             Plot
             is
             not
             so
             much
             in
             the
          
           Tower
           ▪
           
             as
             in
          
           White-Hall
           ;
           
             there
             't
             is
             to
             be
             search'd
             for
             ,
             and
             th●●e
             to
             be
             found
          
           ▪
           And
           all
           
           〈…〉
           no●
           unking
           himself
           ,
           and
           put
           his
           Crown
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           against
           Law
           ,
           his
           Coronation-Oath
           ,
           and
           brotherly
           affection
           ,
           pass
           
             the
             Bill
             of
             Exclusion
          
           ,
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           himself
           and
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           .
           This
           is
           not
           a
           single
           or
           private
           man's
           opinion
           ,
           but
           the
           judgement
           of
           the
           Supreme
           Tribunal
           of
           England
           ,
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ;
           where
           upon
           the
           first
           reading
           it
           was
           thrown
           out
           ,
           with
           the
           odds
           of
           63
           ag●inst
           31
           ;
           for
           which
           reason
           their
           Lordships
           are
           call'd
           Masquerading
           Protestants
           ,
           Tories
           ,
           Papists
           ,
           or
           their
           adherents
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           Lords
           must
           not
           be
           allow
           ▪
           d
           the
           priviledge
           the
           Commons
           take
           with
           any
           of
           their
           Bills
           ,
           without
           censure
           and
           affront
           .
           But
           why
           for
           their
           Act
           must
           His
           Majesty
           be
           loyally
           libell'd
           and
           dispers'd
           ?
           It
           had
           been
           time
           enough
           ,
           one
           wou'd
           have
           thought
           ,
           to
           have
           call'd
           him
           Papist
           ,
           &c.
           had
           he
           rejected
           the
           Bill
           after
           it
           had
           pass'd
           both
           Houses
           .
           Oh!
           then
           who
           cou'd
           have
           doubted
           ,
           but
           his
           doing
           more
           against
           the
           Papists
           than
           any
           of
           his
           Predecessors
           ,
           had
           been
           promoting
           their
           Interest
           ,
           that
           his
           pardoning
           no
           man
           condemn'd
           ,
           nor
           stopping
           the
           execution
           of
           any
           Law
           against
           Recusants
           ,
           was
           making
           it
           no
           Plo●
           ,
           and
           that
           passing
           the
           Test
           was
           letting
           in
           Popery
           by
           whole-sale
           .
           He
           that
           can
           believe
           these
           things
           ,
           is
           prepar'd
           for
           any
           thing
           ,
           to
           say
           a
           Lobster
           is
           a
           Whale
           ,
           or
           a
           Whale
           a
           Lobster
           ;
           that
           the
           Moon
           is
           a
           Green-Cheese
           ,
           and
           the
           Sun
           a
           round
           Plate
           of
           red
           hot
           Iron
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           I
           presume
           ,
           it
           may
           not
           be
           decided
           whether
           we
           are
           Fools
           or
           Madmen
           .
           Let
           us
           not
           idly
           and
           unjustly
           bely
           our
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           publish
           to
           the
           Nation
           and
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           nothing
           can
           secure
           us
           against
           Popery
           ,
           but
           the
           shaking
           and
           alteration
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           by
           the
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           ;
           an
           Act
           in
           it self
           unjust
           and
           impolitick
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           King
           and
           People
           .
           No
           man
           is
           to
           be
           punish'd
           expost-facto
           ,
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           this
           and
           all
           other
           Countries
           .
           Besides
           ,
           why
           shou'd
           the
           Duke
           ,
           more
           than
           any
           Fanatick
           of
           England
           ,
           be
           outed
           his
           Birth-right
           ?
           The
           Scripture
           says
           ,
           
             You
             must
             not
             do
             ●vil
             ,
             that
             good
             may
             come
             of
             it
          
           ;
           And
           Prudence
           will
           tell
           us
           ,
           
             That
             this
             an
             evil
             ,
             that
             must
             be
             attended
             with
             greater
             ,
          
           For
           the
           minute
           that
           it
           passes
           ,
           the
           Duke
           is
           at
           liberty
           to
           recover
           his
           Right
           by
           secret
           or
           open
           Vi●lence
           ,
           Foreign
           or
           Domestick
           ;
           He
           is
           declar'd
           an
           Enemy
           and
           a
           Traytor
           ;
           condemn'd
           without
           Trial
           or
           Conviction
           .
           This
           piece
           of
           injustice
           must
           be
           defended
           by
           an
           Assotiation
           or
           an
           Army
           ;
           this
           Army
           must
           be
           entrusted
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           King
           or
           a
           General
           ,
           either
           may
           make
           himself
           Absolute
           and
           Arbitrary
           ;
           and
           therefore
           if
           people
           are
           now
           afraid
           of
           slavery
           from
           the
           Government
           ,
           what
           may
           then
           be
           their
           apprehensions
           ?
           And
           if
           they
           are
           jealous
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           what
           General
           will
           they
           find
           to
           entrust
           ?
           Those
           meanly
           skill'd
           in
           story
           ,
           know
           that
           Commanders
           of
           Armies
           have
           at
           pleasure
           subverted
           Commonwealths
           and
           Kingdoms
           :
           Agathocles
           from
           being
           General
           became
           Tyrant
           of
           
             Syracusa
             ;
             Pisistratus
          
           of
           
             Athens
             ,
             Sforza
          
           of
           Millain
           ,
           the
           Medici
           of
           Florence
           ,
           the
           Caesars
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           go
           so
           far
           off
           ,
           Cromwel
           of
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           .
           Most
           of
           the
           Roman
           Emperors
           were
           dethrown'd
           by
           their
           Generals
           ;
           
           and
           therefore
           this
           cannot
           but
           make
           the
           King
           as
           unwilling
           as
           the
           People
           ,
           to
           entrust
           this
           great
           Power
           in
           any
           person
           .
           And
           yet
           without
           such
           a
           trust
           the
           Act
           of
           Exclusion
           is
           not
           woth
           a
           straw
           ;
           nor
           with
           it
           can
           we
           be
           secur'd
           against
           Slavery
           ,
           whether
           the
           Duke
           conquer
           or
           be
           overcome
           .
           The
           Duke
           will
           still
           find
           a
           party
           ,
           at
           least
           if
           he
           out-lives
           the
           King
           ,
           in
           the
           Three
           Kingdoms
           to
           fight
           his
           Quarrel
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           comes
           in
           by
           Force
           ,
           he
           may
           well
           use
           us
           like
           
             a
             conquer'd
             Nation
          
           ,
           break
           our
           old
           ,
           and
           give
           us
           what
           Laws
           and
           Religion
           he
           pleases
           ;
           Whereas
           if
           we
           attempt
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           we
           shall
           not
           run
           the
           hazard
           of
           a
           
             CIVIL
             WAR
          
           ,
           the
           King
           being
           as
           likely
           to
           out-live
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           out-liv'd
           by
           ,
           His
           Brother
           .
           If
           he
           shou'd
           chance
           to
           succeed
           peaceably
           ,
           he
           cannot
           be
           presum'd
           to
           offer
           any
           alteration
           in
           Religion
           so
           much
           against
           his
           Interest
           ,
           and
           who
           never
           forwarded
           any
           in
           his
           own
           Family
           ,
           suffers
           his
           Child●en
           to
           continue
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           knowing
           that
           Christianity
           forbids
           compulsion
           for
           its
           propagation
           .
           To
           say
           he
           wou'd
           be
           Priest-ridden
           ,
           is
           ridiculous
           ;
           why
           he
           more
           than
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           who
           openly
           opposes
           the
           Popes
           Usurpation
           ,
           and
           assumes
           to
           himself
           the
           cognizance
           even
           of
           Church-affairs
           ?
           This
           is
           but
           a
           pretence
           to
           impose
           upon
           the
           ignorant
           and
           the
           credulous
           ;
           if
           there
           be
           not
           Laws
           enough
           already
           ,
           new
           ones
           may
           be
           made
           to
           prevent
           any
           such
           intention
           .
           When
           all
           Offices
           and
           Power
           are
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           Anti-papists
           ,
           I
           cannot
           see
           where
           can
           be
           our
           danger
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           ,
           if
           granted
           ,
           wou'd
           not
           be
           all
           ,
           the
           Monarchy
           is
           hereby
           made
           elective
           ,
           and
           the
           possessor
           may
           as
           well
           be
           remov'd
           ,
           as
           the
           successor
           debarr'd
           .
           In
           order
           to
           this
           ,
           is
           there
           not
           a
           History
           of
           the
           Succession
           publih'd
           ,
           shewing
           that
           the
           Monarchy
           is
           rather
           elective
           than
           hereditary
           ?
           Of
           which
           here
           I
           will
           only
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Writer
           is
           a
           notorious
           Plagiary
           ,
           and
           steals
           all
           out
           of
           a
           seditious
           Book
           writ
           on
           the
           same
           Subject
           by
           Parsons
           the
           Jesuit
           ,
           under
           the
           name
           of
           Doleman
           ,
           in
           Queen
           Elizabeths
           time
           ,
           with
           design
           of
           distracting
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           making
           way
           for
           a
           Spanish
           Conquest
           and
           Inquisition
           ;
           the
           Presbyterian
           Transcriber
           proves
           himself
           of
           the
           same
           Jesuitical
           principles
           ,
           and
           with
           equal
           honestly
           pursues
           the
           same
           ends
           ,
           Usurpation
           and
           Slavery
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           ,
           but
           that
           there
           has
           been
           frequent
           interruptions
           of
           the
           Succession
           of
           the
           Crown
           ;
           but
           no
           title
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           the
           Sword
           ,
           was
           ever
           put
           in
           ballance
           with
           proximity
           os
           bloud
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           will
           oppose
           Fact
           to
           Right
           is
           very
           unjust
           ,
           and
           argues
           not
           upon
           the
           principles
           of
           Morality
           ,
           nor
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nations
           .
           Much
           such
           another
           good
           Christian
           ,
           is
           the
           Writer
           of
           
             The
             Appeal
             to
             the
             City
          
           ,
           who
           tells
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           set
           up
           a
           King
           with
           none
           or
           a
           crack'd
           title
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           the
           better
           Laws
           ;
           and
           instances
           that
           Richard
           the
           3
           d.
           an
           Usurper
           ,
           a
           Murderer
           ,
           and
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           made
           excellent
           Statues
           .
           But
           he
           might
           ,
           had
           he
           been
           just
           ,
           have
           found
           the
           Laws
           of
           that
           King
           out
           done
           by
           those
           of
           our
           present
           Soveraign
           ,
           whose
           title
           none
           can
           question
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           unreasonable
           to
           suspect
           a
           design
           on
           foot
           of
           subverting
           the
           
           Monarchy
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           consider'd
           that
           passing
           the
           Bill
           against
           the
           Duke
           ,
           will
           not
           alone
           satisfie
           his
           adversaries
           ,
           who
           further
           expect
           that
           all
           those
           now
           firm
           to
           the
           King
           be
           remov'd
           ,
           and
           their
           trust
           put
           into
           confiding
           hands
           ;
           and
           thus
           when
           they
           had
           him
           in
           their
           ow●
           power
           ,
           it
           wou'd
           be
           no
           hard
           matter
           to
           act
           th●ir
           plea●ure
           .
           The
           Speech
           disown'd
           by
           the
           Protestant
           Lord
           ,
           and
           burnt
           by
           t●e
           H●ngman
           (
           a
           fate
           the
           Author
           does
           certainly
           deserve
           )
           tells
           us
           in
           plain
           English
           ,
           
             We
             mu●t
             hav●
             a
             Ch●nge
             ,
             and
             a
             King
             we
             may
             trust
             ,
             and
             well
             affected
             Couns●llors
             ,
          
           with
           much
           more
           treasonable
           and
           seditious
           stuff
           .
           These
           things
           ,
           and
           th●
           frequent
           mentioning
           the
           fates
           of
           Edw.
           2.
           
           Rich
           2.
           and
           Hen.
           6.
           cannot
           but
           alarm
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           restrain
           him
           from
           ever
           complying
           with
           such
           persons
           against
           his
           only
           Brother
           .
           He
           has
           so
           often
           affirm'd
           the
           Bill
           shou'd
           never
           pass
           ,
           that
           he
           cannot
           now
           without
           diminution
           of
           his
           own
           honor
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           safety
           ,
           alter
           h●s
           well-grounded
           resolution
           ,
           taken
           upon
           the
           sense
           of
           conscience
           and
           duty
           ,
           the
           pre●ent
           and
           future
           good
           of
           himself
           and
           people
           .
           An
           act
           that
           wou'd
           be
           the
           highest
           violation
           of
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           that
           ordains
           none
           shou'd
           be
           put
           by
           his
           birth-right
           and
           inher●tance
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           legal
           process
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           hope
           ,
           what
           cannot
           be
           suppos'd
           ,
           will
           be
           granted
           ,
           will
           no
           longer
           be
           insisted
           on
           ,
           lest
           the
           consequences
           prove
           fatal
           .
        
         
           One
           thing
           I
           cannot
           but
           admire
           ,
           that
           the
           Duke
           shou'd
           be
           absolutely
           excluded
           on
           supposition
           of
           being
           a
           Papist
           ,
           for
           otherwise
           he
           is
           allow'd
           by
           all
           a
           Prince
           of
           incomparable
           vertues
           and
           endowments
           ,
           leaving
           no
           room
           for
           enjoying
           his
           righ●
           ,
           ●n
           case
           he
           become
           Protestant
           .
           Do
           they
           suppose
           an
           alteration
           of
           opinion
           impossible
           ?
           that
           's
           false
           and
           foolish
           .
           There
           are
           instances
           of
           men
           that
           have
           changed
           often
           ,
           and
           to
           mention
           no
           more
           ,
           the
           Dukes
           Grandfather
           Hen
           4.
           twice
           alter'd
           his
           opinion
           .
           Besides
           ,
           it
           is
           u●just
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           their
           own
           pract●ce
           ,
           for
           L.
           Br.
           was
           an
           imprison'd
           Plotter
           ,
           but
           assoon
           as
           he
           became
           a
           Convert
           ,
           without
           further
           process
           or
           tryal
           he
           was
           innocent
           and
           acquitted
           .
           We
           do
           in
           this
           exceed
           the
           Papists
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           condemn
           our
           Protestant
           Ancestors
           ,
           and
           all
           others
           abroad
           ,
           who
           accus'd
           them
           as
           Antichristian
           and
           Rebellious
           ,
           for
           opposing
           their
           lawful
           King
           H●n
           .
           4.
           on
           the
           score
           of
           Religion
           ;
           for
           the
           Parisians
           lov'd
           his
           person
           ,
           and
           stood
           upon
           no
           other
           condition
           than
           his
           turning
           Papist
           ,
           to
           receive
           him
           for
           their
           Sovereign
           ;
           as
           all
           the
           other
           R.
           C's
           .
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           had
           done
           before
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           very
           much
           suspect
           we
           are
           grown
           weary
           of
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           w●th
           than
           inconstancy
           natural
           to
           Islanders
           ,
           affect
           a
           Change
           though
           for
           the
           wo●se
           .
           To
           this
           I
           am
           induc'd
           by
           many
           Reasons
           ,
           and
           nor
           a
           little
           from
           a
           Pro●estant
           Lords
           Speech
           ,
           the
           last
           Sessions
           ,
           
             That
             the
             People
             of
          
           Athens
           
             were
             so
             fond
             of
             good
             King
          
           Codrus
           ,
           
             that
             they
             r●solv'd
             to
             have
             none
             after
             him
             .
          
           But
           to
           attempt
           this
           piece
           of
           folly
           and
           wickedness
           ,
           will
           inevitably
           embroyl
           us
           in
           a
           Civil
           War.
           And
           of
           that
           the
           event
           is
           so
           uncertain
           ,
           that
           we
           ought
           to
           dread
           the
           loss
           of
           all
           ,
           by
           striving
           to
           enlarge
           our
           present
           liberties
           .
           This
           madness
           ordinary
           prudence
           will
           carefully
           avoid
           ,
           because
           in
           all
           probability
           the
           King
           must
           
           get
           the
           better
           ;
           his
           condition
           is
           not
           like
           his
           Father
           :
           He
           has
           standing
           Troops
           ,
           which
           the
           other
           wanted
           ,
           to
           Guard
           his
           Person
           ;
           he
           has
           the
           Militia
           in
           his
           own
           hands
           ,
           he
           has
           no
           Scotch
           nor
           Irish
           Rebellion
           ,
           to
           divide
           or
           distract
           his
           Forces
           ;
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           he
           has
           the
           Parliamen●
           in
           his
           own
           power
           ,
           to
           let
           them
           Sit
           or
           not
           Sit
           ,
           at
           his
           pleasure
           and
           their
           good
           behaviour
           .
           And
           't
           is
           happy
           he
           has
           this
           power
           ,
           to
           secure
           himself
           from
           popular
           fury
           ,
           at
           this
           time
           especially
           ,
           when
           whatever
           the
           Papists
           have
           done
           ,
           we
           daily
           see
           others
           run
           into
           Clubs
           and
           Cabals
           ,
           distinguishing
           them●elves
           by
           Green
           Ribbans
           ,
           by
           general
           Committees
           and
           Subcommittees
           ,
           where
           all
           Transactions
           of
           Parliament
           are
           first
           design'd
           and
           hammer'd
           ,
           Collections
           made
           ,
           a
           Common
           Purse
           manag'd
           ,
           and
           Agents
           employ'd
           in
           every
           County
           ,
           to
           prepare
           and
           influence
           the
           people
           ,
           write
           and
           disperse
           false
           News
           ,
           Libels
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           Addresses
           made
           and
           sent
           into
           every
           Shire
           and
           Borough
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Members
           do
           not
           go
           down
           to
           their
           Elections
           ,
           they
           can
           Print
           for
           them
           such
           Speeches
           as
           serve
           their
           purpose
           .
           Witness
           one
           my
           Lord
           Vaughan
           spoke
           at
           his
           Election
           ,
           though
           his
           Lordship
           was
           not
           out
           of
           London
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           heard
           before
           ,
           that
           Sir
           
             Samu●l
             Morl●nds
          
           Speaking
           Trumpet
           cou'd
           convey
           a
           voice
           a
           hundred
           Miles
           distance
           .
           But
           this
           is
           nothing
           with
           our
           
             True
             Protestant
             Intelligencer
             B.
             H.
          
           who
           printed
           an
           Address
           from
           the
           City
           of
           Colchester
           ,
           that
           never
           was
           seen
           nor
           presented
           by
           any
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           as
           by
           an
           Instrument
           under
           the
           Town-Clarks
           hand
           does
           plainly
           appear
           .
           But
           though
           Swearing
           be
           ,
           Lying
           is
           not
           ,
           against
           the
           interest
           or
           practice
           of
           the
           Godly
           ;
           the
           Presbyterian
           ,
           true
           off-spring
           of
           the
           Ignatian
           Fathers
           ,
           who
           out
           do
           them
           in
           the
           Doctrin
           of
           
             Pi●
             Fraudes
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           all
           other
           their
           immoral
           and
           Antimonarkick
           Principles
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           considering
           that
           none
           that
           have
           any
           thing
           to
           loose
           ,
           can
           ever
           get
           by
           a
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           is
           no
           just
           pretence
           for
           one
           ,
           our
           Liberties
           and
           Properies
           not
           being
           broken
           or
           invaded
           ,
           the
           Rich
           ,
           unless
           they
           are
           mad
           ,
           will
           never
           begin
           ;
           and
           yet
           with
           ,
           or
           without
           their
           assistance
           a
           Rising
           of
           
             Iack
             Cade
          
           or
           
             Wat
             Tyler
          
           instigated
           by
           greater
           persons
           ,
           will
           but
           inlarge
           the
           Regal
           Power
           ,
           and
           enrich
           the
           Crown
           :
           And
           for
           these
           and
           many
           more
           reasons
           I
           look
           upon
           the
           Threats
           or
           Fears
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           as
           idle
           and
           vain
           ,
           as
           our
           Jealousies
           and
           Apprehensions
           of
           Popery
           ,
           never
           possible
           in
           England
           but
           by
           a
           Civil
           War
           ,
           since
           their
           numbers
           here
           are
           but
           as
           one
           to
           230.
           and
           by
           an
           exact
           calculation
           in
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           the
           whole
           number
           of
           Papists
           is
           but
           as
           one
           to
           205.
           non
           -
           Papists
           ,
           and
           their
           wealth
           and
           possessions
           is
           not
           one
           to
           300.
           
           If
           their
           power
           had
           been
           so
           terrible
           ,
           they
           wanted
           not
           since
           the
           Plot
           provoca●ions
           to
           make
           us
           feel
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           hear
           on
           't
           .
           But
           these
           noises
           are
           like
           Armies
           in
           disguise
           at
           Knights-bridge
           ,
           and
           Regiments
           of
           Horse
           hid
           in
           Cellars
           under
           ground
           ,
           and
           blowing
           up
           the
           Thames
           to
           drown
           London
           ;
           artifices
           formerly
           us'd
           to
           draw
           in
           the
           easie
           and
           the
           credulous
           .
           But
           't
           is
           to
           be
           presum'd
           ,
           the
           same
           trick
           
           will
           not
           pass
           twice
           upon
           us
           in
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Age
           ,
           while
           the
           bleeding
           wounds
           of
           the
           last
           are
           still
           so
           fresh
           in
           our
           memories
           .
           To
           remedy
           and
           compose
           our
           present
           madness
           and
           distractions
           ,
           and
           prevent
           future
           evils
           ,
           must
           without
           doubt
           be
           the
           hearty
           endeavor
           of
           all
           honest
           men
           ,
           who
           expect
           this
           will
           be
           a
           healing
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           will
           make
           up
           all
           our
           breaches
           ,
           and
           unite
           our
           divisions
           ,
           by
           the
           methods
           of
           prudence
           and
           discretion
           ;
           weighing
           the
           true
           causes
           ,
           and
           applying
           fit
           remedies
           ,
           without
           regard
           to
           faction
           or
           interest
           ,
           heat
           or
           passion
           ▪
           ref●ecting
           how
           unreasonable
           it
           is
           ,
           to
           suspect
           in
           the
           King
           or
           his
           Ministers
           any
           design
           of
           introducing
           Popery
           and
           Arbitrary
           Government
           ;
           a
           malicious
           and
           idle
           invention
           ,
           set
           on
           foot
           with
           purpose
           ,
           to
           enflame
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           by
           men
           who
           were
           outed
           ,
           or
           desirous
           of
           Court-Imployments
           ,
           disoblig'd
           Persons
           ,
           or
           French
           Pensioners
           ▪
           That
           the
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           is
           not
           like
           to
           pass
           ,
           either
           the
           Lords
           House
           or
           the
           King
           ,
           because
           in
           it self
           un●ust
           ,
           impolitick
           and
           dangerous
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           the
           Prince
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           Subject
           :
           That
           all
           other
           legal
           ways
           for
           preventing
           Popery
           and
           Presbytery
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           taken
           by
           those
           ,
           who
           design
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           establish'd
           Monarchy
           and
           Religion
           :
           That
           this
           is
           already
           ,
           or
           may
           with
           case
           be
           secur'd
           against
           the
           attempts
           or
           power
           of
           any
           Popish
           Successor
           :
           That
           our
           fears
           in
           this
           point
           are
           groundless
           ,
           and
           at
           best
           founded
           upon
           accidents
           ,
           that
           may
           never
           happen
           :
           That
           't
           is
           the
           highest
           Imprudence
           to
           run
           into
           real
           ,
           present
           ,
           to
           avoid
           possible
           ,
           future
           evils
           ▪
           That
           innovations
           of
           this
           sort
           wou'd
           be
           against
           the
           Princes
           interest
           ,
           who
           having
           not
           a
           4
           th
           .
           part
           of
           the
           Revenue
           ▪
           necessary
           for
           the
           support
           of
           the
           Crown
           ▪
           must
           be
           under
           a
           necessity
           of
           complying
           with
           〈…〉
           Parliament
           ▪
           and
           that
           his
           temper
           ▪
           practice
           and
           Declarations
           ,
           secure
           us
           against
           impositio●
           of
           this
           nature
           :
           That
           it
           be
           consider'd
           ,
           whether
           the
           unquiet
           apprehensions
           from
           the
           Plot
           ,
           may
           not
           be
           laid
           by
           a
           speedy
           and
           impartial
           tryal
           and
           execution
           of
           all
           the
           accus'd
           and
           convicted
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           after
           granting
           a
           general
           pardon
           ▪
           with
           such
           exceptions
           as
           have
           been
           usual
           .
           The
           doing
           this
           will
           beget
           a
           right
           understanding
           between
           the
           King
           and
           his
           people
           ▪
           defeat
           the
           contrivances
           of
           our
           adversaries
           ,
           restore
           us
           to
           peace
           and
           quiet
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           rescue
           〈◊〉
           ●●om
           contempt
           and
           danger
           abroad
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           Na●●
           of
           Parliament
           as
           famous
           and
           renown'd
           ,
           as
           some
           Libellers
           endeavour
           to
           make
           it
           base
           and
           odious
           .
           How
           this
           to
           be
           compass'd
           ,
           you
           your selves
           are
           deservedly
           made
           the
           Judges
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           will
           not
           like
           the
           foolish
           Orator
           ▪
           〈◊〉
           Hannibal
           the
           Art
           of
           War.
           —
           
             Fiat
             Iustitia
             ▪
             ●uat
             C●l●●
             ▪
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .