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.of authority. It may not be unworthy of notice,that a merry ballad, called Lilliballero, being atthis time published in derision of the papists andthe Irish, it was greedily received by the people,and was fung by all ranks of men, even by theking’s army, who were strongly seized with thenational spirit. This incident both discovered,and served to increase , the general discontent ofthe kingdom.

The contagion "of mutiny and disobediencehad also reached Scotland, whence the regularforces, contrary to the advice of Balcarras, thetreasurer, were withdrawn, in order to re-in-force the English army. The marquis of Athole,together with viscount Tarbat, and others, findingthe opportunity favorable, began to form intriguesagainst Perth , the chancellor; and the prestiy-terians and other malecontents flocked from allquarters to Edinburgh. The chancellor, appre-lienstve-of the consequences, found it expedientto abscond ; and the populace , as if that eventwere a signal for their insurrection , immediatelyrose in arms , and rifled the popish chapel in the*king’s palace. All the catholics, even all thezealous royalists , were obliged to conceal them-selves ; and the privy council, instead of theirformer submissive strains of address to the king,and violent edicts against their fellow subjects,now made applications to the prince of Orange,as the restorer of law and liberty.

I HE king every moment alarmed , more andmore, by these proofs of a general disaffection.Vol. XII. N

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