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[Ferguson, Robert] : NO PROTESTANT-PLOT, OR, THE PRESENT PRETENDED CONSPIRACY OF PROTESTANTS AGAINST THE KING AND GOVERNMENT DISCOVERED TO BE A CONSPIRACY OF THE PAPISTS AGAINST THE KING AND HIS PROTESTANT-SUBJECTS. [WITH] THE SECOND PART OF NO PROTESTANT PLOT

London; Printed For R. Lett, 1681-1682

Original Wraps. 8vo. 37; 32 pages. 19 cm. First edition. No Protestant-Plot, or The present pretended conspiracy of Protestants against the King and Government, discovered to be a conspiracy of the Papists against the King and his Protestant-Subjects, for R. Lett, 1681; The Second Part of No Protestant Plot, for R. Smith, 1682. A third part was published, 1682, not included here. The first and second parts have been attributed to the Earl of Shaftesbury, but Ferguson affirmed he wrote all three. Both published anonymously, attributed to Robert Ferguson (1637–1714) , a Scottish presbyterian minister, conspirator and political pamphleteer, known as "the Plotter". Having gained a reputation as a theological controversialist and become a person of importance among the Nonconformists, he attracted the notice of the Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury and the party which favoured the exclusion of the Duke of York from the throne, and he began to write political pamphlets just at the time when the feeling against the Roman Catholics was at its height. In 1680 he wrote 'A Letter to a Person of Honour concerning the 'Black Box, ' in which he supported the claim of the Duke of Monmouth to the crown against that of the Duke of York. He took an active part in the controversy over the Exclusion Bill, and claimed to be the author of the whole of the pamphlet 'No Protestant Plot' (1681) , parts of which are usually ascribed to Shaftesbury. Ferguson was deeply implicated in the Rye House Plot, although he asserted that he had frustrated both this and a subsequent attempt to assassinate the king, and he fled to the Netherlands with Shaftesbury in 1682, returning to England early in 1683. For his share in another plot against Charles II he was declared an outlaw, after which he entered into communication with Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, Monmouth and other malcontents. Ferguson then took a leading part in organizing the rising of 1685. Subjects: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. Catholic Church -- Controversial literature. Government, Resistance to - Great Britain - Early works to 1800. Controversial literature. Great Britain - Politics and government - 1660-1688. Title page of first part loose with some edge chipping. Light soiling and light foxing throughout, overall fresh and clean. Good condition. (SPEC-40-35)

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