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 the World:Witnes the Treatment of John Hus and Jerom of Prague, and the barbarous Maacres of Paris and Ireland.

To trengthen this pretended Security, a Promie is made to call a free Parliament, and to act always by the Advice of Parliaments.But, can any thing be more aburd, than to imagine, that he who founds his Title to govern upon an hereditary and indefeaible Right; that he who coniders the whole Nation as his natural Etate, and all the Members thereof as his Property, will allow himelf to be retricted by any Limitation, or have Regard to any thing but ole Will and Pleaure? What Authority can Laws have, when, notwithtanding the mot notorious Violations of them, this pretended Right remains entire, and not to be forfeited by any Conduct whatoever?

By thee Principles of indefeaible hereditary Right and arbitrary Power, France and Spain are governed. Thee are the Principles the late King James purued in his Adminitration; notwithtanding the Declaration he made, immediately upon his acceion to the Throne, in the Englih Council and Parliament; than which nothing can now be devied tronger: And notwithtanding the olemn Engagements he then came under to govern according to Law; yet did he break through all thee Engagements; on which Accounts he jutly forfeited the Crown.

Have we not Reaon to think the Pretender would do the ame; who ays in his Declaration, That all who are employed in the Service of the preent Government cannot but be enible, that no Engagements entered into with our only rightful Sovereign King George, whom he arrogantly calls the Uarper, can dipene with the Allegiance they owe to their Natural Sovereign, as he vainly calls himelf?Can we then believe His Declarations of