The Prince of Orange his declaration shewing the reasons why he invades England : with a short preface, and some modest remarks on it.
About this Item
- Title
- The Prince of Orange his declaration shewing the reasons why he invades England : with a short preface, and some modest remarks on it.
- Author
- Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
- Publication
- London :: Published by Randal Taylor ...,
- 1688.
- Rights/Permissions
-
To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
- Subject terms
- Great Britain -- History -- Revolution of 1688.
- Link to this Item
-
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A66131.0001.001
- Cite this Item
-
"The Prince of Orange his declaration shewing the reasons why he invades England : with a short preface, and some modest remarks on it." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A66131.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2025.
Pages
Page 3
The Prince of Orange's Decla∣ration, shewing the Reasons, why He invades England, with a short Preface, and some modest Remarks on it.
THERE having been various▪ Discourses about the Reasonable∣ness and Iustice of the Dutch Invasion, the Prince's great Love and special Care of the Protestant Religion, and English Protestants, set forth in the most Charming manner, and the Desperateness of the Protestant State and Condition painted in the blackest and most frightful Colours; Our Natural Leige Lord, notwith∣standing his Unparallel'd Grace to all, represented as designing the greatest Cruelty against his own Subjects:: strange Stories of ill things whispered, and nothing less than a Secret L••••gue between▪ His Majesty of Great Bri∣tain, and the French King, to Extirpate all Protestants entred into: These Reports are with so much Art and Cunning spread, as to startle the most Considering Protestants of all Persuasions, whence nothing could be more eagerly desired, than a Sight of the Prince of Orange's Declara∣tion; For the Expectations of most Men are, That some Extraordinary Secrets, some hidden Works of Darkness should be reveal'd, and brought to Light; as generally those, who yet never saw the Prince's Declaration, do still believe; But there not being one word of any such Treaty, we cannot see why it is that the Prince comes Over; and if others impartially Peruse the Declaration, we doubt not but 'twill Convince them, that they give no Reason powerful enough to Iustifie so Bloody an Enterprise, as this, in the Issue must needs be.
We will therefore give you a true Copy of the Prince's Declaration, word for word, as it runs in the West.