L'Estrange his appeal humbly submitted to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty and the three estates assembled in Parliament
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             L'Estrange his appeal humbly submitted to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty and the three estates assembled in Parliament
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           L'ESTRANGE
           HIS
           APPEAL
           Humbly
           Submitted
           to
           the
           KINGS
           most
           Excellent
           MAJESTY
           And
           the
           THREE
           ESTATES
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Gun
           in
           S.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           ,
           1681.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           L'Estrange's
           APPEAL
           .
           &c.
           
        
         
           IF
           the
           matter
           here
           in
           question
           had
           been
           the
           single
           case
           of
           L'Estrange
           ,
           nothing
           could
           have
           been
           more
           Ridiculous
           ,
           then
           the
           Vanity
           ,
           and
           Ostentation
           of
           this
           Appeal
           :
           But
           as
           His
           Case
           stands
           complicate
           with
           Other
           Circumstances
           ,
           that
           import
           no
           lesse
           then
           the
           Honour
           ,
           the
           Iustice
           and
           the
           very
           Security
           of
           the
           Government
           ;
           the
           business
           of
           these
           Papers
           is
           no
           longer
           a
           
             private
             Apology
          
           ,
           but
           a
           
             publick
             Duty
          
           .
           This
           will
           be
           better
           understood
           ,
           upon
           a
           clear
           Distribution
           of
           what
           I
           have
           to
           say
           into
           such
           and
           such
           Heads
           ;
           and
           then
           debating
           ,
           expounding
           ,
           and
           distinguishing
           (
           in
           an
           Orderly
           Method
           ,
           )
           upon
           the
           several
           Members
           of
           my
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           The
           First
           Point
           
             shall
             be
          
           the
           
             Subject
             matter
          
           of
           those
           Swarms
           of
           Libells
           that
           in
           their
           Outrageous
           Course
           ,
           
           have
           taken
           Me
           in
           their
           way
           toward
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           vindicate
           ,
           and
           discharge
           my self
           from
           those
           Calumnies
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ;
           To
           lay
           open
           the
           Quality
           of
           the
           Libellers
           :
           And
           the
           True
           Reason
           of
           their
           Rancour
           against
           me
           ,
           in
           despite
           of
           all
           Pretensions
           to
           the
           Contrary
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ;
           To
           set
           forth
           their
           Designs
           ,
           and
           Practices
           upon
           the
           Dignity
           ,
           and
           Safety
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           
             Publick
             Peace
          
           .
           And
        
         
           Lastly
           ▪
           a
           Modest
           Deliberation
           how
           far
           in
           
             Honour
             ,
             Justice
          
           and
           Policy
           ,
           it
           may
           concern
           any
           Prince
           or
           State
           whatsoever
           to
           
             Support
             ,
             Countenance
          
           ,
           and
           Protect
           the
           Asserters
           of
           their
           
             Laws
             ,
             Rights
          
           and
           Priviledges
           ,
           against
           the
           bold
           ,
           and
           Seditious
           attempts
           of
           the
           Enemies
           of
           the
           
             Constitution
             .
             Of
             These
             in
             Order
             ,
             and
             as
             briefly
             as
             I
             may
             .
          
        
         
         
           Touching
           the
           
             First
             point
          
           :
           The
           Libellers
           have
           drawn
           the
           Main
           of
           my
           Charge
           into
           these
           
             Six
             Articles
          
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           I
           have
           turn'd
           the
           Plot
           into
           Ridicule
           ;
           
           and
           put
           an
           Affront
           upon
           
             King
             ,
             Lords
          
           ,
           and
           Commons
           in
           so
           doing
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           I
           have
           Countenanc'd
           a
           
             Sham-Plot
             ;
          
           ;
           and
           endeavour'd
           to
           turn
           it
           upon
           the
           Presbyterians
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           I
           have
           made
           it
           my
           businesse
           to
           lessen
           the
           Credit
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Witnesses
          
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           I
           have
           comprehended
           All
           the
           
             States
             ,
             Orders
          
           ,
           and
           Divisions
           of
           men
           ,
           both
           
             Lords
             ,
             Citizens
          
           ,
           and
           Commons
           of
           England
           ,
           under
           the
           Opprobrious
           Names
           of
           Citt
           ,
           and
           Bumpkin
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           That
           I
           have
           Scandalously
           misrepresented
           all
           the
           
             Late
             Petitions
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Promoters
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           That
           my
           Writings
           create
           Misunderstandings
           ,
           and
           tend
           to
           the
           Embroyling
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           discharge
           my self
           of
           these
           odious
           and
           malicious
           Imputations
           ,
           in
           course
           as
           they
           lye
           ;
           I
           shall
           speak
           ,
           First
           ,
           to
           the
           Ridiculing
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           in
           contempt
           of
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           and
           refer
           my self
           to
           the
           Undenyable
           Evidences
           of
           my
           own
           Papers
           :
           beginning
           with
           my
           Particular
           Opinion
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           deliver'd
           it
           to
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           
             §.
             1.
             
             My
             Opinion
             of
             the
             Quality
             of
             the
             Plot.
             
          
           
             The
             bringing
             of
             this
             
               DEVILISH
               Plot
            
             ,
             
             upon
             the
             Stage
             ,
             has
             struck
             all
             men
             of
             Piety
             ,
             and
             Loyalty
             ,
             and
             Love
             to
             their
             Country
             ,
             with
             Amazement
             and
             Horrour
             .
             The
             Murther
             of
             a
             Prince
             ;
             the
             Subversion
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             Religion
             ;
             
             What
             can
             be
             more
             Execrable
             ?
             The
             Thought
             of
             so
             DIABOLICAL
             a
             Practice
             has
             justly
             transported
             the
             
             People
             to
             the
             highest
             degree
             of
             Rage
             against
             it
             imaginable
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             a
             Meritorious
             and
             a
             
               Laudable
               zeal
            
             too
             ,
             
             so
             long
             as
             it
             contains
             it self
             within
             the
             bounds
             of
             Law
             ,
             and
             Duty
             ;
             While
             the
             King
             ,
             
             Councell
             ,
             and
             Parliament
             ,
             are
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             Sifting
             and
             Examining
             the
             Design
             ;
             and
             doing
             Justice
             upon
             the
             
               Offenders
               .
               Case
               Put
               ,
               Pag.
            
             33.
             
          
           
             After
             all
             this
             care
             taken
             to
             tear
             up
             the
             
               ACCURSED
               PLOT
            
             by
             the
             Root
             .
             
             
               Further
               Discovery
               Pa.
            
             23.
             
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             
               HELLISH
               DESIGN
            
             upon
             the
             Life
             of
             our
             Gracious
             Sovereign
             ,
             
             by
             Pistol
             ,
             Sword
             ,
             or
             Poysou
             .
             
               Ibid.
               Pag.
               25.
               
               And
               again
            
             [
             This
             
               DETESTABLE
               PLOT
            
             now
             in
             Agitation
             ]
             
               Hist.
               of
               the
               Plot
            
             ,
             
             Preface
             .
          
           
             Let
             This
             serve
             as
             to
             my
             Opinion
             of
             the
             Quality
             of
             the
             Plot.
             A
             word
             now
             to
             the
             Believing
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Touching
               my
               Belief
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               the
               
                 Popish
                 Plot
              
               ,
               that
               is
               Sworn
               by
               the
               
                 Kings
                 Witnesses
              
               ,
               
               I
               lay
               my
               Faith
               at
               their
               feet
               ,
               without
               any
               further
               Enquiry
               ,
               or
               
                 Dispute
                 .
                 Narrative
                 .
                 Pag.
              
               20.
               
            
             
               
                 Under
                 colour
                 of
                 asserting
                 and
                 making
                 out
                 the
                 Truth
                 of
                 the
                 Plot
                 ,
              
               
               (
               which
               no
               sober
               man
               doubts
               of
               )
               &c.
               
               Answer
               to
               the
               Appeal
               .
               Pag.
               33.
               
            
             
               
                 All
                 our
              
               Courts
               of
               Justice
               ,
               
               and
               Journals
               of
               State
               bear
               Witnesse
               
                 to
                 it
                 .
                 (
                 The
              
               Popish
               Plot.
               )
               Narrative
               ,
               Pa.
               4.
               
            
             
               
                 Whoever
                 carefully
              
               peruses
               their
               Writings
               ,
               and
               Depositions
               ;
               compares
               their
               Testimonies
               ,
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               Kings
               Witnesses
               ,
               )
               
                 and
                 yet
              
               doubts
               
                 of
                 the
              
               Plot
               ;
               
                 is
                 little
                 better
                 certainly
                 then
              
               Seal'd
               up
               under
               
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
              
               Blindnesse
               and
               Delusion
               .
               
               Ibid.
               Pag.
               3.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Question
                 is
                 not
                 the
              
               CERTAINTY
               of
               One
               Plot
               ,
               
               
                 but
                 the
              
               Superfaetation
               of
               Another
               .
               Ans.
               to
               the
               Appeal
               .
               Pag.
               19.
               
               And
               further
               ,
               
                 It
                 is
                 no
                 clearing
                 the
              
               Papists
               of
               One
               Plot
               
                 upon
                 the
                 Kings
                 Life
              
               ,
               
               
                 the
                 Charging
                 of
                 the
              
               Presbyterians
               with
               Another
               .
               Ibid.
               Pag.
               22.
               
            
             
             
               There
               are
               a
               Sort
               of
               men
               that
               ,
               
               under
               countenance
               of
               
                 THIS
                 Plot
              
               ,
               advance
               another
               of
               their
               Own.
               And
               if
               a
               man
               Writes
               ,
               or
               Speaks
               ,
               or
               Reasons
               against
               them
               ,
               he
               is
               presently
               a
               Favourer
               of
               the
               Papists
               ,
               a
               Lessener
               of
               the
               Plot
               ,
               and
               run
               down
               with
               Nonsense
               ,
               and
               
                 Clamour
                 .
                 Case
                 Put.
                 Pag.
              
               34.
               
            
          
           
             
               My
               turning
               it
               into
               Ridicule
               .
            
             
               [
               For
               my
               own
               part
               I
               am
               so
               far
               from
               Laughing
               at
               it
               
                 (
                 the
                 Plot
              
               )
               that
               it
               wounds
               my
               Soul
               ,
               
               the
               very
               thought
               on
               't
               .
               ]
               
                 Reformed
                 Catholique
                 ,
                 Pa.
              
               10.
               11.
               
            
             
               Nor
               have
               I
               been
               lesse
               Punctual
               in
               my
               acknowledgments
               of
               the
               Iustice
               of
               all
               Proceedings
               upon
               't
               ,
               and
               in
               my
               Submissions
               to
               the
               Sentences
               that
               have
               been
               Pass'd
               in
               the
               Case
               .
            
          
           
             
               All
               Proceedings
               upon
               the
               Plot
               ,
               Iustified
               .
            
             
               After
               so
               many
               Priests
               and
               Jesuits
               and
               other
               Leading
               men
               of
               That
               Party
               removed
               by
               the
               Stroke
               of
               
                 Publick
                 Justice
              
               .
               &c.
               
               
                 Further
                 Discovery
                 .
                 Pag.
              
               23.
               
            
             
               
                 We
                 have
                 had
              
               Legal
               Tryalls
               ,
               
               Proofs
               ,
               Verdicts
               ,
               Sentences
               ,
               and
               Legall
               Executions
               
                 in
                 the
                 Case
              
               .
               Ans.
               to
               the
               Appeal
               .
               Pag.
               10.
               
            
             
               His
               Majesty
               hath
               two
               main
               Difficulties
               to
               Encounter
               at
               once
               ;
               
               the
               One
               to
               Master
               the
               
                 Plot
                 it self
              
               ;
               the
               Other
               ,
               to
               Temper
               and
               Sweeten
               the
               Passions
               of
               men
               ,
               Zealous
               in
               the
               
                 Contrary
                 Extreme
              
               ;
               that
               no
               Inconvenience
               may
               arise
               from
               Their
               Misapprehension
               of
               things
               Another
               way
               .
               
                 Free-born
                 Subject
                 .
                 Pag.
                 27.
                 
                 And
                 again
                 .
              
               [
               The
               Depositions
               have
               been
               Formally
               taken
               before
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               
               and
               his
               
                 Privy
                 Councell
              
               ;
               and
               the
               
                 Evidences
                 STRICTLY
                 weigh'd
              
               ,
               and
               Examin'd
               ;
               and
               from
               thence
               afterwards
               
               heartily
               recommended
               ,
               and
               faithfully
               Transmitted
               to
               the
               
                 Two
                 Houses
                 of
                 Parliament
                 .
                 Ibid.
                 Pag.
                 28.
                 
              
            
             
               Be
               it
               always
               understood
               that
               where
               AUTHORITY
               hath
               passed
               a
               Sentence
               ,
               
               there
               is
               no
               longer
               any
               Place
               for
               Hesitation
               or
               Demur
               .
               
                 Further
                 Discovery
                 ,
                 Pag.
              
               3.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             §.
             2.
             
             The
             Shamming
             of
             the
             Plot.
             
          
           
             Now
             as
             to
             the
             Shamming
             of
             the
             Plot
             ,
             and
             casting
             it
             upon
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
             the
             learned
             Authour
             of
             the
             
               Gyants
               War
            
             ,
             and
             of
             several
             other
             
               Course
               Complements
               upon
               his
               Majesty
            
             ;
             (
             they
             say
             he
             puts
             in
             for
             a
             
               Patrimonial
               Right
            
             to
             a
             Place
             upon
             one
             of
             the
             
               City
               Gates
               ,
            
             )
             This
             Learned
             Authour
             (
             I
             say
             )
             has
             been
             pleased
             to
             Glosse
             upon
             My
             Text
             ,
             
             as
             if
             I
             represented
             
               [
               The
               Plot
               only
               as
               a
            
             Blind
             
               to
               enrage
               People
               ;
               and
               that
               there
               was
               a
               reall
            
             Design
             
               to
               destroy
               the
            
             Hierarchy
             ,
             
               and
               all
               the
               Sons
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               by
               the
               name
               of
            
             Papists
             in
             Masquerade
             ,
             
               and
               get
               all
               the
               places
               of
            
             Profit
             to
             themselves
             ]
             Now
             for
             my
             Suggesting
             the
             
               Popish
               Plot
            
             to
             be
             only
             
               a
               Blind
               to
               enrage
               People
            
             ;
             I
             defy
             the
             world
             ,
             either
             to
             shew
             that
             I
             have
             
               misrecited
               my Self
            
             in
             what
             I
             have
             already
             deliver'd
             ;
             
             or
             to
             produce
             any
             one
             passage
             out
             of
             all
             my
             Writings
             ,
             that
             ,
             without
             extreme
             Violence
             ,
             will
             in
             any
             degree
             countenance
             Such
             a
             Construction
             .
             But
             still
             ,
             as
             I
             am
             Innocent
             of
             rendering
             That
             to
             be
             only
             a
             Blind
             ,
             which
             
               King
               ,
               Lords
            
             ,
             and
             Commons
             have
             pronounced
             to
             be
             
               a
               damnable
               and
               hellish
               Plot
            
             ;
             So
             am
             I
             thoroughly
             convinc'd
             ,
             on
             the
             Other
             hand
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             
               Several
               Sham-Plots
               contriv'd
            
             ,
             and
             Started
             ,
             where
             there
             was
             no
             colour
             or
             pretense
             for
             a
             man
             to
             Imagine
             that
             there
             was
             any
             Plot
             at
             all
             :
             and
             that
             great
             use
             is
             made
             of
             these
             Inventions
             ,
             for
             a
             Blind
             to
             the
             Advancing
             of
             a
             
               Fanatical
               Design
            
             .
             
             And
             how
             far
             That
             Project
             may
             reasonably
             tend
             toward
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             Hierachy
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Sons
               of
               the
               Church
            
             ,
             under
             the
             
             notion
             of
             Papists
             in
             Masquerade
             ;
             and
             the
             
               engrossing
               of
               all
               Power
               into
               their
               own
               hands
               ,
            
             shall
             be
             set
             forth
             in
             its
             proper
             place
             .
          
           
             But
             how
             comes
             L'Estrange
             to
             be
             charg'd
             with
             turning
             the
             
               Popish
               Plot
            
             over
             to
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
             
             now
             in
             1680.
             that
             has
             been
             perpetually
             ringing
             the
             same
             Peal
             in
             the
             ears
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             ever
             since
             1661.
             that
             he
             does
             at
             
               This
               Instant
            
             ?
             And
             I
             do
             not
             remember
             any
             
               Popish
               Plot
            
             that
             was
             taken
             notice
             of
             in
             those
             days
             .
          
           
             
               In
               the
            
             Epistle
             Dedicatory
             
               of
               my
            
             Holy
             Cheat
             to
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             
             1661.
             
             
               I
               have
               these
               Words
               (
               speaking
               of
               the
            
             Presbyterians
             )
             [
             they
             cast
             the
             blood
             and
             guilt
             of
             the
             late
             War
             upon
             his
             Majesty
             ;
             make
             his
             Adherents
             Traytors
             ;
             place
             the
             Supreme
             Authority
             in
             the
             two
             Houses
             ;
             Subject
             the
             Law
             to
             an
             Ordinance
             ;
             the
             Government
             to
             a
             Faction
             ;
             and
             Animate
             the
             Schismatiques
             to
             Serve
             his
             Majesty
             in
             Being
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             his
             Father
             .
             This
             is
             the
             Drift
             of
             their
             Seditious
             Libells
             
               &c.
               ]
               And
               a
               little
               farther
               ,
               This
               Citation
               of
            
             Douglas's
             Coronation-Sermon
             ,
             Then
             newly
             Reprinted
             .
          
           
             [
             This
             may
             serve
             to
             justify
             the
             Proceedings
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             against
             the
             late
             King
             ,
             
             who
             in
             a
             Hostile
             way
             set
             himself
             to
             overthrow
             Religion
             ,
             Parliaments
             ,
             Laws
             ,
             and
             Liberties
             .
             Pag.
             10.
             ]
             What
             could
             I
             say
             lesse
             to
             the
             Insolence
             of
             such
             Pamphlets
             ;
             or
             what
             is
             it
             more
             that
             I
             do
             now
             upon
             this
             Subject
             ,
             that
             what
             I
             did
             
               twenty
               years
               since
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             §.
             3.
             
             About
             disparaging
             the
             Kings
             Wittnesses
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             Calumny
             layd
             to
             my
             Charge
             ,
             is
             the
             discrediting
             of
             the
             
               Kings
               Witnesses
            
             ;
             wherein
             I
             once
             again
             repayre
             to
             my
             own
             Papers
             ;
             which
             ,
             without
             a
             
               new
               Dictionary
            
             ,
             
             and
             a
             
               new
               Grammar
            
             ,
             will
             abundantly
             acquit
             me
             .
             For
             according
             to
             
               Common
               English
            
             ,
             and
             Syntaxe
             ,
             I
             have
             rather
             strain'd
             a
             point
             of
             Modesty
             upon
             an
             Excess
             of
             Respect
             ,
             then
             ,
             on
             the
             
               Other
               side
            
             ,
             been
             wanting
             to
             it
             .
             
             As
             for
             Example
             ;
             in
             my
             
               Further
               Discovery
            
             ,
             to
             
               Dr.
               Oates
            
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             
               wonderfull
               things
            
             ,
             
             Dr.
             which
             you
             have
             done
             already
             ;
             and
             I
             am
             Perswaded
             that
             you
             are
             yet
             reserved
             for
             
               more
               wonderfull
               things
               to
               come
            
             ;
             which
             must
             be
             the
             work
             of
             Time
             to
             disclose
             ;
             when
             Truth
             shall
             deliver
             her self
             from
             the
             Rubbish
             of
             Oppression
             and
             Slander
             :
             and
             in
             despite
             of
             Envy
             ,
             and
             Imposture
             ,
             render
             your
             Name
             as
             famous
             to
             Posterity
             ,
             as
             your
             Virtue
             has
             made
             it
             to
             the
             
               present
               Generation
            
             .
             And
             this
             I
             write
             with
             little
             lesse
             then
             the
             Genius
             of
             a
             Prophet
             .
             Pag.
             21.
             
          
           
             
               These
               very
               words
            
             from
             the
             Pen
             of
             a
             
               Servile
               Parasite
            
             ,
             
             would
             have
             pass'd
             for
             a
             Panegyrick
             ,
             which
             in
             L'Estrange
             must
             be
             Interpreted
             for
             a
             Libell
             :
             Nay
             all
             the
             force
             of
             Argument
             ,
             and
             Intention
             must
             be
             destroy'd
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             Standard
             of
             the
             
               English
               Tongue
               alter'd
            
             ,
             to
             do
             
               me
               a
               good
               Turn
            
             .
             Every
             Syllable
             is
             put
             to
             the
             Torture
             ,
             to
             know
             what
             Moutbs
             I
             made
             upon
             the
             Writing
             of
             it
             :
             And
             if
             I
             do
             but
             stumble
             upon
             a
             Figure
             ,
             that
             would
             be
             an
             Ornament
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             upon
             
               another
               mans
               Paper
            
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             Blot
             upon
             mine
             ;
             and
             the
             most
             Innocent
             of
             my
             Metaphors
             ,
             and
             Allusions
             are
             melted
             down
             into
             Articles
             ,
             and
             Depositions
             ,
             without
             the
             Allowance
             of
             so
             much
             as
             
               one
               grain
            
             for
             
               Humane
               Frailty
            
             .
             And
             all
             this
             ,
             by
             the
             virtue
             of
             a
             kind
             of
             
               Inverted
               Alchymy
            
             ,
             that
             instead
             of
             the
             more
             
               Generous
               Operation
            
             of
             
               exalting
               Baser
               mettles
            
             into
             Nobler
             ,
             and
             turning
             Copper
             into
             Gold
             ,
             sets
             up
             a
             
               New
               Profession
            
             of
             turning
             Gold
             ,
             into
             Dirt.
             
          
           
             [
             Who
             was
             it
             but
             You
             ,
             
             again
             ;
             that
             so
             effectually
             layd
             open
             the
             Intrigues
             of
             the
             Priests
             and
             Jesuits
             ,
             with
             the
             Schismatiques
             ,
             in
             the
             late
             Rebellion
             ?
             That
             shew'd
             his
             Majesty
             so
             plainly
             who
             they
             were
             that
             Dethron'd
             and
             Murther'd
             his
             Father
             :
             and
             painted
             the
             whole
             Conspiracy
             so
             to
             the
             Life
             ,
             that
             a
             body
             might
             Wink
             and
             see
             thorough
             it
             ?
             Who
             but
             you
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             to
             trace
             them
             down
             to
             this
             very
             Instant
             ,
             
             through
             all
             their
             Disguises
             and
             Caballs
             ,
             Fomenting
             a
             Rebellion
             in
             Scotland
             with
             the
             
               Presbyterians
               ;
               Incendiaries
            
             in
             London
             with
             the
             Millenaries
             ;
             and
             up
             and
             down
             Tampering
             with
             the
             whole
             Crew
             of
             of
             Sectaries
             ?
             Who
             was
             it
             but
             You
             that
             first
             found
             out
             the
             Conspiracy
             it self
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Conspirators
             ?
             Who
             but
             You
             the
             Eminent
             Instrument
             in
             the
             opening
             of
             the
             Combination
             ?
          
           
             What
             is
             all
             this
             ,
             
             but
             to
             Trace
             the
             Dr.
             in
             the
             very
             History
             of
             himself
             ?
             And
             to
             say
             more
             to
             his
             Honour
             then
             ,
             perchance
             ,
             ever
             any
             man
             sayd
             before
             me
             :
             bating
             only
             the
             Person
             that
             ,
             First
             ,
             gave
             him
             the
             Title
             of
             THE
             SAVIOUR
             OF
             THE
             NATION
             .
          
           
             It
             cannot
             be
             deny'd
             but
             that
             the
             Kings
             Witnesses
             have
             ventur'd
             as
             far
             ,
             
             and
             done
             as
             much
             as
             men
             could
             do
             ,
             under
             Their
             Circumstances
             ,
             to
             make
             out
             the
             Truth
             of
             a
             Damnable
             and
             
               Hellish
               Popish
               Plot
            
             upon
             the
             Life
             of
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             ,
             our
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Civill
             Government
             ,
             
               Ib.
               pa.
            
             23.
             
          
           
             It
             would
             be
             endlesse
             to
             encounter
             the
             Malice
             of
             every
             Scurrilous
             Buffoon
             that
             neither
             dares
             own
             his
             Name
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             nor
             to
             the
             Subject
             of
             his
             Outrage
             and
             Venom
             :
             But
             yet
             in
             regard
             that
             the
             whole
             pack
             of
             them
             fall
             in
             with
             full
             Cry
             upon
             two
             Passages
             in
             the
             Second
             and
             Third
             Pages
             of
             my
             
               Further
               Discovery
            
             .
             I
             shall
             bestow
             a
             word
             or
             two
             more
             upon
             those
             Reflections
             .
             The
             Words
             are
             These
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             naturally
             a
             Veneration
             for
             the
             Government
             ,
             
             and
             all
             that
             Love
             it
             ;
             for
             the
             Kings
             
               Loyall
               Wittnesses
            
             ;
             and
             the
             Preservers
             of
             his
             Sacred
             Life
             ,
             in
             the
             First
             place
             :
             with
             an
             Equall
             Horror
             and
             Detestation
             for
             all
             his
             Enemies
             ,
             under
             what
             Mask
             or
             form
             Soever
             .
             I
             believe
             the
             Plot
             ;
             and
             as
             much
             as
             every
             
               good
               Subject
               ought
            
             to
             believe
             ;
             or
             as
             any
             man
             in
             his
             
               Right
               Wits
               can
               believe
            
             :
             Nay
             I
             do
             so
             
               absolutely
               believe
            
             it
             ,
             that
             in
             my
             Conscience
             
               You
               your Self
            
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             do
             not
             
               believe
               more
            
             of
             it
             ,
             then
             
               I
               do
            
             .
             Pag.
             2.
             
          
           
             Now
             where
             's
             the
             disparaging
             of
             the
             
               Kings
               Wittnesses
            
             
             in
             all
             This
             ?
             
             I
             believe
             the
             Plot
             ;
             and
             as
             
               much
               of
               it
            
             as
             an
             
               honest
               man
               ought
            
             ,
             or
             a
             
               Sober
               man
               can
            
             believe
             ;
             nay
             as
             much
             of
             it
             as
             the
             Dr.
             himself
             believes
             :
             And
             would
             any
             body
             have
             me
             ,
             now
             ,
             to
             believe
             more
             ?
          
           
             But
             the
             whole
             World
             
               (
               Say
               I
            
             )
             shall
             never
             bring
             me
             to
             believe
             ,
             
             or
             to
             Say
             that
             I
             believe
             That
             which
             I
             neither
             do
             ,
             nor
             
               can
               believe
            
             ;
             As
             the
             businesse
             of
             Bedingfields
             being
             alive
             again
             ;
             or
             that
             
               I
               my self
            
             am
             in
             the
             Conspiracy
             .
             Suppose
             my
             Boy
             should
             come
             in
             ,
             and
             tell
             me
             that
             it
             rains
             
               Butter'd
               Turnips
            
             ,
             I
             should
             go
             near
             to
             open
             the
             Window
             to
             see
             whether
             it
             be
             so
             or
             no
             ,
             Pag.
             3.
             
          
           
             Shall
             any
             man
             call
             This
             now
             ,
             that
             is
             with
             so
             much
             Caution
             ,
             and
             Distinction
             apply'd
             to
             Cases
             that
             are
             
               manifestly
               false
            
             and
             groundlesse
             ;
             shall
             any
             man
             (
             I
             say
             )
             call
             This
             an
             arraigning
             of
             the
             
               Doctors
               Evidence
            
             ?
             Or
             rather
             how
             shall
             any
             man
             dare
             to
             apply
             these
             false
             and
             
               groundlesse
               Storys
            
             to
             the
             
               Doctors
               Case
            
             ?
             does
             it
             follow
             ,
             because
             I
             do
             not
             believe
             a
             thing
             that
             is
             False
             ,
             that
             therefore
             I
             do
             not
             believe
             a
             thing
             that
             is
             
               True
               ?
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             4.
             
             For
             abusing
             all
             Sorts
             of
             People
             in
             my
             Citt
             and
             Bumpkin
             .
          
           
             The
             Fourth
             Article
             runs
             for
             Comprehending
             all
             the
             States
             ,
             
             Orders
             ,
             and
             Divisions
             of
             men
             ,
             both
             Lords
             ,
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             Commons
             of
             England
             under
             the
             Opprobrious
             names
             of
             Citt
             and
             Bumpkin
             .
          
           
             And
             is
             not
             the
             World
             much
             beholden
             to
             the
             Authour
             of
             this
             Discovery
             ,
             
             now
             ,
             for
             the
             Resemblance
             he
             finds
             betwixt
             the
             LORDS
             ,
             CITIZENS
             ,
             and
             COMMONS
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             my
             CIT
             ,
             and
             BUMPKIN
             ?
             For
             it
             is
             
               he
               alone
            
             ,
             out
             of
             
               his
               own
               mother
               Wit
            
             ,
             that
             has
             found
             it
             out
             .
             And
             yet
             he
             pronounces
             ,
             in
             another
             place
             ,
             that
             I
             make
             my
             Bumpkin
             to
             represent
             a
             
               Cunning
               ,
               Projecting
               ,
               Canting
               Knave
            
             ;
             which
             He
             ,
             by
             Interpretation
             
             makes
             to
             be
             a
             
               Common
               Representative
            
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
             
             But
             so
             far
             am
             I
             now
             ,
             from
             confounding
             men
             of
             Honour
             and
             Integrity
             with
             Rascalls
             ;
             that
             I
             have
             set
             upon
             these
             Varlets
             an
             Expresse
             mark
             of
             Opposition
             to
             the
             Sober
             and
             
               considerable
               part
               of
               the
               Land
            
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             done
             This
             too
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             Clearnesse
             ,
             and
             Contempt
             imaginable
             .
          
           
             And
             YOU
             ,
             
             (
             says
             Truman
             )
             are
             the
             Representative
             ,
             forsooth
             ,
             of
             the
             City
             ;
             and
             YOU
             ,
             of
             the
             
               Country
               :
               Two
            
             of
             the
             Pillars
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             with
             a
             Horse-Pox
             a
             man
             would
             not
             let
             down
             his
             Breeches
             in
             a
             House
             of
             Office
             ,
             that
             had
             but
             
               two
               such
               Supporters
            
             .
             
             Do
             not
             I
             know
             you
             ,
             Cit
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             little
             Grub-street-Insect
             ,
             that
             but
             to'ther
             day
             Scribled
             handy
             dandy
             for
             some
             
               eighteen
               pence
            
             a
             
               Jobb
               pro
               and
               con
            
             ;
             and
             glad
             on
             't
             too
             ?
             And
             now
             ,
             as
             it
             pleases
             the
             Stars
             ,
             you
             are
             advanc'd
             from
             the
             Obort
             ,
             the
             miscarriage
             of
             a
             Cause-Splitter
             ,
             to
             a
             
               drawer
               up
            
             of
             Articles
             ;
             and
             for
             your
             Skill
             in
             
               Counterfeiting
               hands
            
             ,
             preferr'd
             to
             be
             a
             Sollicitor
             for
             Fobb'd
             Petitions
             .
             
             You
             'l
             do
             the
             
               Bishops
               business
            
             ,
             and
             
             you
             'l
             do
             the
             
               Dukes
               businesse
            
             ;
             and
             who
             but
             you
             to
             tell
             the
             King
             when
             he
             shall
             make
             War
             or
             Peace
             ;
             call
             Parliaments
             ;
             and
             whom
             to
             Commit
             ,
             and
             whom
             to
             
               let
               go
            
             ?
             And
             then
             in
             your
             Fuddle
             up
             comes
             all
             ;
             what
             such
             a
             Lord
             told
             you
             ,
             and
             what
             you
             told
             him
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             pudder
             against
             your
             Conscience
             too
             ,
             even
             by
             your
             own
             Confession
             .
             Pag.
             26.
             
             And
             then
             Truman
             again
             ,
             Pag.
             35.
             
          
           
             Who
             made
             You
             a
             Commissioner
             for
             the
             Town
             ,
             or
             You
             for
             the
             Country
             ?
             But
             we
             are
             like
             to
             have
             a
             Fine
             businesse
             of
             it
             ,
             
             when
             the
             Dreggs
             of
             the
             People
             set
             up
             for
             the
             Representatives
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             to
             the
             Dishonour
             of
             the
             most
             considerable
             and
             
               Sober
               part
            
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             Pre'thee
             ,
             Bumpkin
             ,
             
             with
             thy
             Poles
             and
             Baltiques
             ,
             how
             shouldest
             Thou
             come
             to
             understand
             the
             Ballance
             of
             Empires
             ;
             wbo
             are
             Delinquents
             ,
             and
             who
             not
             ;
             the
             Right
             of
             Bishops
             Votes
             ?
             And
             you
             (
             forsooth
             )
             are
             to
             teach
             the
             King
             when
             to
             call
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             when
             to
             let
             it
             alone
             .
          
           
           
             Our
             Libellers
             should
             do
             well
             now
             to
             name
             the
             Lords
             ,
             
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             Commoners
             ,
             that
             sat
             for
             their
             Pictures
             to
             the
             Designer
             of
             
               These
               two
               Figures
            
             .
             But
             Calumny
             is
             shamelesse
             ;
             they
             would
             never
             else
             have
             bespatter'd
             me
             for
             an
             Abuse
             ,
             wherein
             I
             have
             so
             many
             Thousands
             of
             Wittnesses
             to
             the
             Contrary
             .
             But
             no
             better
             can
             be
             expected
             from
             the
             Scum
             of
             the
             Rabble
             ,
             whosc
             Blouds
             run
             as
             Course
             as
             their
             Manners
             .
             And
             then
             they
             hit
             me
             in
             the
             Teeth
             with
             it
             ,
             upon
             all
             occasions
             ,
             what
             Rogues
             I
             make
             of
             the
             Citizens
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             not
             a
             pin
             matter
             to
             Them
             whether
             a
             Suggestion
             be
             True
             ,
             or
             False
             ,
             provided
             that
             the
             matter
             of
             it
             be
             but
             Scandalous
             ,
             and
             the
             Consequence
             of
             it
             dangerous
             .
          
           
             Where
             was
             This
             Zeal
             ,
             
             I
             wonder
             ,
             for
             the
             Honour
             of
             the
             Lords
             ,
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             Commons
             ,
             in
             the
             case
             of
             the
             Appeal
             from
             the
             COUNTRY
             to
             the
             CITY
             ;
             where
             they
             were
             all
             of
             them
             made
             
               Rascalls
               indeed
            
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             very
             notion
             too
             ,
             of
             the
             Representatives
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             It
             strikes
             In
             with
             a
             ONE
             and
             ALL
             ,
             at
             the
             very
             first
             dash
             
               [
               Most
               Brave
               and
               noble
               Citizens
               —
               With
            
             you
             
               we
               stand
               ,
               and
               with
            
             you
             we
             fall
             .
             
               Appeal
               .
               Pag.
               1.
            
             ]
             This
             is
             one
             of
             the
             most
             virulent
             Libells
             against
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             
             in
             his
             Person
             ,
             Authority
             ,
             and
             Administration
             ;
             against
             the
             whole
             Body
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             against
             all
             the
             Faithfull
             Friends
             and
             Subjects
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             Crown
             ,
             that
             ever
             yet
             was
             Printed
             :
             Nay
             it
             proceeds
             even
             to
             the
             Tacit
             Proposal
             of
             a
             
               New
               King.
            
             This
             was
             
               no
               bespattering
            
             (
             was
             it
             ?
             )
             of
             the
             
               Nobility
               ,
               Citizens
            
             ,
             and
             Commonalty
             ,
             to
             represent
             them
             all
             as
             in
             so
             lewd
             a
             Conspiracy
             against
             the
             Establisht
             Government
             .
             But
             our
             pretended
             Patriots
             and
             Zealots
             ,
             
             are
             all
             of
             them
             blind
             on
             That
             Side
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             not
             so
             much
             as
             one
             man
             of
             them
             that
             has
             ever
             taken
             any
             sort
             of
             notice
             of
             these
             daring
             Affronts
             upon
             Authority
             ,
             unlesse
             to
             countenance
             the
             Sedition
             ;
             But
             Recrimination
             is
             no
             discharge
             :
             wherefore
             I
             shall
             
             remit
             my self
             ,
             upon
             the
             matter
             of
             Respect
             to
             the
             Citizens
             of
             London
             ,
             to
             the
             Reply
             I
             publisht
             upon
             the
             coming
             out
             of
             That
             villanous
             Libel
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             wonderfull
             thing
             ,
             
             the
             Confidence
             of
             this
             audacious
             Pamphlet
             ,
             in
             addressing
             it self
             to
             the
             City
             ,
             after
             so
             Fresh
             ,
             so
             Loyal
             ,
             and
             so
             Generous
             an
             Instance
             of
             their
             Scorn
             ,
             and
             Detestation
             of
             any
             thing
             that
             looks
             like
             a
             Seditious
             Practice
             .
             Why
             should
             a
             
               Wat
               Tyler
            
             expect
             better
             Quarter
             from
             a
             
               Lord
               Mayor
            
             under
             
               Charles
               the
               Second
            
             ,
             then
             he
             had
             from
             a
             
               Lord
               Mayor
            
             under
             
               Richard
               the
               Second
            
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             that
             very
             Rebellion
             of
             
               Forty
               One
            
             ,
             is
             most
             injuriously
             charg'd
             upon
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ;
             for
             
               Gournay
               ,
               Ricaut
               ,
               Garraway
            
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             considerable
             of
             the
             Citizens
             ,
             were
             not
             only
             against
             it
             in
             their
             Opinions
             ,
             but
             opposed
             it
             to
             the
             Utmost
             with
             their
             Estates
             and
             Persons
             .
             And
             That
             Honourable
             Saciety
             has
             not
             yet
             forgotten
             either
             the
             Calamities
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             or
             the
             Methods
             and
             Instruments
             ,
             which
             brought
             so
             great
             a
             Reproach
             upon
             the
             
               City
               .
               Answ.
               to
               the
               Appeal
               ,
               Pag.
               2.
               
               And
               again
               ,
            
             [
             How
             can
             the
             Appellant
             imagine
             that
             the
             most
             eminent
             City
             of
             Christendom
             for
             Purity
             of
             Religion
             ,
             
             Loyalty
             to
             their
             Prince
             ,
             Power
             ,
             good
             Government
             ,
             Wealth
             ,
             and
             Resolution
             ,
             should
             be
             cajoll'd
             out
             of
             all
             these
             Blessings
             and
             Advantages
             by
             the
             
               Jesuitical
               Fanaticism
            
             of
             a
             
               Dark-Lanthorn
               Pamphlet
               ?
               Ibid.
               Pa.
               38.
               ]
            
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             Passage
             in
             my
             
               Second
               Citt
            
             and
             Bumpkin
             ,
             Pag.
             27.
             which
             some
             of
             my
             Over-Critical
             Adversaries
             pretend
             to
             lay
             a
             more
             then
             Ordinary
             stresse
             upon
             ;
             and
             I
             shall
             here
             submit
             it
             to
             any
             Impartial
             Judgment
             .
          
           
             Prethee
             (
             says
             Bumpkin
             )
             let
             's
             leave
             This
             Noddy
             
               (
               Truman
            
             )
             a
             little
             ,
             and
             talk
             of
             something
             else
             .
             What
             dost
             think
             was
             the
             Reason
             that
             Parliaments
             
               have
               been
            
             put
             off
             so
             of
             late
             ?
          
           
           
             Citt.
             The
             very
             Question
             that
             I
             put
             'tother
             day
             my self
             ;
             
             and
             't
             was
             Answer'd
             Thus
             ,
             That
             the
             Nation
             could
             not
             be
             Happy
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Preservation
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             Establisht
             by
             Law
             ;
             For
             the
             tearing
             of
             the
             Law
             to
             Pieces
             must
             needs
             distract
             the
             People
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             no
             Rule
             to
             walk
             by
             :
             That
             a
             great
             many
             Worthy
             Persons
             were
             disappointed
             in
             the
             Elections
             ,
             by
             being
             Misrepresented
             to
             the
             People
             :
             That
             by
             these
             Practises
             diverse
             Persons
             were
             obtruded
             upon
             the
             Nation
             ,
             of
             
               remarkable
               Disaffections
            
             both
             to
             Church
             and
             State
             :
             And
             that
             Therefore
             (
             I
             suppose
             )
             they
             might
             be
             put
             off
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             some
             
               other
               Distempers
            
             might
             be
             Compos'd
             ,
             before
             their
             Meeting
             .
          
           
             Bum.
             And
             what
             Return
             didst
             thou
             make
             him
             ?
          
           
             Citt.
             I
             told
             him
             he
             smelt
             of
             the
             Court
             ;
             
             and
             that
             he
             had
             a
             Pope
             in
             's
             belly
             ;
             and
             so
             I
             would
             have
             no
             more
             to
             do
             with
             him
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             better
             Clearing
             of
             this
             Passage
             ,
             I
             shall
             set
             forth
             ,
             in
             the
             First
             place
             ,
             the
             true
             Occasion
             ,
             and
             Intent
             of
             my
             
               Two
               Dialogues
            
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             Reading
             of
             a
             Venemous
             ,
             
             if
             not
             a
             Treasonous
             Libell
             ,
             call'd
             ,
             
               An
               Appeal
               from
               the
            
             Countrey
             
               to
               the
            
             City
             ;
             I
             found
             it
             to
             be
             a
             direct
             Encouragement
             to
             a
             Rebellion
             ;
             and
             yet
             recommended
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             the
             Sense
             and
             Act
             of
             the
             whole
             Nation
             .
             Now
             to
             vindicate
             the
             Sober
             ,
             and
             
               Loyall
               Part
            
             ,
             both
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             and
             City
             from
             This
             Audacious
             Scandal
             ,
             I
             thought
             I
             could
             not
             do
             better
             ,
             then
             to
             expose
             the
             Conspirators
             under
             the
             Character
             of
             a
             Couple
             of
             
               mean
               ,
               factious
               ,
               ignorant
            
             ,
             and
             
               busy
               Knaves
            
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             Reproachfull
             names
             of
             Citt
             ,
             and
             Bumpkin
             ;
             who
             are
             here
             Introduc'd
             in
             a
             Discourse
             upon
             
               Matters
               of
               State
            
             ,
             and
             Ironically
             poynted
             at
             in
             the
             very
             Margin
             ,
             for
             meddling
             with
             Affairs
             which
             they
             did
             not
             understand
             .
          
           
           
             Passing
             from
             one
             thing
             to
             Another
             ,
             
               What
               dost
               think
            
             (
             says
             
               Bumpkin
               )
               was
               the
               Reason
            
             ,
             &
             c
             ?
          
           
             Now
             This
             is
             not
             a
             Question
             put
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             ,
             as
             either
             to
             require
             ,
             
             or
             to
             draw
             on
             an
             
               Assertory
               Resolution
            
             upon
             the
             true
             Reason
             ;
             but
             a
             Question
             accommodated
             to
             the
             Character
             of
             the
             Person
             that
             Asks
             it
             :
             It
             being
             the
             Constant
             Practise
             of
             those
             People
             ,
             upon
             all
             Prorogations
             ,
             or
             Dissolutions
             ,
             to
             Write
             ,
             and
             to
             Print
             their
             Thoughts
             upon
             the
             poynt
             ;
             and
             effectually
             to
             call
             his
             Majesty
             to
             an
             Account
             upon
             the
             whole
             matter
             .
          
           
             And
             beside
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             a
             Question
             Congruous
             to
             the
             Humour
             of
             the
             Person
             ;
             So
             has
             it
             no
             regard
             at
             all
             to
             an
             Answer
             upon
             the
             matter
             of
             Fact.
             What
             dost
             Think
             ?
             (
             says
             
               Bumpkin
               )
               was
               the
               Reason
            
             &c.
             
             
               The
               very
               Question
            
             (
             says
             
               Citt
               )
               that
               I
               put
               t'other
            
             day
             my self
             .
             And
             Then
             without
             delivering
             his
             own
             Thoughts
             ,
             he
             tells
             what
             another
             sayd
             to
             Him
             upon
             the
             same
             Question
             .
             And
             Citt
             does
             not
             lay
             any
             stresse
             upon
             That
             Answer
             neither
             ;
             but
             brings
             in
             the
             Respondent
             speaking
             only
             upon
             a
             bare
             supposal
             .
          
           
             By
             This
             ,
             
             and
             by
             what
             follows
             ,
             it
             will
             plainly
             appear
             that
             This
             
               Intervening
               Clause
            
             was
             only
             made
             usc
             of
             for
             Connexion-Sake
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             Clause
             of
             Transition
             ,
             for
             the
             carrying
             on
             of
             the
             Character
             ,
             out
             of
             
               One
               Impertinence
            
             into
             Another
             .
             For
             without
             coming
             to
             any
             Conclusion
             at
             all
             upon
             the
             Poynt
             ,
             Citt
             betakes
             himself
             immediately
             to
             the
             Ordinary
             Refuge
             of
             the
             Party
             ,
             of
             making
             
               two
               or
               three
               Answers
            
             serve
             to
             all
             manner
             of
             purposes
             ,
             and
             questions
             .
             I
             
               told
               him
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               that
               he
               smelt
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               and
               had
               a
               Pope
               in
               his
               belly
               .
            
             I
             make
             no
             doubt
             but
             This
             Apology
             will
             satisfy
             any
             man
             that
             has
             not
             my
             Person
             in
             his
             Eye
             rather
             then
             my
             Errors
             .
             I
             remember
             
               Boccalini's
               Laconique
               Senate
            
             ,
             that
             pass'd
             so
             grievous
             a
             Sentence
             upon
             a
             Letterato
             ,
             for
             making
             use
             of
             
               Three
               Words
            
             when
             Two
             would
             have
             done
             his
             businesse
             ▪
             But
             
             the
             Question
             is
             Here
             ,
             whether
             or
             no
             I
             have
             Sayd
             any
             thing
             that
             was
             
               Ill
               meant
            
             ,
             and
             not
             whether
             that
             which
             I
             have
             Deliver'd
             might
             have
             been
             
               Spoken
               better
            
             .
          
           
             After
             This
             Demonstration
             of
             the
             Innocent
             Intention
             ,
             and
             Application
             of
             the
             matter
             in
             Exception
             ,
             it
             may
             seem
             Superfluous
             to
             speak
             any
             thing
             to
             the
             Sense
             and
             Wording
             of
             it
             ;
             And
             yet
             I
             must
             needs
             say
             further
             that
             I
             cannot
             find
             any
             one
             Syllable
             in
             This
             Passage
             ,
             that
             will
             so
             much
             as
             bear
             an
             Ill
             Construction
             ,
             without
             forcing
             it
             beyond
             the
             Measures
             of
             Common
             Charity
             ,
             and
             Acceptation
             .
             For
             First
             ,
             the
             Position
             is
             True
             that
             the
             Preservation
             of
             the
             Law
             is
             the
             Security
             ,
             of
             the
             Government
             :
             and
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             Fact
             is
             True
             ;
             that
             
               Several
               Worthy
               Persons
               were
               disappointed
               in
               their
            
             Elections
             
               by
               being
            
             Misrepresented
             
               to
               the
               People
            
             .
             
             As
             in
             the
             Notorious
             Instance
             of
             Essex
             (
             and
             other
             places
             )
             where
             so
             many
             Eminent
             Persons
             as
             well
             of
             the
             Layity
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             were
             run
             down
             by
             the
             Multitude
             ;
             by
             the
             Names
             of
             
               Courtiers
               ,
               Pentioners
               ,
               Papists
               ,
               Baals-Priests
               ,
               Iesuitical
               Dumb
               Doggs
               ,
               the
               Black
               Regiment
               of
               Hell
            
             ;
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             to
             the
             Scandal
             of
             Christianity
             as
             well
             as
             of
             
               Common
               Iustice
            
             ,
             and
             
               Good
               Manners
            
             .
          
           
             Now
             if
             the
             Exception
             be
             taken
             to
             the
             Expression
             of
             obtruding
             upon
             the
             Nation
             some
             Persons
             of
             
               Remarkable
               Disaffections
            
             &c.
             
             
             Here
             is
             First
             ,
             no
             Reflection
             upon
             any
             Particulars
             ;
             nor
             is
             there
             any
             more
             signifi'd
             by
             the
             word
             OBTRUDED
             ,
             then
             what
             we
             find
             verify'd
             in
             
               all
               Elections
            
             ;
             when
             upon
             
               Double
               Returns
            
             ,
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             pronounces
             the
             Person
             rejected
             ,
             to
             have
             been
             
               unduly
               Chosen
            
             ,
             and
             ,
             effectually
             ,
             obtruded
             upon
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             again
             ,
             to
             be
             consider'd
             ;
             that
             the
             Tenses
             WAS
             ,
             and
             HAVE
             BEEN
             ,
             have
             a
             regard
             to
             what
             is
             past
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Word
             Parliaments
             ,
             (
             in
             the
             
               Plural
               Number
            
             ,
             cannot
             be
             understood
             of
             That
             which
             is
             now
             in
             Being
             ;
             
             Which
             was
             not
             neither
             ,
             at
             the
             time
             when
             This
             was
             Written
             ,
             in
             the
             Exercise
             of
             its
             Power
             .
          
           
             And
             moreover
             ,
             
             If
             the
             stresse
             be
             layd
             upon
             the
             Word
             DISAFFECTIONS
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             see
             ,
             in
             Propriety
             of
             Speaking
             ,
             how
             That
             word
             should
             arise
             to
             a
             Scandal
             ;
             having
             only
             a
             respect
             to
             a
             Diversity
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             without
             any
             Relation
             at
             all
             to
             an
             
               Evill
               Practice
            
             ,
             or
             Design
             :
             And
             it
             amounts
             to
             no
             more
             then
             a
             Disinclination
             ;
             which
             Imports
             only
             a
             
               different
               Liking
            
             of
             any
             thing
             ,
             upon
             a
             
               different
               Perswasion
               ,
               of
            
             or
             about
             it
             ;
             and
             I
             never
             yet
             heard
             it
             imputed
             to
             any
             man
             for
             a
             fault
             ,
             to
             think
             otherwise
             of
             any
             thing
             then
             Another
             man
             does
             ,
             or
             to
             frame
             his
             Inclinations
             to
             his
             Opinions
             :
             For
             such
             a
             Dissent
             ,
             fairly
             Interpreted
             ,
             is
             no
             Other
             then
             an
             
               Insuperable
               Diversity
            
             of
             Iudgment
             ;
             which
             is
             both
             Warrantable
             ,
             and
             Honest
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             it
             keeps
             it self
             within
             Compasse
             ,
             and
             without
             breaking
             forth
             into
             Contumacy
             and
             Action
             :
             And
             there
             is
             not
             the
             least
             Colour
             given
             for
             such
             a
             Construction
             ,
             in
             This
             place
             .
             But
             still
             ,
             as
             there
             neither
             is
             nor
             can
             be
             sayd
             to
             be
             any
             thing
             Unlawfull
             in
             such
             a
             Disagreement
             ,
             it
             were
             neverthelesse
             a
             thing
             highly
             to
             be
             wish'd
             ,
             that
             the
             Several
             Members
             of
             all
             great
             Councells
             might
             be
             previously
             Vnited
             in
             the
             Fundamentals
             of
             the
             main
             Subject
             of
             their
             Debate
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             Upshot
             ;
             DISAFFECTED
             ,
             Sounds
             no
             more
             in
             This
             place
             then
             a
             Non-Conformist
             ;
             and
             whosoever
             Scruples
             the
             Order
             and
             the
             Authority
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             doubts
             of
             the
             
               Kings
               Power
            
             in
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Matters
            
             and
             over
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Persons
            
             ,
             is
             in
             such
             manner
             Disaffected
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             State
             ,
             as
             to
             answer
             the
             Literal
             meaning
             of
             This
             Clause
             ,
             and
             no
             otherwise
             .
             Nor
             is
             any
             man
             to
             blame
             for
             being
             of
             such
             or
             such
             a
             Principle
             ,
             that
             lyes
             under
             the
             force
             of
             an
             
               Invincible
               Perswasion
            
             ,
             and
             consequently
             under
             the
             necessity
             of
             a
             
               Suitable
               Inclination
            
             .
             So
             much
             for
             This
             Poynt
             :
             The
             Next
             is
             ,
          
        
         
           
           
             §.
             5.
             
             My
             falling
             foul
             upon
             all
             the
             Petitioners
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Fifth
               Exception
            
             is
             ,
             
             that
             I
             have
             
               Scandalously
               misrepresented
               all
               the
               Petitioners
               ,
               and
               Promoters
               of
               the
               late
               Petitions
               .
            
             How
             far
             this
             Imputation
             is
             True
             or
             False
             ,
             and
             upon
             what
             grounds
             I
             support
             my
             Opinion
             ;
             shall
             be
             seen
             in
             what
             follows
             .
          
           
             [
             But
             may
             not
             
               men
               Petition
               ,
               you
               will
               say
               ,
            
             and
             
               Petition
               for
               a
               good
               thing
            
             ?
             
             Yes
             ;
             if
             the
             thing
             be
             
               Simply
               Good
            
             ;
             the
             Petitioners
             Competent
             Iudges
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             every
             man
             keep
             himself
             to
             his
             own
             Post
             ,
             I
             see
             no
             hurt
             in
             't
             :
             But
             for
             the
             Multitude
             to
             interpose
             in
             matters
             of
             State
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Calling
             or
             Dissolving
             of
             
               Parliaments
               ;
               Regulation
            
             of
             Church-Government
             ;
             or
             in
             other
             like
             Cases
             of
             Doubtfull
             and
             
               Hazzardous
               Event
            
             ,
             wherein
             they
             have
             no
             Skill
             at
             all
             ,
             nor
             any
             Right
             of
             Intermeddling
             :
             Why
             may
             not
             Twenty
             Thousand
             Plow-jobbers
             as
             well
             Subscribe
             a
             Petition
             to
             the
             
               Lord
               Mayor
            
             of
             London
             ,
             for
             the
             calling
             of
             a
             
               Common
               Councell
            
             ?
             Or
             as
             many
             Porters
             and
             Carr-men
             here
             in
             London
             put
             in
             for
             the
             better
             Government
             of
             the
             Herring-Trade
             in
             Yarmouth
             ?
             Seasonable
             Memorial
             .
             Pag.
             21.
             
             
               And
               then
               again
            
             ,
          
           
             Let
             the
             matter
             of
             the
             Petition
             be
             never
             so
             fair
             ;
             
             if
             it
             be
             a
             businesse
             out
             of
             the
             
               Petitioners
               Sphere
            
             ,
             and
             Capacity
             either
             to
             
               meddle
               in
            
             ,
             or
             to
             understand
             ;
             it
             is
             a
             Suspitious
             way
             of
             Proceeding
             .
             Such
             were
             the
             
               Confederate
               Petitions
            
             of
             England
             and
             Scotland
             for
             a
             Parliament
             in
             1641.
             which
             were
             but
             a
             Prologue
             to
             the
             Opening
             of
             the
             
               Subsequent
               Confederacy
            
             against
             the
             Government
             :
             when
             the
             Petitions
             that
             follow'd
             sufficiently
             expounded
             the
             Meaning
             of
             the
             Former
             .
             They
             Petition'd
             against
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
               ,
               Ceremonies
            
             ,
             Scandalous
             
               Ministers
               ,
               Bishops
               Votes
            
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             Episcopacy
             it self
             ;
             against
             
               Evill
               Councellors
               ,
               Monopolies
            
             ,
             Corruptions
             of
             State
             ,
             
             Courts
             of
             Oppression
             ,
             and
             innumerable
             Grievances
             :
             And
             so
             for
             the
             Militia
             :
             the
             Kings
             Towns
             ,
             and
             Forts
             ;
             till
             they
             brought
             the
             King
             to
             the
             Block
             .
             Pag.
             20.
             
             
               And
               after
               this
               manner
               have
               they
               proceeded
               now
               again
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Petition
             was
             at
             first
             ,
             
             
               for
               the
               Meeting
               of
               the
               Parliament
            
             ;
             and
             then
             they
             came
             to
             twit
             the
             King
             with
             his
             Coronation-Oath
             :
             and
             then
             Delinquents
             must
             be
             brought
             to
             punishment
             ;
             and
             then
             the
             Parliament
             was
             to
             sit
             as
             long
             as
             they
             pleas'd
             :
             And
             at
             last
             ,
             every
             man
             must
             be
             mark'd
             for
             a
             
               Common
               Enemy
            
             ,
             that
             would
             not
             Subscribe
             to
             't
             .
             So
             that
             First
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             the
             
               Parliament
               Sit
            
             ;
             and
             Then
             ,
             they
             would
             cut
             them
             out
             their
             work
             ;
             and
             ,
             in
             Fine
             ,
             it
             was
             little
             other
             then
             a
             Petition
             against
             those
             that
             would
             
               not
               Petition
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Late
             Kings
             Observations
             upon
             the
             Growth
             of
             Petitions
             of
             this
             kinde
             are
             very
             Pertinent
             .
             
          
           
             Vpon
             
               [
               the
               tumultuous
               Confluxes
            
             of
             mean
             and
             rude
             People
             ,
             who
             are
             taught
             first
             to
             Petition
             ,
             then
             to
             Protect
             ,
             then
             to
             Dictate
             ;
             at
             last
             ,
             to
             Command
             and
             Over
             awe
             the
             Parliament
             .
             
               EIK.
               BAS
            
             .
             upon
             TUMVLTS
             ]
             ▪
             
               And
               the
               Practices
               of
               these
               people
               are
               excellently
               well
               set
               forth
               by
               his
               late
               Majesty
               also
            
             Ex.
             Coll.
             Pag.
             536.
             
          
           
             Their
             Seditious
             Preachers
             ,
             
             (
             
               says
               he
            
             )
             and
             Agents
             ,
             are
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             their
             Special
             and
             particular
             directions
             ,
             sent
             into
             the
             Several
             Countys
             ,
             to
             infuse
             Fears
             and
             Iealousies
             into
             the
             minds
             of
             our
             good
             Subjects
             ,
             with
             Petitions
             ready
             drawn
             by
             Them
             ,
             for
             the
             People
             to
             Sign
             ,
             which
             were
             yet
             many
             times
             by
             them
             changed
             three
             or
             four
             times
             before
             the
             Delivery
             ;
             upon
             accidents
             ,
             or
             occasions
             of
             either
             or
             both
             Houses
             .
             And
             when
             many
             of
             our
             poor
             deceived
             People
             of
             our
             several
             Countyes
             have
             come
             to
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             with
             a
             Petition
             so
             
               fram'd
               ,
               alter'd
            
             ,
             and
             sign'd
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ;
             That
             Petition
             hath
             been
             Suppress'd
             ,
             and
             a
             
               New
               one
            
             ready
             drawn
             hath
             been
             put
             into
             their
             hands
             ,
             after
             their
             coming
             to
             Town
             ,
             (
             inso
             much
             as
             few
             of
             the
             Company
             have
             known
             what
             they
             
             Petition'd
             for
             )
             and
             hath
             been
             by
             them
             presented
             to
             one
             or
             both
             our
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             as
             That
             of
             Bedfordshire
             ,
             and
             Buckinghamshire
             :
             witnesse
             those
             Petitions
             ,
             and
             amongst
             the
             rest
             That
             of
             Hertfordshire
             ,
             which
             took
             notice
             of
             matters
             agreed
             on
             ,
             or
             dissented
             from
             ,
             the
             night
             before
             the
             Delivery
             :
             which
             was
             hardly
             time
             enough
             to
             get
             so
             many
             thousand
             hands
             ,
             and
             to
             travel
             to
             London
             on
             that
             Errand
             .
          
           
             
               So
               that
               I
               have
               very
               good
               Authority
               here
               ,
            
             
             
               for
               apprehending
               the
               danger
               of
            
             Popular
             Petitions
             ;
             
               And
               to
               shew
               now
               that
               I
               am
               not
               at
               all
               possess'd
               against
               Petitions
               in
            
             Generall
             ,
             
               or
               against
            
             ALL
             the
             Petitioners
             ;
             Truman
             
               says
               ,
               that
            
             [
             to
             joyn
             in
             a
             Petition
             for
             the
             Meeting
             of
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             to
             bring
             Malefactors
             to
             a
             Tryall
             ,
             or
             to
             
               extirpate
               Popery
            
             ,
             
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             appearance
             of
             it
             ,
             not
             only
             Lawfull
             ,
             but
             Commendable
             :
             But
             then
             it
             must
             be
             promoted
             by
             
               Lawfull
               Means
            
             ,
             and
             under
             
               Decent
               Circumstances
               .
               Citt
               and
               Bum.
               Pag.
            
             27.
             
             [
             It
             is
             a
             good
             thing
             to
             execute
             Justice
             ,
             but
             yet
             a
             
               Private
               man
            
             must
             not
             invade
             the
             Judgment-Seat
             ,
             tho'
             it
             were
             to
             passe
             even
             the
             most
             
               Righteous
               Sentence
               ,
               Ibid.
               Pa.
            
             28.
             
             And
             Moreover
             ;
             
             Truman
             acknowledges
             that
             he
             finds
             many
             honest
             and
             
               considerable
               men
            
             concern'd
             in
             these
             
               Petitions
               .
               ]
               Ibid.
            
             Which
             is
             more
             Evidence
             then
             needed
             for
             the
             purging
             of
             my self
             from
             so
             grosse
             a
             Slander
             .
             I
             come
             now
             to
             the
             Last
             Article
             of
             my
             Charge
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             6.
             
             My
             Writings
             (
             they
             say
             )
             create
             Misunderstandings
             ,
             and
             tend
             to
             the
             Embroyling
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             .
          
           
             It
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             
             I
             have
             been
             extremely
             out
             in
             my
             Measures
             all
             this
             while
             ,
             to
             be
             still
             creating
             of
             Misunderstandings
             in
             the
             very
             Act
             of
             Endeavouring
             ,
             either
             to
             rectify
             ,
             or
             to
             prevent
             them
             .
             And
             to
             be
             Endangering
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             in
             the
             Design
             of
             
               preserving
               it
            
             .
             If
             
             to
             Assert
             the
             Law
             ,
             aud
             the
             Government
             against
             all
             Opposers
             ;
             If
             to
             lay
             open
             the
             Malice
             and
             Calumny
             of
             so
             many
             bold
             Libells
             against
             his
             Majesties
             
               Person
               ,
               Authority
            
             ,
             and
             Government
             ;
             if
             to
             maintain
             the
             
               Apostolical
               Order
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Constitutions
             of
             the
             Church
             against
             Schism
             ;
             and
             the
             Powers
             ,
             and
             Priviledges
             of
             the
             State
             against
             all
             Principles
             of
             Sedition
             ;
             If
             to
             inculcate
             Reverence
             ,
             and
             Obedience
             toward
             our
             Superiours
             ;
             If
             to
             recommend
             the
             Blessings
             ,
             and
             Duties
             of
             Vnity
             ,
             in
             a
             due
             Submission
             to
             the
             Provisions
             that
             are
             made
             for
             the
             Upholding
             of
             Order
             ,
             both
             in
             Church
             ,
             and
             State
             :
             If
             the
             bending
             of
             all
             my
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             Applications
             to
             these
             Ends
             ,
             be
             to
             create
             Misunderstandings
             ,
             and
             breed
             Ill
             Blood
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Liege
             People
             ,
             Thus
             am
             I
             guilty
             of
             the
             matter
             charged
             upon
             me
             in
             This
             Article
             ,
             and
             no
             Otherwise
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             passe
             now
             ,
             in
             Order
             ,
             from
             the
             Particulars
             of
             my
             Charge
             to
             the
             Quality
             of
             the
             Libellers
             ,
             and
             the
             
               true
               Reason
            
             of
             their
             Rancour
             against
             me
             ,
             in
             despite
             of
             all
             their
             Pretensions
             to
             the
             Contrary
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             Quality
             of
             the
             Libellers
             ,
             
             a
             man
             may
             judge
             of
             the
             Meannesse
             of
             their
             Souls
             by
             the
             Condition
             of
             the
             Office
             :
             which
             is
             the
             Part
             of
             the
             very
             
               Devill
               himself
            
             ;
             being
             only
             to
             Blacken
             ,
             and
             to
             Defame
             .
             They
             have
             lickt
             up
             the
             Vomit
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             which
             they
             discharge
             again
             in
             their
             Writings
             ,
             partly
             upon
             my self
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             upon
             the
             Government
             :
             for
             I
             have
             still
             the
             Honour
             to
             suffer
             ,
             not
             only
             by
             the
             same
             Hand
             and
             Fate
             ,
             with
             the
             King
             and
             with
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             for
             their
             very
             sakes
             too
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             Mercenary
             Crew
             of
             Beastly
             Libellers
             ,
             
             there
             's
             one
             little
             Creature
             among
             the
             rest
             ,
             that
             serves
             as
             a
             Common
             Instrument
             to
             the
             Faction
             :
             And
             that
             which
             
             They
             put
             into
             his
             mouth
             the
             Fore-part
             of
             the
             week
             ,
             he
             commonly
             throws
             Out
             again
             upon
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             Love
             it
             ,
             toward
             the
             End
             on
             't
             .
             There
             is
             not
             perhaps
             so
             Insolent
             a
             Libell
             permitted
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             where
             ever
             Christianity
             ,
             or
             
               Good
               manners
            
             set
             footing
             ;
             so
             
               Profane
               ,
               Scurrilous
            
             and
             Seditious
             ;
             nor
             has
             the
             pretended
             Authour
             of
             it
             any
             other
             Protection
             for
             his
             Crimes
             ,
             then
             the
             Obscurity
             of
             his
             Person
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             no
             Touching
             of
             him
             ,
             without
             fouling
             a
             man's
             Fingers
             .
             And
             yet
             to
             let
             him
             see
             now
             that
             I
             am
             not
             absolutely
             a
             stranger
             to
             his
             History
             .
             For
             several
             years
             he
             never
             knew
             what
             it
             was
             to
             sleep
             ,
             but
             in
             a
             Cellar
             or
             in
             a
             Garret
             ,
             saving
             now
             and
             then
             ,
             in
             his
             Beer
             ,
             upon
             a
             Bulk
             .
             In
             the
             days
             of
             his
             Prosperity
             he
             was
             receiv'd
             into
             the
             House
             ,
             of
             a
             Boyling
             Cook
             ,
             where
             he
             spung'd
             out
             a
             poor
             Livelyhood
             upon
             the
             Fragments
             of
             a
             Three
             penny-Ordinary
             ;
             but
             his
             Conversation
             was
             yet
             more
             Reproachful
             then
             his
             Quality
             and
             Fortune
             .
             Whosoever
             doubts
             the
             Truth
             of
             This
             ,
             needs
             but
             go
             into
             Salisbury-Court
             to
             be
             better
             enform'd
             ▪
          
           
             Is
             not
             the
             World
             at
             a
             fine
             Passe
             now
             ,
             when
             such
             
             Fellows
             as
             This
             shall
             come
             to
             hold
             the
             Ballance
             of
             Empires
             ?
             To
             trample
             the
             Crown
             and
             the
             Miter
             under
             their
             feet
             ?
             To
             Charge
             his
             Majesty
             himself
             with
             a
             Confederacy
             for
             the
             bringing
             in
             of
             the
             
               French
               King
            
             and
             Popery
             ;
             as
             I
             am
             ready
             to
             Prove
             he
             has
             done
             ?
             To
             expose
             the
             Episcopacy
             ,
             and
             the
             Papacy
             under
             the
             same
             Notion
             ,
             promiscuously
             ,
             to
             the
             Hatred
             and
             Contempt
             of
             the
             Common
             People
             ;
             To
             make
             sport
             with
             the
             very
             Badge
             of
             our
             Profession
             ?
             
               (
               That
               TOOL
               the
               CROSSE
            
             ,
             as
             the
             Buffoon
             calls
             it
             )
             To
             Canton
             out
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             into
             what
             Tribes
             They
             please
             :
             as
             Fools
             and
             Knaves
             ;
             Papists
             and
             Traytors
             ;
             Courtiers
             and
             Pensioners
             ?
             The
             
               Egyptian
               Locusts
            
             were
             nothing
             to
             This
             Plague
             of
             our
             
               English
               Scarabs
            
             ,
             that
             devour
             ,
             not
             only
             the
             
             Fruit
             ,
             but
             the
             Honour
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             render
             the
             English
             Nation
             as
             much
             as
             in
             Them
             Lyes
             ,
             a
             Laughing-stock
             to
             all
             our
             Neighbours
             round
             about
             us
             .
             It
             is
             not
             that
             I
             am
             angry
             with
             
               Harry
               Care
            
             for
             the
             delicate
             Back-strokes
             he
             gave
             me
             in
             
               Prances
               last
               Narrative
            
             ,
             by
             his
             Invention
             for
             the
             setting
             up
             of
             a
             Correspondence
             betwixt
             Mrs.
             Cellier
             and
             my self
             ;
             a
             Person
             whose
             Face
             I
             never
             saw
             in
             my
             whole
             Life
             that
             I
             know
             of
             ,
             till
             (
             before
             the
             Couneell
             )
             about
             a
             week
             or
             ten
             days
             after
             the
             publishing
             of
             That
             Book
             :
             'T
             is
             true
             it
             was
             as
             false
             and
             as
             shamelesse
             a
             Contrivance
             as
             Possible
             :
             But
             why
             should
             I
             expect
             better
             from
             him
             when
             God
             Allmighty
             has
             Written
             the
             Signature
             of
             what
             he
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             Visage
             of
             the
             Animal
             ?
          
           
             Now
             as
             to
             the
             
               Pretended
               Reasons
            
             of
             these
             Wretches
             Rancor
             against
             me
             .
             
             First
             ,
             they
             say
             that
             I
             began
             with
             them
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             been
             pertetually
             Harping
             upon
             
               one
               and
               Forty
            
             ,
             and
             
               the
               Rebellion
               of
               One
               and
               Forty
            
             ;
             without
             any
             Ground
             ,
             or
             Provocation
             for
             either
             .
             It
             must
             be
             my
             part
             now
             to
             shew
             that
             I
             have
             never
             put
             pen
             to
             paper
             yet
             ,
             but
             either
             in
             
               my
               own
               Defence
            
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Vindication
             of
             the
             Publique
             .
          
           
             The
             First
             Reflection
             I
             past
             upon
             any
             man
             ,
             
             was
             upon
             Care
             ,
             for
             Libelling
             me
             in
             the
             
               Epistle
               Dedicatory
            
             to
             his
             
               Histiory
               of
               the
               Damnable
               Popish
               Plot.
            
             I
             have
             already
             layd
             open
             the
             Malice
             ,
             and
             the
             Sillynesse
             of
             That
             Imposture
             against
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             said
             something
             like-wise
             to
             the
             Venom
             of
             that
             pittifull
             Pamphlet
             against
             the
             Government
             :
             Especially
             Page
             91
             ;
             where
             he
             borrows
             no
             lesse
             then
             a
             whole
             Page
             of
             Libell
             ,
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             from
             a
             sheet
             intitled
             
               a
               Letter
               to
               a
               Friend
               in
               the
               Country
               ,
            
             which
             (
             't
             is
             sayd
             )
             was
             the
             work
             of
             a
             better
             hand
             .
             From
             This
             time
             forward
             I
             was
             ply'd
             with
             Fresh
             Calumnyes
             ;
             which
             have
             given
             me
             fresh
             and
             
             fresh
             Occasion
             still
             of
             Writing
             to
             clear
             my self
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             Other
             point
             of
             pressing
             the
             business
             of
             One
             and
             Forty
             more
             than
             needed
             ,
             I
             must
             Appeal
             to
             the
             Pieces
             themselves
             which
             I
             have
             publisht
             .
          
           
             My
             
               Reformed
               Catholick
            
             was
             written
             with
             a
             Design
             to
             Unmask
             the
             Fallacy
             of
             Imposing
             upon
             the
             People
             ,
             
             under
             the
             Name
             of
             
               Dissenting
               Protestants
            
             ,
             a
             kind
             of
             Contradiction
             to
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             ,
             which
             is
             
               by
               Law
               Establisht
            
             ;
             and
             to
             Expound
             the
             meaning
             of
             several
             Quaeres
             and
             Proposals
             ,
             that
             were
             Then
             Printed
             ,
             to
             deter
             People
             from
             chusing
             Men
             that
             had
             either
             any
             Relation
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             Kindness
             for
             the
             Church
             ,
             into
             the
             
               Next
               Election
            
             .
             I
             shall
             refer
             the
             Reader
             for
             further
             Satisfaction
             in
             This
             Particular
             to
             Page
             9.
             and
             so
             from
             p.
             21.
             to
             p.
             27
             ;
             where
             there
             are
             several
             Instances
             of
             Libels
             Printed
             at
             That
             time
             ,
             that
             fell
             little
             short
             of
             downright
             Treason
             .
          
           
             In
             my
             
               Free-born
               Subject
            
             ,
             
             p.
             14.
             and
             so
             forward
             ,
             there
             are
             several
             Instances
             likewise
             of
             the
             same
             Quality
             ;
             My
             
               Answer
               to
               the
               Appeal
            
             was
             more
             directly
             upon
             the
             Subject
             ;
             and
             after
             That
             ,
             I
             wrote
             
               A
               seasonable
               Memorial
            
             ,
             expresly
             to
             lay
             open
             the
             Arts
             and
             Methods
             by
             which
             the
             Glorious
             City
             of
             London
             was
             formerly
             betrayed
             to
             slavery
             ,
             and
             Faction
             ;
             the
             very
             same
             Practices
             being
             at
             That
             time
             promoted
             by
             some
             particular
             Persons
             ,
             and
             attempted
             over
             again
             .
          
           
             My
             Two
             Dialogues
             of
             Cit
             and
             Bumpkin
             were
             (
             as
             I
             have
             said
             already
             )
             Composed
             for
             the
             Undeceiving
             of
             those
             Credulous
             People
             ,
             
             that
             had
             been
             Unhappily
             misled
             by
             the
             Insinuations
             of
             That
             accursed
             Libel
             ,
             called
             
               The
               Appeal
            
             .
          
           
             My
             Letter
             to
             Mr.
             Oate's
             was
             founded
             upon
             Mr.
             
               Oates's
               Discovery
            
             ,
             
             and
             only
             a
             more
             vigorous
             Emprovement
             of
             His
             Evidence
             ,
             toward
             the
             Rooting
             out
             of
             all
             Priests
             and
             Iesuits
             out
             of
             the
             Land
             ;
             by
             such
             ways
             and
             means
             as
             do
             naturally
             arise
             from
             the
             Reasons
             of
             his
             Depositions
             .
             And
             
             I
             have
             done
             This
             too
             ,
             with
             all
             due
             Deference
             and
             Respect
             to
             the
             
               Kings
               Witness●s
            
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             to
             the
             Plot
             ,
             notwithstanding
             Mr.
             Oate's
             scandalous
             and
             undeserved
             Revilings
             of
             me
             ;
             which
             might
             perhaps
             have
             stagger'd
             some
             man
             less
             considerate
             than
             my self
             ,
             at
             least
             in
             some
             part
             of
             his
             Duty
             ;
             especially
             falling
             so
             bitterly
             withal
             upon
             the
             Memory
             of
             a
             Person
             for
             whose
             Holy
             Ashes
             I
             have
             so
             great
             a
             Veneration
             ,
             
             LAUD
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               was
               a
            
             RASCAL
             ,
             
               and
               a
            
             TRAYTOR
             ;
             and
             This
             he
             said
             over
             and
             over
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             manner
             of
             Provocation
             .
             Without
             running
             into
             any
             more
             Particulars
             ;
             This
             has
             been
             the
             Case
             of
             my
             Affair
             from
             on
             end
             of
             it
             to
             the
             other
             .
             But
             to
             come
             now
             from
             the
             
               pretended
               Cause
            
             of
             their
             malice
             to
             me
             ,
             to
             the
             
               Cause
               it self
            
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             liv'd
             long
             enough
             in
             the
             World
             to
             understand
             ,
             
             in
             some
             measure
             ,
             both
             Men
             and
             Books
             ;
             and
             that
             
               popular
               Passions
            
             are
             mov'd
             by
             
               popular
               Discourses
            
             ,
             as
             the
             VVaves
             of
             the
             Sea
             are
             by
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             VVinds.
             It
             is
             the
             First
             Office
             of
             
               Political
               Pamphlets
            
             or
             Treatises
             ,
             in
             all
             Cases
             of
             Design
             upon
             any
             Eminent
             Alteration
             of
             State
             ,
             to
             possess
             the
             People
             with
             
               fals
               Notions
            
             about
             the
             Original
             ,
             the
             Nature
             and
             the
             Ends
             of
             Government
             ;
             and
             so
             to
             train
             them
             on
             ,
             from
             
               Perverse
               Principles
            
             ,
             in
             the
             matter
             of
             Rule
             and
             Subj●ction
             ,
             to
             
               Evil
               Thoughts
            
             of
             their
             Superiors
             and
             Governors
             ;
             and
             from
             Thence
             ,
             to
             transport
             them
             into
             Undutiful
             and
             
               Intemperate
               Practises
            
             against
             the
             
               publick
               Peace
               ▪
            
             We
             have
             already
             felt
             the
             Effects
             of
             This
             way
             of
             Proceeding
             ,
             in
             the
             most
             outragious
             Rebellion
             ,
             in
             all
             Circumstances
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             that
             ever
             was
             heard
             of
             :
             And
             the
             Late
             King
             himself
             imputed
             it
             principally
             to
             the
             Force
             of
             
               Seditions
               Libels
            
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             same
             Methods
             being
             set
             a
             foot
             again
             ,
             
             and
             That
             Invective
             Course
             of
             Liberty
             against
             both
             the
             Church
             and
             the
             State
             ,
             proceeding
             without
             any
             Check
             or
             Controll
             ;
             I
             thought
             my self
             bound
             in
             Honour
             and
             Duty
             ,
             both
             as
             
             an
             
               English
               Man
            
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             Subject
             ,
             to
             use
             the
             best
             means
             I
             could
             ,
             either
             to
             Stop
             ,
             or
             to
             divert
             that
             Torrent
             .
             Upon
             This
             I
             took
             upon
             me
             ,
             (
             so
             much
             as
             in
             Me
             lay
             )
             the
             Defence
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             the
             Government
             against
             all
             those
             Erroneous
             and
             
               Disloyal
               Positions
            
             ,
             that
             were
             dayly
             Published
             ,
             and
             imposed
             upon
             the
             Unskilful
             and
             
               Unwary
               Multitude
            
             ,
             to
             the
             extreme
             Hazard
             and
             Dishonour
             of
             the
             State.
             
          
           
             I
             brought
             the
             Terms
             of
             Dominion
             and
             Obedience
             to
             the
             
               Right
               Standard
            
             ;
             I
             laid
             Open
             and
             Rectified
             all
             their
             
               Fallacious
               Distinctions
            
             ,
             and
             the
             dismal
             Consequences
             of
             the
             Peoples
             swallowing
             such
             Mistakes
             .
             
             I
             took
             off
             the
             Baits
             of
             
               Religion
               ,
               Liberty
            
             and
             Reformation
             in
             the
             very
             sight
             of
             the
             Common
             People
             ;
             and
             laid
             open
             the
             Hook
             that
             was
             under
             them
             :
             I
             shewed
             them
             that
             the
             whole
             Pretence
             was
             no
             other
             than
             a
             Counterfeit
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             was
             no
             more
             of
             
               Religion
               ,
               Liberty
            
             or
             Reformation
             in
             the
             bottom
             of
             it
             ,
             then
             of
             a
             
               Living
               Fly
            
             in
             an
             Artificial
             one
             ;
             and
             that
             one
             Leap
             at
             it
             was
             as
             much
             as
             their
             
               Lives
               ,
               Estates
            
             ,
             and
             their
             Souls
             were
             worth
             .
             I
             gave
             the
             Multitude
             Antidotes
             against
             all
             their
             Pestilent
             and
             
               Poysonous
               Infusions
            
             ;
             I
             resolv'd
             all
             their
             Riddles
             ,
             and
             from
             their
             own
             Actions
             ,
             and
             Acknowledgments
             in
             the
             
               like
               Cases
            
             ,
             expounded
             their
             meanings
             .
             In
             one
             word
             ,
             by
             the
             blessing
             of
             God
             upon
             this
             Naked
             and
             honest
             Simplicity
             of
             Dealing
             ,
             I
             have
             found
             
               some
               Well-meaning
               Dissenters
            
             reclaim'd
             from
             their
             Errors
             ,
             and
             Others
             that
             were
             wavering
             before
             ,
             Now
             to
             be
             fully
             fatisfyed
             and
             Confirm'd
             .
             Nor
             can
             it
             well
             be
             otherwise
             ,
             in
             so
             Righteous
             and
             Reasonable
             a
             Cause
             ;
             where
             the
             manifest
             Iustice
             and
             Evidence
             of
             the
             matter
             would
             do
             its
             own
             business
             ,
             with
             the
             help
             even
             of
             a
             very
             slender
             Advocate
             to
             support
             it
             .
          
           
           
             I
             have
             spoken
             enough
             to
             the
             Circumstances
             of
             my
             Charge
             ;
             
             but
             all
             That
             Story
             serves
             only
             for
             a
             Blind
             .
             And
             in
             truth
             my
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Upholding
             of
             the
             Government
             is
             my
             
               Unpardonable
               Crime
            
             ;
             the
             Libellers
             would
             ,
             Otherwise
             ,
             take
             notice
             of
             the
             many
             ,
             and
             the
             
               open
               Scandals
            
             ,
             that
             are
             cast
             upon
             the
             King
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Church
             ,
             with
             an
             Evident
             Design
             to
             expose
             Majesty
             and
             Episcopacy
             to
             Hatred
             and
             Scorn
             ;
             and
             shew
             their
             Affections
             That
             way
             for
             the
             Life
             and
             Honour
             of
             the
             KING
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             ;
             and
             not
             stand
             picking
             of
             Holes
             in
             the
             Coat
             of
             a
             person
             that
             has
             so
             unquestionably
             dedicated
             all
             the
             Faculties
             of
             his
             
               Soul
               ,
               Body
               ,
               Fortune
            
             and
             Interests
             to
             the
             Service
             of
             his
             Prince
             and
             Country
             ;
             and
             to
             set
             Spyes
             upon
             every
             Action
             and
             Line
             in
             his
             whole
             Life
             ,
             to
             try
             if
             they
             can
             find
             but
             any
             one
             poynt
             ,
             either
             in
             his
             Conversation
             or
             Writings
             ,
             that
             might
             bear
             a
             
               Double
               meaning
            
             ;
             and
             ,
             at
             last
             ,
             to
             render
             that
             very
             Ambiguity
             (
             if
             it
             were
             possible
             )
             no
             less
             than
             Capital
             too
             .
             But
             I
             thank
             God
             My
             Faults
             of
             That
             kind
             are
             as
             hard
             to
             be
             found
             out
             ,
             as
             my
             
               Accusers
               Virtues
            
             .
          
           
             It
             goes
             a
             great
             way
             with
             many
             
               Moderate
               Nonconformists
            
             ,
             
             and
             other
             Reasonable
             Persons
             too
             ,
             that
             have
             not
             as
             yet
             taken
             any
             strong
             Impressions
             ,
             either
             on
             the
             one
             side
             ,
             or
             on
             the
             other
             ;
             that
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             rudenesses
             of
             Clamor
             and
             
               ill
               Language
            
             against
             me
             ,
             for
             the
             Papers
             I
             have
             Published
             ,
             I
             have
             not
             as
             yet
             received
             one
             single
             Reply
             to
             the
             Argument
             of
             any
             thing
             that
             ever
             I
             wrote
             ,
             more
             than
             the
             Opposing
             of
             Revilings
             to
             my
             Reasons
             :
             So
             that
             their
             Quarrel
             to
             me
             is
             purely
             for
             interposing
             betwixt
             Faction
             and
             Authority
             .
             It
             will
             be
             said
             perhaps
             ,
             that
             my
             Papers
             are
             not
             worth
             the
             Answering
             .
             How
             comes
             it
             then
             that
             they
             think
             it
             worth
             the
             while
             to
             bestow
             so
             much
             pains
             upon
             my
             Person
             ?
             nay
             and
             to
             propound
             and
             meditate
             so
             many
             
             extraordinary
             Ways
             of
             Animadversion
             upon
             L'Estrange
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Foundations
             of
             the
             Government
             were
             to
             be
             removed
             for
             my
             sake
             ,
             and
             that
             an
             Englishman
             were
             to
             be
             no
             longer
             safe
             under
             the
             Protection
             of
             the
             Law
             ?
             But
             these
             are
             only
             Coffee-House-Imaginations
             ,
             and
             which
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             will
             never
             receive
             any
             Countenance
             or
             Encouragement
             from
             the
             Authority
             and
             Wisdom
             of
             a
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             But
             since
             my
             Hand
             is
             in
             upon
             this
             Subject
             ,
             
             there
             are
             
               Two
               Points
            
             more
             worth
             the
             Clearing
             than
             all
             the
             rest
             ;
             as
             being
             of
             greater
             Importance
             toward
             the
             understanding
             of
             the
             present
             Controversie
             :
             The
             One
             has
             a
             Respect
             to
             the
             more
             effectual
             Discovery
             of
             Priests
             and
             Iesuits
             .
             The
             Other
             ,
             To
             the
             
               Impartial
               Stating
            
             and
             Discussing
             the
             Business
             of
             Toleration
             .
             The
             former
             of
             these
             I
             have
             handled
             in
             my
             
               Further
               Discovery
            
             ,
             Dedicated
             to
             Dr.
             Oates
             ,
             and
             Grounded
             upon
             the
             Authority
             of
             his
             Evidence
             :
             The
             Other
             I
             have
             Treated
             upon
             more
             at
             large
             ,
             in
             my
             
               Toleration
               Discussed
            
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             regard
             to
             all
             the
             Circumstances
             that
             I
             could
             fairly
             bring
             within
             the
             Compass
             of
             the
             Question
             .
             Let
             the
             whole
             World
             fairly
             ,
             and
             by
             dint
             of
             Reason
             ,
             overthrow
             either
             the
             One
             or
             the
             Other
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             yield
             my self
             to
             have
             been
             all
             this
             while
             under
             a
             great
             Mistake
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             very
             well
             that
             I
             am
             Charg'd
             for
             writing
             more
             than
             my
             Share
             ;
             
             when
             the
             true
             Reason
             of
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             others
             wrote
             less
             :
             and
             in
             effect
             ,
             it
             was
             more
             than
             one
             Man's
             Work
             to
             attempt
             what
             I
             have
             done
             :
             But
             upon
             a
             Sense
             that
             the
             thing
             was
             of
             
               absolute
               Necessity
            
             for
             some
             body
             to
             do
             ;
             and
             finding
             other
             People
             more
             Cautious
             than
             I
             thought
             was
             either
             Needful
             or
             Expedient
             ,
             in
             so
             Publick
             a
             Case
             ,
             I
             engag'd
             my self
             further
             than
             my
             Neighbours
             :
             and
             not
             without
             the
             Foresight
             of
             
             these
             Outrages
             which
             I
             knew
             I
             was
             to
             draw
             upon
             my self
             :
             Neither
             is
             this
             the
             first
             time
             that
             I
             have
             Sacrificed
             
               all
               other
               Considerations
            
             to
             my
             Duty
             .
          
           
             Some
             will
             have
             it
             ,
             
             that
             I
             have
             been
             set
             on
             by
             the
             Promises
             and
             Temptations
             of
             Advantages
             and
             Reward
             ;
             which
             is
             an
             Imagination
             so
             far
             from
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             Matter
             ,
             that
             all
             things
             considered
             (
             saving
             my
             Veneration
             and
             
               Humble
               Acknowledgments
            
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             who
             hath
             been
             very
             Gracious
             to
             me
             )
             I
             do
             positively
             averr
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             has
             not
             a
             Subject
             in
             his
             Three
             Kingdoms
             ,
             that
             has
             suffered
             
               harder
               Measure
            
             ,
             and
             more
             contrary
             to
             Law
             and
             Iustice
             ,
             than
             
               I
               my self
            
             have
             done
             ;
             and
             all
             this
             ,
             without
             the
             Ballance
             of
             any
             other
             Recompence
             than
             a
             
               little
               Court-Holy-Water
            
             and
             
               Fair
               Words
            
             .
             Besides
             that
             in
             the
             
               Worst
               of
               Times
            
             ,
             I
             did
             the
             
               same
               thing
            
             through
             all
             Difficulties
             and
             Hazards
             .
          
           
             Having
             already
             in
             general
             Terms
             reflected
             upon
             Scandalous
             and
             
               Dangerous
               Libels
            
             ,
             
             as
             the
             Occasion
             of
             my
             Writings
             ;
             I
             shall
             now
             take
             a
             Taste
             of
             the
             Condition
             and
             Tendency
             of
             those
             Libels
             ,
             and
             lay
             open
             as
             briefly
             as
             I
             can
             ,
             their
             Designs
             and
             Practices
             upon
             the
             Dignity
             and
             Safety
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Publick
               Peace
            
             .
          
           
             There
             needs
             no
             more
             to
             the
             proving
             of
             a
             Design
             ,
             
             than
             such
             an
             Explication
             of
             a
             Lewd
             Practice
             ,
             as
             carries
             with
             it
             a
             
               Necessary
               Congruity
            
             and
             Tendency
             to
             such
             or
             such
             a
             Determinate
             and
             
               Evil
               End
            
             :
             And
             the
             publishing
             of
             a
             
               Treasonous
               Position
            
             is
             but
             so
             far
             the
             putting
             of
             a
             
               Disloyal
               Imagination
            
             into
             Act
             :
             
             As
             for
             Instance
             ;
             The
             Author
             of
             the
             
               Plea
               to
               the
               Dukes
               Answers
            
             ,
             does
             very
             plainly
             conclude
             the
             King
             to
             be
             Accountable
             to
             his
             People
             ;
             and
             after
             that
             ,
             declares
             in
             express
             Terms
             ,
             that
             
               God
               approves
               of
               the
               Removal
               of
               Evil
               Kings
               :
            
             And
             his
             complaining
             
             in
             the
             same
             Sheet
             ,
             of
             a
             Male-Administration
             ,
             does
             fairly
             make
             known
             his
             Dissatisfaction
             ,
             and
             consequently
             explain
             his
             Intention
             in
             that
             Point
             .
             Where
             's
             my
             fault
             now
             ,
             for
             Crying
             out
             both
             to
             King
             and
             
               People
               ,
               Have
               a
               Care
               of
               That
               Man
               ?
            
          
           
             The
             Author
             of
             another
             Libel
             ,
             call'd
             
               The
               Impartial
               Proceedings
            
             ,
             &c.
             recommends
             the
             Case
             of
             Portugal
             for
             a
             Precedent
             to
             England
             ;
             and
             sets
             the
             People
             at
             
               Liberty
               ,
               If
               they
               do
               not
               like
               one
               King
               ,
               to
               Chuse
               another
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Writer
               of
               the
            
             Appeal
             
               does
               not
               only
            
             Intimate
             this
             ;
             but
             
               enforces
               it
               with
               an
            
             Encouragement
             ;
             He
             who
             has
             the
             worst
             Title
             
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             ever
             makes
             the
             best
             King.
             
          
           
             The
             Compiler
             of
             the
             
               Political
               Catechism
            
             places
             the
             Sovereignty
             in
             the
             
               Two
               Houses
            
             ;
             and
             says
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             
               Legal
               Power
            
             to
             Command
             the
             People
             to
             Assist
             them
             ,
             whensoever
             they
             shall
             Declare
             that
             there
             is
             a
             Preparation
             toward
             a
             War
             :
             and
             in
             such
             a
             Case
             to
             
               dispose
               of
               the
               Kings
               Forts
               ,
               Ports
               ,
               Magazines
               ,
               Ships
               ,
            
             and
             Power
             of
             the
             Militia
             ;
             and
             to
             Levy
             Money
             ,
             Arms
             ,
             Horse
             ,
             Ammunition
             upon
             the
             Subjects
             ,
             
               in
               such
               Cases
               of
               Danger
               ,
               even
               WITHOUT
               ,
               or
               AGAINST
               the
               Kings
               Consent
               .
            
          
           
             Marvel
             ,
             
               in
               his
            
             Growth
             of
             Popery
             ,
             justifies
             Self-Defence
             
               in
               a
            
             Subject
             
               against
               his
            
             Prince
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             run
             up
             to
             the
             Wall.
             
               And
               nothing
               more
               ordinary
               than
               Printed
               Censures
               of
               the
            
             King
             
               and
               his
            
             Ministers
             ;
             the
             Branding
             
               of
               all
               his
            
             Officers
             and
             Domestiques
             for
             Pensioners
             and
             Papists
             ;
             the
             Church
             
               it self
               for
            
             Will-Worship
             and
             Superstition
             ;
             
               and
               the
            
             Hierarchy
             for
             Antichristian
             .
             These
             Sons
             of
             
               Belial
               (
               says
               the
               Author
               of
            
             The
             Free-holders
             
             Choyce
             )
             
               and
               then
               a
               little
               below
            
             ,
             
             I
             believe
             
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             good
             Father
             Jacob
             had
             a
             Foresight
             of
             these
             Sons
             of
             Levi
             ,
             when
             in
             his
             last
             Will
             and
             Testament
             he
             left
             them
             a
             Curse
             for
             a
             Legacy
             ,
             instead
             of
             a
             Blessing
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             whole
             World
             were
             now
             to
             make
             their
             Wills
             ,
             all
             but
             Knaves
             and
             Fools
             would
             do
             the
             like
             .
             
               And
               he
               Treats
               the
            
             Parliament
             defunct
             
               with
               the
               same
               Generous
               Freedom
            
             :
             That
             so
             we
             may
             fall
             again
             
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             as
             Treacherous
             and
             Lewd
             a
             Parliament
             as
             the
             wisdom
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Folly
             of
             Man
             ,
             has
             most
             miraculously
             freed
             us
             from
             .
             
               Another
               falls
               foul
               by
            
             Name
             ,
             
               upon
               a
            
             List
             
               of
               as
               many
               Worthy
               Persons
               out
               of
               such
               a
               number
               ,
               as
               ever
               met
               perhaps
               in
               such
               a
               Body
               ;
               and
               three
               or
               four
               of
               them
               no
               less
               then
               Members
               of
               his
               Majesty's
            
             Privy
             Councel
             :
             And
             This
             Catalogue
             
               he
               is
               pleased
               to
               call
            
             the
             Infernal
             Regiment
             of
             Pensioners
             .
             
               To
               say
               nothing
               of
               those
            
             Scurrilous
             and
             brutal
             Affronts
             
               upon
               the
               very
            
             Person
             and
             Honour
             
               of
               his
            
             Sacred
             Majesty
             ,
             
               that
               an
               Honest
               man
               cannot
               so
               much
               as
            
             Think
             
               of
               ,
               much
               less
            
             Repeat
             without
             Horror
             :
          
           
             Here
             's
             not
             One
             word
             all
             This
             while
             of
             the
             Contrivers
             and
             Advancers
             of
             
               These
               Villanies
            
             :
             
             but
             it
             is
             become
             more
             Criminal
             ,
             in
             the
             judgment
             of
             our
             
               Pretended
               Zealots
            
             to
             Censure
             these
             
               audacious
               Extravagances
            
             then
             to
             commit
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             to
             conclude
             :
             How
             far
             in
             
               honour
               ,
               justice
            
             ,
             and
             policy
             ,
             
             it
             may
             concern
             any
             Prince
             or
             
               State
               whatsoever
            
             to
             
               support
               ,
               countenance
            
             ,
             and
             protect
             the
             Asserters
             of
             their
             
               Laws
               ,
               Rights
            
             ,
             and
             Priviledges
             ,
             against
             the
             bold
             and
             
               seditious
               Attempts
            
             of
             the
             Enemies
             of
             the
             Constitution
             ,
             will
             be
             the
             next
             Question
             .
          
           
           
             The
             
               Two
               Main
               Pillars
            
             of
             Government
             are
             Reward
             and
             Punishment
             .
             
             The
             neglecting
             of
             these
             ,
             is
             like
             the
             letting
             of
             a
             House
             fall
             over
             a
             mans
             Head
             for
             want
             of
             Repair
             :
             But
             the
             Magistrate
             that
             inverts
             them
             ▪
             and
             Rewards
             where
             he
             should
             Punish
             ,
             and
             Punishes
             where
             he
             should
             Reward
             (
             in
             what
             Form
             of
             Government
             soever
             it
             be
             )
             is
             like
             a
             man
             that
             plucks
             down
             his
             own
             House
             with
             his
             own
             Hands
             ;
             and
             
               nothing
               can
               be
               more
            
             dangerous
             ,
             
               than
               to
               shew
               an
            
             Honest
             man
             
               that
               he
               has
               nothing
            
             to
             hope
             for
             ,
             
               or
               a
            
             Knave
             ,
             
               that
               he
               has
               nothing
               to
               fear
               .
            
             But
             this
             were
             a
             Supposition
             against
             the
             Impulse
             of
             Nature
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             against
             the
             Rules
             of
             Politicks
             ;
             there
             being
             nothing
             more
             Inglorious
             ,
             or
             more
             Perillous
             ,
             then
             the
             Humour
             of
             Obliging
             our
             Enemies
             ,
             to
             the
             Ruine
             of
             our
             Friends
             .
             This
             is
             a
             Point
             so
             clear
             of
             it
             self
             ,
             that
             it
             needs
             no
             Illustration
             ;
             and
             so
             Consonant
             to
             the
             Principles
             of
             
               Right
               Reason
            
             ,
             (
             even
             in
             the
             weakest
             of
             men
             )
             that
             it
             does
             as
             little
             need
             a
             Caution
             .
          
           
             But
             what
             is
             it
             that
             we
             call
             the
             supporting
             and
             Protecting
             of
             those
             that
             Assert
             the
             Government
             ?
             
             This
             is
             not
             intended
             as
             a
             Benignity
             ,
             or
             Respect
             toward
             the
             Person
             that
             does
             the
             Office
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             meant
             of
             a
             
               Common
               Iustice
            
             to
             a
             Principle
             òf
             
               Government
               it self
            
             ;
             without
             which
             it
             is
             impossible
             for
             any
             Government
             to
             be
             of
             
               Long
               Continuance
            
             :
             For
             all
             
               Publique
               Services
            
             are
             accompany'd
             with
             hardship
             ,
             and
             pain
             ;
             as
             they
             ,
             are
             follow'd
             with
             Envy
             ,
             and
             Detraction
             .
             'T
             is
             nothing
             for
             a
             man
             to
             go
             
               down
               Hill
            
             ,
             especially
             when
             he
             sees
             
               Profit
               ,
               Pleasures
            
             ,
             and
             Preferment
             at
             the
             Bottom
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             such
             a
             Course
             ,
             he
             does
             but
             follow
             the
             Byass
             of
             his
             own
             Appetites
             ,
             and
             Corruptions
             :
             But
             it
             is
             another
             Case
             for
             Flesh
             and
             Bloud
             to
             ly
             beating
             of
             it
             out
             a
             
               whole
               Age
            
             against
             Wind
             and
             Tide
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             has
             
               Conquer'd
               That
               Difficulty
            
             ,
             to
             be
             cast
             upon
             the
             Rocks
             ,
             and
             There
             abandon'd
             at
             Last
             .
             Or
             ,
             to
             follow
             
             my
             first
             Allegory
             ;
             
             It
             is
             but
             a
             cold
             Comfort
             for
             a
             man
             to
             lie
             
               striving
               Thirty
               or
               Forty
               Years
            
             to
             gain
             the
             Top
             of
             a
             Hill
             ,
             only
             upon
             a
             
               barren
               Instinct
            
             of
             Honour
             or
             Virtue
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             comes
             there
             ,
             to
             have
             only
             the
             choyce
             either
             of
             a
             Iayl
             ,
             or
             of
             a
             Gibbet
             ,
             for
             his
             
               last
               Retreat
            
             :
             the
             Duty
             of
             Persevering
             is
             never
             the
             less
             binding
             ,
             for
             the
             Difficulty
             of
             the
             Attempt
             ;
             but
             yet
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Measures
             of
             
               Humane
               Frailty
            
             ,
             the
             
               French
               King
               himself
            
             perhaps
             ,
             would
             find
             it
             an
             hard
             Matter
             to
             Levy
             an
             Army
             of
             Fifty
             or
             Threescore
             
               Thousand
               Men
            
             (
             out
             of
             all
             his
             Dominions
             )
             of
             
               That
               Complexion
            
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             Cherishing
             of
             this
             sense
             of
             Loyalty
             ,
             
             is
             not
             only
             a
             necessary
             point
             of
             
               Prudential
               Iustice
            
             to
             be
             observed
             in
             all
             Regiments
             whatsoever
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             likewise
             the
             Interest
             ,
             and
             the
             practice
             of
             all
             
               well-govern'd
               Constitutions
            
             ,
             to
             pay
             an
             Esteem
             to
             the
             Character
             of
             an
             
               Inviolate
               Integrity
            
             ,
             even
             in
             an
             Enemy
             :
             For
             it
             falls
             out
             many
             times
             ,
             that
             Differences
             of
             that
             sort
             may
             come
             to
             terminate
             in
             the
             most
             Amicable
             and
             profitable
             Agreements
             :
             Beside
             that
             ,
             they
             are
             sure
             of
             
               fair
               play
            
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             heat
             of
             the
             Dispute
             ;
             whereas
             what
             security
             can
             any
             man
             promise
             to
             himself
             ,
             from
             a
             State-Weather-Cock
             ,
             that
             still
             keeps
             his
             Eye
             upon
             his
             Interest
             ,
             without
             any
             regard
             to
             his
             Conscience
             ;
             and
             changes
             his
             Opinion
             ,
             and
             his
             Party
             ,
             as
             often
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             as
             his
             Shirt
             ?
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             that
             I
             either
             pretend
             to
             pin
             my self
             for
             Protection
             ,
             
             upon
             the
             Government
             ,
             for
             my
             own
             sake
             ;
             or
             that
             ,
             in
             Truth
             ,
             I
             am
             Conscious
             of
             any
             thing
             ,
             to
             my self
             ,
             that
             requires
             more
             than
             the
             common
             benefit
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             to
             keep
             me
             in
             safety
             :
             And
             I
             have
             yet
             a
             greater
             security
             than
             all
             this
             ;
             which
             is
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             Honourable
             House
             of
             Commons
             shall
             come
             to
             
             know
             me
             better
             by
             my
             Actions
             ,
             and
             
               open
               dealings
            
             and
             Professions
             ,
             than
             the
             world
             does
             hitherto
             ,
             by
             the
             Fidlers
             and
             the
             Rascals
             that
             the
             
               Paultry
               News-mongers
            
             here
             of
             the
             Town
             have
             represented
             me
             to
             be
             ;
             I
             make
             no
             doubt
             ,
             but
             they
             will
             think
             me
             worthy
             of
             some
             
               Publique
               Reparation
            
             from
             the
             Authors
             of
             those
             Scandals
             :
             And
             that
             those
             
               worthy
               Gentlemen
            
             ,
             out
             of
             a
             regard
             to
             the
             
               Honourable
               Bloud
            
             that
             runs
             in
             
               their
               own
               Veins
            
             ,
             will
             consider
             the
             Case
             of
             
               another
               Gentleman
            
             ,
             as
             their
             Own
             ,
             and
             not
             suffer
             Men
             of
             Name
             and
             Family
             to
             be
             blasted
             at
             this
             rate
             ,
             by
             the
             Sons
             
               of
               the
               People
            
             .
          
           
             Of
             all
             the
             lewd
             and
             
               scandalous
               Calumnies
            
             that
             have
             been
             advanced
             against
             me
             ,
             
             there
             has
             not
             been
             one
             syllable
             prov'd
             .
             First
             ,
             as
             to
             my
             pretended
             Compliances
             with
             Oliver
             :
             There
             are
             Witnesses
             enough
             yet
             living
             of
             
               that
               Party
            
             that
             know
             the
             
               contrary
               ▪
            
             and
             not
             one
             man
             breathing
             so
             much
             as
             to
             colour
             it
             with
             any
             particular
             .
             Beside
             a
             Cloud
             of
             the
             Kings
             Friends
             that
             can
             prove
             my
             restless
             endeavours
             the
             other
             way
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             been
             lately
             Charg'd
             for
             a
             Confederacy
             with
             
               Young
               Tonge
            
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             Coffee-Houses
             and
             
               News
               Letters
            
             ,
             for
             a
             Correspondence
             with
             Mrs.
             Cellier
             ;
             when
             yet
             I
             made
             it
             as
             clear
             as
             the
             Sun
             ,
             that
             I
             never
             saw
             Tonge
             ,
             but
             twice
             ,
             in
             my
             life
             ;
             and
             that
             till
             after
             his
             affirming
             ,
             and
             retracting
             ,
             and
             renouncing
             that
             Retractation
             ,
             (
             which
             was
             the
             thing
             that
             pinn'd
             the
             Basket
             )
             and
             all
             this
             upon
             his
             Salvation
             too
             ;
             I
             never
             knew
             so
             much
             as
             his
             Person
             .
             It
             appears
             likewise
             that
             I
             gave
             him
             the
             slip
             ,
             upon
             the
             very
             time
             he
             had
             appointed
             to
             visit
             me
             ;
             and
             that
             upon
             his
             Letter
             to
             me
             
               next
               morning
            
             ,
             I
             was
             so
             Cautious
             ,
             that
             I
             gave
             Mr.
             Choqueux
             warning
             of
             him
             .
             When
             he
             came
             to
             me
             
               that
               Evening
            
             ,
             with
             Company
             ,
             I
             told
             them
             I
             would
             do
             nothing
             that
             lookt
             like
             a
             Consultation
             .
             After
             this
             ,
             (
             two
             Gentlemen
             that
             
             he
             brought
             ,
             going
             away
             )
             he
             would
             needs
             have
             me
             take
             his
             Information
             as
             a
             
               Iustice
               of
               Peace
            
             .
             I
             told
             him
             ,
             
               I
               would
               receive
               none
               ,
               unless
               under
               his
            
             own
             hand
             ,
             ready
             written
             ,
             
               and
               not
               to
               be
            
             alter'd
             ;
             
               and
               with
            
             a
             Clause
             inserted
             ,
             
               that
               it
               was
               his
            
             own
             voluntary
             act
             ,
             
               without
               any
               Inducement
               to
               it
               from
               me
               :
            
             And
             that
             after
             all
             this
             ,
             
               I
               would
               yet
               consider
               upon
               the
               matter
               of
               it
               ,
               wheth●r
               it
               were
               fit
               for
               me
               to
               meddle
               with
               ,
               or
               no.
            
             Here
             the
             business
             rested
             ;
             only
             Tonge
             would
             be
             pressing
             sensless
             Stories
             upon
             me
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             at
             first
             ,
             till
             upon
             shewing
             my
             dislike
             of
             what
             he
             said
             ,
             and
             telling
             him
             (
             as
             I
             had
             done
             before
             )
             that
             
               it
               signified
               nothing
            
             ,
             he
             gave
             it
             off
             ,
             and
             went
             his
             way
             .
             And
             I
             will
             now
             superadd
             this
             Protestation
             ,
             upon
             the
             Faith
             of
             a
             Christian
             ,
             he
             said
             nothing
             to
             me
             that
             could
             in
             any
             degree
             in
             the
             world
             operate
             upon
             Mr.
             
               Oats's
               Testimony
            
             :
             And
             then
             for
             Mrs.
             Collier
             ,
             that
             was
             only
             
               Care
               's
               Phansie
            
             ,
             (
             who
             wrote
             
               Prances
               Narrative
            
             )
             and
             not
             so
             much
             as
             mention'd
             before
             the
             King
             and
             Councel
             .
          
           
             When
             I
             had
             spoken
             to
             the
             business
             of
             Tonge
             ,
             
             Mr.
             Oates
             let
             that
             whole
             matter
             fall
             ;
             and
             Charg'd
             me
             with
             a
             Misdemeanor
             ,
             for
             insisting
             upon
             a
             Clause
             for
             
               Clearing
               of
               my self
            
             in
             case
             of
             
               Tonge's
               Affidavit
            
             ;
             but
             it
             was
             lookt
             upon
             as
             a
             piece
             of
             
               Necessary
               Caution
            
             ,
             and
             so
             Mr.
             
               Oates's
               Iudgment
            
             was
             over-rul'd
             .
             But
             Mr.
             Oates
             follow'd
             
               This
               Charge
            
             with
             a
             
               sorer
               one
            
             upon
             the
             Neck
             on
             't
             ;
             which
             was
             ,
             for
             Concealing
             a
             Conspiracy
             against
             the
             
               Kings
               Witnesses
            
             ,
             
             which
             he
             said
             was
             
               High
               Treason
            
             ,
             My
             Answer
             was
             to
             this
             Effect
             ,
             
             That
             
               it
               was
               a
               strange
               Conspiracy
               ,
               for
               the
               whole
               Story
               was
               Nonsense
               from
               one
               end
               to
               t'other·
            
             To
             which
             Mr.
             Oates
             Reply'd
             ,
             that
             
               if
               it
               be
               a
            
             Conspiracy
             ,
             
               't
               is
               
               no
               matter
               whether
               it
               be
            
             Sense
             or
             Nonsense
             ;
             
               for
               't
               is
            
             High
             Treason
             however
             .
             But
             This
             notwithstanding
             ,
             His
             Majesty
             was
             graciously
             pleas'd
             to
             give
             me
             the
             Character
             of
             an
             Honest
             and
             a
             Loyal
             man
             ;
             and
             so
             That
             Arrow
             fell
             short
             too
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Oates
             was
             then
             pleas'd
             to
             beat
             another
             Bush
             ;
             
             undertaking
             to
             prove
             me
             Popishly-Affected
             :
             And
             Mr.
             Prance
             swore
             that
             he
             had
             seen
             me
             
               three
               or
               four
               times
               at
               Mass
               ,
               at
            
             Somerset-House
             ,
             
               about
               two
               years
               since
               ;
               and
               doing
               there
               as
               other
               people
               did
               ;
               but
               he
               could
               not
               say
               that
               he
               saw
               me
            
             Receive
             .
             Whereupon
             I
             did
             with
             the
             most
             horrid
             Solemnity
             of
             Imprecation
             Imaginable
             ,
             declare
             my self
             to
             be
             of
             
               the
               Religion
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
            
             and
             that
             I
             had
             never
             enter'd
             into
             any
             
               Popish
               Chappel
            
             ,
             or
             been
             present
             at
             any
             Mass
             ,
             since
             His
             
               Majesties
               Return
            
             ;
             which
             Protestation
             I
             do
             here
             again
             Resume
             ,
             intending
             by
             these
             words
             
               HIS
               MAJESTIES
               RETURN
               ,
               the
               Kings
               blessed
               Restauration
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
            
             1660.
             
             I
             cannot
             but
             note
             a
             great
             Abatement
             ,
             in
             
               Prance's
               Reckoning
            
             ;
             for
             I
             am
             assur'd
             ,
             that
             Prance
             swore
             in
             the
             Company
             of
             
               Care
               ,
               Curtis
            
             ,
             and
             
               some
               other
               people
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               seen
               me
               at
            
             Mass
             ,
             
               at
               least
               ,
               or
               about
               a
            
             hundred
             Times
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             blowing
             over
             of
             This
             Storm
             too
             ,
             
             I
             expected
             to
             have
             had
             my
             Quietus
             ;
             but
             Mr.
             Oates
             
             reinforc'd
             himself
             again
             ,
             by
             a
             Charge
             upon
             me
             for
             
               conveying
               away
               certain
            
             Bulls
             and
             Popish-Books
             
               that
               were
               seiz'd
               ,
               and
               lockt
               up
               with
               a
               Padlock
               upon
               the
               Door
            
             ;
             but
             when
             they
             came
             afterward
             to
             look
             for
             them
             ,
             the
             Padlock
             was
             taken
             off
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Books
               gone
            
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             Messenger
             of
             the
             Press
             was
             sworn
             ,
             and
             being
             examin'd
             to
             the
             Points
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             say
             ,
             either
             that
             I
             took
             off
             the
             Padlock
             ,
             or
             that
             I
             gave
             any
             Order
             ,
             or
             Direction
             about
             it
             ;
             or
             that
             I
             knew
             any
             thing
             of
             the
             
               conveying
               away
            
             of
             the
             Books
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
             coucerning
             the
             Books
             themselves
             ,
             one
             way
             ,
             or
             other
             .
          
           
             This
             manner
             of
             Prosecution
             (
             methought
             )
             was
             very
             Extraordinary
             ;
             
             considering
             with
             what
             Confidence
             Mr.
             Oates
             had
             call'd
             me
             Rogue
             ,
             and
             
               Rascal
               ,
               that
               day
               Sennet
            
             ,
             before
             the
             
               Privy
               Councel
            
             .
             And
             he
             had
             not
             done
             with
             me
             ,
             yet
             neither
             ;
             for
             he
             said
             that
             
               one
               heard
               me
               say
               at
            
             Wills
             Coffee-House
             ,
             
               that
               there
               was
               no
               Plot
            
             :
             Which
             ,
             
               by
               the
               Oath
               I
               have
               formerly
               taken
               ,
               is
               false
            
             ;
             for
             I
             ever
             thought
             there
             
               was
               a
               Plot.
            
             
          
           
             One
             thing
             I
             had
             like
             to
             have
             forgotten
             ,
             Mr.
             Oates
             Charg'd
             me
             for
             Conversing
             with
             one
             Grange
             ,
             and
             Sing
             :
             The
             former
             I
             know
             nothing
             of
             ;
             and
             for
             Mr.
             Sing
             ,
             I
             do
             Converse
             with
             him
             as
             I
             do
             with
             a
             hundred
             other
             people
             at
             the
             Coffee-House
             ,
             and
             I
             
             know
             nothing
             more
             of
             him
             ,
             then
             that
             amounts
             to
             .
          
           
             I
             cannot
             let
             pass
             This
             Circumstance
             ,
             
             without
             the
             Remarque
             of
             a
             strange
             Usurpation
             upon
             the
             
               Common
               Rights
               of
               Humane
               Society
            
             ;
             if
             a
             man
             must
             be
             Oblig'd
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Rules
             of
             Humanity
             ,
             and
             
               good
               Manners
            
             ,
             to
             Catechize
             every
             new
             Face
             that
             he
             sees
             ,
             and
             run
             ,
             like
             an
             
               Animal
               solivagum
            
             ,
             into
             
               Caves
               ,
               Forests
            
             ,
             and
             Deserts
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             giving
             any
             man
             the
             time
             of
             the
             day
             ,
             till
             he
             has
             taken
             him
             to
             Task
             ,
             upon
             the
             
               Articles
               of
               his
               Faith.
            
             It
             is
             not
             that
             I
             set
             up
             for
             an
             Advocate
             for
             the
             Pleasures
             of
             
               frequent
               Conversations
            
             ,
             and
             
               gaudy
               entertainments
            
             ;
             but
             I
             do
             freely
             confess
             ,
             that
             I
             had
             rather
             Associate
             my self
             with
             four-footed
             ,
             then
             with
             
               two-footed
               Beasts
            
             ,
             and
             that
             such
             an
             Imposition
             ,
             even
             from
             Authority
             it self
             ,
             would
             be
             Grievous
             :
             But
             for
             a
             
               Private
               Person
            
             to
             assume
             That
             Empire
             ,
             is
             both
             Arrogant
             ,
             and
             Intollerable
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             my
             Self
             ;
             
             This
             Disgust
             could
             never
             have
             laid
             hold
             of
             me
             in
             a
             better
             time
             ;
             for
             I
             am
             really
             as
             Sick
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             Peevishness
             it self
             can
             be
             of
             Me.
             And
             having
             stood
             all
             Proofs
             ,
             both
             of
             my
             Fidelity
             to
             my
             Master
             ,
             and
             of
             my
             Integrity
             in
             despight
             of
             my
             Enemies
             ;
             I
             'le
             e'ne
             betake
             my self
             to
             the
             
               Quietest
               way
            
             of
             making
             my
             Escape
             out
             of
             an
             Impious
             ,
             and
             Trepanning
             World
             ,
             into
             a
             better
             .
          
           
             THE
             END
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47806-e90
           
             The
             Subject
             of
             This
             Discourse
             .
          
           
             The
             Articles
             against
             me
             .
          
           
             The
             Acknowledgment
             of
             a
             DEVILISH
             Plot.
             
          
           
             The
             Plot
             aggravated
             .
          
           
             A
             Legal
             zeal
             against
             it
             Recommended
             .
          
           
             With
             a
             Deference
             to
             Authority
             .
          
           
             An
             accursed
             Plot.
             
          
           
             A
             Hellish
             design
             .
          
           
             A
             Derestable
             Plot.
             
          
           
             The
             Sworn
             Plot
             given
             for
             Granted
             .
          
           
             The
             Plot
             unquestionable
             .
          
           
             Proved
             upon
             Record
             .
          
           
             He
             's
             mad
             that
             believes
             it
             not
             
          
           
             No
             Question
             of
             the
             Certainty
             of
             the
             Plot.
             
          
           
             The
             Papists
             not
             clear'd
             by
             Charging
             the
             Presbyterians
             :
          
           
             One
             Plot
             under
             Another
             .
          
           
             The
             Plot
             no
             Laughing
             matter
             .
          
           
             Publick
             Justice
             .
          
           
             Legal
             Proceedings
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             under
             two
             difficulties
             .
          
           
             The
             Evidences
             strictly
             weighed
             and
             Examined
             .
          
           
             The
             Sentence
             of
             Authority
             is
             Sacred
             .
          
           
             L'Estranges
             charge
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             made
             the
             Plot
             only
             a
             blinde
             .
          
           
             No
             colour
             for
             any
             such
             charge
             .
          
           
             The
             Blind
             lies
             on
             the
             Fanatical
             side
             .
          
           
             Why
             a
             sham
             in
             1680.
             and
             none
             in
             almost
             20.
             years
             before
             .
          
           
             I
             said
             the
             same
             thing
             in
             1661
             ,
             and
             ever
             since
             .
          
           
             Presbyterian
             Treason
             in
             1660.
             
          
           
             Black
             is
             White
             ;
             and
             White
             is
             Black.
             
          
           
             A
             Personal
             Respect
             to
             Dr.
             Oates
             .
          
           
             
             L'Estr's
             Civilities
             are
             turn'd
             into
             Libels
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             Respect
             continu'd
             ,
             and
             the
             Fact
             founded
             upon
             the
             Narrative
             .
          
           
             All
             Honour
             paid
             to
             the
             Doctor
             .
          
           
             The
             Industry
             and
             Hazzard
             of
             the
             Kings
             Witnesses
             acknowledged
             .
          
           
             A
             mighty
             Bustle
             about
             this
             passage
             .
          
           
             The
             foresaid
             passage
             justify'd
             .
          
           
             Exceptions
             to
             another
             passage
             .
          
           
             Complaint
             against
             Citt
             and
             Bumpkin
             .
          
           
             My
             Libellers
             Libell
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             and
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             Citt
             &
             Bumpkin
             a
             couple
             of
             Rascals
             .
          
           
             Citts
             Character
             .
          
           
             The
             dregs
             of
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             Bumpkin
             an
             Ignorant
             sawcy
             Fellow
             .
          
           
             My
             Adversaries
             proved
             the
             Libellers
             .
          
           
             The
             Appeal
             a
             damn'd
             Libell
             and
             no
             notice
             taken
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Full
             of
             Treason
             and
             Scandal
             .
          
           
             Our
             Zelots
             are
             blinde
             of
             a
             side
             .
          
           
             A
             just
             Respect
             to
             the
             City
             of
             London
             .
          
           
             The
             Glorious
             City
             of
             London
             .
          
           
             Matters
             of
             State.
             
          
           
             The
             Old
             Topique
             .
          
           
             The
             Occasion
             and
             scope
             of
             Citt
             &
             Bumpkin
             .
          
           
             A
             Question
             to
             the
             Person
             ,
             not
             upon
             the
             Fact.
             
          
           
             A
             Question
             of
             Connexion
             and
             Transition
             .
          
           
             Eminent
             Persons
             mis-represented
             .
          
           
             What
             is
             meant
             by
             Obtruding
             .
          
           
             Disaffections
             explained
             .
          
           
             Exception
             upon
             Petitions
             .
          
           
             Petitions
             approved
             and
             how
             far
             .
          
           
             Not
             so
             much
             the
             Matter
             ,
             as
             the
             scope
             of
             the
             Petition
             .
          
           
             The
             advance
             of
             the
             Petition
             from
             one
             thing
             to
             another
             .
          
           
             The
             Late
             Kings
             Observations
             upon
             Petitions
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             menage
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             Good
             Authority
             for
             suspecting
             Popular
             Petitions
             .
          
           
             Some
             Petitions
             both
             Lawful
             and
             Commendable
             .
          
           
             Many
             worthy
             persons
             concern'd
             in
             the
             Petitions
             .
          
           
             The
             scope
             of
             all
             my
             Writings
             .
          
           
             The
             Quality
             of
             the
             Libellers
             .
          
           
             A
             Hackny
             Libeller
             .
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             Why
             this
             Rancour
             against
             me
             ?
          
           
             The
             Faction
             began
             with
             me
             .
          
           
             My
             End
             of
             Writing
             .
          
           
             Free
             born
             Subject
             ,
          
           
             Citt.
             and
             Bumkin
             .
          
           
             My
             Letter
             to
             Mr.
             Oates
             justified
             .
          
           
             A
             Passionate
             Expression
             .
          
           
             The
             Effect
             of
             popular
             Libels
             .
          
           
             The
             Reason
             of
             my
             Writing
             .
          
           
             The
             Cheat
             laid
             open
             .
          
           
             My
             Loyalty
             is
             my
             Crime
             .
          
           
             No
             notice
             taken
             of
             Treason
             and
             Sedition
             .
          
           
             I
             never
             received
             any
             Reply
             .
          
           
             Two
             points
             worth
             the
             clearing
             .
          
           
             Why
             I
             have
             written
             so
             much
             .
          
           
             No
             Preferment
             or
             Reward
             in
             the
             case
             .
          
           
             Designs
             and
             Practices
             upon
             the
             Publick
             Peace
             .
          
           
             A
             Lewd
             Practice
             implies
             a
             Design
             .
          
           
             Reward
             and
             Punishmen
             .
          
           
             Brutal
             Scurrilities
             .
          
           
             Safer
             to
             commit
             Sedition
             then
             to
             Censure
             it
             .
          
           
             How
             far
             to
             encourage
             Loyalty
             .
          
           
             Reward
             and
             Punishment
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             Interest
             of
             State
             to
             protect
             the
             Servants
             of
             the
             Government
             .
          
           
             Cold
             Comfort
             .
          
           
             Loyalty
             is
             to
             be
             valu'd
             ,
             even
             in
             an
             Enemy
             .
          
           
             My
             Appeal
             to
             the
             Honourable
             House
             of
             Commons
             .
          
           
             Nothing
             prov'd
             against
             me
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Oates's
             Charges
             .
          
           
             High
             Treason
             .
          
           
             Nonsense
             is
             High
             Treason
             .
          
           
             Charg'd
             with
             being
             a
             Papist
             .
          
           
             Charg'd
             with
             Conveying
             away
             Bulls
             and
             Popish
             Books
             .
          
           
             Two
             Charges
             more
             yet
             .
          
           
             A
             Violation
             upon
             the
             Rights
             of
             Common
             Society
             .
          
           
             Adieu
             .