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<DATE>2014-11-12</DATE>
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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140729.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>The Queens Letter from France, to his Highne&s;s the Prince of Orange.</HEAD>
<P>YOU may Judge of my grief for the Lo&s;s of a <HI>Crown,</HI> from my inordinate opinion of my Self while I had it; and tho' the Extrava|gancy of my Carriage might have de&s;erv'd &s;ome Rebuke, yet the Natural frailty of my Sex, I thought might have &s;erv'd for an Apology. Since mo&s;t Actions are commonly Judg'd by the de|&s;ign of them, I doubt not but Rea&s;on will &s;peak in my favour; for, &s;tanding on the Pinacle of Ho|nor as I did, my thoughts were as giddy as a Man in his Drink, and could no more dige&s;t my unexpected Glory, than a Man could talk Rea&s;on in the height of a Fever? Tho' I aim'd at the Ruin of the E&s;tabli&s;h't <HI>Church</HI> and <HI>State,</HI> yet, I a&s;&s;ure you, I did it for the good of the Peo|ples <HI>Souls;</HI> and tho' I con&s;ented to have all their Throats Cut, yet Father <HI>Peters</HI> &s;atisfied me, it might be done <HI>in the Fear of the Lord.</HI> How well I have de&s;erv'd of the <HI>Mother-Church,</HI> you may Gue&s;s; &s;ince His <HI>Holine&s;s</HI> already has dubb'd me a Saint: tho' to tell you the Truth of it, I thought the advantages of an Earthly <HI>Crown</HI> too great to be yet very fond of a Change. <HI>How ore the Mighty fallen?</HI> alas! from <HI>England</HI> to <HI>Modena,</HI> from a King|dom to a <HI>Dutchy!</HI> where the number of my Atten|dance make the better half of my Subjects, and the extent of my Government's not half a days Progre&s;s: Well Sir, if you have either complai|&s;ance or good Nature, you'd quit any pretence to &s;ave a <HI>Womans</HI> longing; for I am as &s;urely in a Teeming condition at pre&s;ent, as ever I was of a <HI>Prince of Wales.</HI> If you have any Su&s;pition, or fear of a Relap&s;e, His <HI>Holine&s;s</HI> him&s;elf will be Bound for my good behaviour; and to tie up my Hands from any per&s;onal mi&s;chief, you may take the <HI>Kings,</HI> word, or Father <HI>Peters</HI> word, for the Per|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">mance of it.</P>
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