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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42164	The grand inquest, or, A full and perfect answer to several reasons, by which it is pretended His Royal Highness, the Duke of York, may be proved to be a Roman-Catholick	Garbrand, John, b. 1646 or 7.	1680 (1680)	Wing G203; ESTC R13237	5,669	26

THE Grand Inquest Or a full and perfect ANSVVER To several REASONS By which it is pretended His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE Duke of York May be proved to be A Roman-Catholick LONDON Printed for James Vade at the Cock and Sugar-Loaf near S. Dunstans Church in Fleet-Street 1680. Courteous READER HAving seen a Pamphlet some time since Entituled Reasons whereupon the Duke of York may most strongly be reputed and suspected to be a Papist Not knowing but that it may come into the hands of some whom I would not have Poy 〈…〉 with those fallacious Arguments I thought it my Duty to Answer them That the World may see the Malice and Rage of some Seditious Persons who by loading the Duke with Scandalous Aspersions endeavour to lessen his esteem with the King And if that will not do to brand his Reputation in the opinion of the Credulous Multitude That they may the sooner introduce their own Maximes into the Government which are not more fatal to the King than Destructive to his Subjects Therefore kind Reader beware and think not whilst these Stigmatize the Duke they are Innocent themselves 'T is their Guilt makes them endeavour to overthrow the Government And they had rather see the Nation Ruined then themselves brought to answer their breach of Laws And observe it when you will Whoever shall go about to Fortify the present Government against Faction and Rebellion shall by the Seditious be reported to introduce Popery Or to be Popishly affected Knowing at the same time they do so they win upon the giddy Vulgar who have no greater Antipathy then against the Bishop of Rome And by this Device commonly they deliver themselves from that Punishment which they ought justly to undergo And this to me is a better Argument that the Duke of York is no Papist since the Seditious only would have him thought so then all the Reasons they have given can probably make him one Your belief of this will compleat my wishes which are that you may be Happy Farewel A full and perfect ANSWER To the REASONS Whereupon the Duke of York MAY Most strongly be reputed and suspected to be A Papist c. Reason 1. BEcause 25 Car. 2. When an Act was made to throw Popish Recusants out of all Offices and places of Trust The Duke of York did lay down several great Offices and Places of Trust As Lord High Admiral of England Generalissimo of all his Majesties Forces both by Sea and Land Governor of the Cinque-Ports and divers others Thereby to avoid the Punishment of that Law against Papists Answer 1. This Act of 25 Car. 2. doth not reach the Duke of York For it was made as the Reasoner well observes to throw Popish Recusants out of all Offices and Places of Trust And to displace them from the Houshold Service or Employment of His Majesty Or of His Royal Highness the Duke of York which words Or of His Royal Highness the Duke of York are a plain Exception of his Person and that he is not within the meaning of the aforesaid Act. For the words of the Act bear this Natural Construction viz. That no Person or Persons whatsoever are intended to be in any place of Trust or Service about the King or Duke of York but such who are well affected to the Established Government of this Nation But admit the Duke had taken the Test as in the Act mentioned when he was not obliged to do it Had he not too officiously declared himself even in that point that the Parliament did not think convenient to oblige him Would not his Adversaries have insinuated into the Vulgar that what he did was a force upon him and not his own inclination Nay what should he have gained in the opinion of the People by passing such a Complement Are not many in the House of Lords notwithstanding this Test traduced for Papists And many more to be Popishly affected Are not those that do not humour them according to their Capricio called Recusants And those who affect coming to Church called Church-Papists By this it is plain the Duke did not lay down his several great Offices because he was a Recusant Or to avoid the punishment of that Law against Papists But for some other Reason best known to the King and himself This shall suffice for an answer to the first Reason Reason 2. In 30 Car. 2. When an Act was made to disable Papists from Sitting in either House of Parliament there was a Provisoe inserted in that Act that it should not extend to the Duke of York on purpose to save his Right of Sitting in the Lords House Though he refuseth to take those Oaths which the Protestant Peers ought to do Answer 2. This Act nor any thing contained in it does in the least asperse the Duke of York as a Papist For if out of respect and kindness the Parliament would not reach Him with an Oath of which they knew he had no need but only inquire into themselves to find out who were Papists and who not by this disabling Act Was it not necessary that a Provisoe should be inserted into that Act that it should not extend to the Duke of York I wonder therefore with what impudence this should be construed to be done on purpose to save his Right of Sitting in the Lords House though a Papist when the words of the Provisoe will bear no such Construction But rather value him as a Person of that Honour and Generosity that they could do no less than distinguish him from the rest of his Majesties Subjects Especially since he is so nearly related to the Crown Has so well deserved of the King And has been so often thankt for his good Services by Themselves Reason 3. That His Majesty in his Speech on the sixth day of March in the one and thirtieth Year of His Reign does give for a Reason to the Parliament why he sent his Brother out of England Because he would leave no man room to say that he had not removed all causes which might influence him to Popish Councels Answer 3. This Reason is not strong enough to make any person suspect the Duke to be a Roman Catholick For when his Majesty did complement his Parliament and had acquainted them with what great things he had done for the Uniting of the minds of all his loving Subjects to himself and one another by excluding the Popish Lords from their Seats in Parliament the Execution of several men upon the account of the Plots and of the Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfry and Disbanding the Army then on foot at last his Majesty declares Above all I have commanded my Brother to absent himself from me because I would not leave the most Malitious Men room to say I had not removed all causes which could be pretended to influence me towards Popish Councils Was ever the sence of a King and of a loving Brother so evilly wrested For when his Majesty commands his Brothers absence