Memoirs of the life and conduct of DrFrancis Atterbury ..from his birth, to his banishmentAddress'd to the RtHonWilliam Pulteney, Esq . T O The Right Honourable William Piilteney, Efq; Chair-man of the C o m- MIT T E E of the Honourable Houfeof Commons, ^c. Should think it my Duty toown my Obligations to theCommittees great Care indigefting the Papers thatconcerned the late Billiop of Rochefleryand for their judicious Obfervationsupon them^ whi^h have done memuch Service in the following Me^moirs ; but that the Voice of the Far^liament is the Voice of us All^ and eachprivate Acknowledgment is
Memoirs of the life and conduct of DrFrancis Atterbury ..from his birth, to his banishmentAddress'd to the RtHonWilliam Pulteney, Esq . T O The Right Honourable William Piilteney, Efq; Chair-man of the C o m- MIT T E E of the Honourable Houfeof Commons, ^c. Should think it my Duty toown my Obligations to theCommittees great Care indigefting the Papers thatconcerned the late Billiop of Rochefleryand for their judicious Obfervationsupon them^ whi^h have done memuch Service in the following Me^moirs ; but that the Voice of the Far^liament is the Voice of us All^ and eachprivate Acknowledgment is concen-A z terd. iv Dedication. terd in the publick Thanks of the Na-tion. To bring to Light Defigns of a blackand deftruftive Nature, coverd withObfcurity, and carryd on in Juch Dij-guijeSy as the mo ft artificial Dexteritycould contrive ^: To draw the Con-fpirator from his lurking Place, even,tho fled, to hide himfelf, to the Hornsof the Altar ; and to fet him out, difcover d and amaz^d^ to the View andDeteftation of Mankind, was a Workmore peculiarly deferring your greatSkill and Penetration, your Accuracyand confummate Judgment, as it hada goodAfpeft upon the publick Juftice,and tended to fatisfy Mens Minds bothin the Reality of his Guilt, and theCondignity of his Punilhment. What I have done in thefe Papers,^is with a Defign fubfervient to thatEnd. I thought, that to give fomeAccount of a Man, who had madeNoife enough here, and was likely to * Seethe LordCbancellofs Ttcnks to the Ccmrditteeof the Ho7i[e of Lords, Dedication. v to make Figure enough Abroad, mightnot only be fome Entertainment to t
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