they became afterwards fo mighty, as not only to gain the Afcendency in Elections, and to lord it in Parliament, but to esteem themfelves the Arbiters of the Fate of Europe.

There is no Need to comment on all the little Particularities which follow this exprefs Denunciation of your Wrath against the Whigs The bare Diftinction of them with a particular Character, is all that is neceffary. both to expofe and answer them.

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It will be fufficient to obferve, upon Whole, that, as the Queen was fituated on her Acceffion to the Throne, she could scarce throw herself into any other Hands but those of the Tories, or reputed Tories: The Tories had served and countenanced her in the late Reign; fhe was a Tory herself, if it is decent to distinguish a Sovereign with the Brand of either Party; her prime Counsellors, Lord Marlborough and Lord Godolphin, to say nothing of Lord Rochefter, her Uncle, were of the fame Perfuafion: Thefe Lords had likewife contracted their Friendships, and placed their Confidence hitherto among those who had imbib'd the like Prejudices with themselves

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and a Bargain, as already proved, had been manifeftly made, to employ fuch principally; provided they went heartily into Lord Marlborough's Views, of running all Lengths in the Support of a Land-War.

Ifay again, Madam, fuch a Bargain, on such Conditions, was manifeft: If, therefore, the Sorrow, you express in the last of the ensuing Paragraphs, was fo hearty, as you would have it believed, it must be understood as meaning only this; that thefe Views of Lord Marlborough could not then. be carried on without the Affiftance of a Party you despised.

The faid Paragraphs run thus:

'For my own Part, I had not the fame Prepoffeffions. The Word CHURCH had never any Charm for Me, in the Mouths of thofe, who made the most Noise with it; for I could not perceive that they' gave any other distinguishing Proof of their 'Regard for the Thing, than a frequent Use ' of the Word, like a Spell to enchant weak Minds; and a perfecuting Zeal against Disfenters, and against those Friends of the Church,

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Church, who would not admit that Perfecution was agreeable to its Doctrine. And

as to State-Affairs, many of thefe Church'men feemed to me, to have no fixed Prin

ciples at all, having endeavoured, during 'the last Reign, to undermine that very Government, which they had contributed to ' establish.

'I was HEARTILY SORRYtherefore, that, 'for the Sake of fuch Churchmen,others should be removed from their Employments, who ' had been firm to the Principles of the Revolution, and whom I thought much more likely to fupport the Queen, and promote the Welfare of our Country, than the wrong-headed Politicians that fucceeded ⚫ them.'

Confidering the Tranfactions of the Year 1710, that your Grace fhould be angry with the Word Church I do not wonder: And that the faid Word has been greatly mistaken by the Foolish, and abus'd by the Defigning, I shall not dispute; but that you undertook to encounter the Queen's Prejudices, or to dispose her Majefty to think fa

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vourably of the Whigs, merely because their Principles were more rational than those of the Tories, or more tending to the Prefervation of Liberty, and no way prejudicial to the Established Church, as you alledge, p. 147. requires a stronger Degree of Faith on my Side than I have as yet been blefs'd with, or additional Evidence on your Grace's.

'Tis true, Madam, you give us to under_ ftand, that when the Queen had determined to create four new Peers, all Tories, viz. Granville, Guernsey, Gower and Conway, you prevailed with her in favour of Mr. Hervey, to compliment you with a fifth, in Spite of the Oppofition of the Tories, especially the Four in Nomination, who for a while REFus'd to accept of the Peerage, if a WHIG were admitted to the fame Honour. And you likewise produce a Letter from the Queen, to testify that you were really an Advocate for that Party; which, for many Reasons, it may be neceffary to infert as follows.

St. James's, Saturday the 24 Oct.
I am very glad to find by my dear Mrs.

< Freeman's, that I was BLEST with Yefter

day, that SHE liked my Speech; but I cannot help being extremely concerned, you are fo partial to the Whigs, because I would not ' have you, and your poor, unfortunate, • faithful Morley differ in Opinion in the least Thing. What I said, when I writ last upon < this Subject, does not proceed from any Infinuations of the other Party; but I know the Principles of the Church of England, < and I know those of the Whigs, and it is that, and no other Reason, which makes me think as I do, of the laft. And upon 'my Word, my dear Mrs. Freeman, you are mightily mistaken in your Notion of a true Whig: For the Character, you give of them, <does not in the leaft belong to them, but to the Church. But I will fay no more on this Subject, only BEG, for my poor Sake, you would not fhow more Countenance to thofe, you feem to have fo much Incli• nation for, than to the Church Party, • Since you have ftaid fo long at Windfor, I 'wish now for your own Sake, that you would Iftay till after my Lord Mayor's Day; for

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