The abdicated Bishops letters, to the abdicated King and Queen, under the disguised names of Mr. Redding & Mrs. Redding This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A75938 of text R6080 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A70D). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A75938 Wing A70D ESTC R6080 99899319 99899319 152786 2240849661

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A75938) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 152786) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2321:3) The abdicated Bishops letters, to the abdicated King and Queen, under the disguised names of Mr. Redding & Mrs. Redding James II, King of England, 1633-1701. Mary, of Modena, Queen, consort of James II, King of England, 1658-1718. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London? : 1691] A satire on the loyalty of Tories toward James II. The abdicated bishop is one of the six nonjuring bishops, other than William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, who is referred to in the letter as "my elder brother". The abdicated King and Queen are James II and Mary of Modena. The second letter is dated at end: New-Years Eve (1690/1). In this edition title has "disguised"; line 3 of text begins: wish; yet. Incorrectly identified as Wing A70C on reel 2321. Reproduction of original in: Henry E. Huntington Library. Identified by ESTC as Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) A70D. eng Church of England -- Bishops -- Early works to 1800. Nonjurors -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702 -- Early works to 1800. eebo The abdicated Bishops letters, to the abdicated King and Queen, under the disguised names of Mr. Redding & Mrs. Redding, [no entry] 1691 1 553 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-11 Sampled and proofread 2008-11 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE Abdicated Bishops Letters , TO THE Abdicated KING and QUEEN , Under the Disguised NAMES of Mr. Redding & Mrs. Redding . To Mr. Redding . SIR ,

THO' the Bearer of this will do us the Justice to assure you , We are as full of Duty , as unfeignedly and concernedly Yours , as your self could wish ; yet this Gentleman has undertaken you will forgive the Presumption , If I do my self the Honour to give you this fresh assurance in a few Words , which We do by our Actions : I shall omit no Occasions , not neglecting the least , and making Zealous Wishes for the greatest , to shew our Selves such as We ought to be .

Sir ! I speak in the Plural , because I write my Eldest Brother's Sentiments , as well as My own , and the rest of the Family ; Tho' lessen'd in Number , yet , if We are not mightily out in our Accounts , We are growing in our Interests , that is , in Yours .

He that delivers this , will , I hope ( intirely to Your satisfaction ) represent Vs , and Me in particular , as , with all the Devotion imaginable , and Unchangeable Affection .

New-Years-Eve . Yours , &c. God grant the Happiest New-Year . To Mrs. Redding .

AS it is impossible for Me to express that extraordinary great Satisfaction it gave Me this time Twelve Month , to receive that Mark of your Favour and Goodness under your own Hand : So I have liv'd in some pain for an opportunity to write you my Humble Acknowledgment , and Truest Duty : From which , ( by the Grace of God ) I am no more capable of swerving , than of Renouncing my hopes of Heaven : I say this in behalf of my Elder Brother , and the rest of my Nearest Relations , as well as for My Self ; You may intirely depend upon Vs , not only for a constant Adherence to so well chosen a Principle ; But for our utmost Activity to promote your Interests . , Which are inseperably our Own .

I need come to no Particulars by this Bearer , Who can , and will tell you our whole Hearts ; And I wish you could see them , how sincerely they are devoted to your Service . God grant you a most Happy New Year , and many , very many , and very happy : Our Young Master has all our Best Wishes : He daily gains more Friends , and We get ground of his Adversaries .

New-Years Eve ( 1690/1. )

The Censure and Doom of a Pragmatical , Rushworth's Collections , st. Part. Turbulent , and Proud Bishop of Ely , in the Reign of King Richard the First , was this :

Per totam Insulam Publicè Proclametur ; Pereat qui perdere cuncta festinat : Opprimatur , ne Omnes opprimat .

Which may be thus Rendred in English .

Let him be Cut off , who Plotted to bring all to Ruine ; Let him be Dispatch'd , least he undoe us All.

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