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A58501	Remarks upon a late paper, entituled, A true relation of the cursed designs and intrigues which have been lately carry'd on, both in England and France, to restore the late King James, &c. discovered by some gentlemen lately arriv'd from St. Germaines.		1694 (1694)	Wing R939; ESTC R8504	16,122	12

't is true the R●●ator hath given us his Opinion for them which I perceive he thinks Just and Honourable But it is most likely that he would not have past this Complement upon a French Popish College were it not to aggravate the Machiavillian Doctrine of the poor Irish whose Countrymen nevertheless he affectionately pities But Secondly We must take the Liberty to declar● also that there is no such College in Pari● as the Irish College true it is that there is th● College Lombard in which Lodgings are give● gratis to some few poor Irih Priests and non● others but without Government Collegiate Rules Sallaries Stipend or Maintenance whatsoever their Subsistence chiefly consisting an● proceeding from Masses and Priestly Function● exercised in the Churches and Chappels of tha● City Those Irish Priests we affirm were never consulted about this Declaration nor 〈◊〉 they had been consulted is it probable that th● Irish Army would be more Conscientious tha● their supposed Natural College or have murmured against such an Admirable Salvo whic● they had found out for the Security of th● King's Conscience and Satisfaction of thei● Countreymen's I suppose nothing more need to be said concerning their Imaginary Reasons which were never given nor like to be given if desired nor do they infer rightly or conclude truly I● short they are the Relator's Reasons and that 〈◊〉 enough But we cannot pass by the irreconcileable Differences between the Lord Melford and my L. Middleton about the Empire of the World without remarking that this is just as true as i● is politick and practicable for a Convert unde● the shadow of Religion to cloath himself i●● Wolves dress the first A la mode Suit of tha● kind which I am confident was ever put on by an Hypocrite as he would have my L. Melford to be but however the Learned Relator seems to confirm this Miracle by a Tantum Religio● which is as much to the purpose in this place as Tytire tu patulae c. In his next Paragraph the Relator is very busy about Expresses into Flanders and England from Flanders to St. Germaines Consternations Mutinies New Declarations doing and undoing booting and unbooting till at last he leave● England very well contented with this last Declaration but the Irish still continue in great Disorder about it and being very unruly and weary of King James would give any thing to be at Home Never did Knight Errant of very good Note equip himself more formidably against the Whimsies of his own Adutled Brain than this Man hath done We must again take the Liberty therefore as we have done to deny p●remprorily what our Relator most impuden●ly affi●m● in these ●wo Paragraphs and accordingly we assure the Reader First That the Declaration so Signed by the King as is pretended was not sent to the Irish in Flanders before it had been published in England Secondly That the said Declaration was never afterwards ordered to be sent to the Irish Army Thirdly That the Irish Army never mutiny'd about it nor had any Reason so to do Fourthly That there was no such Thing as a Second Declaration To the First we do affirm that the said Declaration was actually in England before my L. Middleton arriv'd in France but it is true that after my L. Middleton came to St. Germaines in or about the Mon●h of May the King commanded Sir Richard Neagle to give the Irish Officers an Account of that part of the said Declaration and not the Declaration it self which related to them which was to re-establish the Act of Settlement in Ireland but withal to take care to recompence those who followed him to the last for the Loss●s they might sustain by renewing the Act of Settlement which Act by the way was notoriously known to be broken contrary to the Sense and Design of the King as also of many eminent Irish Catholicks who proportionable to their Estates suffered more considerably by the Repeal than most of the Protestants had done And the King himself lost thereby Lands to the Yearly value of about 3000 l. In an●wer to Sir Richard Neagle's Letter the Irish Collonels and Commanding Officers have unanimously and under their Hands declared themselves in●rely and fully satisfy'd with what His Majesty had done and were all well contented to rely upon his Promises for such Recompences as His Majesty should hereafter procure for such of them as might be Losers by the Re-establishment of the said Act of Settlement And it is also so true that neither the Irish Officers nor the pretended Irish College were acquainted with or consulted about this Declaration that neither they nor the Lord Prima●e of Ireland nor the Bishop of Dublin knew the Contents of the said Declaration until His Majesty had Advice of its publication in England And that then and nor till then the King discoursed with the said Primate and Arch-Bishop together with my Lord Lucan about what related to the Irish and then and there they all of them professed their Satisfaction in what His Majesty had done This is Matter of Fact and will be attested in its proper time and place not only by Gentlemen of very good Note but by Men of undoubted Honour and Conscience By what hath been already said it is sufficiently evident I hope That First the Declaration was not sent to the Irish before published in England Secondly That the Declaration was not sent by His Majesty's Command afterwards but only that part of it which related to the Irish. And Thirdly That the Irish did not mutiny upon it and we shall now make it appear that they had no reason so to do We must then acquaint the Reader That upon the Capitulations of the City of Limerick the Irish Officers who treated about it as the Lord Lucan Collonel Garet Dillon and others neither desired nor agreed for more in that Article relating to their real Estates than that they should enjoy them according to the Act of Settlement which was consented to by the English the Capitulations were accordingly concluded and Signed by those and such other Officers of the Irish as were concerned to treat and conclude about the same Thus then was the Articles agreed to and Signed by the Irish Officers Now what says the King in his last Declaration In that Parliament says he meaning the first Parliament to be assembled after his Return We will also consent to every thing they shall think necessary to re-establish the late Act of Settlement of Ireland made in the Reign of our Dearest Brother and will advise with them how to recompence such of that Nation as have followed us to the last and who may suffer by the Re-establishment accordding to the degree of their Sufferings thereby 〈◊〉 ●o as the said Act of Settlement may always remain in●ire It had been already observed that the Irish neither desired nor Capitulated for more than than to be restored to their Estates according to the Act of Settlement and so

REMARKS upon a late PAPER ENTITULED A True Relation of the Cursed Designs and Intrigues which have been lately carry'd on both in England and France to Restore the late King JAMES c. Discovered by some Gentlemen lately Arriv'd from St. Germaines IT is agreed by most Men that there are several degrees and sorts of Li●s which as far as they concern this True Relation we shall divide into these Two One when a Man repeats that for Truth which he certainly knows to be false the other when he reports that for Truth which he doth not know to be true or in his Conscience believes to be false the latter is but a small Extenuation of the first But both of them if they may prejudice a third Person are malicious and damnable I will not determine how far the Author of the True Relation is guilty in either or any Case but shall leave the Censure of him ●o the Judgment of every Impartial Reader when the Matter of Fact shall be examined We shall divide the Relation into two Parts First We shall consider the Matter of Fact and then the Application and use made of it The Birth of this Wonderful Paper justly claims our first Remark not that we know any thing of its Noble Descent or of those Gentlemen of very good Note who it seems club'd in its Generation but it is of great Importance to acquaint the Reader That the Body of this Paper with the very Numerical Words contain'd in it first appear'd to the World in a certain Pamphlet which had in its Title A Sh●rt and True Relation of Intrigues transacted both at Home and Abroad to Restore the late King James It was publickly dandled about the Streets with great Noise for one Day and then vanished not one to be had for Love or Money The Reasons might probably be these The first part of that Pamphlet is an Invective against King James particularly for his Ingratitude to his Friends and of those it makes special mention of the Irish Catholicks and Protestant Dissenters both which it says he hath made an Oblation to the Passive-Obedience-men meaning I suppose the Church of England-men who it further says are now the late King's Creatures and the only Persons that would Abdicate the Gospel rather than their Church-Livings And next it highly Censures K. James for his great Mercy to his Enemies and concludes that part of it with a Curse viz. Seeing now King James 's Favours are only reserved to promote his Enemies let his Enemies grow potent every where and numerous withal and let him be so lost that he may never be found here at Home I suppose it will be easily granted me that these were not proper Topicks to insist upon especially at that Juncture of Affairs for every young States-man would soon conclude that if this Learned Pamphlet together with K. James's late Declaration could convince his Enemies of their Security and His Favour towards them the Passive-Obedience-men as he calls them would easily concur with his Enemies notwithstanding King James's Ingratitude towards his Restoration which would make it unavoidable Now the Wiser Government seeing the ill Consequence of so foolish a Suggestion had very good reason to recal betimes this ill-digested and worse-concluding Pamphlet besides it insinuates strongly to the Church of England for whose Preservation King Charles the First suffered Martyrdom and for fear of whose falsly and maliciously-pretended Destruction his Son King James the Second is turn'd out of his three Kingdoms that K. James is so truly and sincerely their Friend that he scruples not to make an Oblation of the Roman Catholicks themselves to the Church of England 's Interest Now whatsoever the Government may intend hereafter it is certain that during this Session of Parliament it would have been a surprizing Indiscretion to have given or permitted so just an Occasion to be given to the Church of England established by Law and for whose pretended Preservation so many thousands of English Lives have been vainly cast away to adhere to the Interest of King James through the hasty Zeal and Phanatical Itch of this foolish Pamphleteer For the Church of England have found by Experience and at present without the additional help of this Pamphlet are sensible enough that whatsoever hath been or may be pretended for her Security she can never be so happy under any unjust Revolution or Usurpation as under a Lawful Rightful Prince who is not only bound by the Law but by Royal Promise to protect and defend her But notwithstanding these plain and broad Hints already given this Man is so fond of his Project that he anticipates the Privy Council and forces the Cabinet it self to give vent to his Folly he tells us then to●ards the Conclusion of his Pamphlet that he hath found a long Snake in the Grass which it seems is no other than some Church of England-men with whom the major part of our Councils and places of Trust are fill'd and ends that excellent Paragraph with News from the Court at St. Germains viz. That it dreads nothing more than such an alteration of the Leiutenancy and Justices of the Peace over all England as it hath pleased their Majesties of late to cause in London It must be acknowledged that about this Time a Discourse was spread about that the Leiutenancy and Government of all England as well as London would be settled in the Hands of the Presbyterians and some of the Dissenting Party in Exclusion of the Church of England-men whether the Government intended any such Alteration I know not But I think it sufficiently evident that it would have been a gross Bevei● and Over-sight to have suffered this Scribler so much to over-run their own Councils as publickly to insinuate a Change so ungrateful to a Parliament which was to grant a Supply for the Support of this Government and of which the most considerablest part is look'd upon to be firm to the Doctrine and Interest of the Church of England By this time I think it is visible enough that the Government had very good Reason to suppress betimes this foolish Contradictory Pamphlet which as it blows hot and cold with a Breath so it would probably have done much more harm than good to that very Cause which it pretends so affectionately to support But however though this Pamphlet was supprest for these sufficient Reasons before-mentioned yet there was not the same Cause to stifle the True Relation for since its chief Design is to set forth King James's Ingratitude and Inconstancy to his Friends without touching upon his Royal Mercy and Favour to his Enemies it was to be hoped that it might cool and moderate at least the Zeal and Affection of his Friends especially since the Truth will want no Confirmation and that further Enquiry into Foreign Affairs will remove all Doubts and leave no room for Contradiction without inflaming the good Will of his Enemies whom his Favours are only reserved