Excerpt from No Protestant Plot, or the Present Pretended Conspiracy of Protestants Against the King and Government Discovered to Be a Conspiracy of the Papists Against the King and His Protestant-Subjects H I I: E fomany Papers have withim punity and'connivenee been Printed and dierfed in vindication of the Papi/irfrom the Confpiracy whereof they are accufedg We do humbly preo i Fume, That none but fuch whofe interefi it is to have our Religion defamed, and'his Majefties innocent fubjee'ts de firoyed, will beoffended at thisanodeft attempt in jufli fication of Protdiargt: from the 'crimes and Treafons wherewith they are afpetfed. Nor dare we'fuppofe the prefent Miniftets and Adminiftrators of Jufiice guilty of to great partiality, as to be enflani'd againft thefe'few mo deft (beets, after they have tollerated and difpeneed with the publicationof fomany Pepifh Pamphletg'full Of'vi rulence; as Well againfi the ]ufiice and Honour of Para liaments, as inferior Courts of Judicature. And if they have efcaped the animadverfion-of Authority, who have with (0 little regard to truth Written in favour ofperfime faetually condemned, we have reafon to-believe thatioui: gkdg'es and Magiftrates will be far from being dif leafed, eat what is here tendered to them and the World: inbe half ofiperfons that are meetly acculed. 'f or whereas theahe'rting the innocency of fuch as havebeen legally condemned, may bejufily'conceived to reflea reproach upon the jufiice of the Nation; or at leafi to leave an itimputation of 'want of Wifdom or uprightnels either Up; on the-judg or the ijury; the fupporting the' loyaity o perfons barely accu ed, can only afiea' the Credit'of the Wit'nefles by Wh om they heve been charged, and uponwhofe alone Tef'timony without any publick overtoae't of their own, they lye confined. And if they that have appeared as Apglogifi: for Cole/wan and the, five fiefiritr, have been filently overlookt, norwithfianding their apg' pearing Advocates for the innocency of thofe men, not only in contradifiion to Oral Tefiimonyg, b'ut'in' defiance of Papers. And Letters under the hands of the very Cri minals, declarative of their Confpiraey and, guiltg We may then allure our felves of fair quarter immanaging a defence for-thofe Proteflants who have nothing to appre hend or fearfrom Papers or Letters produceable againfi' them, but fiandcommitted meetly upon the Depofitions of a few perfons whofe credit we (hall make appear to be too weak to obtain belief. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.