 far,« answered
the other, »from speaking in Behalf of his Religion, he assured me, the
Catholicks did not expect to be any Gainers by the Change; for that Prince
Charles was as good a Protestant as any in England; and that nothing but Regard
to Right made him and the rest of the popish Party to be Jacobites.« »I believe
him to be as much a Protestant as I believe he hath any Right,« says Jones, »and
I make no Doubt of our Success, but not without a Battle. So that I am not so
sanguine as your Friend the popish Priest.« »Nay, to be sure, Sir,« answered
Partridge, »all the Prophecies I have ever read, speak of a great deal of Blood
to be spilt in the Quarrel, and the Miller with three Thumbs, who is now alive,
is to hold the Horses of three Kings, up to his Knees in Blood. Lord have Mercy
upon us all, and send better Times!« »With what Stuff and Nonsense hast thou
filled thy Head?« answered Jones. »This too, I suppose, comes from the popish
Priest. Monsters and Prodigies are the proper Arguments to support monstrous and
absurd Doctrines. The Cause of King George is the Cause of Liberty and true
Religion. In other Words, it is the Cause of common Sense, my Boy, and I warrant
you will succeed, tho' Briareus himself was to rise again with his hundred
Thumbs, and to turn Miller.« Partridge made no Reply to this. He was indeed cast
into the utmost Confusion by this Declaration of Jones. For to inform the Reader
of a Secret, which we had no proper Opportunity of revealing before, Partridge
was in Truth a Jacobite, and had concluded that Jones was of the same Party, and
was now proceeding to join the Rebels. An Opinion which was not without
Foundation. For the tall long-sided Dame, mentioned by Hudibras; that many-eyed,
many-tongued, many-mouthed, many-eared Monster of Virgil, had related the Story
of the Quarrel between Jones and the Officer, with her usual Regard to Truth.
She had indeed changed the Name of Sophia into that of the Pretender, and had
reported, that drinking his Health was the Cause for which Jones was knocked
down. This Partridge had heard, and most firmly believed. 'Tis no Wonder,
therefore, that he had thence entertained the above-mentioned Opinion of Jones;
and which he had almost discovered to him before he found out his own Mistake
