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A37470 The Lord Delamere's letter to his tenants at Warrington, in Lancashire, answered by one of his lordship's tenants. 1688 (1688) Wing D879; ESTC R12848 9,544 4

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Ay said he That would be very fine but I had rather a great deal go thither my self And should not I be worse than an Ideot if I should venture my life and Soul too upon the uncertain hopes that when I fall another I know not who shall come into my room Let. The thing then which I desire and your Country does expect from you is this That every Man that has a tolerable Horse or can procure one will meet me on Bowden Downs to morrow where I Rendesvouse but if any of you is render'd unable by reason of Age or any other just excuse then that he will mount a fitter person and put 5 l. in his pocket Those that have not nor cannot procure Horses let them stay at home and assist with their pu●ser and send it to me with a particular of every Man's contribution Ans My Lord I should as I said before be ready to assist your Lordship upon any good and warrantable occasion with my person and my purse tho' by the bye I assure your Lordship that a Horse and 5 l. will come to a great deal more than the Kings souldiers cost me or than his Majesty has had of me any otherways of some years but I have said enough I hope to have you pardon me in this thing And because your Rendesvouse and March was to be so soon after your Letter came that I had not time to write so long an answer I 'll take care that this be left with a Friend who I hope will send it to your Lordship and have me excus'd Let. I impose upon no Man but let him lay his hand on his heart and consider what he is willing to give to recover his Religion and Liberty and to such I promise and to all that go along with me that if We prevail I will be as industrious to have him recompens'd for his charge and hazard as I will be to seek it for my self Ans Here we have but a bare promise and not one jot of Honour to support it indeed That was wisely enough left out when the thing is so extreamly mean and ungenerous when the personated Hero declares himself a Souldier of Fortune and the famed Patriot becomes a profess'd Self-seeker One would have thought so glorious an expedition for the Deliverance of our Nation for the recovery of Religion and Liberty would have pretended at least to so much of vertue as to be its own reward but to talk of further Recompence and be industrious to seek it is a shrewd intimation that the publick good is to be resolv'd at last into private interest that this undertaking is nothing else but the Carolina-Affair revers'd A conspiracy for the sake of Trade And when a few Interlopers have gotten it into their own hands experience may make us fear what rates they will set The Cry is like to be the same still What will you give for Religion and Liberty And who can tell what will satisfie the Daughters of the Horse Leach to be sure they that buy dear will never sell cheap He that heretofore by this very Artifice took up so much mony and Plate till it came to Thimbles and Bodkins on the credit of the publick Faith did certainly for all that impose upon his customers and is there not as great a hazard when we have but a Single promise whether Let them assist with their purses and send me every Mans contribution when said by a Lord to his Tenants be not a kind of Imposition I leave the Criticks to determine But because you say so gravely Let him lay his hand on his heart and consider Let me mind your Lordship of a Remark of Arch-Bishop Vsher on 1. Sam. 10.26 Power of the Prince c. p. 126. Surely if they who went with their King had their hearts touched by God such as bend their endeavours another way should do well to lay their hand upon their heart and consider with fear and trembling whether they find not there some Touch of that Spirit which worketh in the Children of Disobedience Let. This Advice I give to all that stay behind that when you hear the Papists have commited any Outrage or are Rising That you will get together for t is better to meet your danger than expect it Ans What 's the meaning of the Papists committing any Outrage and others getting together thereupon I dare not say because your Lordship does not but to advise common people thus does look very like bidding them be ready for Riots and Insurrections and that upon any flying story and however false report Let. I have no more to say but that I am willing to lose my life in the Cause if God see good for I never was unwilling to dye for my Religion and Country So I rest your Loving Friend DELAMERE Ans I pray God your Lordship may not die in this cause lest then you perish in the gainsaying of Core for I am fully persuaded The cause tho' it be Old is not good enough to make a Martyr I pray that you may live to repent of your engaging in it and return to your duty to the King and to the Church of England That you may consult and promote the Credit and true interest of the establish'd Religion and your Country I pray God to forgive all our Enemies Persecutors and Slanderers and to turn their hearts And from Battle and Murder and sudden Death from all Sedition Privy Conspiracy and Rebellion from all false Doctrine Heresie and Schism from hardness of heart and contempt of thy word and Commandments Good Lord deliver us My Lord if I have any where been more bold than becomes a Tenant I hope the Friend will answer for it and that upon the whole matter I have said nothing unbecoming a Genuine Son of the Church of England and your Lordship's most humble Servant c. Warrington Nov. 20. 1688.