A memorial of the Protestants of the Church of England presented to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Orange, contains as followeth 1688 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A50601 Wing M1693 ESTC R205879 99825374 99825374 29755

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A50601) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 29755) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2034:11) A memorial of the Protestants of the Church of England presented to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Orange, contains as followeth 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1688] Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library.

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eng Great Britain -- History -- Revolution of 1688 -- Early works to 1800. 2007-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Rekeyed and resubmitted 2008-10 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Memorial of the Proteſtants of the Church of England, preſented to their Royal Highneſſes the Prince and Princeſs of ORANGE, contains as followeth:

THAT their Highneſſes cannot be Ignorant that the Proteſtants of England, who continue true to the Religion and Government as by Law Eſtabliſhed, have been many ways troubled and vexed, by many Devices and Machinations of the Papiſts, carried on under pretence of Royal Authority, and things required of them, unanſwerable, before God and Man: Several Eccleſiaſtical Benefices of Churches and Colledges taken from them, without any other reaſon given, than the King's Pleaſure; themſelves Summoned and Sentenced by Commiſſioners appointed contrary to expreſs Law, deprived of their Free Choice of Magiſtrates, divers Corporations Diſſolved, the Legal Eſtabliſhment of their Religion and Liberty Eſtabliſhed by King and Parliament, aboliſhed and taken away by a pretended Diſpenſing Power; New and unheard of Maxims broached, That Subjects have no Right but what is founded and derived from the King's Will and Pleaſure, the Militia put in the hands of Perſons unqualified by Law, and a Popiſh Mercenary Army maintain'd in the Kingdom in times of Peace, point blank contrary to Law; Executing of Ancient Laws, againſt ſeveral Crimes and Miſdemeanors, Obſtructed and Prohibited; and the Statutes againſt Correſponding with the Court of Rome, againſt Papal Juriſdictions, and Popiſh Prieſts Suſpended in the Courts of Juſtice; thoſe Judges diſplaced, who Acquit any whom the Court would have Condemned, as happened to the Judges, Holloway and Powell for Acquitting the Seven Biſhops: The Free Choice of Members of Parliament wholly taken away, (notwithſtanding all the Care and Proviſion made by the Law in that behalf) by the Quo-Warranto's againſt Charters, and Propoſal of the Three Known Queſtions. All things Levell'd at the Propagation of Popery, for which the Courts of England and France have now for a long time ſo ſtrenuouſly beſtirr'd themſelves. Endeavours and Practices uſed to perſwade their Highneſſes to conſent to the Liberty of Conſcience, and Aboliſhing the Penal Laws and Teſt: (but therein fall ſhort of their Aim) The Queen's being with Child firſt Proclaimed, and Divulged, by Popiſh Prieſts and in the ſequel thereof a Child produced, without any Clear Proof, or Evidence, of Sufficient and Unſuſpected Witneſſes, beſides that it cannot be believed that the ſaid Child was ever Born of the Queen, by reaſon of Her known Sickneſs, and Indiſpoſition, and many other Arguments, as not being confirmed by any certain foregoing Signs of Conception; the Place of Her Lying in being oft changed, and Her pretended Delivery Celebrated in the Abſence of the Princeſs of Denmark; and while the Engliſh Ladies were at Church, in a Bedſtead which was provided with a convenient paſſage in the ſide of it, by which means a Child was conveyed to the Queen by the Ladies L' Abadie and Teurair; that theſe be Matters to be left to the Diſcretion of the Laws in a Free Parliament. And that in the Name of your Highneſſes and the whole Nation, the Queen may be deſired to prove the Real Birth of the P— of W— by a competent number of Credible Witneſſes, of both Sexes: Or, in caſe of a failure herein, That the Reports of any ſuch Birth, may be ſuppreſt for Time to come.

That they Humbly Crave the Protection of their Highneſſes in This Matter, as well as with Reſpect to the Abolition and Suſpenſion of the Laws made to maintain the Proteſtant Religion, their civil Rights, Fundamental Liberties and Free Government and that their Highneſſes would be pleas'd to inſiſt that (beſides the buſineſs of the P—)the Government of England according to Law, may be Reſtor'd; The Laws againſt Papal Juriſdiction, Prieſts, &c. be put in Execution; the Suſpenſing and Diſpenſing Power declared Null, and Void, and the Priviledges of the City of London, Free Choice of Magiſ 〈…〉 , and Priviledges, as well of that, as other Corporations be Reſtored and 〈…〉 ained.

FINIS.