A Letter of advice from a Protestant out of Ireland to the masters of apprentices in the cities of London and Westminster. 1689 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A48115 Wing L1564A ESTC R36346 15666880 ocm 15666880 104319

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A48115) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 104319) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1152:18) A Letter of advice from a Protestant out of Ireland to the masters of apprentices in the cities of London and Westminster. 1 broadside. Printed for Robert Smith ..., London : 1689. "Lycensed according to order." Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.

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eng Ireland -- History -- War of 1689-1691. Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702. 2007-11 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Letter of Advice from a PROTESTANT OUT OF IRELAND TO THE Masters of Apprentices In the CITIES of London and Weſtminſter. Gentlemen,

We have had the Advice to the Apprentices, we hope you will Concur with them in this Honourable Undertaking, ſeeing it is You, your Families and Eſtates, that is ſtruck at, by your and their Enemies. Methinks we ſhould hear you Maſters ſaying, We would be glad our Apprentices would appear in this Honourable Work, which will be ſo Honourable for them, in being ſo Couragious for the Proteſtant Cauſe, which ſo much of the World approve.

Secondly, It will be much for our Honour in this, that we have not only allowed this Liberty, but we have Encouraged them, and ſent them out like Men. Gentlemen, this will be for your Honour, and will raiſe a Monument of Praiſe to your never to be forgotten Name, in after Ages, of Loyalty and Stedfaſtneſs to ſo good a King and Queen, as God hath by his good Hand of Providence brought to the Royal Thorne: Beſides, how kindly the King will take it, if you be found in this Honourable Undertaking, eſpecially in this juncture of time, when on all Hands there is ſo much occaſion. Do as you would be done by, conſider how many poor Diſtreſſed Proteſtants here are Ireland, that is drove from Poſt to Pillar, have no Houſe to go to, no Bed to lie on; in ſhort, no Relief: Now ſuppoſe it was your Caſe (as you know not how ſoon it may be) what would you deſire from your Brethren but Relief; and would you not think it unkind if they ſhould not ſend it to you? And if Scotland alſo, as well as we, ſhould ſtand in need of your Aſſiſtance, would not this be a ſad thing? and what may you expect, but if a Blow do fall, it will come on you at laſt, either upon Body, or deep in the Purſe: And we believe for the Trade you now have, there may be ſeveral Thouſands of Apprentices ſpared, and no lack of them. Conſider alſo, how much of a Diſloyal Spirit it will ſhow to be in you, if you do not Incourage theſe your Servants, who are willing to venter theit Lives, for the ſafety of your ſelves and Families; and alſo if you do not Incourage this, and the Enemy do come upon you on one hand or the other, may you not have juſt cauſe to Retort upon your ſelves with theſe Reflections, you might have had opportunity of uſing the means that hath been effectual in former Ages, but you would not Incourage it; perhaps ſome of you may ſay, That it will be time enough to ſend out my Servant when the King calls for the Auxiliaries; Good Sir, that will be no Point of Honour to go when forc'd to it; for that's as much as to ſay, We will let our Lives and Liberties, and all go till they be at the laſt gaſp, before we deſign to do any thing to ſave them, and give Relief to them; and in the mean time, where is your Love to your King and Country, Religion and Liberty? Conſider on theſe things and every one that would be counted a Loyal Man, let him Incourage the Work, and help to Cure the Wound before it be too late; we believe you had rather have their go then your ſelves; ſo leave you to conſider on it.

Lycenſed according to Order.

London, Printed for Robert Smith in the Year, 1689.