THE Abdicated Bishops Letters, TO THE Abdicated KING and QUEEN, Under the Disguised NAMES of M r. Redding & M rs. Redding.

To Mr. Redding.

SIR,

THO' the Bearer of this will do us the Justice to assure you, We are as full of Duty, as unfeignedly and concernedly Yours, as your self could wish; yet this Gentleman has undertaken you will forgive the Pre­sumption, If I do my self the Honour to give you this fresh assurance in a few Words, which We do by our Actions: I shall omit no Occasions, not neglecting the least, and making Zealous Wishes for the greatest, to shew our Selves such as We ought to be.

Sir! I speak in the Plural, because I write my Eldest Brother's Senti­ments, as well as My own, and the rest of the Family; Tho' lessen'd in Num­ber, yet, if We are not mightily out in our Accounts, We are growing in our Interests, that is, in Yours.

He that delivers this, will, I hope (intirely to Your satisfaction) represent Vs, and Me in particular, as, with all the Devotion imaginable, and Unchange­able Affection.

New-Years-Eve.
Yours, &c. God grant the Happiest New-Year.

To Mrs. Redding.

AS it is impossible for Me to express that extraordinary great Satisfaction it gave Me this time Twelve Month, to receive that Mark of your Fa­vour and Goodness under your own Hand: So I have liv'd in some pain for an op­portunity to write you my Humble Acknowledgment, and Truest Duty: From which, (by the Grace of God) I am no more capable of swerving, than of Renouncing my hopes of Heaven: I say this in behalf of my Elder Brother, and the rest of my Nearest Relations, as well as for My Self; You may intirely depend upon Vs, not only for a constant Adherence to so well chosen a Principle; But for our utmost Activity to promote your Interests., Which are inseperably our Own.

I need come to no Particulars by this Bearer, Who can, and will tell you our whole Hearts; And I wish you could see them, how sincerely they are devoted to your Service. God grant you a most Happy New Year, and many, very many, and very happy: Our Young Master has all our Best Wishes: He daily gains more Friends, and We get ground of his Adversaries.

New-Years Eve (1690/1.)

The Censure and Doom of a Pragmatical, Rushworth's Collections, st. Part. Turbulent, and Proud Bishop of Ely, in the Reign of King Richard the First, was this:

Per totam Insulam Publicè Proclametur; Pereat qui perdere cuncta festi­nat: Opprimatur, ne Omnes opprimat.

Which may be thus Rendred in English.

Let him be Cut off, who Plotted to bring all to Ruine; Let him be Dispatch'd, least he undoe us All.

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