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             Remarks on Algernoon Sidney's paper, delivered to the sherriffs at his execution
             Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.
          
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           REMARKS
           ON
           Algernoon
           Sidney's
           PAPER
           ,
           Delivered
           to
           the
           SHERRIFFS
           AT
           HIS
           Execution
           .
        
         
           THe
           great
           Aim
           of
           this
           Paper
           ,
           like
           that
           of
           the
           late
           Lord
           Russel
           ,
           is
           a
           continued
           Justification
           of
           a
           dying
           Traytor
           's
           Innocence
           ,
           a
           virulent
           and
           declamatory
           Harangue
           against
           the
           Magistracy
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           loaded
           with
           so
           much
           Obloquie
           and
           Injustice
           ,
           thrown
           upon
           the
           Court
           ,
           the
           Judges
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           Government
           it self
           ;
           that
           't
           is
           a
           perfect
           Appeal
           to
           the
           People
           to
           revenge
           his
           blood
           ,
           and
           an
           open
           and
           visible
           Exhortation
           to
           them
           to
           push
           them
           on
           to
           the
           finishing
           of
           that
           Work
           ,
           which
           himself
           dy'd
           for
           ,
           and
           which
           his
           own
           shortned
           thread
           did
           not
           hold
           out
           to
           see
           accomplisht
           ;
           and
           all
           under
           a
           shadow
           of
           Truth
           ,
           but
           an
           Intayling
           of
           his
           Guilty
           Principles
           to
           Posterity
           .
        
         
           But
           alas
           !
           his
           mighty
           Protestations
           of
           all
           Saint
           ,
           and
           no
           Sinner
           ,
           are
           so
           aukwardly
           and
           so
           lewdly
           put
           together
           ,
           that
           half
           an
           Eye
           of
           sense
           cannot
           but
           spy
           through
           the
           Falsity
           of
           them
           .
           This
           Gentleman
           ,
           however
           ,
           is
           an
           Original
           of
           his
           Kind
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Candidness
           and
           not
           the
           Inadvertency
           of
           the
           Author
           ,
           be
           to
           be
           thankt
           for
           't
           ,
           has
           dealt
           more
           plainly
           with
           the
           World
           than
           his
           Predecessour
           Russel
           ;
           for
           instead
           of
           Prayers
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           a
           Detestation
           of
           Anarchy
           ,
           he
           very
           ingenuously
           avoids
           so
           poor
           a
           Disguise
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           bar-fac'd
           Openness
           ,
           avows
           his
           Republican
           Principles
           ,
           and
           his
           utter
           aversion
           to
           Monarchy
           .
        
         
           To
           come
           to
           the
           Paper
           .
           The
           first
           material
           thing
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           
             We
             live
             in
             an
             Age
             ,
             that
             makes
             Truth
             pass
             for
             Treason
             ;
             which
             his
             Tryal
             and
             Condemnation
          
           he
           says
           
             sufficiently
             evidences
          
           .
           Tho
           truly
           his
           unhappy
           Paper
           has
           rather
           turn'd
           the
           Tables
           ,
           and
           proved
           Mr.
           Sidney
           has
           a
           greater
           Mind
           to
           make
           Treason
           pass
           for
           Truth
           ;
           a
           Truth
           too
           ,
           so
           divine
           ,
           that
           his
           very
           last
           Ejaculation
           is
           ,
           
             His
             glorifying
             of
             the
             Mercy
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             permitting
             him
             to
             dye
             a
             Witness
             to
             .
          
           He
           goes
           on
           and
           says
           ,
        
         
           West
           ,
           Rumsey
           ,
           and
           Keyling
           ,
           
             who
             were
             brought
             to
             prove
             the
             Plot
             ,
             said
             no
             more
             of
             me
             ,
             than
             that
             they
             knew
             me
             not
             ;
             and
             some
             others
             equally
             unknown
             unto
             me
             ,
             had
             used
             my
             Name
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             some
             others
             ,
             to
             give
             a
             little
             Reputation
             unto
             their
             Designs
             .
             The
             Lord
          
           Howard
           
             is
             too
             infamous
             by
             his
             Life
             ,
             and
             the
             many
             Perjuries
             not
             to
             be
             denyed
             ,
             or
             rather
             sworn
             by
             himself
             ,
             to
             deserve
             mention
             ;
             and
             being
             a
             single
             Witness
             would
             be
             of
             no
             value
             ,
             though
             he
             had
             been
             of
             unblemished
             Credit
             ,
             and
             had
             not
             seen
             and
             confessed
             that
             the
             Crimes
             committed
             by
             him
             would
             be
             pardon'd
             only
             by
             committing
             more
             ;
             and
             even
             the
             Pardon
             promised
             could
             not
             be
             obtained
             till
             the
             Drudgery
             of
             Swearing
             was
             over
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           under
           that
           Ignominious
           Reflection
           ,
           
             Of
             giving
             Reputation
             to
             their
             Designs
          
           ;
           the
           Discovery
           of
           the
           whole
           
             Phanatical
             Plot
          
           is
           insinuated
           to
           be
           all
           Juggle
           and
           Combination
           .
           Tho
           the
           World
           may
           take
           notice
           of
           a
           wonderful
           Difference
           betwixt
           the
           Quality
           of
           these
           Discoverers
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           the
           Popish-Plot
           .
           Their
           Oats
           and
           Bedlows
           ,
           though
           no
           better
           than
           the
           Rakings
           of
           Jayls
           ,
           and
           no
           higher
           than
           Companions
           for
           Valets
           ,
           were
           nevertheless
           thought
           worthy
           to
           be
           Secret-keepers
           ,
           and
           Cabinet-Counsellors
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           honour'd
           with
           the
           universal
           Belief
           of
           a
           whole
           applauding
           Nation
           for
           Detection
           of
           a
           hellish
           Plot
           ,
           traced
           up
           to
           no
           less
           than
           a
           Conspiracy
           of
           30000
           Bloody-Pilgrims
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           formidable
           Black-Hills
           ,
           like
           the
           head
           of
           Nilus
           up
           to
           the
           Mountains
           of
           the
           Moon
           .
           Whereas
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           these
           last
           Witnesses
           were
           Men
           of
           undisputed
           
             Reputation
             ,
             Birth
          
           and
           Honour
           ,
           Men
           so
           far
           from
           Oats
           his
           hopes
           of
           a
           Parliamentary
           Donative
           of
           30000
           pound
           ,
           that
           the
           Discovery
           was
           made
           without
           the
           least
           prospect
           of
           a
           Reward
           .
           Besides
           ,
           if
           these
           Witnesses
           were
           Villains
           ,
           how
           comes
           the
           Lord
           Howard
           to
           be
           the
           Only
           Evidence
           against
           Collonel
           Sidney
           ,
           and
           
             West
             ,
             Rumsey
          
           ,
           and
           Keyling
           to
           keep
           silent
           ;
           
           when
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           Designs
           ,
           as
           he
           calls
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           sworn
           without
           Fear
           ,
           or
           Conscience
           ;
           or
           had
           had
           but
           half
           that
           Salamanca
           Courage
           that
           brought
           the
           Queen
           into
           the
           Poisoning
           the
           King
           ,
           no
           doubt
           these
           three
           Mutes
           had
           opened
           their
           Mouths
           too
           ,
           and
           not
           left
           the
           Collonel
           such
           a
           Loop-hole
           for
           Innocence
           ,
           as
           a
           Pretence
           of
           a
           Single-Testimony
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Master-stroak
           of
           the
           Colonel's
           Pen
           against
           the
           Lord
           Howard
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           accurate
           pieces
           of
           Mallice
           that
           the
           most
           studyed
           Revenge
           could
           have
           put
           together
           .
           But
           if
           the
           Lord
           Howard's
           Life
           be
           so
           infamous
           ,
           the
           Colonel
           had
           done
           well
           to
           have
           specifyed
           wherein
           .
           Almost
           the
           whole
           Life
           of
           that
           Lord
           ,
           has
           been
           notoriously
           known
           to
           have
           been
           spent
           in
           that
           very
           
             Old
             Cause
          
           ▪
           which
           the
           Colonel
           Religiously
           ,
           even
           to
           his
           Death
           ,
           a●serts
           ,
           styling
           himself
           no
           less
           than
           a
           
             Witness
             of
             God's
             Truth
          
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           arrogating
           a
           Crown
           of
           Martyrdom
           for
           dying
           in
           .
           Was
           not
           Shaftsbury
           all
           along
           this
           Lord
           's
           Gamaliel
           ?
           And
           has
           he
           not
           lived
           a
           continually
           profest
           Enemy
           to
           these
           very
           Idols
           to
           whom
           this
           Gentleman
           says
           ,
           
             he
             dy'd
             a
             Sacrifice
          
           .
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           How
           can
           this
           Gentleman
           render
           his
           Accuser's
           Life
           so
           Infamous
           ,
           unless
           for
           those
           very
           Principles
           ,
           which
           he
           proudly
           boasts
           are
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           own
           .
           Besides
           ,
           if
           his
           many
           Perjuries
           are
           so
           undeniable
           ,
           he
           had
           done
           well
           to
           have
           given
           some
           Particulars
           of
           them
           .
           I
           am
           certain
           ,
           the
           Violation
           of
           his
           Allegiance
           ,
           in
           the
           days
           of
           the
           late
           Fanatical
           Rebellion
           ,
           is
           none
           of
           the
           Perjuries
           he
           intends
           to
           lay
           to
           his
           Charge
           ;
           for
           then
           he
           must
           make
           that
           the
           Lord
           
           Howard's
           Infamous
           Guilt
           ,
           which
           he
           makes
           his
           own
           highest
           Vertue
           and
           Honour
           .
           But
           if
           his
           Perjury
           consists
           in
           his
           late
           Discovery
           ;
           from
           that
           the
           very
           dying
           Criminals
           ;
           nay
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           against
           their
           wills
           ,
           have
           been
           his
           Compurgators
           .
           The
           very
           Lord
           Russel
           in
           all
           his
           Protestations
           of
           Innocence
           in
           his
           last
           Speech
           confesses
           he
           had
           been
           at
           several
           Meetings
           where
           they
           had
           discours't
           of
           seizing
           the
           King's
           Guards
           ;
           and
           though
           he
           endeavours
           to
           render
           it
           wholly
           a
           Discourse
           by
           Accident
           ,
           yet
           as
           accidental
           as
           't
           was
           ,
           it
           brought
           the
           Lord
           Russel
           and
           the
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           on
           purpose
           to
           Shepherd's
           to
           prevent
           the
           putting
           it
           in
           Execution
           ,
           and
           perswade
           some
           violent
           Men
           from
           
             attempting
             that
             which
             would
             undo
             them
             all
             .
          
        
         
           This
           indeed
           is
           the
           Lord
           Howards
           Perjury
           which
           the
           dying
           Sidney
           quarrels
           with
           :
           and
           to
           stigmatize
           him
           deeper
           yet
           ,
           he
           very
           audaciously
           and
           Libellously
           affirms
           that
           the
           Lord
           Howard
           had
           not
           only
           Seen
           but
           CONFEST
           that
           
             the
             Crimes
             he
             had
             committed
             would
             not
             be
             pardoned
             but
             for
             committing
             of
             greater
             ;
             and
             even
             the
             promised
             pardon
             not
             to
             be
             obtaind
             till
             the
             Drudgery
             of
             Swearing
             was
             over
             .
          
           'T
           is
           not
           enough
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           as
           he
           says
           afterwards
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Bench
             was
             fill'd
             with
             those
             that
             had
             been
             Blemishes
             to
             the
             Bar
             :
          
           And
           consequently
           the
           Judges
           corrupted
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           perverted
           ;
           yes
           and
           the
           Court
           ,
           nay
           Government
           it self
           rendred
           no
           less
           than
           Supporters
           of
           Popery
           ,
           where
           he
           tells
           us
           
             He
             dyes
             a
             Sacrifice
             to
             Idols
             .
          
           But
           for
           the
           last
           most
           Diabolical
           Calumny
           from
           the
           blackest
           Spirit
           of
           Fanaticisme
           ,
           he
           insolently
           accuses
           the
           King
           himself
           of
           the
           most
           wretched
           Subornation
           of
           Perjury
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Lord
           Howards
           Pardon
           had
           been
           only
           obtained
           by
           the
           merit
           of
           Swearing
           
             Innocent
             Men
          
           out
           of
           their
           Lives
           .
        
         
           Good
           God!
           to
           what
           Outrages
           can
           that
           sin
           of
           Witchcraft
           Rebellion
           inchant
           her
           Proselites
           !
           'T
           is
           well
           he
           satisfies
           some
           part
           of
           our
           Astonishment
           ,
           by
           owning
           as
           he
           lived
           so
           he
           died
           a
           Votary
           to
           the
           good
           
             Old
             Cause
          
           .
           And
           for
           the
           Credit
           of
           his
           40
           years
           Apprentisship
           to
           it
           ,
           he
           's
           grown
           so
           great
           a
           Master
           in
           the
           Craft
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           I
           assure
           you
           ,
           he
           has
           shot
           at
           one
           Bolt
           a
           Blacker
           Aspersion
           against
           the
           Honor
           of
           the
           Son
           ,
           then
           all
           the
           united
           Tongues
           and
           accumulated
           Forgeries
           of
           so
           many
           Years
           Triumphant
           Rebellion
           had
           Impudence
           to
           raise
           against
           his
           Father
           .
           But
           if
           it
           were
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           Ld.
           Howard
           had
           really
           Confest
           that
           he
           could
           not
           obtain
           a
           pardon
           for
           his
           Crimes
           ,
           but
           by
           committing
           more
           .
           Why
           did
           not
           this
           Guiltless
           ,
           this
           Plotless
           Gentleman
           at
           his
           Tryal
           ,
           lay
           hold
           of
           so
           lucky
           an
           Occasion
           ,
           as
           the
           subpaening
           those
           People
           that
           heard
           him
           confess
           it
           ,
           to
           averr
           the
           Truth
           of
           such
           a
           Confession
           ,
           A
           Confession
           ,
           the
           Proof
           whereof
           would
           not
           only
           have
           been
           a
           Confutation
           of
           the
           Credit
           of
           his
           Accuser
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           saving
           of
           his
           own
           Life
           ;
           but
           likewise
           ,
           an
           unanswerable
           Confirmation
           of
           that
           Innocence
           ,
           which
           ,
           the
           whole
           party
           so
           indefatigably
           labour
           to
           uphold
           ,
           and
           which
           ,
           the
           dying
           L.
           Russell
           so
           boldly
           asserted
           ,
           though
           by
           equivocating
           even
           with
           Heaven
           it self
           on
           the
           very
           Brink
           of
           Eternity
           ,
           and
           adding
           at
           his
           last
           Gasp
           Hipocrisy
           to
           Treason
           ,
           a
           Crime
           as
           Capital
           at
           Gods
           Tribunal
           as
           the
           Other
           at
           Mans.
           
        
         
           Well
           ,
           but
           what
           signifies
           that
           ?
           This
           dying
           speech
           was
           calculated
           for
           the
           understanding
           of
           the
           Rabble
           ;
           and
           Reson
           or
           Truth
           is
           no
           part
           of
           the
           Fuell
           ,
           where
           the
           Crowd
           is
           to
           be
           inflamed
           .
           Calumny
           sticks
           with
           them
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           forged
           ,
           and
           Innocence
           (
           though
           but
           a
           meer
           sound
           )
           is
           substantial
           in
           a
           
             True
             Protestant
          
           .
           The
           very
           Foundation
           of
           this
           Gentleman
           's
           
             Good
             Old
             Cause
          
           was
           all
           no
           more
           .
           The
           old
           Kings
           Popery
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           were
           all
           rank
           Calumny
           and
           Lies
           ,
           the
           Bugbears
           of
           so
           many
           distracted
           Years
           and
           the
           Incentives
           of
           the
           most
           Bloody
           Civil
           War
           ,
           and
           three
           flourishing
           Kingdoms
           Ruine
           was
           all
           but
           Sound
           and
           Noise
           .
           And
           if
           Sham
           and
           Imposture
           was
           the
           great
           Business
           of
           the
           
             Good
             Old
             Cause
          
           in
           her
           Minority
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Good
             Old
             Cause
          
           ex
           confesso
           has
           been
           this
           Gentlemans
           Saint
           from
           his
           Youth
           to
           his
           very
           Death
           ,
           I
           cannot
           comprehend
           why
           she
           should
           be
           more
           modest
           or
           her
           Conscience
           straighter
           laced
           ,
           in
           this
           present
           ,
           83
           ,
           now
           she
           has
           gotten
           almost
           half
           a
           Hundred
           Years
           upon
           her
           Back
           ;
           and
           therefore
           this
           departing
           Gentleman
           ,
           from
           the
           Standart
           he
           dies
           under
           ,
           gives
           us
           very
           shrewd
           Suspicions
           of
           the
           Integrity
           of
           his
           Assertions
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           to
           the
           Paper
           .
           Why
           this
           Villanous
           Reflection
           against
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           his
           Tardiness
           in
           granting
           the
           L.
           Howard
           a
           Converted
           Fanaticks
           Pardon
           ;
           when
           his
           trusting
           or
           forgiving
           those
           sly
           and
           not
           easily
           reconciled
           Enemies
           is
           the
           greatest
           Prudence
           of
           the
           Government
           ;
           which
           fresh
           Example
           of
           his
           Majesties
           late
           too
           hasty
           Pardon
           sufficiently
           testifies
           :
           when
           the
           Young
           Absalon
           in
           his
           late
           solemn
           and
           penitent
           Confession
           of
           his
           Conspiracy
           ,
           with
           the
           humblest
           prostration
           at
           the
           Feet
           of
           the
           King
           &
           Duke
           ,
           made
           only
           a
           Politick
           Incursion
           into
           the
           Court
           for
           the
           Prize
           and
           Booty
           of
           a
           Pardon
           ,
           whilst
           the
           noblest
           Bounty
           and
           tenderest
           Mercy
           from
           the
           best
           and
           most
           indulgent
           of
           Kings
           ,
           was
           only
           returned
           with
           the
           poorest
           of
           Artifices
           ,
           and
           basest
           Ingratitude
           .
        
         
           From
           this
           he
           comes
           to
           debate
           upon
           the
           Papers
           said
           ,
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           )
           
             to
             be
             found
             in
             his
             Closet
             by
             the
             King's
             Officers
          
           ;
           and
           complains
           highly
           of
           the
           Injustice
           done
           ;
           first
           ,
           by
           laying
           the
           Guilt
           of
           a
           Paper
           to
           his
           Charge
           ,
           only
           upon
           the
           
             Similitude
             of
             a
             hand
             which
             may
             be
             counterfeit
             .
          
           But
           the
           main
           matter
           ,
           (
           and
           indeed
           a
           very
           great
           part
           of
           the
           whole
           Sheet
           is
           upon
           this
           string
           )
           is
           the
           vindicating
           the
           Innocence
           of
           that
           Manuscript
           :
           and
           accordingly
           he
           sets
           down
           the
           several
           Heads
           of
           the
           Discourse
           contained
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           not
           at
           all
           guilty
           of
           the
           least
           Treasonable
           Position
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           contray
           ,
           in
           his
           own
           Opinion
           ,
           the
           highest
           Arguments
           of
           Right-Reason
           :
           the
           whole
           Recital
           
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           not
           here
           trouble
           my self
           with
           ,
           as
           being
           too
           immaterial
           here
           ,
           as
           indeed
           they
           are
           all
           
             mal
             a
             propos
          
           ,
           and
           impertinently
           urged
           there
           .
           For
           what
           signifies
           his
           recital
           of
           the
           heads
           of
           a
           Treatise
           ,
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           Innocence
           of
           the
           whole
           Pamphlet
           ,
           without
           mention
           of
           those
           particular
           Passages
           which
           the
           Jury
           adjudged
           Treasonable
           .
           If
           ,
           as
           by
           his
           own
           Confession
           ,
           those
           Topicks
           the
           Book
           treats
           upon
           ,
           were
           harmless
           ;
           it
           does
           not
           at
           all
           follow
           ,
           but
           dangerous
           and
           treasonable
           Methods
           may
           be
           laid
           down
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           for
           the
           very
           obtaining
           even
           the
           fairest
           and
           most
           plausible
           Ends.
           I
           shall
           only
           repeat
           two
           Paragraphs
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           
             That
             the
             Right
             and
             Power
             of
             Magistrates
             in
             every
             Country
             was
             ,
             That
             which
             the
             Laws
             of
             that
             Country
             ,
             made
             it
             to
             be
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             the
             Laws
             were
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             and
             the
             Oaths
             taken
             by
             them
             ,
             having
             the
             force
             of
             a
             Contract
             between
             Magistrate
             and
             People
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             violated
             ,
             without
             danger
             of
             dissolving
             the
             whole
             Fabrick
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           ,
           as
           blameless
           as
           this
           Discourse
           in
           his
           Thoughts
           may
           be
           ,
           what
           does
           he
           infer
           from
           the
           danger
           of
           ,
           
             Dissolving
             the
             whole
             Fabrick
          
           ,
           upon
           the
           supream
           Magistrates
           
             violating
             of
             his
             Oath
          
           ,
           but
           a
           licence
           for
           the
           People
           to
           rebel
           ,
           to
           cause
           this
           Dissolution
           in
           revenge
           of
           that
           Violation
           .
           And
           then
           ,
           if
           there
           can
           be
           that
           Pretence
           ,
           whatever
           ,
           to
           impower
           them
           to
           make
           such
           a
           Dissolution
           ,
           it
           necessarily
           follows
           ,
           thar
           the
           Soveraign
           Power
           is
           accountable
           to
           his
           Subjects
           for
           his
           Breach
           of
           Trust
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           old
           
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
          
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           shorter
           cut
           to
           punish
           him
           ,
           is
           the
           Right
           and
           Prerogative
           of
           the
           People
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           enlarge
           upon
           the
           Confutation
           of
           that
           damnable
           Principle
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           subject
           of
           so
           many
           Pens
           already
           ,
           &
           the
           very
           thought
           of
           it
           the
           abhorrence
           of
           every
           good
           Man
           and
           true
           Christian
           .
           For
           though
           undoubtedly
           there
           is
           not
           ,
           nor
           can
           be
           a
           higher
           Obligation
           ,
           on
           a
           Prince
           than
           to
           Rule
           by
           the
           Laws
           and
           defend
           the
           Rights
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           yet
           upon
           the
           Breach
           of
           that
           Obligation
           ,
           and
           the
           Invasion
           of
           those
           Rights
           ,
           the
           Tribunal
           of
           God
           is
           the
           only
           place
           ,
           where
           he
           must
           answer
           for
           it
           .
           Besides
           ,
           if
           Monarchs
           were
           questionable
           ,
           and
           consequently
           punishable
           by
           the
           People
           ,
           let
           them
           produce
           their
           Law
           for
           such
           questioning
           ,
           or
           such
           a
           Punishment
           :
           but
           if
           they
           can
           produce
           no
           such
           Law
           ,
           't
           is
           very
           hard
           ,
           methinks
           ,
           that
           those
           violent
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           Blades
           ,
           and
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           Men
           ,
           that
           would
           rail
           downright
           at
           the
           whipping
           but
           of
           a
           Beggar
           ,
           unless
           the
           Letter
           of
           the
           Law
           brings
           him
           to
           it
           ,
           should
           notwithstanding
           ,
           be
           for
           Judging
           ,
           Condemning
           ,
           nay
           ,
           deposing
           a
           Monarch
           without
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           his
           greatest
           Grievance
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           he
           calls
           
             the
             highest
             Extravigancy
             of
             his
             Prosecutors
             ,
          
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Contents
           of
           that
           Treatise
           should
           be
           interpreted
           by
           them
           ,
           
             as
             intended
             to
             stir
             up
             the
             People
             in
             Prosecution
             of
             the
             Designs
             of
             the
             Conspiracy
             ,
             when
             nothing
             of
             Particular
             application
             unto
             Time
             ,
             Place
             ,
             or
             Persons
             could
             be
             found
             in
             it
             (
             as
             has
             ever
             been
             done
             by
             those
             who
             endeavour
             to
             raise
             Insurrections
             )
             all
             was
             supply'd
             by
          
           Innuendo's
           .
           
             Whatsoever
             is
             said
             of
             the
             Expulsion
             of
          
           Tarquin
           :
           
             the
             Insurrection
             against
          
           Nero
           ▪
           
             the
             Slaughter
             of
          
           Caligula
           and
           Domitian
           ,
           
             the
             translation
             of
             the
             Crown
             of
          
           France
           from
           Meroveus
           to
           Pepin
           ;
           
             and
             from
             his
             Descendants
             unto
          
           Hugh
           Capet
           ,
           
             and
             the
             like
             is
             applyed
             by
          
           Innuendo
           
             unto
             the
             King.
          
           
        
         
           Now
           ,
           why
           his
           Prosecutors
           should
           be
           arraigned
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           I
           cannot
           understand
           ;
           for
           if
           Treasonable
           Tenents
           were
           to
           be
           spread
           about
           in
           Pamphlets
           ,
           to
           possess
           the
           People
           with
           a
           hatred
           of
           Kings
           ;
           they
           could
           have
           none
           but
           Fools
           or
           Madmen
           for
           their
           Authors
           ,
           that
           would
           send
           'um
           into
           the
           World
           bare-fac'd
           .
           The
           most
           hardy
           of
           all
           Conspirators
           ,
           those
           that
           dayly
           trusted
           their
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           trusty
           Titus
           and
           Will
           Bedlow's
           in
           so
           many
           hundred
           Plot-letters
           ,
           durst
           hardly
           ever
           venture
           them
           abroad
           ,
           without
           here
           and
           there
           a
           Cypher
           at
           least
           ,
           as
           48
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           Barley-broth
           for
           the
           Parliament
           .
           And
           why
           so
           great
           a
           Treatise
           as
           this
           ,
           designd
           no
           doubt
           for
           Publication
           should
           foolishly
           lay
           the
           scene
           at
           White-hall
           ,
           and
           not
           more
           wisely
           at
           
           Tarquin's
           ,
           or
           
           Nero's
           Court
           ,
           I
           cannot
           apprehend
           .
           And
           if
           Treason
           under
           so
           transparent
           a
           Mask
           might
           walk
           abroad
           unquestioned
           ,
           and
           the
           Authors
           unpunisht
           ,
           we
           might
           quickly
           see
           Volumes
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           summ
           all
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           long
           since
           told
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           dye
           ,
           or
           the
           Plott
           must
           dye
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           suppose
           ,
           none
           of
           his
           Prosecutors
           told
           him
           so
           ;
           and
           if
           his
           own
           Party
           told
           him
           it
           ,
           't
           is
           very
           idly
           brought
           in
           here
           ,
           as
           an
           Assertion
           of
           no
           Plot.
           
        
         
           His
           following
           Objection
           against
           his
           Jury
           as
           being
           packt
           ,
           is
           so
           unreasonable
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           not
           worth
           a
           reprehension
           ,
           and
           the
           objected
           want
           of
           Free-holders
           for
           Jury-men
           ,
           a
           Constitution
           only
           intended
           to
           keep
           out
           Vagabonds
           from
           Juries
           ,
           is
           so
           idle
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           a
           London
           Jury
           ;
           where
           the
           richest
           and
           substantialest
           Citizens
           ,
           nay
           ,
           often
           the
           very
           Maior
           and
           Sheriffs
           under
           that
           want
           ,
           would
           be
           uncapable
           of
           being
           Jurors
           ,
           that
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           His
           other
           pretended
           Injustice
           ,
           in
           the
           denial
           of
           a
           Copy
           of
           his
           Inditement
           ,
           or
           the
           reading
           the
           Statute
           ,
           I
           leave
           to
           the
           wisdom
           of
           the
           long
           Robe
           to
           decide
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           summ
           all
           :
           He
           says
           ,
           
             By
             these
             means
             I
             was
             brought
             to
             this
             place
             .
             The
             Lord
             forgive
             those
             Practises
             and
             the
             Evils
             that
             threaten
             the
             Nation
             from
             them
             .
             The
             Lord
             sanctifie
             these
             my
             Sufferings
             unto
             me
             ,
             and
             though
             I
             fall
             as
             a
             sacrifice
             to
             Idols
             ,
             suffer
             not
             Idolatry
             to
             be
             Establsht
             in
             the
             Land.
          
           Here
           the
           Lord
           Russell
           is
           quite
           out-shot
           ,
           for
           his
           Popery
           was
           but
           
             pouring
             in
             upon
             us
          
           ,
           but
           here
           the
           Banks
           are
           broken
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           already
           overflowing
           whilst
           his
           being
           a
           
             sacrifice
             to
             Idols
          
           ,
           implies
           he
           falls
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           King
           Government
           and
           Judges
           ,
           a●e
           all
           the
           hands
           and
           limbs
           of
           the
           Beast
           already
           :
           only
           he
           prays
           it
           may
           never
           be
           Establisht
           .
           And
           what
           's
           all
           this
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Whore
           of
           Babylon
           has
           invaded
           the
           Throne
           ,
           and
           only
           wants
           the
           Ceremony
           of
           Installment
           and
           Coronation
           ,
           to
           confirm
           her
           Absolute
           Dominion
           .
        
         
           Next
           he
           goes
           on
           .
           
             Bless
             thy
             People
             and
             save
             them
             ,
             Defend
             thy
             own
             cause
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             defend
             it
             .
             Stir
             up
             such
             as
             are
             faint
             .
             Direct
             those
             that
             are
             willing
             .
             Confirm
             those
             that
             waver
             .
             Give
             wisdom
             and
             Integrity
             to
             all
             .
             Order
             all
             things
             so
             as
             may
             most
             redound
             to
             thy
             own
             Glory
             ,
             &c.
          
           which
           a
           little
           more
           at
           length
           is
           ,
           
             Bless
             thy
             People
             and
             save
             them
             ,
             viz.
          
           Thy
           chosen
           People
           ,
           that
           set
           up
           Order
           by
           Confusion
           ,
           Religion
           by
           Schism
           ,
           and
           Reformation
           by
           Desolation
           .
           
             Defend
             the
             Cause
          
           of
           a
           Christian
           Rebellion
           against
           an
           Antichristian
           Monarchy
           .
           
             Stir
             up
             such
             as
             are
             faint
             ,
          
           and
           dare
           not
           hazard
           their
           Necks
           in
           so
           Illustrious
           a
           Cause
           .
           
             Direct
             those
             that
             are
             willing
          
           to
           venture
           Souls
           and
           Bodies
           .
           
             Confirm
             those
             that
             waver
          
           betwixt
           a
           scotch
           Covenant
           and
           an
           English
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           .
           
             Give
             wisdome
          
           to
           all
           Republick
           Counsels
           ,
           and
           Integrity
           to
           all
           faithful
           Associators
           ,
           
             and
             order
             all
             things
             so
             as
             may
             redound
             most
             to
             thy
             own
             Glory
             ,
          
           when
           we
           shall
           Bind
           their
           Kings
           in
           Chains
           and
           their
           Princes
           in
           Fetters
           of
           Iron
           .
           And
           that
           all
           this
           is
           the
           plain
           and
           Genuine
           sense
           of
           his
           Prayer
           ,
           the
           following
           Clause
           without
           Discant
           or
           Addition
           will
           egregiously
           demonstrate
           :
           for
           he
           concludes
           ,
           
             Grant
             that
             I
             may
             dye
             glorifiing
             Thee
             
             for
             all
             thy
             Mercies
             ,
             and
             that
             at
             the
             last
             ,
             Thou
             hast
             permitted
             me
             to
             be
             singled
             out
             as
             a
             Witness
             of
             thy
             Truth
             ;
             and
             even
             by
             the
             Confession
             of
             my
             Opposers
             for
             that
          
           Old
           Cause
           
             in
             which
             I
             was
             from
             my
             Youth
             engaged
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             Thou
             hast
             often
             and
             wonderfully
             declared
             thy self
             .
          
        
         
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           can
           no
           way
           match
           this
           dying
           Gentleman
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Courage
           of
           some
           of
           the
           old
           King's
           Regicides
           Executed
           at
           
             Charing
             Cross
          
           ,
           Here
           the
           
             Good
             Old
             Cause
          
           is
           expresly
           asserted
           ,
           even
           on
           the
           Scaffold
           ,
           nay
           ,
           and
           made
           no
           less
           than
           the
           very
           Shibboleth
           of
           GOD.
           The
           often
           and
           wonderful
           Successes
           of
           a
           once
           prosperous
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           consequently
           Blood
           and
           Sacriledge
           ,
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Protestant-Church
           ,
           and
           the
           solemn
           Murder
           of
           the
           best
           of
           Kings
           ,
           made
           no
           less
           than
           the
           Miraculous
           Work
           of
           the
           Almighty
           Hand
           ,
           and
           the
           distinguishing
           Declaration
           of
           Heaven
           it self
           .
           Insomuch
           ,
           that
           there
           wanted
           only
           to
           this
           farewell
           Paper
           and
           the
           Prodigy
           of
           Infatuations
           in
           this
           departing
           Enthusiast
           to
           have
           made
           his
           Exit
           like
           a
           perfect
           second
           Harrison
           ,
           to
           have
           had
           him
           bequeath'd
           the
           keeping
           of
           his
           Execution-Coat
           ,
           as
           the
           other
           did
           his
           Velvet-Jump
           ,
           for
           his
           own
           wearing
           again
           after
           his
           Third-days
           Resurrection
           from
           the
           Grave
           .
        
         
           This
           unhappy
           Paper
           of
           his
           ,
           has
           truely
           show'd
           ,
           he
           dies
           with
           the
           sublimest
           Transports
           ,
           and
           boldest
           Resolution
           of
           a
           
             Pseudo-Protestant
             Souldier
          
           :
           but
           alas
           !
           without
           the
           Conduct
           of
           a
           Machivilian
           .
           For
           this
           foolish
           piece
           of
           Scribble
           has
           quite
           destroyed
           the
           very
           Foundation
           of
           the
           whole
           Party
           .
           With
           what
           a
           full-mouth'd
           Out-cry
           did
           the
           whole
           Brotherhood
           abhor
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           the
           Imagination
           of
           a
           Common-wealth
           ,
           or
           the
           least
           Thought
           against
           Monarchy
           .
           How
           Capital
           was
           it
           ,
           even
           during
           the
           Sessions
           of
           three
           or
           four
           Parliaments
           ,
           to
           pretend
           the
           least
           resemblance
           or
           tendency
           of
           Eighty
           and
           Eighty
           One
           to
           Forty
           ,
           and
           Forty
           one
           .
           Nay
           ,
           did
           not
           the
           most
           violent
           of
           the
           Commons
           themselves
           ,
           the
           very
           loudest
           Beagles
           of
           Shaftsbury
           ,
           totally
           run
           down
           all
           the
           old
           Sham-pretences
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           all
           Republick
           Machinations
           whatever
           .
           Yes
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           the
           very
           City
           it self
           in
           their
           memorable
           Petition
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           in
           express
           terms
           renounce
           and
           abjure
           all
           
             Common-Wealth
             Principles
          
           :
           and
           that
           very
           Abjuration
           universally
           upheld
           all
           along
           to
           this
           day
           ?
           But
           this
           unpolitick
           Gentleman
           has
           very
           unfortunately
           pull'd
           off
           the
           whole
           Vizard
           :
           has
           joyn'd
           the
           pieces
           of
           the
           Snake
           together
           again
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           present
           
             true
             Protestant
          
           Zeal
           ,
           as
           a
           Branch
           of
           the
           
             Old
             Cause
          
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           a
           continued
           Link
           of
           the
           old
           Chain
           of
           Rebellion
           :
           nay
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           avow'd
           it
           his
           own
           Tenent
           alone
           ,
           but
           offer'd
           up
           his
           Prayers
           for
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Faction
           under
           all
           Classes
           ,
           the
           Faint
           ,
           the
           Willing
           ,
           and
           the
           Wavering
           ;
           and
           given
           them
           his
           own
           dying
           Benediction
           ,
           no
           otherwise
           than
           as
           the
           Disciples
           of
           the
           same
           Belial
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
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           for
           
             W.
             C.
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             W.
             Davis
          
           in
           Amen-Corner
           .
           1683.
           
        
         
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           .