implored the King to make a descent on England. Here is what this spy reports of Mr. Penn': Mr. Penn says that your Majesty has had several occasions, but never any so favourable as the present; and he hopes that your Majesty will be earnest with the most Christian King not to neglect it; that a descent with thirty thousand men will not only re-establish your Majesty, but according to all appearances will break the League; that your Majesty's kingdom will be wretched while the confederates are united, for while there is a fool in England the Prince of Orange will have a pensioned parliament who will give him money.'-Macpherson's Original Papers, 1, 488. With the utmost confidence I say that William Penn never spoke and never wrote this stuff. Penn never used the phrase Your Majesty,' here used four times in as many lines. Penn never called Louis the Fourteenth the most Christian King." The first expression shows that Mr. Penn' was not a Quaker; the second expression shows that 'Mr. Penn' was a Catholic. Williamson puts his Mr. Penn' below such men as Mr. Stroude, Mr. Louton, and Mr. Ferguson. Was there any 'Mr. Penn' in James's pay whose place in such a list would be where Captain Williamson puts him? Yes; we know there was. Mr. Penn' was Neville Penn. Neville Penn was acquainted with Williamson. Neville Penn was a paid agent. Neville Penn was intimate with Ferguson, and was connected with Montgomery. Neville Penn was a Roman Catholic. Neville Penn would address James as Your Majesty,' and assuredly speak of Louis as the most Christian King.' Neville Penn would King William 'the Prince of Orange,' and be sure to call It is a second case of mistaken names. As Mr. Penne' who sold pardons in Somerset proved to be George Penne, so 'Mr. Penn' who recommended James to invade England with thirty thousand men, appears to have been Neville Penn. 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