This is so malicious and silly, that it carries its Antidote along with it. He was oblig’d to the Government for five Reprieves, and if we may believe what he says, ’tis entirely owing to himself that he did not obtain a Pardon, because he would not petition. ’Twas highly reasonable then, that when Mercy wou’d not do, Justice shou’d take place. ’Tis certain, that a Petition for Mercy cou’d be nothing so vile, as forfeiting his Life by Perjury and Rebellion. But by this we see what aukard Notions our Jacobites have of what they call Honour.
I shall conclude the whole with observing, that these two Speeches are enough to convince the World, that the Oaths of the High-Church Party are not to be trusted while living, nor their Speeches when dead.
FINIS.
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