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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	declare_v	king_n	scotland_n	2,738	5	8.4917	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40695	Mr. Fuller's appeal to both Houses of Parliament, with letters relating to Sir John Fenwick and himself by William Fuller ...; Appeal to both houses of Parliament	Fuller, William, 1670-1717?	1697 (1697)	Wing F2478; ESTC R21255	10,075	48

involv'd as most of the same Pretenders and gave the late King and the French King very large Promises of the wonderful effects of his Interest in the North of England which was propos'd to be joyn'd with many others and to make a considerable Army near Scotland where Sir John Fenwick was to act as Lieutenant-General for which I brought him a Commission from the late King who has often declar'd at St. Germains That Sir John Fenwick was a good Horse-Officer but had no extraordinary Opinion of his Management in other Cases that requir'd a firm Resolution and a serious Conduct It had been Sir John's Misfortune very often to promise the French Court much and perform nothing to their expectation yet neither Sir John nor his Party ever omitted by new Engagements to atone for the Disappointments which they often excused by laying the Blame on some Roguish underhand informing Brother affirming to King James That the Discovery was sent from his Court which made his late Majesty and his Queen very often jealous of all about them and really to speak truth of the Court of St. Germains there is almost as many Factions as there is People so that even King James's small Government there is attended with much Difficulty During my Correspondence with Sir John Fenwick on the late King's account I was once in company with him and three others at a Tavern in the City of London where Sir John and the rest sign'd an Address to the French King which was sign'd elsewhere by many others and sent to France the Contents were to assure Lewis the Fourteenth That they would remain faithful and loyal Subjects to King James and his Successor the Prince of Wales and that they would be ready on any occasion to joyn and assist the French Arms with their Lives and Fortunes in England against the Prince of Orange They also paid all possible Thanks and Acknowledgments to the French King for his great Kindness in succouring their most distressed Prince and for raising him above the Malice of his Enemies And one of Sir John Fenwick's Letters to K. James soon after the Revolution was to advise him to inform the French King That then there was an Opportunity for him to place many for his Interest in the Service of the Prince of Orange there being a great many Places to be sold c. This is what I knew and could justly depose against Sir John Fenwick And having long since inform'd the King and the House of Commons of this matter I thought it my Duty to offer to attest the same Face to Face with Sir John at the Bar of the House of Commons which occasion'd my writing to the Speaker It 's true Sir John Fenwick is now indicted for a much later Conspiracy against the King and Government which is of the same kind and plainly prov'd by Captain Porter c. and I dare presume to say that there is no intelligible man that is not partial in the matter but what in their own Consciences does believe Sir John Fenwick really guilty I must confess in my own Opinion there was no occasion of my being called or any greater Proof than the Honourable House of Commons had before them for which reason my self was not call'd Give me Leave to make one Observation more of my own Knowledge which is That Sir John Fenwick has often in my Company exclaim'd against the Persons he lately pretended to accuse with the greatest Reproaches and Hatred imaginable and I cannot hear of any body that ever knew him conversant with any of those Lords or Gentlemen since And what is yet more strange to me is That Sir John Fenwick has not so much as mention'd as I have been inform'd the Names of one of those who to my certain Knowledge were actually concern'd with him for King James 's Interest as they term it no he has not discover'd any of those that sign'd the Address with him How Sir John was prevail'd on to be guilty of so great a piece of Folly God knows Only I must beg his Leave with others to believe it an Action very much unbecoming a person of his Rank much less a Christian in his circumstances and one that has so long ow'd his Life to the great Clemency of the present Government I hope he will consider it himself and remembring what he is may before it is too late discharge his Conscience faithfully towards GOD King William and his Native Country for I presume there is little Comfort in dying for a bad Cause And for them at St. Germains and those in England of the French Interest which wish him hang'd with all their Hearts and are impatient for it as they have often been on the same account I presume the late King's desire of the death of such was not meerly to encrease the number of his Friends in Heaven that is impossible for King James that believes all Protestants are damn'd cannot so much after their Deaths as have one Twelve-penny Mass said for their Souls Therefore if King James have any Remorse it must be the Subject of many Confessions and cause of much Sorrow to think as his Faith obliges him how many Souls are gone to Hell by his Engagement in a very bad Cause I hope and pray that no true Englishman though never so much engag'd in the Interest of the present Government will presume to judge so uncharitably of any of our greatest Enemies that have died most justly for endeavouring to murther the best of Kings and to involve the Nation into Slavery and Misery By this the late King and the French Court shew little Charity no they 're barbarous and inhuman by engaging Protestants nay even by receiving them into their Service with a design to expose their Lives and so consequently their Souls This Argument truly weigh'd and a Thousand more there is to the same purpose should I think be sufficient to disswade any Protestant from any manner of Engagement on the late King 's or French Court's account Having thus given you a short and true Account of the Reasons of the delay of my Business and of my Purpose by God's Blessing and by the Permittance and Justice of the Great Wisdom of the Nation and also an impartial Relation of what I know of Sir John Fenwick whose Oversight and Obstinacy I much commiserate I shall proceed to give you the true Copy of my Petition and Letters as followeth To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and to the Honourable the Commons of England in Parliament Assembled The Humble Petition of WILLIAM FULLER Sheweth THAT your Petitioner hath long groan'd under intolerable Misfortunes occasion'd through the Immaturity of his Judgment which was too easily impos'd on by the Perfidiousness of Coll. Thomas Dalleval and Mr. George Hayes for whose Appearance your Petitioner engag'd to the Honourable House of Commons intentionally for the Nation 's Service tho' the Event prov'd contrary and for their