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have an exact and full Account of the Prince of Orange's Declaration : And can you find one word of a Treaty with France, to extirpate all Proteftants? Or can you imagine, that if they had the leaft Reason for fuch a Talk, they who aggravate every little thing, would let this Declaration pafs without the leaft mentioning of what is fo momentous and important? And is there any thing more than a violent Prefumption fuggefted about the Prince of Wales? And is the very Noife of fuch a Prefumption reafon enough to justifie a real War? As for t'e other things urg'd, are they not redreffable by a Parliament, and fo far as it's poffible without one, already Redreffed? 'Tis a Parliament then that is the main thing to be infifted on, which, though Chofen

This Modefty of the Expreffion is a Juftification of the Sincerity and Civility of the Declarer,

Nothing but a Free Parliament could re-efta' lifh our fhat

tered Privileges and Liberties, and as the laft was, would be too fee. le an Argument to clear the prefent Invafion from the charge of being Injust and Unrighteous.

therefore it was so ftiffly denied.

The Great Men of this Kingdom ever thought a Parliament Irregularly Chofen more eligible than either a War, or a rash Enquiry into the manner of the Choice. Did Queen Elizabeth's Parliament admit of a Words being spoken to bring Queen Mary's Parliament into doubt ? Did they not look on it as most dangerous. to do fo? And although by the Triennial Bill, the long Parliament in the late King's Reign was actually Diffolved Nine Months before it thought on the Repeal thereof, yet even after 'twas destroyed by it, the Diffolved Parliament fate and repealed the Diffolving. Bill, and made the Conventicle-Act, the Teft-Laws, repealed the Writ De Hæretico Comburendo, and pafs'd the Habeas Corpus. Bill into a Law. But was the Aembly that acted thus Irregu larly, ever call'd to an Account for it, or any of their Laws declared Void and Nutt? Or was it ever efteemed a Good Reafon for a War? And yet this is much more than hath been. ever done by His Prefent Majefty. Besides, 'twas the late King that took away the Charters, the English Liberty, and Proteftant and those who were entring on violent Courses for

True, the Charters were taken away to fecure the Succeffion and Monarchy then, bu: now to ruine

Religion.

their Reftauration, were proclaimed Trayt rs, and feveral executed for it, while all the Pulpits throughout England founded of the Horridnefs, Blackness, Vileness, Devilishness of that Conspiracy; And is what was Black and

Horrid then, become Noble, Great, Generous and Glorious now?

Their Loyalty, or rather rioufly abus'd, to be now again Credulity, had been too notoimpofed on by this Argument: So it fell on the Offerer, and raifed a juft Indignation, inftead of Submiffion to a fecond Cheat.

Thus much was also a part of the. late Duke of Monmouth's Declaration, and yet a Parliament chofen by the Garbled Corporations proclaim'd him a Traptor, and Attainted him: But doth the Blood of Monmouth, as well as of the fore-mentioned Confpirators, and of all thofe in the Welt, lye on the Judges, furies, Nobility, and other Gentry of the Church of England, that had a band in condemning fuch as by violent Methods would have reftor'd the Charters. If these things could not vindicate the Presbyterian Plotters in the late King's Reign, or Monmouth's Rebellion, it cannot excufe the prefent Undertaking; for this doth infinitely exceed thofe and the Civil War tog3 for neither of them brought in a Foreign Power upon us, as now is done. But it must be observed, that how great foever our Grievances have been, yet now, all that Relief that can reasonably de defired, is granted us. The Ecclefiaftical Commission actually broken up, the Bishop of London, the Master and Fellows of Magdalen Colledge, and the Ancient Charters of Cities and Burroughs actually restored, all things on the ancient Bottom, for the calling a Free Parliament, which His Majesty would have done before this time, had not the The Redresses Prince of Orange hindred him; and as foon as the Prince of Orange granted had departs, the King will call one; whereby all the Prince's Pretenfions no certainty, are taken away and nothing more remains for him to do, but to return Difpe..fing home, or contend for the Crown

because the

Power was

still defended,

the Bishop of London's Sentence remitted, but not declared Illegal; the Charters were reftored, but ftill fubject to new Quo Warranto's. And as for the promised Parliament, thô it was after granted; yet fo dreadful it was, that the abandoning the Throne was more eligible than the fight of that Aflembly. To all this Cant produced no good effect on the exafperated Minds of Mns

Yet the Prince would have us believe, that though he is not fatisfied in this, yet he intends no fuch thing as the Crown, or a Conqueft of it, as appears by his Highness's Additional Declaration.

His Highness's Additional Declaration.

Frer we had prepared and printed this our Declaration, we have understood, that the Subverters of the Religion and Laws of thofe Kingdoms, hearing of our Prepara tions, to affift the People against them, have begun to retract fome of the Arbitrary and Defpotick Powers that they had affumed, and to vacate fome of their Injuft Judgments and Decrees. The fenfe of their Guilt, and the diftruft of their Force, have induced them to offer to the City of London fome seeming Relief from their great Oppreffions; hoping thereby to quiet the People, and to divert them from demanding a Re establishment of their Religion and Laws under the fhelter of our Arms: They do alfo give out, That we do intend to Conquer and Enflave the Nation and therefore it is that we have thought fit to add a few words to our Declaration.

We are confident, that no Perfons can have fuch hard thoughts of us, as to imagine that we have any other Defign in this Undertaking, than to procure a Settlement of the Religion, and of the Liberties and Properties of the Subjects upon fo fure a Foundation, that there may be no danger of the Nations relapfing into the like Miferies at any time hereafter. And as the Forces that we have brought along with us, are utterly difproportioned to that wicked Defign of Conquering the Nation, if we were capable of Intending it; fo the great numbers of the Principal Nobility and Gentry, that are Men of Eminent Quality and Estates, and Perfons of known Integrity and Zeal both for the Religion and Government of England, many of them being alfo diftinguished by their conftant Fidelity to the Crown, who do both accompany us in this Expedition, and have earnestly folicited us to it, will cover us from all fuch malicious Infinuations: For it is not to be imagined, that either those who have Invited us, or thofe that are already come to Affift us, can joyn in a wicked attempt of Conquest, to make void

their own lawful Titles to their Honours, Eftates and Interests. We are alfo confident, that all Men fee how little weight there is to be laid on all Promifes and Engagements that can be now made; fince there has been fo little regard had in time paft, to the most folemn Promises. And as that imperfect Redrefs that is now offered, is a plain Confeffion of thofe Violations of the Government that we have fet forth; fo the Defectiveness of it is no lefs apparent: For they lay down nothing which they may not take up at pleafure; and they referve entire, and not fo much as mentioned, their Claims and Pretences to an Arbitrary and Defpotick Power; which has been the Root of all their Oppreffion, and of the total Subverfion of the Government. And it is plain, that there can be no Re dress nor Remedy offered but in Parliament; by a Decla ration of the Rights of the Subjects that have been invaded, and not by any Pretended Acts of Grace, to which the extremity of their Affairs has driven them. There fore it is that we have thought fit to declare, That we will refer all to a Free Affemby of the Nation, in a Lawful Parliament.

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Given under our Hand and Seal, at our Court in the Hague, the Twenty fourth day of October, in the Year of our Lord 1688..

WILLIAM HENRY, PRINCE OF ORANGE..

By his Highness's Special Command,

C. HUYGENS..

This

His Addition doth very fully unfold the Defign, the Prince will abide among us with a Foreign Power, and make the Choice of a Parliament impracticable, and therefore the Call of one a weak and foolish thing; and yet oblige us to diftruft every Promife the King makes us, leffening what is done, and infinuating that all things shall be foon indone. And why all these Infinuations, but to help us to Unravel the whole Intriegue; which, if it be not for the Crown, must be thus: The Dutch knowing how the Prince hath ravished from them their Liberties and Privileges, and what danger they are in of being utterly undone, if Liberty of Confcience be fetied among us in England, precipitate the Prince on this hazardous Undertaking, not doubting but they shall be either delivered from the Erince's Exercife of a Defpotick Power over them, or Spoil our Liberty, to the Continuance and Advance of their own Trade; which may be the reafon why in the entrance into the Declaration, what relates to Religion is fo worded as to gain the Bishops over to them, the more easily to effect their Defign; for fays the Declaration, The Alteration of Religion is endeavoured, and that a Religion which is contrary to Law, is endeavoured to be introduced: It is not faid, that the Popish Religion, but a Religion contrary to the Law; and, it's well known, that the Laws are against the Religion of the Diffenter, and the Prince's endeavour fhall be to preferve and maintain, above all, the Religion and Worship of God that is Eftablished among us; which cannot be understood of the Worship the Diffenter's use, but of the Hierarchical way, that is as contrary to the Irince's own Religion, as 'tis to that of the Diffenters in England. And to perfuade the Church men to close with him, he Declares, That he was most earnestly folicited to come over by the Lords Spiritual, not doubting, but that if the Belief thereof prevail among the Mobile, they'll be all of an Opinion, that the Prince's Grounds are most fast and Reasonable; fo that though it cannot be made out by any thing particularly known, yet this general carrying a thoxfand unheard of Arguments in its Bowels cannot fail of fuccefs.

But what if this prove not True? May we afterwards venture to believe his Highness in any thing, which under a violent Temptation, he may be, as now, moved to declare? The Prince infifts on it, That many of the Lords Spiritual did moft earreftly folicite him to Invade us, and yet the Lords Spiritual

do