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A46467 By the King, a declaration as we cannot consider this invitation of our kingdoms by the Prince of Orange without horror ... England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II); James II, King of England, 1633-1701. 1688 (1688) Wing J161; ESTC R37010 1,145 1

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J 2 R DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE By the King A DECLARATION JAMES R. AS We cannot Consider this Invasion of Our Kingdoms by the Prince of Orange without Horror for so Unchristian and Unnatural an Undertaking in a Person so nearly Related to Us So it is a Matter of the greatest Trouble and Concern to Us to reflect upon the many Mischiefs and Calamities which an Army of Foreigners and Rebels must unavoidably bring upon Our People It is but too evident by a late Declaration Published by him That notwithstanding the many specious and plansible Pretences it carries his Designs in the bottom do tend to nothing less than an Absolute Usurping of Our Crown and Royal Authority as may fully appear by his assumming to himself in the said Declaration the Reg●● Stile requiring the Peers of the Realm both Spiritual and Temporal and all other Persons of all Degrees to obey and assist him in the Execution of his Designs a Prerogative Inseparable from the Imperial Crown of this Realm And for a more Undeniable Proof of his Immoderate Ambition and which nothing can satisfie but the Immediate Possession of the Crown it self he calls in Question the Legitimacy of the Prince of Wales Our Son and Heir Apparent though by the Providence of God there were present at his Birth so many Witnesses of Unquestionable Credit as if it seemed to have been the particular Care of Heaven on purpose to disappoint so Wicked and Unparallell'd an Attempt And in Order to the effecting of his Ambitious Designs he seems desirous in the Close of his Declaration to submit all to the Determination of a Free Parliament hoping thereby to Ingratiate himself with Our People though nothing is more Evident than that a Parliament cannot be Free so long as there is an Army of Foreigners in the Heart of Our Kingdoms So that in truth he himself is the sole Obstructor of such a Free Parliament We being fully Resolved as We have already Declared so soon as by the Blessing of God Our Kingdoms shall be delivered from this Invasion to call a Parliament which can no longer be liable to the least Objection of not being freely Chosen since We have actually Restored all the Burroughs and Corporations of this Our Kingdom to their Ancient Rights and Priviledges and in which We shall be ready not only to Receive and Redress all the Just Complaints and Grievances of Our Good Subjects but also to Repeat and Confirm the Assurances We have already given to them in Our several Declarations of Our Resolution by Gods Blessing to Maintain them in their Religion their Liberties and Properties and all other their Iust Rights and Priviledges whatsoever Upon these Considerations and the Obligations of their Duty and Natural Allegiance We can no ways doubt but that all Our Faithful and Loving Subjects will readily and heartily concur and joyn with Us in the Entire Suppression and Repelling of those Our Enemies and Rebellious Subjects who have so Injuriously and Disloyally Invaded and Disturbed the Peace and Tranquillity of these Our Kingdoms Given at Our Court at Whitehall the 6th day of November 1688. In the Fourth Year of Our Reign GOD SAVE THE KING London Printed by Charles Bill Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1688.