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A29882
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The head of Nile, or, The turnings and windings of the factious since sixty in a dialogue between Whigg and Barnaby.
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Baker, Thomas, 1652 or 3-1702.
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1681
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Wing B518; ESTC R3068
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you have he should repent and think himself bubbled out of Three Kingdoms but we shall injure him in such a supposition and the neighbouring Nations of the same perswasion you would by all means have him to be of and that may be a cause to induce him to be so should disrelish your unequal proceedings and should rise up against you W. Are those the Bugbears do you think the Protestants are not able to cope with the Papists nee'r fear we would make a Battel Royal for Religion and make Europe to be but one Cock-pit B. But we know there are some that are no Papists that can disrelish injuries done to Monarchs our Trade felt that in Moscovy after our King 's barbarous murther so that this side wants no real Fears no more than your other Jealousies but supposing the Three Estates of Scotland should not joyn with the King to turn him out there W. Why then there let him be King that has been objected and so answered already in a Piece of ours entituled Some serious Considerations touching the Succession by an Impartial hand B. I know it and there you divide the Union once thought happy by the Nation the foresight of wise Henry the VII and the joy of Q. Elizabeth W. Well since you have met with that Piece you may remember too were you so pleas'd that after his death the Kingdom must revert to the Crown of England B. I commend him he had spoil'd all if he had not laid it so down in his Scene but what if it will not and they should make an Act to the contrary W. Pish but it must our Crown would be the next lawfull Successor B. Do you think the Scotch men that have had the reputation to have fewer Fools among them than are Wise among the Irish can't easily learn a Lesson that is set them and is not an Act of theirs by as lawfull Authority of as much force against you as one of yours against them W. We don't intend to make any Laws against our Sister Kingdom of Scotland onely against I. D. of Y. exclude him being King of England and Ireland B. And perhaps they intend not to make any Laws against their haughty Sister of England onely against onely exclude them out and their Heirs from ever inheriting the ancient Kingdom of Scotland so that you would give them their Chair again W. Why then we will make an Ireland of it we have some that have conquer'd it once already B. But what if by a Law and Act of Parliament when they can hold it no longer they should by a Clause throw it into the Lap of France the Scotch and they were never such mortal Enemies would you bring the English Navy up the Tweed to bear upon them as they march'd into England that and the Commons according to the late Act of Parliament refusing Free Quarter would make the Nation sensible who are the Abettors of the Interest of France and what evil their Politicks would prevent come let us not by Forestalling Providence bring a curse and ruine upon our selves let us do what is right and just and God will protect us W. Though the Angel of my God whom I serve should appear to me and certify me not a hair should fall from the head of any in this Nation by the Clouds that seem to threaten us yet we ought altogether as much to go on in our Proposals as St Paul in much the same case would not let although he was so ensur'd the Seamen leave the Ship means must not be omitted the Cart Wheel may else stick B. Some Divinity of the old strain means may nay must be us'd but not contrary to the known will of that God you serve to the suspicion of that Providence he so signally in your supposition promises you and without a further intimation of that Spirit not contrary to but consonant with common reason such were St. Paul's means but here all along you see Arguments more prone to breed mischief than prevent any and to bring a War upon our selves and Posterity and that Providence whom we dare not trust may with a great deal of Justice avenge it self upon us in this World as well as in the next W. Well then since you say means may be us'd with reason and the Parliamentary power we find may do us more harm than good what if the King alone should set him by B. You will fix up your staff there will you W. If we may and I am sure we can bring a great many stories if that will do any good from ancient Nations and Kings that did so the people of Rome before Rome was Rome as it is now that is before the Pope had a great House there and became Dominus fuc totum Dominus Deus noster Papa had now and then for a breakfast a Kingdom given them by the Will of a deceas'd King and so ours may give all the three Kingdoms away at a clap and save all the bloudy Noses you might see in the Scotch clouds and we will make an Address that shall be as dreadfull as our Ordinances of old to stand by whomsoever he shall pitch on with our Lives and Fortunes B. Well then you find you have nothing else to do but to get him in the mind W. And we had nothing else before I wish we could do it but once but they that should have not gone about it the right way they never yet offer'd any thing more for that and passing whatever Bills they should think needfull which perhaps might have been an hard bargain but the relieving Tangier and standing by him in all the Alliances and Foreign Leagues he should make had they offer'd him his Ship-mony his Courts of Wards and Liveries to have a perpetual hanc upon his two Houses again with his free Quarter that they got by slurring on him and a round sum in hand somewhat might have been done in order thereto our Coyners had grafted a story upon the Duke's last departure that with tears in his eyes he should bid his Brother remember if he did part with him to sell him as dear as he could we thought to have set the last Parliaments a bidding for him as for a Stock at Gleeke B. But they found his Majesty never design'd any such thing none of his Friends in the House ever gave the least glimpse to it but he promis'd 't is said an Earl to doe it if he could but satisfie his Conscience as well as he told him they could satisfie the Laws W. Conscience in Kings they should as Ambassadours are sent abroad to lie for the good of the Nation be damn'd or stand fair for it for the good of their people but we can sear that up and I wonder he told not his Majesty so we could have made a Fast for that besides their Politick Capacity excuses ' em B. These are Hairs of the old Dog but suppose you were put to prove your