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Orange, to know what were his De- mands. His Grace the Duke of Som_____t was バme Years before he came into a full Concurrence with thoテ Times, yet no Man doubts now the Sincerity of all theテ Noble Per- バns in the Intereフ of their Country, and we now テe them or moフ of them in Places of the higheフ Truフ in the Kingdom. In Scotland it was the ヂme thing, nor will all that is ヂid or ブgeフed here of his Grace the Duke of A____le and the Lord R____ピ and others, to be able to deface the Records of all the great and illuフrious Things which they have ナnce done in the publick Affairs, where- in they have ドew'd, and eパecially at this time, to the preテnt Government, a ナncere Zeal and Affection for the Proteフant Religion, and for the Laws and Liberties of their Country. It is no wonder that ブch Men ドould be traduced by every Author who writes in the Cauテ of an Arbitrary and Popiド Government, with whom it is not the Crime of theテ great Per- バns that they acted or concurred at all; but that they acted no farther, and that | ( v )
that when they ヂw their Deナgns, they abandon'd the Jacobite Intereフ and came in ナncerely and effectually to the Revolution Principle; nay, it may very juフly be ヂid of theテ Men, and of his Grace the Duke of A____le in particular, that the vigorous フeps they have taken ナnce that time, even above others, in the Proテcution and Settlement of a Proteフant Govern- ment, have abundantly made amends to their Country for their not coming バ early into thoテ things as バme other Men might do. Upon theテ accounts it is, that the Publiドers of theテ Memoirs give this neceャary Caution, as well to clear themテlves from any Reflection in the Publiドing, as to guide the Thoughts of the Readers to do juフice to the Characters of ブch Honourable Per- バns, who they ドall find the Author falls upon in this Book, and that they may diフinguiド between a Jacobite Writer giving a partial and unjuフ Ac- count of Things and Perバns to King James, and a faithful Hiフorian フating things to the World as their Conテ- quences make them appear. In |