nation denied him their allegiance; nor by the dangerous bigotry of James, unleſs when he was finally driven from his palace; and with which ſcarcely the open hoſtilities of rebellion ventured to vilify the unhappy Charles, even in the remarks on the cabinet of Naſeby.
It is ſurely not unreaſonable to hope, that the nation will conſult its dignity, if not its ſafety, and diſdain to be protected or enſlaved by the declaimers or the plotters of a city-tavern. Had Rome fallen by the Catilinarian conſpiracy, ſhe might have conſoled her fate by the greatneſs of her deſtroyers; but what would have alleviated the diſgrace of England, had her government been changed by Tiler or by Ket?
One part of the nation has never before contended with the other, but for ſome weighty and apparent intereſt. If the means were violent, the end was great.
