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chap. And accordingly, taking the prince of Walesx,v. and the duke of York along with him, he arrived,

1S4:. by stow journies, at York , which he determined

King am»es £ or f ome t \ me to m ake the place of his residence.

The distant parts of the kingdom , being removedfrom that furious vortex of new principles andopinions, which had transported the capital, stillretained a sincere regard for the church and mo-narchy; and the king here found marks of attach-ment beyond what he had before expectedFrom all quarters of England, the prime nobilityand gentry, either personally, or by messagesand letters, expressed their duty towards him;and exhorted him to save himself and them fromthat ignominious slavery, with which they werethreatened. The small interval of time, whichbad passed since the fatal accusation of the mem-bers , had been sufficient to open the eyes ofmany, and to recover them from the astonishment,with which at first they had been seized. One rashand passionate attempt of the king’s seemed buta small counterbalance to so many acts of delibe-rate violence, which had been offered to him ,and every branch of the legislature : And, howeversweet the found of liberty, many resolved toadhere to that moderate freedom transmitted themfrom their 'ancestors , and now better secured byfiich important concessions; rather than, by en-gaging in a giddy search after more independence,run a manifest rifle, either of incurring a cruelsubjection, or abandoning all law and order.

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