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             Lestrange's narrative of the plot set forth for the edification of His Majesties liege-people.
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           LESTRANGE'S
           NARRATIVE
           OF
           THE
           PLOT
           .
        
         
           Set
           Forth
           for
           the
           EDIFICATION
           Of
           His
           Majesties
           LIEGE-PEOPLE
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             I.
             B.
          
           for
           
             Hen.
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Gun
           at
           the
           West-End
           of
           S.
           Pauls
           ,
           1680.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           L'ESTRANGE'S
           NARRATIVE
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           IN
           This
           Age
           of
           Narratives
           ,
           We
           should
           do
           with
           our
           Books
           ,
           methinks
           ,
           as
           Vittlers
           do
           with
           their
           Ord'naries
           ;
           every
           Authour
           hang
           up
           a
           Table
           at
           's
           Door
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           
             Here
             you
             may
             have
             a
             very
             good
          
           Narrative
           ,
           for
           Three-pence
           ,
           a
           Groat
           ,
           or
           Sixpence
           ,
           or
           H●gher
           
             if
             you
          
           pl●ase
           ●or
           we
           have
           'em
           of
           all
           Sorts
           and
           Sizes
           :
           The
           only
           Danger
           is
           ,
           the
           Popping
           of
           Catt
           and
           
             Dogs
             Flesh
          
           upon
           us
           ,
           for
           Cony
           ,
           and
           Venison
           .
           For
           take
           'em
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           at
           the
           Common
           rate
           of
           Narratives
           ,
           there
           's
           hardly
           One
           of
           Five
           that
           will
           passe
           Must●r
           .
           But
           
             what
             is
             a
             NARRATIVE
          
           ?
           you
           'l
           say
           .
        
         
           A
           Narrative
           is
           a
           Relation
           of
           something
           that
           may
           be
           
             seen
             ,
             felt
             ,
             heard
          
           ,
           or
           understood
           :
           Or
           otherwise
           ;
           It
           is
           a
           Relation
           of
           something
           that
           Cannot
           be
           
             either
             seen
             ,
             felt
             ,
             heard
             ,
          
           or
           understood
           :
           For
           we
           have
           Our
           Narratives
           of
           things
           Visible
           and
           
             Invisible
             ;
             Possible
          
           and
           
             Impossible
             ;
             True
          
           and
           False
           :
           Our
           Narratives
           of
           Fact
           ,
           an●
           our
           Narratives
           of
           Imagination
           .
           In
           One
           word
           :
           There
           was
           ne●er
           any
           thing
           
             Said
             ,
             Done
          
           ,
           or
           Thought
           of
           ,
           Since
           the
           Creation
           ;
           nor
           so
           much
           as
           the
           Fansy
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           tho'
           it
           was
           
             never
             Said
             ,
             Done
          
           ,
           or
           
             Thought
             of
          
           ,
           but
           it
           will
           Bear
           a
           Narrative
           .
           So
           that
           the
           only
           point
           will
           be
           ,
           out
           of
           This
           Infinite
           Diversity
           of
           Narratives
           ,
           Which
           is
           
             the
             Narrative
             here
             in
             q●●stion
          
           .
        
         
           NOW
           the
           
             Narrative
             here
             in
             question
          
           ,
           is
           the
           Narrative
           of
           The
           PLOT
           ;
           but
           then
           there
           will
           arise
           Another
           Question
           ;
           Of
           
             WHAT
             Plot
          
           ?
           For
           there
           are
           as
           many
           sorts
           of
           Plots
           as
           there
           are
           of
           Narratives
           .
           There
           are
           Pl●ts
           of
           Passion
           ,
           and
           Plots
           of
           
             Interest
             ;
             Plots
             Genera●l
          
           and
           
             Particu●ar
             ;
             Publick
          
           and
           
             Private
             ;
             Forreign
          
           and
           
             Domest●que
             ;
             Ecclesiasticall
          
           and
           Civill
           :
           There
           are
           Plots
           to
           
             U●dermine
             Governments
          
           ,
           and
           Plots
           to
           Support
           them
           ;
           
             Plots
             Simple
          
           ,
           
           and
           
             Counter
             Plots
             ;
             Plots
          
           to
           
             make
             Plots
          
           ;
           and
           Plots
           to
           
             Spoil
             Plots
             ;
             Plots
          
           to
           give
           Credit
           to
           Sham-Plots
           ;
           and
           Plots
           again
           to
           Baffle
           ,
           and
           
             Discountenance
             Reall
             Ones
             :
             Plots
             Jesuiticall
             ,
          
           and
           
             Phanatique
             ;
             Plots
             Great
          
           and
           
             Small
             ;
             High
          
           and
           Low
           ;
           In
           short
           ,
           There
           is
           not
           any
           thing
           under
           the
           Sun
           ,
           that
           may
           serve
           us
           either
           for
           Pleasure
           ,
           or
           Convenience
           ,
           but
           we
           have
           a
           Plot
           upon
           't
           :
           And
           the
           Master-Plot
           of
           all
           ,
           is
           the
           Plot
           how
           to
           get
           the
           Money
           out
           of
           
             One
             Pocket
          
           into
           Another
           ;
           as
           is
           well
           Observ'd
           by
           one
           of
           the
           Antients
           .
           For
           what
           is
           it
           that
           sets
           all
           Trades
           and
           Professions
           a
           work
           ,
           Nay
           and
           all
           wickednesse
           too
           ;
           As
           
             Murther
             ,
             Calumny
             ,
             Oppression
             ,
             Perjury
             ,
             Subornation
             ,
             Corruption
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           But
           a
           Plot
           upon
           Mony
           ?
        
         
           NOW
           to
           come
           to
           my
           point
           .
           This
           Discourse
           is
           not
           a
           Wild
           and
           
             Rambling
             Narrative
          
           of
           some
           
             Indefinite
             Plot
          
           ,
           that
           no
           body
           knows
           what
           to
           make
           of
           ,
           or
           where
           to
           find
           it
           :
           But
           it
           is
           a
           Narrative
           (
           by
           way
           of
           Excellence
           )
           of
           
             THE
             Plot
          
           :
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           the
           Capitall
           and
           
             Hellish
             Plot
          
           which
           is
           now
           in
           Agitation
           ,
           for
           the
           Destruction
           of
           Our
           
             Prince
             ,
             Religion
          
           and
           Government
           ,
           to
           the
           Horrour
           and
           Amazement
           of
           all
           the
           
             Reformed
             Catholiques
          
           in
           Christendom
           .
           I
           call
           them
           
             Reformed
             Catholiques
          
           ,
           rather
           then
           Protestants
           ,
           because
           I
           take
           the
           Catholique
           to
           be
           the
           
             Antienter
             Family
          
           of
           the
           Two
           :
           The
           Denomination
           being
           used
           in
           the
           
             Primitive
             Church
          
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           to
           denote
           a
           Generality
           ,
           or
           Universality
           of
           Profession
           :
           but
           also
           to
           
             Distinguish
             Orthodox
          
           ,
           and
           
             Obedient
             Christians
          
           ,
           from
           Schismatiques
           ,
           and
           Heretiques
           .
           'T
           is
           cast
           in
           my
           Dish
           I
           know
           ,
           as
           a
           Reproach
           ,
           that
           I
           will
           not
           own
           my self
           to
           be
           a
           Protestant
           .
           Now
           so
           far
           as
           Protestant
           is
           a
           Catholique
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           is
           That
           which
           They
           call
           Protestant
           ,
           't
           is
           all
           one
           to
           me
           ,
           whether
           I
           passe
           for
           a
           
             Reformed
             Catholique
          
           ,
           a
           
             Church
             of
             England-man
          
           ,
           or
           a
           Protestant
           .
           But
           when
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           Schism
           comes
           to
           shelter
           it self
           under
           the
           Cover
           of
           Protestantism
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           but
           too
           common
           a
           Case
           )
           I
           have
           no
           Ambition
           to
           be
           accounted
           any
           of
           
             those
             Protestants
          
           .
           So
           that
           my
           Crime
           is
           only
           that
           I
           am
           
             a
             Church-of-England-Protestant
          
           .
           But
           to
           return
           to
           my
           Theme
           .
        
         
         
           LET
           the
           Reader
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           as
           these
           Papers
           are
           only
           a
           Narrative
           of
           
             that
             Plot
          
           which
           is
           notoriously
           known
           ,
           and
           distinguished
           from
           
             all
             other
             Plots
          
           ,
           by
           the
           Emphasis
           of
           
             THE
             Plot
          
           :
           So
           it
           is
           
             L'Estrange's
             Narrative
          
           of
           
             That
             Plot
          
           ;
           from
           whom
           no
           more
           Light
           can
           reasonably
           be
           expected
           then
           what
           arises
           out
           of
           matters
           within
           the
           Compasse
           of
           His
           Observation
           .
           He
           does
           not
           pretend
           ,
           either
           directly
           ,
           or
           indirectly
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           Entrusted
           by
           any
           of
           the
           Priests
           ,
           or
           Jesuits
           ;
           Or
           to
           have
           been
           present
           at
           any
           of
           their
           Bloody
           and
           Desperate
           Consults
           ;
           or
           Privy
           to
           any
           of
           their
           
             Letters
             ,
             Messages
          
           ,
           or
           Commissions
           :
           So
           that
           We
           can
           say
           
             nothing
             at
             all
          
           to
           the
           Particulars
           that
           have
           been
           given
           in
           by
           the
           
             Kings
             Witnesses
          
           :
           Or
           if
           we
           Could
           ,
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           would
           signify
           no
           more
           then
           the
           holding
           of
           a
           Candle
           to
           the
           Sun
           :
           For
           whoever
           carefully
           
             peruses
             Their
             Writings
          
           and
           
             Depositions
             ,
             compares
          
           their
           Testimonies
           ;
           and
           
             yet
             doubts
          
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           is
           litt●●
           better
           ,
           certainly
           ,
           then
           Seal'd
           up
           under
           the
           spirit
           of
           Blindness
           ,
           and
           Delusion
           .
           Let
           no
           body
           therefore
           expect
           from
           
             These
             Sheets
          
           ,
           any
           Repetition
           of
           what
           the
           
             Kings
             Evidenc●s
          
           have
           Delivered
           ,
           and
           Deposed
           with
           so
           much
           Solemnity
           allready
           ;
           but
           rather
           repair
           to
           the
           Memorialls
           that
           they
           have
           committed
           to
           the
           Publique
           ,
           which
           are
           many
           ,
           and
           Copious
           ,
           for
           a
           Full
           ,
           and
           
             Finall
             Satisfaction
          
           .
           And
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           I
           shall
           apply
           my self
           to
           the
           making
           out
           of
           the
           
             Plot
             here
             in
             Question
          
           ,
           my
           own
           way
           ,
           (
           which
           ,
           in
           strictnesse
           of
           speaking
           is
           not
           so
           properly
           a
           Plot
           ,
           as
           an
           Intrigue
           .
           )
        
         
           THE
           Difference
           betwixt
           a
           Plot
           ,
           and
           an
           Intrigue
           ,
           I
           take
           to
           be
           This
           ;
           a
           Plot
           may
           be
           Solitary
           ,
           as
           when
           a
           man
           contrives
           or
           casts
           about
           with
           himself
           how
           to
           get
           a
           Dinner
           ,
           (
           for
           the
           purpose
           )
           an
           Office
           ,
           a
           Pension
           ,
           &c.
           
           He
           brings
           his
           Ends
           about
           by
           his
           
             Own
             Wits
          
           ,
           as
           by
           
             Cogging
             ,
             Wheedling
             ,
             Hectoring
             ,
             Swearing
             ,
             Lying
             ,
          
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           as
           best
           makes
           for
           his
           purpose
           ;
           but
           an
           Intrigue
           is
           alwa●s
           Social
           ,
           and
           menag'd
           by
           Intelligence
           and
           Confederacy
           ;
           So
           that
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           kinde
           of
           a
           Plot
           with
           Complices
           ,
           and
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           absolutely
           That
           neither
           .
           For
           the
           Critiques
           will
           have
           a
           Plot
           
           to
           import
           only
           a
           
             General
             Resolution
          
           ,
           or
           Agreement
           upon
           
             some
             Common
             End
          
           ;
           and
           an
           Intrigue
           to
           signifie
           a
           Certain
           Artifice
           ,
           or
           Mystery
           in
           the
           manner
           of
           bringing
           it
           about
           .
           Of
           Intrigues
           ,
           some
           are
           
             direct
             Conspiracies
          
           ;
           as
           where
           a
           Designe
           is
           Govern'd
           by
           the
           
             Contrivance
             ,
             Advice
          
           ,
           and
           Consent
           ;
           and
           Emproved
           to
           the
           
             Common
             Advantage
          
           and
           Behoof
           of
           all
           the
           Parties
           therein
           concern'd
           .
           Of
           
             This
             Kinde
          
           ,
           were
           the
           
             late
             Intrigues
          
           of
           the
           Fanatiques
           against
           the
           Government
           ;
           where
           ,
           as
           they
           
             all
             contributed
          
           to
           the
           Ruine
           of
           the
           Pub●ique
           ,
           so
           did
           they
           all
           ,
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           Partake
           of
           the
           Quarry
           .
           There
           are
           
             Other
             Intrigues
          
           which
           are
           not
           so
           much
           a
           
             ●●rmal
             Confederacy
          
           as
           a
           
             Blinde
             Co-operation
          
           of
           
             sev●ral
             Part
             es
          
           ,
           toward
           the
           gaining
           of
           such
           or
           such
           an
           End
           ,
           by
           wo●king
           upon
           the
           Passions
           and
           Weaknesses
           of
           one
           anothe●
           ,
           without
           ever
           Concerting
           the
           matter
           betwixt
           them
           ▪
           and
           This
           is
           the
           Quality
           of
           the
           Plot
           whereof
           I
           am
           now
           about
           to
           Treat
           .
        
         
           WE
           have
           been
           told
           abundantly
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           ,
           The
           
             Booksellers
             Ware
             houses
          
           are
           Cram'd
           ,
           and
           there
           
             Stalls
             charg'd
          
           with
           the
           Memorials
           of
           it
           ;
           All
           our
           
             Courts
             of
             Justice
          
           ,
           and
           Journals
           of
           State
           bear
           witness
           to
           it
           .
           It
           has
           set
           all
           Tongus
           and
           Pens
           agoing
           ;
           and
           all
           
             Christendom
             Rings
          
           of
           it
           ;
           So
           that
           since
           nothing
           can
           be
           added
           to
           what
           is
           allready
           delivered
           upon
           This
           
             Single
             Subject
          
           ,
           my
           business
           will
           be
           only
           to
           take
           up
           the
           Story
           where
           the
           
             great
             Evidences
          
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           have
           been
           pleased
           to
           let
           it
           fall
           .
        
         
           AFTER
           a
           Nice
           and
           Particu●ar
           Deduction
           of
           the
           
             mayn
             Plot
          
           ,
           they
           do
           unanimously
           Close
           upon
           
             This
             Assertion
          
           ;
           that
           it
           was
           a
           
             Jesuiticall
             Influence
          
           that
           Ruin'd
           the
           
             Late
             King
          
           ,
           and
           Irritated
           the
           Faction
           :
           and
           that
           it
           is
           a
           
             Popish
             Ferment
          
           still
           at
           This
           day
           ,
           that
           puts
           all
           the
           Sch●sms
           into
           motion
           .
           And
           for
           P●oof
           thereof
           ,
           
             Doct●r
             Oates
          
           refers
           us
           to
           the
           Instance
           of
           the
           
             Four
             Jesuits
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Dominican
           that
           mingled
           with
           the
           
             Fifth
             M●narchy
             men
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Burnin●
           of
           
             London
             ;
             (
             Deposition
          
           3●
           .
           )
           And
           to
           the
           Care
           that
           ●as
           taken
           for
           Tampering
           Scotland
           into
           a
           Rebellion
           as
           ap●●ars
           in
           everal
           
             Other
             Parts
          
           of
           his
           Depositions
           .
           The
           Dr.
           having
           made
           
           it
           out
           upon
           Oath
           that
           the
           Papists
           make
           use
           of
           the
           Fanatiques
           to
           compass
           their
           
             Own
             Ends
          
           upon
           the
           Government
           ;
           So
           soon
           as
           he
           has
           done
           This
           ,
           he
           gives
           over
           the
           poynt
           .
           It
           must
           be
           
             My
             part
          
           now
           ,
           to
           Tack
           my
           
             own
             Observations
          
           to
           the
           Doctors
           ;
           and
           ,
           by
           shewing
           ,
           on
           the
           Otherhand
           ,
           what
           Advantages
           the
           Sch●smatiques
           make
           likewise
           of
           the
           Papists
           ,
           for
           the
           Compassi●g
           of
           
             Their
             Ends
          
           ,
           to
           lay
           open
           the
           Effects
           of
           so
           dangerous
           a
           
             Complication
             .
             This
             Addition
          
           we
           must
           take
           for
           granted
           would
           have
           been
           supply'd
           by
           the
           
             Dr.
             himself
          
           ,
           both
           as
           a
           
             ●oyall
             Subject
          
           to
           his
           Prince
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           
             True
             Son
          
           of
           the
           
             Establisht
             Church
          
           ,
           if
           matters
           of
           gr●ater
           Moment
           had
           not
           taken
           him
           off
           at
           Mid-way
           :
           So
           that
           in
           Truth
           ,
           This
           is
           rather
           a
           Continuation
           of
           the
           
             Drs.
             Narrative
          
           ,
           then
           a
           Composition
           of
           my
           own
           .
           We
           are
           not
           to
           imagine
           that
           These
           Interests
           are
           
             Ty'd
             up
          
           by
           any
           Instrument
           of
           Compact
           ,
           or
           Covenant
           ;
           to
           Joyn
           in
           a
           
             League
             Offensive
          
           against
           the
           Government
           ;
           but
           our
           mischief
           arises
           from
           a
           Resemblance
           of
           their
           Principles
           and
           not
           from
           any
           Correspondence
           of
           Understanding
           betwixt
           them
           .
           And
           yet
           while
           they
           seem
           to
           be
           
             blowing
             up
          
           and
           
             Countermining
             one
             another
          
           ,
           they
           do
           really
           destroy
           Us
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           the
           Church
           in
           the
           Middle
           that
           Suffers
           by
           the
           Distemper
           of
           the
           
             Two
             Extremes
          
           .
        
         
           NOW
           though
           I
           cannot
           allow
           it
           upon
           any
           T●rms
           that
           they
           
             help
             one
             another
          
           by
           Consent
           ;
           nothing
           can
           be
           plainer
           yet
           then
           that
           while
           they
           
             play
             ,
             each
          
           of
           them
           
             their
             Own
             Game
          
           ,
           the
           One
           still
           leads
           into
           the
           
             Others
             hand
          
           .
           If
           
             Popery
             Influences
             Sch●sm
             ,
             That
             Schism
          
           Slides
           as
           naturally
           into
           Popery
           ,
           as
           Motion
           from
           One
           place
           of
           Rest
           tends
           to
           another
           .
           There
           's
           the
           Principle
           espoused
           allready
           ,
           and
           the
           Rest
           is
           only
           the
           Changing
           of
           the
           Name
           ;
           The
           very
           Unfixing
           of
           a
           man
           is
           half
           the
           work
           done
           allready
           ;
           for
           he
           is
           so
           far
           advanc'd
           upon
           his
           way
           toward
           a
           
             new
             Settlement
          
           .
           It
           is
           a
           thing
           worthy
           of
           Note
           ,
           the
           
             different
             manner
          
           of
           dealing
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           
             Episcopall
             Clergy
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Non
             Conformist
          
           ;
           The
           ●ormer
           proceed
           by
           Dint
           of
           Argument
           ,
           the
           Otoer
           only
           by
           
             Opprobrious
             Clamour
          
           ,
           and
           Reviling
           ;
           and
           ●or
           
           
             one
             fair
             Blow
          
           at
           the
           Pope
           ,
           they
           make
           a
           
             hundred
             Rude
             ones
          
           at
           the
           Bishops
           ;
           and
           (
           which
           is
           yet
           a
           
             fouler
             Scandal
          
           )
           the
           most
           Eminent
           ,
           and
           
             Venerable
             Champions
          
           that
           ever
           put
           Pen
           to
           Paper
           in
           the
           Defence
           of
           the
           
             Reformed
             Communion
          
           ,
           have
           been
           the
           Persons
           which
           they
           have
           still
           singled
           out
           for
           the
           Subject
           of
           their
           
             Exemplary
             Cruelty
          
           ,
           and
           Rigor
           .
           which
           shews
           that
           their
           
             (
             Pretended
             )
             Quarrell
          
           is
           to
           the
           Name
           rather
           then
           to
           the
           Opinion
           .
           I
           call
           it
           a
           Pretended
           one
           :
           For
           if
           they
           Quarrell
           in
           Earnest
           with
           the
           Name
           of
           Popery
           ,
           they
           fall
           foul
           upon
           the
           
             Best
             Friend
          
           they
           have
           in
           the
           World
           :
           For
           it
           is
           
             That
             single
             Pretext
          
           that
           Supports
           their
           Cause
           .
           It
           is
           observable
           also
           on
           the
           Other
           side
           ;
           that
           notwithstanding
           all
           their
           Fierce
           and
           
             Virulent
             Exclamations
          
           against
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           does
           not
           vouchsafe
           them
           so
           much
           as
           one
           syllable
           in
           Return
           ;
           and
           the
           Reason
           is
           This
           ;
           The
           Conventicles
           are
           doing
           the
           
             Papists
             business
          
           to
           their
           hands
           ;
           and
           the
           Enlarging
           of
           the
           Schism
           is
           the
           readyest
           way
           imaginable
           for
           the
           
             bringing
             in
          
           of
           Popery
           :
           So
           that
           it
           is
           but
           Commuting
           a
           
             Real
             Service
          
           for
           a
           little
           
             Dirty
             Language
          
           .
        
         
           BUT
           is
           it
           True
           then
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Popish
             Emissaryes
          
           are
           so
           busy
           ,
           and
           bear
           so
           great
           a
           sway
           among
           Our
           Dissenters
           ?
           Yes
           (
           says
           Dr.
           Oates
           in
           his
           Dedicatory
           to
           the
           King
           )
           
             They
             were
             the
             First
             Authours
             and
             Contrivers
             of
             the
             Late
             Unnatural
             War
             ;
             and
             of
             his
             Late
             Majestyes
             Unspeakable
             Sufferings
             and
             Barbarous
             Usage
             .
             It
             was
             These
          
           (
           says
           the
           
             Dr.
             )
             that
             brought
             him
             to
             his
             end
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           again
           ,
           
             They
             were
             in
             most
             ,
             if
             not
             all
             the
             Councells
             that
             Contriv'd
             his
             Ruine
             .
             Two
             Jesuits
             (
             Simmons
          
           and
           
             Compton
             )
             were
             to
             pay
             the
          
           Thousand
           Pound
           
             promised
             to
             the
             Discoverer
             of
             the
             King
             after
             the
             Battle
             of
          
           Worcester
           ,
           and
           Milton
           
             was
             a
             Known
             Frequenter
             of
             a
          
           Popish
           Club
           ;
           Lambert
           a
           Papist
           
             of
             above
             Thirty
             years
             standing
             .
             What
             promises
          
           (
           says
           the
           Dr.
           again
           )
           
             did
             they
             make
             to
          
           Cromwell
           
             after
             his
             Majestyes
             Escape
          
           ,
           to
           
             perswade
             the
          
           French
           King
           
             for
             Our
             Sovereigns
          
           Banishment
           
             out
             of
          
           France
           ?
        
         
         
           AND
           is
           not
           This
           now
           as
           clear
           an
           Evidence
           as
           a
           body
           would
           wish
           ,
           to
           prove
           the
           Industry
           ,
           the
           Power
           ,
           and
           the
           Malice
           of
           
             That
             Restlesse
             Party
          
           ;
           and
           to
           shew
           how
           they
           were
           In
           at
           
             all
             Destructive
             Plots
          
           and
           Councells
           ?
           Was
           it
           not
           a
           strange
           zeal
           too
           ,
           that
           when
           Cromwell
           was
           Master
           of
           the
           
             Three
             Kingdoms
          
           ,
           and
           had
           so
           great
           an
           Interest
           at
           Stake
           ;
           the
           King
           might
           have
           Scap'd
           yet
           for
           want
           of
           a
           Price
           upon
           his
           Head
           ,
           if
           Father
           Simmons
           and
           Compton
           had
           not
           engaged
           for
           the
           
             Thousand
             pound
             Reward
          
           that
           was
           promised
           to
           Him
           that
           would
           deliver
           him
           up
           ?
           Nay
           they
           were
           fain
           to
           Quicken
           
             Cromwell
             himself
          
           ,
           to
           get
           the
           
             King
             Banisht
          
           out
           of
           France
           .
           Which
           shews
           First
           ,
           that
           the
           Papists
           trusted
           more
           to
           their
           Power
           with
           Cromwell
           ,
           though
           a
           Schismatique
           ,
           then
           to
           their
           Power
           with
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           ,
           tho'
           a
           
             Roman
             Catholique
          
           .
           And
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           they
           thought
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           would
           do
           more
           for
           a
           Schisme
           ,
           then
           for
           the
           
             Holy
             Church
             it self
          
           :
           Which
           Implies
           a
           High
           Degree
           of
           
             Mutuall
             Confidence
          
           betwixt
           
             Their
             Priests
          
           and
           
             Our
             Dissenters
          
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           a
           Common
           Objection
           in
           This
           Case
           ,
           that
           the
           Dr.
           is
           too
           young
           to
           speak
           many
           of
           these
           things
           upon
           Knowledge
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           would
           have
           been
           well
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           produced
           some
           
             Historicall
             Authority
          
           in
           Confirmation
           of
           the
           Reports
           ,
           that
           Lambert
           was
           a
           Papist
           ,
           and
           Milton
           a
           
             Frequenter
             of
             a
             Popish
             Club
          
           :
           And
           so
           in
           other
           like
           Cases
           .
           This
           is
           a
           doubt
           easily
           Resolved
           ,
           for
           the
           thing
           it
           self
           being
           a
           Privacy
           in
           
             its
             own
             Nature
          
           ,
           It
           was
           only
           Proper
           for
           the
           Registries
           of
           the
           Society
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           a
           quality
           to
           be
           Inserted
           into
           Our
           
             Publique
             Annals
          
           .
           The
           Dr.
           tells
           us
           Further
           ,
           Pag.
           29.
           )
           that
           Father
           Moor
           and
           Brown
           
             were
             sent
             into
          
           Scotland
           ,
           
             with
             Instructions
             to
             carry
             themselves
             like
          
           Non
           conformist
           Ministers
           ,
           
             and
             to
             Preach
             to
             the
          
           Disaffected
           Scots
           ,
           &c.
           
           He
           tells
           us
           likewise
           (
           Pag.
           67.
           )
           of
           
             Seditious
             Preachers
          
           ,
           and
           
             Catechists
             ,
             set
             up
             ,
             sent
             out
             ,
             maintained
             ,
             and
             directed
             what
             to
             Preach
             in
             their
             Own
             ,
             or
             Other
             Private
             Conventic●es
             ,
             and
             Field
             meetings
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Now
           This
           ,
           I
           am
           told
           ,
           is
           no
           Proof
           of
           the
           thing
           Done
           ;
           but
           only
           of
           a
           Proposition
           and
           Design
           for
           
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           .
           But
           yet
           we
           find
           in
           the
           Drs.
           Reflexions
           upon
           the
           Late
           Times
           ,
           that
           the
           thing
           was
           there
           
             really
             done
          
           ;
           and
           Pag.
           8.
           that
           Blundel
           did
           actually
           teach
           Treason
           in
           severall
           places
           of
           London
           .
        
         
           NOW
           if
           it
           be
           True
           ,
           (
           As
           who
           dares
           question
           what
           the
           
             D●
             .
             Averrs
          
           ?
           )
           that
           the
           Papists
           managed
           the
           Separatists
           in
           the
           late
           War
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           Our
           Miserie
           's
           proceeded
           from
           the
           Influence
           of
           
             Their
             Councells
          
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           are
           at
           This
           day
           ,
           as
           Active
           ,
           and
           as
           Powerfull
           as
           ever
           :
           It
           follows
           ,
           that
           the
           D●nger
           is
           as
           great
           No●
           ,
           as
           ever
           it
           was
           ;
           and
           that
           there
           is
           no
           security
           for
           ●his
           Nation
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           the
           Agents
           for
           P●pery
           have
           
             This
             Retreat
          
           .
           We
           should
           never
           have
           known
           that
           the
           Papists
           had
           had
           so
           great
           a
           hand
           in
           Our
           
             late
             Broils
          
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Counsell
           ,
           and
           Execution
           of
           the
           Murther
           of
           the
           
             Late
             King
          
           ▪
           if
           Dr.
           Oates
           had
           not
           Discover'd
           it
           .
           For
           the
           
             Late
             King
             himself
          
           knew
           nothing
           of
           it
           and
           all
           the
           Memorialls
           we
           have
           of
           those
           Times
           ,
           even
           ●rom
           the
           most
           
             Popular
             Writers
          
           ,
           are
           wholly
           Silent
           in
           it
           ,
           in
           such
           sort
           as
           we
           find
           it
           ,
           Here
           to
           be
           represented
           .
           There
           was
           a
           Seditious
           Clamo●r
           ,
           I
           remember
           ,
           against
           
             an
             Army
             of
             Papists
          
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           call'd
           them
           .
           )
           that
           were
           on
           the
           
             Kings
             side
          
           ;
           but
           not
           One
           word
           of
           a
           P●p●st
           that
           was
           to
           be
           found
           among
           the
           Schismatiq●es
           ,
           in
           their
           Conventicles
           ▪
           Nor
           should
           I
           readily
           believe
           the
           Story
           at
           large
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           now
           Reported
           ,
           if
           any
           man
           but
           Dr.
           Oates
           had
           said
           it
           .
           I
           have
           run
           through
           the
           List
           of
           the
           Re●ici●es
           I
           have
           had
           Opportunities
           of
           knowing
           the
           
             Princip●l
             men
          
           of
           the
           Party
           and
           tracing
           all
           their
           Committees
           ;
           and
           I
           cannot
           say
           that
           I
           found
           any
           
             one
             man
          
           upon
           
             That
             Roll
          
           ,
           wh●m
           I
           so
           much
           as
           suspected
           for
           a
           Papist
           .
           So
           long
           as
           the
           work
           went
           Smoothly
           on
           ▪
           they
           call'd
           themselves
           (
           I
           remember
           )
           a
           Covenanting
           ,
           a
           Fasting
           and
           a
           
             Praying
             People
          
           :
           But
           so
           soon
           as
           ever
           the
           
             Wind
             Turn'd
          
           ,
           the
           
             Godly
             Party
          
           was
           presently
           Transform'd
           ;
           and
           those
           that
           I
           took
           before
           for
           
             Dissenting
             Protestants
          
           ,
           are
           now
           made
           appear
           to
           have
           been
           ,
           the
           greater
           Part
           of
           them
           ,
           Priests
           ,
           and
           Jesuits
           .
           It
           seems
           to
           be
           somewhat
           Unequally
           Divided
           ,
           that
           the
           Schismatiques
           
           should
           have
           the
           Benefit
           ,
           and
           the
           Papists
           Support
           all
           the
           Scandall
           of
           the
           Rebellion
           ;
           Would
           it
           not
           be
           better
           to
           let
           them
           fairly
           share
           the
           Profit
           and
           the
           Losse
           ,
           betwixt
           them
           ?
           And
           That
           's
           the
           Drs.
           
             sense
             too
          
           ;
           for
           he
           does
           not
           deny
           but
           that
           the
           
             Separatists
             Acted
             Their
             Parts
          
           also
           :
           tho'
           only
           as
           men
           Imposed
           upon
           ,
           and
           Outwitted
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           Guidance
           ,
           and
           Direction
           of
           the
           Papists
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           now
           Appeal
           to
           any
           man
           :
           that
           has
           either
           Seen
           ,
           or
           
             diligently
             read
          
           the
           Transactions
           of
           
             Those
             Times
          
           ,
           whether
           or
           no
           he
           could
           ever
           have
           imagined
           that
           such
           a
           world
           of
           Priests
           ,
           and
           Papists
           had
           worm'd
           themselves
           into
           the
           Councells
           and
           Congregations
           of
           
             That
             Faction
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Dr.
           now
           Assures
           us
           there
           did
           .
           And
           what
           was
           the
           business
           ,
           but
           This
           ?
           The
           Papists
           carry'd
           the
           matter
           so
           Close
           ,
           and
           lookt
           so
           like
           Schismatiques
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           morally
           Impossible
           to
           discern
           the
           One
           from
           the
           Other
           ,
           Now
           upon
           the
           Admission
           of
           
             the
             same
             Mixture
          
           ,
           and
           Danger
           ,
           at
           present
           ,
           and
           
             the
             same
             difficulty
          
           likewise
           of
           distinguishing
           a
           
             Disguised
             Papist
          
           from
           an
           
             Outlying
             Protestant
          
           ;
           we
           are
           lost
           unless
           we
           absolutely
           Clear
           those
           Kennells
           ,
           since
           there
           is
           no
           Pu●ging
           of
           them
           .
           And
           the
           means
           of
           doing
           it
           ,
           is
           
             Fair
             ,
             Honest
          
           ,
           and
           Obvious
           ;
           and
           I
           would
           sa●
           ,
           (
           if
           I
           durst
           open
           my
           Mouth
           so
           wide
           )
           of
           
             ABSOLUTE
             NECESSITY
          
           too
           .
           
             Let
             but
             the
             Laws
             be
             vigorously
             put
             in
             Execution
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             Work
             is
             done
             .
          
           We
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           declaim
           upon
           the
           
             Probable
             Inconveniences
          
           that
           will
           arise
           from
           a
           longer
           Sufferance
           of
           
             This
             License
          
           :
           But
           we
           shall
           in
           good
           time
           shew
           the
           Approaches
           they
           have
           already
           made
           ,
           toward
           the
           Government
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Non-Conformists
           make
           as
           good
           use
           of
           the
           
             Papists
             ,
             One
             way
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Papists
           do
           of
           the
           Non-Conformists
           ,
           Another
           .
        
         
           THE
           Encrease
           of
           the
           Schism
           is
           the
           True
           measure
           of
           the
           
             Churches
             Detriment
          
           ;
           for
           the
           
             One
             Looses
          
           just
           as
           much
           as
           the
           
             Other
             Gets
          
           .
           But
           the
           greatest
           mischief
           of
           all
           is
           the
           Dissolution
           of
           Order
           ;
           For
           it
           is
           not
           only
           the
           
             Double
             Losse
          
           and
           Disadvantage
           of
           so
           many
           
             Friends
             ,
             degenerated
          
           into
           so
           many
           
           Enemies
           ;
           but
           the
           Loosening
           of
           the
           Band
           makes
           all
           fly
           to
           pieces
           ;
           And
           turns
           That
           Community
           into
           a
           Multitude
           ,
           which
           ,
           ere
           while
           ,
           was
           a
           Government
           .
           And
           
             This
             Dissolution
          
           does
           highly
           gratify
           our
           Adversaryes
           ,
           on
           
             Both
             hands
          
           ;
           for
           Once
           out
           of
           Discipline
           ,
           we
           are
           as
           bad
           as
           out
           of
           Protection
           :
           and
           in
           the
           Condition
           of
           a
           routed
           Army
           ,
           when
           
             Twenty
             men
          
           in
           
             Good
             Order
          
           Value
           a
           
             Thousand
             Fugitives
          
           ;
           For
           
             O●r
             Strength
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Our
           Reputation
           leaves
           us
           with
           our
           Union
           ;
           and
           the
           Bulwark
           of
           the
           Reformation
           is
           left
           naked
           ,
           and
           without
           either
           Honour
           ,
           or
           Defence
           .
           If
           This
           should
           come
           to
           be
           the
           Case
           ,
           what
           can
           we
           expect
           ,
           but
           either
           to
           be
           at
           the
           Mercy
           of
           a
           Forreigner
           ,
           or
           for
           want
           of
           a
           
             Common
             Enemy
          
           to
           become
           a
           Prey
           to
           
             one
             another
          
           ?
           It
           is
           as
           natural
           ,
           This
           ,
           (
           though
           we
           know
           it
           upon
           Experiment
           too
           )
           as
           it
           is
           for
           
             one
             Grain
             of
             Sand
          
           to
           fall
           from
           Another
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           a
           Morter
           ,
           or
           Ciment
           to
           bind
           them
           together
           :
           Or
           as
           it
           is
           for
           poynt
           blank
           Contradictions
           to
           
             Crosse
             one
             Another
          
           .
           And
           when
           the
           day
           of
           Controversy
           comes
           ,
           what
           will
           all
           the
           Fractions
           of
           
             Dissenting
             Protestants
          
           signify
           ,
           more
           ,
           then
           so
           many
           
             Loos●
             Atoms
          
           that
           will
           need
           a
           
             more
             miraculous
             Concourse
          
           of
           Accidents
           then
           ever
           the
           Philosopher
           dreamt
           of
           ▪
           to
           Jumble
           them
           into
           a
           Body
           .
           I
           will
           not
           deny
           but
           that
           they
           may
           so
           far
           Unite
           as
           to
           make
           head
           against
           a
           
             Common
             Danger
          
           ;
           but
           they
           must
           live
           then
           like
           Salamanders
           ,
           allways
           in
           the
           fire
           ;
           as
           being
           by
           their
           very
           Principles
           in
           a
           perpetual
           State
           of
           
             War
             ;
             Impatient
          
           of
           
             one
             another
          
           ,
           and
           consequently
           Encapable
           of
           any
           
             Political
             Establishment
          
           .
           He
           that
           thinks
           otherwise
           needs
           only
           look
           behind
           him
           to
           be
           convinc'd
           ;
           where
           he
           will
           finde
           ,
           that
           thorough
           all
           the
           late
           Turns
           and
           Changes
           of
           State
           ,
           the
           Prevailing
           Party
           did
           still
           set
           up
           for
           it self
           ,
           to
           the
           Exclusion
           of
           all
           Others
           :
           Endeavouring
           to
           Erect
           a
           
             New
             Government
          
           ,
           by
           Order
           ,
           and
           Restraint
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           Ruines
           of
           the
           
             Old
             one
          
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           destroy'd
           by
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           Confusion
           .
           How
           wretched
           now
           is
           the
           Condition
           of
           those
           people
           who
           by
           dividing
           themselves
           ,
           (
           upon
           meer
           Capricio's
           )
           from
           
             Regular
             Societys
          
           ,
           
           do
           in
           effect
           ,
           cut
           themselves
           off
           from
           their
           Claim
           to
           the
           Ordinary
           Comforts
           of
           Providence
           ,
           and
           Nature
           ;
           turning
           
             Peace
             it self
          
           into
           a
           Curse
           ,
           which
           to
           all
           men
           in
           their
           Right
           Wits
           is
           undoubtedly
           the
           greatest
           of
           Blessings
           .
        
         
           AFTER
           a
           long
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           not
           (
           altogether
           )
           an
           
             Impertinent
             Preface
          
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           draw
           neer
           to
           my
           Text.
           The
           
             Kings
             Wittnesses
          
           have
           given
           Evidence
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Conspiracy
          
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           of
           a
           Conspiracy
           carry'd
           on
           among
           Themselves
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           Practice
           also
           upon
           the
           Schismatiques
           ,
           by
           casting
           of
           Scruples
           into
           their
           Heads
           ;
           by
           Instilling
           
             dangerous
             Positions
          
           :
           by
           Preaching
           ,
           in
           fine
           ,
           &
           Catechising
           among
           them
           in
           Disguises
           ;
           to
           Embroil
           the
           Government
           .
           Now
           let
           the
           World
           bear
           me
           Witness
           that
           I
           have
           nothing
           at
           all
           to
           do
           with
           the
           
             Original
             Plot
          
           ;
           or
           the
           Priests
           Artifices
           of
           Moulding
           ,
           and
           Cajolling
           the
           Dissenters
           any
           further
           then
           in
           a
           resignation
           to
           Truth
           and
           Authority
           :
           My
           purpose
           being
           only
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           Emprovements
           that
           have
           been
           made
           ,
           under
           the
           Cover
           of
           
             One
             Plot
          
           ,
           toward
           the
           Advancing
           of
           Another
           .
           I
           shall
           Date
           This
           my
           Narrative
           from
           the
           Transmigration
           of
           the
           Conspiracy
           ;
           and
           so
           carry
           it
           on
           through
           all
           the
           steps
           of
           its
           Progression
           ;
           as
           the
           Manner
           of
           Representing
           matters
           ,
           the
           
             Probable
             Intent
          
           ,
           and
           Effect
           of
           That
           way
           of
           Proceeding
           ;
           The
           Translating
           of
           a
           
             Popular
             Odium
          
           ,
           from
           the
           Papists
           ,
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           so
           mounting
           by
           degrees
           from
           a
           Zeal
           against
           Popery
           ,
           to
           a
           Sedition
           against
           the
           State.
           
        
         
           IT
           is
           no
           Lessening
           of
           This
           Execrable
           Plot
           ,
           to
           say
           that
           Subjects
           ought
           dutyfully
           to
           acquiesce
           in
           the
           Resolutions
           of
           their
           Superiours
           :
           And
           that
           all
           Clamorous
           Appeals
           from
           the
           Magistrate
           to
           the
           Multitude
           are
           only
           so
           far
           pardonable
           ,
           as
           the
           Abundance
           of
           
             Good
             will
          
           may
           help
           to
           excuse
           the
           want
           of
           Moderation
           and
           Discretion
           .
           So
           that
           a
           great
           part
           of
           those
           Fierce
           and
           
             Unmannerly
             Transports
          
           that
           have
           been
           employ'd
           upon
           This
           Unhappy
           Occasion
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           regard
           ,
           either
           to
           Quality
           or
           Sex
           ,
           or
           ,
           in
           truth
           ,
           to
           the
           very
           Foundations
           of
           
             Christian
             Charity
          
           ,
           might
           have
           been
           
           much
           better
           let
           alone
           ;
           since
           they
           serve
           only
           to
           enflame
           the
           Vulgar
           ,
           without
           any
           sort
           of
           avail
           to
           the
           Cause
           in
           question
           .
           It
           is
           no
           better
           ,
           then
           either
           a
           Translating
           of
           the
           Judicature
           from
           the
           King
           and
           his
           
             Courts
             of
             Justice
          
           to
           the
           Rabble
           ;
           or
           else
           a
           Complaint
           to
           the
           People
           brought
           in
           with
           a
           side-winde
           ,
           against
           the
           Government
           ;
           which
           are
           two
           dangerous
           Points
           ;
           striking
           at
           his
           Majesties
           Sovereignty
           the
           One
           way
           ,
           and
           at
           his
           Reputation
           the
           Other
           :
           And
           yet
           all
           This
           is
           Tolerable
           ,
           if
           it
           goes
           off
           so
           ;
           and
           without
           blowing
           up
           a
           Passion
           into
           a
           Designe
           .
           But
           we
           shall
           better
           understand
           the
           Drift
           of
           it
           by
           the
           Sequele
           .
           If
           it
           rests
           Here
           ,
           it
           is
           only
           a
           
             laudable
             Zeal
             Ill
             menag'd
          
           :
           For
           it
           is
           not
           the
           
             Cutting
             Strictures
          
           of
           a
           
             sharp
             Tongue
          
           or
           a
           
             Virulent
             Pen
          
           ,
           but
           the
           Sober
           and
           Impassionate
           Sentence
           of
           Law
           ;
           that
           by
           
             Prisons
             ,
             Axes
          
           ,
           and
           
             Gibbets
             ,
             determines
             These
             Controversies
          
           .
           In
           one
           word
           ,
           let
           them
           vent
           their
           Indignation
           against
           the
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           in
           what
           Terms
           they
           please
           ,
           and
           make
           Popery
           as
           Odious
           as
           they
           can
           ,
           provided
           that
           they
           do
           not
           encourage
           Tumults
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           contain
           their
           Passions
           within
           the
           Bounds
           of
           Truth
           and
           Justice
           .
           If
           they
           once
           passe
           those
           Limits
           ,
           Knowingly
           ,
           and
           by
           Consent
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           longer
           Zeal
           ,
           but
           Confederacy
           .
        
         
           This
           Caution
           of
           keeping
           so
           strictly
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Justice
           ,
           has
           a
           respect
           ,
           First
           ,
           to
           the
           manner
           of
           representing
           both
           Persons
           ,
           and
           Things
           ;
           and
           Secondly
           ,
           to
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact.
           Now
           if
           to
           the
           Intemperance
           of
           Words
           there
           be
           added
           a
           
             Malitious
             Aggravation
          
           of
           Circumstances
           ,
           with
           Fiction
           ,
           and
           Imposture
           over
           and
           above
           ;
           't
           is
           to
           be
           fear'd
           that
           all
           is
           not
           right
           at
           the
           bottom
           .
           I
           shall
           be
           here
           encounter'd
           with
           a
           Reproof
           ,
           for
           being
           so
           Tender
           ,
           forsooth
           ,
           of
           the
           Reputation
           of
           the
           Papists
           ;
           and
           yet
           any
           man
           that
           is
           not
           Intoxicated
           with
           
             Popular
             Fumes
          
           ,
           or
           led
           Hood-winkt
           into
           a
           
             False
             Conception
          
           of
           things
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           see
           ,
           that
           my
           great
           Concernment
           is
           for
           the
           Honour
           and
           Dignity
           of
           Christians
           ;
           It
           being
           our
           Duty
           ,
           to
           proceed
           according
           to
           the
           measures
           of
           
             Good
             Faith
          
           ,
           and
           Justice
           ,
           even
           with
           
           the
           worst
           of
           Infidels
           .
           But
           people
           you
           'l
           say
           may
           be
           mistaken
           ,
           and
           give
           Credit
           to
           
             False
             Reports
          
           ,
           without
           either
           Malice
           or
           Designe
           .
           This
           is
           Confest
           ,
           and
           none
           of
           those
           Errours
           shall
           be
           put
           to
           account
           .
           If
           you
           ask
           me
           ,
           
             To
             what
             End
          
           ?
           Or
           ,
           
           What
           's
           
             the
             Benefit
          
           of
           Imposing
           these
           Flams
           upon
           the
           Nation
           ?
           It
           is
           easily
           Answer'd
           ,
           First
           ,
           that
           the
           Plying
           of
           the
           Multitude
           perpetually
           with
           Allarms
           ,
           and
           Terrors
           ,
           does
           in
           a
           manner
           turn
           their
           very
           Brains
           ,
           take
           away
           their
           Judgements
           ;
           and
           render
           them
           fit
           Instruments
           for
           the
           boldest
           ,
           and
           most
           
             Unwarrantable
             Undertakings
          
           .
           So
           soon
           as
           they
           are
           once
           touch't
           in
           the
           Crown
           with
           These
           Conceipts
           :
           't
           is
           but
           Sadling
           their
           Noses
           with
           a
           pair
           of
           State-Spectacles
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           perswade
           them
           upon
           
             New-Market
             Heath
          
           that
           they
           are
           Tumbling
           down
           
             Dover
             Cliff.
             Secondly
          
           ,
           the
           very
           Perso●s
           that
           so
           artificially
           make
           the
           People
           Sick
           ,
           are
           to
           reap
           the
           Profit
           of
           the
           Cure
           ;
           which
           is
           such
           an●ther
           kind
           of
           Remedy
           as
           if
           a
           man
           should
           beat
           out
           his
           Brains
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           Headach
           .
           Briefly
           ,
           they
           do
           first
           make
           the
           people
           M●d
           ,
           and
           then
           by
           the
           Consent
           of
           the
           Madmen
           they
           themselves
           ar●
           m●de
           Governours
           of
           the
           Bedlam
           .
           But
           without
           any
           m●●e
           Des●anting
           upon
           the
           Good
           or
           the
           Evill
           the
           Grounds
           or
           Cons●quences
           of
           Matters
           ;
           we
           shall
           now
           deliver
           some
           few
           Instances
           to
           our
           present
           purpose
           .
        
         
           AT
           the
           time
           when
           Mr.
           Powell
           the
           Merchant
           was
           so
           long
           missing
           ,
           what
           a
           Rabble
           of
           Formal
           Relations
           went
           about
           then
           ,
           of
           his
           being
           T●epann'd
           a
           Shipboard
           ,
           in
           what
           Company
           ;
           what
           Mony
           in
           his
           Pocket
           ▪
           what
           Forebodings
           of
           his
           Fate
           :
           and
           all
           terminating
           in
           a
           peremptory
           Conclusion
           that
           he
           ●as
           Murther'd
           by
           the
           Papists
           ;
           and
           not
           so
           few
           as
           five
           and
           Twenty
           or
           Thirty
           Pamphlets
           Trumpetting
           these
           Tidings
           all
           over
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           yet
           not
           one
           Syllable
           of
           Truth
           in
           't
           at
           last
           .
        
         
           What
           a
           Noyse
           was
           there
           about
           Sir
           
             Harry
             Titchbourn's
          
           House
           :
           Even
           to
           the
           very
           Catalogue
           of
           the
           Arms
           that
           
           were
           There
           taken
           :
           as
           166.
           
           Muskets
           ,
           54.
           
           Case
           of
           Pistols
           ,
           37.
           
           Saddles
           ,
           47.
           
           Daggers
           ,
           2.
           
           Barrells
           of
           Bullets
           ,
           3.
           
           Bundles
           of
           
             Match
             ;
             Letters
          
           sent
           expresse
           to
           Certify
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Story
           ;
           and
           Copies
           of
           them
           dispersed
           presently
           at
           St.
           Albans
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           ,
           without
           any
           Colour
           in
           the
           World
           for
           the
           Report
           .
           And
           so
           for
           the
           Herse
           full
           of
           Arms
           that
           was
           Intercepted
           at
           Banbury
           ,
           the
           Hampers
           of
           
             Fire
             balls
          
           that
           were
           found
           in
           the
           Savoy
           ,
           and
           Somerset-house
           ;
           which
           were
           only
           certain
           
             Rockets
             ,
             Serpents
          
           ,
           and
           other
           
             Artificiall
             Fire-works
          
           which
           Mr.
           Choqueux
           had
           publiquely
           prepar'd
           for
           the
           Entertainment
           os
           a
           Solemn
           Festival
           :
           And
           yet
           all
           these
           Shams
           were
           blown
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           by
           News-letters
           and
           
             Printed
             Libells
          
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           Confidence
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           
             Articles
             of
             Faith
          
           ;
           and
           no
           doubt
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           many
           Thousands
           of
           his
           Majesties
           good
           Subjects
           believe
           them
           to
           This
           day
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           being
           better
           enformed
           .
           What
           a
           Bustle
           there
           was
           about
           Mr.
           Langhorns
           being
           Bury'd
           in
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           what
           Remarks
           upon
           the
           Government
           for
           shewing
           That
           Countenance
           to
           Papists
           ?
           And
           upon
           the
           persons
           also
           that
           Assisted
           at
           That
           Funeral
           ;
           when
           all
           This
           while
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           more
           in
           the
           Case
           then
           only
           the
           Body
           of
           a
           Gentleman
           that
           dy'd
           in
           Holburn
           ,
           and
           was
           There
           Interr'd
           ,
           upon
           the
           night
           to
           the
           day
           of
           Mr.
           
             Langhorns
             Execution
          
           .
        
         
           THE
           History
           of
           Bedingfields
           being
           privately
           Convey'd
           out
           of
           the
           
             Gate
             house
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Dead
             Body
          
           left
           in
           his
           place
           ,
           past
           so
           Current
           ,
           that
           Sir
           
             William
             Waller
             himself
          
           (
           tho'
           he
           perhaps
           could
           smell
           a
           Jesuit
           as
           far
           as
           
             another
             body
          
           )
           took
           a
           long
           Journy
           into
           the
           North
           upon
           't
           ,
           to
           catch
           
             the
             wrong
             Bedingfield
          
           .
           The
           Circumstances
           of
           that
           Adventure
           would
           be
           too
           Comicall
           for
           This
           place
           .
           We
           could
           tell
           you
           the
           Conduct
           of
           the
           whole
           Stratagem
           ,
           and
           what
           names
           here
           at
           London
           went
           into
           the
           
             Black
             Book
          
           for
           not
           believing
           it
           .
           A
           man
           would
           really
           blesse
           himself
           to
           see
           the
           Romances
           ,
           the
           Glosses
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Scurrilous
             Buffoneries
          
           that
           were
           published
           by
           the
           
             Ribald
             Scriblers
          
           here
           about
           the
           Town
           ,
           upon
           This
           Subject
           .
        
         
         
           BUT
           then
           ,
           the
           landing
           of
           
             Forty
             Thousand
             French
          
           upon
           the
           I
           le
           of
           Purbeck
           ,
           shook
           the
           very
           Foundations
           of
           the
           Earth
           :
           The
           Factions
           drew
           presently
           into
           Cabals
           ,
           upon
           the
           Tidings
           of
           it
           ,
           with
           Horrible
           and
           Contumelious
           Reflections
           upon
           Those
           in
           Authority
           ,
           as
           Parties
           to
           the
           Conspiracy
           .
           At
           Coventry
           they
           brake
           up
           the
           Market
           upon
           the
           News
           on
           't
           ;
           and
           the
           Common
           people
           Immediately
           divided
           into
           Knots
           ,
           and
           Consultations
           ;
           some
           of
           them
           coming
           very
           Fayrly
           to
           This
           Resolution
           ,
           that
           
             there
             was
             no
             way
             but
             cutting
             the
          
           Papists
           Throats
           ,
           
             to
             hinder
             them
             from
          
           Joyning
           .
           But
           This
           Advice
           was
           soon
           Contradicted
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           Mischief
           went
           no
           farther
           :
           Who
           knows
           what
           This
           Invention
           might
           have
           produc'd
           ,
           if
           the
           Credit
           of
           it
           had
           continued
           but
           four
           and
           twenty
           Hours
           longer
           ?
        
         
           THE
           most
           Formidable
           Story
           of
           All
           ,
           is
           the
           Conspiracy
           of
           the
           Prentices
           :
           and
           there
           was
           such
           Work
           made
           with
           
             Capt.
             Tom
          
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           
             Grand
             Seignior
          
           had
           been
           powring
           down
           
             Highgate
             Hill
          
           with
           a
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           thousand
           men
           at
           's
           heels
           .
           There
           were
           so
           many
           Thousands
           of
           them
           upon
           the
           List
           by
           Tale
           and
           most
           of
           them
           Papists
           too
           ;
           An
           account
           of
           what
           Contributions
           to
           the
           Charge
           ,
           (
           alas
           !
           )
           of
           a
           Three-penny
           or
           Groat-Clubb
           ;
           whose
           Throats
           were
           to
           be
           Cut
           ;
           and
           through
           what
           
             Constables
             Teritoryes
          
           they
           were
           to
           take
           their
           March
           ;
           and
           This
           Scandal
           upon
           the
           Body
           of
           this
           Loyal
           ,
           and
           
             Honourable
             City
          
           ,
           exposed
           in
           Ballads
           and
           Libells
           by
           every
           rascally
           Pamphletier
           .
           And
           what
           was
           all
           This
           mighty
           matter
           at
           last
           ,
           but
           a
           parcell
           of
           good
           Jolly
           Ladds
           that
           had
           been
           busy
           at
           the
           burning
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           prevail'd
           upon
           to
           set
           their
           hands
           to
           the
           Petition
           that
           was
           then
           afoot
           ?
           These
           Blades
           ,
           finding
           that
           the
           Petition
           had
           given
           Offence
           ,
           propounded
           the
           doing
           something
           on
           the
           Other
           Side
           too
           ,
           that
           might
           shew
           they
           were
           neither
           Fanatiques
           ,
           nor
           Papists
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           gave
           publique
           Notice
           in
           
             Thompsons
             Intelligence
          
           of
           their
           Intentions
           upon
           the
           Anniversary
           of
           his
           Majestys
           Restauration
           to
           burn
           the
           Rump
           .
           The
           First
           time
           perhaps
           that
           ever
           a
           Conspiracy
           against
           
           the
           Government
           was
           notified
           in
           a
           News-Book
           .
           I
           shall
           now
           shew
           you
           in
           an
           Instance
           or
           two
           ,
           how
           bold
           they
           make
           with
           the
           
             Kings
             Wittnesses
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Majestys
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           what
           Slurs
           they
           put
           upon
           the
           World
           (
           the
           Citizens
           of
           London
           Especially
           )
           under
           the
           Countenance
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           and
           Authority
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Evidence
          
           .
        
         
           THERE'
           's
           a
           Pamphlet
           entitled
           ,
           
             A
             Narrative
             of
             unheard
             of
          
           Popish
           Cruelties
           toward
           Protestants
           
             beyond
             Seas
             :
             Or
             a
             New
             Account
             of
             the
             Bloody
          
           Spanish
           Inquisition
           ,
           
             Published
             as
             a
          
           Caveat
           to
           Prot●stants
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           .
           Printed
           for
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           THIS
           
             New
             Account
          
           (
           as
           I
           am
           credibly
           Inform'd
           )
           is
           only
           an
           
             Old
             thing
             Reprinted
          
           ;
           The
           Subject
           Suited
           to
           the
           Humour
           of
           the
           present
           Season
           ,
           and
           
             Mr.
             Dugdale
          
           upon
           the
           Title-Page
           exhibited
           as
           the
           Authour
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           
             Ric.
             Dugdale
          
           Subscribed
           to
           the
           Dedication
           .
           This
           was
           the
           
             Second
             Slur
          
           that
           past
           the
           Presse
           under
           That
           name
           .
           The
           
             First
             Impression
          
           went
           off
           Clear
           with
           Mr.
           
             Richard
             Dugdale
          
           in
           the
           
             Title
             page
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Composition
           of
           
             Mr.
             Dugdale
          
           the
           Witnesse
           ;
           but
           the
           Booksellers
           finding
           the
           businesse
           to
           be
           Smoakt
           ,
           the
           Wittnesses
           name
           being
           taken
           notice
           of
           to
           be
           Stephen
           ,
           and
           not
           Richard
           ,
           he
           very
           prudently
           left
           out
           the
           
             Christen
             name
          
           in
           the
           
             Second
             Impression
          
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           only
           
             Mr.
             Dugdale
          
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           went
           for
           the
           Witnesses
           again
           .
           His
           work
           being
           only
           to
           find
           out
           a
           
             Witnesses
             Namesake
          
           ,
           by
           great
           good
           Fortune
           he
           pitcht
           upon
           an
           Alehouse-keeper
           in
           Southwark
           of
           
             That
             Name
          
           ,
           to
           carry
           off
           his
           Project
           ;
           and
           the
           man
           (
           as
           I
           am
           told
           )
           is
           a
           very
           Honest
           man.
           Now
           here
           are
           
             Three
             Abuses
          
           fobb'd
           upon
           us
           at
           
             once
             ,
             First
          
           ,
           an
           
             Old
             Book
          
           for
           a
           
             New
             one
             ;
             Secondly
          
           ,
           one
           that
           knows
           nothing
           of
           the
           matter
           in
           question
           ,
           under
           the
           Semblance
           of
           one
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Wittnesses
          
           .
           And
           Thirdly
           the
           Counterfeit
           of
           a
           
             False
             Authour
          
           .
           But
           the
           most
           remarkable
           piece
           of
           all
           is
           yet
           to
           come
           .
        
         
         
           IT
           was
           my
           Hap
           ,
           some
           three
           or
           four
           Months
           since
           ,
           to
           cast
           my
           Eye
           upon
           a
           Book
           ,
           Entitled
           ,
           
             A
             Narrative
             and
             Impartial
             Discovery
             of
             the
             Horrid
             Popish
             Plot
             :
             carry'd
             on
             for
             the
             Burning
             and
             Destroying
             of
             the
             Cities
             of
          
           London
           and
           Westminster
           ,
           
             with
             their
             Suburbs
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           
             Dedicated
             to
             the
             Surviving
             Citizens
             of
          
           London
           
             ruin'd
             by
             Fire
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           came
           to
           This
           Pamphlet
           with
           Expectation
           of
           some
           Notable
           Discovery
           ;
           especially
           finding
           a
           Promise
           in
           the
           Title
           page
           of
           Depositions
           ,
           and
           Informations
           NEVER
           BEFORE
           PRINTED
           :
           But
           when
           upon
           the
           Perusal
           ,
           I
           found
           the
           
             Narrative
             part
          
           of
           it
           to
           be
           taken
           ,
           Verbatim
           almost
           ,
           out
           of
           two
           or
           three
           
             old
             Seditious
             Libells
          
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           that
           were
           printed
           by
           Stealth
           ,
           some
           ten
           or
           
             a
             dozen
             years
             agoe
          
           ,
           (
           before
           Mr.
           Bedloes
           time
           of
           Action
           )
           and
           scatter'd
           up
           and
           down
           in
           most
           of
           the
           Publique
           Houses
           upon
           the
           great
           Roads
           of
           England
           ▪
           by
           
             half
             a
             score
          
           sometimes
           in
           a
           place
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Ordinary
           Method●
           of
           the
           Faction
           in
           such
           Cases
           ;
           I
           made
           a
           strict
           Enquiry
           into
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           the
           business
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           a
           Consult
           of
           
             three
             or
             four
             Booksellers
          
           over
           a
           bottle
           of
           Wine
           ,
           what
           Subject
           a
           man
           might
           venture
           upon
           at
           That
           time
           ,
           for
           a
           
             Selling
             Copy
          
           :
           One
           of
           the
           Company
           was
           of
           Opinion
           that
           a
           Book
           of
           the
           Fires
           would
           make
           
             a
             Smart
             Touch
          
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           all
           agreed
           upon
           't
           ;
           and
           propounded
           to
           get
           some
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Wittnesses
             hands
          
           to
           't
           ;
           Naming
           first
           one
           ,
           and
           then
           another
           ,
           they
           came
           at
           length
           to
           a
           Resolution
           ;
           and
           pitch't
           upon
           
             Trap
             ad
             Crucem
          
           ,
           and
           
             The
             History
             of
             the
             Fires
          
           ;
           as
           two
           books
           that
           would
           afford
           matter
           enough
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           but
           get
           them
           put
           into
           a
           Method
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           Certain
           persons
           hand
           to
           the
           Owning
           of
           ●hem
           .
           Hereupon
           they
           apply'd
           themselves
           to
           One
           to
           draw
           up
           the
           Story
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           went
           to
           the
           Press
           under
           his
           hand
           ,
           all
           but
           what
           was
           
             Printed
             Copy
          
           ;
           and
           he
           made
           
             Several
             Alterations
          
           too
           in
           the
           Epistle
           ,
           out
           of
           his
           own
           head
           ,
           after
           it
           was
           composed
           at
           the
           Presse
           .
           So
           that
           here
           are
           a
           Couple
           of
           
             Old
             Libells
          
           turn'd
           into
           a
           
             New
             Narrative
          
           ,
           and
           
             the
             
             Kings
             Magistrates
          
           ,
           and
           
             Officers
             defam'd
             afresh
          
           ,
           and
           the
           menage
           of
           
             This
             Scandal
          
           committed
           to
           the
           hand
           of
           a
           
             Common
             Calumniator
          
           .
           As
           to
           what
           Concerns
           Mr.
           
             Bedloes
             Evidence
          
           I
           have
           nothing
           to
           Say
           ;
           nor
           to
           the
           Papists
           burning
           the
           City
           ;
           nor
           to
           any
           one
           poynt
           in
           the
           Pamphlet
           which
           
             Mr.
             Bedloe
          
           can
           pretend
           to
           Speak
           to
           upon
           Knowledge
           ;
           but
           This
           I
           shall
           Say
           ;
           that
           there
           are
           
             Several
             Groundless
          
           and
           
             dangerous
             Passages
          
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           most
           Inslaming
           and
           Seditious
           of
           them
           are
           only
           Libels
           of
           
             Ancient
             Date
             ,
             Reprinted
          
           ;
           That
           it
           was
           a
           Contrivance
           Set
           afoot
           by
           Booksellers
           for
           Profit
           ,
           drawn
           up
           according
           to
           their
           Order
           and
           Direction
           ,
           and
           an
           Abuse
           in
           the
           very
           
             Original
             Intendment
          
           :
           Th●
           Citizens
           and
           the
           
             Kings
             Wittnesses
          
           being
           only
           propounded
           as
           a
           Property
           toward
           the
           gaining
           of
           it
           some
           Reputation
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           Sufficiently
           known
           ,
           with
           what
           Greediness
           These
           ,
           and
           a
           Thousand
           other
           Impostures
           ,
           and
           Aggravations
           have
           been
           Swallow'd
           by
           the
           Common
           people
           ;
           and
           made
           use
           of
           as
           Instances
           to
           Illustrate
           and
           Confirm
           the
           Plot.
           But
           What
           ?
           you
           'l
           Say
           ,
           There
           's
           a
           Mourneval
           of
           Booksellers
           upon
           a
           Tryal
           of
           Skill
           in
           their
           Own
           Trade
           :
           
             One
             Knave
             Invents
          
           a
           Story
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Thousand
             Fools
             Believe
          
           it
           .
           How
           does
           all
           This
           amount
           to
           the
           Proof
           of
           a
           Faction
           ?
           Why
           truly
           ;
           tho'
           it
           looks
           very
           Suspiciously
           ,
           considering
           Who
           they
           are
           that
           Advance
           and
           encourage
           ,
           and
           the
           Interest
           that
           is
           promoted
           by
           these
           Mistakes
           :
           Considering
           also
           with
           what
           Violence
           ,
           and
           Industry
           they
           are
           carry'd
           on
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Cry
           too
           run
           all
           one
           way
           :
           I
           shall
           yet
           content
           my self
           with
           a
           
             Probable
             Surmise
          
           that
           there
           may
           be
           a
           Factious-Intent
           ;
           as
           if
           I
           should
           See
           a
           man
           riding
           Post
           from
           Barnet
           towards
           London
           ,
           I
           would
           lay
           ten
           to
           One
           that
           This
           man
           is
           going
           for
           London
           ;
           and
           yet
           't
           is
           not
           Impossible
           neither
           but
           he
           may
           take
           up
           by
           the
           way
           :
           if
           I
           finde
           afterward
           that
           he
           went
           thorough
           ,
           I
           should
           think
           it
           a
           hundred
           to
           one
           that
           his
           purpose
           was
           for
           London
           ,
           when
           he
           First
           Set
           out
           :
           This
           is
           the
           very
           Case
           .
           
             These
             Practices
          
           are
           the
           
             High
             way
          
           to
           Sedition
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           Ten
           to
           One
           that
           they
           'l
           come
           up
           to
           't
           at
           last
           :
           
           which
           if
           they
           do
           't
           is
           a
           Hundred
           to
           One
           that
           they
           Design'd
           it
           ,
           from
           the
           Beginning
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           a
           very
           Ill
           Sign
           too
           ,
           the
           Fiercenesse
           of
           the
           Abettors
           of
           these
           Shamelesse
           ,
           and
           
             Ridiculous
             Forgerys
          
           ag
           ainst
           any
           man
           that
           has
           not
           Faith
           enough
           to
           believe
           that
           
             the
             Moon
             is
             made
             of
             Green
             Cheese
             :
          
           And
           This
           they
           call
           a
           Ridiculing
           of
           the
           Plot
           ;
           and
           
             making
             Sport
          
           with
           Sentences
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           
             Judicial
             Proceedings
          
           .
           I
           would
           fain
           see
           where
           either
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           any
           
             Court
             of
             Justice
          
           has
           verify'd
           any
           Single
           poynt
           that
           I
           have
           reflected
           upon
           :
           And
           I
           defy
           the
           Devil
           himself
           ,
           in
           any
           of
           his
           Servants
           ,
           to
           Say
           wherein
           I
           have
           not
           pay'd
           all
           
             due
             Respects
          
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           the
           Persons
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Witnesses
          
           ,
           as
           to
           their
           Evidence
           .
           What
           Diminution
           is
           it
           to
           
             Dr.
             Oates
          
           his
           Narrative
           ,
           to
           say
           that
           the
           Contrivances
           of
           the
           
             Mercenary
             Book-sellers
          
           ,
           and
           Scriblers
           herein
           mentioned
           are
           Shams
           .
           What
           
             Contradi
             ction
          
           or
           Abatement
           in
           it
           to
           the
           Truth
           ,
           or
           Credit
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           there
           is
           a
           
             Schismatical
             Plot
          
           afoot
           too
           ;
           and
           that
           One
           moves
           under
           the
           Countenance
           of
           Another
           :
           Now
           to
           Pretend
           a
           Plot
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           None
           ,
           is
           next
           door
           to
           the
           Denyal
           of
           it
           where
           it
           Is.
           Shall
           any
           man
           Argue
           that
           the
           Disparagement
           of
           a
           
             Juggle
             ,
             weakens
          
           a
           
             Truth
             ?
             Sr.
             Edmondbury
             Godfrey
          
           was
           never
           the
           Less
           Murther'd
           ,
           because
           
             Mr.
             Powel
             escaped
          
           .
           Shall
           any
           man
           Infer
           That
           there
           were
           
             no
             black
             Bills
          
           Provided
           ,
           because
           there
           were
           no
           Arms
           found
           in
           
             Sr
             Henry
             Titchburns
          
           house
           ?
           Or
           because
           the
           Prentices
           were
           but
           in
           Jeast
           ,
           that
           therefore
           the
           
             Bloudy
             Pilgrims
          
           were
           not
           in
           Earnest
           :
           The
           Justification
           of
           
             Mr.
             Choqueux's
             Fireworks
          
           has
           no
           effect
           at
           all
           upon
           the
           
             Teuxbury
             mustard-Balls
          
           .
           What
           is
           my
           Affirming
           that
           Langhorn
           was
           
             not
             Bury'd
          
           in
           the
           Temple
           ,
           to
           the
           Business
           of
           Valladolid
           ,
           or
           Salamanea
           ?
           The
           Herse
           of
           Arms
           was
           a
           Flam.
           And
           what
           Then
           ?
           must
           the
           Evidence
           therefore
           of
           the
           Pistol
           and
           the
           Dagger
           be
           one
           too
           ?
           And
           I
           would
           fain
           know
           what
           Relation
           Bedingfields
           escape
           out
           of
           the
           Gatehouse
           ,
           (
           after
           he
           was
           Dead
           )
           has
           to
           the
           Consult
           at
           the
           
             White
             horse
             Tavern
          
           in
           the
           Strand
           .
        
         
         
           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
           .
           But
           where
           I
           finde
           Rank
           and
           Palpable
           Falshoods
           and
           Contrivances
           Imposed
           upon
           the
           World
           for
           Certain
           Truths
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           Passion
           and
           Confidence
           to
           Support
           them
           ;
           I
           reckon
           my Self
           bound
           in
           Duty
           (
           so
           far
           as
           in
           me
           lyes
           )
           to
           lay
           open
           the
           Abuse
           .
           For
           this
           way
           of
           Bruiting
           up
           a
           Plot
           where
           there
           is
           none
           ,
           is
           a
           Design
           of
           a
           most
           dangerous
           Consequence
           ,
           and
           a
           Snare
           to
           all
           Honest
           men
           .
           It
           is
           a
           kinde
           of
           Experiment
           upon
           the
           Humour
           of
           the
           Multitude
           ,
           to
           try
           what
           they
           will
           Bear
           ,
           and
           whether
           they
           be
           yet
           mad
           enough
           or
           not
           ,
           to
           swallow
           Impostures
           without
           examining
           .
           If
           they
           finde
           the
           People
           in
           Tune
           for
           their
           Purpose
           ,
           and
           Charm'd
           into
           such
           an
           aw
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           very
           name
           of
           a
           Plot
           they
           shall
           Dare
           like
           Larks
           under
           the
           dread
           ,
           even
           of
           a
           
             Painted
             Hobby
          
           ;
           There
           's
           the
           Foundation
           of
           a
           
             Civill
             War
          
           ,
           and
           an
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           layd
           allready
           .
           They
           shall
           make
           what
           Plots
           ,
           and
           what
           Plotters
           they
           please
           ;
           and
           every
           man
           that
           stands
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           shall
           be
           a
           Papist
           or
           a
           Traytor
           ,
           according
           as
           they
           think
           fit
           to
           represent
           him
           to
           the
           Rabble
           .
           If
           this
           be
           the
           fruit
           of
           being
           
             given
             over
             to
             believe
             Lyes
          
           ,
           we
           have
           great
           reason
           sure
           to
           take
           all
           possible
           Care
           that
           we
           be
           not
           deluded
           ,
           and
           to
           distinguish
           betwixt
           the
           voyce
           of
           Authority
           ,
           and
           That
           of
           Rumour
           .
           The
           Common
           way
           of
           Reply
           upon
           
             This
             Topique
          
           is
           to
           break
           out
           into
           Exclamations
           ,
           and
           to
           hit
           a
           man
           in
           the
           Teeth
           with
           the
           Sham
           of
           the
           Meale-Tub
           ,
           and
           Twenty
           Such
           Fooleries
           ;
           as
           if
           there
           were
           no
           more
           in
           the
           bus'nesse
           then
           a
           
             Malicious
             Imagination
          
           ;
           and
           only
           a
           more
           colourable
           Invention
           to
           discredit
           a
           
             Real
             Plot
          
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           a
           Counterfeit
           ,
           and
           casting
           a
           Mist
           before
           the
           Peoples
           Eyes
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           not
           know
           one
           from
           t'other
           .
           My
           Answer
           is
           Short
           ;
           that
           we
           have
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           in
           proof
           Here
           before
           us
           :
           That
           the
           
             True
             Plot
          
           and
           the
           Counterfeit
           are
           in
           such
           manner
           Separated
           ,
           that
           the
           One
           is
           not
           at
           all
           in
           dispute
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           is
           Condemn'd
           .
           And
           we
           shall
           now
           shew
           you
           
           what
           use
           is
           made
           by
           a
           Faction
           under
           the
           Disguise
           of
           
             prosecuting
             Papists
          
           ,
           to
           Defame
           ,
           and
           to
           Destroy
           several
           of
           his
           Majestys
           
             Loyall
             Subjects
          
           and
           
             Church
             of
             England
             Protestants
          
           .
           For
           let
           a
           mans
           Actions
           ,
           his
           Conversation
           ,
           his
           Religion
           be
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           besmearing
           him
           with
           the
           Scandal
           of
           being
           Popishly-Affected
           ,
           and
           his
           Work
           is
           done
           .
           There
           is
           a
           kinde
           of
           Spell
           in
           the
           Word
           Popery
           .
           It
           transforms
           a
           Man
           into
           a
           Beast
           :
           And
           like
           the
           
             Great
             Medicine
          
           ,
           it
           turns
           ●hatever
           it
           touches
           into
           Plot.
           If
           a
           man
           will
           not
           believe
           it
           to
           be
           Christmasse
           at
           Midsumer
           ,
           he
           's
           in
           the
           Plot
           ;
           If
           he
           loves
           his
           Church
           ,
           his
           Prince
           ,
           and
           his
           Country
           ,
           and
           stands
           for
           a
           Burgesse
           or
           a
           
             Common
             Councell-man
          
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           Saying
           that
           he
           's
           
             Popishly
             affected
          
           ,
           and
           he
           becomes
           presently
           as
           an
           Heathen
           or
           a
           Publican
           .
           If
           he
           refuses
           to
           Associate
           ,
           or
           Petition
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           Markt
           ;
           and
           well
           too
           if
           he
           scape
           So
           ;
           For
           we
           have
           gotten
           a
           Trick
           ,
           when
           men
           will
           not
           do
           as
           we
           would
           have
           them
           ,
           of
           laying
           them
           up
           for
           Treason
           ;
           (
           no
           matter
           for
           Evidence
           )
           and
           when
           we
           have
           put
           them
           out
           of
           Reach
           of
           a
           
             Habeas
             Corpus
          
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           shewing
           them
           a
           Payr
           payr
           of
           Heels
           our Selves
           ,
           and
           leaving
           Them
           to
           Struggle
           with
           the
           Law.
           As
           for
           Example
           .
        
         
           ON
           the
           6th
           of
           April
           last
           ,
           about
           7.
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           
             Major
             Ovington
          
           and
           
             Mr.
             Thomas
             King
          
           were
           taken
           out
           of
           their
           Beds
           and
           Charged
           with
           
             High
             Treason
          
           ;
           their
           Boxes
           and
           Papers
           Rifled
           ,
           and
           Themselves
           Examin'd
           apart
           ;
           but
           nothing
           of
           Ill
           appeared
           against
           them
           .
           The
           Magistrate
           began
           with
           the
           Major
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           had
           try'd
           both
           by
           fair
           means
           and
           foul
           ,
           to
           get
           him
           to
           sign
           such
           Papers
           and
           Informations
           as
           he
           himself
           had
           ready
           drawn
           ;
           finding
           that
           he
           would
           not
           be
           wrought
           upon
           ,
           he
           left
           the
           Major
           ,
           and
           went
           to
           
             Mr.
             King
          
           ,
           telling
           him
           how
           sorry
           he
           was
           to
           see
           him
           drawn
           into
           such
           a
           horrid
           Business
           :
           How
           that
           his
           Majesty
           had
           the
           matter
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           were
           6.
           or
           7.
           
           Wittnesses
           that
           appear'd
           against
           him
           .
           
             Mr.
             King
          
           ,
           
           in
           great
           Admiration
           ,
           askt
           what
           this
           mighty
           businesse
           might
           be
           :
           but
           he
           went
           back
           to
           the
           Major
           ,
           without
           giving
           any
           Reply
           :
           and
           after
           a
           little
           while
           return'd
           to
           
             Mr.
             King.
          
           Major
           Ovington
           (
           Says
           he
           )
           
             has
             dealt
             Generously
             with
             me
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             fare
             the
             better
             for
             't
             ;
             for
             I
             do
             not
             desire
             the
             Destruction
             of
             any
             man
             :
          
           But
           still
           professing
           more
           kindnesse
           to
           
             Mr.
             King
          
           ,
           for
           his
           Fathers
           Sake
           ,
           and
           looking
           upon
           Him
           as
           a
           Person
           only
           drawn
           in
           .
           So
           he
           prest
           
             Mr.
             King
          
           to
           a
           Confession
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           would
           but
           Subscribe
           Such
           a
           Paper
           as
           he
           would
           draw
           up
           ,
           and
           knew
           to
           be
           True
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           Commit
           him
           ,
           and
           it
           should
           be
           the
           better
           for
           him
           .
           
             Mr.
             King
          
           askt
           him
           what
           he
           would
           be
           at
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           that
           if
           the
           Major
           had
           charg'd
           him
           with
           any
           Ill
           thing
           toward
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           the
           Government
           ,
           he
           was
           an
           Unworthy
           man.
           Whereupon
           he
           went
           his
           way
           ,
           and
           Committed
           the
           Major
           to
           the
           Gate-house
           .
        
         
           The
           Magistrate
           having
           left
           Mr.
           King
           at
           his
           own
           House
           ,
           came
           back
           to
           him
           immediatly
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           ,
           
             't
             is
             well
          
           Mr.
           King
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             that
             you
             are
             faln
             into
             my
             hands
             ;
             for
             if
             I
             please
             ,
             there
             's
             but
             a
             step
             betwixt
             You
             and
             Death
             ;
             I
             am
             loth
             to
             Commit
             you
             ,
             because
             I
             know
             it
             will
             be
             your
             Ruine
             ;
             every
             thing
             being
             made
             out
             so
             clear
             against
             you
          
           ;
           Mr.
           King
           still
           urging
           to
           know
           what
           all
           This
           meant
           ,
           the
           Magistrate
           went
           to
           the
           further
           end
           of
           the
           room
           ,
           and
           fell
           to
           writing
           ;
           Mr.
           King
           ,
           being
           desirous
           to
           see
           what
           he
           wrote
           ;
           He
           held
           the
           Paper
           in
           his
           hand
           and
           ask'd
           him
           if
           he
           did
           not
           know
           of
           a
           Design
           to
           Seize
           the
           Tower
           ,
           and
           rescue
           the
           Lords
           ;
           and
           severall
           other
           lewd
           Things
           .
           To
           which
           Mr.
           King
           reply'd
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           all
           Villany
           .
           The
           Magistrate
           gave
           Mr.
           King
           a
           Bottle
           of
           Syder
           ,
           and
           Treated
           him
           with
           an
           Appearance
           of
           much
           kindnesse
           .
           After
           a
           while
           ,
           he
           took
           Mr.
           King
           in
           his
           Arms
           ;
           telling
           him
           he
           saw
           he
           was
           resolv'd
           upon
           his
           Own
           Ruine
           .
           Mr.
           King
           desir'd
           that
           he
           might
           apply
           himself
           to
           the
           
             Secretaries
             of
             State
          
           to
           be
           Examined
           by
           Them
           ;
           which
           the
           Magistrate
           took
           Ill
           ,
           pretending
           that
           his
           Majesty
           had
           left
           the
           bus'nesse
           to
           Him.
           He
           was
           trying
           a
           long
           time
           to
           
           prevail
           upon
           Mr.
           King
           to
           swear
           against
           
             Major
             Ovington
          
           ;
           but
           not
           succeeding
           ,
           he
           threaten'd
           to
           lay
           him
           in
           Irons
           ;
           and
           so
           Committed
           him
           to
           the
           Gate-house
           ,
           with
           Order
           to
           the
           Keeper
           ,
           that
           the
           Gentlemen
           should
           not
           come
           together
           ,
           nor
           receive
           any
           Message
           ,
           without
           having
           taken
           any
           Examination
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           before
           his
           Commitment
           ;
           neither
           after
           it
           ,
           was
           there
           one
           word
           of
           Treason
           Sworn
           against
           him
           .
           He
           was
           Committed
           betwixt
           Twelve
           and
           One
           upon
           the
           6th
           ,
           and
           the
           Deposition
           against
           him
           was
           taken
           the
           day
           after
           he
           was
           Committed
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Rhenish-wine
             house
          
           in
           
             Channell
             Row
          
           ,
           Threatning
           also
           to
           lay
           the
           Witnesse
           ,
           in
           Irons
           ,
           if
           he
           would
           not
           Depose
           what
           he
           the
           Magistrate
           had
           drawn
           up
           .
           The
           Coppy
           of
           the
           Mittimus
           follows
           .
        
         
           WHEREAS
           Oath
           hath
           been
           made
           before
           Me
           ,
           that
           the
           Person
           I
           herewith
           send
           in
           Custody
           to
           you
           
             (
             Mr.
             Thomas
             King
          
           )
           hath
           Treasonably
           contrived
           a
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           falsly
           Designed
           the
           accusing
           severall
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Loyal
           Peers
           and
           Subjects
           of
           the
           said
           Treason
           .
           These
           are
           therefore
           to
           Will
           and
           require
           you
           in
           his
           Majesties
           Name
           to
           receive
           and
           Keep
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             King
          
           in
           safe
           Custody
           .
           untill
           he
           shall
           be
           Discharged
           by
           due
           Course
           of
           Law.
           
             Given
             under
             my
             Hand
             and
             Seal
             the
          
           6
           
             th
             Day
             of
             April
          
           .
           1680.
           
        
         
         
           THESE
           Gentlemen
           being
           brought
           into
           the
           Court
           by
           their
           
             Habeas
             Corpus
          
           the
           next
           Term
           ,
           the
           prosecution
           was
           lookt
           upon
           to
           be
           Illegal
           ,
           and
           Ridiculous
           ,
           to
           the
           highest
           Degree
           ;
           there
           appearing
           no
           colour
           from
           the
           Information
           ,
           or
           Examination
           ,
           either
           for
           the
           matter
           Charg'd
           upon
           them
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           the
           bare
           Commitment
           ;
           Only
           it
           was
           observ'd
           ,
           that
           beside
           the
           Injustice
           of
           a
           Commitment
           without
           Evidence
           ,
           the
           Crime
           was
           laid
           Treason
           ,
           on
           purpose
           that
           they
           might
           not
           be
           bail'd
           in
           the
           Vacation
           .
        
         
           THIS
           I
           hope
           will
           not
           be
           deny'd
           to
           have
           been
           a
           Sham-Plot
           ;
           and
           promoted
           by
           a
           Faction
           too
           :
           For
           it
           was
           the
           work
           of
           Twenty
           Libells
           to
           defend
           the
           Proceeding
           :
           The
           Persons
           accused
           are
           Gentlemen
           of
           approved
           Loyalty
           ,
           Fair
           and
           Honourable
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           men
           zealously
           affected
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           There
           was
           an
           attempt
           made
           by
           the
           same
           Magistrate
           at
           the
           same
           time
           upon
           another
           Gentleman
           in
           the
           same
           House
           ,
           (
           a
           Cavalier
           of
           unquestionable
           Loyalty
           and
           Honour
           )
           and
           upon
           a
           like
           pretence
           too
           ;
           But
           That
           Trepan
           was
           let
           fall
           again
           .
        
         
           HERE'
           's
           the
           Fruit
           of
           taking
           up
           Plots
           upon
           Trust
           ;
           and
           running
           Headlong
           from
           the
           Fear
           ,
           nay
           ,
           from
           the
           very
           Name
           of
           Popery
           ,
           into
           the
           
             Thing
             it self
          
           .
           Let
           any
           man
           shew
           me
           a
           more
           
             Imperious
             Tyranny
          
           ,
           if
           he
           can
           ,
           or
           a
           more
           
             Implicite
             Faith
          
           ;
           then
           for
           men
           to
           be
           worse
           then
           Spirited
           away
           thus
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           
             without
             Remedy
          
           ;
           and
           and
           run
           down
           for
           Criminals
           by
           a
           
             Popular
             Consent
          
           ,
           without
           understanding
           one
           Syllable
           of
           the
           matter
           in
           question
           .
           These
           Practices
           and
           Excesses
           are
           the
           Subject
           of
           my
           Narrative
           ;
           and
           so
           far
           from
           misrepresenting
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           not
           any
           sort
           of
           Correspondence
           ,
           in
           This
           Case
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           One
           ,
           and
           the
           Other
           .
           And
           I
           defy
           any
           man
           to
           shew
           ,
           whereever
           I
           let
           fall
           so
           much
           as
           One
           word
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           modest
           and
           due
           Respect
           to
           the
           Government
           .
           Neither
           ,
           in
           effect
           ,
           am
           I
           become
           the
           Mark
           of
           every
           Paultry
           Libeller
           ,
           for
           reflecting
           upon
           the
           Reality
           of
           the
           
             One
             Plot
          
           ;
           but
           for
           the
           exposing
           the
           Juggle
           
           of
           the
           Other
           .
           And
           it
           is
           Time
           certainly
           for
           every
           man
           to
           look
           about
           him
           ,
           when
           our
           
             Lives
             ,
             Liberties
          
           ,
           and
           Fortunes
           lye
           all
           at
           mercy
           ;
           and
           every
           Honest
           man
           expos'd
           to
           the
           Animosities
           of
           Faction
           ,
           and
           Revenge
           :
           For
           we
           are
           not
           judg'd
           by
           what
           we
           are
           in
           Our
           Selves
           ,
           in
           Our
           Conversations
           ,
           and
           Opinions
           ;
           but
           by
           what
           we
           are
           said
           to
           be
           .
           What
           becomes
           of
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           at
           This
           rate
           ,
           and
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           an
           
             English
             mans
             Birth
             right
          
           ?
           If
           men
           shall
           be
           hurry'd
           into
           Jayls
           without
           Evidence
           ,
           because
           they
           will
           not
           Subscribe
           either
           Confessions
           ,
           or
           Accusations
           ,
           touching
           matters
           which
           they
           know
           nothing
           of
           ,
           and
           Witnesses
           Tamper'd
           afterward
           by
           Menaces
           ,
           for
           
             Proofs
             ex
             post
             Facto
          
           ,
           to
           colour
           such
           
             Illegal
             Commitments
          
           ?
           We
           have
           had
           but
           too
           much
           of
           This
           allready
           ;
           and
           no
           body
           knows
           whose
           Turn
           it
           may
           be
           next
           :
           Since
           what
           was
           the
           Case
           of
           these
           Gentlemen
           ,
           may
           be
           any
           mans
           .
        
         
           DOES
           it
           not
           behove
           us
           ,
           now
           ,
           to
           distinguish
           betwixt
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Clamour
           ;
           betwixt
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Calumny
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           Acts
           of
           Authority
           ,
           and
           the
           License
           of
           Tumults
           ;
           betwixt
           the
           Just
           and
           
             Temperate
             Deliberations
          
           and
           Resolutions
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           
             violent
             Heats
          
           and
           Partialityes
           of
           the
           Common-people
           ?
           How
           come
           the
           Multitude
           to
           be
           Judges
           of
           Plots
           ,
           and
           Popery
           ,
           more
           than
           of
           
             Other
             Crimes
          
           and
           Misdemeanours
           ?
           For
           That
           's
           the
           Tribunal
           of
           the
           Faction
           ,
           where
           every
           man
           is
           to
           be
           made
           a
           Traytor
           ,
           or
           a
           Papist
           ,
           as
           They
           think
           meet
           .
           And
           it
           is
           not
           enough
           neither
           to
           be
           fairly
           acquitted
           upon
           a
           Tryal
           before
           
             a
             Court
             of
             Justice
          
           ;
           for
           the
           Bench
           and
           the
           Jury
           are
           presently
           arraign'd
           upon
           't
           by
           an
           Appeal
           to
           the
           Rabble
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           great
           poynt
           gain'd
           ,
           where
           a
           Faction
           has
           gotten
           so
           much
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           them
           believe
           every
           thing
           that
           They
           Say
           ,
           and
           approve
           of
           every
           thing
           that
           they
           do
           .
           There
           is
           a
           Plot
           no
           doubt
           on
           't
           ;
           but
           
             That
             Plot
          
           does
           not
           yet
           create
           
             Another
             Plot
          
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           
             no
             Plot
             at
             all
          
           .
           The
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           has
           Bounds
           ,
           and
           Limits
           ;
           the
           
             Kings
             Wittnesses
          
           tell
           us
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           where
           
           it
           lyes
           ;
           and
           we
           have
           had
           nothing
           New
           of
           
             That
             Plot
          
           ,
           now
           a
           good
           while
           .
           But
           this
           
             Imaginary
             Plot
          
           ,
           is
           a
           Plot
           upon
           a
           
             Perpetual
             Plot
          
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           the
           Nation
           So
           long
           in
           Awe
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           ,
           till
           the
           Faction
           may
           execute
           
             Another
             Plot
          
           of
           their
           Own.
           And
           what
           is
           that
           
             Other
             Plot
          
           of
           their
           Own
           ,
           but
           ,
           First
           ▪
           to
           break
           in
           upon
           the
           Ministers
           and
           Friends
           of
           the
           Government
           ;
           and
           Secondly
           ,
           to
           undermine
           the
           very
           Foundations
           of
           it
           .
           This
           is
           no
           more
           Sayd
           ,
           then
           what
           their
           Practices
           make
           good
           ▪
           and
           the
           Series
           of
           the
           Design
           hangs
           as
           Naturally
           ,
           one
           piece
           to
           Another
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           but
           so
           many
           Links
           of
           the
           Same
           Chain
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           what
           Concerns
           the
           Capital
           Plot
           ,
           in
           the
           proceedings
           upon
           the
           Conspirators
           ,
           and
           the
           Subsequent
           Severityes
           upon
           the
           Papists
           ;
           all
           This
           is
           an
           Act
           of
           the
           Government
           .
           But
           the
           Superfaetation
           of
           
             Other
             Plots
          
           ,
           which
           neither
           the
           State
           ,
           nor
           the
           Witnesses
           take
           any
           notice
           of
           :
           Plots
           that
           have
           no
           Affinity
           or
           Connexion
           with
           the
           Principal
           ;
           nor
           ,
           in
           Truth
           ,
           any
           Existency
           in
           Nature
           ,
           other
           then
           in
           the
           Forge
           of
           a
           Phanatical
           ,
           and
           Republican
           Brain
           .
           
             These
             Plots
          
           are
           not
           so
           Sacred
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           but
           a
           body
           may
           ask
           ,
           Whence
           they
           Come
           ,
           and
           Whither
           they
           Go
           ,
           without
           any
           Offence
           ,
           either
           to
           Authority
           or
           
             Good
             manners
          
           .
           Nay
           ,
           what
           if
           a
           man
           should
           examine
           them
           ,
           by
           what
           Commission
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           change
           their
           Stile
           ,
           and
           render
           Papists
           ,
           in
           the
           Original
           ,
           into
           
             Popishly
             Affected
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Translation
           ?
           How
           it
           comes
           ,
           of
           a
           
             Down
             right
             Popish-Plot
          
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           Popishly-Affected-Plot
           ?
           This
           stretch
           puts
           the
           
             Church-of-England
             Men
          
           into
           a
           worse
           Estate
           then
           the
           very
           Papists
           .
           For
           there
           are
           certain
           Known
           and
           
             Political
             Conditions
          
           ,
           whereupon
           a
           Papist
           may
           come
           off
           ,
           by
           satisfying
           the
           Law
           ;
           But
           Popishly-Affected
           is
           such
           a
           
             Drag
             Net
          
           ,
           it
           sweeps
           All.
           In
           Other
           Cases
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           Probata
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Allegata
           ;
           but
           Here
           ,
           the
           simple
           Allegation
           does
           a
           mans
           bus'ness
           ;
           for
           how
           is
           it
           possible
           for
           any
           man
           to
           prove
           a
           Negative
           ,
           and
           a
           Thought
           ,
           which
           he
           must
           do
           ,
           to
           discharge
           himself
           of
           being
           Popishly-affected
           ?
        
         
         
           The
           Common
           People
           take
           
             Popishly
             Affected
          
           I
           know
           ,
           for
           one
           of
           the
           Devlishest
           things
           that
           can
           be
           sayd
           of
           a
           man
           ;
           especially
           as
           it
           is
           drest
           up
           with
           
             Plots
             ,
             Massacres
             ,
             Conflagrations
          
           ,
           &c.
           to
           make
           it
           the
           more
           Terrible
           .
           And
           therefore
           whensoever
           the
           Faction
           has
           a
           minde
           to
           expose
           any
           man
           to
           the
           Outrages
           of
           the
           Rabble
           ,
           they
           are
           pleas'd
           to
           give
           him
           the
           Honour
           of
           
             This
             Character
          
           ;
           which
           presently
           raises
           the
           Country
           upon
           him
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           a
           Woolf
           ,
           or
           a
           
             Common
             Enemy
          
           .
           Now
           This
           Brand
           of
           
             Popishly
             Affected
          
           is
           not
           Set
           upon
           a
           man
           for
           any
           Correspondency
           of
           Dangerous
           or
           Erroneous
           Principles
           that
           he
           has
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           but
           they
           make
           use
           of
           it
           as
           a
           
             Discriminating
             Mark
          
           betwixt
           themselves
           and
           
             Other
             men
          
           .
           He
           that
           will
           not
           believe
           all
           the
           Fooleries
           They
           tell
           him
           ,
           nor
           joyn
           in
           all
           the
           Iniquityes
           that
           they
           propound
           to
           him
           :
           He
           that
           will
           not
           
             Contribute
             ,
             Swear
             ,
             Petition
             ,
             Vote
             ,
             Associate
             ,
          
           as
           They
           would
           have
           him
           ,
           That
           man
           comes
           Immediately
           to
           be
           
             Popishly
             Affected
          
           .
           He
           that
           ●peaks
           Reverently
           of
           the
           Dignity
           ,
           or
           the
           Persons
           of
           Bishops
           ;
           the
           
             Orthodox
             Clergy
          
           ,
           the
           Ministers
           of
           State
           and
           Justice
           ;
           the
           Service-book
           ,
           the
           Rites
           and
           Appointments
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           Assemblyes-Directory
           ,
           with
           the
           Practices
           of
           their
           Slovenly
           and
           
             Licentions
             Conventioles
          
           ;
           That
           man
           's
           
             Popishly
             Affected
          
           .
           To
           Preach
           up
           Obedience
           to
           
             Civil
             Magistrates
          
           ;
           To
           cry
           down
           Schism
           ;
           To
           chuse
           a
           
             Good
             Fryday
          
           rather
           ,
           or
           an
           Ash-wednesday
           ,
           for
           a
           Fast
           ,
           then
           a
           Whitson-Tuesday
           ;
           to
           lay
           more
           stresse
           upon
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Supremacy
           ,
           then
           the
           
             Solemn
             League
          
           and
           Covenant
           ;
           To
           Advance
           the
           King
           above
           the
           
             Two
             Houses
          
           ;
           To
           deny
           the
           Sovereignty
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           and
           to
           maintain
           that
           God
           is
           the
           God
           of
           Order
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           Confusion
           ,
           All
           This
           is
           to
           be
           Popishly-Affected
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           us
           now
           Consider
           how
           This
           Calumny
           comes
           to
           be
           taken
           up
           ;
           What
           's
           the
           Drift
           ,
           and
           (
           if
           This
           work
           goes
           on
           )
           what
           will
           Probably
           be
           the
           Issue
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           be
           observed
           ,
           that
           so
           long
           as
           we
           were
           upon
           the
           Scent
           of
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           ;
           the
           Plot
           in
           motion
           ;
           and
           that
           
           every
           day
           presented
           
             Fresh
             Game
          
           of
           Papists
           ,
           and
           Conspiracyes
           :
           So
           long
           ,
           I
           Say
           the
           Faction
           joyn'd
           with
           the
           Government
           in
           a
           
             Common
             Care
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Peace
           and
           Safety
           of
           the
           Publique
           :
           Only
           with
           This
           Difference
           ;
           that
           whereas
           the
           Magistrate
           proceeded
           to
           the
           Necessary
           Punishment
           of
           Offenders
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Gentle
           ,
           and
           
             Impartial
             Methods
          
           of
           Law
           and
           Justice
           :
           and
           with
           Humanity
           and
           Compassion
           for
           their
           Persons
           and
           Errours
           ,
           the
           Faction
           ,
           on
           the
           Other
           hand
           ,
           precipitated
           all
           things
           with
           Violence
           ,
           and
           Clamour
           .
           Not
           contenting
           themselves
           with
           the
           bare
           Oblation
           of
           so
           much
           Blood
           ,
           for
           the
           Satisfaction
           of
           
             Publique
             Justice
          
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           turn'd
           the
           Tragedy
           into
           a
           Farce
           too
           ,
           and
           made
           Sport
           with
           the
           Calamityes
           of
           the
           Miserable
           .
           And
           what
           was
           All
           This
           Vehemence
           and
           Pudder
           ,
           but
           to
           Elevate
           the
           Opinion
           of
           their
           Zeal
           (
           in
           proportion
           to
           the
           Noyse
           they
           made
           )
           above
           all
           others
           ,
           and
           Tacitly
           to
           reproach
           the
           Government
           for
           their
           Candour
           ,
           and
           Moderation
           .
        
         
           Nor
           did
           they
           keep
           themselves
           within
           the
           Bounds
           of
           Inferences
           ,
           and
           
             Tacit
             Implications
          
           ,
           long
           neither
           ;
           But
           so
           Soon
           as
           ever
           any
           man
           came
           off
           ,
           whether
           through
           the
           Insufficiency
           of
           Proofs
           ,
           or
           the
           Incompetency
           of
           Witnesses
           ,
           they
           flew
           open-mouth'd
           in
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Bench
           and
           Jury
           :
           and
           in
           so
           bold
           a
           manner
           too
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Tribunal
           were
           only
           to
           Hear
           the
           Cause
           ,
           the
           Jury
           to
           stand
           with
           their
           fingers
           in
           their
           mouths
           ,
           and
           the
           Pit
           to
           Decide
           it
           ?
           What
           is
           become
           of
           the
           Manhood
           ,
           and
           Generosity
           of
           the
           
             English
             Nation
          
           ;
           That
           we
           are
           fal'n
           into
           This
           Insatiate
           Thirst
           of
           Bloud
           ?
           Where
           's
           our
           Respect
           to
           our
           Superiours
           ;
           while
           we
           thus
           Arraign
           Authority
           ?
           Where
           to
           our
           Selves
           ,
           in
           the
           Seditious
           Usurpation
           of
           a
           Right
           that
           does
           not
           belong
           to
           us
           ;
           and
           in
           Contradiction
           to
           the
           Duties
           of
           Allegeance
           ,
           and
           
             Common
             Prudence
          
           ?
           Where
           to
           our
           Fellow-Subjects
           ;
           in
           our
           Needlesse
           ,
           and
           Unmannerly
           Importunities
           ,
           for
           more
           Rigour
           then
           the
           very
           Letter
           of
           the
           Law
           will
           bear
           ?
           Is
           This
           
             doing
             as
             we
             would
             be
             done
             by
             ?
          
           Or
           is
           it
           doing
           either
           as
           we
           
             Have
             been
             done
             by
          
           ?
           But
           I
           shall
           now
           come
           to
           
           the
           Transition
           of
           the
           One
           Plot
           into
           the
           Other
           ,
           and
           the
           turning
           of
           Papists
           into
           Popishly-affected
           ;
           wherein
           I
           must
           distinguish
           betwixt
           the
           Words
           and
           Intent
           of
           Authority
           ,
           and
           the
           Unwarrantable
           Application
           and
           Construction
           of
           the
           Faction
           .
        
         
           In
           all
           Changes
           of
           State
           the
           Pillars
           must
           first
           be
           remov'd
           ,
           before
           the
           Frame
           of
           the
           Government
           can
           be
           dissolv'd
           .
           And
           therefore
           't
           is
           discreetly
           done
           ,
           for
           a
           Faction
           to
           begin
           with
           Persons
           ,
           ere
           they
           broch
           their
           Opinions
           ;
           For
           it
           would
           be
           a
           great
           Over-sight
           to
           pick
           a
           quarrel
           with
           the
           Administration
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           be
           laying
           of
           New
           Foundations
           .
           It
           is
           also
           another
           point
           of
           Skill
           ,
           the
           Running
           of
           People
           down
           (
           as
           I
           find
           it
           in
           a
           
             Coffee
             house
             Authour
          
           )
           without
           the
           Assistance
           of
           the
           
             Penal
             Statutes
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Formality
           of
           trying
           men
           by
           their
           Peers
           .
           And
           nothing
           does
           That
           Exploit
           more
           effectually
           ,
           then
           the
           Device
           of
           
             Popishly
             Affected
          
           .
           It
           is
           a
           snare
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Precaution
           in
           the
           world
           cannot
           avoid
           ;
           and
           a
           most
           Insensible
           slip
           from
           Religion
           ,
           to
           Sedition
           ;
           as
           we
           find
           in
           the
           Progress
           of
           our
           present
           Distempers
           .
           For
           the
           bus'ness
           of
           Popery
           is
           now
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           laid
           aside
           ;
           and
           the
           Dissenters
           and
           Republicans
           at
           work
           as
           hard
           as
           they
           can
           drive
           ;
           the
           One
           to
           undermine
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Other
           the
           Monarchy
           ;
           and
           joyntly
           engaged
           in
           a
           
             Common
             Endeavour
          
           and
           Design
           for
           the
           Ruine
           of
           Both.
           So
           that
           the
           
             same
             Plot
          
           ,
           in
           Effect
           ,
           is
           carry'd
           on
           still
           ,
           but
           in
           
             Other
             Names
          
           ,
           and
           by
           
             Other
             hands
          
           .
           The
           Original
           Quarrel
           was
           to
           the
           
             Papists
             :
             This
          
           is
           to
           the
           Popishly-affected
           .
           The
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             was
          
           struck
           at
           in
           the
           One
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             is
          
           struck
           at
           in
           the
           Other
           :
           And
           what
           the
           
             Jesuits
             began
          
           ,
           the
           Schismatiques
           are
           now
           to
           Finish
           .
           Let
           no
           man
           question
           the
           Truth
           of
           This
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           will
           First
           put
           out
           his
           Eyes
           for
           his
           Credit
           ;
           or
           bring
           a
           Certificate
           from
           the
           Colledge
           that
           he
           is
           Non-Compos
           ,
           and
           does
           not
           know
           Chalk
           from
           Cheese
           .
           Provided
           allways
           ,
           that
           These
           People
           prove
           not
           at
           last
           to
           be
           Dr.
           
           Oates's
           Jesuits
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           Schismatiques
           ;
           as
           I
           
           have
           heard
           of
           some
           Schismaticks
           too
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           ●esuits
           .
           I
           shall
           be
           told
           that
           This
           is
           only
           a
           Blind
           to
           cover
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           ;
           whereas
           in
           Truth
           that
           Pretext
           is
           only
           a
           Blind
           ,
           to
           cover
           the
           Other
           ;
           and
           all
           their
           shifts
           are
           but
           so
           much
           Lime
           thrown
           in
           the
           
             People
             Eyes
          
           ,
           to
           Blear
           ,
           and
           Confound
           them
           that
           they
           may
           not
           distinguish
           Prelacy
           and
           
             Popery
             ,
             Papists
          
           ,
           and
           Church-Protestants
           ,
           the
           One
           from
           the
           Other
           .
        
         
           AND
           another
           Trick
           they
           have
           got
           ;
           which
           is
           ,
           to
           run
           canting
           with
           their
           Appeals
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           very
           Suggestion
           of
           
             This
             Plot
          
           were
           a
           Contradiction
           to
           the
           Evidence
           of
           the
           Other
           ;
           and
           consequently
           to
           the
           
             Authority
             ,
             Justice
          
           ,
           and
           Resolution
           of
           his
           Majesty
           and
           the
           
             Three
             Estates
          
           .
           Are
           not
           our
           Impost●rs
           come
           now
           to
           a
           prodigious
           degree
           of
           Boldness
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           dare
           to
           Father
           such
           Shams
           as
           These
           upon
           the
           
             Supreme
             Authority
             of
             the
             Nation
          
           .
           But
           what
           's
           all
           This
           ,
           to
           the
           old
           Story
           of
           Fathering
           
             Murther
             ,
             Sacriledge
          
           ,
           and
           Rebellion
           upon
           
             God
             Himself
          
           .
           'T
           is
           very
           True
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           have
           agreed
           upon
           't
           ,
           and
           declar'd
           themselves
           fully
           fatisfy'd
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Damnable
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           ,
           but
           not
           one
           word
           of
           a
           
             Popishly-Affected
             Plot
          
           ;
           neither
           do
           I
           finde
           that
           our
           Refiners
           ,
           and
           Improvers
           of
           Mischief
           have
           any
           Commission
           for
           the
           extending
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           so
           far
           ;
           and
           themselves
           at
           last
           to
           be
           the
           Judges
           of
           That
           
             Popish
             Affection
          
           :
           Much
           lesse
           for
           the
           turning
           of
           That
           Reproach
           upon
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           was
           intended
           only
           against
           the
           Opinions
           ,
           and
           Practices
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           It
           will
           be
           sayd
           that
           they
           do
           not
           blast
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           here
           and
           there
           a
           
             Rotten
             member
          
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           carrys
           on
           the
           
             Popish
             Interest
          
           under
           
             That
             masque
          
           ?
           'T
           is
           very
           right
           ,
           that
           ,
           take
           them
           in
           the
           good
           Humour
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           yet
           allow
           
             Two
             Bishops
          
           of
           the
           Twenty
           six
           to
           be
           Protestants
           ;
           And
           
             Four
             Protestant
             Divines
          
           in
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ;
           So
           that
           here
           's
           no
           Formal
           Attaque
           made
           as
           yet
           upon
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           Only
           
             Dr.
             Owen
             ,
             Mr.
             Baxter
          
           ,
           and
           two
           or
           three
           more
           of
           them
           ly
           Pelting
           at
           the
           Out-works
           ,
           while
           the
           
           Lay-Brothers
           are
           employ'd
           ,
           some
           in
           Mining
           ;
           others
           in
           Drawing
           here
           and
           there
           a
           Principal
           Stone
           ,
           or
           Timber
           out
           of
           the
           Building
           ;
           and
           every
           man
           ,
           in
           his
           place
           ,
           and
           station
           (
           according
           to
           the
           Covenant
           )
           contributing
           toward
           a
           
             Total
             Ruine
          
           :
           Only
           the
           work
           is
           now
           carry'd
           on
           by
           Other
           hands
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           under
           Other
           Appearances
           .
           The
           Plot
           in
           Substance
           seems
           to
           be
           much
           the
           Same
           ,
           saving
           only
           the
           Exchange
           of
           Popery
           for
           Schisme
           .
           We
           shall
           now
           briefly
           Touch
           upon
           the
           Methods
           by
           which
           these
           Ends
           are
           to
           be
           brought
           about
           .
        
         
           BY
           This
           Invention
           of
           
             Popishly
             Affected
          
           they
           can
           Pick
           their
           Men
           ,
           and
           cast
           out
           all
           that
           are
           not
           for
           their
           Turn
           ;
           the
           Word
           being
           only
           made
           use
           of
           for
           a
           Distinction
           betwixt
           the
           Adherents
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Protestant
             Disenters
             .
             Pray'e
             see
          
           (
           says
           the
           Author
           of
           
             Englands
             Great
             Interest
             )
             that
             you
             chuse
          
           Sincere
           Protestants
           ,
           
             Men
             that
             do
             not
             play
             the
          
           Protestants
           in
           Design
           ;
           
             and
             are
             indeed
          
           ,
           Disguised
           Papists
           ;
           
             ready
             to
             pull
             off
             their
             Masque
             when
             time
             serves
             .
             [
             When
             the
          
           barefac'd
           Papist
           
             cannot
             do
             it
          
           ,
           (
           says
           the
           
             Instrument
             of
             Association
             ,
             Pag.
          
           4.
           )
           the
           Protestant
           in
           Masquerade
           
             shall
             ;
             the
             Stratagem
             of
             This
             very
             day
             :
             And
             above
             all
             to
             be
             watch'd
             against
             .
          
           ]
           And
           in
           
             an
             Account
             from
             Guild-Hall
             ,
             they
             are
             called
          
           Protestants
           in
           Masquerade
           ,
           
             in
             good
             time
             to
             be
             taken
             notice
             of
             ,
             and
             receive
             the
             Reward
             due
             to
             their
             Merits
             .
             [
             To
             be
          
           marked
           (
           says
           Another
           )
           
             as
             the
          
           worst
           of
           Papists
           ,
           
             and
             so
             dealt
             with
             in
             City
             and
             Country
             .
          
           ]
           Now
           for
           Variety-Sake
           they
           call
           them
           
             Courtiers
             ;
             Pensioners
          
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           and
           the
           Clergy
           are
           Treated
           (
           as
           upon
           the
           late
           Election
           of
           Knights
           of
           the
           Shire
           at
           Chelmsford
           in
           Essex
           (
           in
           the
           stile
           of
           
             Jesuitical
             ,
             Dumb
             Doggs
             ;
             Dark
             Lanthorns
             ;
             Baals
             Priests
             ;
             Damned
             Rogues
             ;
             Jacks
             and
             Villains
             ;
             The
             Black
             Guard
             ;
             The
             Black
             Regiment
             of
             Hell
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           a
           General
           Exception
           made
           (
           by
           the
           Writer
           of
           the
           
             Seasonable
             Warning
             )
             to
             all
             men
             in
          
           Office
           ,
           Preferment
           ,
           Salary
           ,
           or
           Court-Employment
           .
           So
           that
           here
           's
           in
           a
           manner
           the
           one
           Half
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           (
           and
           the
           Legal
           Half
           too
           )
           as
           
           much
           as
           in
           Them
           lyes
           )
           excluded
           from
           a
           share
           in
           the
           Common
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ▪
           with
           what
           A●m●
           and
           Intent
           ,
           let
           the
           World
           judge
           .
        
         
           THE
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           is
           Sworn
           by
           all
           the
           Witnesses
           to
           have
           been
           Level'd
           at
           the
           Life
           of
           his
           
             Sacred
             Majesty
          
           ,
           the
           Subversion
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           .
           Now
           Whosoever
           well
           considers
           the
           manner
           of
           Proceedings
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           S●ile
           ,
           and
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Positions
           that
           are
           now
           afoot
           ,
           (
           though
           pretendedly
           upon
           Another
           Bottom
           )
           will
           finde
           many
           Passages
           that
           look
           Untowardly
           the
           Same
           way
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Direct
             Subversion
          
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           the
           Faction
           is
           not
           advanc'd
           so
           far
           yet
           ;
           for
           That
           's
           a
           Villany
           that
           must
           be
           Imposed
           upon
           the
           People
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           in
           such
           and
           such
           Cases
           to
           be
           Lawful
           ,
           before
           there
           can
           be
           any
           Thought
           of
           putting
           it
           in
           Practice
           .
           And
           herein
           ,
           Our
           
             late
             Reformers
          
           have
           out-done
           the
           
             Jesuits
             Themselves
          
           :
           For
           over
           and
           above
           the
           Exposing
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           on
           the
           One
           side
           ,
           for
           Heresy
           ,
           and
           ,
           on
           the
           Other
           side
           ,
           for
           
             not
             submitting
             to
             Christ
             on
             his
             Throne
          
           ;
           and
           equally
           on
           
             Both
             sides
          
           to
           the
           
             Vtmost
             Extremities
          
           ;
           we
           have
           got
           Here
           the
           start
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           Erecting
           a
           Principle
           that
           makes
           the
           
             S●vereign
             further
             Accountable
          
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           upon
           a
           point
           of
           State
           ;
           as
           we
           shall
           presently
           make
           appear
           by
           severall
           Instances
           .
           Now
           if
           it
           be
           once
           laid
           down
           for
           a
           Maxim
           ,
           that
           upon
           such
           or
           such
           Conditions
           ,
           the
           
             Subjects
             may
          
           take
           away
           the
           Life
           of
           their
           Prince
           if
           they
           will
           ;
           't
           is
           Damnable
           Odds
           that
           upon
           such
           a
           Supposition
           ,
           some
           Reprobated
           wretch
           or
           other
           will
           do
           it
           if
           he
           can
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           begin
           with
           the
           Acute
           Authour
           of
           the
           
             Weighty
             Considerations
             Consider'd
          
           .
           I
           will
           hope
           
             (
             says
             he
             )
             Pag.
          
           6.
           
             there
             are
             very
             few
             in
             This
             Nation
             so
             Ill
             Instructed
             ,
             that
             do
             not
             think
             it
             in
             the
             Power
             of
             the
          
           People
           to
           DEPOSE
           
             a
             Prince
             who
             really
             undert●kes
             to
             Alienate
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             or
             to
             give
             it
             up
             into
             the
             Hands
             of
             Another
             Sovereign
             Power
             ;
             or
             that
             really
             Acts
             the
             Destruction
             ,
             or
             the
             Universal
             Calamity
             of
             his
             
             People
             .
          
           The
           Authour
           of
           the
           Plea
           to
           the
           
             Dukes
             Answer
          
           says
           that
           
             when
             Kings
             themselves
             be
             Ill
             ones
             ,
             God
             not
             only
          
           Approves
           
             of
             their
          
           Removal
           ,
           
             but
             even
             Himself
          
           does
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Political
             Catechism
          
           places
           the
           Government
           in
           the
           
             Two
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
          
           .
           The
           Late
           
             Letter
             to
             a
             Person
             of
             Honour
             ,
          
           &c.
           says
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           a
           Self-Deposition
           of
           a
           
             Prince
             actually
             Regnant
          
           .
           And
           again
           ,
           
             The
             Weighty
             Considerations
             Consider'd
          
           ,
           lodges
           the
           Government
           in
           the
           
             Major
             Part.
          
           And
           almost
           every
           Fresh
           Libeller
           speaks
           to
           the
           same
           Purpose
           .
           Now
           do
           but
           once
           admit
           ,
           that
           a
           King
           May
           Forfeit
           his
           
             Royal
             Authority
          
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           never
           fail
           of
           those
           that
           will
           say
           ,
           he
           Has
           don
           't
           ;
           So
           long
           as
           there
           are
           men
           in
           the
           world
           that
           had
           rather
           Govern
           ,
           then
           Obey
           :
           And
           the
           stress
           does
           not
           lye
           upon
           the
           Quality
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Actions
          
           neither
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           Construction
           that
           shall
           be
           made
           of
           them
           ,
           by
           any
           Reprobated
           Band
           of
           Conspirators
           ,
           that
           shall
           presume
           to
           Censure
           them
           .
           Whatsoever
           the
           Faction
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           call
           Mis-Government
           ,
           must
           be
           so
           Interpreted
           ,
           and
           Reputed
           :
           and
           to
           Them
           only
           must
           we
           repair
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Oracles
           of
           Law
           ,
           and
           Conscience
           .
           The
           Safety
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Government
           ,
           our
           
             Religion
             ,
             Laws
          
           ,
           and
           Freedoms
           ,
           are
           only
           ,
           according
           to
           This
           Position
           ,
           dependent
           upon
           the
           Humour
           of
           the
           Multitude
           :
           So
           that
           it
           is
           but
           Their
           bare
           Saying
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           has
           
             Forfeited
             his
             Cronn
          
           ,
           the
           Church
           their
           Priviledges
           ,
           the
           Nobility
           their
           
             Session
             of
             Peerage
          
           ;
           the
           Commons
           their
           Chara●ter
           of
           Representation
           ;
           the
           Merchants
           their
           
             Liberty
             of
             Trade
          
           ;
           the
           Gentry
           ▪
           and
           Commonalty
           their
           
             Lives
             ,
             Freedoms
          
           ,
           and
           Estates
           ,
           and
           the
           work
           is
           done
           .
           This
           was
           the
           Course
           of
           all
           our
           late
           violent
           Changes
           of
           Government
           ;
           and
           the
           Positions
           which
           are
           now
           every
           day
           recommended
           to
           the
           Nation
           toward
           the
           Playing
           of
           the
           same
           Game
           over
           again
           ,
           were
           the
           Groundwork
           of
           all
           our
           
             Late
             Miseries
          
           and
           Confusions
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           as
           to
           the
           Church
           :
           Are
           not
           the
           
             Dissenting
             Ministers
          
           at
           work
           again
           
             Tooth
             and
             Nayl
          
           against
           the
           
             Act
             for
             Uniformity
          
           ;
           and
           Preaching
           up
           a
           Schism
           ,
           under
           the
           Colour
           of
           Formalizing
           upon
           Scruples
           ?
           Do
           they
           not
           first
           Instigate
           the
           People
           (
           in
           Contempt
           of
           Law
           ,
           and
           Order
           )
           to
           a
           Separation
           ;
           and
           then
           furnish
           them
           with
           the
           best
           pretences
           they
           can
           ,
           for
           their
           Disobedience
           ?
           What
           will
           become
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           when
           the
           Restraint
           of
           
             Ecclesiasticall
             Discipline
          
           and
           Jurisdiction
           shall
           be
           taken
           away
           ;
           and
           men
           left
           to
           Themselves
           to
           go
           
             their
             own
             ways
          
           ,
           and
           chuse
           
             their
             own
             Religions
          
           at
           Pleasure
           ?
           If
           This
           be
           not
           an
           attempt
           upon
           putting
           the
           Last
           ●ranch
           of
           
             the
             Popish
             Plot
          
           in
           Execution
           by
           an
           Extirpation
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ;
           then
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           is
           legally
           establisht
           )
           must
           be
           confest
           ,
           in
           Their
           Opinions
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           Protestant
           :
           And
           consequently
           be
           call'd
           to
           an
           Account
           for
           
             That
             supposed
             Defect
          
           ,
           as
           not
           being
           Comprehended
           within
           the
           Equity
           of
           their
           
             Good
             Will
          
           and
           ●rotection
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           multiply
           These
           Instances
           without
           end
           ;
           but
           here
           's
           enough
           said
           to
           give
           Evidence
           of
           a
           
             Pestilent
             Design
          
           .
           But
           whether
           it
           be
           a
           Design
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Contrivance
          
           ,
           tho'
           set
           a
           foot
           by
           the
           Fanatiq●●s
           ;
           or
           purely
           a
           
             Fanaticall
             Design
          
           ;
           I
           shall
           not
           Determine
           ;
           but
           leave
           the
           Animadversion
           of
           it
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           Authority
           ,
           and
           appeal
           to
           the
           most
           
             Partial
             Reader
          
           for
           the
           Truth
           on
           't
           ;
           Concluding
           with
           This
           Observation
           .
           That
           there
           is
           great
           Malice
           as
           well
           as
           Danger
           in
           the
           Project
           :
           For
           Thorough
           all
           this
           
             Audacious
             License
          
           of
           Libelling
           the
           
             King
             himself
          
           ,
           the
           Privy-Councell
           ,
           the
           Judges
           ,
           the
           Jury
           ;
           &c.
           of
           Tearing
           the
           Church
           to
           pieces
           ,
           and
           Treasonably
           undermining
           the
           very
           Foundations
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           by
           the
           Erecting
           of
           
             Republican
             Maxims
          
           wholly
           Inconsistent
           with
           ,
           and
           utterly
           destructive
           of
           
             This
             Imperiall
             Monarchy
          
           :
           I
           do
           not
           finde
           yet
           so
           much
           as
           
             One
             Dissenters
             Pen
          
           engag'd
           in
           the
           Vindication
           of
           
             His
             Majesty
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Support
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           to
           expiate
           for
           the
           Numberlesse
           Pamphlets
           they
           have
           Publish'd
           toward
           the
           Scandal
           and
           Destruction
           of
           both
           ;
           Or
           in
           Justification
           of
           Themselves
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           as
           great
           Enemies
           to
           the
           Substance
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           as
           they
           would
           be
           thought
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           as
           great
           Friends
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Government
           .
        
         
           The
           End.