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had ドown them, expected they would now ドow their Gratitude in influencing their People to joyn hear- tily againフ the unnatural Invaナon, and that according to their preテnt Behaviour, they might expect Fa- vour and Protection from you for the future. They anヘered then dry- ly, they were but a few then, but in a Fortnight there would be a general Meeting of them all, that then they doubted not but they would give your Majeフy Satisfaction with ブch Anヘers. When that time came, they put off giving any poナtive Anヘer, until they had new Aャurances from their Friends in Holland, and made high with Expectations that the Prince of Orange would put all the Government both of Church and State in their Hands; and then they テnt me Word by Sir P___ M___, that they owned God had made the King an Inフrument of ドewing them some Favour ; but ナnce they were convinced, that what Favour was ドown them, was only with a deナgn to ruin the Proteフant Religion, they would meddle no more with him, nor have any Communion with any that belonged | (25)
belonged to him, eパecially ナnce he had imployed in the chief Offices, Papists, or Perバns Popiドly inclined, and バ deナred to be excuテd from giving any farther Anヘer, but that they would behave in this Juncture as God would inパire them; this An- ヘer ドewed plainly, what was to be excpected from them, and from that time forward, both they and the Gentry of their Party took little Pains to diトuiテ their Reバlutions, but フill fears of Accidents kept them from doing any thing the Govern- ment could publickly Puniド ; nor were any of them throughly in the Affair, or truフed in it, バ much as to make them venture any thing for what they バ much deナred : If any was throughly truフed, it was the Earl of A____le then at London ; at the beginning of the Indulgence he turned Fanatick, but in a few Months wearied of it, and came to the Earl of P____h, and told him it was only his Youth that miネed him in join- ing with ブch a Rebellious, Mutinous Pack, but hence forward he would テrve the King heartily, and that he in- tended to go for London immediately, and to offer his Service. D There- |