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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48005	A letter from a gentleman in Yorkshire, to his country-man in London, concerning the Duke of Leeds with an answer to the said letter.	Gentleman in Yorkshire.	1695 (1695)	Wing L1396; ESTC R9449	10,064	35

that he never touched any of that Money which is so full a denial of the main Fact that no Member who then heard him could say afterwards that he would not enter into Particulars because it had been absurd for him to have entred into Particulars after such a general denial And they pretend another Member of that House to have said but mentions no Names that the Law of God is against him meaning the Duke and broken by him before any thing be proved against him or shewing wherein the Law of God is broken if it had been proved and he makes the same Member to mention the Oath of a Privy Councellor as if he had broken that also of which Oath all the Members of that House are so well informed that they know it is only an Oath to conceal the King's Council and to give him faithful Council which every Man does according to what he thinks to be so and if the Duke's Council hath not been faithful to this King there is no body that can pretend to it Besides his Grace did in this Case alwaies declare his Opinion publickly That the taking of such a Forfeiture as that then was against the East-India Company would have been very unjust and that the breaking of the East-India Company would be both the loss of that Trade to the Nation and the giving it away from English-men to strangers and many Thousands in the Kingdom are now of the same opinion I have given you a true Account of the principal Matters of Fact but the conjectures are very various why an occasion hath been taken to give the Duke this trouble upon so small grounds as these seem to be to every body that considers them throughly but a little time will make those Reasons whatever they were appear more plainly For in Truth the Parliament was in some measure surprized with the sudden bringing of that business before them which although concerted by some Men long before was not brought into Parliament till the last Week of its Session after it had sate Twenty Four Weeks and that two thirds of the Members of the House of Commons were gone into the Country believing all the business of that Session to have been over For it was the 24th of April when the first Examination of Sir Bazil Firebrass began before the Committee and the Impeachment of the Duke was Voted the 26th the Articles against him were carried up to the Lords the 29th at Six a Clock at Night and the Duke gave in his Answer the next morning which was the 30th The 1st of May was Sunday the 2d was spent wholly by the Duke's pressing to have been T●yed before the Session had been ended and the 3d the Parliament was Prorogued insomuch that there was but seven days in the whole betwixt the first time of examining the matter concerning the Duke and the end of the Session and the Proceedings upon him were so quick that the Duke had no notice of their intent to Impeach him although he was at that time in the House of Lords before they had past the Vote of Impeachment which was too late to be Revoked when his Grace went down to the House of Commons And I have since heard divers of that House say that if they had heard the Duke before their Vote past they would not have proceeded so hastily I suppose you have heard with what earnestness the Duke on his part prest daily to have been brought to Tryal insomuch that he ventured the King's displeasure in hindring the passing the Money Bill one whole day and part of another within the time of the Seven days aforesaid So that by all this you will easily imagine how little time any body had to digest their thoughts so throughly as an Affair of that Consequence required I am glad to hear from all hands that this matter about the Duke is so well understood in the Country where they can know little but what the Gazette or Pamphlets relate which take a far greater Liberty than they used to do since the Act for Printing expired But in this place where things are known better and more particularly the Esteem of the Duke is as much as ever amongst all but such as love Monarchy no better than they do his Grace and I am certain there is not any Nobleman whose Reputation is greater in this City than the Duke's his good Example of Life and sober Conversation Qualities not frequently found amongst his Enemies his great Moderation in Religion and the exactness of his Payments and Dealings with all sorts of Men which is no less rare to be met with in this Age and especially amongst many who talk loudest for Property and Liberty recommending him to their esteem in a very great degree Besides that mark of his Honour will never be forgot how he scorned to be tempted with Money when a Summ Twenty times greater than what was now pretended to be given him was offered him from France and was refused by him because it was to do what he thought would be prejudicial to his Country which is such a Proof of his being out of the reach of Money to make him do any dishonourable or illegal Act as no Man but himself hath had the opportunity to give the World and it ought to take away the giving credit to any Charge of that kind against him It is no new thing nor at all out of Practice in our days to see good Men mis-represented or bad ones cried up with the Character of Worthies but to see such Libellers go unpunished as have dared to put in Print the most scandalous and apparent lies against the greatest Men in the Realm as are to be seen against others as well as this Duke is what I confess seems strange to be suffered in any well-govern'd State It is well known that heretofore the same sort of Men indeavoured to have blasted this Duke with the Character of a Betrayer of his Country even about the time when he could not be wrought upon to do it by the strongest Temptations which could be offered him Nay their Malice then reached so far as to blacken him with a pretence of his being guilty of the Murther of Sir Edmondbury Godfry but as God many times hardens such Mens hearts and leaves them to frame lies according to their own inventions so they then spared not King Charles himself but in their Libels made him to be one of the Accomplices with this Duke in that villanous Murther So far will Men proceed in their Wickedness when they find it go unregarded To conclude It may be Remarked that whilst some Men are accused who have done the greatest Services to their Country and to the Interests of the Protestant Religion others who have abandoned and formally abjured the Protestant Religion to take up the Romish and who have served the Interests of France and Popery without disguise and in conjunction with Popes Nuncio's and Jesuit Privy Councellors go not only unpunisht but have been countenanced as if they were the chief Supporters of our Religion and Laws and the others the Betrayers of them Such Paradoxes do we meet with in State Affairs as well as in School Controversies But as God has hitherto protected this Duke against his Enemies in so many transcendant Instances of their Malice so I doubt not but he will continue both to protect his Person and reward his Merits which I am sure every man ought to pray for that wishes well to this Church and Nation as does daily SIR Your most Faithful and Humble Servant FINIS

positively that the Duke refused the Money when it was offer'd him Thirdly Sir Bazil confesses that Mr. Bates told him the Money was all for himself Fourthly Sir Bazil deposeth that he could not tell who this Money was designed for or what Mr. Bates did with it for he says Mr. Bates would not deal on such Terms as the telling of Names Fifthly Sir Bazil deposeth that he knew not of any Money or Stock given to any Person whatever for procuring a Charter to the East-India Company And Lastly To put the Truth of all his Depositions out of question he hath Sworn that Mr. Bates brought him the Condition of a Contract about this Money which was drawn with these words In case the Lord President did not assist the Company c. And that he Sir Bazil took care to strike the Lord President 's Name out of the said Contract Now let this be reconciled either to that Lord's Prudence or to Sir Bazil's Honesty who had Sworn that Mr. Bates would not tell Names or to his Care as he pretends of the Lord President if any body be able to do the Knight that Service But he needs no more than his own Depositions as aforesaid to contradict himself The Pamphlet indeed is so just in that as to shew that his swearing to that Article of not knowing of any Money given as aforesaid was on the 24th of April and the mentioning of the Guinea's to Mr. Bates was not till the 25th and the chief Reflections on the Duke were not made till the 26th whereof I shall take notice by and by but to inform you from whence this Prosecution arises Originally against the Duke is too nice a point for me to meddle with if I could Thus much only is certain That it was a matter concerted before the sitting of the Parliament for I have reason to believe the Duke spoke of it himself before that time that it was pursued with great warmth by some particular Persons and there was no prosecution of some who were named with greater grounds of suspicion about the same matter That much time was spent in these Inquiries to the very great delay of the King's Supplies and at last it was brought to no Tryal of the Duke for that reason only which you have observed of his Valet de Chambre Robart being out of the way You have remarked so much concerning that Servant's absenting himself that I have only two particulars more to inform you of that matter viz. That when the Address was made to the King by the House of Lords for a Proclamation to apprehend the said Robart it was moved in that House and agreed to by the House that there should be a Clause in the said Proclamation to incourage the said Robart to come in without danger of his being Imprisoned which was done upon the Duke's informing the House that Robart had writ a Letter to his Chaplain wherein he had declared that he was fled only for fear of being put into Prison having heard before he went away of so many being sent to the Tower who were Witnesses in that Affair and that Messengers had been sent to take him and being a stranger he could not hope to find many Friends in this Country to protect him And yet this Encouragement for him to return was never put into the said Proclamation The other particular is That in June last an Information was carried to the Duke by one who I suppose thought the Duke was unwilling to have his Servant taken that a man had been that day with a Friend of his to ask what Reward any man would get who should apprehend Monsieur Robart for that he could take him any night about Eight a Clock but that he would not do it for nothing To which the Informer told the Duke his Friend had answered that he had best go and acquaint a Secretary of State with it but whether the man did go to a Secretary or not the Informer knew not but said that some care must be taken or Robart would be certainly apprehended in a night or two To this the Duke reply'd as I was told by the Informer himself I thank you for the Information and desire you will tell the Man that if the Secretary will give him nothing I will give him an Hundred Pounds if he can take him and bring him to a Secretary of State or to me at St. James 's and I have good Reason to believe that the Duke would be much gladder to have him here than his Enemies would be to see him Another thing which was construed to proceed from the private Animosities of particular Persons against the Duke and which carries a strong presumption of a contrivance against him by those Persons was That on the 25th of April when the said Firebrass was in the Custody of Messengers of the House of Lords and ought not to have been spoke to but before the Committee of both Houses or with their permission he was got out of the Custody of those Messengers and was entertained in a private Lodging where he was for some hours without any Messenger to attend him or knowing where to find him and it was after that day viz. the 26th of April that he made those Depositions which reflect most upon the Duke and which is yet more remarkable they who had entertained him as aforesaid on the 25th informed the Committee on the 26th that Firebrass had desired to speak with them but that they would not speak with him in private without the leave of the Committee Upon this it is that I formerly observed to you that 'till the 25th which was the day of their speaking with Firebrass at a private Lodging he knew nothing as the Pamphlet relates of any Money given to any body but that day he not only knew of the 5500 Guinea's given to Mr. Bates but he made it his own Request to be called in to the Committee and for that purpose only although it related no more to his Account than to yours and he said not one word at that time relating to his own Account having hopes as is reported that his own Account which was for 40000 l. should have been buried in the 5500 Guinea's aforesaid and then on the 26th which was the day that leave was given to speak privately with Firebrass he mentioned Bargains and Contracts and a Copy of that Receipt given him by Mr. Bates out of which he pretended to have taken that great care as aforesaid to strike the Lord President 's Name As to the pretended Speeches in Parliament some of them have certainly been mis-represented by the Pamphlets because in one of them they make a Member of the House of Commons to say that the Duke when he spoke in that House would not enter into the particular Facts charged against him and yet they have Printed his Speech in that House although with divers mistakes wherein they own his Grace to have said