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To a Memfor of the Contention.

mm Heir you ire elecled a Member of this next Convention, and therefore expeS to fee you very (uddenly in Town, but lean tell you my mind more freely in Writing , and you may think better of it when you fee it before you, and therefore I have rather chofe to give you the trouble of this Paper, than to leave all to a perfonal Conference at our next meeting.

v I will not difpute with you about what is paft or what Is to come; it ii too late to do the ■it, and as for the fecond, whatever becomes of other Arguments, Intereft is moft apt to evail, and therefore all that I beg of you, is to take care that you do not mlftake your own /id tjie Nations Intereft in a matter of fuch high Concernment, There is no Ids Affair before you than the Fate of Princes, and of three Kingdoms, which quires the moft calm, mature, and deliberate Advice ; and yet when you come to London u will rind fuch diftraflions and divlfions in Mens Councils, that all the threatning Dan- r of Popery were not a more formidable profpett to confidering Men, all old Animosities revived, and new ones fomented every day ; fomc are vifibly afted by Ambition, others Revenge; the Difienter It very bufie to undermine the Church, and the Common- wealths t to fubvert Monarchy, and the Lord have mercy upon as All, I doubt nor, bur you will lily confefs, that it is the common Intereft to have things fettled upon fuch a bottom, as Is ft like to lafi; aid then, I am fure, you muft confult both Law and Confcience in the mat- & keep to your old eilablifhment as near as you can : for when there are fo many Diftem- s in Mens Minds, and fuch contrary latere!! $, it is no time to innovate, it is no time to new Foundations, when there are frequent Earthquikes,Which will not givethem time cttlc : The Revolution* of State have been fo quick and fudden of late, that all prudent 1 will be caurious how they try Experiments, which are commonly dangerous and uncer- , but cfpecially in matters of Government, which depend on the good liking of free and al Agents, and when fo many Hundred Thoufand are to be fatlsfied, you can never gucd he prevailing Opinion, by the major Vote of a Convention.

et us then confider, what is moil likely to give the moft general fatisfaftion to the Nation,' that I am fure , is moft likely to be lading, and becaufe you may be a Stranger to thofc tcrs yet, I will give you an Account of the different Frojcfts now on foot, as well as I can o them.

ome are for fending to the King, and treating with him to return to his Government, er fuch legal reftraints, as fhal glvefccurity to the moft jealous Perfons, for the prefer- on of their Liberties, Laws, and Religion; and if he will confent to this, to make the t Heir Regent : Others are for declaring the Crown forfeited or demlfed, and proclaim- the Princefs olOrtnge ; Others will have the Government diflblved, and begin »\ideno> and make the Prince of Q tinge King, or crown him and the Vrinctfs together, and pa/2- •thc Title of the Princefs Anne, till after the Princefs Deatlyf he furvlve the Princefs A mat pretend to tell you, which of thefc I mould prefer, wercic njintetu ; for the queition

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Is not, which you and I fhould like heft* but which will be the firmed Foundation for the peace and fettlement of thefe Kingdoms.

I. As for the firft, though 1c be horribly decried, and fuch Men fooliftiW expofed as Friends to popery and Aibitrary power ; yet I could never meet with any Man yet, who tod the face to rejeft air Treaty with the King upon any other pretence, but thar V was in vain, that it is impoifible he fhould give any Security to the Nation, that he wouM govern by Law ; which is fo ridiculous a pretence, that it will fatisfy no body, but /hofe who are refolved, that he Aral never return. For, as little as I it^ verfed in thte matter, I could frame fuchLawi,as fhould put it utterly outoftheKing'tpowerto invade ourLlbcrties orAcli* gion: However, I am Jure, we fhould have thought our f elves very fecurr, would the King have called a Free ?£YlUmtnt , and gjven them liberty to have mide what laws they pleafed, and that which would have given fuch general fa tisf action before, had it been granted) I fufpeft, fhould it be now granted, and refuted, that would give » general dhTatisfaftlon ; nay the very rcfufal to treat, will be thought fuch a fcandaious negleft of our Duty to j Sovereign Prince, and give fuch Jealoufies to people, that thofe who oppofe? Br, are only afraid, that the King fhould comply, as will be the Foundation of uoivcrUi Dlf. contents, which will flicw themfcires upon the firftoccafion. It is certain, would the Con* vtntitn treat with the King, either they would agree, or they would not agree; if they could not agree upon the propofalof Rcafonablc Securities •, this would fatisfy multitudes of people, that they had tried if they did agree, this would give univerfal fatisfaftion, and there were an happy end of all our Troubles.

But now let us fuppofe, that part of the Convention fhould prevail, which ic agafnft treat* log with the King, and for depofing or letting him afide without more ado, let us confides what Is like to be the moft probable confcqucnce of this.

It is certain, this fundamental Change in the Government cannot be made by any legal Authority \ for the Convention will not pretend to any fuch legal power, and r here cm be do Parliament without a King* and a King, whofc while Authority .spends upon a Convert iiont that has no fuch Au hority, is but in a weak Oate, as to Civil Right \ No man will think himfelf bound in Coofclence to obey him, and when every Mam Confcicnce is free, let fuch a Prince beware .of Epidemical Difcontenrs. And Lt you and I calmly confider, what Difconrents may probably arife u^on (uch a junfturc.

i, Firft then, all thofe who, rhink thcmfelves bound by their Ofhof Allegianceto defend the Kings per fon, his Crown, and dignity, who wonder at men of Law, who talk of a fore* feiru e ordemifeofthc,Crowq, while the Kinglives.and file tout of his Kingdoms, only for thefaferyof hisperfon, and bee ufe he will not rruft himlilfin 'hr power of hi* Enemies 5 Ifiy, all fitch pcrfonswill be greatly difcontented at depofingrhe Kn », and will never owni any of her King, while their own King, p whom they hive fworn Allegiance, lives; and] «ho you fhould fuppofe fuch confcientioui Mrt» to be very few, yet If th?iefew mould h»p-J pen to be Perfons of Character, of known p^ud*:nce and Abilities, Integrity and HonHly, Unchurch or State, their Examples, would give a terr.bk flnck ro fuch a new tottering GoJ vernment^ trio, thej were,, never fo tame and peaceable, void of Faftion and StfditionthcmJ selves. i

And yet let me .tell, you, you mu/t not >ud£e of the Numbers of thcfc Men by the hx\ general defection* The wh©Je Nation, j confefs, was very unanimous for the Prince, grea numbers of Geotlemen, nay of »he Kings own Soldiers, .went over to him, very few, ba PapUhofored their Service to the King 1 but the rcafort of this- was very evident, not ths they were willing to part .with the King, and fet up another In his room, but becaufe th< were horribly afaid of popery, and very defiroui 10 fee the Laws and Religion of the

tloti fetlcd upon the old Foundations by t Free PdrlUtntnt, which wis all the Prince declared for; but many who were well- withers to this Dcfign, will not renounce their Allegiance to their King) and now they fee what if like to cone of it, arc afhamcd of what they have done, and ask God's pardon for it, and are ready to undo it as far as they can. II 2. Befides a thoufand occafions of Discontent which may happen In fuch a Change of Go- vernment as this, which no body can puflbly forefee, and yet may have very fatal Confe- quences, there are force very vifible occaliont for it betides the lenfe of Loyalty and Confci- ence.

How many Difcontents, think you, may arlfe between the Noblflry and Gentry, who at* rend the new Court ? Every Man will chink he his f >me Merit, and exp ct fome marks of Favour, to have his (hare of H >nor,and fowcr,and profit, and yet a great many more rauft mifs than thofe who i peed and many of thofe, who arc rewarded, may think they haVt their De- fcrts,and be dixonten-cn to fee other* preferred before them j and thofe whoic expeditions are difappoin ed, arc dtlobliged too, and that is a dangerous thing , when there is another, and a rightful K ng to oblige; for Duty and Difcontent together , to be revenged if a new King , and to be reconciled to an old One, will fhake a Throne which has fo fandy a Four?, dation ; the like may be faid of the Soldiery, who are generally Men of Honor aod rtfent- ncnt , and have the greater and fharper Rcfentments now , bcc.ufe they are fcnfiblc of their mi flake, when it is too late; yet as they cught not to have fought for Popery, nor againft the Laws and Liberties of their country, fo neither ought they to have deferred the defence of the Kings pcrfon and Crown, but have brought the Prince to Terms as well as the King.

Tnus you eafily foreiee, what a heavy Tax muft be laid upon the Nation, to defray the Charge of this Expedition, and I believe the Country would have paid It very chearfuliy and thankfully, had the Prince rcftored tothem their Laws and Liberties, and Religion, together wjth their King ; but you know Men are apt to complain of every thing, when Mony is to be r paid, and it may be It will be thought hard to lofe their King and to pay fo dear for it too. And tho what the Convention does is none of thcPrincc's fau!t,no more than It was his;dellgn,yec angry People don't ufe to diftinguifh fo nicely.

But there is a greater difficulty ftlllthan all thh:Therc are no Contentions fo fierce as thofe about Religion *, this gave Life and Spirit to the Prince's Defign, and had the main ftrofes In this late Revolution : And though Popery were a hated Religion, yet moft men arc as Zea- lous for their own Religion, as they are againft Popery. Thofe of the Church of England are very glad to get rid of Popery, but they will not be contented to Part with their Church into the bargain, for this would be as bad, as they conld have fuffered under Popery. The fe- deral Setts of Diflcnters arc glad to get rid of Popery alfoj but now they expeft glorious days for rhemfetves, and what they expeft, God A' mighty knows, for I am confident they don't koow themfelYcs. Now consider how difficult it will be, for any Prince, who has but * crazy Title to the immediate pofTefthn of the Crown, to adjuft this natter fo, as neither to difguft the Church of EncUnd, nor the D.IT nters, and if either of them be difobligcd, there Is a formidable party made againft throi.

This being the Cafe , fhould th*King bed^pofed, and any other afcend the Throne, Ic will be neccflaryfor them to keep up a ftandlogArmy to quell fuchDifcontestSjfor where there are and will bcDifcontents without any tyeof Conlcience to rcftrain Men,thcrccan be no de- fence but only lo power ; and this will ralfc and encreafe new Difcontents*, for it alters the frame of our Conftitutlon, from a Civil to i Military Government, which is one of the great "rlcvances wc hive complained of, and I believe Enclifh people will not be better plcafed

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with Viitb% or Gftfm% or any fornigo Souldiers, than they were with their own Countrey menj&Ibclleve Entity fouldicrs will not be extremly pleafedto fee themfclvcs disbanded,or| lent into o:hcr Countries to hazard their Lives, while their Places are taken up by Fo eig- nerswho live in eafe, plenty, and fafety : And when things are come to this pafs,which is fo like!y,that f cannot fee how all the wit of man can prevent it-,I will fuppofe but one thing more, I which >ou will fay Is not unlikely.that the King returnwMi a foreignForce to recover his K'ng- do m ho v (cady will the Men of Conlclence, and the M?n of Dlfcontent be to joyn him, nay to invite hln horn- again; and if he returns as a Conqueror, you will wifh, when it b too late, thar you hid t eated with him, and brought him back upon fafe and honorable Terms*

Sccond'y, L^ u fuppofe now, that all this fhouid be overvoted ( for I am lure it can ne- ver b anfw red )anJt'ie Convention fhouid refolve to proclaim the next Heir.

i. Y m nufj br furc o eximin well who is the next Heir , that is, you mufi throughly ex- amlnrtie Pretences of Ik P.ince of Wilts \ and yet If you have not goodproofsof rhe im. poflure, you had better let ir alone. For tho the Nation has had general prefumptions of it, yet a Male H ir of the Crown h mightily defircd, and People would be very fond of him, if they hid onr, anl fee m to t xpect fome better proofs than mere prefumptions agalnft him, be„ caufc common fame h tpromifeda great dealmore,and if you fhouid cither fay nothing to ir, or«not what is expefted.lt would be a very plaunble pretence fordifcontented pcopleto quarrel

2 Suppo'e he Prlncefs of Or Met fhouid appear ro be the next Heir,what if a Lady of her e- mitjentVirtue fhouid fcruplc to fit upon herFathersThrone.whilc he lives?Or what ifflir mould fcruple it hereafter, & place her Father in hlsThrone again? This is not impoffible, for Virtue is greater 'hao a Thro le.For my part,I think you will put a very hardening upon fo excellent a Lady,and I pray God give her Grace to refift theTemptatlon.A Regency Is more toierable,bc« caufe a Nation muft be governed , and none fo proper to govern it at the next Heir j but I fhouid think, none who expefl to wear a Crown, would countenance Subjects in depofing their King, nor accept of a Crown upon fuch Terras, as to take it off, of a Fathers Head: It Is a dangerous thing for a Prince who has a Title to the Crown, to own that the Crown may be forfeited or demifr d by fuch a withdrawing; if this be not fo.the Princefs has no Right to the pofMoo of ihe Crown yet, and if It be fo , her Crown ts worth a great deal lefs than formerly it was , efpecially if flic own this Secret by accepting the Crown, which her An- ccftors alway es concealed, and which the beft Subjects of Entland would not believe before*, what they may do after this, I know not.

Thirdly, The next Difign ( I verily believe without the knowledge or thought of Prince who has too great a mind to think of any thing, which in the opinion of any Wife Maa could ftain and fully his Glory ) Is to give the Crown to the Prince of Onnge , for it muft be a Gift, li any thin* | for he has no Immediate Title to it, that I know of : This is upon a pretence, that the Government is diffolved, and therefore we muft begin de novot which Is very ridiculous , when the King is ftill alive, and the Laws in as full force as ever, only the Regular Adminiftraiion-of Government at prefenr, interrupted by the Kings abfence; but this is not the worft of Ir.for it is a dangerous pretence too,cfpecially to Men ofQushty andEftatei as youare,for if cheGrwernment be diffolved.ourLaws are di(Tolved,and honour and property diflolved with them and then I doubt thcMobile will come in for their fhare in the newDWifi- on oi thtLands, and fet up for Men of as good Quality as any •, for if our Lawi are gone, we return to aftate of Nature, in which all Men arc equal.and all rhlngs common-, this! believe you will not be for, for the Reafon above-mentioned. I

If then the Laws continue, the Government is not diflblved,and the Crown is not a Gift, but an Inheritance Hill, as much as yourEftate Is-, and then the Prince oi On*tt cannot hiveltlnhHo.vnRghr,becaufehisown Princef,and the Priacefs Ann are before hlrr-, con- sider then whit the coafcqucncc of this Projcft would be. i.This

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t This alters the etfcntial Conftitutlon of the £**//» Government, by chan«ing an Here- ditary intoao EUftivc Monarchy , a thing which I know (one nun are very fond of; for then fhe nextoccafion they can find 'to quarrel with their Prince they my with as mucheafc turn It into a Common- wealth ; For when the Crown Is at the peoples dupofal, they nay, if rhevoleafe, keepit to themfelves. . .j

T This ml mingle all men of Confcience in new Difficulties; for the Oath ol AIIcg1in<* docs not only bind us to the King, but to his Heirs and Succeffors.whlth nuft be under Rood ofthenexr Lineal Heir, where there is no Authority to alter it j and whatever a Parliament mav bcthcueh' to have with the Authority andconfeot of theK'og, no Man pretend*, that i Convention of the Eftates has any Legal Authority to do ir. I fhould be as heartily glad ai any man,to fee the Prince of Ora»r* legally Seated on the Englifh Throne; but thefe a/e difti- cultles I cannot brcik through. Thus I have given you my hafty Thoughts, and pray God to dircclyou. I m yours.

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There is one thing more i would big ojyou, tbit the Story of the French Leigue to cut VrotV flints Th'oit tin England, nay be well Ex mined •, for this did more to drive the ft ng out if theNition, thin the Winces Army * And if this [kould prove a Sfcew, as fome, who pretend, to Jhow, fay it is, it feems At lei(l to be bilfin Argument to invite the King bick H"*- In \hort% remember you ire a. Convention, not iVirliment, And therefore nothing an give Authority to whit you do, but the good lining of the People ; tnd asNeceffity only un ju(iifie yournmting without the Ring's writs, fo I hope you will tike are to \do nothing but whit will juftifie it felf to Godt the Kjng% tend ym Countrey.

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1 Thank you for chooftng mber to write t th&n to leive iU to a prjonAl Conference inTownt fmce Orders from above have prevented ou- Mrering fuddenly hereby ten Miles* You (ay, you will not difpute with me About whit ii pAJt , or whAt is to come. So I perceive, without weighing either the Cau(es: or Confcquencesof things, I am upon implicit faith ohJlged to your D^ates, wha: my own And the m ions inter eft muftbe. Bur if you will not difpute, what will become of yow Argument mont'others, that lntere[t is moil apt to previil : I thank you for your indifputablc Argument. 1 im come to London, md find no MslrfflW nor diyifions in mens counfels, the mj*tnW

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dangers of Popery ire daily a lefs formidable profit cT to confidering men, pnceold Animofities ire buried, And new ones juppreft, put men are neither aftedby ambition nor revenge, tbt Dijfenter being ready to fupport the church, And the Commonwealths m*n to maintain Monarchy ; fo mcN cifal his the Lord been to at ail.

i rudily confefs it is the Common Intertfl to have things fettled upon fucb a bottom is is mofl lify If to lafl , and I will confult Law andConfcience in the matter And fine* rruch depends up. on the good lining of free And morAl Agents, And fo many hundred thousands Are to befausfied, waring your Dmgcrous aod uncertain Experiment, 1 canro; gucis better a: the prevailing Opinion, thin by the mAJor Vott of a Convention, which I much prefer to your print Opl« nion.

Of the different projtfts, which you fay are now on foot, viz. To fend for the King, Ant Treat with him to return to the Government under Re(irAints, And ifb> will not confent to this, to mike the next Heir Regent j to declare the Oown fortfeittd or dmiftd, and proclaim the Prin* cefs 0/ Orange ; To decUre the Government Diffoived, Ana begin aU de novo, And m*{e the Prince of OtiQgc Ring, or Crown him And the Vrincefs together, and poflpone the Title of the Princefs Ann, till after the Princefs death, if he furvive the ?rince(s : You think tbe first will be the firmefl Foundation for the Veace and Settlement of theft Nations.

This, I tell you, is horribly decried, And All men oj the Opinion may reafonably be txpofed as Friends to Poperl And Arbitrary Power. Aud till you tell me what the Laws are you could frame, which fhould put it utterly out of the Kings power to Invade our Liberties or Religion, I uklfall Treaty with the King to be in VAin, it being impofible be fhould give Any fecurity to the VAtion, that he would Govern by Law, except Faith be to be kept with Herctlcks. Then 1 tm lure the refufalofa Treaty can be no foundation ofchofe Vniverfal Difcontents you talk of, except by univerfalyon mean Catbolick , which fliew themfelves without occafioo. However, multitudes of People arc obliged to you for their fatlsfaftion, when having once burnt their Fingers, you advifemen for experiment of a Cure, to put them Into the fire a< gain.

Where you call the fapplylng the Throne, a Fundamental change in the Government, you take, I doubt, the Tradition of tht Twtlvc Judges, for equal Authority with the Letter of the Twelve rabies, not confide rlo* that the Government is founded upon the Office of a King, and upon the legal Admlnlftratlo/ of it, not upon any one mans perion, (otherwife his death would DliTolve the Government.^ V/hat Fundamental change In (he Government then can there be, that the Executive Power of whe Law, which the King would not Admi- nifter, be committed to a pcrfon who will put the T.aws In Execution I If you queftion the legality of the power of a Convention of the Eftates of a Kingdom to Transfer this high Truft, becaufe violated, to one who will Inviolably conferve It *, I rcu/t tell you, when the prero- gative is crackr, we arc under Obligation to the Priyllcdges of the People, which, if you dif pute, you may have a fair hearing in this Convention, Bat fir ft read Edward the Second's and Richard the Second's caie, who were both depofed by the People for Male Admintftratl- 00, and their next Succeflbrs were held to be Lawful Kiogs, when confirmed by Ads of Par llament of their own figning. And Sir, King Charles the Second taught the Legality of th< Fad, when he approved of the Depofing his Brother in Law of Portugal, by his own Sub jtfts, and the placing the younger Brother upon the Throne.

x. Then Hector and Swear as many Oaths of Allegiance as you pleafe, this will not fav< the forfeiture or demife of your Mailers Crown, who if fid out of his Kingdoms, for fomethinj more than the fafety of his Perfon. Bur ro be plain with you, under an apprche* fion that ou iUiigioaand Laws were utterly to be fubverted, I wis one that iuvlted the prince of Orang

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>vcr to maintain them .* When his Highnefs came, I entered Into an A(Toclation to main- aio them, and preferve him to ray power. If then, Intere/f ( as you advertife; mufl pre-- uil, I defire you to give me better fecurity for Religion and Liberty In general, and to do )ne favour more for your Friend In particular ( s. t ) to procure a huge long pardon for a- ly thing that Arbitrary Power can interpret either High Trcafon or Mifdemeanor. Do this, md bavc ac you, But

2. When you write nexs be fo kind as to fhew me one ojthoft thoufand otcafions ofDifcon* tnt, which no body can poffibly forefe e.

You forebode Difcontents in the new Court about preferments. To pleafe the gcod and bad. $ not an Attribute of the Almighty, much lefs then Is it in the power of any of his Servants opleifc all. But in that Court where Preferments are difpofed according to merit , not noney, no man of Honour, or any Worth, can have reafon torcfent the rewarding of the Virtuous. This thin, you mean, may be an occafitn of Difconttnt, which no body an poffibly

be fee. Qh I But you forefee a Tax. And, I am willing to defray the Charge of this Expedition, nd will pay my proportion very chearfully and thankfully to the Prince for restoring to us our iligion% Laws and Liberties. But what's all this to you ? Your Maxim is, No Ring, no Monty.

But there is a greater difficulty than all this : No King, no Bifhop : How fairly do you jn- Imate, that while ihoje of the Church oj England art getting rid of Poppy, they mufi part with heir church into the Birgain ? The ftveral Seels ofoifftnters *re glad to get rid oj Yopery alf&. By your. own confefTion they are agreed againfi Popery ; when then think you will they a- tee to rccal the King? As for the formidable Parties of Church-men, and Diflenrcrs, which pou conjure up in B*ttaliat one againft another, they muft yer Pafs for things which no body 'an poffibly forefee. And by the next return of the Carrier, I pray fend me your Profpeftive, ty help ot wbich you took a view of the /landing Amy you fright us with. But tell mc aHb, when the Cou que ror comes.

Secondly \ 1 luppofe this will be overvotedt ( I am fur e it is anfwered, you have engiged not \o !)ifpute with me about what is pa(l, or what is to some) and whomfoevcr the convention re» blve to procUm.

i. Y>ji mil be fare they will throughly Examine the pretences of the Pxince of Wales, How fond foeverymr ptople may bt offuch a mate Heir to the Crown, and how wellfotver you have iuflrufted ' common ftmetofpeal^ofhim; with the Deponents good leave, his Title muft fobmit to a M-lius inquirendum. And the notoriety of his Birth is fo evident, that why any intelligent man fliauld be dtfeontented at his p arerlrion, no body can poffibly forefee.

2. Suppoftng the Vrincefs of Ch an c jhould appear to be the next H«V, you Addf e(s her as a Worn n, in Te'm* of Religion. You Catechize her, would not fbt fcruple to fit upon btrEA- . lht~s Throne^ while he lives? If tye do not now% may (he not heretjter ? O Virtue ! Virtue / You pray for (and for my part, 1 'hinkjouputaveryhird thing upon} fo excellent a Lady, that mc may not br Qieco, you pray God give her grace to refill the Temptation. Your Creed or the fum of your Law, and your Prophets, is Pailive Obedience, and Nonrefiftance. This, I perceive, is your Politick Liturgy j and your Book of Rates, for Crowns and Subjects is cal- cubtcd accordingly.

Thirdly, Afrer S\ your Complements to the Prince of Orange, that a Crown would ftain his Glo y. Let mc tell you, Crowns were never made but for Heads that know how to wear them. To fuch as know nor, we find them a dlfhonour ; but to wife and good men a glory; ad is ic not ridiculous in yon co plead Law to farour of thofe wht have been naanifeft fub-

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vertcrs of all Law ? let thofc that are aggrieved, appear before the Convention, and I aflur* them of Law, without any non obstante from the Prince or nil Adherents. In vain then arc all your Complaints of breach of Law

If you cannot ftir up the whole Kingdom to Dlfcontcnt upon occadons not foffiblt t$ be fare- feen, but by your Direftiom; yet you would fain give interruption to the Union of the Royal ) Faaiiiy. As if you knew the Interefl of thePrinee and the Prlncefsof Denmark better thai themtelvcs, when they quitted their Fathers'* lateral! for their Brother's the Prince ofO- range. I admire your confidence in queftionlngthe Legal Authority of a Convention of the Eftatcs, when you may live to lee their Ads legally confirmed by that very King, who by theji power Is io conftituted : For If a King de ftfto be a Klng^;*r*, as by our JLawhcls, take care your queftloning legal Authority be not accounted to you for Treafon.

An Anfwer to the Poflfcript.

Ton fay, if the slorj of the French League to cut ProtejUnt Throats, upon due Examination (bovld prwt a fham : becaufe this did more to drive the King out of the Nation, than the ?rince*$ Armj, it feems at letft half ah Argumtnt to invite the King back Again, But bufintfs mud not be done by halves, rou may remember Monfieur d' Avaux not many months Ago, did in his Memorial to the StAtes General, afiurethtm of the (Irittefl Alliantes between the French Kjng And ours, which is * full whole argumtnt for it. And the I Ate interview of tkofe two Rings At Paris, maizes a fub-\ lic^ frow to tkeworld of an intimate imderflanding between them ; there is anotifm, and ifyo ' confider it%afrvindgtr.Thus atArgumentJhaveoHtleap'd jou twolengihs and an halj>nevertoinvit<. the King back again* I know we are a convention, we bave Authority and the good tiding of tkt\ Veoplv.folhope we (ball take CAre to do nothing but whAt will )u(lifieit felftoGod And ourCountrej, As for the King, he being a VArty , Cod Almighty will yudge between us*, iut if ever he be. invited to England bj me, youjball hAve the honour of carrying the Mtffagt,

With Allowance. I am Yours.

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