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A view of the court of St Germain since the year 1690. 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 M221B; ESTC R180252
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A VIEW OF THE COURT OF St GERMAIN Since the Year 1690. With an Account of the Entertainment Protestants meet with there Directed to the MALE CONTENTS PROTESTANTS OF ENGLAND DUBLIN Re-printed by Andrew Crook and again Re-printed at Glasgow by ROBERT SANDERS One of His MAJESTY's Printers M. DC.XC.VI THE PREFACE THe Ages to come vvill hardly believe that in England there should be found one single protestant Jacobite at this time of Day And the Reform'd Nations abroad are at a loss vvhat 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 vvith those of an Opposite Religion to Support it It looks like a Dream to meet vvith an English Protestant in an Interest contradistory to not only the Publick liberty of their Country but to the Religion they profess It vvas indeed no great vvonder that the late King made all the steps possible tovvards the change of the Religion in his Opinion Heretical At a time vvhen he vvas upon the Throne and back'd vvith all the promising Supports of Regal Povver yet even then he thought himself obliged to keep some Measures vvith his Protestant Subjects and instead of a Total Rupture vvith them endeavourd to lull them asleep under the specious pretence of liberty of Conscience till all his Engines vvere ready to give the fatal Blovv But novv that he is fallen under Circumstances Which one vvould think should much more then ever oblige him to assume a nevv at least keep on the Old Mask Vpon the quite contrary since he vvent to France he takell all pains imaginable to let the World knovv his inveterat 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 allovv any there of his Favour nor ovv his Restoration to any but Roman Catholicks All vvhich vvill appear by the follovving account of his Carriage tovvards those fevv Protestants that have follovved 〈◊〉 Sinking Fortunes the length of St. Germains A VIEW OF THE COURT OF St. GERMAIN Directed to the Male-contents Protestants of ENGLAND THERE being already so many Volumns 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 in these 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 Enquity into the Life and Conversation of your Party I have all the reasons in the World to conclude that the Number of the Conscentious 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 nor 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 greatful Return I won't recal to your Minds his Behavior 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 in 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 who 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 retireing unto 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 Cannan and the French King having appointed St Germain in Laye for his Reception he there began to form a Court in in the Year 1690 and his Houshold 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 Skeldons Esquires Fergus Graham Privy purse Sir John Sparrow Board of green Cloath and Mr. Strickland Vice Chamberlain to the Queen The Officers of State were as fellows Mr. Brown Brother to my Lord Montage Brown and sometime Commissioner of the Custom Secretary of Stâ—te for England Father Innes President of the Scots Colledge at Paris Secretary of State for Scotland Sir Richard Neagle Secretary of State for Ireland To which 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 Fâ—â—our 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 appeatance 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. Grandvil 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 comon Policy and his Circumstances made every Body believe that this Râ—quest would be easily granted yet it was positively denied and