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A50977
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A view of the court of St. Germain from the year 1690, to 95 with an account of the entertainment Protestants meet with there : directed to the malecontents Protestants of England.
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Macky, John, d. 1726.
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1696
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Wing M221; ESTC R11112
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A View of the COURT OF St. GERMAIN From the Year 1690 to 95 With an Account of the Entertainment PROTESTANTS meet with there Directed to the MALECONTENTS PROTESTANTS OF ENGLAND LONDON Printed for R. Baldwin near Oxford-Arms-Inn in Warwick-lane MDCXCVI The PREFACE THE Ages to come will hardly believe that in England their should be found one single Protestant Jacobite at this time of Day And the Reform'd Nations abroad are at a loss what to make of that unaccountable Species of Men. When most of the Roman Catholick Princes have heartily embrac'd the late Revolution in Britain as the last Effort for the Common Liberty of Europe and have enter'd into the strictest Alliance with those of an opposite Religion to Support it It looks like a Dream to meet with any English Protestant in an Interest contradiâ—…ory to not only the Publick Liberty of their Country but to the Religion they profess It was indeed no great wonder that the late King made all the Steps possible towards the Change of the Religion in his Opinion Heretical at a time when he was upon the Throne and back'd with all the promising Supports of Regal Power yet even then he thought himself obliged to keep some Measures with his Protestant Subjects and in stead of a total Rupture with them endeavour'd to lull them asleep under the Specious Pretence of Liberty of Conscience till all his Engines were ready to give the fatal Blow But now that he has fallen under Circumstances which one would think should much more then ever oblige him to assume anew at least keep on the old Mask Vpon the quite contrary since he went to France he has taken all pains imaginable to let the World know his inveterate aversion to all those of the Reform'd Religion tho' never so much his Friends and at the same time has given us the most Authentick Demonstration of his firm design never to allow any there of his Favour nor owe his Restoration to any but Roman Catholicks All which will appear by the following account of his Carriage towards those few Protestants that have followed his sinking Fortunes the length of St. Germains A View of the COURT OF St. Germain Directed to the Malecontents Protestants of ENGLAND THERE being already so many Volumes to shew the Lawfulness of the late Revolution it is Superfluous it seems to make any further attempt on the same Subject for if you have shut your Eyes against the strong Arguments and convincing Proofs made use of in those Books who can flatter himself to cure you of that wilful Blindness However I hope this plain account I make bold to direct to you will not prove altogether useless for when I consider your Party I think I may reasonably believe that it is made up of some good and Honest Men tho' misguided by a tender Conscience and of some self-interested Persons who being not able to obtain the Preferments they expected have turned Jacobites in hopes to advance their Fortune by a Second Revolution But give me leave to tell you further that after an impartial enquiry into the Life and Conversation of your Party I have all the reasons in the World to conclude that the number of the Consciencious Jacobites I have spoken of must be very little and that the greatest number among you are hurried away by the imaginary hopes I have hinted at therefore if I can convince you that you have no reason to flatter your selves to obtain any reward or preferments under King James no not when he should be restored by your means I hope some of you will open their Eyes to their own Interest and forsake a Prince from whom you cannot expect any grateful Return I won't recal to your Minds his Behaviour while he was on the Throne of England I suppose no body has forgot that no Protestants were welcome to him but such as would promise to betray the Liberties of their Country to Popery and Arbitrary Power neither shall I mention how severely he used the Protestants of Ireland in 1689 you would be apt to say that being in Popish hands he could not avoid it but I intend only to give you a short view of his Court at St. Germain and an account of the Entertainment the Protestants of your Party have met there For if a Prince in his Circumstances whose interest it ought to be to court Protestants cannot conceal for a time the Hatred he has for them what treatment can you expect from him when he is re-inthroned and Supported by the Power of France King James retiring into France after his defeat at the Boyn left the Administration of his Affairs in Ireland to my Lord Tyrconnel and in Scotland to the Colonels Buchan and Cannon and the French King having appointed St. Germain in Laye for his reception he there began to form a Court in the Year 1690 and his House-hold was constituted as follows The Duke of Powis Lord Chamberlain Colonel Porter Vice-Chamberlain Colonel Skelton Comptroller The Earls of Dumbarton and Abercome Lords of the Bed-Chamber Captains Macdonald Beadles Stafford and Trevanian Groom of the Bed-Chamber The two Sheldons Esquires Fergus Graham Privy Purse Sir John Sparrow Board of Green Cloth and Mr. Strickland Vice Chamberlain to the Queen The Officers of State were as follows Mr. Brown Brother to my Lord Montague Brown and sometime Commissioner of the Custom Secretary of State for England Father Jnnes President of the Scots College at Paris Secretary of State for Scotland Sir Richard Neagle Secretary of State for Ireland To these were added as a Juncto Mr. Carril the Queens Secretary and Mr. Stafford formerly Envoy at the Court of Spain whom the King called together as a Privy Council to advise with upon all Emergencies The Earl of Melford Prime Minister of State being sent to Rome sometime before partly to Negociate King James's Affairs at the Pope's Court and partly to remove him from the Jealousies of the Irish who at that time wholly Monopolized this Prince's Ear and Favour Thus things continued for a while but Ireland being reduced sometime after and the Scotish Highlanders Submitting the Court of St. Germain was every day thronged with Gentlemen from those Kingdoms as well as from England and then a Protestant Party began to distinguish themselves and endeavour to make an appearance at that Court. The first considerable step they made was to desire a Chappel from King James for the exercise of their Worship according to the Church of England and propos'd Dr. Granvile Brother to the Earl of Bath formerly Dean of Durham as a fit Person to be their Chaplain they urged the great Incouragement such a Toleration would give to his Adherents in England and what satisfaction it would be to such Protestants as followed him but tho' common Policy and his Circumstances made every Body believe that this Request would be easily granted yet it was positively denied and Dr. Granvile obliged not only to retire from