Settlement in Darien.^ ^p 



Endeavours for a Reconciliation betwixt the 

 King and the Parliament of England proved un- 

 fuccefsful, we fent in an Army, which caft the 

 Ballance on the fide of the latter ; who before 

 that time were reducM low enough by the 

 King's Army, as is very well known to fuch as 

 are acquainted with the Hiftory of thofe times, 

 and is ownM by my Lord Mollis in his Memoirs 

 lately publifii'd. 



But to return to the laft Revolution : Tho we 

 mufl: own that we owe our Deliverance to his 

 prefent Majefty, and were obligM in Confci- 

 ence and Honour to concur with him ; yet 

 who could have blam'd us to have flood upon 

 Terms before we had fallen in with England ? 

 efpecially confidering how ungratefully (nay 

 villanoufly) we were treated by Cromwel and 

 his Party, after we had fav'd them and the 

 Parliament of England from the Scorpions that 

 the Cavaliers had prepared to chaftife them 

 with ; as is own'd by the faid Lord Hollis. 

 Nor could we have been any way culpable, if 

 we had flood upon higher and furer Terms- 

 with his Majefty, confidering how unthankfully 

 we were abus'd and enflav'd by our late Kings, 

 for whum we had afted and fufFered fo much. 

 And tho we muft own that no lefs PrefeiU than 

 that of our Crown was fufficient to teftify our 

 Gratitude for what the Prince of Orange bad 

 done for us, yet we were under no necefiity of 

 gratifying him in that manner, fince our Deliver- 

 ance w^as effe^ed before hand, and tlxat he him- 



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