WHereas Nat. Thompson hath lately, in his publick Intelligence of the 25th of October 1681, published these Words following, as delivered by the Earl of Huntington to His Majesty; the said Earl being at that time admitted to the Honour of Kissing His Majesties Hand. That is to say, That the said Earl had by experience found, That they who promoted the Bill of Exclusion were for the subversion of Monarchy it self. We who will not deny our selves interested in the promotion of that Bill in Parliament, then judging it the best means of uniting His Majesty, and the universality of His Subjects, and of calling back such Hearts (if any such were) as had in the least deviated from him, or His Royal Power: Finding our selves for that very Reason involved in this igno­minious Censure, held it expedient to resort to the Earl of Huntington, to know whither he own'd what Thompson had no less insolently than injuriously in his Lordships name published; which we according­ly did, and having demanded of the said Earl the truth of that matter, He positively denied the utter­ance of any the said words, either to His Majesty or any body else; with strong Asseverations, That he knew of no persons whatever so wickedly disposed as the words published by Thompson, in his Lordships name, imported.

However, since ill designs frequently meet with success, and the Trade of subverting mens Reputati­ons is as really practised, as some persons of great Ignorance, and depraved manners, would have the subversion of the Government believed to be; and since we find our selves in Print, Published, and probably to have ridden post through the whole Kingdom, pursued with so reflective a Character, which will well enough serve turn to gratifie the Revenge of some, and the Malice, Pride, Ignorance and ill-humour of others: We think fit hereby to declare, That whither the Lord Huntington hath, or any o­ther person shall hereafter affirm, That we who were for passing the Bill of Exclusion of the DƲKE of YORK (and with our selves, we may with Justice enough comprehend the universality of those wor­thy Persons of both Houses who concurred with us in opinion) were for the subversion of the Monarchy, or had any the least thought or imagination tending to so horrid a Stratagem, so contrary to common safety, the Laws of this Kingdom, and we hope to the Will of the Wise Disposer of all things, That such Assertions, by whosoever made, abound as well with Impudence and Falsehood, as with Levity and Misconclusion; and we would remind such Traducers of the good Statutes of this Realm, which forbid any man to be so Hardy as to publish Falsehoods, (one Statute calls them False-Lies) 3. E. 3. 34. 2. R. 2. 11. whereby Discord or occasion of Discord or Slaunder may arise between the King and His Peo­ple, or the Great men of the Realm, the execution of which Laws we submit to His Majesties Will and Pleasure, Relying on his Royal Word in his late Declaration: For certainly nothing can more justly pro­voke the Indignation of a Prince than High Treason; nor distemper the mind of a Loyal Subject, than to have his Innocence so venemously blasted. And we further declare, that we always were, and are still readier, and more heartily disposed to Draw our Swords, and expose our Lives for the advancement of the Kings Honour, support of his Crown and Government, and safety of his Person, than such Impotent Defamators (how Great soever) either are, or perhaps know how to be: to whom we subjoyn their dark countenancers, whose special skill lies in pilfering away the credit of well-deserving Subjects, and privately insinuating such reproaches, as either they dare not, or are asham'd to fix a name to.

This We think fit to publish under our Hands, to disabuse the World, which such dabling Politicians indeavour so shamelesly to impose on.