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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80459	A vindication of the Roman Catholicks of the English nation. From some aspersions lately cast upon them. In a letter from a Protestant gentleman in the countrey, to a citizen of London.	Caron, R. (Redmond), 1605?-1666.	1660 (1660)	Wing C611; Thomason E1023_11; ESTC R208585	9,694	24

most engrain'd Royalists Therefore the Catholicks having had no hand in the change of the ancient Government nor in raising of the new models that succeeded and having done nothing against the King or his interest but rather shewing him all reall proofs of devotion within their power by preserving him at home in his greatest danger as their brethren have maintain'd him abroad in his greatest necessity and suffering these many years upon that score It 's a groundlesse if not a malicious calumny to say they are Enemies to the King or any wayes obstruct his return Moreover the Catholicks have no interest to keep out the King Reason 4 Therefore they cannot with any reason or probability be judged to do it We see the interest of the Purchasers of Kings Bishops Deans and Chapters Lands and the interest of self-preservation in others who had their hands dy'd in the Fathers bloud are the greatest pretences brought for keeping out the Son But as the Catholicks have none of the Kings or other aforesaid Lands So they are not conscious to themselves of having had any hand in shedding of the late Kings sacred bloud and so are free both of that horrid iniquity and the Wages thereof Therefore having neither of those interests but clear consciences they are not affraid by the Kings happy return to suffer any detriment in their Estates or punishment in their persons at least for any misdemeanour done by them either to himself or his Father and consequently they will not oppose or obstruct his Restitution Neither can there any other interest be pretended unlesse peradventure this one that the King is not of their Religion But though this would be a great interest even to the greatest Royalists of another profession to make them bend the contrary way seeing many of them have been heard to say often and publickly that if the King turn'd Papist they would turn his Enemies and oppose him yet it 's of no value for that intent with the Catholicks For besides that they cannot probably expect a King of their Religion it carryes not the least resemblance of truth with it that they who laboured and suffered so much to keep the Father in though of another Religion will ever endeavour to keep out the Son though he be not of theirs Hence may appear to any impartial man that the English Catholicks are not inferiour in their allegiance to the greatest Royalists and are much superiour to their calumniators who would oppose the Kings return if he were not of their Religion which the others would not and actually do not because their Religion and conscience tells them that Caesar's due ought not to be kept from him be he of what Religion he pleaseth This we see the Catholicks have no interest to keep out the King and therefore will not do it but if we will follow the judgement of the ingenious Author of the book entituled The interest of England truely stated they have not only no interest against the Kings return but they have great interest to promote it and if we will credit the forging Pamphleter Nedham in his answer to the aforesaid book it 's only their interest to bring in the Son who laboured so much to keep up the Father But I will bring you another reason Reason 5 If the Catholicks were the Kings enemies as is pretended either the King himselfe and his Counsellors must know it or at least it must be known to the late States-men under Cromwell and the Rump For it is impossible such a business that concerned them should escape both who had so many friends and great intelligence and yet be known to Pettifoggers But we are so confident of our innocency in this point that we dare with all dutifull submission appeal to the King himself if in all these discoveries of the Treacheries done against him here ever any constant Catholick of quality and estate in England was found accessary to the least of them and we may and do make the same appeal and challenge to Cromwells most intimate Favourites and prime Counsellours yea and to the whole Rumpists to discover if they can any of our number with the aforesaid qualifications that ever concurr'd with them in any Plot design or action against the King either to pull him down and set them up or to keep him out and them in which we are confident or rather assured they are not able to do Where by may appear how much the Catholiques are wronged and calumniated which will be seen more clearly if the black Catalogue of all Cromwells Intelligencers and Trappanners both at home and abroad with their tricks and deceits for which he wasted great summs come to publick view as is shortly expected Lastly to overthrow to the very foundation all aspersions of this nature cast upon us I desire all impartiall men to consider 1. That these calumnies proceed originally from Enemies and those not the fairest in the world who being often prest to justifie their accusations could never do it and hardly durst shew their faces Now it 's certain in all justice that the accusations or bare Testimonies of enemies especially such as cannot be seen though they be felt to sting are no wayes to be regarded all parties in England ought to be sensible of this truth for there 's none of them that besides their own proper guilt hath not had some dirt thrown upon them by enemies Yea the late King himself could not escape this insolency for he was first stab'd by calumny in his reputation before he was murdered by injustice in his person Therefore all parties knowing by experience how unjust it is to credit the reports of enemies against themselves ought to slight the calumnies of such men against others Secondly these aspersions are to be slighted also for another reason because they do not hang together and are full of lyes and contradictions For in the Kings prosperity the Catholicks were accused for being the Kings enemies and yet in his adversity which is the proper Test of true friendship they were found among his best friends but when Kings were turn'd out and new Governments crept in then they were charged with a contrary crime of being friends to the King and enemies to Common-wealths and Protectors Now again when there appears a probability or rather certainty of the Kings happy return the accusers turn their tongue and say that they are the Kings enemies and favourers of the Phanaticks so that according to those men whosoever become Masters the Catholicks must still be Traytors but what man in his right senses can believe such calumnies so full of lyes and contradictions that they spoyl the Authors of all credit with others as they are void of all ingenuity in themselves It may be truely said of them Mentita est iniquitus sibi 3. As all their Calumnies are groundlesse so some of them are evidently false against the sense reason and experience of all impartial men Such for