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N o xxxv,. erre-Filius. It is allow'd by all impartial perforts, who have any tolerable notions of liberty,?nd the ?nglifi? eon- ?itution, that the?and which was made by the then honourable boue o commons aRainff Kin? C?RLES the ?rfl, was juff and well grounded? they were ?a- triot?, the/ were true E?gli?men, and behav'd like honeff rqr(?tative? of their country, when t?ey beheld the deareft rights of it ju? upon the of being facrificed to tyrannical coun?ls and arbi- trary power. But there laudable proce?ings of the p?rllamen? were, in length of time, ?d by the implacable ani m?ties of different parties, made ufe of by a fe?. abandon'd wretches, to perpetrate the mo? afroniX- ing and execrable vilNnies.- I will mention but one in?ance more, and that ?ill pretint among? u? The late South-fin diredora, their aiders, abettors, and confederates have, by their unexampled mirma- nagement and corruption, brought univerfal calami- ty upon the nation, and upon themfclves the uni. verfal refentm?nts of their f ellow-fubje?s; all heart are fill'd with indignation again? them, and all months with clamour and eompl?nt; they have rouz'd up the genius of an injur'd people, and arm it with vengeance and fury; mo? of the Ounties and Boroughs in England ha?e. in their feveral peti- tiota, expreflM their abhorence of there mipreants, and demanded jugice and rdiefl the ze vigoroufly putruing them thro' all their dark labyrinths and lurking holes; and the K ? ? ? hin,?lf has been gracioufly pleas'd to join with his opprei- fed rubieS, in proteeing again? fuch PZR? ? cmos It is remarkable that the Wn?os have been more ?1ous ?d a&ive u?n thi? occafion tMn the ja- co?zs? which ha? made the latter fondly ima- gine, that we are at la? conting into their mealurea,