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             The plea, case, and humble proposals of the truly-loyal and suffering officers
             Croft, Robert.
          
           [8], 27 p.
           
             Printed for the truly-loyal and suffering officers,
             London :
             March 30, 1663.
          
           
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           THE
           PLEA
           ,
           CASE
           ,
           AND
           Humble
           Proposals
           Of
           the
           Truly-Loyal
           and
           Suffering
           OFFICERS
           .
        
         
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           the
           Truly-Loyal
           and
           
             Suffering
             OFFICERS
          
           :
           March
           30.
           1663.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             To
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             the
          
           LORDS
           ,
           
             And
             to
             the
             Honourable
             the
          
           COMMONS
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           
             May
             it
             Please
             Your
             Honours
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           not
           the
           King's
           Party
           ,
           but
           His
           Cause
           ,
           that
           lies
           now
           at
           your
           Feet
           :
           and
           the
           Question
           is
           Briefly
           but
           
             This
             :
             Whether
             or
             no
             ,
             from
             this
             time
             forward
             ,
          
           Loyalty
           
             in
             an
          
           Englishman
           
             shall
             be
             Reputed
             a
          
           Crime
           
             or
             a
          
           Virtue
           ?
           Our
           Comfort
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           for
           our
           Protection
           ;
           the
           Justice
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           our
           Judges
           ;
           the
           
             Wisdom
             ,
             Vote
          
           ,
           and
           Interest
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           our
           Advocates
           :
           
           and
           
             This
             Address
          
           is
           but
           an
           Appeal
           from
           the
           Inquity
           of
           our
           Oppressors
           ,
           to
           the
           Piety
           of
           our
           Governours
           .
           We
           shall
           not
           trouble
           your
           Honours
           with
           Compleynts
           against
           a
           
             General
             Corruption
          
           ;
           (
           how
           -
           True
           ,
           and
           Dangerous-soever
           )
           but
           content
           our selves
           with
           a
           
             Particular
             Case
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Parties
             to
             this
             Paper
             are
             Peculiarly
             Concern'd
             ,
             and
             only
             Relievable
             by
             Your
             Honourable
             Aid
             ,
             and
             Authority
          
           Which
           Case
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           is
           This
        
         
           There
           appear
           so
           many
           Pretenders
           to
           the
           
             Sixty
             Thousand
             Pounds
          
           ,
           &c.
           lately
           Granted
           by
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           at
           Your
           Honours
           Request
           ,
           for
           the
           Relief
           of
           the
           Truly-Loyal
           ,
           and
           
             Indigent
             Officers
          
           ,
           that
           without
           a
           strict
           Examination
           of
           the
           Certificates
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           the
           Party
           ,
           will
           be
           
             Deceiv'd
             of
             Half
             the
             Mony.
          
           This
           Inconvenience
           was
           Prudently
           foreseen
           by
           the
           Honourable
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           Appointed
           for
           the
           Distribution
           of
           it
           ;
           who
           thereupon
           Directed
           the
           Regimenting
           ,
           and
           Printing
           of
           the
           Certificates
           in
           Order
           to
           a
           Review
           :
           which
           Vote
           was
           no
           sooner
           Past
           ,
           but
           Presently
           Hands
           were
           Gather'd
           to
           call
           for
           a
           
             Present
             Dividend
          
           ;
           (
           Although
           as
           yet
           there
           were
           not
           above
           Five
           Thousand
           Pounds
           
           in
           the
           Treasury
           )
           Some
           Honest
           Gentlemen
           were
           Drawn
           into
           This
           Petition
           ,
           who
           now
           see
           Their
           Errour
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Scope
           of
           it
           was
           ,
           by
           a
           Confusion
           of
           all
           Qualities
           ,
           and
           Interests
           ,
           to
           Hinder
           a
           Discovery
           .
        
         
           Those
           Interruptions
           being
           at
           length
           Remov'd
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Book
             Perfected
          
           ,
           and
           Printed
           ;
           by
           the
           Express
           Approbation
           of
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ;
           The
           License
           of
           a
           
             Principal
             Secretary
          
           of
           State
           ;
           and
           the
           Unanimous
           Allowance
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           aforesaid
           ;
           We
           do
           most
           Humbly
           Crave
           leave
           to
           Acquaint
           Your
           Honours
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           Great
           Industry
           still
           Employ'd
           ,
           to
           frustrate
           the
           Effects
           of
           it
           by
           Disgracing
           the
           Thing
           it
           self
           ,
           and
           by
           Hastning
           a
           Distribution
           ,
           before
           we
           can
           Reap
           the
           Fruit
           of
           the
           
             Intended
             Inspection
          
           :
           When
           yet
           The
           Abuse
           is
           so
           Gross
           ,
           and
           Palpable
           ,
           that
           not
           Any
           Man
           that
           has
           ever
           born
           Office
           in
           the
           King's
           Army
           ,
           but
           can
           Point
           to
           the
           very
           Particulars
           ,
           and
           say
           
             [
             This
             Officer
             has
             been
          
           dead
           
             This
             Seven-year
             .
             [
             That
             never
             had
             any
          
           Commission
           .
           
             [
             A
             Third
             never
             had
             any
          
           Men.
           
             [
             This
             left
             the
             Party
             and
          
           Serv'd
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           &c.
           ]
           So
           that
           ,
           finally
           ,
           only
           .
           Those
           will
           be
           Gainers
           by
           a
           
             Sudden
             Distribution
          
           ,
           that
           would
           be
           Losers
           
           by
           an
           Inspection
           .
           Nay
           ,
           so
           Unfortunate
           we
           are
           ,
           that
           it
           has
           been
           several
           times
           Refus'd
           us
           to
           Enter
           an
           Advertisement
           of
           This
           List
           into
           the
           News-Book
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           only
           Publique
           ,
           and
           
             Common
             way
          
           of
           Notice
           .
        
         
           All
           These
           Crosse
           Circumstances
           put
           together
           ,
           have
           driven
           us
           upon
           a
           Necessity
           of
           Saying
           Something
           to
           do
           our selves
           Right
           ;
           and
           That
           's
           the
           only
           Scope
           of
           our
           
             Plea
             ,
             Case
          
           ,
           and
           Proposals
           ,
           which
           ,
           with
           all
           Dutiful
           Reverence
           ,
           are
           the
           Subject
           of
           This
           Dedication
           .
           The
           First
           Part
           Conteyning
           our
           Answers
           to
           several
           Objections
           ,
           touching
           the
           Reason
           of
           our
           Proceedings
           .
           The
           Second
           Part
           is
           Chiefly
           a
           Report
           of
           Fact
           ,
           to
           Vindicate
           us
           in
           Point
           of
           Modesty
           .
           The
           Third
           Consists
           of
           Certain
           Proposals
           ,
           which
           we
           rather
           commit
           to
           the
           Motions
           of
           Providence
           upon
           Your
           Hearts
           ,
           then
           Presume
           in
           any
           Degree
           to
           Presse
           upon
           Your
           Inclinations
           .
           If
           we
           have
           Offended
           in
           Point
           of
           Forme
           ,
           we
           are
           Ready
           ,
           with
           all
           Dutyful
           Submissions
           ,
           to
           Acknowledge
           our
           Offence
           :
           For
           Although
           the
           Indignation
           ,
           to
           see
           our Selves
           bought
           and
           sold
           like
           Slaves
           ,
           and
           Practis'd
           upon
           by
           every
           
             Knight
             of
             the
             Post
          
           ,
           may
           Possibly
           Divert
           us
           from
           the
           Regular
           Method
           
           of
           
             Good
             Manners
          
           ;
           Yet
           ,
           where
           the
           Question
           is
           either
           Duty
           to
           Your
           Authority
           ,
           or
           Gratitude
           to
           Your
           most
           Generous
           Obligations
           ;
           we
           shall
           much
           rather
           Lose
           the
           Remnant
           of
           our
           Miserable
           Lives
           ,
           then
           Fayle
           of
           any
           Proofe
           which
           may
           Demonstrate
           the
           Truly-Loyal
           and
           
             Suffering
             Officers
          
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           All
           Others
        
         
           
             In
             the
             most
             Inviolable
             Bonds
             ,
             and
             Resolves
             of
             Reverence
             ,
             and
             Obedience
             At
             Your
             Honours
             Devotion
             
               Robert
               Croft
            
          
           In
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Rest
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           The
           Truly-Loyall
           OFFICERS
           PLEA
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           THere
           is
           a
           Book
           lately
           Printed
           under
           This
           Title
           :
        
         
           
             [
             A
             List
             of
             Officers
             Claiming
             to
             the
             Sixty
             Thousand
             Pounds
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             Granted
             by
             His
             Sacred
             Majesty
             for
             the
             Relief
             of
             His
             Truly-Loyall
             and
             Indigent
             Party
             .
          
        
         
           
             Which
             List
             is
             made
             Publique
             ,
             by
             the
             Consent
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             desire
             of
             the
             Honourable
             the
             Commissioners
             Appointed
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             for
             Distribution
             of
             the
             said
             Moneys
             .
             ]
          
           To
           which
           must
           be
           added
           ,
           that
           This
           List
           is
           Published
           by
           the
           
             Kings
             Express
             Allowance
          
           ,
           and
           Licensed
           by
           His
           Majestie
           's
           
             Chief
             Secretary
             of
             State.
          
           
        
         
           It
           will
           now
           seem
           Needless
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           or
           worse
           ,
           To
           plead
           the
           Cause
           of
           an
           Act
           ,
           Executed
           by
           so
           
             Ample
             ,
             Solemn
          
           ,
           and
           
             Unquestionable
             Authority
          
           ;
           unless
           we
           first
           acquaint
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           ,
           notwithstanding
           This
           Authority
           ,
           great
           Endeavours
           are
           Used
           ,
           to
           Blast
           ,
           and
           Discredit
           the
           Proceeding
           :
           Every
           Stationer's
           Shop
           being
           Buzz'd
           with
           Arguments
           against
           the
           Thing
           :
           mostly
           (
           as
           in
           Charity
           we
           believe
           )
           out
           of
           Mistake
           ,
           
           or
           Misenformation
           ;
           but
           not
           a
           little
           also
           ,
           out
           of
           Project
           ,
           and
           Designe
           ;
           for
           ,
           
             there
             are
             very
             many
             Persons
             ,
             whose
             Interest
             it
             is
             to
             Suppress
             the
             List
             ,
             as
             the
             Evidence
             and
             Story
             of
             their
             Own
             Crimes
             :
          
           Whereas
           ,
           on
           the
           Other
           side
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           much
           the
           Behoof
           of
           the
           Truly-Loyall
           to
           Promote
           the
           Ends
           of
           This
           Book
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           for
           the
           Benefit
           of
           their
           Opposers
           to
           Destroy
           the
           Fruits
           of
           it
           :
           Since
           not
           only
           the
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           Well-being
           of
           the
           Party
           ,
           but
           the
           Cause
           it Self
           lies
           at
           Stake
           ,
           and
           (
           to
           speak
           with
           Reverence
           ,
           and
           Modesty
           )
           the
           Honour
           and
           Safety
           both
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           are
           Concern'd
           in
           the
           Consequence
           of
           This
           Miscarriage
           .
           The
           Grounds
           of
           which
           Opinion
           ,
           we
           shall
           as
           frankly
           submit
           to
           the
           Censure
           of
           Others
           ,
           as
           we
           readily
           Engage
           against
           Their
           Objections
           to
           Acquit
           our
           Selves
           .
           Which
           Objections
           we
           shall
           Undertake
           in
           the
           first
           place
           :
           and
           They
           are
           (
           according
           to
           the
           best
           of
           our
           Enformation
           )
           in
           Summe
           ,
           and
           Weight
           ,
           as
           followes
           .
        
         
           
           FIrst
           ;
           The
           Printed
           List
           
             of
             Officers
             ,
             Exposes
             the
             Royal-Party
             to
             have
             Their
             Throats
             Cut
             ,
             in
             Case
             of
             an
             Insurrection
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             Compounders
             Case
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             the
             Committee
             of
             Safety
             ,
             when
             upon
             Printing
             a
             List
             of
             Their
             Names
             ,
             it
             was
             proposed
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             Party
             might
             be
             Massacred
             .
          
        
         
           
           FIrst
           ;
           It
           is
           a
           Charge
           upon
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           suggest
           that
           His
           Party
           are
           in
           the
           same
           Danger
           now
           ,
           under
           his
           Majestie
           's
           Protection
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           formerly
           in
           ,
           under
           the
           Persecutors
           of
           His
           Royal-Father
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ;
           By
           the
           same
           Reason
           ,
           All
           his
           Majestie
           's
           Loyal-Subjects
           ,
           must
           either
           wear
           Vizors
           ,
           or
           Hide
           
           their
           Heads
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           's
           in
           Danger
           (
           for
           Men
           are
           better
           known
           by
           their
           Faces
           ,
           than
           by
           their
           Names
           )
           and
           what
           Mischief
           soever
           Threatens
           the
           Royal-Party
           ,
           is
           but
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           King-Himself
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ;
           The
           Members
           that
           Voted
           This
           Money
           ,
           and
           the
           Commissioners
           that
           are
           to
           Distribute
           it
           ,
           All
           
             Their
             Names
          
           are
           Printed
           ;
           and
           where
           's
           the
           Greater
           Hazzard
           of
           Printing
           
             Their
             Names
          
           too
           that
           are
           to
           Receive
           it
           ?
        
         
           
           
             IT
             is
             a
          
           Dishonour
           
             for
             so
             many
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             to
             be
          
           Publisht
           for
           Indigent
           :
           
             besides
             the
             Inconvenience
             of
             being
             Laid
             open
             to
             their
          
           Creditors
           ,
           
             and
             the
             losse
             of
             other
          
           Preferments
           ,
           
             by
             being
             known
             to
             be
          
           Necessitous
           .
        
         
           
           FIrst
           ;
           The
           very
           Act
           require
           that
           They
           be
           
             Publiquely
             Certify'd
          
           ,
           and
           
             Publiquely
             Registred
          
           as
           
             Persons
             that
             have
             not
             a
             sufficient
             Livelyhood
          
           ;
           so
           that
           as
           to
           the
           Point
           of
           Publishing
           Their
           Indigency
           ,
           the
           Thing
           is
           done
           Already
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ;
           Touching
           the
           suppos'd
           Dishonour
           of
           being
           known
           to
           be
           Poor
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           consider'd
           ,
           That
           every
           Mans
           Loyalty
           and
           his
           Poverty
           are
           Recorded
           together
           :
           and
           certainly
           ,
           no
           Person
           of
           Honour
           will
           Think
           it
           any
           shame
           ,
           to
           Proclaim
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           
             He
             has
             spent
             his
             Fortunes
             in
             the
             Service
             of
             a
             Prince
             ,
             that
             laid
             down
             his
             Life
             for
             the
             Preservation
             of
             His
             People
             .
          
        
         
           Another
           Branch
           of
           This
           Objection
           is
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Consequence
           of
           appearing
           Necessitous
           ;
           which
           ,
           in
           This
           Particular
           ,
           we
           are
           so
           far
           from
           fearing
           ,
           that
           
           we
           Reckon
           the
           Enlisting
           of
           our
           Names
           upon
           a
           
             Publique
             Roll
          
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           only
           Secure
           and
           Honourable
           way
           of
           Redemption
           ,
           whereof
           our
           Condition
           is
           Capable
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           as
           to
           our
           Creditors
           ;
           our
           fair
           ,
           and
           warrantable
           Debts
           ,
           do
           ,
           by
           such
           a
           Record
           ,
           become
           virtually
           the
           Debts
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           Effectually
           so
           Acknowledged
           ,
           both
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           in
           the
           late
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           Declar'd
           ,
           
             For
             the
             Perpetual
             Memory
             of
             the
             Eminent
             Deservings
             of
             the
             Loyal
             Party
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Encouragement
             of
             Loyalty
             to
             future
             Ages
             ,
             that
             Their
             great
          
           Services
           and
           Sufferings
           
             exceed
             all
             possibility
             of
          
           present
           Compensation
           ,
           
             from
             a
             Kingdom
             Exhausted
             by
             the
             Rapine
             and
             Oppression
             of
             a
             long
             Rebellion
             .
             ]
          
           From
           whence
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           
             Our
             Necessities
          
           are
           but
           Dependent
           upon
           the
           Necessities
           of
           the
           Publique
           .
           Shall
           the
           
             Kings
             Party
          
           now
           be
           Asham'd
           to
           Publish
           Their
           Wants
           ,
           when
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty
           is
           Content
           to
           Confess
           His
           Own
           ?
           or
           ,
           What
           better
           Security
           can
           our
           Creditours
           ,
           either
           Wish
           ,
           or
           Expect
           ,
           than
           to
           find
           us
           Recommended
           (
           as
           in
           another
           place
           we
           are
           )
           
             to
             future
             Employment
             and
             further
             Reward
             ?
          
           (
           which
           will
           Enable
           us
           to
           satisfie
           them
           )
           .
           And
           This
           Recommendation
           will
           be
           most
           Solemn
           ,
           and
           Effectual
           ,
           upon
           a
           Publique
           and
           
             Inspected
             List
          
           :
           Whereas
           ,
           otherwise
           ,
           for
           the
           shadow
           of
           a
           
             Reputative
             Disgrace
          
           ,
           we
           quit
           the
           substance
           of
           a
           lasting
           ,
           and
           
             monumental
             Honour
          
           :
           Concealing
           our
           Disease
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           scruple
           at
           the
           Remedi
           ;
           till
           at
           last
           ,
           
             we
             Perish
             One
             by
             One
             ,
             unknown
          
           ;
           
           and
           the
           whole
           Party
           sinks
           by
           degrees
           ,
           into
           a
           Condition
           both
           Wretched
           ,
           and
           Ridiculous
           .
        
         
         
           Again
           ;
           that
           the
           Printing
           of
           our
           Names
           ,
           should
           be
           any
           Hinderance
           to
           our
           Preferments
           (
           without
           the
           greatest
           Indignity
           possible
           to
           his
           Majesty
           )
           is
           the
           Thing
           we
           cannot
           upon
           any
           Terms
           either
           Admit
           ,
           or
           Comprehend
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           Consider
           the
           Party
           ;
           take
           their
           Character
           ,
           in
           the
           Preamble
           to
           the
           late
           Act
           for
           their
           Relief
           .
           It
           is
           
             That
             Loyal
             Party
             ,
             
               Which
               through
               all
               Hazzarde
               and
               Extremities
               ,
               in
               the
               Defence
               of
               the
               Kings
               Person
               ,
               Crown
               ,
               and
               Dignity
               ,
               the
               Rights
               and
               Priviledges
               of
               Parliament
               ;
               the
               Religion
               Lawes
               ,
               and
               Honour
               of
               the
            
          
           English
           
             Nation
             did
             bear
             Armes
             by
             the
             Command
             of
             His
             Late
             Maiesty
             of
             ever
             Blessed
             Memory
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             Duty
             ,
             and
             the
             known
             Lawes
             of
             this
             Land
             ;
             and
             did
             with
             an
             Unwearied
             Courage
             ,
             Faith
             ,
             and
             Constancy
             with
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             ,
             Oppose
             that
             Barbarous
             Rebellion
             raised
             against
             His
             Most
             Excellent
             Maiesty
             ,
             in
             the
             year
          
           1642.
           —
           
             That
             Loyal
             Party
             ,
             
               Which
               after
               the
               Horrid
               Murther
               of
               Their
               late
               Glorious
               King
               with
               the
               same
               Uigorous
               and
               Active
               Loyalty
               asserted
               the
               Rights
               and
               Interests
               of
               his
               Royal
               Successor
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               same
               Restless
               Zeal
               Opposed
               all
               succeeding
               Usurpations
               ,
               untill
               His
               Sacred
               Maiesty
               Return'd
               in
               Peace
               and
               Triumph
            
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Will
           it
           binder
           any
           Mans
           Preferment
           now
           to
           have
           his
           Name
           affixt
           to
           This
           Character
           ?
           Where
           's
           the
           Gratitude
           ,
           and
           Justice
           of
           the
           Nation
           ?
           If
           Those
           Persons
           that
           have
           Ruin'd
           Themselves
           in
           the
           service
           of
           the
           Publique
           ,
           shall
           fare
           the
           worse
           for
           being
           known
           to
           have
           done
           their
           Duties
           ?
           
           Where
           's
           the
           Wisdome
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           rendred
           more
           Beneficial
           to
           subvert
           the
           Government
           ,
           than
           to
           uphold
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Reward
           of
           Struggling
           with
           all
           Hazzards
           ,
           and
           Misfortunes
           ,
           to
           preserve
           the
           Lawes
           ,
           must
           be
           either
           Reproche
           ,
           or
           losse
           of
           Preferment
           ,
           to
           such
           as
           shall
           appear
           to
           have
           been
           undone
           in
           the
           Contest
           ?
           Lastly
           ;
           Where
           's
           the
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Honour
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           if
           ,
           after
           a
           Parliamentary
           Declaration
           for
           
             the
             Encouragement
             of
             Loyalty
          
           ,
           People
           should
           speed
           the
           worse
           ,
           for
           being
           Published
           to
           have
           been
           the
           Eminent
           and
           Miserable
           Assertours
           of
           it
           ?
           So
           that
           the
           Community
           is
           cleerly
           of
           us
           ,
           With
           us
           ,
           and
           For
           us
           .
           Wee
           'll
           now
           Advance
           our
           Argument
           a
           little
           higher
           .
        
         
           Shall
           we
           lose
           our
           Hopes
           ;
           and
           Preferments
           ,
           if
           we
           be
           once
           known
           to
           be
           Poor
           ,
           upon
           so
           Publique
           ,
           and
           Noble
           an
           Accompt
           ?
           This
           Objection
           vanishes
           for
           ever
           ,
           when
           we
           Reply
           ,
           that
           
             The
             King
             is
             the
             Fountain
             of
             all
             Considerable
             Honours
             ,
             and
             Preferments
          
           ;
           and
           that
           
             He
             is
             a
             Pious
             ,
             a
             Prudent
             ,
             a
             Just
             ,
             and
             a
             Gratious
             Prince
             ?
          
           What
           is
           our
           Unhappiness
           even
           at
           this
           Instant
           ,
           but
           the
           want
           of
           such
           a
           Roll
           as
           is
           now
           the
           Question
           ?
           We
           do
           not
           speak
           of
           a
           List
           of
           Enquiry
           ,
           which
           is
           only
           Previous
           to
           Another
           ,
           and
           serves
           but
           to
           Discriminate
           the
           Right
           and
           Wrong
           ;
           but
           of
           a
           Try'd
           and
           
             Examined
             List
          
           of
           such
           Officers
           as
           have
           stood
           the
           utmost
           Test
           of
           Misery
           ,
           and
           Persecution
           Nor
           is
           this
           any
           new
           Thing
           :
        
         
           
           
             Forasmuch
             as
             there
             be
             many
             Old
             Servants
             ,
             and
             feeble
             ;
             that
             have
             Dispended
             their
             Youth
             in
             the
             service
             of
             my
             Lords
             ,
             my
             Grandfather
             ,
             Father
             ,
             
             and
             Brother
             ,
             whose
             souls
             God
             assoile
             ;
             and
             also
             with
             my
             Lord
             that
             now
             is
             ,
             whom
             God
             given
             good
             life
             and
             long
             ,
             some
             without
             any
             Livelyhood
             or
             Goterdon
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             be
             now
             in
             great
             Mischief
             ,
             and
             Necessity
             ,
             and
             some
             but
             easily
             Guerdoned
             ,
             and
             nought
             like
             to
             their
             Desert
             and
             Service
             :
             Wherefore
             I
             desire
             that
             there
             may
             be
             a
             BOOK
             made
             of
             all
             the
             NAMES
             of
             such
             as
             have
             so
             Served
             ,
             and
             been
             Hnguer
             doned
             ,
             or
             nought
             Guerdoned
             like
             to
             their
             Desert
             ,
             to
             the
             Intent
             ,
             when
             Offices
             ,
             and
             Corodies
             fall
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             given
             to
             such
             Persons
             ;
             they
             having
             Consideration
             to
             the
             Ability
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             time
             that
             they
             have
             served
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             wise
             as
             of
             Benefices
             to
             Clerks
             .
          
        
         
           Henry
           
             the
             Fourth
             of
          
           France
           ,
           
             did
             for
             the
             Relief
             of
             such
             as
             had
             been
          
           Maimed
           ,
           Wounded
           ,
           or
           Begger'd
           
             in
             his
             Service
             ,
             Grant
             by
             an
          
           Irrevocable
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   EDICT
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   The
                   Royal
                   House
                   of
                   Christian
                   Charity
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Money
                   growing
                   upon
                   the
                   Remainder
                   of
                   Accompts
                   of
                   Hospitals
                   ,
                   Almes-Houses
                   ,
                   Leprous-Houses
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   such
                   Companies
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   Vsurpations
                   ,
                   and
                   Alienations
                   of
                   the
                   Revenues
                   thereof
                   ,
                   Revisions
                   of
                   the
                   Accompts
                   ,
                   and
                   Abuses
                   
                   and
                   Disorders
                   committed
                   in
                   the
                   Government
                   ,
                   and
                   Administration
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Places
                   ,
                   together
                   with
                   the
                   Money
                   which
                   should
                   arise
                   of
                   the
                   Places
                   ,
                   and
                   Pensions
                   of
                   Religious
                   Lay-men
                   ,
                   in
                   every
                   Abby
                   and
                   Priory
                   of
                   his
                   Realm
                   ,
                   being
                   in
                   his
                   Majesties
                   Nomination
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Horse
           was
           referred
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Montmorency
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           Foot
           ,
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Espernon
           ,
           who
           were
           to
           make
           
             A
             LIST
          
           of
           the
           Persons
           ,
           and
           to
           note
           in
           the
           Margin
           what
           Annual
           Pensions
           every
           man
           might
           merit
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           
             Quality
             ,
             Valour
          
           ,
           and
           Wounds
           .
        
         
           Was
           a
           List
           of
           the
           Truly-Loyal
           ,
           and
           Indigent-Subjects
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Progenitors
          
           thought
           so
           necessary
           ,
           and
           Beneficial
           to
           Them
           ;
           and
           is
           it
           not
           much
           more
           Expedient
           for
           the
           Subjects
           of
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty
           now
           in
           Being
           ?
           To
           suppose
           that
           ever
           any
           Prince
           had
           more
           Tenderness
           and
           Mercy
           in
           his
           Inclination
           ,
           were
           to
           Blaspheme
           the
           greatest
           Goodness
           in
           Nature
           :
           and
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           Malice
           it self
           will
           not
           pretend
           ,
           that
           ever
           any
           Subjects
           made
           it
           more
           appear
           ,
           that
           Their
           Duties
           and
           their
           Souls
           were
           Inseparable
           ,
           than
           That
           Party
           which
           are
           the
           present
           Matter
           in
           Question
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           in
           Fine
           ,
           
             We
             want
             nothing
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             but
             a
             List
             of
             our
             Names
             ,
             in
             the
             Kings
             view
             ,
             to
             do
             our
             business
             .
          
        
         
           Shall
           his
           Majesty
           but
           vouchsafe
           barely
           to
           look
           upon
           us
           in
           our
           Misfortunes
           ?
           we
           have
           His
           Natural
           Clemency
           to
           Plead
           for
           us
           .
           But
           when
           it
           shall
           descend
           to
           Consider
           ,
           that
           even
           
             These
             Raggs
             had
             the
             
             Honour
             to
             Contribute
             somewhat
             toward
             His
             due
          
           Establishment
           ,
           and
           Glory
           ;
           His
           Royall
           Justice
           will
           not
           (
           with
           Reverence
           )
           Permit
           Him
           ,
           having
           reliev'd
           ,
           and
           fixt
           all
           other
           Interests
           ,
           to
           suffer
           ours
           alone
           to
           lye
           Disconsolate
           and
           Hopeless
           .
        
         
           Does
           the
           King
           need
           
             Loyal
             Officers
          
           ?
           Such
           a
           List
           as
           we
           propose
           ,
           furnishes
           His
           Majesty
           with
           Those
           that
           want
           Employments
           ;
           and
           ,
           Whom
           will
           his
           Royal
           Wisdom
           rather
           trust
           ,
           than
           such
           as
           with
           their
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           ,
           first
           serv'd
           his
           
             Royal
             Father
          
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           Commanded
           to
           Render
           and
           Disband
           ;
           and
           after
           That
           ,
           with
           a
           Fidelity
           Inviolable
           ,
           Press'd
           through
           all
           Hazards
           and
           Temptations
           ,
           untill
           the
           settlement
           of
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty
           in
           His
           undoubted
           Birth-Right
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           upon
           the
           whole
           Matter
           ,
           it
           is
           Impossible
           for
           us
           to
           be
           in
           His
           Majesties
           Eye
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           His
           Care.
           But
           there
           is
           Another
           Objection
           ,
           that
        
         
           
           
             IT
             would
             Reflect
             upon
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             have
             it
             known
             ,
             that
             so
             many
             Loyal
             Officers
             are
             left
             without
             a
             Livelyhood
             .
          
        
         
           
           IF
           it
           would
           Reflect
           upon
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           have
           it
           known
           that
           
             we
             are
             left
             without
             a
             Livelyhood
          
           ;
           It
           will
           do
           his
           Majesty
           Right
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           known
           that
           we
           are
           
             provided
             for
          
           ;
           and
           a
           
             Printed
             Roll
          
           of
           
             Their
             Names
          
           to
           whom
           the
           King
           has
           already
           
             Granted
             something
          
           ,
           and
           
             Promis'd
             more
          
           ,
           is
           a
           Publique
           Evidence
           both
           of
           His
           
             Majesties
             Present
             Grace
          
           and
           Favour
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           further
           Bountifull
           Intentions
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           To
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Objection
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           are
           left
           
             unconsider'd
             ,
             A
             Printed
             List
             will
             Lessen
             the
             Number
             .
          
        
         
         
           3ly
           Without
           a
           Printed
           List
           ,
           
             Our
             Distress
          
           will
           be
           Imputed
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           our
           
             own
             Fault
          
           ;
           for
           his
           Majesty
           is
           not
           Oblig'd
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           our
           Particular
           Necessities
           by
           Divination
           .
        
         
           
           
             MOst
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             are
             Parliament-men
             ,
             and
             the
             Publishing
             of
             this
             List
             ,
             is
             in
             a
             manner
             to
             Arraign
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             for
             having
             Certifi'd
             so
             many
             unwarrantable
             Persons
             .
          
        
         
           
           THere
           's
           a
           Great
           Difference
           betwixt
           Members
           of
           the
           House
           in
           a
           Committee
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           Members
           of
           the
           House
           Joyned
           in
           Commission
           with
           Others
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           where
           they
           sit
           ,
           not
           as
           Members
           ,
           but
           as
           Commissioners
           .
           But
           to
           something
           that
           's
           more
           Pertinent
           .
        
         
           Let
           it
           be
           Noted
           ,
           that
           the
           Commissioners
           are
           directed
           to
           Certifie
           ,
           as
           the
           Matter
           appears
           to
           Them
           ;
           and
           
             according
             to
             the
             best
             of
             their
             Knowledge
             :
          
           which
           Certification
           amounts
           to
           no
           more
           ,
           (
           unless
           they
           speak
           upon
           a
           positive
           Averrment
           )
           than
           
             the
             Recommending
             of
             an
             Officer
             upon
             a
             Credible
             Information
          
           ;
           wherein
           there
           is
           neither
           required
           a
           Certainty
           of
           the
           Thing
           ,
           nor
           an
           Infallibility
           in
           the
           Person
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Crime
           lyes
           Evidently
           in
           the
           Fraud
           of
           That
           Report
           ,
           whereupon
           each
           Respective
           Certificate
           was
           obtein'd
           ;
           and
           without
           any
           colour
           of
           Reflection
           upon
           the
           Commissioner
           that
           Granted
           the
           Certificate
           .
           (
           for
           't
           is
           no
           Dishonour
           to
           be
           Deceiv'd
           ,
           where
           't
           is
           Impossible
           to
           be
           
             Certain
             .
          
           )
        
         
           Again
           ,
           since
           to
           be
           Deceivable
           ,
           is
           but
           to
           be
           a
           Man
           ;
           it
           can
           be
           no
           Fault
           ,
           or
           Shame
           to
           be
           Mistaken
           ,
           What
           will
           the
           Objector
           say
           now
           to
           his
           Own
           Argument
           ,
           
           when
           he
           perceives
           the
           Poynt
           of
           it
           turn'd
           upon
           Himself
           ?
           'T
           is
           suggested
           that
           ,
           
             A
             Printed
             List
             Asperses
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           ;
           and
           yet
           't
           is
           manifest
           ,
           (
           since
           Mistakes
           go
           for
           nothing
           )
           that
           no
           Reproche
           can
           arise
           from
           This
           Matter
           ,
           to
           the
           Disadvantage
           of
           Any
           Man
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           Grounded
           upon
           Express
           Confederacy
           ,
           and
           Practice
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           said
           already
           what
           we
           conceive
           needfull
           ,
           as
           to
           our
           Opponent's
           General
           Objections
           ;
           but
           there
           are
           some
           Particulars
           yet
           behind
           ,
           which
           we
           cannot
           conveniently
           let
           pass
           without
           a
           Reply
           :
           and
           They
           concern
           ,
           First
           ,
           (
           in
           the
           List
           it self
           )
           the
           Person
           that
           Compos'd
           it
           ;
           and
           ,
           in
           the
           Next
           Place
           ,
           Those
           Officers
           for
           whose
           Benefit
           ,
           He
           has
           given
           Himself
           That
           Trouble
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           Book
           ,
           't
           is
           Whisper'd
           and
           Fomented
           that
           ,
           
             There
             are
             many
             Officers
             left
             out
             ,
             and
             Misrepresented
          
           ;
           that
           ,
           
             The
             Method
             of
             it
             is
             not
             clear
          
           ;
           and
           in
           short
           ,
           that
           ,
           
             The
             whole
             Thing
             is
             Ineffectual
          
           .
           To
           which
           we
           Answer
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           that
           we
           do
           not
           hear
           of
           any
           man
           left
           out
           ,
           beside
           Those
           mention'd
           in
           the
           Errata
           ,
           save
           only
           (
           by
           the
           Clerks
           Fault
           in
           the
           last
           Transcript
           )
           
             Colonel
             WILLIAM
             HAWLY
             ,
             a
             Colonel
             of
             Foot
             under
             the
             Marquesse
             of
             Newcastle
          
           ;
           which
           Oversight
           ,
           the
           Gentleman
           that
           Dispos'd
           the
           Papers
           ,
           Acknowledges
           with
           great
           Respect
           to
           that
           worthy
           Person
           :
           But
           so
           ,
           as
           taking
           upon
           Himself
           only
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           Copy
           ,
           without
           undertaking
           for
           the
           Corrector
           of
           the
           Presse
           .
           'T
           is
           True
           ,
           there
           are
           many
           Field-Officers
           wanting
           ,
           which
           some
           People
           are
           willing
           should
           be
           understood
           not
           only
           as
           a
           Defect
           in
           the
           Book
           ,
           but
           
           as
           an
           utter
           Exclusion
           to
           Those
           that
           are
           
             left
             out
          
           :
           Whereas
           the
           Truth
           is
           This
           ;
           The
           Officers
           are
           to
           be
           Try'd
           by
           Their
           Certificates
           ;
           and
           this
           Printed
           List
           is
           Only
           to
           shew
           Them
           in
           their
           
             Counties
             ,
             Qualities
          
           ,
           and
           Regiments
           ,
           for
           the
           more
           easie
           and
           
             open
             Inspection
          
           .
        
         
           It
           will
           be
           fit
           likewise
           to
           Clear
           the
           other
           Mistake
           concerning
           the
           Field-Officers
           that
           are
           Omitted
           ;
           to
           whom
           it
           may
           be
           Given
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Last
             Allowance
             for
             the
             Press
             did
             precisely
             Prohibit
             the
             Printing
             of
             any
             Field-Officer
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             should
             desire
             it
             .
          
           Whereupon
           ,
           a
           Matter
           of
           a
           Hundred
           Gentlemen
           (
           being
           at
           that
           time
           about
           ,
           or
           near
           the
           Town
           ,
           and
           taking
           Notice
           of
           That
           Order
           )
           Enter'd
           Their
           Names
           ,
           and
           are
           Printed
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           second
           Exception
           ,
           Concerning
           Mistakes
           in
           the
           Press
           ;
           They
           are
           not
           much
           vers'd
           in
           Books
           ,
           that
           look
           for
           none
           ;
           Especially
           in
           a
           Copy
           of
           This
           Nature
           ;
           where
           there
           is
           neither
           Reason
           ,
           nor
           Coherence
           to
           Guide
           the
           Compositor
           ;
           and
           where
           ,
           withall
           ,
           there
           is
           scarce
           any
           one
           word
           that
           is
           not
           of
           a
           Nice
           ,
           and
           Particular
           Import
           :
           to
           which
           must
           be
           added
           ,
           the
           Confusion
           ,
           and
           Errours
           of
           the
           Papers
           whence
           This
           List
           was
           Extracted
           ;
           together
           with
           the
           Intricacy
           of
           the
           Thing
           it self
           ,
           and
           the
           necessary
           Hast
           in
           the
           Dispatch
           of
           it
           .
           Nor
           must
           it
           be
           forgotten
           ,
           that
           
             very
             many
             of
             the
             Original
             Certificates
             are
             Interlin'd
             ,
          
           and
           with
           
             a
             Differing
             Hand
          
           ,
           and
           Ink
           ,
           from
           that
           which
           wrote
           the
           Body
           of
           them
           (
           which
           may
           fairly
           enough
           be
           presum'd
           to
           have
           been
           done
           since
           the
           signing
           ,
           and
           sealing
           .
           These
           Circumstances
           duly
           Consider'd
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           to
           find
           some
           Mistakes
           ,
           and
           yet
           (
           saving
           those
           which
           are
           Corrected
           in
           the
           Errata
           )
           we
           meet
           with
           few
           or
           none
           .
           Material
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           Charge
           upon
           the
           Transcript
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           Obscurity
           of
           the
           Method
           ;
           It
           will
           
           suffice
           that
           any
           man
           that
           can
           but
           Read
           ,
           may
           Enform
           Himself
           in
           the
           Advertisement
           :
           and
           that
           in
           the
           Alphabet
           of
           the
           Book
           ,
           He
           is
           to
           look
           for
           the
           Regiment
           he
           desires
           ,
           as
           the
           Table
           directs
           him
           to
           the
           
             Certify'd
             Officer
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Last
           Exception
           is
           ,
           that
           
             The
             List
             is
             Ineffectual
          
           ;
           which
           is
           confuted
           by
           a
           Demonstration
           of
           the
           Contrary
           ,
           in
           the
           Discovery
           it
           has
           already
           produc'd
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Next
           Place
           ,
           to
           the
           Folly
           of
           this
           List
           ,
           comes
           to
           be
           suggested
           the
           Malice
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           That
           ,
           without
           any
           Regard
           at
           all
           to
           Those
           Powers
           ,
           that
           have
           both
           Approv'd
           and
           Authoriz'd
           it
           .
           It
           is
           Point-blank
           Affirm'd
           ,
           that
           
             This
             List
             is
             only
             His
             Design
             that
             put
             it
             together
             ,
             to
             cast
             an
          
           Odium
           
             upon
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             to
             work
             Himself
             into
             a
             Faction
             .
          
           Concerning
           which
           ,
           the
           Gentleman
           Himself
           has
           Conjur'd
           Us
           ,
           not
           to
           put
           on
           so
           much
           as
           a
           serious
           Look
           ,
           upon
           so
           Innocent
           a
           Scandal
           :
           wherefore
           we
           let
           that
           Question
           fall
           ,
           touching
           
             His
             Particular
          
           .
           But
           the
           Brand
           of
           Faction
           upon
           the
           Generality
           of
           the
           Truly-Loyal
           and
           
             suffering
             .
             Party
          
           ;
           the
           Charge
           of
           Mutiny
           ,
           and
           
             Disobedience
             ,
             to
             the
             Authority
             of
             Parliament
             :
          
           (
           for
           This
           is
           the
           Language
           that
           we
           are
           of
           late
           accustom'd
           to
           ;
           if
           we
           but
           Modestly
           sollicit
           and
           endeavour
           ,
           that
           the
           Bounty
           which
           His
           Majesty
           Only
           Intended
           for
           His
           Friends
           ;
           may
           not
           be
           divided
           amongst
           His
           Enemies
           )
           —
           These
           are
           Imputations
           which
           we
           cannot
           but
           in
           Honour
           take
           Notice
           of
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           Consists
           with
           our
           Duty
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Law
           ;
           and
           rather
           than
           pass
           
             That
             Limit
          
           ,
           we
           shall
           not
           Refuse
           to
           Lay
           our
           Necks
           ,
           at
           the
           Feet
           ,
           even
           of
           our
           Meanest
           ,
           and
           
             Unkindest
             Adversaries
          
           ;
           with
           which
           Caution
           and
           Modesty
           before
           us
           ,
           we
           shall
           now
           Proceed
           to
           a
           Brief
           State
           of
           our
           Case
           .
        
         
           
           
             The
             CASE
             .
          
           
             SO
             soon
             as
             His
             Sacred
             Majesty
             had
             Past
             the
             Two
             Bills
             for
             the
             Relief
             of
             His
             Truly-Loyal
             and
             
               Indigent
               Party
            
             ,
             and
             
               Prorogued
               the
               Parliament
            
             ,
             The
             Commissioners
             Appointed
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             for
             the
             Menage
             and
             Distribution
             of
             That
             Bounty
             ,
             Apply'd
             Themselves
             with
             all
             Care
             ,
             and
             Diligence
             ,
             to
             the
             Advancement
             ,
             and
             dispatch
             of
             That
             Affair
             .
             Particularly
             ,
             the
             Honourable
             
               the
               Commissoners
               siting
               in
               the
               Star-Chamber
            
             (
             by
             Virtue
             of
             the
             Aforesaid
             Act
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Ends
             aforesaid
             )
             Observing
             ,
             and
             being
             Enform'd
             ,
             that
             
               Diverse
               Certificates
            
             were
             
               artificially
               Introduc'd
            
             ,
             and
             that
             many
             other
             Practices
             ,
             and
             Forgeries
             had
             been
             Attempted
             upon
             the
             Commissioners
             ,
             found
             it
             Convenient
             to
             make
             use
             of
             a
             Certain
             Number
             of
             select
             Officers
             ,
             of
             known
             Integrity
             ,
             and
             of
             General
             Acquaintance
             in
             His
             Late
             Majestie
             's
             Armies
             ,
             to
             Assist
             them
             in
             the
             discovery
             of
             
               Unqualify'd
               Pretenders
            
             ;
             which
             Officers
             ,
             being
             both
             Nominated
             ,
             and
             Empower'd
             by
             the
             said
             Commissioners
             ,
             did
             accordingly
             Assemble
             and
             Proceed
             in
             Form
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             Name
             of
             
               a
               Committee
               for
               Inspections
            
             :
             Which
             Committee
             being
             afterward
             dissolv'd
             ,
             and
             Their
             
               Proceedings
               Vacated
            
             ;
             It
             will
             not
             be
             Incongruous
             either
             to
             Order
             ,
             or
             
               Good
               Manners
            
             ,
             if
             for
             the
             clearing
             of
             our
             Cause
             ,
             we
             touch
             upon
             some
             Passages
             Then
             and
             There
             in
             Debate
             .
          
           
             This
             Committee
             was
             by
             its
             Constitution
             to
             Consist
             
             of
             a
             Chosen
             Number
             of
             Commission
             Officers
             Additional
             to
             as
             many
             Commissioners
             of
             Parliament
             as
             should
             think
             fit
             to
             be
             There
             .
             Their
             Power
             was
             only
             Preparatory
             ,
             and
             their
             first
             Order
             was
             to
             Consider
             of
             
               a
               Method
               to
               prevent
               the
               passing
               of
               undue
               Certificates
               ;
               and
               to
               Report
               their
               Proceedings
               therein
               upon
               the
            
             Tuesday
             
               following
               to
               the
               Star-Chamber
            
             .
             Instead
             of
             Framing
             This
             Method
             (
             which
             in
             Course
             was
             the
             first
             thing
             should
             have
             been
             done
             )
             some
             Considerable
             time
             was
             spent
             upon
             Certificates
             ;
             effectually
             ,
             without
             any
             Method
             at
             all
             ,
             save
             only
             that
             the
             Colonels
             were
             to
             be
             first
             ,
             and
             the
             Rest
             to
             follow
             in
             their
             Turns
             ;
             and
             All
             to
             be
             put
             to
             a
             present
             Vote
             ,
             Whether
             they
             should
             Stand
             or
             Fall.
             This
             manner
             of
             Proceeding
             begat
             :
             many
             
               Heats
               ,
               Disorders
            
             ,
             and
             Delays
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             an
             Impartial
             Rule
             ,
             whereby
             to
             Judge
             of
             every
             Man
             according
             to
             his
             Respective
             Glayme
             ,
             and
             Qualification
             :
             till
             in
             the
             End
             ,
             Experiment
             and
             Prudence
             mov'd
             the
             Gentlemen
             to
             Consider
             of
             a
             
               Certain
               Standard
            
             ,
             that
             should
             determine
             all
             Niceties
             in
             Question
             :
             which
             was
             no
             sooner
             Agreed
             upon
             but
             it
             was
             Regularly
             submitted
             ,
             and
             Reported
             to
             the
             Star-Chamber
             ,
             Consisting
             in
             substance
             of
             These
             Particulars
             following
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             has
             not
             
               Any
               way
               deserted
               his
               Loyalty
               and
               Duty
               to
               the
               Late
               King
               ,
               or
               his
               present
               Maiesty
               in
               Their
               Wars
            
             (
             which
             are
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Act
             ,
             )
             or
             (
             as
             in
             another
             Place
             )
             that
             
               has
               serv'd
               the
               Late
               King
               ,
               and
               his
               present
               Maiesty
               through
               the
               whole
               Course
               of
               the
               Late
               Wars
            
             ;
             ▪
             That
             Person
             is
             within
             the
             Meaning
             of
             
               [
               Truly-Loyal
               .
            
             ]
          
           
             The
             Standard
             for
             
               [
               Indigence
               ,
            
             ]
             was
             
               Four
               hundred
               Found
            
             (
             in
             proportion
             to
             an
             Annuity
             of
             Fifty
             or
             
               Threescore
               .
               )
            
             .
          
           
           
             
               A
               Reall
               Command
            
             ]
             for
             a
             Colonel
             of
             Horse
             ,
             was
             stated
             at
             Two-Hundred
             ;
             for
             a
             Captain
             ,
             at
             Thirty
             Horse
             :
             For
             a
             Colonel
             of
             Foot
             ,
             at
             Three-Hundred
             men
             ;
             for
             a
             Captain
             ,
             at
             Forty
             .
             They
             offer'd
             likewise
             ,
             what
             Officers
             they
             conceiv'd
             to
             have
             a
             
               Reall
               Command
               of
               Souldiers
               according
               to
               their
               Commisions
               ,
            
             and
             propos'd
             a
             
               Regimental
               Order
            
             ,
             as
             the
             aptest
             Method
             ,
             in
             their
             Opinion
             ,
             for
             Inspection
             .
          
           
             While
             Matters
             were
             in
             Motion
             toward
             this
             hopefull
             Period
             ,
             there
             Interven'd
             
               another
               Question
            
             not
             to
             be
             omitted
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             occasion'd
             by
             somewhat
             that
             fell
             from
             the
             Lips
             of
             a
             worthy
             Gentleman
             (
             having
             at
             that
             time
             the
             Chaire
             )
             which
             was
             ,
             that
             
               There
               were
               Seaven-Thousand
               and
               Five-Hundred
               Officers
               Certify'd
               ,
            
             upon
             which
             Computation
             (
             Reckoning
             Those
             that
             are
             probably
             Dead
             since
             —
             46
             ,
             and
             Those
             that
             are
             known
             to
             have
             Deserted
             ,
             together
             with
             Those
             that
             
               do
               not
               Claim
            
             )
             the
             late
             King
             must
             be
             suppos'd
             to
             have
             lost
             his
             Crown
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             above
             
               Twelve-Hundred
               Thousand
            
             men
             .
             The
             Effects
             which
             This
             Overture
             wrought
             upon
             the
             Truly-Loyal
             ,
             and
             Suffering
             Party
             (
             especially
             proceeding
             from
             a
             Person
             that
             spake
             with
             Authority
             ,
             and
             upon
             Knowledge
             )
             were
             no
             other
             ,
             than
             as
             so
             many
             Lines
             drawn
             to
             a
             Point
             ;
             Every
             man
             pressing
             (
             though
             with
             various
             Reasons
             )
             to
             the
             same
             end
             [
             PRINTING
             ,
             ]
             as
             the
             only
             means
             to
             Purge
             and
             Reduce
             that
             Prodigious-List
             ;
             and
             which
             way
             soever
             they
             lookt
             ,
             they
             met
             with
             Arguments
             ,
             both
             of
             Honour
             ,
             and
             of
             Necessity
             to
             Persue
             it
             ;
             and
             still
             the
             more
             narrowly
             they
             Consider'd
             ,
             the
             more
             forcible
             they
             found
             those
             Arguments
             .
             The
             Case
             They
             Reason'd
             Thus
             :
          
           
           
             THe
             Kingdom
             has
             presented
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             His
             Majesty
             has
             ,
             at
             their
             Request
             ,
             Gratiously
             Bestow'd
             upon
             His
             Truly-Loyal
             ,
             and
             
               suffering
               Officers
            
             ,
             a
             Considerable
             Sum
             of
             Money
             ,
             with
             an
             Express
             Limitation
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             the
             Use
             and
             Behoof
             of
             such
             Persons
             .
             Shall
             
               Cromwell's
               Guards
               now
               be
            
             Admitted
             to
             the
             Reward
             ,
             and
             
               Character
               of
               Loyalty
            
             ?
             or
             shall
             His
             Majestie
             's
             Bounty
             ,
             that
             was
             directed
             singly
             to
             His
             
               Dutiful
               Servants
            
             ,
             be
             Apply'd
             in
             Common
             to
             the
             Murtherers
             of
             His
             Father
             ?
             Shall
             Treason
             ,
             and
             Loyalty
             ,
             be
             supported
             by
             the
             same
             Hand
             ?
             Or
             shall
             Those
             Gentlemen
             that
             ever
             Valu'd
             Their
             Honours
             before
             Their
             Lives
             be
             subjected
             now
             at
             Last
             to
             mingle
             Their
             Names
             with
             men
             of
             Desperate
             and
             Infamous
             Forfeitures
             ?
             And
             yet
             all
             This
             must
             be
             done
             without
             a
             strict
             Examination
             of
             This
             Blended
             List
             .
             Upon
             the
             whole
             ,
             The
             King's
             
               Intentions
               are
               Frustrated
            
             ,
             His
             
               Charity
               Misemploy'd
            
             ,
             His
             Loyal
             
               Servants
               Defrauded
            
             ,
             His
             
               Enemies
               Supply'd
               ,
               Loyalty
            
             is
             Disheartn'd
             ,
             and
             
               Disobedience
               Encourag'd
            
             :
             beside
             the
             Profusion
             of
             the
             
               Publique
               Treasure
            
             ;
             the
             Hazzard
             of
             His
             Majesty
             taking
             His
             Enemies
             ,
             for
             His
             Friends
             ;
             and
             finally
             ,
             beside
             the
             
               sad
               Consequence
               of
               Condemning
               a
               Party
               that
               has
               been
               Loyal
               beyond
               all
               President
               ,
               to
               be
               Miserable
               beyond
               all
               Example
            
             (
             which
             must
             needs
             follow
             upon
             the
             Admittance
             of
             so
             many
             Sharers
             to
             This
             Money
             .
             )
          
           
             To
             these
             Arguments
             (
             in
             Order
             to
             the
             
               Press
               )
            
             .
             It
             was
             Reply'd
             ,
             that
             
               the
               King
               had
               Positively
               declar'd
               Himself
               against
               it
               .
            
             Whereupon
             ,
             (
             in
             Confidence
             that
             if
             so
             it
             were
             ,
             it
             proceeded
             only
             from
             a
             Misrepresentation
             of
             the
             Thing
             )
             The
             Gentlemen
             drew
             up
             their
             Reasons
             ,
             and
             Tender'd
             Them
             to
             the
             Star-Chamber
             ,
             
             with
             their
             
               desires
               ,
               that
               his
               Majestle's
               Pleasure
               might
               be
               more
               Particularly
               besought
               concerning
               That
               Matter
               .
            
             Upon
             which
             they
             past
             a
             Vote
             ,
             and
             a
             Person
             of
             Eminent
             Honour
             and
             Modesty
             ,
             Attended
             the
             King
             with
             the
             Humble
             Request
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             ;
             to
             whom
             ,
             upon
             the
             first
             Overture
             ,
             His
             Majesty
             was
             pleased
             to
             express
             Himself
             ,
             that
             
               there
               was
               much
               to
               be
               said
            
             both
             for
             ,
             
               and
               against
               it
            
             ;
             Demanding
             withall
             ,
             
               What
               Number
               the
               Certificates
               might
               amount
               to
               ?
            
             It
             was
             Answer'd
             ,
             that
             
               They
               were
               Reputed
               to
               be
               about
               Six
               or
               Seven
               Thousand
               .
            
             Whereupon
             ,
             His
             Majesty
             Replyed
             ,
             that
             
               it
               must
               needs
               be
               a
               great
               Abuse
               then
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               would
               be
               so
               much
               Money
               thrown
               away
               ,
               if
               it
               came
               to
               be
               divided
               into
               so
               many
               shares
            
             ;
             in
             the
             Conclusion
             ;
             remitting
             the
             Business
             wholly
             to
             the
             Commissioners
             .
             Upon
             the
             Report
             of
             which
             Gratious
             Return
             ,
             the
             Honourable
             the
             Commissioners
             past
             a
             Vote
             for
             the
             Print
             ,
             and
             soon
             after
             ,
             Another
             for
             the
             Method
             ,
             and
             
               Two
               more
            
             after
             That
             ,
             the
             One
             in
             Allowance
             of
             the
             Book
             ,
             and
             the
             Other
             of
             the
             Praeface
             ,
             wherewith
             His
             Majesty
             was
             again
             Acquainted
             and
             Approv'd
             it
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             at
             length
             ,
             by
             the
             Mediation
             of
             all
             honourable
             Aids
             ,
             Agreements
             ,
             and
             Authorities
             ,
             we
             are
             possest
             of
             the
             List
             ;
             which
             we
             find
             ,
             as
             we
             Expected
             ;
             (
             save
             that
             
               it
               falls
               nigh
               Two-Thousand
               short
               of
               the
               first
               Computation
               )
            
             In
             This
             List
             ,
             we
             meet
             with
             Diverse
             Officers
             that
             have
             been
             long
             
               Dead
               ;
               several
            
             that
             never
             serv'd
             the
             King
             
               at
               all
            
             ;
             others
             that
             left
             ,
             and
             fought
             against
             Him.
             Beyond
             These
             
               Gross
               Abuses
            
             we
             do
             not
             presume
             to
             Meddle
             ;
             and
             
               These
               are
               a
               sort
               of
               People
               ,
               with
               Whom
               we
               should
               be
               very
               loth
               to
               
               appear
               in
               the
               same
               Livery
               .
            
             Concerning
             
               Commission-Officers
               within
               the
               Act
            
             :
             whatshall
             be
             Reputed
             
               a
               sufficient
               Livelyhood
            
             ;
             what
             a
             Desertion
             ;
             or
             what
             Measure
             Those
             Pesons
             are
             to
             receive
             ,
             that
             claim
             to
             a
             
               Higher
               Command
            
             then
             in
             strictness
             they
             Executed
             :
             Touching
             These
             Particulars
             ,
             we
             Interpose
             no
             further
             then
             in
             
               our
               wishes
               ,
               that
               there
               may
               be
               no
               Point
               strain'd
               ,
               to
               the
               Disadvantage
               of
               any
               Man
               that
               has
               faithfully
               ,
               and
               Honourably
               serv'd
               His
               Majesty
               :
            
             for
             
               it
               is
               not
               our
               desire
               to
               augment
               our
               Particular
               Shares
               ,
               by
               Grating
               upon
               our
               Fellows
               ,
            
             but
             rather
             (
             so
             far
             as
             Consists
             with
             the
             most
             Favourable
             sense
             of
             the
             Act
             ,
             )
             
               that
               all
               such
               as
               joyn'd
               ,
               and
               Continued
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               Cause
               ,
               and
               Service
               ,
            
             may
             likewise
             be
             
               Joyn'd
               ,
               and
               Consider'd
               in
               the
               Reward
               .
            
             Within
             This
             Compass
             we
             Reckon
             it
             our
             Duty
             to
             Contain
             our selves
             ;
             and
             thankfully
             to
             acknowledge
             the
             
               Prudence
               ,
               Justice
               ,
               Tenderness
            
             ,
             and
             
               unwearied
               Pains
            
             of
             Those
             Honourable
             Persons
             ,
             who
             are
             Commissioned
             for
             our
             Relief
             ;
             by
             the
             Benefit
             of
             whose
             Favours
             ,
             being
             now
             brought
             within
             View
             of
             what
             we
             have
             so
             long
             ,
             and
             so
             earnestly
             desir'd
             ;
             we
             find
             at
             last
             
               Another
               Scruple
            
             Injected
             ;
             Which
             is
             ;
             that
             
               All
               Certificates
               sign'd
               by
               Five
               Commissioners
               at
               a
               Publique
               Meeting
               ,
               are
               Concluding
            
             ;
             which
             Nicety
             is
             Principally
             Urg'd
             by
             such
             as
             have
             no
             other
             Title
             to
             the
             Benefit
             of
             the
             Act
             ;
             and
             the
             Delicacy
             of
             it
             Rests
             upon
             the
             Construction
             of
             the
             word
             
               [
               TRUE
               ]
               [
               according
               to
               the
               Number
               of
               such
               TRUE
               Certificates
               ]
            
             which
             
               [
               TRUE
            
             ]
             if
             understood
             ,
             Only
             as
             Oppos'd
             to
             COUNTERFEIT
             ,
             there
             may
             be
             still
             a
             
               True
               Certificate
            
             ,
             though
             of
             a
             
               False
               Matter
            
             .
          
           
             This
             Opinion
             will
             not
             sink
             into
             Us
             for
             
               many
               Rea
            
             -
             
             which
             we
             shall
             only
             Offer
             ,
             with
             submission
             to
             Better
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             we
             conceive
             the
             Commissioners
             Nominated
             in
             This
             Act.
             (
             and
             sitting
             in
             the
             Star-Chamber
             )
             to
             be
             the
             Competent
             and
             Proper
             Judges
             of
             the
             Meaning
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             we
             have
             the
             Honour
             of
             
               Their
               Practice
            
             for
             
               Our
               Authority
            
             .
             As
             for
             Instance
             ;
             It
             is
             put
             to
             the
             Vote
             ,
             
               what
               Officers
            
             should
             be
             Reputed
             
               Commission-Officers
               within
               the
               Act
            
             ,
             and
             which
             not
             ?
             How
             come
             the
             Commissioners
             in
             the
             Star-Chamber
             now
             to
             be
             Judges
             of
             
               That
               Qualification
            
             ,
             more
             then
             of
             the
             Rest
             ?
             That
             the
             
               Person
               Certify'd
            
             be
             a
             Commission-Officer
             ,
             and
             that
             being
             a
             Commission-Officer
             ,
             He
             be
             likewise
             Truly-Loyal
             ,
             and
             Indigent
             ,
             are
             
               Conditions
               Equally
               Requisite
            
             ,
             by
             the
             Letter
             of
             the
             Act
             :
             and
             
               Five
               Commissioner's
               Hands
            
             can
             no
             more
             Conclude
             a
             
               Revolted
               Captain
            
             to
             be
             Truly-Loyal
             ,
             then
             they
             can
             Authorize
             an
             Armourer
             to
             be
             a
             Commission-Officer
             ;
             which
             being
             over-Rul'd
             in
             the
             one
             ,
             holds
             every
             jot
             as
             strong
             in
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             Further
             ;
             In
             the
             Praeface
             to
             This
             newly
             Printed
             List
             ,
             the
             Honourable
             Commissioners
             have
             Expresly
             Promis'd
             ,
             and
             Invited
             an
             Inspection
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             an
             Inspection
             of
             Persons
             ,
             rather
             than
             of
             Certificates
             ;
             for
             which
             Express
             Reason
             They
             are
             rather
             Enter'd
             in
             Regiments
             ,
             than
             in
             Counties
             .
          
           
             
               Again
               ;
               The
               Conclusiveness
               of
               Five
               Hands
               at
               a
               Publique-Meeting
            
             Engages
             the
             Act
             in
             a
             Contradiction
             :
             (
             and
             we
             have
             heard
             that
             
               an
               Act
            
             Repugnant
             to
             it self
             ,
             is
             so
             far
             void
             )
             The
             Distribution
             Made
             according
             to
             the
             Certificate
             ,
             Contradicts
             the
             Distribution
             Requir'd
             according
             to
             the
             Act.
             
          
           
             To
             This
             ,
             't
             is
             Urg'd
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Certificate
               is
               an
               Act
               Executed
               ,
            
             and
             that
             
               though
               the
               Body
               of
               the
               Commissioners
               
               cannot
               totally
               Rescind
               such
               a
               Certificate
               ,
               they
               may
               yet
               suspend
               the
               Issuing
               of
               the
               Mony.
               
            
          
           
             We
             Reply
             ;
             that
             if
             the
             Distribution
             were
             
               an
               Act
               Executed
            
             too
             ;
             such
             a
             Certificate
             were
             much
             a
             Better
             Plea
             ,
             for
             a
             
               Mistake
               Unforeseen
            
             ,
             and
             
               past
               Prevention
            
             ,
             than
             it
             would
             be
             in
             This
             Case
             ;
             where
             ,
             upon
             Proof
             ,
             the
             Person
             that
             demands
             the
             Mony
             ,
             is
             but
             the
             Counterfeit
             of
             the
             Person
             that
             ought
             to
             Receive
             it
             .
             Again
             ;
             may
             they
             suspend
             the
             distribution
             after
             the
             Mony
             is
             due
             ,
             and
             not
             as
             well
             
               Refuse
               it
               utterly
            
             where
             it
             can
             never
             be
             due
             ?
             If
             it
             be
             due
             ,
             they
             are
             to
             Pay
             it
             at
             first
             ;
             if
             it
             be
             
               not
               due
            
             ,
             they
             are
             to
             Refuse
             it
             :
             for
             delay
             will
             not
             make
             it
             
               more
               due
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Reason
             of
             stopping
             it
             for
             a
             moment
             ,
             holds
             for
             ever
             .
             So
             that
             if
             they
             can
             neither
             Reject
             the
             Person
             because
             of
             the
             Certificate
             ,
             nor
             Allow
             of
             Him
             because
             of
             the
             Act
             ;
             the
             Mony
             must
             Eternally
             Rest
             where
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             never
             come
             to
             a
             Distribution
             .
          
           
             It
             may
             be
             also
             Consider'd
             ,
             that
             the
             Case
             is
             Clear
             concerning
             the
             Persons
             ,
             and
             doubtful
             touching
             the
             Certificates
             .
          
           
             But
             Wee
             'll
             suppose
             more
             Force
             in
             the
             Objection
             then
             perchance
             there
             is
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             
               Extremity
               [
               such
               TRUE
               Certificates
            
             ]
             may
             be
             so
             Render'd
             ,
             as
             to
             bear
             it
             .
             See
             now
             how
             
               Many
               Reasons
            
             ,
             and
             how
             Weighty
             ,
             what
             Troops
             of
             Inconveniences
             appear
             Against
             the
             
               Colour
               of
            
             That
             
               single
               Argument
            
             .
          
           
             There
             's
             first
             ,
             The
             Ground
             of
             the
             Act
             ,
             
               [
               a
               Consideration
               of
               services
               done
               to
               the
               Kingdom
               ]
            
             There
             's
             Next
             The
             Scope
             of
             the
             Act
             ;
             
               [
               The
               Honour
               and
               Relief
               of
               That
               Loyal
               Party
               that
               did
               Those
               Services
               .
               ]
               Thirdly
               ,
            
             The
             
               Political
               Prudence
            
             of
             it
             
               [
               for
               the
               Encouragement
               of
               Loyalty
               to
               Future
               Ages
               .
               ]
               Fourthly
               ,
            
             The
             singular
             
             Care
             of
             Applying
             That
             Bounty
             
               aright
               :
               [
               The
               Threescore
               Thousand
               Pounds
               must
               be
               distributed
               among
               Persons
               precisely
               so
               and
               so
               Qualify'd
               ]
               .
            
             To
             Conclude
             ,
             All
             These
             Clear
             and
             
               Noble
               Ends
            
             must
             be
             disappointed
             ;
             The
             King's
             Favours
             scatter'd
             among
             His
             Enemies
             ;
             The
             Honourable
             Intentions
             of
             the
             
               Parliament
               Frustrated
            
             ;
             and
             the
             Bread
             Taken
             out
             of
             the
             Mouths
             of
             
               Honest
               Men
            
             ,
             and
             Given
             to
             
               Another
               sort
            
             of
             People
             ;
             in
             favour
             of
             
               one
               dubious
               word
            
             ,
             Notwithstanding
             above
             
               Twenty
               Positive
            
             ,
             and
             
               Explicit
               Declarations
            
             in
             the
             same
             Act
             to
             the
             Contrary
             .
          
           
             We
             do
             not
             undertake
             to
             be
             Magisterial
             in
             This
             Opinion
             ;
             but
             we
             trust
             that
             for
             the
             General
             Good
             and
             Honour
             of
             the
             King's
             Party
             ,
             no
             Other
             Persons
             shall
             be
             Knowingly
             Admitted
             to
             this
             Dividend
             ;
             and
             we
             hope
             likewise
             that
             in
             some
             Other
             Cases
             ,
             no
             Person
             duly
             Qualify'd
             shall
             be
             shut
             out
             by
             the
             strictness
             of
             the
             Act
             ,
             to
             whom
             Manifestly
             the
             Fruit
             and
             Grace
             of
             it
             was
             Intended
             .
          
           
             Touching
             the
             Reason
             ,
             and
             Modesty
             of
             our
             Proceedings
             ,
             enough
             is
             said
             (
             as
             we
             presume
             )
             to
             Acquit
             Us
             either
             of
             direct
             Folly
             ,
             or
             Faction
             ,
             we
             shall
             now
             lay
             down
             certain
             
               Humble
               Proposals
               suitable
            
             to
             the
             Rest
             of
             our
             Actings
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Humble
           Proposals
           of
           the
           Truly-Loyal
           and
           Suffering-Party
           .
        
         
           THe
           
             Two
             Points
          
           wherein
           the
           Truly-Loyal
           ,
           and
           Suffering-Party
           find
           Themselves
           most
           sensibly
           aggriev'd
           (
           next
           to
           That
           Influence
           which
           Their
           Misfortunes
           may
           have
           upon
           the
           Nation
           )
           are
           their
           Necessities
           ,
           and
           their
           Honours
           ;
           for
           they
           would
           not
           willingly
           appear
           either
           Ridiculous
           to
           
             the
             Age
             they
             Live
             in
          
           ,
           or
           Infamous
           to
           Posterity
           .
        
         
           Touching
           their
           Wants
           ;
           They
           are
           as
           Great
           ,
           as
           the
           Rapine
           ,
           and
           Merciless
           Cruelty
           of
           a
           Twenty-Years-Oppression
           has
           been
           able
           to
           make
           Them
           ,
           and
           They
           are
           at
           Once
           (
           without
           Charging
           their
           Private
           Scores
           upon
           the
           Publique
           )
           both
           the
           Memorials
           of
           their
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           the
           Punishment
           .
           Briefly
           ,
           Such
           They
           are
           ,
           as
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           at
           the
           Request
           of
           His
           Two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           has
           been
           Gratiously
           Pleas'd
           to
           Take
           into
           His
           Particular
           ,
           and
           Princely
           Care
           ,
           by
           a
           Late
           Act
           for
           their
           Present
           Relief
           ;
           wherein
           their
           Modesty
           Rests
           so
           Amply
           ,
           and
           so
           
             Thankfully
             Satisfy'd
          
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           not
           so
           much
           as
           Wish
           for
           any
           
             further
             Consideration
          
           ,
           then
           what
           may
           Rationally
           arise
           from
           the
           Emprovement
           of
           That
           Grace
           ,
           and
           Bounty
           .
           Concerning
           which
        
         
           It
           is
           their
           First
           and
           
             Humble
             Proposal
          
           ,
           That
           the
           List
           of
           Certify'd
           Officers
           may
           be
           Inspected
           ,
           and
           Purg'd
           (
           Allowing
           a
           Convenient
           time
           for
           the
           Work
           )
           before
           any
           
             Distribution
             of
             Moneys
          
           ;
           and
           that
           an
           
           Advertisement
           of
           the
           
             Printed
             List
          
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Intent
           of
           it
           ,
           may
           be
           Publish'd
           in
           the
           News-Book
           (
           which
           has
           been
           already
           twice
           Refus'd
           )
           and
           Copies
           directed
           to
           the
           Respective
           Commissioners
           ,
           of
           each
           several
           County
           ,
           for
           the
           Ease
           ,
           and
           Dispatch
           of
           the
           Discovery
           .
        
         
           The
           Fruit
           of
           This
           Inspection
           will
           be
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           
             the
             Doubling
             of
             every
             Mans
             share
          
           ;
           beside
           the
           saving
           of
           
             Forty-Thousand
             Pounds
          
           to
           the
           Publique
           ,
           and
           the
           Reducing
           of
           Those
           Gentlemen
           ,
           who
           are
           hitherto
           Unprovided
           for
           ,
           into
           a
           Number
           ,
           and
           Condition
           more
           capable
           of
           Compensation
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Second
             Proposal
          
           ,
           is
           This
           ;
           That
           a
           Provision
           may
           be
           made
           as
           well
           for
           the
           Benefit
           of
           all
           Persons
           clearly
           within
           the
           Meaning
           of
           the
           Act
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           Exclusion
           of
           Those
           that
           have
           
             no
             Title
          
           to
           it
           .
           As
           for
           Instance
           ,
           There
           are
           
             some
             Persons
          
           that
           have
           been
           Call'd
           away
           :
           either
           upon
           
             His
             Majesties
             Service
          
           ,
           or
           
             Particular
             Business
          
           ;
           and
           committing
           the
           Care
           of
           their
           Certificates
           to
           
             Private
             Friends
          
           ,
           they
           perceive
           ,
           at
           last
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           either
           Miscarry'd
           or
           Forgotten
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           Others
           likewise
           ,
           That
           had
           
             Employment
             sufficient
             for
             a
             Livelyhood
          
           ,
           (
           when
           they
           ought
           to
           have
           Enter'd
           their
           Certificates
           ,
           and
           therefore
           did
           not
           put
           in
           )
           who
           are
           now
           left
           Destitute
           ,
           by
           the
           Disbanding
           (
           for
           Example
           )
           of
           those
           Troupes
           which
           They
           
             Then
             Commanded
          
           (
           as
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           Duynkirk
           ,
           &c.
           )
           —
           Under
           These
           Two
           Misfortunes
           are
           some
           very
           Worthy
           Officers
           Engag'd
           ,
           that
           have
           an
           undoubted
           Right
           to
           the
           Equity
           of
           the
           Act.
           
        
         
           There
           are
           a
           Third
           Sort
           of
           unhappy
           Persons
           ,
           whose
           Certificates
           are
           declar'd
           Invalid
           by
           the
           very
           Letter
           
           of
           the
           Act
           ;
           be
           the
           Officers
           Clayme
           never
           so
           Unquestionable
           ,
           upon
           all
           Honourable
           Accompts
           ;
           and
           These
           are
           such
           as
           are
           Excluded
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           
             Five
             Commissioners
             Hands
             at
             a
             Publique
             Meeting
             ,
          
           to
           make
           their
           Certificates
           Authentique
           ;
           which
           was
           not
           to
           be
           had
           in
           Those
           Places
           ,
           where
           either
           
             the
             Commissioners
             did
             not
             Meet
             at
             all
             ,
          
           or
           
             the
             Officer
             had
             no
             Notice
             of
             Their
             Meeting
             :
          
           which
           Case
           (
           with
           the
           Rest
           )
           is
           most
           humbly
           Recommended
           to
           a
           
             Supplemental
             Act
          
           ;
           (
           if
           any
           Supplement
           shall
           be
           thought
           Necessary
           .
           )
        
         
           A
           
             Third
             Proposal
          
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Effectual
           Clearing
           of
           This
           List
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           in
           Case
           any
           Commissioners
           shall
           be
           Appointed
           to
           Enquire
           into
           the
           Matter
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           Empower'd
           to
           Examine
           Witnesses
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           for
           the
           Credit
           of
           the
           Proofe
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Preventing
           of
           
             Frivolous
             Enformations
          
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           humbly
           Propos'd
           in
           the
           Fourth
           Place
           ,
           That
           after
           a
           thorow-Examination
           of
           the
           Certificates
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           a
           
             Second
             List
          
           made
           of
           rhe
           Names
           of
           all
           such
           Truly-Loyall
           ,
           and
           
             Indigent
             Officers
          
           ,
           as
           ,
           are
           found
           Allowable
           according
           to
           the
           Act
           :
           This
           
             Inspect'd
             List
          
           to
           be
           Humbly
           Offer'd
           to
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ;
           and
           His
           
             Royall
             Favour
          
           Implor'd
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           
             Loyall
             Officers
          
           therein
           conteyned
           ;
           To
           the
           End
           ;
           That
           being
           in
           His
           Majesties
           Eye
           ,
           They
           may
           lie
           the
           more
           open
           to
           Those
           Vacancies
           ,
           and
           Employments
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           whereof
           
           His
           Princely
           Goodness
           ,
           shall
           vouchsafe
           to
           think
           them
           Worthy
           ,
           and
           Capable
           .
        
         
           Consonant
           to
           the
           Reason
           of
           This
           Proposal
           ,
           is
           the
           Tenor
           of
           the
           Act
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           have
           been
           Pleas'd
           to
           Declare
           their
           Purpose
           to
           Transmit
           
             an
             Encouragement
             of
             Loyalty
             to
             future
             Ages
             .
          
           Which
           Encouragement
           is
           in
           Part
           made
           Good
           already
           ;
           to
           such
           as
           Desire
           to
           enter
           into
           Hospitals
           ,
           or
           other
           
             Charitable
             Foundations
          
           ;
           by
           
             Requiring
             and
             Appointing
             that
             They
             Themselves
             ,
             their
             Widowes
             ,
             and
             Children
             ,
             may
             be
             Preferred
             before
             All
             Others
             ,
             except
             the
             Founders
             Kindred
             .
          
           And
           a
           further
           Provision
           is
           likewise
           Enacted
           by
           
             a
             Kate
             upon
             Parishes
             ,
             for
             the
             Truly-Loyal
             and
             Suffering
             Soldiers
             in
             General
             .
          
           So
           that
           only
           
             Those
             Persons
             of
             Quality
          
           are
           left
           in
           Distress
           to
           whom
           it
           cannot
           be
           Suppos'd
           with
           Justice
           to
           the
           Publique
           ,
           that
           these
           Allotments
           were
           ever
           Intended
           .
           Wherefore
           ,
           as
           a
           Thing
           most
           suitable
           to
           the
           very
           Profession
           and
           Method
           of
           the
           Act
           ;
           It
           is
           with
           Reverence
           ,
           and
           Submission
           Propos'd
           ,
           That
           something
           may
           be
           done
           also
           by
           way
           of
           Recommendation
           ,
           for
           
             the
             Encouragement
             of
             the
             Loyal
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             ,
          
           that
           the
           Event
           of
           all
           their
           Hazzards
           and
           Services
           ,
           may
           not
           seem
           to
           Terminate
           in
           an
           Hospital
           .
        
         
         
           To
           Passe
           now
           from
           matter
           of
           Necessity
           ,
           to
           point
           of
           Honour
           .
           The
           Truly-Loyall
           and
           Indigent-Officers
           have
           but
           These
           Two
           Things
           to
           Desire
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           the
           List
           may
           be
           exactly
           Purg'd
           ,
           for
           the
           Honour
           both
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Party
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           upon
           Sifting
           the
           Certificates
           ,
           what
           Persons
           soever
           shall
           be
           found
           Guilty
           of
           
             Forgery
             ,
             Subornation
          
           ,
           or
           Corruption
           :
           They
           may
           be
           Subjected
           to
           such
           Punishment
           as
           belongs
           to
           the
           Quality
           of
           the
           Offence
           .
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
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             .
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             7.
             1606.
             
             Jean
             de
             Serres
             Hist
             .
             Franc.
             pag.
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             Object
             .
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             .
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             .
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