A salva libertate sent to Colonell Francis West of the Tower of London, on Fryday the fourteenth of September 1649. by Lieutenant Collonell John Lilburne, vnjustly, and illegally imprisoned, in the said Tower, ever since the 28. of March, 1649. Occasioned by the receipt of a verball command (which in law is nothing, nor signefies nothing) whereby the said leiut. was seemingly authorized, to carry the said John Lilburne before Mr. Prideaux the nicknamed, and falsly so called Atturney General on Fryday 14. Sept. 1649. Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A88249 of text R211267 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.14[76]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. 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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A88249) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163063) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f14[76]) A salva libertate sent to Colonell Francis West of the Tower of London, on Fryday the fourteenth of September 1649. by Lieutenant Collonell John Lilburne, vnjustly, and illegally imprisoned, in the said Tower, ever since the 28. of March, 1649. Occasioned by the receipt of a verball command (which in law is nothing, nor signefies nothing) whereby the said leiut. was seemingly authorized, to carry the said John Lilburne before Mr. Prideaux the nicknamed, and falsly so called Atturney General on Fryday 14. Sept. 1649. Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1648] Imprint from Wing. Dated at end: From my Chamber in the Tower of London this 14. of Sept. 1649. 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A88249 R211267 (Thomason 669.f.14[76]). civilwar no A salva libertate sent to Colonell Francis West of the Tower of London, on Fryday the fourteenth of September 1649. by Lieutenant Collonell Lilburne, John 1648 1638 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 C The rate of 24 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-09 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-10 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2007-10 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A Salva Libertate , Sent to Collonell FRANCIS WEST Leiutenant of the TOWER of LONDON , on Fryday the fourteenth of September 1649. by Leiutenant Collonell John Lilburne , vnjustly , and illegally imprisoned , in the said Tower , ever since the 28. of March , 1649. Occasioned by the receipt of a Verball Command ( which in Law is nothing , nor signefies nothing ) whereby the said Leiut. was seemingly authorized , to carry the said John Lilburne before Mr. Prideaux the nicknamed , and falsly so called Atturney Generall on Fryday 14. Sept. 1649 SIR . BEtwixt eight and nine a clock last night you sent your servant to me , who desired me in your name to come and speak with you , which I accordingly did , and you told me to his effect , That you being out of Town in your absence the Atturney Generall had sent to you : to bring me up to him to the Temple in the morning by eight a clock , which you thought good to acquaint me with ; and to know of me whether I would go or no , and you would go with me your selfe . Vnto-which I answered to this effect , Alas , Sir , go with you ? I must , for I know , if I refuse , you can compell me by your Guards and therefore I must ▪ nolens , volens go , which I would not do , were I rationably able to resiist you ; but being I am not I shall go , but this I must tell you aforehand , that I know no such man as Mr. Atturney Generall , neither when I come before him shall I so much as put off my hatt unto him , or give him any reverence or respect ; but slight him , and contemne him with the greatest scorne I can imagine . And withall I gave unto you a new book of mine not then published to the view of the world , though the cheefest part of it was pen'd many weeks agoe , which I read to Sir Arthur Has●eriggs one Leiut. Collonell Paul Hobson , at his Inne at the Bull in Bishopsgate-streete divers weeks ago , intituled , A preparative to an Hue and Cry after Sir Arthur Has●erigge , for his severall waies attempting to murther and by base plots , conspiracyes , and false witnesse to take away the life of Leiut. Col John Lilburn . VVhich book I entreated you seriously to read , because there was somthing in it which did a little concerne you . And in the way as I came from you , I was musing upon the frame of a Salva Libertate to send to you , in the nature of my quondam fellow prisoners . Sir Iohn Minard , Alderman Adams , Alderman Langham , and Alderman Bunch , their Salva Libertate in the Case of the House of Lords unjust dealing with them in summoning them up to their Barre , which they sent to your late predecessour Col. Tichburne , whose said Salva's are Recorded in Sit Iohn Maynards Case truly stated , intituled , The Laws subversion . pag. 36. 37. and in the Aldermans printed and excilent Petition presented to the Lords , 25. of Aprill 1649. But before I got up into my Chamber , I came back and told you , I had forgot to demand of you a sight of the VVarrant by vertue of which you were to carry me up , and you told me , you had received none in writing , but only there was sent unto you a verball command , unto which I answered , That was higher then the Kings own practises , and was so vissibly imperious , and arbitrary , that I could not but scorne to be such a scounderill as to stoop unto , or obey any such command , although I apparantly hazarded my life in resisting of it , and therefore told you , if you would have me go upon them tearms , you should carry me by the neck and heeles , for I would find no leggs to go ; but if you would produce unto me a written warrant , which had some more face of legall Majestracy in it then verball commands , and according to my Right and Priviledge let me read it , I would go with you either by land or water as you pleased ; because I was in no capacity to resist you , although I then told you I judged a paper warrant ( although in words never so formall ) coming from any pretended power or Authority in England now vissible , to be altogether illegall , because the intruding Generall Fairfax and his forces , had broak and annhilated all the formall and Legall Magestracy , of England yea the very Parliament it self , and by his will and sword ( absolute conqueror like ) had most tyrannically erected and set up , and imposed upon the free people of this Nation , a Juncto ●o Mock powersitting at Westminster , whom he and his associates call a Parliament ; who like so many Armed theeves , and robbers upon the high-way , assume a power by their own will most traterously to do what they like ; yea , and to fill the land with their mock , or pretended Magestrates , amongst the number of which is the pretended Atturnney Generall , in perfect opposition of whom , to the utmost of my might , power and strength , I am resolved by Gods gracious assistance , to spend my blood , and all that in the world is deare unto me , supposing him not really and substantially worth the name of an English Free-man , that in some measure in this particular is not of my mind . But upon my fore-going Answer to you , you were pleased to tell me , upon a verball command you would not force me ; but you would acquaint the Atturny Generall with my Answer which I intreated you to do , conceiving your practise therein abundantly every way more safe for your self , then to execute verball commands , as is legally illustrarted in the 16. pag. of my forementioned book I gave unto your hands . And Sir , accidentally , seeing you betwixt 11. and 12. a clock to day , I desired to know if you heard any more of the busines , and you shewed me a pretended warrant the Copy of which thus , followeth . These are to will and requite you to bring before me at my Chamber in the Inner Temple , this present day at 3. of the clock in the afternoone , the body of Col. Iohn Lilburne , to answer to all such matters as shall be objected against him , and hereof you are not to faile . Given under my hand this 14. day of Sept. 1649. To Francis VVest Esq. Leiutenant of the Tower of London . Edmond Prideaux . VVhich said pretended warrant is not only illegall in him that makes it , who is no Atturney Generall either in Law , or Reason ; but if he were Atturney Generall , I am sure he hath no power in Law to send his warrant for me , or any man in England , to answer to all such things as shall be objected against me , and therefore I am constrained , to inform you hereby , that my person ought not to be hurried to and fro , or disturbed at the pleasure of any man , neither can I yeeld obedience to the commands of any which are not just and Legall ; and therefore in case you disturb me by such an illegall warrant , I doubt not but though I should in a sudden perish ( which as to this life , I doe herby acquaint you , I shortly expect ) but some well wisher to Englands Freedoms , will hereafter call you to a strict account for your illegall dealings with me ; for I must let you know hereby , I cannot voluntarily go to the Inner Temple to the pretended Atturney Generall , but shall suffer you to carry me if you shall send force which I cannot resist ; And be-cause I know not whether ever I shall have opportunity to write another line , by reason of the blody unsatiable rage of my tyrannicall adversaries after the last drop of my bloud . I can not chuse but acquaint you , that I have long since drawn , and published my plea against the present power , in my 2. Edition of my book of the 8 of Iune 1649. intituled , The Legall Fundamentall Liberties of the people of England , revived , asserted , and vindicated , which you may in an especiall manner read in the 43. 44. 45. to the 59. pag. which by the strength of the Lord . God Omnipotent , my large experienced , help in time of neede I will seale with the last drop of my blood : so being in Post hast by reason of the shortnesse of time that I have had knowledg of your pretended warrant , I rest , As much a Christian and an Englishman as ever , From my Chamber in the Tower of London this 14. of Sept. 1649. JOHN LILBVRNE .