Lover of Peace and Truth [P.A. (attrib.)] The Character of An Honest Man; Whether Styled Whig...
Lover of Peace and Truth [P.A. (attrib.)] The Character of An Honest Man; Whether Styled Whig or Tory, And his opposite, the Knave. Printed for Randal Taylor, 1683. Folio, pamphlet loose in quires; pp. 16, 13-16 [agrees with ESTC]. The terms Whig and Tory entered British political vocabulary around 1681 (initially being borrowed from Scottish and Irish politics). They came to refer to those supporting the Exclusion of the Catholic James, Duke of York (Whigs) and the Royalists (Tories) who supported him. This came to mean more generally those in support of Parliament over the Monarch, and those supporting the obverse. The pamphlet recognises that some might be confused by the terms and introduces the reader to them at the start, bemoaning the fact that much as 'the Name of a Christian is become too general to express our Faith', so to it is necessary to sub-divide Protestants into increasingly arcane "Schisms, Factions and Divisions". Political and religious division is then discarded as the author seeks to show how one should act and speak, whatever your beliefs. The pamphlet finishes with "Reflections" on "the Character of a Popish Successor" by arch-versifier for hire, Elkanah Settle. ESTC R24674