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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58501	Remarks upon a late paper, entituled, A true relation of the cursed designs and intrigues which have been lately carry'd on, both in England and France, to restore the late King James, &c. discovered by some gentlemen lately arriv'd from St. Germaines.		1694 (1694)	Wing R939; ESTC R8504	16,122	12

to promote It was agreed upon then that this Paper should receive a new Caesarian Birth and accordingly she was ript out of the Bowels and became the fatal Daughter of her unhappy Sister Pamphlet Abroad she appears the second time altered only in her outward Dress saving that a new Head or Title was given to her carrying a Cause in her Mouth and her Tail tyed up by Authority with a Licensed according to Order Being thus set forth and recommended to us we ●hall treat her with the respect due to her Cha●acter but at the same time we think it a piece ●f Justice due to the Nation and conducing much to her own Honour that the Matter of fact may be strictly but Impartially ex●mined The Preamble informs us that the following ●elation was had from Gentlemen of very good ●ote who have seen most of the Transactions at St. Germains c. That some Notorious Gen●lemen may possibly have contributed something ●owards the setting forth this True Relation I will ●ot deny But as for the Gentlemen of very good Note especially such as have seen most of the Trans●ctions at St. Germains for about four Years last past ●here is not a Man of them of what Nation or Religion soever he be but is Personally known ●o us nor are we ignorant which and how many of them to a Man have during these ●our Years arrived in England And we do posi●ively affirm that no such Gentleman of very good Note either hath or ever will affirm any one material part of this True Relation to be really ●rue notwithstanding therefore that the Au●hor of this True Relation tells us That the Truth if it will want no Confirmation c. We must desire the Reader to suspend his belief till Mat●er of Fact be more strictly examined into which we shall now make an Impartial Enquiry The Paper tells us in the first Paragraph That abont two Years since the late King fed himself with the Thoughts of being an Absolute Monarch from the great Incouragement at that Time received from the Pope and the French King but meeting with unexpected Disappointments he consulted some of his Protestant Council and told them he was resolved to ●reat with his late Subjects and to give them any Conditions and reconcile himself to them 'T is an îll Omen they say when a Man stumbles at the Threshold but this Fellow stumbles throughout he stumbles upon all Four And having already obtain'd a License he may in good time procure a Patent to stumble all the Days of his Life He tells us That about Two Years since the King had Thoughts of being an Absolute Monarch by the great Incouragement received at that Time from the French King and the Pope c. Now about two years since must fall in with the Spring 1692 and this Pope was chosen about the latter end of August immediately preceding that Spring and in that Interval of Time he was so little setled in his Geers that the Complemental Civilities had scarce past between Rome and Versailes in which Time this True Relation nevertheless fixes the Incouragement given by that Pope to King James And can any Man believe that a Neopolitan Pope so lately a Subject to the King of Spain would whip and spur to St. Germains on purpose to set up an Absolute Monarch against the Interest of his late Master and without the Desires and contrary to the Intentions and publick Declaration of that very pretended Absolute Monarch himself Certainly this Man imagins that we have lost our Memories and our Understandings as well as our Honour and Loyalty or he would never presume to impose such incredible Stuff upon Men who had any of their Senses left them A great many Considerations might be offered to shew also how improbable it is that the K. of France should engage in such a Design but above all what Intimation hath King James given by his first Declaration of the 20th of April 92 that he himself desired any thing more than the Fe-establishment of the Greatness of the English Monarchy upon its Old and True Foundation the united Interest and Affection of the People And what other Means doth he propose to do this by than by the Advice and Assistance of his Parliament which I suppose to Man believes would voluntarily present him with an Absolute Power He tells us further That K. James consulted his Protestant Council certainly these Gentlemen of very good Note were altogether asleep at St. Germaines during the Transactions there for four Years last past or they could never have dreamt of any such thing as a Protestant Council since it is notoriously known that for above two Years last past the King hath had no Council at all ●therwise than as extraordinary Occasions or Emergencies might happen he may have consulted some Persons of Quality about him And there is no doubt but these Gentlemen of very good Note could easily have informed us how many Protestants of that Rank were to be found at St. Germaines when he fixes the Date of this Protestant Council So that the Story which he makes the King tell to them or him or No-Body must be a Story which No-Body but this Relator could have told again And yet if the Story had been true viz. that the King resolved to treat with and reconcile himself to his late Protestant Subjects I see no reason this Man hath to blame him for it except he thought it might conduce to his Happy Return This true Relator proceeds and informs us That my Lord Middleton drew a Declaration meaning the King's last Declaration answerable to the Desires of the Church-men of England and Ireland brought it to France about the beginning of March 93. And after high Debates about it at which no doubt the Relator was present The King to remove all Scruples of Conscience consulted the College of Sorbon and the Irish College The Faculty of Sorbon declared against it and the Irish College for it Had we not seen many of such true Narratives in our Days it would be very surprizing especially under the dispensation of a Government that hath most signally secured the Church of England and the whole Nation from the Danger of Popery and Arbitrary Power to read a True Relation Licensed according to Order which nevertheless hath scarce one word of Truth in it We do affirm then and will leave no room for Contradiction that my Lord Middleton did not arrive at St. Germaines till after the Date of the King 's last Declaration Now though this might be a sufficient Answer and Confutation of a great part of this true Relation yet to give the Readers entire Satlsfaction and disabuse the Credulous who are apt to take Grub-street News for a London Gazette we shall follow this True Relation through all the Particulars and do further avert First That the College of Sorbon was never consulted in this Matter and by consequence did never give their Opinion concerning it