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Copy of a Letter of J . Apricc to Mr . TV . Lynxcoud . 393
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( he King , 7 June , 1 66 % , and that day seven-night Sir Henry Vaue was beheaded . J . W . " English Royal Letters in the Lansdowne Collection , deposited in the British Museum , p . 125 .
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Copy ° f a Letter of J . Aprice a Romish Priest ^ to Mr . William Lynivood at his House in Deane , Northamptonshire . ( From the same , pp . % y 9 28 . ] February 16 , 1685 .
Dear Brother , The great change which is made • ^^ - ^ - in our nation since last I writ to you , is the wonder of all men . If we consider that it is the Divine Providence that rules over kingdoms and the hearts of men , we shall the less wonder . Who could have say'd a while agoe , that these eyes of mine should have seed two Catholick kings reign over us in this nation ? But that same God that preserved our late king of blessed memory , by soe many wonderful miracles all his life time , did alsoe at his death call him-to his mercy , by making him to be reconciled to his holy church which he did in this manner . The < lay hee fell ill , which was the
Monda y , tie was noe sooner recovered of his fit , but his trusty bving brother , otir now most gracious souveraine fearing a re' apse , putt him in mind of his soul : which advice hee immediatel y embraced , and desired noe time might be lost in the execution ° f itt . Whereuppon Mr . Huddle . ston was commanded to attend ' ncessantl y thereabouts , but the fi ^ at affairs of the nation coming Perpetuall y before them , time yuld not possibly be found fill Ahurs day . But then ( ho king
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rinding his natural strength decay , commanded of his own accord all to retire out of the room , telling them he had something to communicate to his brother . Then Mr . Muddiest on being brought in , that great work was done , and with that exactness , that there was nothing omitted cither necessary or decent , and as Mr . IIucL dleston himself has told me by a particular assistance of God ' s grace , the King was as ready and apt in making his confession and all other things , as iff he had been brought up a Cathotick all his life time , and from that moment till eight of the clock the next da y * att which tirrie his speech left him , he was heard to sav little , but begging Almighty God ' s pardon for all his offences and the like , so that we may joyfully say , God . have mercy of his soul , and make him eternally participant of his kingdom of heaven .
As for our present king , he daily gives us by bis actions new hopes of a great deal of future happiness ; for besides the great content and subjectiou which seems to bee in every body here , wee in particular liave reason to praise God for giving him so much courage and resolution to confess his faith publickly , which he did yesterday in a' most eminent manner , for on Friday last he declared to the councell that hee
was resdlved too make known publirfd y to the world of what reli gion hee was ; and yesterday hee came with the Queene to ( he Chappell , attended by all the nobility and gentry about court , and there recivod together with the Queene from the hands of her almoner , the most precious body and blood of our Saviour , with
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1811, page 393, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2418/page/9/
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