A
LETTER
to
a
Friend
concerning
the
Present
State
of
Affairs
.
THAT
impatient
inquisitiveness
so
natural
to
our
Country-men
,
rises
in
most
People
with
the
Sap
in
the
Spring
,
and
in
such
an
Age
as
ours
,
when
Fleets
and
Armies
must
move
at
that
Time
,
when
Descents
and
Invasions
are
become
familiar
,
and
as
duely
to
be
expected
as
May
,
I
must
confess
that
Season
seems
naturally
to
rouze
our
thoughts
and
expectations
,
yet
out
of
the
common
road
I
find
you
always
possest
with
an
Octobtr
Curiosity
;
I
do
not
say
I
wonder
at
it
,
for
to
make
use
of
a
Country
Comparison
;
it
is
not
the
richest
Manure
in
Summer
nor
the
April-showers
,
will
bring
the
Fruit
to
perfection
;
previous
to
this
must
be
the
Autumnal
Care
,
the
well
pruning
the
Tree
,
the
cutting
away
the
false
,
and
useless
branches
,
opprest
with
which
,
the
good
ones
cannot
bear
:
Your
Curiosity
therefore
I
think
well
tim'd
,
I
wish
you
had
made
no
mistake
in
the
Person
that
was
to
satisfie
it
.
This
is
not
only
the
proper
season
of
enquiry
after
what
has
,
and
may
be
done
,
but
I
fear
the
last
and
only
Opportunity
given
us
to
act
in
for
our
preservation
,
I
wish
it
were
as
evident
,
as
true
,
that
now
or
never
effectual
means
must
be
taken
for
the
support
of
this
Government
,
if
these
Kingdoms
are
to
be
rescued
from
Misery
and
Confusion
.
What
is
it
can
be
called
a
publick
Calamity
that
we
are
not
just
falling
into
if
not
already
in
?
Are
we
not
engaged
in
a
War
with
a
potent
Forreign
Enemy
?
Have
we
not
a
disputed
Title
at
home
,
and
no
Agreement
even
in
the
Protestant
part
of
the
Royal
Family
amongst
us
?
Are
there
not
Taxes
that
rake
up
all
the
Wealth
of
the
Nation
?
And
is
there
not
a
management
that
squanders
it
as
fast
abroad
?
Is
not
our
blood
as
well
as
money
spent
for
others
?
And
are
not
both
managed
with
the
like
discretion
?
How
tedious
might
a
man
be
in
the
recital
of
our
ill
Circumstances
?
Have
we
not
most
dangerous
Factions
within
our selves
?
I
mean
not
some
for
,
others
against
,
this
Establishment
,
but
I
speak
of
the
Division
,
not
to
say
Treacheries
amongst
those
that
pretend
they
would
support
it
,
can
there
be
Circumstances
requiring
a
nicer
Judgment
and
Penetration
,
and
what
Eyes
have
we
to
see
by
,
what
Heads
to
determine
with
but
those
of
Strangers
,
and
almost
we
may
say
,
what
Hands
to
act
by
but
the
same
?
't
is
true
we
endeavour
to
save
Holland
by
English
,
but
I
fear
the
project
is
to
preserve
England
by
Dutch
;
but
above
all
the
rest
when
the
Disease
is
almost
desperate
we
distrust
the
Physitian
,
the
Nation
is
environed
with
Enemies
and
Dangers
,
and
we
are
jealous
(
not
without
Reason
)
of
our
Ministers
,
and
those
that
govern
,
the
present
King
.
All
People
begin
to
Consider
him
as
a
Forreigner
,
and
more
so
by
inclination
than
by
Birth
,
and
the
herd
of
Fools
begin
to
look
upon
the
Late
King
as
a
mislead
Man
,
yet
an
English-Man
;
but
in
a
word
to
conclude
with
the
worst
of
symptoms
,
they
begin
too
,
to
compare
the
Deliverer
with
him
from
whom
we
are
delivered
,
and
to
my
grief
,
a
few
Words
will
too
far
justifie
these
Fears
and
Mistrusts
;
was
not
the
foundation
of
this
Government
Resormation
,
is
there
any
thing
rectified
?
Was
not
the
foundation
of
this
Government
mismanagement
in
others
,
yet
is
their
any
body
punished
?
Was
not
the
Motive
to
this
Government
Change
,
yet
every
thing
is
almost
as
it
was
?
A
great
Revolution
as
it
is
called
and
nothing
altered
,
the
same
Maxims
of
Government
are
asserted
,
and
the
same
sort
of
People
looked
after
to
put
them
in
execution
;
nay
,
to
be
more
sure
,
many
of
the
individual
Persons
are
again
employed
:
If
there
be
any
Alteration
it
is
only
in
this
,
all
the
fine
and
hidden
stroaks
in
King
Charles's
Reign
towards
Arbitrary
Power
,
are
now
(
by
the
help
of
some
forreign
Talents
)
exposed
to
view
in
a
broad
Dutch
Shape
and
Character
.
Tho'
I
know
you
expect
plain
dealing
from
me
,
yet
these
Truths
may
perhaps
surprise
you
;
prudent
Men
have
hitherto
been
desirous
to
hide
these
things
from
the
World
,
as
it
was
and
must
still
be
the
business
of
every
thinking
and
honest
man
to
preserve
this
Government
,
so
the
concealing
what
might
lose
us
the
Inclination
,
and
Hearts
of
the
People
,
was
the
duty
of
all
well-wishers
to
it
;
but
our
Circumstances
allow
not
of
those
managements
now
,
too
much
of
our
own
blood
,
of
our
wealth
,
has
been
spent
in
continued
follies
which
cannot
be
longer
kept
secret
.
Our
condition
must
now
be
truly
stated
,
and
fully
known
,
that
proper
and
speedy
remedies
may
be
applyed
.
The
Task
you
have
imposed
I
fear
is
too
big
for
me
,
every
Year
will
make
it
more
difficult
to
give
true
Idaea's
of
the
present
Circumstances
of
Affairs
,
or
to
offer
to
make
Scheams
,
or
lay
down
Methods
for
our
future
security
,
it
is
too
evident
our
Dangers
encrease
,
and
that
our
Enemies
multiply
;
I
wish
we
could
believe
the
number
of
our
Friends
did
not
diminish
,
or
that
all
those
that
appear
such
were
true
.
In
order
to
obey
you
,
I
have
resolved
in
the
first
place
to
examine
impartially
what
has
been
writ
of
All
hands
in
those
Pamphlets
seem
most
to
deserve
Consideration
,
my
design
is
to
side
with
Truth
wherever
I
find
it
,
and
to
expose
all
false
Reasonings
as
far
as
I
am
able
;
and
this
way
I
hope
I
shall
in
some
measure
answer
your
expectation
,
and
not
be
wholly
unserviceable
to
those
who
desire
to
be
prepared
,
honestly
to
stand
by
the
true
Interest
of
their
Country
in
this
Critical
Moment
either
for
its
Settlement
or
Ruine
.
The
first
Paper
I
shall
consider
has
for
Title
,
The
Pretenc●s
of
the
French
Invasion
Examined
;
it
has
at
least
the
Approbation
of
a
Secretary
of
State
,
being
Licensed
by
publick
Authority
,
and
sent
into
the
World
with
an
Air
almost
of
Infallibility
.
A
Man
presumes
well
of
himself
,
that
puts
this
in
the
Front
of
his
Work
,
[
For
the
Information
of
the
Peopl●
of
England
.
]
I
wish
they
were
well
informed
,
it
is
d●ngerous
for
them
to
be
much
longer
in
the
dark
,
but
whoever
undertakes
that
great
Task
,
(
to
inform
the
People
)
ought
to
be
very
candid
in
Matters
of
Fact
,
he
is
bound
in
Writing
to
those
strict
Rules
of
an
Oath
,
the
Truth
,
the
whole
Truth
,
and
noth●●g
but
the
Truth
;
all
thi●gs
asserted
by
him
,
must
be
as
pl●in
,
as
true
,
no
positions
laid
down
but
what
are
undeniable
,
and
the
Consequences
of
them
natural
and
easie
,
nothing
must
be
made
use
of
,
either
to
palliate
Matters
of
Fact
,
or
to
disguise
them
,
neither
should
any
the
least
Circumstance
be
concealed
,
Rhetorick
and
Sophistical
Argumentation
are
undeniable
Proofs
against
any
man
that
makes
use
of
them
that
he
designs
not
to
inform
,
but
abuse
the
People
.
If
these
Maxims
I
have
laid
down
are
true
,
I
doubt
not
to
make
it
appear
,
that
this
Author
(
whoever
he
be
)
is
not
less
out
of
the
way
(
tho'
with
the
Authority
of
this
Secretary
)
than
an
other
,
who
not
long
ago
had
the
Sanction
of
the
other
Office
,
for
maintaining
K.
William's
Title
to
the
Crown
,
by
Conquest
.
It
were
to
be
wish'd
that
those
would
not
write
for
a
Cause
,
who
betray
in
what
they
give
the
Publick
,
that
in
Judgment
and
Opinion
they
are
against
it
,
nothing
sure
but
a
good
Place
could
so
guide
the
hand
against
the
heart
,
which
some
men
(
with
very
nice
Consciences
)
can
hold
in
that
Government
whose
very
foundation
they
opposed
at
first
and
have
always
since
been
undermining
.
One
would
take
the
Author
of
this
Pamphlet
to
be
in
such
Circumstances
,
he
declares
for
this
Government
,
but
whoever
examines
what
he
writes
,
will
find
he
would
give
it
a
false
bottom
,
that
cannot
support
it
,
I
think
I
shall
be
able
to
shew
that
all
his
Arguments
for
it
,
are
more
conclusive
the
other
way
,
whatever
his
Intentions
are
,
I
confess
his
Maxims
and
Arguments
would
inform
me
,
that
I
were
obliged
in
Conscience
to
help
the
Late
King
to
his
Crown
again
,
or
to
let
him
take
it
at
pleasure
.
To
explain
the
Title
of
a
Prince
,
to
whom
the
People
in
the
most
solemn
manner
gave
a
Crown
,
and
from
whom
he
received
it
with
this
Expression
,
I
thankfully
accept
,
he
makes
such
a
Hodgpodge
of
Succession
,
Election
and
Conquest
,
that
no
man
knows
what
he
means
,
whether
he
be
free-born
,
or
a
slave
,
if
we
were
desirous
to
have
a
State
breed
,
resembling
that
of
St.
Athanasius
of
all
mankind
,
we
should
make
choyce
of
this
Informer
;
all
that
I
can
conceive
of
his
aim
is
this
,
that
either
he
would
make
the
plainest
and
most
natural
Title
in
the
world
doubtful
,
and
unintelligible
,
or
that
out
of
his
three
incomprehensibles
he
would
ma●e
one
Almighty
.
Give
me
leave
to
repeat
to
you
what
our
great
Champion
undertakes
for
us
;
he
engages
to
answer
the
pretended
Motives
of
those
that
would
endeavour
the
Restoration
of
the
Late
King
,
p.
2.
l.
8.
Now
these
he
divides
into
Four
Heads
,
1.
Repairing
the
Injury
done
to
the
Late
King
.
2.
Delivering
us
from
the
Oppression
we
suffer
under
the
Present
King
.
3.
The
setling
the
Government
upon
its
own
Basis
.
4.
Securing
the
Protestant
Religion
f●r
all
future
Ages
.
I
fear
I
make
use
of
too
gay
a
Simile
for
so
solemn
a
Subject
,
but
I
think
it
would
extreamly
suprise
if
a
passionate
Lover
should
endeavour
to
make
his
Court
to
his
Mistriss
,
by
going
about
to
prove
that
she
was
not
deformed
or
monstrous
,
that
she
was
undeservedly
censured
in
her
Reputation
,
and
that
her
Constitution
was
not
ruined
by
scandalous
Diseases
;
though
all
this
were
well
made
out
,
I
believe
the
Phillis
would
not
think
her self
much
obliged
to
him
for
his
pains
.
I
cannot
but
conceive
this
pretended
Lover
of
the
State
has
done
something
like
this
,
he
begins
by
a
supposition
of
all
that
could
be
Objected
against
the
worst
of
Governments
,
and
then
pretends
to
shew
that
such
things
are
falsly
layd
to
our
Charge
,
what
more
injurious
supposition
can
be
hinted
,
than
one
Mans
right
is
founded
upon
an
Injury
done
to
an
other
?
What
can
be
more
reflecting
than
that
a
Prince
should
oppress
a
Nation
,
especially
in
our
Case
,
when
he
pretends
to
the
Merits
of
a
Deliverer
?
What
more
dangerous
insinuations
than
the
subversion
of
a
Government
from
its
old
Basis
,
and
the
National
Religion
endangered
?
I
must
confess
I
little
expected
to
see
such
weighty
Charges
against
the
Government
,
Licensed
by
a
Secretary
of
State
;
to
say
no
more
,
especially
when
the
Defence
for
it
I
think
is
so
weak
,
that
(
to
make
use
of
the
Authors
own
Expression
at
the
bottom
of
the
seventh
Page
)
We
ought
to
complain
of
such
Conjurers
,
who
raise
the
Sto●ms
they
cannot
appease
,
and
a
Devil
they
cannot
lay
.
First
then
,
these
are
the
Words
he
puts
into
the
mouth
of
those
that
argue
for
the
Establishment
of
the
Late
King
,
that
The
Late
King
was
unjustly
deprived
of
his
Birth-right
by
his
Subjects
,
who
by
Nature
,
and
Oaths
,
were
bound
to
defend
him
in
the
poss●ssion
of
it
,
and
now
that
he
comes
to
demand
his
own
,
all
that
ever
were
his
Subjects
,
must
either
assist
,
or
at
least
not
oppose
him
,
p.
2.
l.
18.
Now
pray
Sir
,
consider
how
he
absolves
Mankind
from
these
Tyes
,
which
he
supposes
Nature
and
Religion
has
imposed
upon
them
.
He
begins
this
great
Work
thus
,
(
Let
it
be
considered
that
all
the
Late
King's
Sufferings
were
owing
to
,
and
caused
by
the
Councils
of
his
Popish
Priests
,
and
the
Bigots
of
that
perswasion
,
Pr●testants
were
n●t
the
aggressors
,
he
might
have
kept
his
possession
to
this
day
undisturbed
,
if
he
had
not
made
such
open
and
bold
Attempts
upon
our
Laws
,
Religion
and
Properties
,
so
that
he
was
the
first
and
only
cause
of
his
own
Sufferings
;
and
why
should
Millions
be
involved
in
blood
and
ruine
who
are
perfectly
innocent
of
doing
this
injury
,
p.
2.
l.
24.
These
few
Lines
,
give
us
a
taste
of
what
we
have
to
expect
from
his
sincecerity
,
the
Contradictions
follow
so
close
,
and
the
false
Reasonings
are
so
evident
,
that
one
can
suppose
no
reasonable
aim
in
them
,
but
giving
up
the
Argument
in
the
ten
first
Lines
of
his
Plea
,
he
ought
to
satisfie
us
that
no
wrong
was
done
the
Late
King
,
and
he
concludes
the
first
paragraph
with
this
(
that
those
that
were
innocent
of
doing
him
the
Injury
,
should
not
in
Justice
be
punished
for
it
.
)
I
cannot
,
I
must
confess
,
but
imagin
the
Author
is
one
that
relies
upon
making
use
of
this
Argument
,
when
it
will
be
more
proper
than
it
is
in
this
place
,
and
so
it
runs
much
in
his
head
.
I
must
farther
observe
to
you
,
it
's
something
extraordinary
that
he
who
writes
(
for
the
Information
of
the
People
of
England
)
should
let
us
know
that
all
the
Late
King's
Sufferings
were
owing
to
,
and
caused
by
his
Popish
Priests
;
and
the
Bigots
of
that
perswasion
,
and
then
averrs
within
three
Lines
,
That
he
was
the
first
and
only
Cause
of
his
own
Sufferings
,
with
this
notable
Argument
in
conclusion
,
And
why
should
Millions
be
involved
in
blood
and
ruine
,
who
are
perfectly
innocent
of
doing
this
injury
?
To
this
last
part
I
only
appeal
to
the
Authors
own
Conscience
,
how
many
Sermons
he
has
approvingly
assisted
at
,
where
the
People
have
been
told
from
the
Pulpit
,
that
the
Fire
,
Dutch
War
,
and
Plague
,
were
just
Punishments
;
nay
that
all
the
Plagues
of
Egypt
were
due
to
them
and
their
Posterity
,
for
the
Injuries
done
to
K.
Charles
the
First
.
I
suppose
he
might
have
a
meaning
,
when
he
declares
the
Late
King
was
mislead
and
influenced
by
Popish
Councils
;
it
in
some
sort
excuses
him
,
and
intimates
a
Remedy
that
might
easily
have
been
attained
in
a
way
natural
to
our
Constitution
,
the
removal
of
such
its
Advisers
and
Counsellors
,
which
had
it
been
practised
in
time
,
would
have
prevented
those
unfortunate
Disputes
,
and
might
yet
prevent
others
,
if
now
thought
of
:
But
it
is
plain
(
though
by
chance
in
the
next
Line
he
declares
him
the
first
and
sole
Actor
in
his
own
Tragedy
,
that
in
the
whole
Course
of
his
Treatise
,
he
makes
Kings
unaccountable
)
and
the
people
without
any
expedient
sacrificed
to
perpetual
Oppression
,
unless
the
Prince
ceases
of
himself
to
oppress
or
govern
;
if
so
,
in
whatsoever
,
was
a
Force
upon
the
Late
King
,
by
this
principle
he
must
confess
an
injury
done
to
him
,
and
who
owns
an
injury
done
,
cannot
deny
but
that
a
reparation
is
required
by
divine
and
humane
Laws
.
Now
Sir
we
shall
soon
come
to
the
point
,
there
is
a
pretty
word
in
fashion
,
(
Abdication
)
a
word
of
wonderful
efficacy
,
it
settles
a
world
of
tender
Consciences
.
The
Late
King
has
Abdicated
,
and
those
Men
,
p.
3.
l.
22.
(
obliged
before
(
as
he
says
himself
)
by
all
sacred
and
civil
Tyes
to
venture
their
Lives
for
his
support
)
become
in
a
moment
the
last
of
Villains
,
if
they
assist
him
in
the
least
,
if
they
lift
up
their
hands
they
must
sight
against
him
:
This
indeed
is
the
Corner-stone
of
the
whole
Fabrick
,
the
only
expedient
our
Author
and
his
Party
have
to
make
their
Passive
Obedience
,
and
Loyalty
consistent
with
a
place
under
King
William
;
no
wonder
this
is
laboured
for
so
often
in
the
same
page
,
p.
3.
l.
14.
We
did
not
make
the
Throne
vacant
,
p.
3.
l.
20.
He
left
us
in
Anarchy
,
and
we
provided
for
our selves
in
the
best
manner
such
a
Conjuncture
would
allow
,
p.
3.
l.
31.
Somebody
must
govern
,
when
he
would
not
,
p.
5.
l.
2.
We
did
not
force
him
to
go
away
in
Disguise
.
I
must
confess
this
were
Abdication
well
proved
.
But
when
we
come
to
put
this
Term
in
plain
English
,
(
deserting
the
Throne
,
and
quitting
the
Government
)
and
to
consider
of
it
we
shall
find
the
matter
of
fact
was
not
so
,
nay
our
Author
himself
(
as
I
shall
shew
you
when
I
come
to
repeat
his
words
)
is
pleased
to
tell
us
directly
,
p.
3.
l.
10.
the
Late
King
did
not
desert
his
Throne
,
and
to
lay
it
down
for
a
fundamental
,
that
it
was
not
in
his
power
to
renounce
the
Government
,
p.
4.
l.
2.
I
must
take
the
liberty
to
say
there
is
nothing
so
Priest
like
,
and
unbecoming
Men
of
Honour
,
Integrity
and
Reason
,
as
upon
this
occasion
to
dodge
about
and
cover
equivocating
Loyalty
with
this
Notion
of
Abdication
,
even
Sherlock's
well-bred
Doctrine
,
I
prefer
to
this
of
complying
with
what
God
is
pleased
to
bless
and
prosper
,
long
may
that
Argument
continue
for
us
,
but
of
all
men
I
should
think
we
were
the
most
unfortunate
if
our
Establishment
were
built
upon
either
of
these
Foundations
,
if
so
I
fear
the
Late
King
if
ever
he
return
,
will
soon
convince
us
he
did
not
Abdicate
,
and
if
he
take
a
seasonable
opportunity
,
how
many
will
see
the
guiding
hand
of
Providence
in
it
.
Upon
the
first
Article
we
lose
our
Author
and
his
Legions
,
upon
the
second
the
Doctor
and
the
Tribe
of
Levi
,
and
who
not
;
for
who
would
resist
the
Will
of
the
Almighty
declared
in
favour
of
a
Prince
who
had
the
better
of
the
Lay
.
The
Groom-Porter
follows
the
Church
,
and
then
all
's
lost
.
But
we
must
give
the
Author
thanks
he
has
quoted
such
opinions
for
our
just
Title
to
the
Crown
that
all
good
men
must
respect
pag
.
3.
lin
.
4.
We
did
not
(
says
he
)
make
the
Throne
vacant
,
but
the
late
Arch-bishop
and
other
Peers
at
Guild-Hall
,
believed
he
had
left
it
void
or
else
they
would
not
without
his
consent
have
seised
on
the
Administration
of
the
Government
;
the
late
Arch-bishop
thought
he
had
left
it
void
,
and
this
Arch-bishop
thinks
it
well
fitted
,
how
can
a
Son
of
the
Church
have
any
scruples
?
But
it
so
falls
out
the
late
Arch-bishop
is
now
of
another
mind
,
and
this
Arch-bishop
may
change
his
mind
as
our
Episcopal
Secretary
has
changed
his
mind
,
notwitstanding
,
what
Sir
John
Denham
said
of
a
Saint
,
I
may
apply
upon
this
occasion
(
yet
the
Church
stands
uninfected
)
I
wish
I
could
find
the
Government
were
like
to
stand
unshaken
too
,
as
that
seems
in
danger
,
I
shall
endeavour
to
shew
that
our
Undertaker
and
his
Disciples
are
building
contrary
to
Scripture
and
sence
,
upon
sandy
Foundations
,
and
to
prove
it
true
from
his
own
Maxims
and
his
Self-contradictions
.
I
take
this
Author
to
be
a
Master-workman
,
tho'
I
believe
he
came
in
at
the
last
hour
for
he
writes
with
authority
,
is
supported
by
authority
,
and
the
publick
authority
that
is
given
to
him
makes
me
apt
to
confound
the
Secretary
with
the
Author
,
but
this
I
am
sure
of
,
had
I
voted
against
the
Vacancy
of
the
Throne
,
had
I
voted
against
the
Abdication
,
or
if
I
now
pretended
to
be
a
Friend
to
King
William
and
his
Establishment
,
I
would
have
refused
my
Name
to
the
countenance
of
this
Paper
,
as
to
the
most
idle
piece
of
Sophistry
that
ever
ventur'd
to
shew
it self
in
publick
.
To
convince
you
of
what
I
have
said
,
that
his
Arguments
are
directly
opposite
to
his
Profession
and
the
present
Establishment
,
I
must
desire
you
to
observe
these
passages
(
p.
3.
l.
22.
)
I
will
not
enquire
now
whether
these
Subjects
who
are
so
zealous
for
his
return
were
not
bound
to
do
more
than
they
did
to
keep
him
in
the
Throne
while
he
had
it
;
and
afterwards
(
he
went
away
while
a
Treaty
was
on
foot
,
and
nothing
but
a
Treaty
can
restore
him
fairly
,
which
he
never
yet
offered
,
p.
4.
last
Lines
,
We
did
not
force
him
to
go
away
in
Disguise
,
and
if
he
will
force
himself
upon
us
again
by
French
Dragoons
and
Irish
Cut-throats
,
we
may
and
must
oppose
him
.
Here
our
Author
you
see
takes
occasion
to
accuse
the
Late
Kings
Friends
and
Subjects
,
for
not
defending
him
in
the
Throne
while
he
was
in
possession
of
it
,
had
it
been
my
design
to
disswade
mankind
from
endeavouring
to
restore
the
Late
King
to
the
Throne
.
I
should
have
thought
a
great
while
,
before
I
had
found
out
this
strong
Argument
against
it
,
that
Englishmen
had
neglected
their
duty
in
not
venturing
their
Lives
for
his
preservation
in
it
,
but
this
Critical
Informer
has
so
nice
a
distinction
,
that
he
can
tell
you
to
a
moment
when
you
may
fight
for
,
and
against
the
same
person
;
though
I
take
him
to
be
a
great
Judge
of
the
proper
season
,
methods
and
ways
,
p.
5.
l.
5.
of
transferring
Allegiance
,
yet
I
must
say
he
is
a
little
forgetful
of
his
premises
,
and
not
over
exact
in
his
argumentation
;
never
man
had
so
just
a
Title
to
much
Wit
,
by
having
so
little
Memory
:
He
forgets
that
but
few
lines
before
in
the
same
half
page
,
p.
3.
l.
3.
he
has
absolved
the
Prince
of
Orange
and
those
that
joyned
with
him
,
from
any
designs
against
the
Rights
of
the
Late
King
,
(
Now
but
defensive
Arms
(
says
he
)
were
taken
up
by
some
few
,
and
by
a
forreign
Prince
only
to
cover
their
heads
,
while
the
Grievances
were
fairly
redressed
,
not
to
take
away
his
Rights
but
to
secure
our
own
,
nor
did
the
Prince
of
Orange
,
or
these
Gentlemen
divest
or
deprive
him
of
his
Throne
)
How
then
could
any
man
be
faulty
in
not
defending
what
was
never
attacqu'd
,
how
could
men
think
of
fighting
against
such
Lambs
,
that
only
took
up
defensive
Arms
to
cover
their
heads
while
Grievances
were
fairly
redrest
,
it
was
being
of
opinion
with
the
Author
that
made
them
slip
this
opportunity
he
says
they
should
have
laid
hold
of
,
believing
a
Son-in-Law
and
Daughter
came
not
to
invade
a
Fathers
Right
but
to
secure
their
own
.
You
see
Sir
how
dexterously
this
Master
of
true
reasoning
has
accused
and
justified
in
a
breath
.
There
is
this
farther
to
be
said
for
their
excuse
if
they
had
or
ought
to
have
had
the
will
,
they
wanted
the
power
,
which
will
appear
when
we
come
to
consider
the
Charge
our
Author
makes
against
the
Late
King
,
the
first
Article
of
which
is
for
disbanding
the
Army
.
But
how
shall
these
Gentlemen
be
perswaded
(
allowing
they
lay
under
an
Obligation
to
have
ventur'd
their
Lives
for
the
preservation
of
the
late
King
in
the
Throne
)
that
it
is
now
the
most
horrid
of
attempts
a
mortal
sin
in
them
,
to
endeavour
his
restitution
to
it
,
I
must
confess
,
I
think
no
body
but
this
Author
,
who
writes
with
more
than
Poetick
License
in
his
Prose
,
would
attempt
the
demonstration
,
and
in
my
opinion
he
makes
it
out
backwards
,
as
Witches
say
the
Lords-Prayer
.
It
is
undenyable
he
confesses
such
a
Right
and
Title
in
the
late
King
,
at
the
time
of
the
Prince
of
Oranges
Landing
,
that
his
Subjects
might
and
should
have
defended
by
Arms
,
or
else
they
deserved
not
his
reproaches
for
their
Neglect
,
the
late
King
must
then
have
forfeited
that
Right
by
some
Act
of
his
own
since
,
or
the
Right
must
remain
in
him
,
and
Subjects
are
under
an
obligation
,
or
at
least
have
a
liberty
to
endeavour
to
procure
him
his
Right
,
wherefore
any
attempt
for
him
upon
this
Foundation
,
I
am
sure
can
neither
be
Treason
against
Reason
or
Religion
.
Now
Sir
we
must
consider
what
the
Author
pretends
the
late
King
has
done
since
,
that
can
alter
the
Case
thus
from
one
extream
to
another
.
In
this
same
mysterious
page
he
begins
his
Charge
contained
in
these
Articles
,
p.
3.
l.
9.
(
he
disbanded
his
Army
,
dissolved
his
Government
,
and
as
much
as
in
him
lay
attempted
to
desert
the
Throne
)
it
is
plain
that
the
only
colour
and
pretence
of
Argument
in
this
Rethorical
piece
of
Forgism
,
is
comprised
as
I
have
said
before
in
this
single
word
Abdication
,
but
how
unfortunate
is
it
for
men
of
tender
Consciences
,
that
when
all
mankind
were
prepared
to
receive
this
informing
Paper
Licensed
by
our
sole
Secretaay
,
as
no
less
than
the
sence
of
Church
and
State
,
they
should
find
infallibility
so
soon
contradicting
it self
,
for
in
the
compass
of
twenty
lines
he
in
direct
words
tells
us
,
as
I
mentioned
before
,
that
King
James
did
not
Abdicate
,
that
the
late
King
could
not
Abdicate
,
there
can
be
no
greater
proof
a
man
did
not
do
a
thing
,
than
that
he
attempted
in
vain
to
do
it
,
p.
3.
l.
10.
(
And
as
much
as
in
him
lay
attempted
to
desert
the
Throne
,
and
in
express
words
he
says
he
could
not
do
it
,
Now
when
a
King
and
Queen
are
declared
,
submitted
to
,
and
own'd
by
Oaths
,
and
all
other
Methods
required
,
in
such
a
Case
the
King
is
not
at
liberty
to
give
up
his
powers
,
and
the
protection
of
us
,
p.
4.
l.
2.
So
that
by
his
own
Confession
this
first
and
last
Article
of
our
Creed
is
only
false
in
fact
and
in
possibility
,
and
this
darling
Word
and
Notion
,
by
which
alone
a
Loyal
Man
,
or
a
Church-man
can
reconcile
his
Conscience
to
our
Government
our
Author
has
himself
destroyed
,
but
some
Commentators
will
accuse
me
of
not
having
minded
a
passage
,
p.
3.
l.
29.
which
does
run
thus
,
(
a
man
may
leave
his
Right
when
he
pleases
but
may
not
take
it
again
at
his
pleasure
,
especially
not
by
force
,
and
this
most
especially
as
to
soveraign
power
)
:
I
must
again
repeat
the
Words
last
quoted
,
p.
4.
l.
2.
Now
when
a
King
and
Queen
are
declared
and
owned
by
Oaths
,
&c.
the
King
is
not
at
liberty
to
give
up
his
power
and
protection
of
us
:
if
it
were
not
for
these
last
Words
in
the
first
Paragraph
,
most
especially
as
to
soveraign
power
,
one
would
think
he
had
forgot
he
was
speaking
of
a
King
owned
by
Oaths
,
taken
I
believe
by
our
Author
himself
,
which
by
his
way
of
reasoning
I
wonder
he
can
absolve
himself
from
.
I
cannot
but
confess
I
am
not
able
to
reconcile
these
Texts
,
but
finding
something
so
Sublime
and
Orthodox
in
the
whole
Treatise
,
I
acquiesce
and
say
no
more
,
lest
a
doubt
in
this
case
,
should
make
me
pass
for
an
Enemy
to
the
Church
.
Now
Sir
as
to
the
other
Paragraph
mentioned
p.
4.
last
Line
(
He
went
away
while
a
Treaty
was
on
f●ot
,
and
nothing
but
a
Treaty
can
restore
him
fairly
,
which
he
never
yet
desired
,
we
did
not
force
him
to
go
away
in
Disguise
,
and
if
he
will
force
himself
upon
us
again
by
French
Dragoons
and
Irish
Cut-throats
,
we
may
and
must
oppose
him
.
)
I
own
that
the
Author
for
once
has
dealt
plainly
with
us
,
and
made
such
a
discovery
of
himself
and
Party
,
that
nothing
but
predestinated
blindness
can
hinder
us
from
a
thorough
Knowledge
of
him
and
his
Followers
,
if
a
Treaty
may
restore
him
fairly
,
and
that
our
Author
justly
blames
him
for
not
having
hitherto
offered
it
,
sure
the
natural
consequence
is
that
whenever
he
offers
one
it
will
be
unfair
not
to
receive
it
.
Now
the
business
the
late
King
has
to
Treat
about
,
is
only
the
Crown
,
of
which
he
is
to
demand
Restitution
,
to
Address
to
the
Present
King
for
his
Kingdom
and
his
Sceptre
,
would
in
my
mind
be
an
extraordinary
Application
,
who
if
he
thought
himself
at
liberty
to
take
them
,
will
hardly
conceive
himself
obliged
to
restore
them
:
This
Author's
Eloquence
will
not
perswade
him
to
it
;
besides
he
forgets
he
has
declared
p.
4
l.
2.
the
present
King
is
too
far
engaged
,
and
that
no
King
is
at
liberty
to
give
up
his
power
and
the
protection
of
Nations
,
is
he
then
to
treat
with
the
People
?
Shall
he
too
apply
to
them
,
who
are
guilty
of
Treason
if
they
listen
,
and
are
only
to
be
hang'd
,
drawn
and
quarter'd
,
if
they
have
any
Correspondence
with
him
?
Where
then
(
to
make
use
of
the
fashionable
Word
,
and
to
speak
like
a
States-man
)
are
the
first
Paces
to
be
made
towards
this
great
Negotiation
?
I
think
it
must
be
begun
with
,
and
ended
by
our
Author
,
for
I
find
no
body
else
will
,
or
dare
meddle
with
it
;
but
he
having
the
approbation
of
the
Government
in
writing
about
it
,
cannot
sure
be
reprehended
by
the
Government
if
he
engages
in
the
Treaty
.
He
will
no
doubt
,
when
he
brings
back
the
late
King
fairly
,
make
very
good
Conditions
,
for
those
that
were
the
occasion
of
his
going
.
But
I
am
Block-head
enough
to
think
,
that
as
a
Well-wisher
to
the
present
Establishment
(
either
in
respect
of
King
or
People
)
the
Author
was
under
no
necessity
of
starting
this
Notion
of
a
Treaty
,
the
result
of
which
must
be
either
,
that
the
present
King
is
to
resign
his
Kingdoms
,
or
that
the
People
are
to
take
back
their
Old
One
,
and
for
his
Reputation
(
in
my
poor
thoughts
)
he
could
suffer
in
nothing
more
,
than
in
mentioning
a
thing
so
frivolous
and
unpracticable
:
The
Rehersal
does
not
give
us
such
a
Turn
of
State
in
the
Fate
of
the
Kings
of
Brentford
.
For
the
other
part
of
the
Text
(
we
did
not
force
him
to
go
away
in
Disguise
)
though
what
he
would
insinuate
be
but
a
weak
and
false
support
to
the
beloved
Abdication
,
(
as
I
shall
endeavour
to
shew
in
my
next
Letter
if
not
this
Post
)
yet
as
he
has
hapned
to
word
it
,
I
agree
with
him
entirely
,
we
did
not
indeed
force
the
King
away
in
Disguise
,
but
forced
him
away
publickly
,
attended
with
the
Prince
of
Orange's
Guards
in
great
Solemnity
.
If
I
am
obliged
to
be
tedious
in
my
Observations
,
it
is
because
never
Man
in
so
narrow
a
Compass
gave
such
repeated
occasions
(
if
he
will
force
himself
upon
us
again
by
French
Dragoons
and
Irish
Cut-throats
,
says
our
Author
,
we
may
and
must
oppose
him
,
what
then
,
he
may
come
whenever
he
thinks
fit
,
with
Swedes
,
Danes
,
and
Polanders
,
and
be
heartily
welcome
;
or
if
he
pleases
to
come
alone
when
R.
Reymond
is
Major
,
and
K.
Killegreu
Admiral
,
and
T.
Trevor
Chancellor
,
and
S.
Seymor
Treasurer
,
without
any
Change
in
the
Secretaries
Office
,
I
doubt
not
he
will
be
receiv'd
with
all
imaginable
Marks
of
Loyalty
and
Affection
,
though
French
Dragoons
and
Irish
Cut-throats
are
sure
to
follow
.
I
must
take
the
liberty
to
repeat
two
or
three
more
of
his
Sentences
upon
this
Head
,
you
have
engaged
me
at
your
peril
and
must
have
patience
,
the
Nation
serves
you
as
a
great
Example
(
finally
,
p.
5.
l.
5.
There
is
no
injury
to
any
but
himself
,
and
those
who
run
into
voluntary
Exile
with
him
by
his
being
cut
of
possession
.
The
Monarchy
,
the
Law
,
the
Church
and
Property
are
all
in
better
Estate
than
in
his
Time
,
and
all
these
with
innumerable
private
Persons
must
be
irreparably
injured
by
his
Return
in
a
Hostile
manner
)
our
Author
one
would
think
had
been
frighted
as
K.
J
—
the
First
was
in
his
Mothers
Belly
with
a
Sword
;
he
hates
War
and
Tumult
,
and
by
no
means
would
have
the
late
King
return
in
a
Hostile
manner
,
Drums
and
Trumpets
,
Canons
and
Bombs
are
his
aversion
,
but
for
Treaties
and
all
other
amicable
Methods
of
bringing
him
back
,
those
he
often
mentions
with
great
satisfaction
,
yet
notwithstanding
he
tells
us
,
the
Monarchy
,
the
Law
,
the
Church
,
and
Property
,
are
all
in
a
better
Estate
than
in
his
Time
;
if
so
,
why
any
Treaty
?
What
is
it
we
should
Treat
for
?
But
Oh
the
Church
!
that
Word
seems
more
terrible
to
me
than
all
the
others
just
now
mentioned
;
I
think
the
very
Name
of
it
has
frighted
above
half
the
Nation
out
of
their
senses
for
these
three
years
last
past
;
for
my
part
,
I
meddle
not
with
it
,
and
wish
it
so
settled
and
undisturbed
,
that
it
may
not
be
so
much
as
talked
of
more
.
As
to
our
Law
and
Property
,
which
justly
take
the
next
place
,
I
confess
the
Expectations
raised
by
the
Prince
of
Orange's
Declaration
are
not
answered
,
and
I
must
own
some
Pamphlets
writ
by
the
other
Party
(
which
I
have
promised
to
speak
impartially
of
,
and
to
Treat
as
fair
Enemies
)
have
made
me
doubt
whether
they
be
in
much
better
Estate
than
they
were
;
this
Sir
we
shall
afterwards
consider
of
.
But
for
Monarchy
,
that
sort
of
Monarchy
our
Author
means
,
and
Explains
in
the
Ninth
Page
,
Hereditary
and
Successive
Monarchy
,
how
that
comes
to
be
in
a
better
Estate
by
an
Election
of
a
Forreign
Prince
into
the
Throne
,
actually
in
possession
of
the
Supream
Power
of
another
State
,
and
this
done
by
the
solemn
Choyce
of
the
People
,
and
the
Suffrages
of
both
Houses
of
Parliament
,
by
which
Choyce
,
not
only
the
late
King's
Title
and
his
pretended
Sons
is
layd
aside
,
but
also
the
Princess
of
Denmark
postponed
,
who
I
suppose
has
not
Abdicated
;
how
this
confirms
and
puts
Hereditary
Successive
Monarchy
into
a
better
Estate
,
I
confess
I
cannot
apprehend
:
I
say
no
more
now
as
to
this
part
,
but
beg
Pardon
of
the
Author
for
speaking
to
that
last
,
he
puts
first
.
I
hope
I
shall
not
be
Censured
of
ill
breeding
,
or
disrepect
to
Monarchy
,
in
giving
precedency
to
the
Church
,
whatever
be
the
Rank
of
Law
and
Property
.
I
have
the
ill
Fortune
to
be
able
to
agree
with
no
part
of
his
Paragraph
:
This
allowing
an
injury
done
to
the
late
King
upon
all
occasions
,
and
these
Treaties
by
which
he
may
seek
to
be
fairly
restored
,
all
this
together
I
confess
would
not
please
me
,
were
I
at
the
Head
of
the
present
Government
;
but
his
Argument
in
my
Opinion
is
most
false
upon
his
own
premises
,
(
there
is
no
injury
do●e
,
(
says
our
Author
)
to
any
but
himself
,
,
and
th●se
who
run
into
voluntary
Exile
with
him
by
his
being
out
of
possession
)
:
Now
by
his
leave
,
if
there
be
an
injury
done
to
him
,
I
think
the
injury
very
general
,
done
to
the
whole
Nation
,
who
should
have
a
feeling
in
any
injury
done
to
their
rightful
King
;
a
King
that
has
his
Crown
injuriously
taken
away
from
him
,
sometime
or
other
will
find
a
Party
that
will
endeavour
to
redress
that
injury
by
Arms
,
and
Civil
intestine
War
in
consequence
will
prove
an
injury
,
the
whole
and
every
part
of
the
Nation
will
sufficiently
suffer
by
,
besides
the
damage
happens
not
alone
to
those
he
calls
(
voluntary
Exiles
)
which
if
an
injury
be
done
the
late
King
,
I
shall
esteem
honourable
Martyrs
for
a
justifiable
Loyalty
,
but
to
all
others
who
live
by
just
scruples
,
debarred
from
publick
employments
,
and
exposed
as
several
have
been
to
the
payment
of
double
Taxes
and
other
inconveniences
.
As
yet
you
see
I
have
but
endeavour'd
to
shew
you
the
false
Argumentation
of
the
Author
,
and
have
only
brought
his
own
Arguments
against
his
own
beloved
Notion
,
though
they
sufficiently
ridicule
it
.
Yet
Sir
you
must
allow
me
to
give
you
my
own
thoughts
about
this
Abdication
,
I
shall
endeavour
to
shew
you
in
my
next
Letter
,
that
all
discourse
about
it
,
is
vain
and
impertinent
,
and
no
way
to
the
purpose
as
to
the
present
Establishment
.
What
a
sputter
and
pains
are
here
taken
to
avoid
the
Confession
of
this
Notorious
Truth
,
that
the
People
of
England
,
(
having
an
opportunity
given
them
by
the
Prince
of
Orange
freely
to
assemble
)
bestowed
the
Crown
upon
him
forfeited
by
the
late
King
;
many
reasonable
Motives
inclined
them
to
this
Choyce
,
and
this
not
the
least
prevailing
Consideration
,
that
from
a
Prince
who
had
expressed
such
a
care
and
concern
for
theit
Laws
,
Constitution
and
Liberty
,
when
a
Forreigner
,
it
was
reasonable
to
expect
a
most
tender
regard
to
them
when
chosen
King
.
As
doubtless
the
Body
of
the
Nation
went
upon
just
and
reasonable
Grounds
,
as
the
ends
were
reasonable
,
so
the
steps
towards
it
were
in
my
opinion
in
the
utmost
form
of
Justice
,
Equity
and
Prudence
,
and
exactly
adjusted
to
those
ends
,
except
in
so
far
as
they
were
byassed
by
the
Author
and
his
Party
:
But
this
I
am
sure
of
,
and
shall
endeavour
to
make
undeniably
plain
in
my
next
,
that
those
who
will
not
own
this
Opinion
,
are
Vipers
nursed
in
the
bosom
of
the
Government
,
that
will
destroy
it
when
ever
they
are
warmed
into
sufficient
power
to
act
with
safety
,
complying
with
,
at
least
acting
for
a
Government
a
Man
must
disavow
,
makes
him
appear
in
my
mind
the
lowest
and
most
vile
of
Knaves
;
but
this
Excuse
is
to
be
made
for
some
in
Employment
amongst
us
,
that
they
seem
prest
into
the
service
,
though
they
have
frankly
owned
their
Opinion
,
and
declared
for
Months
together
in
the
face
of
the
World
,
their
dislike
to
our
Government
;
indeed
if
it
be
of
absolute
necessity
for
the
welfare
of
a
Government
established
as
ours
,
that
those
be
employed
to
support
it
,
who
were
Ministers
in
the
preceding
Reign
,
or
have
opposed
it
to
their
utmost
,
and
cannot
,
or
will
not
,
as
we
,
own
it
rightful
and
lawful
,
as
the
Notion
seems
contrary
to
common
prudence
,
so
let
the
Principle
be
contrary
to
common
sence
,
and
a
better
foundation
cannot
be
found
than
a
Tory
Abdication
for
a
Government
to
cheat
it self
by
,
or
for
Knaves
to
furnish
themselves
with
pretences
;
but
as
I
pretend
to
a
sincerity
,
shall
as
little
spare
my
friends
as
adversaries
;
I
only
wait
to
see
the
Election
,
so
much
talked
of
,
the
Popish
Convert
,
reconverted
in
Holland
,
chosen
at
the
request
of
the
Whiggs
,
for
their
Champion
,
to
support
the
Protestant
Religion
,
and
the
Liberties
of
England
;
I
only
stay
I
say
,
to
see
this
known
Enemy
of
France
thus
sanctified
,
and
then
adopted
by
them
,
boldly
to
declar'd
in
the
behalf
of
my
Friends
and
Brethren
the
Whiggs
,
that
of
all
Parties
of
Men
that
ever
the
World
produc'd
,
they
deserve
the
preference
for
folly
a●d
knavery
.
I
would
be
glad
to
know
what
Government
there
is
or
can
be
in
Nature
,
that
I
will
not
find
authority
for
and
against
,
in
this
one
comprehensive
page
:
This
Author
I
dare
engage
(
provided
it
suits
with
his
interest
,
and
that
of
his
Party
)
will
find
some
piece
of
Gospel
or
Law
,
to
satisfie
his
and
their
Consciences
in
all
Circumstances
,
and
at
all
Times
(
&
factum
valet
quod
fieri
non
debuit
)
will
enable
him
to
write
such
another
Treatise
for
the
next
ensuing
Government
,
unless
perhaps
this
may
serve
the
turn
,
though
indeed
he
will
tell
us
in
the
New
Piece
,
that
we
ought
to
have
fought
more
obstinately
for
our
King
while
he
was
in
the
Throne
,
but
are
obliged
(
lest
we
make
innocent
people
suffer
by
a
War
)
to
submit
to
any
Government
that
provides
but
an
honest
and
able
Secretary
of
State
,
fit
,
like
Atlas
alone
to
support
the
politick
World
.
I
was
going
to
conclude
,
and
like
to
have
forgotten
our
Author
in
his
greatest
Glory
(
where
he
appears
indeed
like
the
great
Man
I
always
took
him
for
)
raising
Money
without
Parliament
,
giving
Pensions
to
Kings
,
and
restoring
forfeited
Estates
(
if
it
be
pleaded
,
that
he
who
was
born
to
a
Kingdom
,
really
wants
subsistence
;
I
reply
,
that
if
he
would
seek
the
Peace
of
Christendom
,
and
of
his
late
Subjects
,
he
might
by
a
fair
Treaty
set
on
foot
,
not
only
restore
the
Exiles
,
but
have
a
sufficient
and
Honourable
Maintenance
from
this
Government
)
:
A
Man
would
be
well
suppled
with
Matter
,
that
had
only
these
few
Lines
to
Examine
,
but
I
shall
leave
large
Gleanings
for
others
,
and
only
desire
you
to
consider
how
kind
a
Friend
our
Author
is
to
the
Friends
of
this
Government
,
and
how
fierce
a
Foe
to
the
Enemies
of
it
.
Every
day
we
see
Jacobites
handing
about
Declarations
where
no
body
is
pardoned
,
not
those
they
pretend
they
would
pardon
;
and
here
our
Author
promises
to
all
those
that
have
been
accessary
to
the
blood
spilt
in
Ireland
,
and
cause
of
all
the
Taxes
the
Nation
has
groaned
under
,
and
above
all
,
the
Authors
perhaps
and
Advisers
of
all
those
violent
Attempts
against
our
Religion
,
Constitution
and
Laws
,
by
which
all
Liberty
,
Sacred
and
Civil
,
was
endangered
.
I
say
,
to
these
Men
he
is
pleased
to
offer
their
Estates
,
whenever
grown
weary
of
unsuccessful
Rebellion
,
they
shall
think
fit
to
accept
of
them
,
If
any
thing
could
wean
a
Thinking
Man
from
a
Goverment
to
which
Principle
and
Assection
inclined
him
,
it
were
the
thoughts
of
what
our
Author
proposes
;
it
seems
strange
,
that
a
Friend
to
this
Government
should
think
it
reasonable
that
those
(
who
are
declared
by
himself
in
his
Pamphlet
,
to
Act
for
Rome
and
France
in
reality
)
though
they
use
the
late
KING's
Name
,
should
by
all
means
have
their
Estates
restored
them
again
,
forfeited
by
Act
of
Parliament
,
when
those
that
side
with
King
William
upon
a
National
Bottom
,
for
the
support
of
the
Established
Religion
and
Government
,
are
exposed
to
the
Mercy
of
an
injured
King
,
(
as
he
himself
styles
him
all
along
)
and
have
nothing
to
trust
to
,
but
the
good
Nature
of
Priests
and
Jesuites
in
success
,
or
the
Care
that
may
be
taken
for
them
in
the
Treaty
so
often
mentioned
in
this
Paper
,
to
be
carryed
on
I
suppose
by
those
in
that
Secretaries
Office
who
Licensed
it
.
I
shall
now
Conclude
this
tedious
Letter
,
which
will
make
you
less
impatient
for
my
next
,
with
this
Melancholly
Reflection
upon
the
whole
,
that
I
fear
this
Author
,
and
many
others
like
him
,
are
empowered
to
Act
for
us
,
just
as
he
Writes
for
us
.
FINIS
.