The
Lord
Churchill's
LETTER
to
the
KING
.
SIR
,
SInce
Men
are
seldom
suspected
of
Sincerity
when
they
act
contrary
to
their
Interests
;
and
thô
my
dutiful
Behaviour
to
your
Majesty
in
the
worst
of
times
,
(
for
which
I
acknowledg
my
poor
Services
much
over-paid
)
may
not
be
sufficient
to
encline
You
to
a
charitable
Interpretation
of
my
Actions
,
yet
I
hope
,
the
great
Advantage
I
enjoy
under
Your
Majesty
,
which
I
can
never
expect
in
any
other
Change
of
Government
,
may
reasonably
convince
Your
Majesty
and
the
World
,
that
I
am
acted
by
a
higher
Principle
,
when
I
offer
that
Violence
to
my
Inclination
,
and
Interest
,
as
to
desert
Your
Majesty
at
a
time
when
Your
Affairs
seem
to
challenge
the
strictest
Obedience
from
all
Your
Subjects
,
much
more
from
one
who
lies
under
the
greatest
personal
Obligations
imaginable
to
Your
Majesty
.
This
,
Sir
,
could
proceed
from
nothing
but
the
inviolable
Dictates
of
my
Conscience
,
and
necessary
concern
for
my
Religion
(
which
no
good
Man
can
oppose
)
and
with
which
I
am
instructed
,
nothing
ought
to
come
in
competition
;
Heaven
knows
with
what
partiality
my
dutiful
Opinion
of
Your
Majesty
hath
hitherto
represented
those
unhappy
Designs
,
which
inconsiderate
and
self-interested
Men
have
framed
against
Your
Majesty's
true
Interest
and
the
Protestant
Religion
.
But
as
I
can
no
longer
joyn
with
such
to
give
a
pretence
by
Conquest
to
bring
them
to
effect
,
so
will
I
always
with
the
hazard
of
my
Life
and
Fortune
(
so
much
Your
Majesties
due
)
endeavour
to
preserve
Your
Royal
Person
and
Lawful
Rights
with
all
the
tender
Concern
and
dutiful
Respect
that
becomes
,
Sir
,
Your
Majesties
Most
dutiful
and
most
obliged
Subject
and
Servant
.