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             A word concerning libels and libellers humbly presented to the Right Honorable Sir John Moor, Lord-Mayor of London, and the Right Worshipfull the aldermen his bretheren / by Roger L'Estrange.
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           A
           WORD
           CONCERNING
           LIBELS
           AND
           LIBELLERS
           ,
           Humbly
           Presented
           To
           the
           Right
           Honorable
           Sir
           
             John
             Moor
          
           ,
           Lord-Mayor
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           the
           Right
           Worshipfull
           the
           Aldermen
           his
           Brethren
           .
        
         
           By
           Roger
           L'
           Estrange
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Joanna
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Signe
           of
           the
           Gun
           in
           S.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           .
           1681.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honorable
           Sir
           
             John
             Moor
          
           ,
           Knight
           ,
           Lord-Mayor
           of
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Right
           Worshipful
           ,
           the
           Aldermen
           ,
           his
           Brethren
           .
        
         
           BEing
           given
           to
           understand
           that
           your
           Lordship
           and
           the
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           have
           lately
           taken
           into
           consideration
           the
           bus'ness
           of
           
             Seditious
             Libells
          
           ,
           and
           Papers
           ;
           and
           that
           for
           want
           of
           
             particular
             Enformation
          
           ,
           the
           matter
           proceeded
           no
           further
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           then
           to
           a
           
             Generall
             Admonition
          
           ;
           which
           extended
           to
           the
           Innocent
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           the
           Guilty
           ,
           through
           the
           False
           and
           Malitious
           Practices
           of
           the
           Criminalls
           ,
           for
           the
           Involving
           of
           both
           forts
           under
           the
           same
           Scandall
           ,
           and
           Condemnation
           ;
           I
           reckon
           it
           my
           duty
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           City
           ,
           to
           every
           
             Honest
             man
          
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           last
           place
           ,
           to
           my Self
           ,
           to
           present
           your
           Lordship
           and
           the
           Bench
           of
           Aldermen
           your
           Brethren
           ,
           with
           the
           means
           of
           distinguishing
           the
           One
           from
           the
           Other
           ;
           In
           full
           assurance
           ,
           that
           your
           
             Loyalty
             ,
             Generosity
          
           ,
           and
           Wisedom
           ;
           your
           love
           of
           
             Truth
             ,
             Peace
          
           ,
           and
           
             Common
             Equity
          
           ,
           will
           dispose
           you
           to
           Vindicate
           his
           Majesties
           Crown
           and
           Dignity
           ;
           the
           
             Royal
             Family
          
           ,
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           is
           Sacred
           in
           
             humane
             Society
          
           ,
           against
           all
           Insults
           whatsoever
           ;
           and
           Cause
           
             Exemplary
             Justice
          
           to
           be
           done
           upon
           such
           Offenders
           in
           these
           Cases
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           found
           properly
           under
           your
           Authority
           ,
           and
           Jurisdiction
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           Clog
           this
           Paper
           with
           Instances
           ,
           either
           superfluous
           ,
           or
           of
           
             Ancient
             Date
          
           ;
           but
           keep
           my self
           within
           compass
           ,
           both
           for
           Time
           ,
           and
           Bulk
           ;
           Citing
           the
           Book
           ,
           and
           the
           Page
           ;
           still
           as
           I
           go
           along
           with
           the
           
             Publishers
             Name
          
           in
           the
           Margent
           .
           And
           it
           will
           likewise
           appear
           from
           the
           Pamphlets
           themselves
           ,
           that
           there
           's
           a
           
             Form'd
             Conspiracy
          
           against
           both
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           for
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Whole
           ,
           and
           of
           every
           Part
           of
           it
           ,
           Root
           and
           Branch
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Book
           that
           deserves
           the
           first
           place
           in
           this
           consideration
           ,
           
           was
           printed
           for
           
             John
             Kidgel
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Atlas
           in
           Cornhill
           1682.
           and
           publish'd
           by
           
             Rich●rd
             Baldwin
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Old-Bayly
           :
           A
           Bold
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Common
             Agent
          
           for
           the
           promoting
           of
           Sedition
           ;
           and
           it
           carries
           the
           designe
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           Title
           ,
           and
           Face
           on
           't
           .
           [
           
             Rights
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             or
             Customs
             of
             our
             Ancestors
             ,
             touching
             the
             Duty
             ,
             Power
             ,
             Election
             or
             Succession
             of
             our
             Kings
             ,
             and
             Parliaments
             ,
             Our
             TRVE
             Liberty
             ,
             DUE
             Allegeance
             ,
             Three
             Estates
             ,
             THEIR
             Legislative
             Power
             ,
             Originall
             ,
             Judiciall
             ,
             and
             Executive
             ;
             with
             the
          
           Militia
           :
           
             Freely
             discussed
             ,
             through
             the
          
           Brittish
           ,
           Saxon
           ,
           Norman
           Laws
           &
           Histories
           ]
        
         
           This
           Gallimawfrey
           of
           Fragments
           was
           first
           publish'd
           in
           1649.
           in
           favour
           of
           Cromwells
           Proceeding
           ,
           and
           Government
           :
           the
           main
           Stress
           of
           the
           Discourse
           ,
           resting
           upon
           these
           two
           Points
           .
           First
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Late
             King
             was
             lawfully
             put
             to
             death
             .
             Secondly
             ,
          
           that
           the
           
             English
             Monarchy
          
           is
           not
           Hereditary
           ,
           but
           Elective
           :
           And
           so
           the
           Author
           ,
           by
           Presidents
           ,
           either
           Impertinent
           ,
           Unwarrantable
           ,
           Perverted
           ,
           or
           misapply'd
           ,
           supports
           his
           Pretensions
           the
           best
           he
           can
           .
        
         
           Finding
           this
           Treasonous
           Piece
           to
           be
           now
           Re-printed
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           but
           bethink
           my self
           
             To
             what
             end
          
           ?
           And
           this
           Curiosity
           put
           me
           upon
           comparing
           the
           
             Two
             Editions
          
           ,
           to
           see
           ,
           how
           far
           they
           Agreed
           ;
           wherein
           they
           Differ'd
           :
           or
           whether
           this
           
             Latter
             Impression
          
           were
           the
           very
           same
           with
           the
           Original
           .
           Upon
           the
           Examination
           ,
           I
           find
           severall
           sly
           Variations
           ,
           and
           Additions
           ,
           and
           many
           things
           Omitted
           in
           the
           Latter
           Copy
           ;
           which
           gives
           first
           to
           understand
           that
           this
           is
           not
           the
           work
           of
           a
           Bookseller
           ,
           or
           Printer
           ,
           for
           profit
           ;
           but
           a
           Regular
           ,
           and
           Industrious
           Disposition
           of
           the
           matter
           for
           some
           other
           purpose
           :
           And
           what
           that
           Purpose
           is
           may
           be
           easily
           gather'd
           from
           the
           Pulse
           and
           Biass
           of
           the
           Treatise
           ;
           For
           the
           Omissions
           ,
           though
           Many
           ,
           &
           Large
           are
           only
           such
           as
           apply
           the
           Arguments
           for
           the
           Sovereign
           Power
           of
           a
           Parliament
           or
           the
           People
           ,
           to
           the
           Defence
           of
           the
           
             Late
             Kings
             Murther
          
           ;
           or
           else
           such
           as
           strike
           so
           directly
           at
           the
           Subversion
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           ;
           that
           the
           Age
           is
           not
           as
           yet
           either
           so
           Mad
           ,
           or
           so
           Wicked
           as
           to
           bear
           it
           :
           But
           his
           Arguments
           ,
           and
           Reasonings
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Peoples
             Right
          
           of
           Calling
           their
           Kings
           to
           an
           Account
           ,
           remain
           Whole
           ,
           and
           Vntouch'd
           ;
           So
           that
           his
           Maintenance
           of
           the
           
             Peoples
             Power
          
           over
           the
           King
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           Deposing
           and
           putting
           of
           him
           to
           Death
           ,
           stands
           
           as
           good
           against
           
             this
             King
          
           as
           it
           did
           against
           his
           Father
           ;
           and
           speaks
           the
           Publisher
           and
           the
           Author
           to
           be
           both
           of
           a
           mind
           in
           the
           Case
           .
           In
           One
           word
           ,
           the
           
             two
             Pos●ions
          
           of
           this
           Villanous
           Book
           ,
           are
           the
           
             Two
             Pillars
          
           of
           the
           
             Associating
             Plot.
          
           And
           if
           the
           Faction
           can
           but
           first
           perswade
           the
           Multitude
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           King
           will
           not
           do
           as
           the
           People
           would
           
             have
             him
          
           ,
           the
           People
           may
           deal
           with
           the
           King
           as
           they
           please
           :
           And
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           this
           is
           an
           
             Elective
             Monarchy
          
           ;
           there
           's
           the
           King's
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           York's
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Governments
             business
          
           done
           at
           a
           Blow
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           leave
           the
           Author
           to
           Expound
           his
           own
           meaning
           in
           three
           or
           four
           passages
           omitted
           in
           this
           new
           Edition
           .
        
         
           
             I
             cannot
             see
             (
             
               says
               he
            
             )
             why
             it
             should
             be
             a
             Crime
             for
             any
             to
             desire
             that
             an
             Action
             of
             such
             Concernment
             (
             
               putting
               the
               King
               to
               death
            
             )
             might
             be
             fully
             Clear'd
             to
             be
             Just
             ,
             and
             acted
             Justly
             .
             Page
             
               2.
               
               And
               again
            
             .
          
           
             I
             would
             gladly
             have
             spoken
             all
             that
             I
             justly
             might
             ,
             to
             have
             saved
             him
             from
             death
             ,
             till
             I
             had
             seen
             that
             his
             Life
             could
             not
             consist
             with
             Peoples
             Peace
             and
             Safety
             ,
             which
             I
             may
             acknowledge
             to
             be
             the
             Supreme
             ,
             and
             Highest
             Law
             Humane
             ,
             P.
             
               3.
               
               Further
            
             ,
          
           
             My
             work
             shall
             be
             to
             Enquire
             of
             matters
             of
             Law
             :
             And
             how
             by
             the
             Laws
             and
             Customs
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             known
             ,
             Adjudged
             and
             Declar'd
             what
             is
             the
             Duty
             of
             our
             King
             ,
             and
             whether
             he
             hath
             done
             it
             or
             not
             ;
             and
             in
             case
             of
             failure
             ,
             how
             it
             may
             be
             judg'd
             ,
             who
             they
             be
             that
             must
             determine
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Subject
             may
             and
             should
             be
             quiet
             ,
             and
             submit
             to
             such
             an
             Act
             Judiciall
             and
             Conclusive
             .
             Pag.
             
               4.
               
               Once
               again
            
             .
          
           
             It
             may
             seem
             a
             short
             work
             and
             soon
             sayd
             when
             the
             King
             breaks
             his
             Trust
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             must
             Judge
             him
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Lords
             refuse
             ,
             the
             Commons
             might
             and
             must
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             Necessity
             ;
             but
             I
             am
             loth
             to
             hide
             my self
             in
             a
             Dark
             Chaos
             ,
             I
             had
             rather
             see
             it
             Cleared
             in
             the
             Open
             Sun.
             P.
             4.
             
          
        
         
           This
           is
           sufficient
           to
           shew
           the
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           the
           Drift
           of
           the
           Author
           ;
           wherein
           he
           declares
           himself
           ,
           that
           the
           Late
           King
           was
           Justly
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           and
           undertakes
           by
           Law
           and
           Reason
           to
           prove
           it
           ;
           So
           that
           his
           Pretended
           Proofs
           being
           now
           Expos'd
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           by
           Kidgell
           ,
           and
           Baldwin
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           same
           terms
           
           with
           the
           Original
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           render
           the
           Late
           Publishers
           as
           Guilty
           as
           the
           Author
           .
           There
           runs
           a
           Vein
           of
           Sedition
           through
           the
           whole
           Tract
           ;
           but
           some
           Few
           Instances
           out
           of
           this
           late
           Impression
           shall
           serve
           the
           Turn
           .
        
         
           [
           
             Let
             us
             Discusse
             it
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             by
             Law
             and
             Reason
             ,
             what
             is
             our
             Legall
          
           Fcalty
           ;
           
             how
             made
             ,
             how
             Limited
             ,
             how
             kept
             ,
             or
             how
             DISSOLV'D
             .
             P.
          
           11.
           ]
           So
           that
           our
           Allegeance
           may
           be
           Dissolv'd
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           and
           is
           only
           Conditionall
           .
           And
           again
           .
           [
           Allegeance
           was
           ad
           Legem
           
             to
             the
          
           Laws
           ,
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           Kingdoms
           good
           ,
           or
           Profit
           ,
           
             together
             with
             the
          
           King.
           P.
           18.
           ]
           We
           'l
           see
           now
           what
           he
           says
           to
           the
           Point
           
             of
             Election
          
           or
           Succession
           .
           [
           
             In
             the
             time
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           of
           Hen.
           1.
           and
           Hen.
           2.
           
             there
             were
             some
             Speciall
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             for
             settling
             the
             Crown
             on
          
           Maud
           
             the
             Empress
             ,
             or
             her
             Issue
             .
             P.
          
           24.
           —
           
             But
             all
             such
             Acts
             (
             for
             Tying
             the
             Crown
             to
             such
             or
             such
             a
             Family
             )
             do
             not
             Evince
             a
             Former
             Right
             of
             Succession
             .
             P.
          
           25.
           —
           And
           then
           further
           [
           
             I
             say
             not
          
           (
           says
           he
           Ibid.
           )
           
             how
             often
             it
             hath
             been
             adjudg'd
             that
          
           Affirmative
           
             Statutes
             do
             not
             annull
             the
          
           Common
           Law
           ;
           
             and
             that
             one
             may
          
           Prescribe
           
             against
             a
             Statute
          
           Negative
           ,
           
             but
             in
          
           Affirmance
           
             of
             the
          
           Common
           Law
           ,
           —
           
             So
             that
             if
             an
          
           English
           King
           
             was
             Elective
             by
             the
          
           Common
           Law
           ,
           the
           Kingdom
           
             might
             Prescribe
             against
             Late
             Statutes
             ,
             which
             might
             Erre
             much
             more
             then
             they
             could
             Oblige
             All
             Future
             Parliaments
             ,
             but
             they
             might
             still
             be
             free
             and
             most
             of
             all
             in
             what
             was
             due
             before
             by
          
           Common
           Law.
           Ibid.
           ]
           And
           moreover
           P.
           75.
           
           
             He
             grounds
             his
             Pretence
             upon
             the
             Speech
             of
          
           Hubert
           
             at
             the
             Coronation
             of
             King
          
           John
           (
           an
           Excellent
           President
           for
           his
           turn
           )
           [
           
             It
             is
             well
             known
             to
             you
             all
             that
             no
             man
             hath
             Right
             of
             Succession
             to
             this
             Crown
             ,
             Except
             ,
             that
             by
             Unanimous
             Consent
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             with
             Invocation
             on
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             he
             be
             Elected
             from
             his
             own
             Deserts
             ;
             but
             if
             any
             of
             the
             last
             Kings
             race
             be
             more
             worthy
             and
             better
             then
             others
             ,
             his
             Election
             is
             more
             Proper
             ,
             or
             more
             Reasonable
             ,
             as
             it
             now
             is
             in
             Earl
          
           John
           
             here
             present
             .
             —
             Which
          
           (
           says
           he
           ,
           Ibid.
           )
           
             seemeth
             most
             rightly
             to
             State
             the
             nature
             of
          
           Succession
           
             as
             it
             was
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             .
             So
             that
             all
             did
             amount
             but
             to
             this
             ,
             That
             if
             a
             King
             had
             such
             Children
             ;
             so
             Qualify'd
             ,
             and
             so
             Educated
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             above
             others
             in
             Virtue
             ,
             Wisdom
             ,
             and
             True
             worth
          
           (
           
             or
             at
             least
          
           Caeteris
           Pares
           )
           
             they
             were
             the
             most
             likely
             Candidates
             for
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           ]
           So
           that
           his
           Malitious
           Imposture
           resolves
           at
           last
           wholly
           into
           this
           .
           He
           sets
           the
           Parliament
           and
           the
           People
           above
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           makes
           the
           Government
           Elective
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Common
             Law
          
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           
           Concludes
           all
           those
           Statutes
           that
           Assert
           the
           Kings
           
             Sole
             Sovereignty
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Right
           of
           
             Hereditary
             Succession
          
           ,
           as
           Nullities
           ,
           for
           then
           Repugnance
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           '
           ●is
           true
           that
           Care
           ,
           and
           Janeway
           ;
           (
           for
           they
           are
           both
           one
           in
           the
           Impartial
           )
           have
           publish'd
           Num.
           82.
           a
           Rude
           Advertisement
           ,
           as
           if
           Baldwin
           had
           not
           publish
           ▪
           d
           this
           Book
           ;
           Whereas
           O●e
           or
           ●wo
           of
           
             Baldwins
             Servants
          
           were
           taken
           at
           One
           a
           Clock
           on
           a
           
             Sunday
             Morning
          
           Posting
           up
           the
           
             Title
             Pages
          
           ;
           which
           is
           as
           much
           a
           Publishing
           them
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           sold
           them
           Openly
           in
           his
           own
           shop
           :
           Beside
           ,
           that
           t
           is
           probable
           he
           knew
           the
           Malice
           of
           the
           Book
           ,
           by
           the
           Close
           ,
           and
           Unseasonable
           course
           he
           took
           for
           the
           Notifying
           and
           dispersing
           of
           it
           .
           I
           have
           been
           forc'd
           to
           speak
           at
           large
           upon
           This
           ;
           but
           I
           shall
           be
           shorter
           in
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           go
           on
           a
           little
           upon
           the
           same
           Head
           of
           Sedition
           .
        
         
           [
           
             All
             Considering
             People
             will
             now
             see
             that
             Conventiclers
             are
             not
             punish
             ▪
             d
             and
             ruin'd
             for
             holding
             Conventicles
          
           ;
           
           
             but
             for
             being
             zealous
             for
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Government
             by
             advice
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             against
          
           Popery
           ,
           and
           Clandestine
           Arbitrary
           Councells
           .
           ]
           
             Postscript
             to
             Remarques
             upon
             Sr.
             William
             Smiths
             Speech
             at
          
           Hicks
           Hall
           ;
           Publish'd
           by
           Baldwin
           again
           .
        
         
           Here
           is
           first
           a
           Vote
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           set
           up
           above
           the
           Authority
           of
           several
           
             Establish'd
             Laws
          
           .
           2
           ly
           .
           The
           King
           himself
           charg'd
           with
           a
           design
           of
           Suppressing
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           Advancing
           the
           Interest
           of
           Popery
           ,
           in
           Requiring
           the
           Execution
           of
           'em
           ;
           and
           with
           
             Clandestine
             Arbitrary
             Councells
          
           ,
           over
           and
           above
           .
        
         
           
             Double
             your
             Watches
          
           (
           says
           Janeway
           in
           his
           
             Vox
             Patriae
          
           )
           
             Chain
             up
             the
             Streets
             of
             the
             City
             day
             and
             night
             .
          
           
           
             Suffer
             not
             any
             Body
             of
             Armed
             Soldiers
             ,
             Greater
             ,
             or
             Less
             (
             other
             then
             the
             Trained
             Bands
             of
             this
             City
             )
             to
             march
             through
             any
             part
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             P
          
           1.
           ]
        
         
           Here
           's
           a
           Proposall
           of
           keeping
           his
           Majesty
           out
           of
           Louden
           by
           Force
           ,
           and
           the
           Rebells
           did
           his
           Father
           out
           of
           Hall
           :
           and
           the
           Printing
           of
           this
           Paper
           can
           have
           no
           other
           End
           ,
           then
           to
           Invite
           and
           Encourage
           the
           Nation
           into
           a
           Tumult
           .
           And
           what
           's
           the
           Ground
           of
           this
           Audacious
           Proposall
           ,
           but
           the
           [
           
             Surprizing
             Prorogation
             of
             the
             Parliament
          
           .
           Ibid.
           ]
           So
           that
           the
           King
           shall
           not
           Exercise
           the
           undoubted
           
             '
             Prerogatives
          
           of
           his
           
             Royall
             Authority
          
           ,
           upon
           pain
           of
           Janeways
           denoun●ing
           War
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           same
           Libell
           P.
           17
           he
           has
           a
           Pretended
           Address
           from
           Suffex
           to
           the
           Knights
           of
           the
           Shire
           ,
           
           declaring
           that
           [
           
             they
             will
             
             stand
             by
             and
             defend
             them
             with
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             in
             doing
             whatsoever
             they
             shall
             judge
             necessary
             for
             the
             Peace
             ,
             Safety
             ,
             and
             Prosperity
             of
             the
             Nation
             (
             if
             any
             danger
             should
             threaten
             them
             .
             )
          
           And
           the
           People
           of
           Winchelsea
           undertake
           as
           far
           to
           
             their
             Burgesses
          
           ,
           P.
           20.
           
           Thereby
           disowning
           their
           duty
           to
           
             their
             Sovereign
          
           ,
           and
           transferring
           their
           Allegeance
           to
           their
           Fellow-Subjects
           .
           The
           Burden
           of
           the
           Song
           from
           one
           end
           to
           the
           other
           of
           this
           Pamphlet
           being
           the
           Exclusion
           
             of
             his
          
           Royall
           Highness
           ,
           and
           Barring
           the
           Kings
           Supply
           ,
           with
           an
           intermixture
           of
           
             demanding
             the
          
           Artillery
           ,
           the
           Militia
           ,
           the
           Regulation
           of
           Courts
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           and
           Civil
           ,
           a
           Bill
           of
           Association
           ;
           
             the
             disposing
             of
             all
          
           Publick
           Offices
           and
           Charges
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           
             Sheriffs
             Case
          
           makes
           [
           
             King
             ,
             Lords
          
           ,
           and
           Commons
           ,
           
           
             to
             be
             a
             Corporation
          
           ]
           which
           amounts
           to
           no
           less
           then
           a
           
             '
             Deposing
          
           of
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           [
           That
           Bugbear
           Passive-Obedience
           (
           says
           Jo.
           Starkey
           
             in
             the
             Character
             of
             a
             Popish
             Successor
             .
          
           
           P.
           20.
           )
           
             is
             a
             Notion
             crept
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             most
             zealously
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             as
             Ignorantly
             defended
             .
          
           ]
           What
           is
           this
           but
           a
           
             Papall
             Absolution
          
           ?
           But
           then
           in
           the
           
             Second
             Part
             P.
          
           34.
           the
           Nail
           is
           driven
           to
           the
           Head.
           [
           
             Have
             we
             not
             bad
             a
             Late
             King
             of
          
           Portugal
           
             Deposed
             ,
             as
             Delirious
             and
             Frantick
             ,
             and
             consequently
             render'd
             by
             Law
             Vncapable
             of
             Reigning
             ;
             and
             all
             this
             done
             by
             his
             own
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             his
             own
             Religion
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             Reflection
             of
             Treason
             or
             Rebellion
             ,
             or
             the
             Aspersion
             of
             Lifting
             a
             hand
             against
             the
             Lords
             Anointed
             ?
          
           ]
           What
           is
           this
           but
           to
           tell
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           there
           needs
           no
           more
           to
           the
           Deposing
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           then
           the
           Outcry
           of
           the
           Multitude
           ,
           that
           
             he
             is
             not
             fit
             to
             Govern
             ?
          
        
         
           These
           Outrages
           upon
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           and
           man
           will
           never
           find
           Protection
           within
           the
           Walls
           of
           this
           Loyal
           City
           ;
           And
           this
           Licence
           is
           not
           more
           the
           Shame
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           then
           the
           
             Vile
             Instruments
          
           are
           in
           truth
           the
           Dishonour
           of
           Mankinde
           .
        
         
           The
           Desperate
           Practices
           ,
           Declarations
           and
           Positions
           of
           the
           
             Scottish
             Covenanters
          
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           barefac'd
           avowing
           of
           it
           to
           
             be
             their
             Duty
             to
             destroy
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Royal
             Family
             ,
             and
             the
          
           Persons
           
             as
             well
             as
             the
          
           Order
           
             of
             the
             Bishops
          
           ,
           is
           too
           notorious
           to
           be
           either
           
             Conceal'd
             ,
             Palliated
             ,
             or
             Deny'd
          
           ;
           which
           put
           the
           Government
           ,
           in
           Conclusion
           ,
           upon
           a
           Test
           ;
           as
           the
           only
           Expedient
           
           for
           the
           securing
           both
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           against
           the
           Violent
           ,
           and
           Impious
           Machinations
           of
           those
           Diabolical
           Spirits
           ;
           and
           (
           in
           effect
           )
           for
           preserving
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           
             Two
             Kingdoms
          
           .
           Just
           now
           ,
           upon
           this
           very
           Instant
           of
           Time
           ,
           when
           the
           
             Scottish
             Faction
          
           were
           Meditating
           New
           Commotions
           ;
           out
           comes
           
             Curtis's
             Cheat
          
           ,
           and
           Mockery
           of
           the
           
             Arraignment
             ,
             Tryal
          
           ,
           
           and
           Condemnation
           of
           a
           Dogg
           for
           refusing
           the
           Test
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Process
           Ridicul'd
           in
           the
           very
           Form
           and
           Terms
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           and
           Dress'd
           up
           in
           so
           Contemptuous
           a
           manner
           that
           nothing
           was
           ever
           more
           Rudely
           and
           Spitefully
           treated
           then
           the
           Kings
           Authority
           ,
           and
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           
             Scottish
             Nation
          
           in
           that
           Act
           of
           State.
           
        
         
           After
           these
           Affronts
           upon
           the
           
             King
             himself
          
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           expected
           that
           they
           should
           treat
           his
           
             Royal
             Highness
          
           ,
           at
           a
           Civiller
           rate
           :
           But
           how
           this
           Privilege
           of
           
             Questioning
             Sovereign
             Authority
             ;
             Discharging
             Subjects
          
           of
           their
           AllegJance
           ;
           and
           Disposing
           of
           the
           Crowns
           of
           Princes
           ,
           comes
           to
           be
           the
           Subject
           of
           every
           Mean
           ,
           and
           
             Mercecenary
             Pen
          
           ;
           will
           be
           taken
           I
           hope
           into
           a
           seasonable
           Consideration
           .
        
         
           One
           of
           the
           most
           Seditious
           Impostures
           that
           has
           yet
           seen
           the
           Light
           ,
           
           was
           a
           Libel
           that
           passed
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           [
           
             Bedlo's
             Narrative
             of
             the
             Fires
          
           ,
           ]
           which
           was
           almost
           wholly
           ,
           and
           Verbatim
           taken
           out
           of
           other
           Scandalous
           Libels
           of
           Former
           Date
           ,
           and
           Fobb'd
           upon
           the
           Nation
           under
           the
           Name
           ,
           and
           Authority
           of
           one
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Witnesses
             .
             Care
          
           put
           it
           together
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           Printed
           in
           
             Bedlo's
             Absence
          
           .
           The
           main
           Scope
           of
           the
           Pamphlet
           ,
           was
           to
           possess
           the
           People
           as
           if
           the
           
             Duke
             of
             York
          
           ,
           the
           Guards
           ,
           and
           the
           Court-Party
           ,
           had
           Countenanced
           ,
           and
           Promoted
           the
           Conflagration
           .
           [
           
             The
             Kings
          
           Life-Guard
           (
           
             he
             says
          
           )
           rescued
           a
           Man
           that
           was
           taken
           in
           the
           Act
           of
           Firing
           a
           House
           .
           Pag.
           9.
           ]
           
             And
             again
          
           [
           
             One
             of
             the
          
           Life-Guard
           threw
           Fire-Balls
           into
           a
           Womans
           Lapp
           .
           Pag.
           10.
           ]
           [
           The
           Duke
           of
           York
           too
           a
           French-man
           into
           his
           Custody
           ,
           and
           said
           
             I
             will
             secure
             him
          
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           heard
           of
           no
           more
           ,
           Ibid.
           :
           ]
           
             Four
             Life-Guard-men
          
           rescued
           
             another
             French-man
          
           ,
           &c.
           Ibid.
           ]
           
             Another
             French-man
          
           carried
           before
           the
           D.
           of
           Y.
           and
           heard
           of
           no
           more
           .
           Pag.
           11.
           
           
             And
             so
             another
             in
             like
             manner
             .
             Pag.
          
           13.
           
           There
           's
           another
           Charg'd
           with
           Burning
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           his
           Father
           is
           said
           to
           answer
           for
           him
           ;
           [
           
             My
             Son
             doth
             nothing
             but
             what
             he
             has
             a
             Patent
             from
             the
             King
             for
             .
             Pag.
          
           11.
           ]
        
         
         
           In
           the
           
             Popish
             Courant
          
           of
           Jan.
           14.
           1680.
           
           
           The
           same
           
             Henry
             Care
          
           and
           
             Langley
             Curtis
          
           kill
           two
           Birds
           with
           one
           Stone
           .
           [
           
             'T
             is
             certain
          
           every
           Papist
           is
           (
           
             Implicitly
             at
             least
          
           )
           a
           Rebel
           ,
           
             and
             a
          
           Traytor
           .
           ]
           Here
           's
           no
           Exception
           of
           either
           Queen
           ,
           or
           Duke
           ,
           nor
           of
           the
           very
           Preservers
           of
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           when
           the
           Rebellious
           
             Schismaticks
             pursued
          
           him
           ,
           to
           
             Murther
             him
          
           .
           Nay
           ,
           't
           is
           so
           far
           from
           an
           Exception
           ,
           that
           he
           points
           with
           his
           Finger
           to
           That
           he
           would
           be
           at
           .
           [
           
             If
             ever
          
           (
           says
           the
           Courantier
           
             a
             little
             below
          
           )
           we
           get
           a
           Popish
           Successor
           into
           the
           Saddle
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Black
             Tantivy-men
          
           ,
           to
           hold
           the
           Stirrup
           ,
           whilst
           his
           Holiness
           rides
           the
           dull
           Beasts
           at
           Pleasure
           ,
           
             We
             'll
             burn
             all
             the
             Heretical
             Doggs
             ,
          
           &c.
           ]
           so
           
             that
             it
          
           seems
           we
           have
           a
           
             Popish
             Clergy
          
           too
           as
           well
           as
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           .
           And
           then
           to
           Finish
           his
           Complement
           ,
           July
           22.
           1681.
           
           [
           We
           have
           (
           
             says
             he
          
           )
           got
           a
           New
           
             Fry
             of
             Church-men
          
           ,
           prepared
           by
           Hobbs
           ,
           and
           the
           Play-house
           ,
           that
           care
           not
           a
           farthing
           for
           any
           Religion
           ,
           provided
           they
           may
           but
           Swagger
           and
           Domineer
           ,
           and
           Swear
           ,
           and
           Damn
           ,
           and
           Drink
           Healths
           with
           a
           Huzza
           .
           ]
        
         
           I
           shall
           only
           take
           a
           Taste
           here
           ,
           
           of
           that
           Venemous
           [
           
             Character
             of
             a
             Popish
             Successor
          
           .
           ]
           Though
           sufficient
           to
           give
           any
           Honest
           man
           Horror
           for
           the
           very
           Syllables
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           much
           more
           to
           see
           such
           
             Daring
             Insolencies
          
           pass
           Unpunished
           .
           He
           calls
           his
           
             Royal
             Highness
          
           Pag.
           10.
           [
           
             the
             Greatest
             ,
             and
             only
             Grievance
             of
             the
             Nation
             ;
             the
             Universal
             Object
             of
             their
             Hate
          
           and
           
             Fear
             ,
             and
             the
             Subject
             of
             their
             Clamours
             ,
             and
             CURSES
             .
          
           And
           a
           little
           further
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           Malice
           to
           the
           King
           as
           to
           the
           Duke
           ,
           he
           pronounces
           his
           Majesty
           as
           good
           as
           lost
           for
           his
           Friendship
           (
           as
           he
           Expresses
           it
           )
           to
           [
           
             that
             One
             GANGREEND
             Branch
             of
             Royalty
             .
          
           ]
           This
           is
           a
           Subject
           too
           Foul
           to
           Enlarge
           upon
           ,
           and
           I
           make
           no
           question
           ,
           but
           those
           Generous
           and
           
             Loyal
             Magistrates
          
           that
           Entertained
           so
           Honourable
           an
           Indignation
           for
           a
           
             Brutal
             Outrage
          
           upon
           the
           
             Duke's
             Picture
          
           will
           be
           answerably
           sensible
           of
           these
           Affronts
           upon
           
             Common
             Morality
          
           ,
           and
           Justice
           ;
           and
           the
           Honour
           of
           their
           Sovereign
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           his
           
             Royal
             Brother
          
           .
        
         
           How
           does
           Janeway
           Rage
           in
           his
           
             Vox
             Patriae
          
           against
           
             The
             Wretched
             Pensioners
          
           in
           Pag.
           2.
           
           
           
             Those
             Execrable
             Villains
             that
             by
             receiving
             Pensions
             betray'd
             our
             Trusts
             ,
             and
             our
             Libertys
             in
             the
             Late
             Long
             Parliament
             ,
          
           Pag.
           17.
           ]
           [
           
             Those
             Abominable
             Monsters
             .
             Pag.
          
           20.
           ]
           And
           what
           were
           these
           Pensioners
           at
           last
           ;
           but
           a
           
             List
             of
             Honest
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Proscribed
          
           as
           the
           StraffordJans
           were
           ,
           upon
           the
           Entrance
           into
           the
           late
           Rebellion
           ;
           
           for
           Adhering
           to
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           their
           
           Duty
           's
           .
           Divers
           
             Privy
             Councellors
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Persons
           of
           Value
           and
           Credit
           ,
           in
           their
           Stations
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Unquestionable
             Worth
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Opinion
           of
           all
           that
           ever
           knew
           them
           ?
        
         
           And
           the
           Addressers
           are
           to
           be
           served
           with
           the
           same
           Sauce
           too
           .
           
           [
           
             A
             Popish
             and
             Arbitrary
             Design
             at
             the
             Bottom
             .
          
           Baldwin's
           tendency
           of
           Addresses
           .
           F
           Pag.
           9.
           ]
           [
           
             The
             Scum
             and
             Refuse
             of
             the
             Places
             where
             they
             live
             .
             Pag.
          
           12.
           ]
           Though
           the
           most
           Eminent
           Subjects
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           [
           
             Some
             little
             Bankrupt
             Tradesmen
             ;
             a
             Scandalous
             and
             Disgrac'd
             Attorney
             ,
             one
             whose
             Necessity
             Exposes
             him
             to
             be
             Biassed
             by
             Crusts
             of
             Bread
             and
             Pots
             of
             Ale.
          
           Ibid.
           ]
           And
           now
           to
           Janeway
           and
           Care
           in
           Conjunction
           .
        
         
           [
           Most
           of
           the
           Subscribers
           (
           says
           the
           
             Impartial
             .
             Numb
          
           .
           15.
           )
           are
           RuffJans
           ,
           
           and
           Beggerly
           Vermin
           ,
           
             drawn
             in
             by
             Pots
             of
             Ale
             ,
          
           and
           
             not
             Apprentices
          
           ]
           and
           there
           's
           nothing
           scapes
           better
           that
           falls
           in
           their
           way
           .
           And
           the
           
             Impartial
             again
          
           ,
           Numb
           .
           16.
           
        
         
           [
           
             Alderman
             Pilkington
          
           ,
           
           and
           Mr.
           
             Shute
             are
             fit
             Persons
             to
             Serve
             the
             City
             next
             Year
             in
             Quality
             of
             Sheriffs
             ,
          
           &c.
           —
           
             But
             there
             are
             a
             Pack
             of
             People
             that
             scarce
             know
             what
             they
             would
             have
             ;
             Most
             Industriously
             Endeavouring
             ,
             by
          
           Caballs
           ,
           and
           Drunken
           ,
           Factious
           Clubs
           ,
           
             to
             pull
             up
             some
             other
             Persons
             ,
          
           &c.
           ]
           This
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           in
           short
           ;
           that
           whosoever
           gives
           his
           Vote
           for
           any
           other
           man
           is
           a
           
             Drunken
             ,
             Factious
             Rascal
          
           .
        
         
           What
           work
           has
           Janeway
           made
           ,
           
           (
           
             Impartial
             .
             Numb
          
           .
           47.
           )
           With
           a
           Scandalous
           ,
           and
           Malicious
           Forgery
           of
           a
           Debaucht
           committed
           upon
           
             Michaelmas
             day
             last
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           
             All-hallows
             Staining
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Story
           False
           from
           one
           end
           to
           the
           other
           !
           But
           it
           was
           the
           Spleen
           of
           the
           Faction
           ,
           when
           they
           could
           not
           disappoint
           the
           Election
           ,
           (
           though
           by
           the
           Meanest
           Practices
           Imaginable
           )
           to
           be
           Revenged
           upon
           those
           Honest
           Gentlemen
           that
           were
           desirous
           ,
           by
           Ringing
           the
           Bells
           ,
           to
           welcome
           the
           
             Person
             Elected
          
           into
           his
           Office.
           
        
         
           It
           would
           be
           Endless
           ,
           (
           and
           truly
           as
           Needless
           )
           to
           run
           through
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Scandals
           upon
           all
           those
           Places
           ,
           and
           Persons
           ,
           that
           have
           Acted
           Dutifully
           and
           Affectionately
           for
           the
           Common
           Serof
           the
           Church
           and
           the
           Crown
           .
           Is
           not
           the
           King
           Twitted
           for
           his
           Venison
           to
           some
           of
           the
           Addressers
           ?
           Is
           not
           
             Norwich
             ,
             Bristol
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Charged
           with
           Designs
           of
           Setting
           up
           Popery
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           ?
           The
           
             Artillery
             Company
          
           of
           Bristol
           ,
           Blasted
           as
           an
           
             Illegal
             Usurpation
          
           ,
           
           and
           Calumniated
           for
           a
           
             Private
             Test
          
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           were
           a
           
             Popish
             Con●piracy
          
           in
           the
           Bottom
           of
           it
           ?
           Let
           but
           any
           Man
           open
           his
           Mouth
           for
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           presently
           a
           Bogg-Trotter
           ,
           a
           Witness
           in
           such
           a
           Cause
           ,
           a
           Jury-man
           in
           such
           a
           One
           ,
           a
           Judge
           in
           another
           ;
           and
           Branded
           for
           all
           the
           Villanies
           which
           that
           Sink
           of
           Infamy
           ,
           the
           Faction
           can
           throw
           upon
           him
           .
           A
           Turn-Coat
           ,
           a
           
             Fidler
             ,
             a
             Beggarly
             Rascal
          
           ;
           a
           
             Drunken
             ,
             Blaspheming
             Wretch
          
           ;
           a
           
             Sworn
             Papist
          
           :
           One
           that
           has
           Whor'd
           his
           
             Mother
             ,
             Betray'd
          
           his
           Prince
           ,
           and
           in
           short
           ;
           't
           is
           but
           Raking
           of
           Hell
           for
           a
           Catalogue
           of
           the
           most
           
             Damning
             Sins
          
           that
           ever
           carried
           any
           man
           thither
           to
           furnish
           out
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           Person
           that
           Honestly
           Interposes
           betwixt
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Sacrilege
           ,
           betwixt
           Sedition
           and
           the
           Laws
           ;
           betwixt
           the
           Prince
           and
           the
           Regicide
           ,
           and
           betwixt
           Order
           ,
           and
           Confusion
           .
        
         
           Neither
           are
           the
           
             King's
             Ministers
          
           ,
           
           
             Magistrates
             ,
             Justices
             ,
             Juries
          
           ,
           and
           Witnesses
           ,
           nay
           ,
           the
           
             King
             himself
          
           one
           jot
           more
           respectfully
           handled
           in
           
             Baldwin's
             two
             Parts
             of
             the
             No
             Protestant
             Plot
          
           ;
           and
           the
           Scandals
           run
           through
           from
           one
           end
           to
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Janeway
           (
           in
           his
           
             strange
             News
             from
          
           Hicks's
           Hall
           )
           calls
           the
           
             Middlesex
             Justices
          
           ,
           
           
             Adulterers
             ,
             Whore-mongers
             ,
             Swearers
             ,
             Drunkards
             ,
          
           
           
             Cheats
             ,
             Pag.
          
           6.
           and
           Janeway
           again
           in
           his
           
             Ignoramus
             Justices
          
           (
           but
           of
           the
           other
           day
           )
           takes
           upon
           him
           to
           Arraign
           and
           Declare
           Law
           ,
           and
           to
           Juggle
           the
           People
           into
           a
           Mis-understanding
           and
           Contempt
           of
           all
           those
           wholsome
           Statutes
           which
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           our
           Fore-Fathers
           hath
           provided
           for
           the
           Security
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Kingdom
          
           :
           With
           this
           Sawcy
           Reflection
           upon
           the
           Bench
           in
           the
           very
           Title
           Page
           [
           
             Some
             Directions
             to
             the
             Officers
             that
             may
             be
             Threatned
             ,
             or
             Perswaded
             to
             Act
             by
             such
             Umwarrantable
             Orders
             from
             such
             IGNORAMUS
             JUSTICES
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           Opinion
           of
           Men
           well
           vers'd
           in
           the
           Trade
           of
           Book-Selling
           ,
           that
           there
           has
           not
           been
           so
           little
           as
           30000
           Ream
           of
           Paper
           spent
           upon
           this
           Seditious
           Subject
           ,
           in
           this
           Late
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Press
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           stop
           here
           ,
           with
           an
           Humble
           Recommendation
           of
           the
           whole
           Matter
           to
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Right
           Worshipful
           the
           Aldermen
           your
           Brethren
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           suggest
           that
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           City
           can
           never
           be
           fafe
           ,
           while
           That
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           is
           in
           danger
           for
           it
           was
           notoriously
           the
           Effect
           of
           this
           intolerable
           Licence
           ,
           that
           subjected
           the
           
             Regular
             Authority
          
           of
           the
           City
           to
           
             Arbitrary
             Armies
          
           and
           Committees
           ;
           
           that
           stripp'd
           the
           Magistracy
           of
           their
           Privileges
           and
           Ornaments
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           
             Thimble-makers
             ,
             Dray-men
          
           and
           Coblers
           for
           their
           Lords
           and
           Masters
           .
           I
           need
           not
           mind
           your
           Lordship
           of
           the
           Agreement
           betwixt
           the
           Past
           and
           
             Present
             Degrees
             ,
             Methods
          
           and
           Pretences
           of
           Proceeding
           ,
           betwixt
           
             their
             Godly
             Party
          
           ,
           and
           
             our
             True
             Protestants
          
           ,
           falsly
           so
           called
           ;
           nay
           ,
           I
           have
           heard
           of
           the
           
             same
             Faces
          
           now
           at
           work
           again
           ,
           under
           the
           
             same
             Vizors
          
           .
           It
           is
           not
           a
           thing
           forgotten
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           fear
           of
           Tyranny
           was
           pretended
           ,
           the
           very
           Pretenders
           to
           those
           Fears
           exercised
           the
           most
           Barbarous
           Tyranny
           in
           Nature
           ,
           themselves
           ;
           nor
           was
           there
           ever
           so
           Base
           and
           Scandalous
           a
           Vassallage
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           the
           unwary
           Multitude
           drew
           upon
           themselves
           under
           the
           hope
           of
           Liberty
           .
           The
           apprehensions
           of
           Popery
           Vanished
           in
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           
             Canonical
             Clergy
          
           ;
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           a
           
             Preaching
             Ministry
          
           concluded
           in
           the
           
             Plundering
             ,
             Ejecting
             ,
             Sequestring
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           All
           the
           Orthodox
           and
           
             Loyal
             Divines
          
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           turning
           the
           Churches
           into
           Stables
           ,
           and
           supplying
           the
           Pulpits
           with
           Red-Coats
           and
           Mechanicks
           ;
           Consecrating
           at
           last
           ,
           the
           
             Pretended
             Purity
          
           of
           the
           Gospel
           with
           the
           most
           
             UnchristJan
             Outrages
          
           of
           a
           
             Barbarous
             Sacrilege
             .
             A
             Tory
          
           is
           the
           Name
           now
           ,
           for
           a
           
             Popish
             Dogg
          
           ,
           or
           a
           Malignant
           of
           
             Forty
             One
          
           :
           And
           the
           Insolency
           of
           the
           Rabble
           upon
           Captain
           Griffith
           ,
           in
           November
           last
           ,
           when
           they
           cry'd
           
             Kill
             him
             ;
             he
             's
             a
          
           Tory
           ,
           
             Kill
             him
          
           ;
           knowing
           him
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           be
           an
           Officer
           of
           the
           Lieutenancy
           ,
           an
           Ancient
           
             Common
             Council-man
          
           ,
           and
           at
           that
           instant
           ,
           upon
           his
           Duty
           ,
           and
           
             within
             his
             own
             Precinct
          
           .
           That
           Insolence
           (
           with
           submission
           )
           looks
           like
           an
           Earnest
           of
           their
           good
           Will
           to
           the
           subverting
           of
           the
           Government
           in
           General
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           the
           City
           in
           particular
           ;
           and
           an
           Essay
           toward
           the
           accomplishing
           of
           that
           Work.
           To
           say
           nothing
           of
           other
           Inconveniencies
           that
           may
           arise
           by
           Forcing
           men
           upon
           
             Personal
             Revenges
          
           ,
           unless
           these
           
             Scandalous
             Liberties
          
           may
           be
           Adverted
           upon
           by
           
             Publick
             Justice
          
           .
        
         
           Having
           here
           laid
           before
           your
           Lordship
           both
           the
           Quality
           of
           the
           Crimes
           suggested
           ,
           and
           the
           Names
           of
           several
           of
           the
           Criminals
           ;
           and
           all
           of
           them
           Persons
           too
           ,
           within
           the
           reach
           of
           your
           Command
           :
           It
           is
           not
           so
           much
           L'Estrange
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Common
             Voice
          
           of
           an
           
             Injur'd
             Government
          
           and
           People
           that
           makes
           this
           Application
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           am
           further
           to
           represent
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           while
           these
           Libellous
           Papers
           and
           Agents
           go
           Scot-free
           ,
           the
           Authors
           and
           Publishers
           of
           other
           Books
           and
           Papers
           ,
           
           whose
           Business
           is
           only
           to
           vindicate
           the
           Government
           from
           the
           Forgeries
           ,
           Calumnies
           ,
           Malice
           and
           Sedition
           of
           the
           Dayly
           Libels
           of
           
             Care
             ,
             Curtis
             ,
             Janeway
             ,
             Baldwin
             ,
          
           &c.
           are
           Presented
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Bills
             found
          
           ;
           as
           Mrs
           Brome
           particularly
           ,
           for
           the
           Observator
           ,
           by
           a
           a
           c●rtain
           
             Grand
             Jury
          
           ,
           who
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           Oath
           ,
           could
           neither
           see
           ,
           nor
           hear
           of
           any
           thing
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ;
           while
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           almost
           every
           Stall
           is
           cover'd
           ,
           and
           every
           
             Coffee-House
             furnished
          
           with
           News-Papers
           and
           Pamphlets
           (
           both
           written
           and
           Printed
           )
           of
           
             Personal
             Scandal
             ,
             Schism
          
           and
           Treason
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           now
           desire
           your
           Lordship
           and
           your
           Right
           Worshipful
           Brethren
           to
           take
           Notice
           what
           it
           is
           that
           the
           Animals
           of
           this
           Age
           call
           the
           
             Favouring
             of
             Popery
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Creating
             of
             Misunderstanding
             betwixt
             His
             Majesty
             and
             People
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Observator
           ,
           Num.
           27.
           (
           after
           some
           Remarks
           upon
           the
           Practices
           and
           Positions
           of
           a
           
             Phanatical
             Party
          
           )
           says
           to
           this
           purpose
           ;
           [
           
             Never
             Mince
             the
             Matter
             ;
             but
             instead
             of
             Demanding
             This
             or
             That
             ,
             under
             a
             Disguise
             ,
             speak
             plain
             ,
             and
             put
             the
             Sence
             of
             the
             Party
             into
             the
             Form
             of
             a
             Petition
          
           :
           ]
           And
           then
           follows
           the
           Petition
           at
           length
           ,
           in
           these
           very
           Syllables
           .
        
         
           Your
           Majesties
           most
           Humble
           and
           Obedient
           Subjects
           ,
           having
           suffered
           many
           Disappointments
           ,
           by
           reason
           both
           of
           Short
           and
           of
           
             Long
             Parliaments
          
           ;
           and
           the
           late
           Executing
           of
           the
           Law
           against
           Dissenters
           ;
           the
           Pretences
           of
           Tyranny
           and
           Popery
           being
           grown
           stale
           ,
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           drawn
           almost
           to
           the
           Dregs
           ;
           and
           the
           Eyes
           of
           the
           People
           so
           far
           open
           ,
           that
           they
           begin
           to
           see
           their
           Friends
           from
           their
           Enemies
           ;
           to
           the
           Disheartning
           of
           All
           
             True
             Protestants
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Encouraging
           of
           the
           Sons
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           We
           your
           Majesties
           
             Dissenting
             Subjects
          
           ,
           being
           thereby
           brought
           unto
           so
           low
           a
           state
           ,
           that
           without
           a
           Timely
           Relief
           ,
           We
           the
           
             Godly
             People
             of
             the
             Land
          
           ,
           must
           inevitably
           Perish
           .
        
         
           May
           it
           please
           your
           Majesty
           to
           Grant
           the
           Right
           of
           Calling
           and
           
             Dissolving
             Parliaments
          
           ,
           Entring
           into
           
             Associations
             ,
             Leagues
          
           and
           Covenants
           ;
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           
           
             Militia
             ,
             War
          
           and
           
             Peace
             ,
             Life
          
           and
           Death
           ,
           the
           Authority
           of
           
             Enacting
             ,
             Suspending
          
           and
           
             Repealing
             Laws
          
           ,
           to
           be
           in
           your
           Liege
           People
           the
           Commons
           of
           England
           .
           And
           these
           Things
           being
           Granted
           ,
           (
           whereof
           your
           Petitioners
           stand
           in
           great
           need
           )
           if
           your
           Majesty
           wants
           either
           Men
           or
           Monies
           ,
           for
           the
           Support
           of
           Your
           Royal
           Dignity
           and
           Government
           ,
           your
           Majesty
           shall
           see
           what
           we
           your
           Loyal
           Petitioners
           will
           do
           for
           you
           .
        
         
           The
           Observator
           above-mention'd
           ,
           concludes
           in
           these
           Words
           ;
           [
           
             All
             the
             Rest
             is
          
           Cant
           and
           Gibberish
           ;
           
             but
             This
             is
          
           English.
           ]
           This
           
             Personated
             Petition
          
           is
           no
           more
           ,
           in
           fine
           ,
           than
           a
           Compendium
           of
           their
           Demands
           and
           Cemplaints
           ,
           dress'd
           up
           in
           their
           own
           Hypocritical
           Terms
           :
           So
           that
           the
           Sedition
           lies
           in
           the
           Defending
           of
           the
           
           King's
           Crown
           and
           Dignity
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
          
           ;
           which
           necessarily
           implies
           an
           Allowance
           and
           Justification
           of
           the
           
             Libellous
             Opposers
          
           of
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47942-e130
           
             
               John
               Kidgel●
            
             ,
             and
             
               Richard
               Baldwin
            
             .
          
           
             
               Richard
               Baldwin
            
             .
          
           
             
               Richard
               Janeway
            
             .
          
           
             
               Richard
               Janeway
            
             .
          
           
             Suppos'd
             by
             Baldwyn
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Starkey
            
             .
          
           
             
               Langley
               Curtis
            
             .
          
           
             
               Hen.
               Care.
            
             
          
           
             
               Hen.
               Care.
               Langley
               Curtis
            
             .
          
           
             
               Jo.
               Starkey
            
             .
          
           
             Janeway
             .
          
           
             
               Rich.
               Baldwin
            
             .
          
           
             Care
             ,
             and
             Janeway
             .
          
           
             Care
             and
             Janeway
             .
          
           
             Janeway
             and
             Care.
             
          
           
             
               Rich.
               Baldwin
            
             .
          
           
             Janeway
             .
          
           
             Janeway
             .