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 by main Force; beides, he only dibanded the new rais'd Regiments, and not all of them neither, for he kept up in England five thouand eight hundred and ninety prive Men, beides Officers, which was his Etablihment in 1673.

The King having two great deigns to carry on together, viz. Popery and Arbitrary Power, thought this Force not enough to do his Buines effectually; and therefore cat about how to get a new Army, and took the mot plauible way, which was pretending to entet into a War with France; and to that purpoe ent Mr. Thyn to Holland, who made a trict League with the States: And immediately upon it the King called the Parliament, who gave him 1200000 Pounds to enter into an actual War, with which Money he raied an Army of between twenty and thirty thouand Mend within les than forty Days, and ent part of them to Flanders. At the ame time he continued his Forces in France, and took a Sum of Money from that King to ait him in making a private Peace with Holland: So that intead of a War with France, the Parliament had given a great Sum to raie an Army to enslave themelves. But it happened about this time that the Popih Plot broke out, which put the Nation into uch a Ferment, that there was no temming the Tide: So that he was force to call the Parliament which met the 23d of October 78, who immediately fell upon the Popih Plot and the Land Army. Beides there were dicovered 57 Commiions granted to Papits to raie Men, counterigned J. Will&mdash;&mdash;on; for which, and aying that the King might keep Guards if he could pay them, he was committed to the Tower. This o enrag'd the Parliament, that they immediately proceeded to the dibanding of the Army, and paed an Act that all raied ince the 29th of September 77 hould be dibanded, and gave the King 693388 pounds to pay off their Arrears, which he made ue of to keep them up, and diolved the Parliament; but oon after called another, which purued the ame Counels, and paed a econd Act to diband the Army, gave a new Sum for doing it, directed it to be paid into the Chamber of London, appointed Commiioners of their own, and paed a Vote, That the continuance of any Standing Forces in this