Excerpt from The History of England, Vol. 6 of 8: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 ON this occafion, the commons renewed the1r eternal complaints againft the growth of popery, which was ever the chief of their grievances, and now their only one They demanded a {triet exe cution of the penal laws againll. The catholics, and remonllrated againl't fome late pal dons granted to prieflsd They attacked Montague, on e of the king's chaplains, on account ofa moderate book which he had lately publifl1ed, and which, to' their; great difguf't, fared virtuous catholics, as well as other Chriilians, from eternal torments Charles gave them a gracious and a compliant anfwer to all their remonfiiances. He we 3 however, in his heart, extren1ely averfe to thefe furious meafuies. 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.