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HISTORY
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ployed, to animate the people to a vigorous defence of their
religion, their laws, and their liberties.
But while the Queen, in this critical emergence, rouxed
theanimoiity of the nation againBpopery, Ae treated the par-
tizan's os that lech with moderation, and gave not wav to an
undiltinguiAing fury againB them. Though she knew, that
Sixtus Quintus, the present pope, famous for his rapacity and
tyranny, had fulminated a new bull of excommunication againB
her, had deposed her B*om the throne,had absoived her subjcRs
Bom their oaths of allegiance, had publithed acruiade againB
England, and had granted plenary indulgences to every one
engaged in the present invaüon ; Ae would not believe, that
all her catholic lubjeRs could be so blinded, as to, lacrifice
to bigotry their duty to their lovereign, and the liberty and in-
dependency os their native country. She rejected all violent
counsel§,by which Ae was urged to seek pretences for diipatch-
ing the leaders of that party : She would not even confine any
consderable number of them : And the catholics, iensble of
this good ulage, generally expresied great zeal for the public
defence. Some gentlemen ofthat leA,conscious that they could
not juBly expecb any truB or authority, entered themselves as
volunteers in the fleet or army: Some equipped ships at their
Own charge, and gave the command of them to proteBants:
Others were aRive in animatingtheirtenants, and vaBals, and
neighbours, to the defence os their country: And every rank
of men, burying sor the present all party diBincsions, seemed
to prepare themlelves, with order as well as vigour, toreBB
the violence os these invaders.
The more to excite the martial Ipirit of the nation, the
Queen appeared on horieback in the camp at Tilbury; and
riding through the lines, diicovered a chearful and animated
countenance, exhorted the soldiers to remember their dutv to
their country and their religion, and profeiled her intention,
though a woman, to lead them hersels into the field againB the
enemy, and rather to perish in battle than lurvive theruin and
Bavery os her people. By this Ipirited behaviour she revived
the tenderness and admiration of the soldiery ; Am attachment
to her person became a kind os enthuBatm among them : And
they asked one another, whether it were poBible, that English-
men could abandon this glorious cause, could diiplay lets cou-
rage than appeared in the semale lex, or could ever, by any
dangers, be induced to relinquish the defence os their heroic
princess.
The
364
ployed, to animate the people to a vigorous defence of their
religion, their laws, and their liberties.
But while the Queen, in this critical emergence, rouxed
theanimoiity of the nation againBpopery, Ae treated the par-
tizan's os that lech with moderation, and gave not wav to an
undiltinguiAing fury againB them. Though she knew, that
Sixtus Quintus, the present pope, famous for his rapacity and
tyranny, had fulminated a new bull of excommunication againB
her, had deposed her B*om the throne,had absoived her subjcRs
Bom their oaths of allegiance, had publithed acruiade againB
England, and had granted plenary indulgences to every one
engaged in the present invaüon ; Ae would not believe, that
all her catholic lubjeRs could be so blinded, as to, lacrifice
to bigotry their duty to their lovereign, and the liberty and in-
dependency os their native country. She rejected all violent
counsel§,by which Ae was urged to seek pretences for diipatch-
ing the leaders of that party : She would not even confine any
consderable number of them : And the catholics, iensble of
this good ulage, generally expresied great zeal for the public
defence. Some gentlemen ofthat leA,conscious that they could
not juBly expecb any truB or authority, entered themselves as
volunteers in the fleet or army: Some equipped ships at their
Own charge, and gave the command of them to proteBants:
Others were aRive in animatingtheirtenants, and vaBals, and
neighbours, to the defence os their country: And every rank
of men, burying sor the present all party diBincsions, seemed
to prepare themlelves, with order as well as vigour, toreBB
the violence os these invaders.
The more to excite the martial Ipirit of the nation, the
Queen appeared on horieback in the camp at Tilbury; and
riding through the lines, diicovered a chearful and animated
countenance, exhorted the soldiers to remember their dutv to
their country and their religion, and profeiled her intention,
though a woman, to lead them hersels into the field againB the
enemy, and rather to perish in battle than lurvive theruin and
Bavery os her people. By this Ipirited behaviour she revived
the tenderness and admiration of the soldiery ; Am attachment
to her person became a kind os enthuBatm among them : And
they asked one another, whether it were poBible, that English-
men could abandon this glorious cause, could diiplay lets cou-
rage than appeared in the semale lex, or could ever, by any
dangers, be induced to relinquish the defence os their heroic
princess.
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