Excerpt from Killing No Murder: Proving 'Tis Lawful and Meritorious in the Sight of God and Man, to Destroy, by Any Means, Tyrants of All Degrees, Their Creatures and Dependants Highnefs happy Expiration, who are the true Fa ther of your Country; for while you live, we can call nothing ours, and it is from your Death that we hope for our Inheritances: Let thilon fideration arm and fortify your Highnefs's Mind againll the Fears of Death, and the Terrors of your evil Confcience, that the Good you will do by your Death, will fomewhat ballanc'e the Evils of your Life. And if in the black Catalogue of high Malefaetors, few can be found that have lived more to the Afliie'tion and Dil'turbance ofmankind, ' than your Highnefs hath done; yet your greatef't Erie; mies Wlll not deny, but there is hkewife as few that have expired more _to_ the univerfal Benefit of Mankind, than your Highnefs is like to do. To hafien this great Good is the chief End of my (writing this Paper, and if it have the Efi'eets'l hope ii: Will, your Highnefs will quickly be out of the Reach of Mens Malice, and your Enemies will only be able to wound you in your Memory, 'w'liic'h Strokes you will nor feel. That your High nefs' may be fpeedily in this Security, is the uni verfal Wilhes of your grateful Country this is the Uchte and Prayers'of the Good and of the Bad, and it'm'ay be, is the only Thing wherein all Seas and Faetions do agree in their Devotions; and is our only Common Prayer. But am'ongl't all that put in their Requei'ts and Supphcations for your High nefs's fpeedy Deliverance from all earthly Troubles, none is more afliduous nor more fervent than he, that with the reft of the Nation hath, the Honour 'to be (may it pleafe your Highnefs) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.