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ENGLAND UNDER JAMES THE SECOND
KING JAMES THE SECOND was a man so very disagreeable, that even the best of historians has favoured his brother Charles, as becoming, by comparison, quite a pleasant character. The one object of his short reign1 was to re-establish the Catholic religion in England; and this he doggedly2 pursued with such a stupid obstinacy3, that his career very soon came to a close.
The first thing he did, was, to assure his council that he would make it his endeavour to preserve the Government, both in Church and State, as it was by law established; and that he would always take care to defend and support the Church. Great public acclamations were raised over this fair speech, and a great deal was said, from the pulpits and elsewhere, about the word of a King which was never broken, by credulous4 people who little supposed that he had formed a secret council for Catholic affairs, of which a mischievous5 Jesuit, called FATHER PETRE, was one of the chief members. With tears of joy in his eyes, he received, as the beginning of HIS pension from the King of France, five hundred thousand livres; yet, with a mixture of meanness and arrogance6 that belonged to his contemptible7 character, he was always jealous of making some show of being independent of the King of France, while he pocketed his money. As - notwithstanding his publishing two papers in favour of Popery (and not likely to do it much service, I should think) written by the King, his brother, and found in his strong-box; and his open display of himself attending mass - the Parliament was very obsequious8, and granted him a large sum of money, he began his reign with a belief that he could do what he pleased, and with a determination to do it.
Before we proceed to its principal events, let us dispose of Titus Oates. He was tried for

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perfectly
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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n.生存者,残存者,幸存者 | |
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