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<HEAD>London's Choice OF CITIZENS TO Repre&s;ent them in the En&s;uing <HI>Parliament; Viz.</HI>
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<ITEM>Sir <HI>Robert Clayton</HI> Lord Mayor Elect.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>Thomas Player</HI> Knight.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Love,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Pilkington</HI> E&s;quires.</ITEM>
</LIST> WITH An Account of &s;ome Pa&s;&s;ages previous thereto, and Remarques upon the Whole, <HI>October 7th.</HI> 1679.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"><HI>In a Private Letter from</HI> E. E. <HI>to</HI> J. W. <HI>at</HI> Newca&s;tle <HI>upon</HI> Tine.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>HAving tho&s;e Obligations upon me, which will not permit me to neglect what (with|in my power I judge) may be acceptable to you, I could not forbear to give you &s;ome Account of this days Work, in the Choice of Citizens to &s;erve in Parliament for this City of <HI>London.</HI></P>
<P>You know Sir, it was about the beginning of <HI>September,</HI> that I left your very agreeable Com|ny, and came to <HI>London,</HI> where I read every day new Pamphlets, and heard Di&s;cour&s;es, &s;ome commending the Choice of &s;uch men for the En&s;uing Parliament as had &s;hewed them&s;elves Zealous for the Defence of the King's Per&s;on, the Prote&s;tant Religion, and Government of <HI>England,</HI> and were upon tho&s;e Grounds, Voters for the Bills again&s;t Popery, and the D. for Ju&s;tice upon <HI>Danby,</HI> and the Popi&s;h Plotting Lords, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> whil&s;t other Pamphlets and Di&s;cour&s;es did bitterly inveigh again&s;t the late Commons in Parliament, as Factious and Ill-minded men, fo|mented with the Leven of 41, Fanatically inclined, dangerous to the Church and Monarchy, wor&s;e than Papi&s;ts; and therefore the greater care &s;hould be to keep them, and &s;uch as they were out of the Parliament-Hou&s;e. The Graver &s;ort of the&s;e men, would charge tho&s;e late Members with great Imprudence, Want of Moderation, and ra&s;hne&s;s in their Re&s;olves, e&s;pe|cially in the Bill again&s;t the D. which they would per&s;wade was incon&s;i&s;tent with Allegiance and Religion too. And all this Outcry was made in the behalf of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> and under pertrxt of her true Sons. The Act of Oblivion made by this King &s;eemed now to be for|got, and whil&s;t &s;ome charged others with the De&s;igns of 41, they them&s;elves did with all their Might endeavour to revive the &s;ame Spirit and Rancour, which rai&s;ed the Storms of tho&s;e days. The Papi&s;ts and Presbyterians were brought upon the Stage and parallel'd, but &s;o, that the lat|ter ware &s;till more dangerous than the former. In &s;ome of the&s;e Pamphlets, Publi&s;hed under the Vizar of the Church of <HI>England</HI> men one might ea&s;ily di&s;cover the Lineaments of a <HI>Je&s;uite:</HI> for even the Murder of Sir <HI>Edmondbury Godfrey</HI> by the Papi&s;ts was made doubtful; and they could not forbear to cite the Texts of Scripture in <HI>Latine,</HI> though that Cu|&s;tome is ob&s;olete among us Prote&s;tants. The Duke of <HI>Y</HI>'s Pre&s;ence at Court added Vigor and Spi|rit to the&s;e agents, which being perccived by many con&s;idering Citizens, gave occa&s;ion to the Ad|dre&s;s made by Sir <HI>Tho. Player</HI> in their Names, that the City-Guards might be increa&s;ed; for the Argument was very plain, If there was need of any Guards when the Duke was Ab&s;ent, then there was need of more in his Pre&s;ence, when the Popi&s;h Party did manife&s;tly take Courage and Activity from that Cau&s;e.</P>
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<P>This al&s;o they did endeavour to improve to the Advantage of their Cau&s;e, by interpreting the&s;e Addre&s;&s;es to be Factious, and the Fore-runners of mo&s;t mi&s;chievous Actions. And now the Kingly Government was underminded, becau&s;e the Popi&s;h Succe&s;&s;or was feared; and the Church of <HI>England</HI> was like to be Subverted, becau&s;e &s;ome Citizens had the Courage to open their Mouths, in humbly Repre&s;enting their Dangers from the Papi&s;ts. And yet in the mean time Sir <HI>T. P.</HI> is a Devout Son of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> and inferiour to no man in the City, in Abilities for Publick Employments; and &s;uch he did appear in the la&s;t Parliament, where they would hear him with as much Readine&s;s, and employ him in their greate&s;t Tru&s;ts as &s;oon as any; he was one of their Secret Committee; he was one of their Commi&s;&s;ioners for Disband|ing the Army, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> But all mu&s;t now turn to his Prejudice; he was a Popular Man, and there|fore to be feared and hated. Would you not wonder, that the Experience of a man's Ability and Integrity in Tru&s;ts, and the Love and E&s;teem he reaps thence &s;hould be an Argument again&s;t his being employed. But this was the Handle our <HI>Yorki&s;ts</HI> took this man's Actions by, and now they labour to improve this again&s;t his being cho&s;en by the City into the En&s;uing Parlia|ment, and for his &s;ake all the re&s;t of their late Citizens in Parliament mu&s;t be rejected, and men more firm to the Church (that is in truth more for the Dukes Intere&s;t) cho&s;en; for all the&s;e Four (it &s;eems) had Voted for the Bill of Exclu&s;ion.</P>
<P>Another Occa&s;ion of Clamouring in the <HI>Anti-Popi&s;h</HI> Citizens was, that &s;ome of them, hav|ing long ob&s;erved the Great and Unnece&s;&s;ary Expence their Sheriffs are at in their Shrievalties; in&s;omuch that no man can be capable of Holding that Office, except he have an overgrown E&s;tate, and con&s;equently the Magi&s;trates mu&s;t be cho&s;en out of tho&s;e few that are &s;o rich, how|ever unqualified with Abilities befitting their Places, and others, better qualified, mu&s;t be re|jected, becau&s;e they are not &s;o rich; con&s;idering al&s;o, that this year (in the Condition we &s;tand with our <HI>Popi&s;h</HI> Enemies) is like to require men of be&s;t Parts and Knowledge in the Govern|ment of the City; and finding one Mr. <HI>Jenkins</HI> to be well qualified with Under&s;tanding, Cou|rage and Integrity (though not with a great E&s;tate) they re&s;olved to chu&s;e him as a man fit for the&s;e difficult Times, and that would reduce the Charge to &s;uch a moderation as might make it &s;upportable by one of an indifferent E&s;tate, and to keep out a Man &s;trongly addicted to the D. of <HI>Y</HI>'s Party, whom they under&s;tand &s;ome aimed at; and therefore &s;o many of the <HI>Com|mon Hall</HI> held up their Hands for Mr. <HI>Jenks,</HI> that it could not well be decided on whom the Choice fell without a Poll, but Mr. <HI>Lewis</HI> carried it. This was made &s;uch a Crime, as if all that Voted for Mr. <HI>Jenks,</HI> had pre&s;ently a De&s;ign under his Conduct to rai&s;e a Rebellion, and turn the Government of the City and Nation up&s;ide down; and this is reflected on Sir <HI>T. P.</HI> becau&s;e one of the Addre&s;&s;es to the Lord Mayor, was made the &s;ame Morning, and by many of the &s;ame Per&s;ons that were at <HI>Guild-hall,</HI> to chu&s;e a Sheriff: as if indeed &s;o many Citizens, many of them of good E&s;tates, under&s;tanding Men, Lovers of Peace, &s;hould all of a &s;uddain run mad, and in that Fit go to chu&s;e one, that &s;hould infallibly lead them and their Families into Ruine; but this and nothing el&s;e could be the De&s;ign of this Choice, if you will believe our City-<HI>Yorkei&s;ts,</HI> and &s;ome others that they could impo&s;e upon. This I am told, is the fir&s;t time in the Memory of Man, and perhaps ever &s;ince there were Sherriffs of <HI>London,</HI> that any man was endeavoured to be cho&s;en into that Office for Love, and not for Envy and Ill-will.</P>
<P>In the Management of a Second Addre&s;s, another Circum&s;tance aro&s;e, which the Ad|ver&s;aries made Sport with. The Lord Mayor had an&s;wered the Citizens, that he would call a Lieutanancy on <HI>Thur&s;day;</HI> and then if half a Dozen of them would come with Sir <HI>T. P.</HI> and offer their Rea&s;ons for their Propo&s;al, they &s;hould be heard. This was interpre|ted a Promi&s;e in, Sir <HI>T. P.</HI> and his Not appearing when the Lieutenancy met, a breach of Promi&s;e; and a Declaration was made by the Lieutenancy, entred in their Books, and put in|to the <HI>Gazette</HI> accordingly, with divers other Reflections upon the Citizens that had appeared in that afore&s;aid Addre&s;s.</P>
<P>Thus the poor Prote&s;tants that are afraid of Popery, and Arbitrary Power with it, were banded again&s;t; and now that the Lieutenancy was on the other &s;ide with them that u&s;urped the Title of Church-men and <HI>Anti-Fanaticks,</HI> the&s;e men mu&s;t be quite run down, nothing &s;hall &s;erve tho&s;e mens Turns, but the Excluding them not only from Parliamentary Seats, but throwing them out of their other Offices, when tme &s;hould come for repeating Elections. And that they had found their Strength in the Election of Mr. <HI>Lewis</HI> Sheriff, they doubted not to carry every thing as they plea&s;ed. This ground gained, they pre&s;s on by many Clubs and Meetings, where they make their Party as indu&s;triou&s;ly as a newly Commi&s;&s;ioned Captain la|bours to compleat &s;uch a number of Souldiers, as may enable them to pa&s;s Mu&s;ter, and have right to Pay. Here they drink and talk them&s;elves into a great Confidence of their
<PB N="3" REF="2"> Numbers: For the De&s;igning Men, think that's the way to encrea&s;e them: for there are not a few, that love to be on the prevailing &s;ide, right or wrong. They fill the City with Boa&s;tings and Threats, their Party is &s;o numerous now, they &s;hall fulfill all their Plea&s;ure; they triumph already, as having got a Victory; they brag, that all the Church-men are on their &s;ide, that the Day of Election &s;hall di&s;criminate between the Loyal Sons of the Church, and the Fanaticks; to that end they would have a Poll, &s;o &s;hould &s;ee what Church-men dur&s;t be again&s;t them.</P>
<P>Then they offer Wagers upon the Choice, from one Guinny to an hundred again&s;t one or two or all the former Repre&s;enters in Parliament. Here the Popi&s;h Party, the Plotters, the Je&s;uites are quite laid a&s;ide. It's no longer Papi&s;ts and Prote&s;tants, but Fanaticks and Church-of-<HI>England</HI>-Men. The Popi&s;h plot of Seventy eight is a&s;leep, or que&s;tioned. Ask one of the&s;e Sticklers, whether there was a Popi&s;h Plot again&s;t the Life of the King, the Prote&s;tant Religion and Government, he would an&s;wer minceingly, <HI>I do not make it an Article of my Creed.</HI> The King's Witne&s;&s;es were expo&s;ed to all the Obloquy and Reproach imaginable.</P>
<P>By the&s;e Arts and Tricks, the moderate and hearty Church-men, as well as the Di&s;&s;enters, were put upon Defence and Apology. They are charged as Revolters, Degenerate Sons of the Church, and of &s;u&s;pected Loyalty, &s;o that the&s;e were amazed, they wondered at and bemoan|ed the Change that appeared in the Actings of &s;ome Citizens, Zealots indeed for our Church, but blown up by Popi&s;h Breath into a too vehement Flame, tending manife&s;tly to the De&s;tru|ction of them&s;elves and others. Some of the more Judicious and Eminent Mini&s;ters of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> began to expre&s;s their &s;ad Re&s;entments of the&s;e Tran&s;actions; and did what became them to &s;top the Popi&s;h Torrent. In the end, the Day of Election came, <HI>October</HI> the <HI>7th.</HI> when there was a numerous and thronged H<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ll; &s;ome without Doors, that dur&s;t not venture them&s;elves in &s;o great a Crowd, for all expected a Poll, and prepared them&s;elves ac|cordingly. But all this great Noi&s;e and Roaring by the&s;e Boa&s;ters, proved the Groanings of the Mountains, which brought forth a Mou&s;e.</P>
<P>It's generally reckon'd, there were in that A&s;&s;embly of Livery-men, between Five and Six Thou&s;and Men, and they were &s;o unanimous in their Choice, that it's Judged by impartial and judicious Men, that he that had mo&s;t Voices among the&s;e <HI>Yorki&s;ts</HI> (in oppo&s;ition to the City's former Choice) had not above five hundred at mo&s;t, and &s;ome &s;ay three hundred Voi|ces; upon which <HI>I</HI> crave your patience till <HI>I</HI> make &s;ome Remarques.</P>
<P N="1">1. It's manife&s;t that it was the Popi&s;h Intere&s;t and Agents, that made all this Bu&s;tle<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> and Clamour in the name of the Church of <HI>England:</HI> for really and in truth, the Church of <HI>Eng|land</HI> appeared again&s;t them, if ten to one in the whole can comprehend the Church of <HI>England:</HI> for the mo&s;t favourable Account makes them but Hundreds for Thou&s;ands, or one for ten; and if you rekon half of the&s;e to have been Di&s;&s;enters, there will &s;till remain five to one of the true Church-men; if you reckon the Di&s;&s;enters more than that number, you will make them too con&s;iderable; if le&s;s, then will the &s;ober Church-men be &s;o much the more con&s;iderable, and better bear the Denomination of the Church of <HI>England.</HI> And it cannot be imagined, that the&s;e few Church-men (whereof &s;ome are well minded) could make &s;o hideous a Noi&s;e, and be &s;o unmea&s;urably concerned in oppo&s;ition to their Brethren, if they had not been agitated by Je&s;uitical Emi&s;&s;aries.</P>
<P N="2">2. The&s;e Well-minded Men that were thus drawn in by the&s;e Plotters, &s;hould &s;ee how their unwary Zeal expo&s;es them to be made a Property and In&s;trument for the wor&s;t of Purpo&s;es. They de&s;ign only to divide us, to beget Hatred and Animo&s;ities between us, that in pur&s;uit of one another, they may e&s;cape, till they can get an opportunity to de&s;troy us all; which they will ea&s;ily do, if they can keep Parliaments from making Fre&s;h and nece&s;&s;ary Provi&s;ions again&s;t them. If you were Papi&s;ts, and in their Ca&s;e, would you tread any other &s;teps than tho&s;e that the&s;e men walk in. You know they can take any Shapes, make any Pretence, u&s;e any Argument that will work. You know they have no other Argument to u&s;e at this time, but to pretend high for the Church of <HI>England,</HI> and again&s;t Forty one. So did the&s;e Members in the Pen&s;ionary Parliament, that were ca&s;t out thence for being Papi&s;ts. Surely, Gentlemen, you have a high Opinion of your &s;elves, to think that You are the only men concerned for the Church of <HI>England;</HI> but your Neighbours ten for one, know you are but abu&s;ed <HI>Machins.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. It appears how weak the Duke of <HI>Y</HI>'s Intere&s;t is in this City; Ten to one is odds enough in a good Cau&s;e, and who will deny that to be a Good Cau&s;e, which is Defence of our Lives and Properties, the Concerns of us and our Po&s;terities both for this World and the World to come, again&s;t mo&s;t Super&s;titious Enemies, which of all Enemies are the mo&s;t Cruel and Savage? But if the whole City could have met, and given their Voices in this Election&punc; it may well be pre&s;umed there would have been forty for one for their old Patriots.</P>
<P N="4"><PB N="4" REF="3">4. We may perceive that the Lieutenancy of the City was cho&s;en, when the D. of <HI>Y.</HI> influ|enced the Court: for the mo&s;t part of them appeared openly in his Cau&s;e; they made their Declaration in the Gazette on his behalf, and on purpo&s;e to &s;lur the Old and New Elected Parliament-men; they u&s;ed their Intere&s;t again&s;t them; but their Intere&s;t and the Dukes being one, could not make in reality a tenth part of the City, though in Noi&s;e and Outcries they made more than half. Oh unhappy City! who&s;e Governours of the <HI>Militia</HI> are for the mo&s;t part Servants to tho&s;e that you mo&s;t dreadfully fear.</P>
<P N="5">5. We may hence take this Political Remarque, that we mu&s;t not judge of the Temper of the People from loud Clamour. I conceive our State&s;-man on both &s;ides were mi&s;taken, and thought the number of the <HI>Yorki&s;ts</HI> had been va&s;tly greater, than upon Tryal it appeared. It was a great happine&s;s to true Prote&s;tants, that there was the occa&s;ion of &s;uch a Deci&s;ion; for otherwi&s;e the Mi&s;take might have done the Papi&s;ts as much Service, as if it had been really &s;o.</P>
<P>La&s;tly, we find our Enemies Zeal and Diligence in their wor&s;t of Cau&s;es to be great, and it may provoke Prote&s;tants to Fervor and Activity in the be&s;t; otherwi&s;e we are like to be de&s;troyed. I mean not that we &s;hould travel forbidden Paths, or go over Hedge and Ditch to come at our Journeys end; but in &s;uch Ca&s;es as this, the Choice of Citizens to &s;erve in Parliament, and all other ca&s;es wherein we are ju&s;tified by Law, neither Danger, nor Ea&s;e, nor Lo&s;s &s;hould prevail upon us to be luke-warm or negligent. The Plotters have for the&s;e thirteen or fourteen years, kept back the Di&s;&s;enters from giving due A&s;&s;i&s;tance and Encourage|ment to the true and &s;eeing Country Royalli&s;ts, by crying out Forty one again&s;t them. Now they practice to divide tho&s;e Royal Lovers of their Country and Religion among them&s;elves, by pretending Zeal for the Church of <HI>England,</HI> and Caution again&s;t Forty one. But if, when His Maje&s;ty and the Parliament have made long ago, an Act <HI>of Oblivion,</HI> and time and our enemies Plots and Practices have made the Royalli&s;ts and Parliamenteers of one mind and Concern for Pre&s;ervation of our King, our Religion, our Selves and Po&s;terities; if we will not all joyn Hands in this work, as far as the Laws of God and our Countrey allow us, we &s;hall de&s;erve to peri&s;h, and be no more pittied, than da&s;tardly Fools, that are afraid to defend our Religion and Lives, le&s;t we be ill &s;poken of; a greater Folly than to die for fear of dying. Thus, Sir, having given you &s;uch an Account of this Notable Affair, as my Abilities and Ha&s;te would per|mit, I take Leave,</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>Sir,</SALUTE>
<SIGNED>Your Affectionate Friend and Servant. E. E.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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