Excerpt from The State and Behaviour of English Catholics, From the Reformation to the Year 1781: With a View of Their Present Number, Wealth, Character, &C Such, and much more, is the language of thefe very prudent, very cautious, very provident, and very timid Gentlemen. Vvhilft the tumults of lafl: fummer were raging in the Metropolis, their voice was heard tremblingly giving counfel: For God fake, faid they, let us Inftantly peti tion parliament to repeal this obnoxious bill; It is better to confefs we are guilty of all the crimes laid to our charge, than to be burnt in our houfes: It was won d'ram pz'ty'ul; and they dared to carry about a form of a petition to that effect, praying for the fignature of names! We told you, continued they, what would be the event of your addreiies to the throne. 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.