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promise_n and_o the_o interest_n of_o my_o clergy_n and_o pensioner_n and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n possess_v they_o with_o a_o necessity_n of_o my_o raise_v more_o force_n for_o the_o honour_n and_o defence_n of_o the_o nation_n that_o we_o may_v not_o be_v insult_v over_o by_o the_o ungrateful_a dutch_a who_o my_o predecessor_n queen_n elizabeth_n do_v raise_v from_o the_o dust_n i_o have_v cull_v out_o the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n for_o lord_n chancellor_n who_o may_v do_v i_o very_o great_a service_n because_o a_o popular_a man_n so_o that_o i_o shall_v make_v use_n of_o his_o influence_n and_o eloquence_n both_o to_o palliate_v my_o have_v shut_v up_o the_o exchequer_n and_o to_o demonstrate_v the_o necessity_n of_o a_o war_n with_o the_o dutch_a and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n of_o grant_v a_o indulgence_n to_o the_o papist_n i_o perceive_v that_o the_o bad_a influence_n of_o my_o star_n be_v not_o yet_o exhaust_v for_o though_o i_o lay_v my_o design_n with_o all_o imaginable_a 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this_o obligation_n lay_v upon_o i_o to_o recall_v my_o act_n of_o indulgence_n i_o shall_v at_o least_o reap_v this_o advantage_n that_o it_o will_v heighten_v the_o animosity_n betwixt_o the_o dissenter_n and_o churchman_n for_o i_o can_v easy_o bring_v it_o about_o to_o have_v the_o refusal_n of_o it_o whole_o impute_v to_o the_o latter_a and_o though_o i_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o be_v well_o satisfy_v at_o the_o check_n which_o be_v hereby_o put_v upon_o my_o prerogative_n yet_o it_o have_v thus_o much_o of_o a_o cordial_n in_o it_o that_o i_o perceive_v the_o episcopal_a party_n whole_o irreconcilable_a to_o the_o presbyterian_o which_o at_o some_o time_n or_o other_o will_v very_o much_o forward_o my_o grand_a design_n and_o at_o present_v it_o have_v have_v so_o much_o influence_n as_o to_o procure_v i_o a_o considerable_a sum_n though_o to_o avoid_v the_o reproach_n of_o the_o fanatical_a party_n the_o parliament_n will_v own_v that_o it_o be_v for_o carry_v on_o the_o war_n against_o the_o dutch_a but_o to_o supply_v my_o extraordinary_a occasion_n if_o it_o be_v not_o that_o i_o question_v the_o be_v of_o a_o deity_n i_o shall_v be_v apt_a to_o conclude_v that_o god_n fight_v for_o the_o hollander_n who_o have_v obtain_v some_o fresh_a advantage_n against_o i_o at_o sea_n and_o though_o they_o labour_v under_o the_o great_a of_o pressure_n that_o can_v be_v they_o do_v also_o make_v good_a their_o cause_n against_o the_o power_n of_o france_n by_o land_n and_o those_o pernicious_a heretic_n be_v sensible_a of_o the_o apprehension_n which_o my_o parliament_n have_v that_o the_o consequence_n of_o this_o war_n may_v be_v fatal_a to_o the_o protestant_a interest_n they_o have_v take_v the_o most_o effectual_a method_n that_o can_v be_v to_o possess_v that_o heretical_a divan_n that_o the_o french_a king_n and_o myself_o aim_v at_o nothing_o less_o than_o the_o subversion_n of_o their_o religion_n and_o the_o liberty_n of_o their_o state_n with_o that_o of_o the_o spanish_a netherlands_o nor_o have_v i_o any_o other_o way_n to_o save_v myself_o from_o the_o influence_n of_o this_o accusation_n than_o by_o insist_v on_o the_o necessity_n of_o destroy_v those_o state_n to_o preserve_v our_o own_o trade_n and_o to_o prevent_v the_o encouragement_n which_o they_o give_v to_o those_o who_o be_v enemy_n to_o the_o establish_a discipline_n of_o our_o church_n there_o be_v but_o too_o much_o truth_n in_o the_o common_a proverb_n that_o after_o one_o mischief_n come_v another_o for_o so_o i_o find_v it_o by_o sad_a experience_n though_o the_o dutch_a and_o the_o fanatical_a party_n be_v both_o of_o they_o hate_v by_o the_o church_n of_o england_n yet_o they_o have_v influence_n enough_o to_o foment_n jealousy_n in_o the_o parliament_n that_o their_o religion_n and_o liberty_n be_v both_o in_o danger_n and_o hence_o come_v the_o address_n of_o the_o commons_o against_o my_o brother_n match_n with_o the_o duchess_n of_o modena_n because_o a_o catholic_n princess_n and_o propose_v by_o the_o french_a king_n it_o be_v true_a that_o this_o may_v indeed_o seem_v inconsistent_a with_o my_o reiterated_a protestation_n of_o take_v all_o imaginable_a care_n to_o secure_v the_o protestant_a religion_n and_o the_o people_n liberty_n but_o among_o so_o many_o concession_n i_o may_v certain_o venture_v on_o one_o dram_n of_o prerogative_n and_o tell_v they_o that_o the_o marriage_n be_v conclude_v by_o my_o authority_n that_o in_o honour_n i_o can_v be_v worse_a than_o my_o word_n and_o if_o this_o will_v not_o satisfy_v they_o i_o will_v cool_v they_o by_o a_o prorogation_n what_o ill_a fate_n be_v this_o that_o attend_v all_o my_o measure_n i_o do_v reasonable_o hope_v that_o this_o prorogation_n will_v have_v divert_v the_o commons_o from_o insist_v on_o their_o address_n against_o my_o brother_n match_n but_o it_o seem_v that_o the_o jealousy_n which_o they_o have_v conceive_v have_v take_v deep_a root_n than_o to_o be_v pull_v up_o so_o soon_o and_o therefore_o i_o find_v myself_o under_o a_o necessity_n to_o prorogue_v they_o again_o see_v they_o press_v i_o so_o hard_a to_o dissolve_v the_o match_n because_o hitherto_o only_o conclude_v by_o proxy_n they_o be_v become_v very_o sagacious_a and_o discern_v that_o this_o marriage_n will_v engage_v i_o in_o new_a alliance_n which_o may_v be_v dangerous_a to_o the_o protestant_a religion_n and_o that_o the_o princess_n have_v so_o many_o relation_n in_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n the_o secret_n of_o my_o court_n must_v needs_o be_v open_a to_o they_o and_o therefore_o they_o be_v about_o to_o render_v catholic_n uncapable_a of_o sit_v in_o either_o house_n of_o parliament_n but_o this_o be_v too_o much_o for_o i_o to_o concede_fw-la and_o if_o grant_v will_v ruin_v my_o design_n entire_o and_o therefore_o i_o must_v find_v out_o some_o method_n to_o
against_o those_o who_o shall_v declare_v i_o a_o papist_n or_o that_o i_o have_v a_o design_n to_o introduce_v popery_n and_o though_o those_o who_o be_v sharp-sighted_a may_v laugh_v at_o such_o a_o provision_n as_o rather_o give_v than_o take_v away_o cause_v of_o suspicion_n yet_o when_o it_o dare_v not_o be_v open_o talk_v of_o among_o the_o vulgar_a it_o will_v not_o obtain_v a_o common_a belief_n and_o the_o church_n of_o england_n who_o i_o support_v against_o the_o fanatic_n will_v certain_o support_v i_o against_o their_o censure_n and_o thus_o when_o i_o have_v make_v one_o party_n of_o protestant_n to_o bait_v the_o other_o sufficient_o if_o the_o church_n of_o england_n prove_v refractory_a afterward_o to_o my_o design_n than_o i_o shall_v endeavour_v by_o remit_v the_o rigour_n of_o the_o law_n to_o engage_v the_o dissenter_n on_o my_o side_n to_o favour_v a_o universal_a toleration_n by_o which_o my_o friend_n the_o papist_n may_v have_v ease_n if_o the_o episcopal_a party_n begin_v to_o grudge_n at_o my_o favour_n towards_o they_o or_o to_o fear_v that_o at_o last_o they_o may_v dispossess_v themselves_o chap._n xxxi_o on_o his_o majesty_n sell_v of_o dunkirk_n to_o the_o french_a king_n for_o 500000_o l._n this_o i_o know_v will_v be_v censure_v as_o a_o impolitic_a action_n and_o the_o shut_v myself_o out_o of_o the_o continent_n whereunto_o this_o town_n open_v a_o door_n by_o which_o i_o may_v have_v invade_v france_n and_o the_o netherlands_o when_o i_o please_v it_o be_v true_a that_o it_o be_v a_o monument_n of_o england_n glory_n but_o such_o a_o one_o as_o be_v erect_v under_o the_o conduct_n of_o a_o usurper_n be_v not_o for_o the_o credit_n of_o i_o nor_o my_o family_n and_o therefore_o lest_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o allurement_n to_o re-intice_a my_o people_n to_o a_o commonwealth_n i_o will_v make_v it_o a_o sacrifice_n to_o my_o cousin_n the_o french_a king_n not_o that_o i_o owe_v so_o much_o to_o his_o kindness_n but_o that_o he_o may_v supply_v my_o present_a necessity_n with_o his_o money_n and_o to_o testify_v my_o far_a resentment_n of_o that_o impious_a rebellion_n the_o citadel_n which_o oliver_n build_v shall_v be_v raze_v throughout_o my_o dominion_n and_o the_o town_n which_o hold_v out_o against_o my_o father_n dismantle_v and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o that_o the_o consequence_n will_v be_v fatal_a to_o myself_o every_o one_o of_o they_o shall_v be_v sow_v with_o salt_n their_o inhabitant_n make_v to_o pass_v under_o saw_n of_o iron_n and_o have_v their_o flesh_n tear_v with_o the_o briar_n and_o thorn_n of_o the_o wilderness_n but_o i_o must_v pretend_v other_o cause_n to_o the_o people_n lest_o they_o shall_v be_v enrage_v as_o that_o i_o will_v keep_v up_o garrison_n among_o they_o when_o there_o be_v no_o need_n to_o disturb_v their_o commerce_n nor_o leave_v it_o in_o the_o power_n of_o other_o king_n to_o do_v it_o when_o the_o place_n which_o be_v capable_a of_o be_v garrison_v be_v dismantle_v though_o in_o reality_n it_o be_v to_o prevent_v the_o rebel_n from_o nestle_v there_o or_o have_v recourse_n to_o they_o to_o favour_v their_o rebellion_n the_o best_a way_n to_o be_v rid_v of_o the_o harpy_n be_v to_o destroy_v their_o nest_n and_o that_o i_o may_v free_v myself_o at_o once_o as_o much_o as_o be_v possible_a from_o that_o viperous_a brood_n as_o i_o have_v already_o disband_v the_o army_n under_o pretence_n that_o i_o will_v not_o keep_v up_o one_o in_o time_n of_o peace_n but_o in_o reality_n because_o i_o will_v not_o have_v such_o a_o body_n of_o well-disciplined_a troop_n of_o their_o principle_n together_o lest_o at_o any_o time_n they_o shall_v make_v head_n against_o i_o as_o against_o their_o former_a master_n the_o parliament_n richard_n etc._n etc._n so_o now_o i_o will_v forbid_v their_o old_a officer_n to_o stay_v within_o 20_o mile_n of_o london_n and_o the_o remainder_n of_o the_o troop_n i_o will_v send_v to_o fight_v against_o the_o spaniard_n in_o my_o wife_n quarrel_n and_o if_o they_o never_o return_v as_o i_o hope_v few_o of_o they_o will_v i_o can_v very_o well_o bear_v the_o loss_n chap._n xxxii_o on_o the_o parliament_n beginning_n to_o grow_v sensible_a of_o the_o encouragement_n give_v to_o the_o catholic_n religion_n by_o his_o majesty_n declaration_n decemb_v 1662._o their_o petition_n on_o that_o head_n and_o his_o majesty_n publish_v a_o proclamation_n against_o papist_n thereupon_o it_o be_v a_o mischievous_a thing_n for_o a_o sovereign_a to_o be_v limit_v and_o to_o be_v oblige_v to_o act_v the_o king_n only_o by_o half_n how_o happy_a be_v my_o brother_n of_o france_n who_o be_v not_o trouble_v with_o such_o fetter_n but_o his_o will_n do_v pass_v for_o a_o uncontrollable_a law_n i_o abhor_v those_o parliament_n for_o they_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o spy_n upon_o king_n and_o dive_v into_o their_o most_o reserve_a and_o hide_a intrigue_n i_o find_v they_o begin_v to_o suspect_v my_o religion_n and_o grudge_n at_o the_o favour_n which_o i_o show_v to_o the_o papist_n and_o therefore_o i_o must_v proceed_v slow_o and_o sure_o their_o zeal_n to_o my_o prerogative_n be_v regulate_v by_o their_o own_o interest_n which_o make_v they_o oppose_v my_o dispense_v power_n so_o that_o i_o find_v i_o be_o only_o absolute_a against_o fanatic_n and_o republican_n but_o when_o i_o come_v to_o meddle_v with_o the_o church_n of_o england_n my_o power_n be_v limit_v and_o the_o parliament_n must_v then_o be_v sharer_n of_o the_o sovereignty_n their_o petition_n against_o my_o administration_n may_v issue_v in_o remonstrance_n against_o my_o government_n as_o it_o happen_v in_o my_o father_n time_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v my_o interest_n to_o flatter_v they_o a_o little_a and_o by_o a_o proclamation_n against_o the_o papist_n to_o create_v a_o opinion_n of_o my_o firmness_n to_o the_o protestant_a religion_n in_o the_o public_a draw_v money_n from_o the_o purse_n of_o the_o commons_o and_o so_o to_o recoil_v to_o give_v the_o strong_a and_o heavy_a blow_n chap._n xxxiii_o on_o the_o news_n of_o some_o more_o plot_n by_o the_o fanatic_n against_o his_o majesty_n both_o in_o england_n scotland_n and_o ireland_n the_o execution_n of_o the_o earl_n of_o argyle_n lord_n wariston_n etc._n etc._n in_o scotland_n and_o some_o of_o those_o concern_v in_o the_o plot_n in_o england_n and_o ireland_n i_o find_v that_o i_o shall_v bring_v my_o design_n about_o by_o degree_n and_o under_o the_o notion_n of_o plotter_n execute_v vengeance_n upon_o my_o enemy_n without_o incur_v the_o censure_n of_o be_v bloody_a or_o cruel_a it_o be_v true_a that_o it_o may_v seem_v hard_a that_o i_o shall_v take_v the_o earl_n of_o argyle_n head_n who_o be_v the_o person_n that_o set_v the_o crown_n upon_o my_o own_o but_o during_o this_o extacy_n of_o loyalty_n in_o which_o the_o nation_n be_v at_o present_a the_o method_n of_o such_o proceed_n will_v be_v the_o less_o take_v notice_n of_o and_o it_o be_v absolute_o necessary_a for_o my_o purpose_n that_o the_o earl_n of_o argyle_n shall_v be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o way_n the_o greatness_n of_o his_o power_n and_o his_o zeal_n for_o his_o religion_n may_v otherwise_o prove_v great_a impediment_n to_o my_o design_n i_o have_v pretence_n enough_o against_o he_o because_o of_o his_o activity_n in_o the_o parliament_n rebellion_n and_o his_o death_n will_v be_v acceptable_a to_o the_o church_n of_o england_n because_o he_o be_v head_n of_o the_o presbyterian_o and_o the_o friend_n of_o the_o late_a marquis_n of_o montrosse_n and_o all_o the_o cavalier_n will_v concur_v with_o my_o design_n against_o he_o and_o though_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o he_o will_v profess_v his_o innocence_n on_o the_o scaffold_n yet_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o public_a sentence_n will_v be_v of_o great_a weight_n or_o at_o least_o restrain_v the_o people_n from_o open_a murmur_n by_o his_o death_n i_o shall_v have_v also_o this_o far_a advantage_n that_o the_o power_n of_o his_o clan_n will_v be_v thereby_o reduce_v and_o neither_o be_v formidable_a to_o myself_o nor_o successor_n it_o be_v the_o interest_n of_o all_o crown_n to_o guard_v against_o too_o potent_a subject_n as_o to_o sir_n archibald_n johnston_n of_o wariston_n though_o he_o be_v not_o so_o great_a in_o power_n yet_o he_o be_v nothing_o inferior_a to_o the_o other_o in_o policy_n but_o indeed_o far_o above_o he_o and_o as_o the_o trojan_n owe_v their_o destruction_n more_o to_o vlysses_n counsel_n than_o achilles_n arm_n it_o be_v my_o interest_n to_o rid_v myself_o of_o a_o politician_n who_o be_v my_o enemy_n as_o soon_o as_o of_o one_o who_o be_v great_a in_o power_n and_o quality_n and_o though_o it_o be_v reckon_v no_o great_a policy_n for_o a_o monarch_n new_o re-establish_v to_o cement_v his_o throne_n with_o
though_o i_o have_v hitherto_o gain_v nothing_o by_o this_o rupture_n with_o holland_n but_o that_o fortune_n have_v favour_v they_o as_o well_o as_o i_o in_o small_a rencounter_n yet_o i_o be_o resolve_v to_o push_v it_o on_o as_o far_o as_o i_o can_v and_o let_v that_o proud_a monarch_n know_v that_o he_o be_v not_o the_o sole_a inheritor_n of_o henry_n the_o iv'_v glory_n and_o grandeur_n on_o the_o victory_n the_o poet_n be_v in_o the_o right_a when_o they_o represent_v justice_n blindfold_a for_o in_o good_a earnest_n it_o seem_v that_o she_o determine_v cause_n by_o chance_n and_o that_o the_o good_a thing_n of_o this_o world_n be_v make_v for_o those_o who_o can_v catch_v they_o and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o deity_n it_o see_v not_o as_o man_n see_v nor_o do_v it_o act_n according_a to_o those_o rule_n which_o be_v in_o vogue_n among_o we_o mortal_n the_o dutch_a pretend_v to_o have_v that_o which_o they_o call_v religion_n and_o justice_n on_o their_o 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the_o destruction_n of_o the_o dutch_a i_o must_v hide_v my_o design_n under_o a_o pretence_n of_o repay_v they_o in_o their_o own_o coin_n and_o that_o my_o stir_v up_o the_o bishop_n of_o munster_n against_o they_o be_v only_o because_o they_o have_v give_v a_o ill_a character_n of_o i_o to_o foreign_a protestant_a prince_n and_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o nation_n be_v glory_n that_o those_o stubborn_a republican_n who_o have_v break_v the_o power_n of_o spain_n shall_v be_v humble_v by_o england_n the_o parliament_n have_v no_o reason_n to_o be_v angry_a at_o my_o supply_v the_o bishop_n of_o munster_n with_o money_n and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n i_o will_v pretend_v that_o i_o be_o willing_a to_o come_v to_o a_o peace_n upon_o reasonable_a proposition_n and_o give_v my_o lord_n chancellor_n order_n to_o insist_v and_o enlarge_v upon_o those_o head_n and_o to_o declare_v the_o affront_v which_o the_o dutch_a put_v upon_o the_o royal_a family_n before_o 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that_o which_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o the_o great_a bulwark_n of_o the_o protestant_a religion_n and_o i_o have_v also_o reason_n to_o be_v very_o well_o satisfy_v that_o hereby_o they_o have_v exhaust_v the_o great_a treasure_n of_o rebellion_n but_o the_o main_a danger_n be_v lest_o the_o committee_n of_o parliament_n appoint_v to_o dive_v into_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o fire_n shall_v trace_v it_o as_o far_o as_o st._n james_n and_o whitehall_n and_o then_o it_o will_v lie_v upon_o i_o and_o my_o brother_n but_o if_o this_o shall_v be_v the_o case_n i_o know_v of_o a_o remedy_n viz._n to_o call_v it_o a_o forgery_n of_o the_o dissenter_n to_o bring_v a_o calumny_n upon_o the_o royal_a family_n and_o the_o church_n of_o england_n who_o be_v their_o adherent_n then_o to_o be_v sure_a though_o the_o matter_n be_v as_o clear_a as_o sunshine_n the_o bishop_n and_o their_o clergy_n who_o know_v they_o must_v stand_v and_o fall_v with_o i_o will_v maintain_v my_o credit_n for_o their_o 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under_o the_o five_o rib._n i_o know_v that_o the_o censorious_a fanatic_n will_v say_v that_o this_o fire_n be_v carry_v on_o by_o the_o same_o hand_n that_o manage_n the_o war_n against_o the_o dutch_a and_o that_o the_o city_n be_v just_o punish_v thereby_o for_o not_o oppose_v but_o rather_o concur_v with_o i_o and_o that_o i_o have_v repay_v they_o as_o i_o have_v do_v all_o my_o other_o friend_n the_o dutch_a the_o spaniard_n and_o the_o english_a and_o scots_a presbyterian_o so_o that_o for_o their_o assist_v i_o with_o their_o treasure_n to_o carry_v on_o the_o war_n against_o the_o dutch_a i_o and_o my_o party_n have_v consume_v their_o substance_n but_o have_v take_v care_n to_o have_v that_o faction_n look_v upon_o as_o my_o enemy_n whatever_o they_o say_v against_o i_o will_v be_v reckon_v spite_n and_o therefore_o though_o it_o be_v true_a it_o will_v be_v much_o credit_v and_o for_o any_o improvement_n which_o the_o dutch_a may_v make_v of_o it_o as_o that_o i_o be_o 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