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Mr. Fuller's appeal to both Houses of Parliament, with letters relating to Sir John Fenwick and himself by William Fuller ...; Appeal to both houses of Parliament
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Fuller, William, 1670-1717?
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involv'd as most of the same Pretenders and gave the late King and the French King very large Promises of the wonderful effects of his Interest in the North of England which was propos'd to be joyn'd with many others and to make a considerable Army near Scotland where Sir John Fenwick was to act as Lieutenant-General for which I brought him a Commission from the late King who has often declar'd at St. Germains That Sir John Fenwick was a good Horse-Officer but had no extraordinary Opinion of his Management in other Cases that requir'd a firm Resolution and a serious Conduct It had been Sir John's Misfortune very often to promise the French Court much and perform nothing to their expectation yet neither Sir John nor his Party ever omitted by new Engagements to atone for the Disappointments which they often excused by laying the Blame on some Roguish underhand informing Brother affirming to King James That the Discovery was sent from his Court which made his late Majesty and his Queen very often jealous of all about them and really to speak truth of the Court of St. Germains there is almost as many Factions as there is People so that even King James's small Government there is attended with much Difficulty During my Correspondence with Sir John Fenwick on the late King's account I was once in company with him and three others at a Tavern in the City of London where Sir John and the rest sign'd an Address to the French King which was sign'd elsewhere by many others and sent to France the Contents were to assure Lewis the Fourteenth That they would remain faithful and loyal Subjects to King James and his Successor the Prince of Wales and that they would be ready on any occasion to joyn and assist the French Arms with their Lives and Fortunes in England against the Prince of Orange They also paid all possible Thanks and Acknowledgments to the French King for his great Kindness in succouring their most distressed Prince and for raising him above the Malice of his Enemies And one of Sir John Fenwick's Letters to K. James soon after the Revolution was to advise him to inform the French King That then there was an Opportunity for him to place many for his Interest in the Service of the Prince of Orange there being a great many Places to be sold c. This is what I knew and could justly depose against Sir John Fenwick And having long since inform'd the King and the House of Commons of this matter I thought it my Duty to offer to attest the same Face to Face with Sir John at the Bar of the House of Commons which occasion'd my writing to the Speaker It 's true Sir John Fenwick is now indicted for a much later Conspiracy against the King and Government which is of the same kind and plainly prov'd by Captain Porter c. and I dare presume to say that there is no intelligible man that is not partial in the matter but what in their own Consciences does believe Sir John Fenwick really guilty I must confess in my own Opinion there was no occasion of my being called or any greater Proof than the Honourable House of Commons had before them for which reason my self was not call'd Give me Leave to make one Observation more of my own Knowledge which is That Sir John Fenwick has often in my Company exclaim'd against the Persons he lately pretended to accuse with the greatest Reproaches and Hatred imaginable and I cannot hear of any body that ever knew him conversant with any of those Lords or Gentlemen since And what is yet more strange to me is That Sir John Fenwick has not so much as mention'd as I have been inform'd the Names of one of those who to my certain Knowledge were actually concern'd with him for King James 's Interest as they term it no he has not discover'd any of those that sign'd the Address with him How Sir John was prevail'd on to be guilty of so great a piece of Folly God knows Only I must beg his Leave with others to believe it an Action very much unbecoming a person of his Rank much less a Christian in his circumstances and one that has so long ow'd his Life to the great Clemency of the present Government I hope he will consider it himself and remembring what he is may before it is too late discharge his Conscience faithfully towards GOD King William and his Native Country for I presume there is little Comfort in dying for a bad Cause And for them at St. Germains and those in England of the French Interest which wish him hang'd with all their Hearts and are impatient for it as they have often been on the same account I presume the late King's desire of the death of such was not meerly to encrease the number of his Friends in Heaven that is impossible for King James that believes all Protestants are damn'd cannot so much after their Deaths as have one Twelve-penny Mass said for their Souls Therefore if King James have any Remorse it must be the Subject of many Confessions and cause of much Sorrow to think as his Faith obliges him how many Souls are gone to Hell by his Engagement in a very bad Cause I hope and pray that no true Englishman though never so much engag'd in the Interest of the present Government will presume to judge so uncharitably of any of our greatest Enemies that have died most justly for endeavouring to murther the best of Kings and to involve the Nation into Slavery and Misery By this the late King and the French Court shew little Charity no they 're barbarous and inhuman by engaging Protestants nay even by receiving them into their Service with a design to expose their Lives and so consequently their Souls This Argument truly weigh'd and a Thousand more there is to the same purpose should I think be sufficient to disswade any Protestant from any manner of Engagement on the late King 's or French Court's account Having thus given you a short and true Account of the Reasons of the delay of my Business and of my Purpose by God's Blessing and by the Permittance and Justice of the Great Wisdom of the Nation and also an impartial Relation of what I know of Sir John Fenwick whose Oversight and Obstinacy I much commiserate I shall proceed to give you the true Copy of my Petition and Letters as followeth To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and to the Honourable the Commons of England in Parliament Assembled The Humble Petition of WILLIAM FULLER Sheweth THAT your Petitioner hath long groan'd under intolerable Misfortunes occasion'd through the Immaturity of his Judgment which was too easily impos'd on by the Perfidiousness of Coll. Thomas Dalleval and Mr. George Hayes for whose Appearance your Petitioner engag'd to the Honourable House of Commons intentionally for the Nation 's Service tho' the Event prov'd contrary and for their
My Lord I am not now nor ever was fond of being an Evidence only for His Majesties Service but for as much as I did formerly Charge Sir John Fenwick That I had brought and delivered to him several Letters from the Late King James his Queen and others as also a Commission That I had likewise carried Letters from Sir John Fenwick to the Late King and Queen at St. Germains and That I was once in Company with the said Sir John Fenwick and Three others when they Sign'd an Address to the French King c. My Lord This I am ready to Prove if Their Lordships think fit to hear me I am MY LORD Your Lordships most Dutiful Servant Novemb. the 16th 1695. W. FULLER LETTER IV. To the Right Honourable the Earl of Stamford MY LORD I Hope the Merit of my Cause and Your Lordships Zeal for the Preservation of the present Government will in part Plead my Excuses for this Presumption With this Inclosed I have sent Your Lordship a Copy both of my Petition to the House of Lords and the Letter I purpose to send with it to morrow morning to the Right Honourable the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal My Lord I humbly presume that no person has endeavour'd to serve the Government more than I have done if I may have Leave I shall fully prove what ever I have offer'd in my Petition or Letter to the entire Satisfaction of the World I therefore most humbly entreat Your Lordship to speak to my Lord Keeper about this matter and that it may not be Delay'd I am MY LORD Your Lordship 's Most Humble aad Obedient Servant Novemb. the 27th 1606. W. FULLER LETTER V. To the Right Honourable the Earl of Monmouth MY LORD VVIth this Inclosed I have sent Your Lordship a Copy of my Petition to the Right Honourable the House of Lords and also a Copy of the Letter which I purpose to send with the said Petition to my Lord Keeper of the Great Seal to morrow morning And I do assure Your Lordship that I am ready to Prove the Contents of both by my self and others if the Justice and Wisdom of the Nation thinks fit to hear me I am MY LORD Your Lordship 's Most Obedient Servant Novemb. the 27th 1696. W. FULLER LETTER VI. To the Right Honourable the Lord Lucas MY LORD IT is my greatest Endeavours to lay hold of all Helps that may promote an entire overthrow to the wicked Designs of His Present Majesties and His Kingdoms Enemies Enclosed I have sent Your Lordship the Copy of My Petition to the House of Lords and the Letter I sent with it to my Lord Keeper My Lord As I desire nothing but common Justice so I hope to find King William's Loyal Subjects and every true Englishman my Friend in a Cause that I am sure so nearly concerns them My Lord I have been abused sufficiently by the malicious Endeavours of the Malecontents of this Kingdom and I doubt not but there will be fresh Endeavours made by some of that Party to oppose me now Therefore I humbly fly to the Great Justice and Wisdom of the House of Lords and hope your Enemies will find it impossible to baffle me a second time I beg Leave to wait on Your Lordship suddenly that I may inform You as I have done Others how plainly I shall make good my Assertions in my Petition and Letter I intreat Your Lordship's pardon for this presumption I am MY LORD Your Lordship 's Most Humble Servant Novemb. the 28th 1696. W. FULLER LETTER VII To the honble Anthony Bowyer Esq a Member of Parliament Honoured SIR I Humbly presume that every Free-Born Subject of England has a Right to the Justice of his Country and I hope few but my self have cause of Complaint to the contrary How I have deserved it I cannot imagine since I know of no other Fault but my want of cautionary Advertency when I Engaged for Dalleval and Hayes which was Imposed on me by the Artifices of the French Court and the late King James's Friends in England as I have offered to prove by sufficient Witnesses before the Parliament and also that the Management of that Affair cost the French King many Thousand Pounds in order to invalidate me which render'd my Case very hard and a cruel Oppression when even the very Enemies of the Government are allow'd to Expose me because I betray'd their wicked Designes and I am deny'd leave to prove my wrongs It was to serve King William and these Kingdoms that I went to France after my first Discovery and even into the French King's Closet Exposing my Life to the Wheel forsaking my nearest and dearest Friends Interest and Imploy to serve the present Government from those great Dangers that seem'd to threaten it This is Sir what I am sure you very well know and also that my Informations were Confirm'd by the Lord Preston's and Mr. Crone 's Confessions You were Sir of the Committee Ordered by the House to Examine me when Hayes and Dalleval went off And you have been often pleased to express how very hard you thought my usage was on that account My Sufferings have been more than I can Express and my Concern is greater for my unhappy Country than for my self and if not for mine yet for the Publick Good I pray the House of Commons to Examine my Cause that you may plainly know what England has and may suffer by those Devices and Instruments of the French Court And if the House pleases to appoint a Committee to Examine me and those I shall produce on this Account to prove what I offer I am confident it will be extreamly to the Nations Satisfaction and Interest And if not be pleased Sir to move the House that I may have leave to print my Case and the Copies of all the Letters I brought from France c. For since I was Voted against by the former House and an Address presented to the King to Order the Attorney General to prosecute me I dare not Appeal to His Majesty who is the best of Kings until I have Honourably convinc'd the world how much I am wrong'd and misrepresented by the subtil devices of King James's Adherents who so easily imposed on my Judgment and so Exposed me to the Displeasure of the Honourable House In a word Sir if I have done the King and Nation any Service I hope my Request will be granted And if I have not I desire to be Hang'd I have given my Original Petition to Collonel Thomas Doare in hopes he will present it to the Honourable House as I beg you will This. I am Sir Your Most Humble Servant December the 2d 1696. W. FULLER ADVERTISEMENT THese Three 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ing are Written and Published by WILLIAM FULLER Page of Honour to the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in France Author of this Book viz. I. A Brief Discovery of the True Mother of the Pretended Prince of Wales known by the Name of Mary Grey To which is Added A further Discovery of the late Conspiracy against His Majesty 's Sacred Person and Government c. As laid before the King c. and Deposed to a Committee of Parliament By WILLIAM FULLER Gent. sometimes Page of Honour to the late Queen in France Price Six Pence II. A further Confirmation That Mary Grey was the True Mother of the Prince of VVales Together with an Account of the Private Messages and Letters sent by the French King King James the late Queen and other Persons of Quality to their Agents in England Publish'd by WILLIAM FULLER Gent. who was privy to the whole Management To which is added the Author's Vindication of Himself from the Male-Contents of this Kingdom Price Six Pence III. Mr. FULLER's Third Narrative containing New Matters of Fact Proving the pretended Prince of Wales to be a Grand Cheat upon the Nation With an Answer to some Reflections cast upon Him Price Six Pence