A Seasonable Warning and Caution against the Insinuations of Papists and Jacobites in favour of the Pretender
A Seasonable Warning and Caution against the Insinuations of Papists and Jacobites in favour of the Pretender
By Daniel Defoe
4 Jun, 2020
“Think, then, dear Britons! what a King this Pretender must be! a papist by inclination; a tyrant by education; a Frenchman by honour and obligation;—and how long will your liberties last you in this condition? And when your liberties are gone, h
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“Think, then, dear Britons! what a King this Pretender must be! a papist by inclination; a tyrant by education; a Frenchman by honour and obligation;—and how long will your liberties last you in this condition? And when your liberties are gone, how long will your religion remain? When your hands are tied; when armies bind you; when power oppresses you; when a tyrant disarms you; when a Popish French tyrant reigns over you; by what means or methods can you pretend to maintain your Protestant religion?” Less