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The E. of Shaftsbury's expedient for setling the nation Discoursed with His Majesty in the House of Peers at Oxford, Mar. 24th, 1680/1.
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THE E. of Shaftsbury's EXPEDIENT For Setling the NATION Discoursed with His MAJESTY in the House of Peers At OXFORD Mar. 24th 1680 1. LONDON Printed and are to be Sold by Langley Curtis 1681. THE Earl of Shaftsbury's EXPEDIENT For Setling the NATION Discoursed with His MAJESTY In the House of PEERS at Oxford Mâ—r. the 24th 1680 1. THE 24th of March the great Patriot and next under God and Dr. Oates the supreme Saviour and Defender of the Nation the Earl of Shaftsbury receiv'd or pretended that he receiv'd a Letter written in an unknown Hand containing an Expedient for the setling and composing the Differences between the King and Parliament With this he made a great noise and bustling about as fast as his leggs and man and stick could carry him It was ask'd the Duke of Monmouth by my Lord Chamberlain that suppos'd that his Grace might be privy to this grand Affair what the great Concern was His Grace with some shew of modesty and self-denial made answer that it was somewhat concerning himself wherein that Lord was as in many other things relating to his Grace much more forward than he desir'd he should be The little Lord very busy and desirous to speak with the King was told by the Earl of Feversham that he heard he had some business of great Importance to communicate to the King and that therefore if he pleas'd he would conduct him to His Majesty The busie Earl told him he was willing to be conducted by so honest a man as his Lordship drolling and thinking himself guilty of a very shrewd Irony Well he is brought to the King and there broach'd The Letter of Expedients is produc'd and what do you think was this grand Secret of securing our Peace and Religion but a Proposal for the settling the Crown on the Duke of Monmouth The K. surpriz'd told the Earl that he wonder'd that after so many Declarations to the contrary he should press him upon that Subject that if either with Conscience or Justice or Nature he could do such a thing he would have done it before it being reasonable that if he had had ever a Child of his own Legitimate he would much rather have him reign than his Brother or any of his Brothers Children That his Majesty was none of those that grew more timorous with age but that rather he grew the more resolute the nearer he was to his grave At that word the Loyal Earl was mightily concern'd and cry'd out that it chill'd his blood to hear of such an expression Telling the King how earnest the whole Nation was for His Preservation that in Him were Compriz'd all their Safeties Lives Liberties and Religion and their All. Yes answered his Majesty and yet my Lord I am the only Arbitrary man in the Kingdom But assure your Selves I intend to take a greater care of my Own Preservation and in that of my Peoples than any of You all that pretend to so much concern for the Security of my Person And yet as careful as I am of my Own Preservation Yet I would much sooner lose this Life of which you pretend to be so watchful Preservers than ever part with any of my Prerogative or betray this Place the Laws or the Religion or alter the true Succession of the Crown it being repugnant both to Conscience and Law For that matter reply'd the Earl let us alone we will make a Law for it But the K. told him my Lord if this is your Conscience it is far from being mine For this cannot be done without overthrowing all Religion and all Law And in fine assure your selves that as I love my Life so well as to take all the care in the world to keep it with Honor so I don't think it of so great Value neither after Fifty as to be preserv'd with the forfeiture of my Honor Conscience and the Laws of the Land And much more to this purpose did his Majesty say upon this occasion all so full of Reason Equity and Justice and with so much Resolution and Courage as gave the greatest assurance and encouragement to all the Loyal Lords in the House and all honest Subjects that could be but to the Factious the greatest Confusion imaginable This was done yesterday in the House of Lords FINIS