Excerpt from The Miscellaneous Works of John Hildrop, D. D, Vol. 2 of 2: Rector of Wath, in Yorkshire As we are a very numerous Family, and well allied, no Wonder that many of us are employed In eminent Polls of Honour and Profit; and fometimes, perhaps, in the Management and Direction of Afi'airs of the greatefl Confequence, both in Church and State. Now, as all of us happen to be in a different Way of Thinking from your Lordfhip, all the World fees you have contracted an incurable 'averlion to the whole Family. Whenever you take it in your Head to be difpleafed with the Management of public Af fairs, upon every Sufpicion of political Mifconduet, the Cry is immediately railed upon us all the Guilt of every minifterial Blunder is charged upon'fome or other of our Kindred thoughi will take upon me, to anfwer for every individual Perfon concerned in'fuch Counfels or T ranfae'tions, that they {hall fe parately. And jointly depofie, upon their corporal Oath, that they have no more Relation to the Family than your Lordihip. This is very hard but What is {till harder, your Lordlhip is (aid to take this Liberty in the molt augui't Alfembly In the World, where, it is well known, we have not, at prefent, fo much as one Friend or Relation to undertake our Caufe, or f peak one Word in our Jufiification. As this mull be thought a great Hardfhip upon To many innocent Sufferers, I humbly intreat your Lordfllip's Indulgence, whilitl am endeavouring to do Juf'cice to the molt numerous Family in the Uni verfe, and which is, by Blood or Marriage, related to the moft illuf'rrious Houfes In Europe. 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.