Extract of the States General their resolution Thursday, 28th October, 1688.

Extract of the States General their resolution Thursday, 28th October, 1688.

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Extract of the States General their Reſolution.

Extract of the States General their Reſolution.

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Thurſday, 28th. October. 1688.

UPon mature deliberation, it is found fit, and reſolved, that notice be given to all their Miniſters abroad, of all the Reaſons which induce their H. and M. to aſſiſt the Prince of Orange, going over to England in Perſon, with Ships and Forces', with Orders to the ſaid Miniſters, to make uſe thereof in the ſeveral Courts where they reſide, as they ſhall think moſt convenient; and that it be alſo writ to the ſaid Miniſters, that it is known to all the World, that the Engliſh Nation, hath of a good while, very much murmur'd and complained, that the King (no doubt, with the Evil Council, and inducement of his Miniſters) had gained upon their Fundamental Laws, and laboured through the violation thereof; and by the bringing in the Roman Catholick Religion, to oppreſs their Liberty, and to ruine the Proteſtant Religion, and to bring all under an Arbitrary Government: That as this inverted and unjuſt Conduct was carried on more and more, and that the apprehenſions thereupon were ſtill greater, and that thereby ſuch diffidence, and averſion, was ſtirred up againſt the King, that nothing was to be expected in that Kingdom but general diſorder and confuſion. His Highneſs the Prince of Orange, upon the manifold repreſentations, and the reiterated and earneſt deſire, which was made to His Highneſs by ſeveral Lords, and other Perſons of great conſideration in that Kingdom; as alſo upon the account, that Her Royal Highneſs, and His Highneſs Himſelf, are ſo highly concerned in the Welfare of that Kingdom, could not well endure, that through ſtrife and diſunion, they ſhould run the danger, however it went, of being excluded from the Crown, held himſelf obliged to watch over the Welfare of that Kingdom, and to take care thereof; and alſo had the thoughts of aſſiſting the Nation, and giving them a helping hand, upon ſo many Juſt and Good Grounds, againſt the Government that Oppreſſed them in all manner of ways that lay in his Highneſs Power, for that His Highneſs was perſwaded that the Welfare of this State (the Care whereof is alſo entruſted to him) was in the higheſt manner concerned, that the ſaid Kingdom might continue in Tranquillity, and that all miſunderſtanding between the King and the Nation might be taken away. That His Highneſs well knowing, that to ſucceed in ſo Important and Laudable a Cauſe, and not to be hindred and prevented by thoſe that were Evil inclined towards it, it was neceſſary to paſs over into that Kingdom accompanied with ſome Military Forces, hath thereupon made known his Intentions to their Highneſs, and deſired aſſiſtance from their Highneſs, that their Highneſs having maturely weighed all things, and conſidered that the King of France, and Great Brittain, ſtood in very good Correſpondence and Friendſhip one with the other, which their Highneſs have been frequently very well aſſured of, and in a ſtrict and particular Alliance; and that their Highneſſes were informed and advertiſed, that their Majeſties had laboured upon a concert to divide and ſeparate this State from its Alliances; and that the King of France hath upon ſeveral occaſions ſhew'd himſelf diſſatisfied with this State, which gave cauſe to fear and apprehend, that in caſe the King of Great Brittain ſhould happen to compaſs his aim within his Kingdom, and obtain an abſolute power over his People, that then both Kings, out of Intereſt of State, and Hatred and Zeal againſt the Proteſtant Religion, would endeavour to bring this State to Confuſion, and if poſſible, quite to Subject it, have reſolved to commend His Highneſs in his undertaking of the aboveſaid Deſigns, and to grant to him, for his Aſſiſtance, ſome Ships and Militia, as Auxiliaries; that in purſuance thereof, His Highneſs hath declared to their Highneſs, that he is reſolved, with Gods Grace and Favour, to go over into England, not with the leaſt inſight or intention to Invade or Subdue that Kingdom, or to remove the King from the Throne, much leſs to make himſelf Maſter thereof, or to invert or prejudice the Lawful Succeſſion, as alſo not to drive thence, or perſecute, the Roman Catholicks, but only and ſolely to help that Nation in Re-eſtabliſhing the Laws and Priviledges that have been broken, as alſo in maintaining their Religion and Liberty, and to that end, to further and bring it about, that a free and lawful Parliament may be call'd in ſuch manner, and of ſuch Perſons, as is regulated and qualified by the Laws and Form of that Government, and that the ſaid Parliament may deliberate upon, and eſtabliſh, all ſuch matters as ſhall be judge'd neceſſary to aſſure and ſecure the Lords, the Clergy, Gentry, and People, that their Rights, Laws and Priviledges, ſhall be no more violated or broken, that their High and Mightineſſes hope and truſt, that with Gods bleſſing, the Repoſe and Unity of that Kingdom ſhall be Reeſtabliſhed, and the ſame be thereby brought into a condition, to be able, powerfully, to concur to the common benefit of Chriſtendom, and to the reſtoring and maintaining of Peace and Tranquillity in Europe. That Copies hereof be delivered to all their Foreign Miniſters, reſiding here, to be uſed by them as they ſhall ſee occaſion.

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Extract of the States General their resolution Thursday, 28th October, 1688.

United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal.

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1688

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— Extract of the States General their resolution Thursday, 28th October, 1688., United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal..

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