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cacated ; by turning out of publick gion ; they had endeavour*d, under the
employments all such as would not con- pretence of liberty of confcience, first
cur with his majesty in the repeal of to Sow divisions between thoSe of the
the test and penal laws ; his invading church of England and dissenters, with
the privileges, and Seising on the char- design to engage protestants in mutual
ten of most corporations, and placing quarrellings, that fo fotne advantages
popish magistrates in fome of them ; might be given to them to bring about
his Subjecting the courts of judicature their designs, both in elections of meanto
his arbitrary power, and putting the bers of parliament, and afterwards in
administration of justice into the hands the parliament itself : That they had
of papists ; his not only arming the poi- also made such regulations as they
prists, in contempt of the laws, but thought necessary, for securing all the
likewise raising them up to the great- members that were to be choSen by the
est military trust, both by sea and land, corporations, bv wiaich means tlaey
Irish as well as Eng/ish, that he might hesp*d to avoid the punishment they
be in a capacity to enslave the nation ; had deservld : That there were great
his putting the whole government of and violent presumptions, inducing his
Ireland into the hands of papists ; his Highness to believe, that those evil
assuming an abfoluteand arbitrary pow- counfellors had publish*d, that the
er in the kingdom of Scothind, from Screen had brought forth a sun ; tho*
which it was apparent what was to be there had appear'd many just and vifilaieik*d
for in England. '* ble grounds of suspicion, that the pre-
Secondly, lbs Highness alledg'd, tended Prince of Wales was not horn
" That thofe great oppressions, and the of the Screen ; and tho' many bath
eapen contempt of all law, had made doubted of the (Queen's bigness, and ol
the Subjects look after such remedies as the birth of the child, yet there was
arc alloW'd of in all nations, all which not one thing done to satisfy thern :
bad been without effect ; his majesty's That since the Princess and himSelf
counsellors having endeavoured to make had lo great an interest in this matter,
people apprehend the loSs of their lives, and such a right to the Succession of
liberties, honours and estates, if shty the croyvn ; since all the English did in
should go about to preserve themselves the year t672, when Holland was infrom
this oppression by petitions and re- vaded with a most unjust war, use their
presentations ; that a peer of the realm utmost endeavours to put an end to that
was treated as a criminal, only because war, in opposition to thole who were
he said, Shat the subjects were not bound then in the government ; since the Errgto
ohry the orders of a popish jestice of lish nation had ever testified a most parpeace
; that both he and his consort lire ticular affection both to his HighneS's's
Princess, had endeavour'd to signify dearest consort and to himieiS; he could
with terms Sull of refpect to the King, not excuse himself from espousing that
the just and deep regret which all these interest, and contributing all that in
proceedings had given them ; but that him lay for the maintaining both of
these evil counsellors had put Such ill the protestant religion, andoSthela^s
constructions on their geood intentions, and liberties oS these kingdoms; to the
that they had endeavour'd to alienate doing oS which, his HighneSs was Soilithe
King Srom them : That the last cited by a great many Lords, both Spiand
great remedy for all theSe evils, ritual and temporal, and by many
was the calling of a parliament, which gentlemen and other Subjects of ail
could not yet be Compafs'd , Sor those ranks.
men apprehending, that a lawful par- Lastly, His Highness declared, That
diament would bring them to account fear the Sorementionld reaSons he has
for all their open violations of law, and thought fit to go over to England, and
conspiracies against the protest^; reli- to s^rry with hint a force sufficient to
delend