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           Considerations
           and
           Proposals
           In
           Order
           to
           the
           Regulation
           OF
           THE
           PRESS
           :
           
             TOGETHER
             WITH
          
           Diverse
           Instances
           of
           Treasonous
           ,
           and
           
             Seditious
             Pamphlets
          
           ,
           Proving
           the
           Necessity
           thereof
           .
        
         
           BY
           ROGER
           L'
           ESTRANGE
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             by
          
           A.
           C.
           Iune
           3
           d.
           M.DC.LXIII
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           KINGS
           Most
           EXCELLENT
           MAJESTY
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           not
           without
           some
           Force
           upon
           my
           self
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           Resolv'd
           upon
           This
           Dedication
           ;
           for
           I
           have
           no
           Ambition
           to
           appear
           Pragmatical
           ,
           and
           to
           become
           the
           Marque
           of
           a
           
             Peevish
             Faction
          
           :
           But
           since
           my
           Duty
           will
           have
           it
           Thus
           ,
           I
           shall
           accompt
           all
           
             Other
             Interests
          
           as
           Nothing
           in
           Competition
           with
           my
           Allegiance
           .
        
         
         
           If
           Your
           Majesty
           shall
           vouchsafe
           to
           look
           
             so
             far
          
           ,
           and
           
             so
             low
          
           ,
           as
           into
           the
           
             Ensuing
             Treatise
          
           ,
           You
           will
           find
           it
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           to
           be
           
             Partly
             ,
             a
             Deliberative
             Discourse
          
           about
           the
           Means
           of
           Regulating
           the
           Press
           ;
           (
           the
           matter
           being
           at
           This
           Instant
           under
           Publique
           Debate
           )
           and
           in
           Part
           ,
           an
           Extract
           of
           certain
           Treasonous
           ,
           and
           
             Seditious
             Passages
          
           ,
           and
           Positions
           ,
           which
           may
           serve
           to
           Evince
           the
           Necessity
           of
           That
           Regulation
           .
           The
           Latter
           of
           which
           ,
           I
           do
           most
           Humbly
           Offer
           to
           Your
           
             Royal
             Consideration
          
           ,
           not
           presuming
           in
           any
           Sort
           ,
           to
           Concern
           
             Your
             Majesty
          
           in
           the
           Former
           .
        
         
           In
           
             This
             Extract
          
           ,
           is
           presented
           to
           
             your
             Majesties
             view
             ;
             First
          
           ,
           That
           Spirit
           of
           
             Hypocrisie
             ,
             Scandal
             ,
             Malice
             ,
             Errour
             ,
          
           and
           Illusion
           ,
           that
           Actuated
           the
           
             Late
             Rebellion
             .
             Secondly
          
           ,
           A
           Manifestation
           of
           the
           
             same
             Spirit
             Reigning
             still
          
           ,
           and
           working
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           the
           
             same
             Means
          
           ,
           but
           in
           very
           many
           of
           the
           
             same
             Persons
          
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           
             same
             Ends
          
           ;
           That
           is
           ,
           There
           is
           a
           Combination
           ,
           and
           Design
           against
           Your
           
             Sacred
             Life
          
           ,
           and
           Dignity
           ,
           which
           is
           carryed
           on
           by
           the
           
             same
             Arguments
             ,
             Pretences
             ,
             Wayes
             ,
          
           and
           Instruments
           ,
           that
           Ruin'd
           Your
           Royal
           ,
           and
           
             Blessed
             Father
          
           .
           
           All
           which
           ,
           I
           think
           my self
           Bound
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           Generals
           ,
           to
           Declare
           ;
           but
           more
           Particularly
           ,
           to
           Trace
           ,
           and
           to
           Discover
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           a
           Duty
           which
           I
           owe
           both
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           my
           Sovereign
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           part
           of
           the
           
             Conspirators
             Work
          
           ,
           is
           to
           disaffect
           the
           People
           toward
           Your
           Majesties
           Person
           and
           Government
           ;
           and
           their
           
             next
             Business
          
           is
           to
           Encourage
           ,
           and
           
             Carry
             on
          
           those
           
             Seditious
             Inclinations
          
           into
           Action
           .
        
         
           
             Touching
             the
          
           Former
           ;
           Scarce
           any
           one
           Regicide
           or
           Traytor
           has
           been
           brought
           to
           
             Publique
             Justice
          
           ,
           since
           Your
           Majesties
           Blessed
           Return
           ,
           whom
           either
           the
           Pulpit
           hath
           not
           Canonized
           for
           a
           Saint
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Press
             Recommended
          
           for
           a
           Patriot
           ,
           and
           
             Martyr
             .
             (
             beside
             the
          
           Arraignment
           
             of
             the
          
           Bench
           ,
           
             for
             the
             very
          
           Formalityes
           
             of
             their
          
           Tryals
           )
           
             What
             is
             the
          
           Intent
           ,
           
             or
             what
             may
             be
             the
          
           Effect
           
             of
             Suggesting
             to
             the
          
           People
           ,
           
             that
             there
             is
             no
          
           Iustice
           
             to
             be
             found
             ,
             either
             in
             Your
          
           Cause
           ,
           
             or
             in
             Your
          
           Courts
           ;
           
             Both
             which
             are
             Struck
             at
             in
             the
             same
             Blow
             )
             is
             submitted
             humbly
             to
             Your
             Royal
             Wisdom
             .
             Nor
             is
             the
             Faction
             less
             Industrious
             to
             draw
             an
          
           Odium
           
             upon
             Your
          
           Majesties
           Person
           ,
           
             and
             to
          
           Perplex
           ,
           Seduce
           ,
           and
           Exasperate
           the
           Multitude
           ,
           
           
             in
             Matters
             of
          
           Religion
           ,
           
             and
             concerning
             the
          
           Government
           
             of
             the
          
           Church
           .
        
         
           There
           have
           been
           Printed
           ,
           and
           Reprinted
           ,
           since
           Your
           Majesties
           Happy
           Restauration
           ,
           not
           so
           few
           as
           
             a
             Hundred
             Schismatical
             Pamphlets
          
           ,
           against
           
             Bishops
             ,
             Ceremonies
          
           ,
           and
           Common-Prayer
           :
           in
           many
           of
           which
           ,
           Your
           Majesty
           is
           Directly
           ,
           and
           in
           All
           of
           them
           
             Implicitly
             ,
             Charg'd
          
           with
           an
           Inclination
           to
           Popery
           .
           The
           Instruments
           that
           Menage
           This
           Part
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           are
           
             Ejected
             Ministers
             ,
             Booksellers
          
           ,
           and
           Printers
           :
           and
           it
           is
           believed
           ,
           by
           men
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           Experience
           ,
           in
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           Press
           ,
           that
           since
           
             the
             late
             Act
             for
             Uniformity
          
           ,
           there
           have
           been
           Printed
           near
           
             Thirty
             Thousand
             Copies
          
           of
           Farewel-Sermons
           (
           as
           they
           call
           them
           )
           in
           Defiance
           of
           the
           
             Law.
             All
             which
          
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           now
           drawn
           together
           into
           one
           Binding
           ,
           (
           to
           the
           Number
           of
           betwixt
           Thirty
           and
           Forty
           )
           and
           represented
           with
           Figures
           ,
           do
           certainly
           make
           up
           one
           of
           the
           most
           Audacious
           ,
           and
           
             Dangerous
             Libels
          
           ,
           that
           hath
           been
           made
           Publique
           under
           any
           Government
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           now
           Printing
           it
           in
           Dutch
           too
           ,
           for
           the
           greater
           Honour
           of
           the
           Scandal
           .
           By
           These
           Arts
           ,
           and
           Practices
           ,
           the
           Faction
           works
           upon
           
           the
           Passions
           and
           Humours
           of
           the
           Common-People
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           shall
           have
           put
           Mischief
           into
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           their
           
             next
             Business
          
           is
           to
           put
           Swords
           in
           their
           Hands
           ,
           and
           to
           Engage
           them
           in
           a
           direct
           Rebellion
           :
           which
           Intent
           of
           theirs
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Means
           whereby
           they
           hope
           to
           Execute
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           humbly
           lay
           before
           Your
           Majesty
           in
           a
           few
           words
           .
        
         
           That
           they
           Propose
           ,
           and
           
             Labour
             another
             Change
          
           ,
           appears
           ,
           First
           ;
           From
           the
           Recourse
           they
           have
           in
           almost
           all
           their
           
             Schismatical
             Papers
          
           to
           
             the
             Obligation
             of
             the
             Covenant
          
           ;
           which
           is
           no
           other
           ,
           than
           
             to
             Conjure
             the
             People
             under
             the
             Peyn
             of
          
           Perjury
           ,
           
             to
             Treat
          
           Your
           Majesty
           ,
           
             as
             the
          
           Covenanters
           
             did
             Your
          
           Father
           ;
           and
           (
           in
           a
           flat
           Contradiction
           to
           the
           Blessed
           Apostle
           )
           to
           pronounce
           ,
           that
           
             Hee
             that
          
           [
           OBEYES
           ]
           
             shall
             receive
             to
             himself
             Damnation
          
           .
           A
           
             Second
             Proof
          
           of
           their
           Designe
           may
           be
           drawn
           from
           their
           still
           pleading
           
             the
             Continuance
             of
             the
             Long-Parliament
          
           ;
           &
           
             the
             Sovereignty
             of
             the
             People
             ▪
          
           which
           is
           but
           in
           Plain
           Terms
           ,
           
             to
             Disclayme
             Your
             Authority-Royal
          
           ,
           and
           to
           Declare
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           
             they
             want
             nothing
             but
          
           Another
           Opportunity
           for
           Another
           Rebellion
           .
           What
           may
           be
           the
           Event
           of
           
             These
             Libertyes
          
           ,
           
           belongs
           not
           to
           Mee
           to
           divine
           ;
           but
           that
           
             such
             Libertyes
             are
             taken
          
           ,
           I
           do
           ,
           with
           great
           Reverence
           ,
           presume
           to
           Enform
           Your
           Majesty
           :
           And
           further
           ;
           that
           the
           
             Visible
             Boldness
          
           ,
           and
           Malice
           of
           the
           Faction
           ,
           seems
           not
           to
           be
           the
           
             only
             Danger
          
           ;
           Diverse
           of
           the
           very
           Instruments
           ,
           who
           are
           Entrusted
           with
           the
           Care
           of
           the
           Press
           ,
           being
           both
           Privy
           ,
           and
           
             Tacitly
             Consenting
          
           to
           the
           Corruptions
           of
           it
           ;
           by
           virtue
           of
           which
           Connivence
           ,
           many
           Hundred-Thousands
           of
           
             Seditious
             Papers
          
           ,
           since
           your
           Majestyes
           Return
           ,
           have
           passed
           Unpunished
           .
           And
           yet
           in
           This
           Prodigious
           Licence
           ,
           and
           Security
           of
           Libelling
           Your
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           Government
           ,
           let
           but
           any
           Paper
           be
           Printed
           that
           Touches
           upon
           the
           
             Private
             Benefit
          
           of
           some
           
             Concerned
             Officer
          
           ;
           The
           Author
           of
           
             That
             Paper
          
           is
           sure
           to
           be
           Retriv'd
           ,
           and
           Handled
           with
           sufficient
           Severity
           .
        
         
           Finally
           ;
           To
           present
           Your
           Majesty
           with
           some
           Common
           Observations
           :
           It
           is
           noted
           ,
           First
           ,
           as
           a
           very
           
             Rare
             Thing
          
           ,
           for
           any
           
             Presbyterian
             Pamphlet
          
           to
           be
           Seiz'd
           ,
           and
           Suppressed
           ,
           unless
           by
           Order
           from
           
             Above
             .
             Secondly
          
           ,
           It
           is
           observed
           of
           Those
           Offenders
           that
           are
           Discovered
           ,
           that
           Generally
           the
           Rich
           have
           the
           Fortune
           
           to
           
             Come
             off
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Poor
           to
           Suffer
           :
           and
           Thirdly
           ;
           that
           
             scarce
             One
             of
             five
             ,
             though
             under
             Custody
             ,
             is
             ever
             brought
             to
             either
             of
             Your
             Majesties
             Principal
             Secretaryes
             of
             State.
             
          
        
         
           I
           have
           now
           Discharg'd
           my
           Soul
           both
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           ;
           in
           what
           I
           take
           to
           be
           an
           Honest
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Necessary
             Office
          
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           done
           it
           with
           
             This
             Choice
          
           before
           me
           ,
           either
           to
           suffer
           the
           worst
           that
           Malice
           ,
           or
           Caluminy
           can
           cast
           upon
           me
           ,
           or
           to
           Forfeit
           my
           Duty
           .
           I
           should
           not
           speak
           This
           but
           upon
           Experience
           ,
           nor
           dare
           to
           mention
           it
           upon
           This
           Occasion
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           think
           it
           highly
           Imports
           Your
           Majesty
           to
           know
           how
           Dangerous
           a
           Matter
           it
           is
           to
           Render
           you
           a
           
             Publique
             Service
          
           .
           To
           present
           Your
           Majesty
           with
           a
           Fresh
           Instance
           ;
           I
           was
           lately
           Engaged
           as
           a
           Commissioner
           ,
           in
           a
           
             Publique
             Debate
          
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           
             Loyal
             Officers
          
           ;
           and
           for
           no
           other
           Crime
           ,
           or
           Provocation
           ,
           but
           
             for
             Asserting
             the
             Profess'd
             Desires
             of
             the
             Whole
             Party
             :
          
           A
           Certain
           Gentleman
           took
           such
           a
           Heat
           ,
           and
           Confidence
           ,
           as
           Openly
           
             to
             Charge
             me
             with
             Writing
             against
             Your
             Majesty
             ;
             Affirming
          
           withal
           ,
           
             that
             Your
             Majesty
             had
             Accused
             me
             for
             it
             to
             the
             Parliament
             
             and
             that
             my
             Lord
             Chancellor
             would
             Iustifie
             it
             :
          
           Since
           which
           time
           ,
           it
           appears
           ,
           not
           only
           that
           
             Hee
             Himself
          
           was
           the
           
             first
             Person
          
           that
           by
           a
           
             Private
             Tale
          
           had
           
             Endeavoured
             to
             Exasperate
             my
             Lord
             Chancellor
             against
             Me
          
           ;
           but
           that
           being
           
             called
             to
             Account
             by
             my
             Lords
             Order
             ,
          
           for
           so
           Great
           ,
           and
           so
           Injurious
           a
           Boldness
           ,
           both
           towards
           
             Your
             Majesty
          
           ,
           and
           his
           
             Lordship
             ,
             He
             desired
             God
             to
             Renounce
             him
             ,
             if
             ever
             he
             spake
             the
             Words
             ,
          
           (
           Although
           Delivered
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           
             a
             Full
             Committee
          
           .
           )
           If
           I
           were
           Impudent
           enough
           to
           trouble
           Your
           Majesty
           with
           a
           
             Personal
             Character
             ,
             His
             Familiar
             Discourses
             ,
          
           both
           concerning
           
             your
             Sacred
             Majesty
          
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Honourable
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           ,
           would
           afford
           matter
           for
           it
           ;
           but
           let
           God
           witness
           for
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           
             no
             Passion
          
           ,
           but
           for
           
             your
             Majesties
             Service
          
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           
             General
             Good
          
           of
           Your
           
             Loyal
             Subiects
             :
             Both
             which
             Interests
             ,
          
           I
           do
           humbly
           conceive
           to
           be
           very
           much
           concern'd
           in
           some
           Provision
           ,
           that
           men
           may
           not
           suffer
           in
           their
           Reputations
           ,
           for
           doing
           their
           Duties
           ;
           and
           that
           
             Those
             Persons
          
           who
           have
           Chearfully
           ,
           and
           Honourably
           passed
           through
           the
           
             utmost
             extremities
          
           
           of
           a
           Long
           and
           
             Barbarous
             Warr
          
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           sence
           of
           Loyalty
           to
           Your
           
             Royal
             Father
          
           ,
           may
           not
           now
           at
           last
           ,
           be
           stung
           to
           Death
           by
           the
           Tongues
           of
           Tale-Bearers
           ,
           and
           Slanderers
           for
           being
           Faithful
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           .
           Which
           is
           the
           Case
           of
           Many
           ,
           more
           Considerable
           then
           my Self
           ,
           and
           among
           the
           Rest
           in
           Particular
           of
        
         
           
             Your
             MAIESTIES
             Most
             Loyall
             and
             Obedient
             Subject
             
               Roger
               L'Estrange
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           LORDS
           And
           ,
           To
           the
           Honourable
           the
           COMMONS
           Assembled
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           HAving
           been
           lately
           Employ'd
           ,
           to
           
             Draw
             up
          
           some
           Proposals
           .
           touching
           
             the
             Regulation
             of
             the
             Press
          
           ,
           and
           to
           Search
           for
           certain
           
             Seditious
             Books
          
           ,
           and
           Papers
           :
           I
           think
           it
           Agreable
           both
           to
           my
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Duty
           ,
           that
           I
           Dedicate
           to
           your
           Honours
           some
           Accompt
           of
           my
           Proceeding
           ;
           especially
           in
           This
           Juncture
           ,
           when
           both
           
           the
           Danger
           ,
           and
           the
           Remedy
           ,
           are
           the
           Subject
           of
           your
           
             Present
             Care.
          
           The
           Drift
           ,
           and
           Argument
           of
           This
           Little
           Treatise
           ,
           is
           Express'd
           in
           the
           Title
           .
           One
           Particular
           only
           was
           forgotten
           in
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Discourse
           ,
           which
           I
           must
           now
           Crave
           Leave
           to
           Insert
           in
           my
           
             Dedication
             ;
             (
             i.
             e.
             )
             An
             Additional
             Expedient
             for
             the
             Relief
             of
             Necessitous
             ,
             and
             Supernumerary
             Printers
          
           ;
           Many
           of
           which
           would
           be
           well
           enough
           Content
           to
           Quit
           the
           Trade
           ,
           and
           Betake
           themselves
           to
           
             Other
             Employments
          
           ,
           upon
           Condition
           to
           be
           Re-imburst
           for
           their
           
             Presses
             ,
             Letter
          
           ,
           and
           Printing-Materials
           :
           and
           it
           is
           Computed
           that
           4000
           l.
           or
           thereabouts
           ,
           would
           Buy
           off
           their
           Stock
           ;
           for
           the
           Raising
           of
           which
           Sum
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           be
           Employ'd
           ,
           there
           occurrs
           This
           Expedient
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           Credibly
           Reported
           ,
           That
           there
           have
           been
           Printed
           at
           least
           Ten
           ,
           or
           
             Twelve
             Impressions
          
           of
           a
           Collection
           Entituled
           ,
           The
           
             First
             ,
             Second
          
           ,
           and
           
             Third
             Volume
             of
             Farewel-Sermons
          
           :
           (
           with
           the
           Figures
           of
           the
           Ejected
           Ministers
           )
           which
           is
           no
           Other
           ,
           then
           an
           Arraignment
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           a
           Charge
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           his
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           Upon
           a
           Supposition
           of
           
             Twelve
             Impressions
          
           ,
           (
           at
           a
           Thousand
           a
           piece
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Lowest
           )
           the
           
             clear
             Profit
          
           ,
           beside
           the
           Charge
           of
           Paper
           and
           Printing
           ,
           Comes
           to
           3300
           l.
           which
           Sum
           ,
           being
           Impos'd
           as
           a
           Fine
           ,
           upon
           
             Their
             Heads
          
           for
           whom
           the
           Books
           were
           Printed
           ,
           will
           defray
           a
           
             Considerable
             Part
          
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           Charge
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           wanting
           ,
           may
           be
           abundantly
           made
           up
           by
           the
           like
           Course
           upon
           the
           Publishers
           of
           Other
           Seditious
           Pamphlets
           ,
           Keeping
           the
           Same
           Proportion
           betwixt
           the
           Profit
           ,
           and
           the
           Punishment
           .
        
         
         
           Of
           the
           Farewel-Sermons
           ,
           I
           Seiz'd
           the
           other
           day
           in
           Quires
           ,
           to
           the
           Quantity
           of
           betwixt
           Twenty
           and
           
             Thirty
             Ream
          
           of
           Paper
           ;
           and
           I
           Discovered
           likewise
           the
           Supposed
           Author
           of
           
             Another
             Pamphlet
          
           ,
           Entituled
           [
           
             A
             Short
             Survey
             of
             the
             Grand
             Case
             of
             the
             Ministry
             ,
          
           &c.
           ]
           Wherein
           is
           Maintain'd
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           Declarations
           Required
           by
           the
           Act
           of
           Uniformity
           ;
           
           That
           in
           some
           Cases
           
             It
             may
             be
             lawful
             to
             take
             Arms
             against
             the
             King
             —
             To
             take
             Arms
             by
             the
             Kings
             Authority
             ,
             against
             his
             Person
             ,
          
           
           
             or
             Those
             Commismissioned
             by
             Him
          
           —
           And
           
             that
             the
             Obligation
             of
             the
             Covenant
             is
             a
             Knot
             cut
             by
             the
             Sword
             of
             Authority
             ,
          
           
           
             whilst
             it
             cannot
             be
             Loosed
             by
             Religious
             Reason
             .
          
           Concerning
           which
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Desperate
           Libels
           ,
           if
           your
           Honours
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           Descend
           into
           any
           Particular
           Enquiry
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           made
           appear
           ,
           that
           whereas
           not
           One
           of
           Twenty
           is
           
             Now
             taken
          
           ,
           scarce
           One
           of
           a
           Hundred
           could
           Scape
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           not
           Connivence
           (
           at
           least
           ;
           if
           not
           Corruption
           )
           joyn'd
           to
           the
           Craft
           and
           Wariness
           of
           the
           Faction
           .
        
         
           How
           the
           World
           will
           understand
           This
           Freedome
           ,
           and
           Confidence
           ,
           in
           a
           
             Private
             Person
          
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           much
           Concern
           my Self
           ;
           (
           provided
           that
           I
           offend
           not
           Authority
           )
           but
           the
           Question
           to
           Me
           seems
           short
           ,
           and
           
             easy
             ,
             Whether
             it
             be
             Lawful
             ,
             or
             not
             ,
             for
             any
             Man
             that
             sees
             his
             Countrey
             in
             Danger
             ,
             to
             Cry
             out
             TREASON
             ?
          
           and
           
             Nothing
             Else
          
           hath
           Extorted
           This
           Singularity
           of
           Practice
           ,
           and
           Address
           ,
           from
        
         
           
             Your
             Honours
             Most
             Dutiful
             Servant
             
               Roger
               L'Estrange
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Considerations
           and
           Proposals
           In
           Order
           to
           the
           Regulation
           OF
           THE
           PRESS
           .
        
         
           I
           Think
           no
           man
           denyes
           the
           Necessity
           of
           Suppressing
           Licentious
           and
           
             Unlawful
             Pamphlets
          
           ,
           and
           of
           Regulating
           the
           Press
           ;
           but
           in
           what
           manner
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           means
           This
           may
           be
           Effected
           ,
           That
           's
           the
           Question
           .
           The
           Two
           Main-points
           are
           Printing
           ,
           and
           Publishing
           .
        
         
           The
           Instruments
           of
           setting
           the
           work
           afoot
           are
           These
           .
           
           The
           
             Adviser
             ,
             Author
             ,
             Compiler
             ,
             Writer
             ,
             Correcter
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Persons
           for
           whom
           ,
           and
           by
           whom
           ;
           that
           is
           say
           ,
           the
           Stationer
           (
           commonly
           )
           ,
           and
           the
           Printer
           .
           To
           which
           may
           be
           Added
           ,
           the
           Letter-Founders
           ,
           and
           the
           Smiths
           ,
           and
           Ioyners
           ,
           that
           work
           upon
           Presses
           .
        
         
           The
           usual
           Agents
           for
           Publishing
           ,
           are
           the
           Printers
           themselves
           ,
           
             Stitchers
             ,
             Binders
             ,
             Stationers
             ,
             Hawkers
             ,
             Mercury-women
             ,
             Pedlers
             ,
          
           
           
             Ballad-singers
             ,
             Posts
             ,
             Carryers
             ,
             Hackney-Coachmen
             ,
             Boat-men
             ,
          
           and
           Mariners
           .
           Other
           Instruments
           may
           be
           likewise
           employ'd
           ,
           against
           whom
           a
           General
           Provision
           will
           be
           sufficient
           .
           Hiding
           ,
           and
           Concealing
           of
           unlawful
           
           Books
           ,
           is
           but
           in
           order
           to
           Publishing
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           brought
           under
           the
           same
           Rule
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           
             Adviser
             ,
             Author
             ,
             Compiler
             ,
             Writer
             ,
          
           and
           Correcter
           ,
           their
           Practices
           are
           hard
           to
           be
           Retriv'd
           ,
           unless
           the
           One
           Discover
           the
           Other
           .
        
         
           
             This
             Discovery
             may
             be
             procur'd
             partly
             by
             a
          
           Penalty
           upon
           refusing
           to
           Discover
           ,
           
             and
             partly
             by
             a
          
           Reward
           ,
           
           
             to
             the
          
           Discoverer
           ;
           
             but
             let
             both
             the
          
           Penalty
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           Reward
           be
           Considerable
           ,
           and
           Certain
           :
           
             and
             let
             the
          
           Obligation
           of
           Discovery
           
             run
             quite
             Through
             ,
             from
             the
          
           first
           Mover
           
             of
             the
             Mischief
             ,
             to
             the
          
           Last
           Disperser
           
             of
             it
             .
             That
             is
             to
             say
          
           ;
           If
           any
           unlawful
           Book
           shall
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Possession
           of
           any
           of
           the
           Agents
           ,
           or
           Instruments
           aforesaid
           ,
           let
           the
           Person
           in
           whose
           possession
           it
           is
           found
           ,
           be
           Reputed
           ,
           and
           Punish'd
           as
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           said
           Bock
           ,
           unless
           he
           Produce
           the
           Person
           ,
           or
           Persons
           ,
           from
           whom
           he
           Receiv'd
           it
           ;
           or
           else
           acquit
           himself
           
             by
             Oath
          
           ,
           that
           he
           knows
           neither
           Directly
           ,
           nor
           Indirectly
           ,
           how
           it
           came
           into
           his
           Possession
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           the
           Confederacy
           of
           Stationers
           ,
           and
           Printers
           ,
           we
           shall
           speak
           anon
           :
           but
           the
           thing
           we
           are
           now
           upon
           ,
           is
           ,
           singly
           Printing
           ,
           and
           what
           necessarily
           relates
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           One
           great
           Evil
           is
           the
           
             Multiplicity
             of
             Private
             Presses
          
           ,
           
           and
           Consequently
           of
           Printers
           ,
           who
           for
           want
           of
           Publique
           ,
           and
           warrantable
           employment
           ,
           are
           forc'd
           either
           to
           play
           the
           Knaves
           in
           Corners
           ,
           or
           to
           want
           Bread.
           
        
         
           The
           Remedy
           is
           ,
           
           to
           reduce
           all
           Printers
           ,
           and
           Presses
           ,
           that
           are
           now
           in
           Employment
           ,
           to
           a
           
             Limited
             Number
          
           ;
           and
           then
           to
           provide
           against
           Private
           Printing
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           done
           by
           the
           Means
           Following
           .
        
         
           First
           ;
           
           The
           number
           of
           Printers
           and
           Presses
           being
           resolv'd
           upon
           ,
           let
           the
           Number
           of
           their
           Iourny-men
           ,
           and
           Apprentices
           be
           likewise
           Limited
           :
           and
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           the
           Number
           of
           Master-Founders
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           Iourny-men
           ,
           and
           Their
           Apprentices
           ;
           all
           which
           to
           be
           Allow'd
           of
           ,
           and
           Approv'd
           by
           such
           Person
           or
           Persons
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           Authoris'd
           for
           that
           purpose
           ;
           neither
           let
           any
           
             Ioyner
             ,
             Carpenter
          
           ,
           or
           Smith
           ,
           presome
           to
           work
           for
           ,
           or
           upon
           any
           
             Printing
             Press
          
           ,
           without
           such
           Allowance
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Direction
           of
           the
           late
           Act
           for
           Printing
           .
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
           Let
           all
           such
           
             Printers
             ,
             Letter-Founders
             ,
             Joyners
             ,
             Carpenters
             ,
          
           and
           Smiths
           ,
           as
           shall
           hereafter
           be
           Allow'd
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           be
           Respectively
           and
           severally
           Interrogated
           before
           their
           Admittance
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Discovery
           of
           
             Supernumerary
             Printers
          
           and
           Presses
           .
           That
           is
           ;
        
         
           1.
           
           Let
           the
           Printers
           be
           Question'd
           what
           
             Private
             Presses
          
           they
           have
           at
           any
           time
           wrought
           upon
           for
           so
           many
           years
           last
           past
           ,
           
           and
           the
           time
           When
           ,
           and
           For
           ,
           and
           with
           Whom
           :
           and
           what
           
             other
             Printers
          
           and
           Presses
           they
           know
           of
           at
           Present
           ,
           beside
           These
           of
           the
           present
           Establishment
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Let
             the
          
           Founders
           
             be
             also
             Examin'd
             ,
             what
          
           Letter
           
             they
             have
             Furnish'd
          
           since
           such
           a
           Time
           :
           When
           
             and
             for
          
           Whom
           ,
           
             and
             what
          
           other
           Printers
           &c.
           —
           Ut
           Supra
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Let
             the
          
           Joyners
           ,
           Carpenters
           ,
           and
           Smiths
           
             be
             Question'd
             likewise
             what
          
           Presses
           
             they
             have
          
           Erected
           ,
           or
           Amended
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             When
             ,
             and
             for
          
           Whom
           ?
           
             and
             what
          
           other
           Presses
           ,
           Printers
           ,
           
             &c.
             —
             as
             before
          
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           after
           such
           Examination
           it
           shall
           appear
           at
           any
           time
           within
           so
           many
           Months
           ,
           that
           any
           Man
           has
           wilfully
           conceal'd
           ,
           or
           Deny'd
           the
           Truth
           ,
           let
           him
           forfeit
           his
           Employment
           as
           a
           Person
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           Trusted
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           Enformer
           be
           taken
           into
           his
           Place
           if
           he
           be
           capable
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           desire
           it
           ;
           or
           Else
           ,
           let
           him
           be
           Rewarded
           some
           other
           way
           .
           The
           same
           course
           may
           be
           taken
           also
           concerning
           
             English
             Printers
          
           and
           Presses
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           .
        
         
           This
           may
           serve
           as
           the
           Discovery
           of
           
             Private
             Printers
          
           and
           
             Presses
             already
          
           in
           Employment
           :
           Now
           to
           prevent
           underhand-dealing
           for
           the
           Future
           ,
           and
           to
           Provide
           against
           certain
           
             other
             Abuses
          
           in
           such
           as
           are
           Allow'd
           .
        
         
           First
           ;
           
           Let
           a
           special
           care
           be
           taken
           of
           
             Card-makers
             ,
             Leather-Guilders
             ,
             Flock-workers
          
           ,
           and
           Quoyf-drawers
           ;
           either
           by
           expresly
           inhibiting
           their
           use
           of
           such
           Presses
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           apply'd
           to
           Printing
           of
           Books
           ,
           or
           by
           tying
           them
           up
           to
           the
           same
           Termes
           ,
           and
           Conditions
           with
           Printers
           ;
           and
           let
           no
           
             other
             Tradesman
          
           whatsoever
           presume
           to
           make
           use
           of
           a
           Printing-press
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           
             same
             conditions
          
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           
             same
             Penalties
          
           with
           Printers
           .
        
         
         
           
             2ly
             .
             Let
             no
          
           Presse
           or
           Printing-House
           be
           Erected
           or
           Lett
           ,
           
           
             and
             let
             no
          
           Joyner
           ,
           Carpenter
           ,
           Smith
           ,
           or
           Letter-Founder
           
             work
             for
             a
          
           Printing-House
           ,
           without
           notice
           
             (
             according
             to
             the
             late
             Act
             )
          
        
         
           
             3ly
             .
             Let
             no
          
           Materialls
           
             belonging
             to
          
           Printing
           ,
           no
           Letters
           ready
           founded
           ,
           or
           cast
           ,
           be
           Imported
           or
           Bought
           
             without
             the
          
           like
           notice
           ,
           
             and
             for
          
           whom
           (
           
             according
             to
             the
             late
             Act.
          
           )
        
         
           
             4ly
             .
             Let
             every
          
           Master-Printer
           be
           Bound
           
             at
             least
             ,
             if
             not
          
           sworn
           ,
           
             not
             to
          
           Print
           ,
           cause
           or
           suffer
           
             to
             be
          
           Printed
           
             in
             his
          
           House
           ,
           or
           Press
           ,
           
             any
             Book
             or
             Books
             without
          
           Lawful
           Licence
           (
           
             according
             to
             the
             late
             Act.
          
           )
        
         
           
             5ly
             .
             Let
             no
          
           Master-Printer
           
             be
             Allow'd
             to
             keep
             a
          
           Press
           
             but
             in
             his
             own
          
           Dwelling-House
           ,
           
             and
             let
             no
          
           Printing-House
           
             be
             permitted
             with
             a
          
           Back-dore
           
             to
             it
          
           .
        
         
           
             6ly
             .
             Let
             every
          
           Master-Printer
           
             certifie
             what
          
           Warehouses
           
             he
             Keeps
             ,
             and
             not
             Change
             them
             without
             giving
             Notice
             .
          
        
         
           
             7ly
             .
             Let
             every
          
           Master-Printer
           
             set
             his
             Name
             to
             whatsoever
             he
          
           Prints
           ,
           or
           causes
           
             to
             be
          
           Printed
           (
           
             according
             to
             the
             late
             Act.
          
           )
        
         
           
             8ly
             .
             Let
             no
          
           Printer
           
             presume
             to
             put
             upon
             any
             Book
             ▪
             the
          
           Title
           ,
           Marque
           ,
           or
           Vinnet
           ,
           
             of
             any
             other
             Person
             who
             has
             the
             Priviledge
             of
             Sole
             Printing
             the
             same
             ,
             without
             the
             Consent
             of
             the
             Person
             so
             Priviledg'd
             (
             according
             to
             the
             late
             Act
             )
             and
             let
             no
             man
             presume
             to
             Print
             another
             mans
             Copy
             .
          
        
         
           
             9ly
             .
             Let
             no
          
           Printer
           
             presume
             either
             to
          
           Re-Print
           ,
           
             or
             Change
             the
          
           Title
           
             of
             any
             Book
             formerly
             Printed
             ,
             without
          
           Licence
           ;
           
             or
             to
          
           Counterfeit
           a
           Licence
           ,
           
             or
             knowingly
             to
             put
             any
             mans
             Name
             to
             a
             Book
             as
             the
          
           Author
           
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             was
          
           not
           so
           .
        
         
           
             10ly
             .
             Let
             it
             be
             Penall
             to
          
           Antedate
           
             any
             Book
             ;
             for
             by
             so
             doing
             ,
             New
             Books
             will
             be
             shuffled
             among
             Old
             Ones
             to
             the
             Encrease
             of
             the
             Stock
             .
          
        
         
           11ly
           .
           Let
           the
           Price
           of
           Books
           be
           Regulated
           .
        
         
           12ly
           .
           Let
           no
           Journy-man
           be
           Employ'd
           ,
           without
           a
           Certificate
           from
           the
           Master
           where
           he
           wrought
           last
           .
        
         
           13ly
           .
           Let
           no
           Master
           discharge
           a
           Journy-man
           ,
           nor
           Hee
           Leave
           his
           Master
           ,
           under
           14
           dayes
           Notice
           ,
           unlesse
           by
           Consent
           .
        
         
         
           14ly
           .
           Let
           the
           Persons
           employ'd
           ,
           be
           of
           
             Known
             Integrity
          
           ,
           so
           near
           as
           may
           be
           ;
           Free
           of
           the
           sayd
           Mysteries
           ,
           and
           Able
           in
           their
           Trades
           (
           according
           to
           the
           late
           Act.
           )
        
         
           But
           if
           60
           Presses
           must
           be
           reduc'd
           to
           20
           ,
           
           what
           shall
           all
           those
           People
           do
           for
           a
           Livelyhood
           that
           wrought
           at
           the
           other
           40
           ?
        
         
           It
           is
           provided
           by
           the
           Late
           Act
           ,
           
           that
           as
           many
           of
           them
           shall
           be
           employ'd
           as
           the
           Printers
           can
           find
           
             Honest
             work
          
           for
           ,
           and
           a
           sufferance
           of
           more
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           Toleration
           of
           the
           Rest
           to
           Print
           Sedition
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Supernumeraryes
           are
           in
           as
           ill
           a
           Condition
           now
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           be
           Then
           ;
           and
           yet
           somthing
           may
           be
           thought
           upon
           for
           their
           Relief
           .
        
         
           There
           have
           been
           divers
           Treasonous
           and
           Seditious
           Pamphlets
           printed
           since
           the
           Act
           of
           Indemnity
           ;
           as
           ,
           
             The
             Speeches
             of
             the
             Lare
             King's
             Judges
          
           ;
           
           
             Sir
             Henry
             Vane's
          
           [
           Pretended
           ]
           
             Tryal
             ;
             The
             Prodigies
          
           1
           Part
           and
           2.
           and
           the
           Like
           .
           Let
           any
           of
           These
           Necessitous
           Persons
           ,
           make
           known
           at
           whose
           Request
           ,
           and
           for
           whose
           Behoofe
           These
           ,
           or
           the
           Like
           Seditious
           Libells
           have
           been
           Printed
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           not
           only
           be
           Pardon'd
           for
           having
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           it
           Themselves
           ,
           but
           the
           first
           Enformer
           shall
           upon
           Proof
           or
           Confession
           be
           Recommended
           to
           the
           first
           Vacancy
           whereof
           he
           is
           Capable
           in
           the
           New-Regulation
           ,
           and
           the
           Next
           to
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           so
           successively
           :
           And
           moreover
           a
           Fine
           shall
           be
           set
           upon
           the
           Heads
           of
           the
           Delinquents
           ,
           to
           be
           Employ'd
           toward
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           so
           many
           of
           the
           Indigent
           Printers
           as
           shall
           be
           Interpreted
           to
           Merit
           that
           Regard
           ,
           by
           such
           Discovery
           .
        
         
           Next
           to
           Printing
           ,
           follows
           Publishing
           or
           Dispersing
           ,
           which
           ,
           
           in
           and
           about
           the
           Town
           ,
           is
           commonly
           the
           work
           of
           
             Printers
             ,
             Stitchers
             ,
             Binders
             ,
             Stationers
             ,
             Mercury-women
             ,
             Hawkers
             ,
             Pedlars
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ballad
             Singers
          
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           
             Printers
             ,
             Stitchers
          
           ,
           and
           Binders
           ;
           The
           Penalty
           may
           be
           Double
           ,
           where
           the
           Fault
           is
           so
           :
           That
           is
           ;
           
           where
           
             the
             same
             Person
          
           (
           for
           Example
           )
           is
           found
           to
           be
           both
           Printer
           and
           Disperser
           of
           
             the
             same
             unlawful
             Books
          
           ,
           he
           may
           be
           Punished
           in
           
             Both
             Capacities
          
           :
           of
           the
           Rest
           (
           the
           Stationer
           excepted
           )
           little
           needs
           be
           said
           but
           that
           they
           may
           be
           Punishable
           ,
           and
           the
           Penalty
           Suited
           to
           the
           Quality
           of
           the
           Offender
           .
        
         
         
           The
           most
           Dangerous
           People
           of
           all
           are
           the
           
             Confederate
             Stationers
          
           ,
           
           and
           the
           breaking
           of
           That
           Knot
           would
           do
           the
           work
           alone
           .
           For
           the
           Closer
           Carriage
           of
           their
           business
           they
           have
           here
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           Their
           
             Private
             Ware-Houses
          
           ,
           and
           Receivers
           .
        
         
           Let
           every
           
             Stationer
             certifie
          
           ,
           what
           Ware-Houses
           he
           keeps
           ,
           and
           not
           change
           them
           without
           giving
           notice
           .
        
         
           Let
           the
           Receivers
           and
           Concealers
           of
           Unlawful
           ,
           
           or
           Unlicens'd
           Books
           he
           Punish'd
           as
           the
           Dispersers
           of
           them
           ,
           unless
           within
           12
           houres
           after
           such
           Receipt
           they
           give
           notice
           to
           —
           that
           they
           have
           such
           Quantityes
           of
           Books
           in
           their
           Custody
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           they
           belong
           .
        
         
           They
           hold
           Intelligence
           Abroad
           by
           the
           means
           of
           
             Posts
             ,
             Carryers
          
           ,
           
           
             Hackny-Coachmen
             ,
             Boatmen
          
           ,
           and
           Marriners
           :
           and
           for
           fear
           of
           Interceptions
           they
           Correspond
           by
           
             False
             Names
          
           ,
           and
           
             Private
             Tokens
          
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           a
           Letter
           ,
           or
           Pacquet
           miscarry
           ,
           
           people
           may
           not
           know
           what
           to
           make
           on
           't
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Purpose
           ;
           so
           many
           Dozen
           of
           Gloves
           stands
           for
           so
           many
           Dozen
           of
           Books
           .
           Such
           a
           Marque
           for
           such
           a
           Price
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           They
           enter
           in
           their
           Day-Books
           ,
           only
           in
           General
           terms
           ,
           such
           and
           such
           
             Parcells
             of
             Books
          
           ,
           without
           naming
           Particulars
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Let
           every
           Stationer
           ,
           living
           in
           or
           about
           London
           ,
           be
           oblig'd
           to
           keep
           a
           Day-Book
           of
           the
           Particulars
           of
           all
           the
           
             Unlicens'd
             Books
          
           ,
           
           and
           Papers
           ,
           which
           he
           sends
           ,
           causes
           or
           allowes
           to
           be
           sent
           ,
           by
           any
           of
           the
           Messengers
           above-mentioned
           ,
           into
           any
           parts
           of
           his
           Majestyes
           Dominions
           ;
           and
           let
           him
           Enter
           the
           Names
           likewise
           of
           the
           Persons
           to
           whom
           he
           sends
           them
           ,
           under
           a
           Penalty
           ;
           if
           either
           he
           be
           prov'd
           ,
           to
           have
           kept
           a
           
             False
             Book
          
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           Corresponded
           under
           a
           
             False
             Name
          
           ,
           and
           let
           every
           Stationer
           elsewhere
           (
           
             i.
             e.
          
           within
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           Dominion
           of
           Wales
           )
           be
           oblig'd
           to
           keep
           a
           Day-Book
           likewise
           ,
           of
           what
           
             Unlicens'd
             Books
          
           ,
           and
           Papers
           ,
           he
           Receives
           ,
           and
           from
           whom
           ,
           upon
           the
           like
           Penalty
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Let
           no
           Stationer
           presume
           to
           send
           ,
           cause
           or
           allow
           to
           be
           sent
           ,
           either
           
             by
             Land
          
           ,
           or
           Water
           ,
           any
           
             Dry-Fatts
             ,
             Bales
             ,
             Packs
             ,
             Maunds
             ,
          
           or
           other
           Fardells
           ,
           or
           Packquets
           of
           
             Printed
             Books
          
           ,
           or
           Papers
           ,
           without
           superscribing
           them
           in
           such
           sort
           ,
           that
           they
           
           may
           be
           known
           to
           be
           Books
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Names
           of
           the
           Persons
           from
           whom
           they
           are
           sent
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           they
           are
           Directed
           :
           Under
           peyn
           of
           Forfeiting
           all
           Parcels
           of
           Books
           that
           are
           not
           so
           superscrib'd
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           that
           are
           advertis'd
           under
           
             False
             Names
          
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Let
           every
           
             Hackny-Coach-man
             ,
             Carrier
             ,
             Boatman
          
           ,
           or
           Mariner
           ,
           that
           knowingly
           Transgresses
           in
           the
           
             Private
             Conveighance
          
           of
           such
           Letters
           or
           Packquets
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           be
           subjected
           to
           a
           Particular
           Penalty
           .
        
         
           
             Concerning
             Books
          
           Imported
           .
           
             They
             must
             be
          
           First
           Prepar'd
           beyond
           the
           〈◊〉
           Secondly
           ,
           conveighed
           hither
           ;
           and
           Thirdly
           ,
           Received
           and
           Distributed
           here
           .
        
         
           Let
           the
           
             English
             Printer
          
           ,
           
           Vender
           ,
           or
           Utterer
           of
           any
           Books
           written
           in
           the
           
             English
             Tongue
          
           ,
           or
           by
           an
           
             English
             man
          
           ,
           in
           any
           
             Other
             Tongue
          
           and
           Printed
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           to
           the
           dishonour
           of
           his
           Majestie
           or
           of
           the
           Establish'd
           Government
           ,
           be
           required
           to
           appear
           from
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           by
           a
           Certain
           Day
           ,
           and
           under
           such
           a
           Penalty
           ;
           which
           if
           he
           Refuse
           ,
           or
           wilfully
           fayl
           to
           do
           ,
           Let
           it
           be
           made
           Penall
           for
           any
           Person
           Living
           within
           his
           Majestys
           Dominions
           ,
           (
           after
           sufficient
           Notice
           of
           his
           such
           Contempt
           )
           to
           hold
           any
           further
           Correspondence
           with
           him
           ,
           Either
           by
           Message
           ,
           Letter
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           till
           he
           hath
           given
           satisfaction
           for
           his
           Offence
           .
        
         
           
             Let
             a
             General
             Penalty
             be
             layd
             upon
             the
          
           Importers
           
             of
             any
          
           English
           Books
           ,
           
           whatsoever
           ,
           Printed
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           .
           
             And
             so
             likewise
             upon
             the
          
           Contracters
           ,
           
             for
             ;
             the
          
           Receivers
           ,
           Concealers
           ,
           and
           Dispersers
           
             of
             ,
             any
             Books
             whatsoever
             ,
             Imported
             into
             This
             Realm
             ,
             and
             Disposed
             of
             without
             due
             Authority
             .
             It
             rests
             now
             to
             be
             Consider'd
             .
             First
          
           What
           Books
           are
           to
           be
           supprest
           ,
           and
           Secondly
           ,
           Into
           what
           hands
           the
           Care
           of
           the
           Press
           is
           to
           be
           Committed
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Books
             to
             be
             supprest
             are
             as
             follows
             .
          
           
           
             FIrst
             ,
             
             All
             Printed
             Papers
             pressing
             
               the
               Murther
               of
               the
               late
               King.
               
            
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             All
             Printed
             Iustifications
             of
             that
             Execrable
             Act.
             
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             All
             Treatises
             Denying
             
               His
               Majesties
               Title
            
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             All
             Libels
             against
             the
             Person
             of
             His
             Sacred
             Majesty
             ,
             His
             Blessed
             Father
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Royal
               Family
            
             .
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             All
             Discourses
             manifestly
             tending
             to
             stirr
             up
             the
             People
             against
             the
             
               Establish'd
               Government
            
             .
          
           
             Sixthly
             ,
             All
             Positions
             Terminating
             in
             This
             Treasonous
             Conclusion
             ,
             that
             ,
             
               His
               Majesty
               may
               be
               Arraign'd
               ,
               Iudg'd
               ,
               and
               Executed
               ,
               by
               his
               People
               :
            
             such
             as
             are
             These
             Following
             .
          
           
             Coordination
             ,
             The
             Sovereignty
             of
             the
             
               Two
               Houses
            
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ;
             or
             of
             the
             
               Diffusive
               Body
            
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             in
             Case
             of
             Necessity
             .
             The
             Iustification
             of
             the
             Warr
             Rais'd
             in
             1642.
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             King
             and
             Parliament
             .
             The
             Defence
             of
             the
             Legality
             and
             Obligation
             of
             the
             Covenant
             .
             The
             Separation
             of
             the
             
               Kings
               Person
            
             from
             His
             Authority
             .
             The
             Denyal
             of
             His
             Majesties
             Power
             in
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Affairs
            
             .
             The
             Mainteyning
             that
             the
             Long-Parliament
             is
             not
             yet
             Dissolv'd
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             objected
             that
             This
             Looks
             too
             farr
             Back
             ;
             It
             may
             be
             Answer'd
             that
             Persons
             are
             Pardon'd
             ,
             but
             not
             Books
             .
             But
             to
             more
             Particular
             Reasons
             for
             the
             Suppressing
             of
             
               Old
               Pamphlets
            
             .
          
           
             First
             ;
             It
             is
             (
             with
             Reverence
             )
             a
             Duty
             both
             from
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             and
             his
             Parliament
             ,
             
             to
             the
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Memory
             of
             the
             
               Late
               King
            
             ,
             to
             deliver
             the
             Reputation
             of
             That
             
               Blessed
               Martyr
            
             ,
             from
             the
             Diabolical
             Calumnies
             ,
             and
             Forgeries
             ,
             which
             are
             yet
             Extant
             against
             his
             Person
             ,
             and
             Government
             .
          
           
           
             Secondly
             ,
             It
             is
             as
             much
             a
             Duty
             toward
             our
             
               Present
               Sovereign
            
             ,
             of
             whose
             Royal
             Family
             ,
             and
             Person
             ,
             as
             much
             Ill
             is
             said
             ,
             and
             Publish'd
             ,
             as
             is
             possible
             for
             the
             Wit
             of
             Man
             to
             Utter
             ,
             or
             for
             the
             Malice
             of
             Hell
             to
             Invent.
             
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             In
             Relation
             to
             
               Political
               Ends
            
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             security
             of
             the
             Publique
             ,
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             supprest
             :
             for
             they
             do
             not
             only
             Revile
             ,
             and
             Slander
             his
             Majesties
             Royal
             Person
             ,
             but
             many
             of
             them
             Disclaim
             his
             very
             Title
             to
             the
             Crown
             ;
             and
             Others
             Subject
             his
             Prerogative
             ,
             and
             Consequently
             his
             Sacred
             Life
             to
             the
             Sovereign
             Power
             of
             the
             People
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             done
             too
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             Advantages
             of
             a
             Pestilent
             and
             Artificial
             Imposture
             .
             Now
             why
             a
             Pamphlet
             should
             be
             Allow'd
             to
             Proclaim
             This
             Treason
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             which
             but
             whispered
             in
             a
             Corner
             would
             certainly
             bring
             a
             Man
             to
             the
             Gallows
             ,
             is
             not
             easily
             Comprehended
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             It
             makes
             the
             
               English
               Nation
            
             cheap
             in
             the
             Eyes
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             to
             find
             the
             Bloud
             and
             Virtues
             of
             the
             
               Late
               King
            
             ,
             appear
             so
             little
             to
             be
             consider'd
             ,
             beside
             the
             Hazardous
             Consequence
             of
             Blasting
             the
             
               Royal
               Cause
            
             ,
             and
             of
             
               Discourageing
               Loyalty
            
             to
             Future
             Generations
             ,
             by
             transmitting
             the
             whole
             Party
             of
             the
             Royallists
             ,
             in
             so
             many
             Millions
             of
             virulent
             Libels
             ,
             to
             Posterity
             ,
             for
             a
             prostitute
             Rabble
             of
             Villeins
             ,
             and
             Traytours
             .
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             Those
             Desperate
             Libells
             and
             Discourses
             do
             not
             only
             Defame
             the
             
               Government
               ,
               Encourage
            
             and
             Enrich
             the
             Faction
             ,
             and
             Poyson
             the
             People
             ;
             but
             ,
             while
             They
             are
             Permitted
             ,
             Those
             Stationers
             and
             Printers
             ,
             that
             would
             otherwise
             be
             Honest
             ,
             are
             forced
             either
             to
             play
             the
             Knaves
             for
             Company
             ,
             or
             to
             Break
             :
             for
             there
             's
             scarce
             any
             other
             Trading
             for
             them
             ,
             but
             in
             That
             Trash
             .
             Their
             Customers
             will
             be
             supply'd
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             ask
             for
             any
             of
             these
             Treasonous
             Books
             ,
             they
             must
             either
             Furnish
             them
             ,
             or
             Lose
             their
             Custom
             .
          
           
             Sixthly
             ,
             The
             same
             Reason
             that
             prohibits
             
               New
               Pamphlets
            
             ,
             requires
             also
             the
             Suppressing
             of
             
               Old
               ones
            
             ,
             (
             of
             the
             same
             Quality
             )
             for
             't
             is
             not
             the
             Date
             ,
             that
             does
             the
             Mischief
             ,
             but
             the
             Matter
             ,
             and
             the
             Number
             .
             If
             they
             be
             
             Plausible
             ,
             and
             Cunning
             enough
             to
             Deceive
             ,
             and
             then
             Numerous
             enough
             to
             
               Spread
               ,
               Buchanan
            
             ,
             and
             Knox
             will
             do
             the
             business
             as
             sure
             as
             Baxter
             ,
             and
             Calamy
             .
             Besides
             that
             in
             some
             Respects
             ,
             the
             
               Old
               Ones
            
             have
             a
             great
             Advantage
             of
             the
             New
             :
             for
             being
             Written
             in
             times
             of
             Freedom
             ,
             and
             Menag'd
             by
             great
             Masters
             of
             the
             Popular
             Stile
             ,
             they
             speak
             playner
             ,
             and
             strike
             homer
             to
             the
             Capacity
             and
             Humour
             of
             the
             Multitude
             ;
             whereas
             they
             that
             write
             in
             the
             fear
             of
             a
             Law
             ,
             are
             forc'd
             to
             cover
             their
             Meaning
             under
             Ambiguities
             ,
             and
             Hints
             ,
             to
             the
             greater
             Hazzard
             of
             the
             Libeller
             ,
             than
             of
             the
             Publique
             .
          
           
             Seventhly
             ,
             They
             must
             be
             supprest
             ,
             in
             Order
             to
             a
             Future
             Regulation
             :
             for
             otherwise
             't
             is
             but
             
               Antedating
               New
               Books
            
             ,
             and
             making
             them
             pass
             for
             
               Old
               ones
            
             (
             which
             may
             be
             done
             with
             very
             little
             Hazzard
             of
             Detection
             )
             or
             else
             ,
             as
             any
             Saleable
             Book
             grows
             scarse
             ;
             t
             is
             but
             Reprinting
             it
             with
             a
             
               false
               Date
            
             ,
             and
             by
             these
             Additions
             ,
             and
             Recruits
             ,
             a
             Stock
             of
             
               Seditious
               Pamphlets
            
             shall
             be
             kept
             in
             Motion
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             .
             In
             Fine
             ,
             if
             they
             are
             not
             fit
             to
             be
             Sold
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             fit
             to
             be
             kept
             ;
             for
             a
             verbal
             Prohibition
             without
             an
             Actual
             Seizure
             will
             be
             rather
             an
             Advantage
             to
             the
             Private
             Trade
             ,
             then
             a
             Hindrance
             ;
             and
             bring
             Profit
             to
             the
             Factious
             Book-sellers
             and
             Printers
             ,
             that
             have
             Copies
             ly
             upon
             their
             hands
             ,
             by
             Enhansing
             the
             Prices
             .
          
           
             Having
             already
             set
             forth
             the
             Quality
             of
             those
             Pamphlets
             that
             ought
             to
             be
             suppress'd
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Necessity
             of
             Suppressing
             Old
             as
             well
             as
             New
             ;
             It
             will
             now
             follow
             properly
             ,
             that
             I
             give
             some
             Instances
             of
             both
             sorts
             upon
             the
             foregoing
             Subjects
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Instances
             of
             Treasonous
             and
             Seditious
             Pamphlets
             .
          
           
             
               I.
               Against
               the
               Life
               of
               the
               Late
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Armies
                 Remonstrance
                 from
                 St.
                 Albans
                 ,
                 Nov.
                 16.
                 1648.
                 
              
               
                 We
                 Propound
                 that
                 That
                 Capital
                 and
                 Grand
                 Author
                 of
                 our
                 Troubles
                 ,
                 the
                 Person
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 
                 may
                 be
                 speedily
                 brought
                 to
                 Justice
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Treason
                 ,
                 Bloud
                 ,
                 and
                 Mischief
                 He
                 is
                 Guilty
                 of
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 God's
                 Delight
                 in
                 the
                 Progress
                 of
                 the
                 Vpright
                 .
                 
              
               
                 Have
                 ye
                 not
                 sins
                 enough
                 of
                 your
                 own
                 ,
                 
                 but
                 will
                 ye
                 wrap
                 your selves
                 up
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Treachery
                 ,
                 Murder
                 ,
                 Bloud
                 ,
                 Cruelty
                 and
                 Tyranny
                 of
                 others
                 ?
                 P.
                 17.
                 
                 Set
                 some
                 of
                 those
                 Grand
                 Malefactors
                 a
                 Mourning
                 ,
                 (
                 that
                 have
                 Caus'd
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 to
                 Mourn
                 so
                 many
                 years
                 in
                 Garments
                 Roll'd
                 in
                 Bloud
                 )
                 by
                 the
                 Execution
                 of
                 Justice
                 ,
                 
                   &c.
                   
                   P.
                
                 19.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               II.
               In
               Justification
               of
               Putting
               His
               Late
               Majesty
               to
               Death
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Speeches
                 and
                 Prayers
                 of
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Late
                 King's
                 Iudges
                 .
                 
              
               
                 That
                 men
                 may
                 see
                 what
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 have
                 an
                 Interest
                 in
                 Christ
                 in
                 a
                 Dying
                 hour
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 Faithful
                 to
                 his
                 Cause
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 look
                 upon
                 it
                 
                   [
                   the
                   Murther
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   ]
                
                 as
                 the
                 most
                 Noble
                 and
                 high
                 Act
                 of
                 Justice
                 that
                 our
                 Story
                 can
                 Parallel
                 .
                 P.
                 41.
                 
              
            
             
               
               
                 Mercurius
                 Politicus
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 Heroick
                 and
                 most
                 Noble
                 Act
                 of
                 Justice
                 ,
                 in
                 Judging
                 and
                 Executing
                 the
                 Late
                 King
                 —
                 An
                 Act
                 Agreeing
                 with
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 
                 Consonant
                 to
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Practices
                 of
                 all
                 well
                 order'd
                 States
                 and
                 Kingdomes
                 .
                 P.
                 784.
                 
              
               
                 Charles
                 the
                 First
                 was
                 Executed
                 a
                 Tyrant
                 ,
                 Traytor
                 ,
                 Murtherer
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Publique
                 Enemy
                 to
                 the
                 Nation
                 .
                 P.
                 1032.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               III.
               Against
               the
               Title
               of
               the
               Royal
               Family
               to
               the
               Crown
               of
               England
               .
            
             
               
                 Mercurius
                 Politicus
                 .
              
               
                 Playing
                 the
                 second
                 Part
                 of
                 
                   Perkin
                   Warbeck
                
                 ,
                 
                 who
                 once
                 Invaded
                 the
                 North
                 after
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Crew
                 of
                 Sects
                 at
                 his
                 Heels
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 every
                 Jot
                 as
                 good
                 a
                 Title
                 as
                 Himself
                 ,
                 or
                 as
                 his
                 Predecessor
                 Henry
                 the
                 7th
                 .
              
               
                 We
                 had
                 a
                 sufficient
                 Reason
                 to
                 lay
                 aside
                 this
                 Bastard
                 Race
                 of
                 Usurpers
                 and
                 Pretenders
                 ,
                 
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 for
                 no
                 other
                 Cause
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Meer
                 Injustice
                 and
                 vanity
                 of
                 their
                 Title
                 .
              
               
                 We
                 have
                 cause
                 to
                 Cut
                 off
                 this
                 Accursed
                 Line
                 of
                 Tyranny
                 ,
                 
                 Bloud
                 ,
                 and
                 Usurpation
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 False
                 Brother
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Parliament
                 having
                 wisely
                 Chang'd
                 the
                 Government
                 to
                 a
                 Common-wealth
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 Cut
                 off
                 that
                 hereditary
                 Usurpation
                 of
                 Monarchy
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 never
                 either
                 justly
                 Begun
                 ,
                 or
                 Continued
                 .
                 P.
                 34.
                 
              
            
             
               
               
                 a
                 The
                 Rise
                 ,
                 Reign
                 ,
                 and
                 Ruine
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Stuarts
                 .
              
               
                 b
                 The
                 true
                 Pourtraiture
                 of
                 the
                 Kings
                 of
                 England
                 .
                 
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 high
                 time
                 now
                 to
                 End
                 that
                 Line
                 that
                 was
                 never
                 either
                 well
                 Begun
                 ,
                 or
                 Directly
                 Continued
                 .
                 P.
                 42.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Short
                 Reply
                 ,
                 &c.
                 together
                 with
                 a
                 Vindication
                 of
                 the
                 Declaration
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 of
                 England
                 .
              
               
                 Touching
                 the
                 Right
                 of
                 This
                 King's
                 Inheritance
                 ,
                 We
                 affirm
                 it
                 not
                 only
                 to
                 be
                 none
                 Originally
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 Content
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ;
                 but
                 also
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 justly
                 Forfeited
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 Own
                 ,
                 and
                 Father's
                 Destructive
                 Engagements
                 against
                 the
                 Common-wealth
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 we
                 know
                 not
                 of
                 any
                 Duty
                 ,
                 
                 we
                 Owe
                 him
                 ,
                 more
                 than
                 to
                 any
                 other
                 engaged
                 Enemy
                 of
                 the
                 Land.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               IV.
               Treasonous
               ,
               Malicious
               ,
               and
               Scandalous
               Libels
               against
               the
               Person
               of
               his
               most
               Sacred
               Majesty
               and
               the
               Royal
               Family
               .
            
             
               
                 Plain
                 English.
                 
              
               
                 What
                 hope
                 that
                 the
                 Reformed
                 Religion
                 will
                 be
                 protected
                 and
                 Maintained
                 ,
                 
                 by
                 the
                 Son
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 so
                 Irrellgiously
                 betray'd
                 by
                 the
                 Father
                 ?
                 
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Door
                 of
                 Hope
                 .
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   S.
                
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 That
                 Murtherer
                 ,
                 
                 is
                 Proclaimed
                 King
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 
                 Whose
                 Throne
                 of
                 Iniquity
                 is
                 built
                 on
                 the
                 Bloud
                 of
                 Precious
                 Saints
                 and
                 Martyrs
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 Case
                 of
                 King
                 Charles
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Murtherers
                 of
                 our
                 Saviour
                 were
                 less
                 Guilty
                 than
                 that
                 Prince
                 .
                 
              
            
             
               
                 An
                 English
                 Translation
                 of
                 the
                 Scottish
                 Declaration
                 .
              
               
                 Let
                 Justice
                 and
                 Reason
                 blush
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 Traytors
                 and
                 Murtherers
                 ,
                 Parricides
                 ,
                 and
                 Patricides
                 ,
                 put
                 on
                 white
                 Garments
                 ,
                 and
                 Rejoyce
                 as
                 Innocent
                 ones
                 ,
                 if
                 This
                 Man
                 [
                 
                   the
                   late
                   King
                
                 ]
                 should
                 escape
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 Justice
                 and
                 Punishment
                 .
                 
              
               
                 An
                 Implacable
                 
                 and
                 Gangren'd
                 Person
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 Butcher
                 
                 rather
                 than
                 a
                 Prince
                 of
                 Bowels
                 and
                 Affection
                 .
              
               
                 [
                 
                   Charles
                   the
                
                 2d
                 ]
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 a
                 Blondy
                 Father
                 ,
                 
                 Heir
                 to
                 an
                 Entayl'd
                 Curse
                 ,
                 more
                 certain
                 than
                 to
                 his
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 Train'd
                 up
                 in
                 Bloud
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 that
                 never
                 suck'd
                 in
                 any
                 other
                 Principles
                 but
                 Prerogative
                 and
                 Tyranny
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 None-such
                 Charles
                 .
              
               
                 
                   [
                   Charles
                   the
                   First
                
                 ]
                 rather
                 chose
                 to
                 submit
                 to
                 the
                 Justice
                 of
                 an
                 Axe
                 in
                 a
                 Hang-mans
                 hand
                 ,
                 
                 than
                 to
                 sway
                 a
                 Scepter
                 with
                 Equity
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Age
                 knows
                 what
                 such
                 a
                 Tyrant
                 was
                 ,
                 
                 in
                 not
                 feeling
                 his
                 force
                 any
                 more
                 upon
                 their
                 Throats
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 True
                 State
                 of
                 the
                 Case
                 of
                 the
                 Common-wealth
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 Accursed
                 Interest
                 ;
                 —
                 
                 a
                 Family
                 that
                 God
                 has
                 cast
                 out
                 before
                 us
                 ;
                 —
                 that
                 has
                 worn
                 the
                 marques
                 and
                 badges
                 of
                 Gods
                 high
                 displeasure
                 for
                 almost
                 these
                 Hundred
                 years
                 ,
                 P.
                 47.
                 
                 The
                 Person
                 of
                 the
                 young
                 Pretender
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 son
                 of
                 Blond
                 ,
                 
                   &c.
                   
                   P.
                
                 48.
                 
              
            
             
               
               
                 Mercurius
                 Britanicus
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 any
                 man
                 can
                 bring
                 any
                 tale
                 or
                 tiding
                 of
                 a
                 wilfull
                 King
                 ,
                 which
                 hath
                 gone
                 astray
                 these
                 four
                 years
                 from
                 his
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Guilty
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 
                 Bloudy
                 Hands
                 ,
                 a
                 Heart
                 full
                 of
                 broken
                 Vowes
                 and
                 Protestations
                 ,
                 
                   &c.
                   
                   P.
                
                 825.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               V.
               Pamphlets
               tending
               manifestly
               to
               stir
               vp
               the
               People
               against
               his
               Sacred
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               the
               Establish'd
               Government
               .
            
             
               
                 God's
                 Loud
                 Call.
                 
                 
              
               
                 Oh!
                 Worm
                 !
                 Darest
                 thou
                 be
                 so
                 impudent
                 to
                 put
                 thy self
                 in
                 Gods
                 stead
                 ,
                 to
                 meddle
                 with
                 mens
                 Consciences
                 ,
                 and
                 Lord
                 it
                 in
                 Religious
                 Concerns
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Smectymnuus
                 Redivivus
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Plastring
                 or
                 Palliating
                 of
                 these
                 Rotten
                 Members
                 [
                 Bishops
                 ]
                 will
                 be
                 a
                 greater
                 Dishonour
                 to
                 the
                 Nation
                 and
                 Church
                 ,
                 
                 than
                 their
                 Cutting
                 off
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Personal
                 Acts
                 of
                 These
                 Sons
                 of
                 Belial
                 ,
                 being
                 Conniv'd
                 at
                 ,
                 become
                 National
                 Sins
                 .
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Root
                 of
                 these
                 Disorders
                 ,
                 
                 (
                 viz.
                 )
                 Popery
                 ,
                 Superstition
                 ,
                 Arminianism
                 ,
                 and
                 Prophaneness
                 )
                 proceedeth
                 from
                 the
                 Bishops
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Adherents
                 [
                 
                   whereof
                   the
                
                 King
                 
                   is
                   One.
                
                 ]
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Sermon
                 Preached
                 at
                 Aldermanbury-Church
                 ,
                 Dec.
                 28.
                 1662.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 tongue
                 of
                 Man
                 is
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 express
                 the
                 Misery
                 of
                 that
                 Nation
                 ,
                 
                 where
                 the
                 Ark
                 of
                 God
                 is
                 Taken
                 [
                 P.
                 8.
                 ]
                 :
                 and
                 
                 the
                 Ark
                 of
                 God
                 is
                 in
                 This
                 Instant
                 in
                 Danger
                 of
                 being
                 Lost
                 ,
                 [
                 P.
                 11.
                 ]
                 We
                 have
                 lost
                 our
                 first
                 Love
                 to
                 the
                 Gospel
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 Ordinances
                 ,
                 [
                 ibid.
                 ]
                 Abundance
                 of
                 Priests
                 and
                 Jesuits
                 are
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 Popery
                 preach'd
                 amongst
                 us
                 .
                 But
                 where
                 are
                 our
                 old
                 Eli's
                 now
                 ?
                 
                 our
                 Moses's
                 ?
                 our
                 Elijahs
                 ?
                 our
                 Vriahs
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Animadversions
                 upon
                 the
                 Bishop
                 of
                 Worcesters
                 Letter
                 .
                 
              
               
                 We
                 may
                 lawfully
                 refuse
                 to
                 submit
                 unto
                 such
                 Impositions
                 as
                 God
                 hath
                 no
                 where
                 commanded
                 .
                 
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Year
                 of
                 Prodigies
                 .
              
               
                 Amongst
                 the
                 Hellish
                 rout
                 of
                 Prophane
                 and
                 ungodly
                 men
                 ,
                 let
                 especially
                 the
                 Oppressors
                 and
                 Persecutors
                 of
                 the
                 True
                 Church
                 look
                 to
                 themselves
                 ,
                 
                 when
                 the
                 hand
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 in
                 strange
                 Signs
                 and
                 Wonders
                 is
                 lifted
                 up
                 among
                 them
                 ;
                 for
                 —
                 The
                 final
                 overthrow
                 of
                 Pharaoh
                 and
                 the
                 Aegyptians
                 (
                 those
                 cruel
                 Task-masters
                 and
                 Oppressors
                 of
                 the
                 Israelites
                 )
                 did
                 bear
                 date
                 not
                 long
                 after
                 the
                 Wonderfull
                 and
                 Prodigious
                 Signs
                 which
                 the
                 Lord
                 had
                 shewn
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 them
                 .
                 
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Word
                 of
                 Comfort
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Church
                 of
                 God
                 appears
                 in
                 his
                 Cause
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 loseth
                 Bloud
                 in
                 his
                 Quarrel
                 .
                 [
                 P.
                 8.
                 ]
              
               
                 Is
                 not
                 God
                 upon
                 the
                 Threshold
                 of
                 his
                 Temple
                 ,
                 ready
                 to
                 fly
                 ?
                 Are
                 not
                 the
                 shadowes
                 of
                 the
                 Evening
                 stretched
                 out
                 ?
                 and
                 may
                 we
                 not
                 fear
                 the
                 Sun-setting
                 of
                 the
                 Gospel
                 ?
                 P.
                 30.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 may
                 let
                 his
                 Church
                 be
                 a
                 while
                 under
                 Hatches
                 ,
                 to
                 punish
                 her
                 Security
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 awaken
                 her
                 out
                 of
                 her
                 slumbering
                 fits
                 ;
                 yet
                 surely
                 the
                 storm
                 will
                 not
                 continue
                 long
                 .
                 
              
            
             
               
               
                 A
                 Dispute
                 against
                 the
                 English-Popish
                 Ceremonies
                 .
              
               
                 Be
                 not
                 deceiv'd
                 to
                 think
                 that
                 they
                 who
                 so
                 eagerly
                 press
                 this
                 Course
                 of
                 Conformity
                 ,
                 
                 have
                 any
                 such
                 end
                 as
                 Gods
                 Glory
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Good
                 of
                 his
                 Church
                 ,
                 and
                 Profit
                 of
                 Religion
                 .
                 P.
                 9.
                 
              
               
                 Let
                 not
                 the
                 Pretence
                 of
                 Peace
                 ,
                 and
                 Unity
                 ,
                 cool
                 your
                 fervour
                 ,
                 or
                 make
                 you
                 spare
                 to
                 oppose
                 your selves
                 ,
                 unto
                 those
                 Idle
                 and
                 Idolized
                 Ceremonies
                 ,
                 against
                 which
                 we
                 dispute
                 .
                 P.
                 11.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Instances
             of
             Pamphlets
             containing
             Treasonous
             and
             Seditious
             POSITIONS
             .
          
           
             
               VI.
               The
               Three
               Estates
               are
               Co-ordinate
               ,
               and
               the
               King
               one
               of
               the
               Three
               Estates
               .
            
             
               
                 Baxters
                 Holy
                 Common-Wealth
                 .
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Soveraignty
                 here
                 among
                 us
                 is
                 in
                 King
                 ,
                 Lords
                 ,
                 and
                 Commons
                 .
                 P.
                 72.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Parliament-Physick
                 for
                 a
                 Sin-sick
                 Nation
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Government
                 of
                 England
                 is
                 a
                 Mixt
                 Monarchy
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 Govern'd
                 by
                 the
                 Major
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Three
                 Estates
                 Assembled
                 in
                 Parliament
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Ahabs
                 Fall
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Post-script
                 to
                 Dr.
                 Fern.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Houses
                 are
                 not
                 only
                 Requisite
                 to
                 the
                 Acting
                 of
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 making
                 Lawes
                 ,
                 
                 but
                 Co-ordinate
                 with
                 his
                 Maiestie
                 in
                 the
                 very
                 Power
                 of
                 Acting
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               VII
               .
               The
               Soveraignty
               is
               in
               the
               Two
               Houses
               ,
               in
               Case
               of
               Necessity
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Peoples
                 Cause
                 stated
                 ,
                 
                 in
                 the
                 [
                 Pretended
                 ]
                 Tryal
                 of
                 Sir
                 Henry
                 Vane
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Delegates
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 on
                 the
                 Kings
                 Behalf
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Peers
                 ,
                 concurring
                 ;
                 do
                 very
                 far
                 bind
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 wholly
                 ,
                 
                 —
                 And
                 when
                 These
                 cannot
                 Agree
                 ,
                 but
                 break
                 one
                 from
                 another
                 ,
                 the
                 Commons
                 in
                 Parliament
                 Assembled
                 ,
                 are
                 ,
                 
                   ex
                   Officio
                
                 ,
                 ☞
                 the
                 Keepers
                 of
                 the
                 Libertys
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 and
                 Righteous
                 Possessors
                 ,
                 and
                 Defenders
                 of
                 it
                 against
                 all
                 Usurpers
                 and
                 Usurpations
                 whatsoever
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Observations
                 upon
                 his
                 Majesties
                 Answers
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 Parliaments
                 may
                 Judg
                 of
                 Publique
                 Necessity
                 without
                 the
                 King
                 (
                 if
                 Deserted
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 )
                 
                 and
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 accompted
                 ,
                 by
                 Virtue
                 of
                 Representation
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 whole
                 Body
                 of
                 the
                 State.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Right
                 and
                 Might
                 well
                 met
                 .
              
               
                 Whensoever
                 a
                 King
                 or
                 other
                 Superiour
                 Authority
                 creates
                 an
                 Inferiour
                 ,
                 
                 they
                 Invest
                 it
                 with
                 a
                 Legitimacy
                 of
                 Magistratical
                 Power
                 to
                 punish
                 Themselves
                 also
                 ,
                 in
                 Case
                 they
                 prove
                 Evill-Doers
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               VIII
               .
               The
               Power
               of
               the
               King
               is
               but
               Fiduciary
               ;
               and
               the
               Duty
               of
               the
               Subjects
               but
               Conditional
               .
            
             
               
                 Ius
                 Populi
                 .
              
               
                 Princes
                 Derive
                 their
                 Power
                 and
                 Prerogative
                 from
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 have
                 their
                 Investitures
                 meerly
                 for
                 the
                 Peoples
                 Benefit
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Vindiciae
                 contra
                 Tyrannos
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 the
                 Prince
                 fail
                 in
                 his
                 Promise
                 ,
                 
                 the
                 People
                 are
                 Exempt
                 from
                 their
                 Obedience
                 ,
                 
                 the
                 Contract
                 is
                 made
                 Voyd
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Right
                 of
                 Obligation
                 is
                 of
                 no
                 Force
                 —
                 
                 It
                 is
                 therefore
                 permitted
                 to
                 the
                 Officers
                 of
                 a
                 Kingdome
                 ,
                 either
                 All
                 or
                 some
                 good
                 Number
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 suppress
                 a
                 Tyrant
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Tenure
                 of
                 Kings
                 and
                 Magistrates
                 
                 —
              
               
                 —
                 Proving
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 Lawful
                 for
                 any
                 who
                 have
                 the
                 Power
                 ,
                 
                 to
                 call
                 to
                 Account
                 a
                 Tyrant
                 ,
                 or
                 wicked
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 due
                 Conviction
                 to
                 depose
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 him
                 to
                 Death
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 ordinary
                 Magistrate
                 have
                 Neglected
                 ,
                 or
                 Deny'd
                 to
                 doe
                 it
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               IX
               .
               The
               King
               is
               Singulis
               Major
               ,
               Universis
               Minor.
               
            
             
               
                 A
                 Declaration
                 of
                 the
                 Lords
                 and
                 Commons
                 touching
                 the
                 Four
                 Bills
                 .
                 
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 the
                 Kings
                 Duty
                 to
                 pass
                 all
                 such
                 Lawes
                 ,
                 as
                 Both
                 
                 Houses
                 shall
                 Judg
                 good
                 for
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 :
                 Upon
                 a
                 supposition
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 good
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 them
                 are
                 Judg'd
                 such
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 De
                 Monarchiâ
                 Absolutâ
                 .
              
               
                 Detrahere
                 Indigno
                 Magistratum
                 etsi
                 Privati
                 non
                 debeant
                 ;
                 
                 Populus
                 tamen
                 Universus
                 quin
                 possit
                 ,
                 nemo
                 ,
                 opinor
                 ,
                 dubitabit
                 .
                 P.
                 9.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Thorps
                 Charge
                 to
                 the
                 Grand-Iury
                 at
                 York
                 ,
                 March
                 20.
                 1648.
                 
              
               
                 Kings
                 are
                 Accountable
                 to
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 mean
                 to
                 the
                 Diffused
                 humours
                 and
                 fancyes
                 of
                 particular
                 men
                 in
                 their
                 single
                 and
                 natural
                 Capacities
                 ;
                 but
                 to
                 the
                 People
                 in
                 their
                 Politique
                 Constitution
                 ,
                 lawfully
                 Assembled
                 by
                 their
                 Representative
                 .
                 P.
                 3.
                 1649.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               X.
               The
               Kings
               Person
               may
               be
               Resisted
               but
               not
               His
               Authority
               .
            
             
               
                 Lex
                 Rex
                 .
                 
              
               
                 He
                 that
                 Resisteth
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 commanding
                 in
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 Resisteth
                 the
                 Ordinance
                 of
                 God.
                 But
                 he
                 who
                 Resisteth
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 Commanding
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 against
                 God
                 ,
                 Resisteth
                 no
                 Ordinance
                 of
                 God
                 ;
                 but
                 an
                 Ordinance
                 of
                 Sin
                 and
                 Sathan
                 .
                 P.
                 267.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
             
               XI
               .
               The
               King
               has
               no
               Power
               to
               Impose
               in
               Ecclesiastical
               Affairs
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Great
                 Question
                 .
                 
              
               
                 I
                 hold
                 it
                 utterly
                 Unlawful
                 for
                 any
                 Christian
                 Magistrate
                 to
                 Impose
                 the
                 Use
                 of
                 Surplices
                 in
                 Preaching
                 ,
                 
                 Kneeling
                 at
                 the
                 Sacrament
                 ,
                 Set-Forms
                 of
                 Prayer
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 When
                 once
                 Humane
                 Inventions
                 become
                 Impositions
                 ,
                 and
                 lay
                 a
                 Necessity
                 upon
                 that
                 which
                 God
                 hath
                 left
                 Free
                 ;
                 then
                 may
                 we
                 lawfully
                 Reject
                 them
                 ,
                 
                 as
                 Plants
                 of
                 Mans
                 setting
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 of
                 Gods
                 owning
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               XII
               .
               The
               Parliament
               of
               November
               3d.
               1640.
               is
               not
               yet
               Dissolv'd
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Peoples
                 Cause
                 Stated
                 in
                 the
                 [
                 Pretended
                 ]
                 Tryall
                 of
                 Sir
                 Henry
                 Vane
                 .
                 
              
               
                 How
                 and
                 when
                 the
                 Dissolution
                 of
                 the
                 Long-Parliament
                 (
                 according
                 to
                 Law
                 )
                 hath
                 been
                 made
                 ,
                 is
                 yet
                 Unascertain'd
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 particularly
                 Declar'd
                 :
                 by
                 reason
                 whereof
                 ,
                 (
                 and
                 by
                 what
                 hath
                 been
                 before
                 shew'd
                 )
                 the
                 state
                 of
                 the
                 Case
                 on
                 the
                 Subjects
                 part
                 ,
                 
                 is
                 much
                 altered
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Matter
                 of
                 Right
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Usurpation
                 is
                 now
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 hand
                 .
                 ☞
              
            
          
           
             
             
               XIII
               .
               The
               Warre
               Rais'd
               in
               1642.
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               King
               and
               Parliament
               was
               Lawful
               .
            
             
               
                 Baxters
                 Holy
                 Common-Wealth
                 .
                 
              
               
                 I
                 cannot
                 see
                 that
                 I
                 was
                 mistaken
                 in
                 the
                 main
                 Cause
                 ,
                 nor
                 dare
                 I
                 repent
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 nor
                 forbear
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 to
                 do
                 again
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 State
                 of
                 things
                 —
                 And
                 my
                 Judgment
                 tells
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 I
                 should
                 do
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 be
                 Guilty
                 of
                 Treason
                 or
                 Disloyalty
                 against
                 the
                 Soveraign
                 Power
                 of
                 the
                 Land
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 of
                 Perfidiousness
                 to
                 the
                 Common-Wealth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Form
                 and
                 Order
                 of
                 the
                 Coronation
                 of
                 Charles
                 the
                 Second
                 .
                 
              
               
                 A
                 King
                 abusing
                 his
                 Power
                 to
                 the
                 overthrow
                 of
                 Religion
                 Lawes
                 and
                 Liberties
                 —
                 may
                 be
                 Controll'd
                 and
                 Oppos'd
                 .
                 
                 This
                 may
                 serve
                 to
                 Justifie
                 the
                 Proceedings
                 of
                 this
                 Kingdome
                 against
                 the
                 Late
                 King
                 ,
                 who
                 in
                 an
                 Hostile
                 way
                 set
                 himself
                 to
                 overthrow
                 Religion
                 ,
                 Parliaments
                 ,
                 Lawes
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 Liberties
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               XIV
               .
               The
               Covenant
               is
               Binding
               .
            
             
               
                 A
                 Phoenix
                 :
                 or
                 ,
                 the
                 Solemn
                 League
                 and
                 Covenant
                 .
                 
              
               
                 The
                 breaking
                 of
                 our
                 National
                 Covenant
                 is
                 a
                 Sin
                 in
                 Folio
                 ,
                 a
                 Sin
                 of
                 a
                 high
                 Nature
                 —
                 a
                 greater
                 sin
                 ,
                 then
                 a
                 sin
                 against
                 a
                 Commandement
                 ,
                 or
                 against
                 an
                 Ordinance
                 ,
                 a
                 sin
                 not
                 only
                 of
                 Disobedience
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 Perjury
                 ,
                 a
                 sin
                 of
                 Injustice
                 
                 a
                 spiritual
                 Adultery
                 ,
                 a
                 sin
                 of
                 Sacriledge
                 ,
                 
                 a
                 sin
                 of
                 great
                 unkindness
                 .
                 P.
                 158.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Two
                 Papers
                 of
                 Proposals
                 .
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Covenant
                 does
                 undoubtedly
                 Bind
                 us
                 to
                 forbear
                 our
                 own
                 Consent
                 to
                 those
                 Luxuriances
                 of
                 Church-Government
                 which
                 we
                 there
                 Renounced
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 for
                 which
                 no
                 Divine
                 Institution
                 can
                 be
                 pretended
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Short
                 Survey
                 of
                 the
                 Grand
                 Case
                 ,
                 
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 Some
                 say
                 ,
                 the
                 Terms
                 are
                 Dubious
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 false
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 indefinitely
                 asserted
                 ,
                 
                   It
                   is
                   not
                   lawful
                   to
                   take
                   Arms
                   against
                   the
                   King
                   on
                   any
                   Pretence
                   whatsoever
                   ,
                
                 
                 —
                 Although
                 
                   Our
                   King
                   is
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   WE
                   HOPE
                   ,
                   EVER
                   WILL
                   BE
                   ,
                
                 
                 so
                 qualified
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 reference
                 to
                 Him
                 ,
                 it
                 MAY
                 be
                 true
                 ;
                 yet
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 Impossible
                 for
                 a
                 King
                 
                   Regis
                   Personum
                   exuere
                
                 ;
                 in
                 a
                 Natural
                 ,
                 
                 or
                 
                   MORAL
                   Madness
                
                 ,
                 or
                 Phrensie
                 ,
                 to
                 turn
                 Tyrant
                 ,
                 yea
                 Beast
                 ,
                 Waiving
                 his
                 Royal
                 Place
                 ,
                 violently
                 ,
                 extrajudicially
                 ,
                 extramagisterially
                 to
                 assault
                 his
                 Subject
                 ,
                 as
                 Saul
                 did
                 David
                 :
                 In
                 this
                 Case
                 ,
                 men
                 think
                 Nature
                 doth
                 Dictate
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 Scripture
                 doth
                 justifie
                 a
                 Man
                 ,
                 
                   se
                   defendendo
                   vim
                   vi
                   repellere
                
                 ,
                 to
                 take
                 Arms
                 ,
                 though
                 by
                 rallying
                 the
                 Men
                 of
                 Belial
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 Restst
                 ,
                 yet
                 to
                 Restreyn
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 those
                 who
                 are
                 Commissioned
                 by
                 him
                 ,
                 until
                 they
                 make
                 good
                 their
                 Retreat
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 safely
                 run
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 reach
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 some
                 it
                 foundeth
                 harsh
                 to
                 declare
                 it
                 a
                 
                   Trayterous
                   Position
                   to
                   take
                   Arms
                   by
                   the
                   Kings
                   Authority
                   ,
                
                 
                 
                   against
                   the
                   Kings
                   Person
                   ,
                   or
                   those
                   Commissioned
                   by
                   him
                   —
                
                 for
                 if
                 some
                 Russians
                 should
                 (
                 which
                 God
                 defend
                 )
                 seize
                 the
                 Person
                 of
                 a
                 King
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 a
                 Man
                 ,
                 from
                 whom
                 Commissions
                 may
                 be
                 by
                 fear
                 extorted
                 ,
                 whereby
                 true
                 Loyalty
                 must
                 be
                 on
                 their
                 side
                 ,
                 and
                 Treason
                 on
                 the
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Kings
                 Council
                 ,
                 Kindred
                 ,
                 and
                 Ministers
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 if
                 Arming
                 against
                 his
                 Person
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 Authority
                 though
                 on
                 such
                 a
                 Pretence
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 Convincing
                 Demonstration
                 that
                 
                   there
                   lyes
                   no
                   Obligation
                   on
                   me
                   ,
                
                 
                 
                   nor
                   any
                   other
                   Person
                   ,
                   from
                   the
                   Oath
                   commonly
                   called
                   the
                   Solemn
                   League
                   and
                   Covenant
                   ,
                
                 is
                 a
                 Knot
                 cut
                 by
                 the
                 Sword
                 of
                 Authority
                 ,
                 whilst
                 it
                 cannot
                 be
                 loosed
                 by
                 Religious
                 Reason
                 .
              
               
                 
                   We
                   are
                   Expectants
                   of
                   God's
                   avengement
                   of
                   the
                   Covenant
                   now
                   it
                   hath
                   been
                   taken
                   ,
                   —
                   We
                   do
                   not
                   ,
                
                 
                 
                   cannot
                   ,
                   will
                   not
                   Declare
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Covenant
                 doth
                 not
                 oblige
                 me
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 person
                 to
                 endeavour
                 our
                 alteration
                 of
                 the
                 Government
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 could
                 add
                 More
                 ,
                 and
                 Worse
                 to
                 the
                 Instances
                 already
                 given
                 ,
                 but
                 these
                 shall
                 suffice
                 for
                 a
                 Taste
                 .
                 The
                 Question
                 is
                 now
                 ,
                 By
                 whom
                 ,
                 
                   the
                   Government
                   and
                   Oversight
                   of
                   the
                   Press
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   undertaken
                   ,
                
                 and
                 the
                 Contest
                 lyes
                 at
                 present
                 betwixt
                 the
                 Booksellers
                 and
                 Printers
                 ,
                 which
                 although
                 Concorporate
                 by
                 an
                 Ancient
                 Grant
                 ,
                 are
                 in
                 this
                 point
                 become
                 Competitors
                 ;
                 and
                 since
                 they
                 have
                 divided
                 Themselves
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 here
                 likewise
                 distinctly
                 considered
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Stationers
             are
             not
             to
             be
             entrusted
             with
             the
             care
             of
             the
             Press
             ,
             for
             These
             following
             Reasons
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             
             They
             are
             both
             Parties
             and
             Iudges
             ;
             for
             diverse
             of
             them
             have
             brought
             up
             Servants
             to
             the
             Mystery
             of
             Printing
             which
             they
             still
             retein
             in
             Dependence
             :
             Others
             again
             are
             both
             Printers
             and
             
               Stationers
               ,
               Themselves
            
             ;
             so
             that
             they
             are
             Entrusted
             (
             effectually
             )
             to
             search
             for
             their
             
               own
               Copies
            
             ;
             to
             Destroy
             their
             
               own
               Interests
            
             ;
             to
             Prosecute
             their
             
               own
               Agents
            
             ,
             and
             to
             
               Punish
               Themselves
            
             :
             for
             they
             are
             the
             Principal
             Authors
             of
             those
             Mischiefs
             which
             they
             pretend
             now
             to
             Redress
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             Persons
             against
             whom
             the
             Penalties
             of
             this
             Intended
             Regulation
             are
             chiefly
             Levell'd
             .
          
           
             2ly
             .
             It
             is
             not
             Adviseable
             to
             Rely
             upon
             the
             Honesty
             of
             People
             (
             if
             it
             may
             be
             Avoided
             )
             where
             That
             Honesty
             is
             to
             their
             Loss
             :
             Especially
             if
             they
             be
             such
             as
             have
             already
             given
             Proof
             that
             they
             prefer
             their
             
               Private
               Gayn
            
             before
             the
             
             Well-fare
             of
             the
             Publique
             :
             Which
             has
             been
             the
             Stationer's
             case
             throughout
             our
             Late
             Troubles
             ,
             some
             few
             Excepted
             ,
             whose
             Integrity
             deserves
             Encouragement
             .
          
           
             3ly
             .
             In
             this
             Trust
             ,
             they
             have
             not
             only
             the
             Temptation
             of
             Profit
             ,
             to
             divert
             them
             from
             their
             Duty
             (
             a
             fair
             part
             of
             their
             stock
             lying
             in
             Seditious
             Ware
             )
             but
             the
             Means
             of
             Transgressing
             with
             great
             Privacy
             ,
             and
             Safety
             :
             for
             ,
             make
             
               Them
               Overseers
            
             of
             the
             Press
             ,
             and
             the
             Printers
             become
             totally
             at
             
               their
               Devotion
            
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             whole
             Trade
             passes
             through
             the
             fingers
             of
             their
             own
             Creatures
             ,
             which
             ,
             upon
             the
             matter
             ,
             concludes
             rather
             in
             a
             Combination
             ,
             then
             a
             Remedy
             .
          
           
             4ly
             .
             It
             seems
             a
             little
             too
             much
             to
             Reward
             the
             Abusers
             of
             the
             Press
             with
             the
             Credit
             of
             Superintending
             it
             :
             upon
             a
             Confidence
             that
             They
             that
             Destroy'd
             the
             
               Last
               King
            
             for
             their
             Benefit
             ,
             will
             now
             make
             it
             their
             businesse
             to
             
               Preserve
               This
            
             to
             their
             Loss
             .
          
           
             5ly
             .
             It
             will
             cause
             a
             great
             Disappointment
             of
             Searches
             ,
             when
             the
             Persons
             most
             concern'd
             shall
             have
             it
             in
             their
             Power
             to
             spoyl
             all
             ,
             by
             
               Notices
               ,
               Partiality
            
             ,
             or
             Delay
             .
          
           
             6ly
             .
             As
             the
             
               Effectual
               Regulation
            
             of
             the
             Press
             is
             not
             at
             all
             the
             
               Stationers
               Interest
            
             ,
             so
             is
             it
             strongly
             to
             be
             suspected
             that
             it
             is
             as
             little
             their
             Aym
             :
             for
             
               not
               One
               Person
               has
               been
               Fin'd
               ,
               and
               but
               one
               Prosecuted
               ,
            
             (
             as
             is
             credibly
             Affirm'd
             )
             
               since
               the
               Late
               Act
            
             ,
             notwithstanding
             so
             much
             Treason
             and
             Sedition
             Printed
             and
             disperst
             since
             That
             time
             .
          
           
             7ly
             .
             It
             is
             enjoyn'd
             by
             the
             Late
             Act
             that
             
               no
               Man
               shall
               de
               Admitted
               to
               be
               a
               Master-Printer
               ,
               untill
               They
               who
               were
               at
               that
               time
               Actually
               Master-Printers
               ,
               shall
               be
               by
               Death
               or
               otherwise
               reduc'd
               to
               the
               Number
               of
               Twenty
               :
            
             which
             Provision
             notwithstanding
             ,
             Several
             Persons
             have
             since
             that
             time
             been
             suffer'd
             to
             set
             up
             Masters
             ;
             which
             gives
             to
             understand
             that
             the
             reducing
             of
             the
             Presses
             to
             a
             
               Limited
               Number
            
             is
             not
             altogether
             the
             
               Stationers
               Purpose
            
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Printers
             are
             not
             to
             be
             Entrusted
             with
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Press
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             
             All
             the
             Arguments
             already
             Objected
             against
             the
             Stationers
             hold
             good
             also
             against
             the
             Printers
             ,
             but
             not
             fully
             so
             strong
             .
             That
             is
             ,
             they
             are
             both
             Partyes
             ,
             and
             
               Iudges
               .
               Self-ended
            
             ,
             (
             upon
             Experiment
             )
             under
             the
             Temptation
             of
             
               Profit
               .
               Offenders
            
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Stationers
             ;
             and
             in
             all
             Abuses
             of
             the
             
               Presse
               ,
               confederate
            
             with
             them
             .
             Beside
             ,
             They
             will
             have
             the
             same
             Influence
             upon
             Searches
             ;
             and
             they
             have
             probably
             as
             little
             Stomack
             to
             a
             Regulation
             ,
             as
             the
             other
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             ;
             the
             
               Printers
               Interest
            
             is
             not
             so
             Great
             as
             the
             Stationers
             ;
             for
             where
             Hee
             gets
             (
             it
             may
             be
             )
             20
             or
             25
             in
             the
             100
             for
             Printing
             an
             Unlawful
             Book
             ,
             the
             
               Other
               Doubles
            
             ,
             nay
             many
             times
             ,
             Trebles
             his
             Mony
             by
             selling
             it
             :
             Yet
             neverthelesse
             the
             Printer's
             Benefit
             lyes
             at
             stake
             too
             .
          
           
             2dly
             .
             It
             were
             a
             hard
             matter
             to
             Pick
             out
             
               Twenty
               Master-Printers
            
             ,
             who
             are
             both
             
               Free
               of
               the
               Trade
            
             ,
             of
             Ability
             to
             Menage
             it
             ,
             and
             of
             Integrity
             to
             be
             Entrusted
             with
             it
             :
             Most
             of
             the
             Honester
             sort
             being
             impoverished
             by
             the
             
               Late
               Times
            
             ,
             &
             the
             great
             business
             of
             the
             Press
             being
             Engross'd
             by
             Oliver's
             Creatures
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             
             They
             Propose
             to
             Undertake
             the
             Work
             upon
             Condition
             to
             be
             Incorporate
             .
             That
             is
             ;
             
               to
               be
               Disengaged
               from
               the
               Company
               of
               Stationers
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               made
               a
               Society
               by
               Themselves
               .
            
             It
             may
             be
             Answered
             that
             it
             would
             be
             with
             Them
             ,
             as
             't
             is
             with
             
               Other
               Incorporate
               Societies
            
             :
             They
             would
             be
             True
             to
             the
             Publique
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             stands
             with
             the
             
               Particular
               Good
            
             of
             the
             Company
             .
             But
             Evidently
             
               Their
               Gain
            
             lyes
             the
             other
             way
             :
             and
             for
             a
             State
             to
             Erect
             a
             Corporation
             that
             shall
             bring
             so
             great
             a
             Danger
             upon
             the
             Publique
             ,
             and
             not
             one
             Peny
             into
             the
             Treasury
             ,
             to
             Ballance
             the
             Hazzard
             ,
             were
             a
             Proceeding
             not
             ordinary
             .
          
           
             But
             
               they
               Offer
               to
               give
               Security
            
             ,
             and
             
               to
               be
               Lyable
               to
               Fines
            
             .
             Let
             That
             be
             done
             ,
             
             Whether
             they
             be
             Incorporate
             ,
             or
             
               no.
               In
               case
               of
               Failer
               ,
               they
               'll
               be
               content
               to
               lose
               their
               Priviledges
               .
            
             What
             signifies
             That
             ,
             but
             only
             a
             Stronger
             Obligation
             to
             a
             
             Closer
             Confederacy
             ?
             'T
             is
             True
             ,
             The
             Printers
             in
             a
             Distinct
             and
             Regulated
             Society
             may
             do
             some
             good
             as
             to
             the
             General
             Business
             of
             Printing
             ,
             and
             within
             the
             Sphere
             of
             that
             
               Particular
               Profession
            
             :
             but
             the
             Question
             is
             Here
             ,
             how
             to
             Prevent
             a
             
               Publique
               Mischief
            
             ,
             not
             how
             to
             Promote
             a
             
               Private
               Trade
            
             .
             But
             
               are
               not
               Printers
               the
               fittest
               Instruments
               in
               Searches
               ?
            
             They
             are
             ,
             without
             Dispute
             ,
             
               Necessary
               Assistants
            
             ,
             either
             for
             
               Retriving
               Conceal'd
               Pamphlets
            
             ,
             or
             for
             Examination
             of
             work
             in
             the
             Mettle
             ,
             but
             whether
             it
             be
             either
             for
             the
             Honour
             ,
             or
             Safety
             ,
             of
             the
             Publique
             ,
             to
             Place
             so
             great
             a
             Trust
             in
             the
             Hands
             of
             Persons
             of
             that
             Quality
             ,
             and
             Interest
             ,
             is
             submitte'd
             to
             better
             Judgments
             .
          
           
             To
             Conclude
             ;
             both
             Printers
             ,
             and
             Stationers
             ,
             under
             Colour
             of
             Offering
             a
             Service
             to
             the
             Publique
             ,
             do
             Effectually
             but
             Design
             
               One
               upon
               another
            
             .
             The
             Printers
             would
             beat
             down
             the
             Book-selling
             Trade
             ,
             by
             Menaging
             the
             Press
             as
             Themselves
             please
             ,
             and
             by
             working
             upon
             their
             
               own
               Copies
            
             :
             The
             Stationers
             ,
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             They
             would
             Subject
             the
             Printers
             to
             be
             absolutely
             
               Their
               Slaves
            
             ;
             which
             they
             have
             Effected
             in
             a
             Large
             Measure
             already
             ,
             by
             so
             encreasing
             the
             Number
             ,
             that
             the
             One
             Half
             must
             either
             play
             the
             Knaves
             ,
             or
             Sterve
             .
          
           
             The
             Expedient
             for
             This
             ,
             
             must
             be
             some
             way
             to
             Disengage
             the
             Printers
             from
             that
             Servile
             and
             Mercenary
             Dependence
             upon
             the
             Stationers
             ,
             unto
             which
             they
             are
             at
             present
             subjected
             .
             The
             True
             State
             of
             the
             Business
             being
             as
             follows
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             The
             Number
             of
             Master-Printers
             is
             computed
             to
             be
             about
             60.
             whereas
             20.
             or
             24.
             would
             Dispatch
             all
             the
             Honest
             work
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           
             2dly
             .
             These
             
               Sixty
               Master-Printers
            
             have
             above
             100
             Apprentices
             (
             That
             is
             ;
             at
             least
             20
             more
             then
             they
             ought
             to
             have
             by
             the
             Law.
             )
          
           
             3dly
             ,
             There
             are
             ,
             beside
             Aliens
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             are
             Free
             of
             
               other
               Trades
            
             ,
             at
             least
             150
             Iourny-Men
             ,
             of
             which
             Number
             ,
             at
             least
             30.
             are
             superfluous
             ;
             to
             which
             30.
             there
             will
             be
             added
             about
             36.
             more
             ,
             beside
             above
             50.
             
             
               Supernumerary
               Apprentices
            
             ,
             upon
             the
             Reduction
             of
             the
             Master-Printers
             to
             24.
             
             So
             that
             upon
             the
             whole
             Reckoning
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             left
             a
             Matter
             
             of
             60.
             
             Iourny-men
             ,
             and
             50.
             
             Apprentices
             ,
             to
             Provide
             for
             ,
             a
             part
             of
             which
             Charge
             might
             very
             reasonably
             be
             laid
             upon
             those
             that
             either
             Bound
             or
             Took
             any
             of
             the
             said
             Number
             ,
             as
             Apprentices
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Limitation
             set
             by
             Authority
             .
          
           
             These
             
               Supernumerary
               Printers
            
             were
             at
             first
             Introduced
             by
             the
             Book-sellers
             ,
             as
             a
             sure
             way
             to
             bring
             them
             both
             to
             their
             Prices
             ,
             and
             Purposes
             ;
             for
             the
             Number
             being
             greater
             then
             could
             honestly
             Live
             upon
             the
             Trade
             ,
             the
             Printers
             were
             Enforc'd
             either
             to
             Print
             Treason
             ,
             or
             Sedition
             ,
             if
             the
             Stationer
             Offered
             it
             ,
             or
             to
             want
             
               Lawful
               Work
            
             ,
             by
             which
             Necessity
             on
             the
             one
             side
             ,
             and
             Power
             on
             the
             other
             ,
             the
             Combination
             became
             exceeding
             Dangerous
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             still
             Continues
             ;
             but
             how
             to
             Dissolve
             it
             ,
             whether
             by
             barely
             Dis-incorporating
             the
             
               Company
               of
               Stationers
            
             ,
             and
             subjecting
             the
             Printers
             to
             Rules
             apart
             ,
             and
             by
             Themselves
             ;
             or
             by
             Making
             them
             
               Two
               Distinct
               Companies
            
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             Meddle
             .
          
           
             This
             only
             may
             be
             Offer'd
             ,
             that
             in
             Case
             Those
             Privileges
             and
             Benefits
             should
             be
             Granted
             ,
             to
             both
             Stationers
             ,
             and
             Printers
             ,
             which
             they
             themselves
             desire
             in
             point
             of
             Trade
             ;
             yet
             in
             regard
             that
             
               several
               Interests
            
             are
             Concern'd
             ,
             That
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             on
             the
             one
             side
             ,
             and
             only
             That
             of
             the
             Companies
             on
             the
             other
             ;
             It
             is
             but
             reason
             that
             there
             should
             be
             
               several
               Super-intending
               Powers
            
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             
               smaller
               Interest
            
             should
             
               give
               place
            
             ,
             and
             be
             Subordinate
             to
             the
             Greater
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             The
             Master
             ,
             and
             Wardens
             ,
             to
             Menage
             the
             Business
             of
             their
             Respective
             Trade
             ,
             but
             withall
             ,
             to
             be
             Subjected
             to
             some
             
               Superior
               Officer
            
             ,
             that
             should
             over-look
             them
             Both
             on
             behalf
             of
             the
             Publique
             .
          
           
             As
             the
             Powers
             of
             Licencing
             Books
             ,
             
             are
             by
             the
             Late
             Act
             vested
             in
             
               several
               Persons
            
             ,
             with
             regard
             to
             the
             
               several
               Subjects
            
             Those
             Books
             treat
             of
             ;
             so
             may
             there
             likewise
             be
             
               several
               Agents
            
             Authoris'd
             and
             Appointed
             for
             the
             Care
             of
             the
             Press
             ,
             touching
             These
             
               several
               Particulars
            
             ,
             under
             the
             Name
             ,
             and
             Title
             of
             
               Surveyors
               of
               the
               Press
            
             :
             and
             every
             
               distinct
               Surveyor
            
             to
             keep
             himself
             strictly
             within
             the
             Limits
             of
             his
             
               own
               Province
            
             .
             As
             for
             Example
             .
          
           
           
             First
             ,
             
             The
             
               Lord
               Chancellour
            
             ,
             or
             
               Lord
               Keeper
            
             of
             the
             Great
             Seal
             of
             England
             for
             the
             time
             being
             ,
             the
             
               Lords
               Chief
               Iustices
            
             ,
             and
             
               Lord
               Chief
               Baron
            
             for
             the
             time
             being
             ,
             or
             One
             or
             More
             of
             them
             ,
             are
             specially
             Authoris'd
             to
             License
             ,
             by
             Themselves
             ,
             or
             by
             their
             Substitutes
             ,
             all
             Books
             concerning
             the
             
               Common
               Laws
            
             of
             This
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             Let
             there
             be
             one
             Surveigher
             of
             the
             Press
             Constituted
             peculiarly
             for
             That
             Subject
             .
          
           
             2dly
             .
             All
             Books
             of
             
               Divinity
               ,
               Physique
               ,
               Philosophy
            
             ,
             
             or
             whatsoever
             other
             Science
             ,
             or
             Art
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             Licens'd
             by
             the
             
               Lord
               Archbishop
            
             of
             Conterbury
             ,
             and
             
               Lord
               Bishop
            
             of
             London
             ,
             for
             the
             time
             being
             ,
             or
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             or
             by
             their
             ,
             or
             one
             of
             Their
             Appointments
             ,
             or
             by
             either
             one
             of
             the
             Chancellours
             ,
             or
             Vice-Chancellours
             of
             either
             of
             the
             Universities
             ,
             for
             the
             time
             being
             .
          
           
             Let
             Three
             Other
             Surveighers
             of
             the
             Press
             be
             likewise
             Authorized
             for
             These
             Particulars
             .
          
           
             3dly
             .
             All
             Books
             concerning
             
               Heraldry
               ,
               Titles
               of
               Honour
            
             ,
             
             and
             Arms
             ,
             or
             Concerning
             the
             Office
             of
             Earl-Marshall
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             Licens'd
             by
             the
             Earl-Marshall
             for
             the
             time
             being
             ;
             or
             in
             case
             there
             shall
             not
             then
             be
             an
             
               Earl.
               Marshal
            
             ,
             by
             the
             
               Three
               Kings
               of
               Arms
            
             or
             any
             Two
             of
             them
             ,
             whereof
             Garter
             to
             be
             One.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             to
             be
             the
             Subject
             of
             Another
             Surveigher's
             Care.
             
          
           
             4thly
             .
             Books
             of
             
               History
               ,
               Politiques
               ,
               State-Affairs
            
             ,
             
             and
             all
             other
             Miscellanies
             ,
             or
             Treatises
             ,
             nor
             comprehended
             under
             the
             Powers
             before-mentioned
             ,
             fall
             under
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
             the
             
               Principal
               Secretaries
               of
               State
            
             ,
             to
             be
             Allow'd
             by
             Themselves
             ,
             or
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             or
             by
             their
             ,
             or
             one
             of
             their
             Appointments
             .
          
           
             The
             Care
             of
             the
             Press
             concerning
             These
             Particulars
             may
             be
             another
             Surveighers
             Business
             .
             So
             that
             
               six
               Persons
               may
               do
               the
               whole
               work
               ,
            
             with
             good
             Order
             ,
             and
             Security
             .
             
             Three
             Substitutes
             for
             the
             Bishops
             ;
             and
             Chancellours
             ,
             and
             One
             a
             piece
             for
             the
             Rest.
             
          
           
             A
             world
             now
             touching
             the
             Encouragements
             of
             these
             Officers
             ;
             and
             Then
             concerning
             Penalties
             to
             be
             Inflicted
             upon
             Offenders
             ,
             and
             Rewards
             to
             be
             Granted
             to
             Enformers
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Inward
               Motive
            
             to
             all
             Publique
             and
             
               Honourable
               Actions
            
             must
             be
             taken
             for
             granted
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             Principle
             of
             Loyalty
             ,
             and
             Iustice
             :
             but
             the
             Question
             is
             here
             concerning
             
               Outward
               Encouragements
            
             to
             
               This
               Particular
               Charge
            
             .
             There
             must
             be
             Benefit
             ,
             
             and
             
               Power
               .
               Benefit
            
             ;
             that
             a
             man
             may
             Live
             Honestly
             upon
             the
             Employment
             :
             and
             Power
             ;
             for
             the
             Credit
             ,
             and
             Execution
             of
             the
             Trust.
             
          
           
             The
             Benefit
             must
             arise
             partly
             from
             some
             Certain
             ,
             and
             
               standing
               Fee
            
             ;
             and
             in
             Part
             ,
             from
             Accessary
             ,
             and
             
               Contingent
               Advantages
            
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             but
             Few
             ,
             
             and
             Small
             ,
             in
             Proportion
             to
             the
             Trouble
             and
             Charge
             of
             the
             Employment
             :
             for
             there
             must
             be
             ,
             First
             ;
             
               A
               Constant
               Attendance
            
             :
             and
             
               a
               Dayly
               Labour
            
             in
             hunting
             out
             ,
             and
             over-looking
             Books
             ,
             and
             Presses
             :
             and
             Secondly
             ,
             A
             Contiual
             Expense
             ,
             in
             the
             Enterteynment
             of
             Instruments
             for
             Discovery
             ,
             and
             Intelligence
             ;
             which
             being
             deducted
             out
             of
             the
             Pittances
             of
             Licences
             ,
             and
             Forfeitures
             ,
             will
             leave
             the
             Surveigher
             a
             very
             
               small
               Proportion
            
             for
             his
             Peyns
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             thing
             is
             a
             Power
             to
             Execute
             ;
             without
             which
             ,
             the
             Law
             is
             Dead
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Officer
               Ridiculous
            
             .
          
           
             
               Now
               concerning
               Penalties
               and
               Rewards
            
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Gayn
             of
             Printing
             some
             Books
             ,
             
             is
             Ten
             times
             Greater
             ,
             if
             they
             Scape
             ,
             then
             the
             Loss
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             Taken
             :
             so
             that
             the
             Damage
             bearing
             such
             a
             disproportion
             to
             the
             Profit
             ,
             is
             rather
             an
             Allurement
             to
             Offend
             ,
             then
             a
             Discouragement
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             As
             the
             Punishment
             is
             too
             small
             ,
             
             for
             the
             Offender
             ;
             so
             is
             the
             Reward
             also
             ,
             for
             the
             Enformer
             :
             for
             reckon
             the
             
               Time
               ,
               Trouble
            
             ,
             and
             Money
             ,
             which
             it
             shall
             cost
             the
             Prosecutour
             to
             Recover
             his
             Allotment
             ,
             he
             shall
             sit
             down
             at
             last
             a
             Loser
             by
             the
             Bargain
             :
             and
             more
             then
             That
             ,
             he
             loses
             his
             Credit
             ,
             and
             Employment
             ,
             over
             and
             Above
             ,
             as
             a
             Betrayer
             of
             his
             Fellows
             ;
             
             so
             great
             is
             the
             Power
             and
             Confidence
             of
             the
             
               Delinquent
               Party
            
             .
          
           
             The
             way
             to
             help
             This
             ,
             
             is
             ,
             to
             Augment
             both
             the
             Punishment
             ,
             and
             the
             Reward
             ;
             and
             to
             Provide
             that
             the
             Inflicting
             of
             the
             One
             ,
             and
             the
             Obteyning
             of
             the
             Other
             ,
             may
             be
             both
             Easie
             ,
             and
             Certain
             :
             for
             to
             Impose
             a
             Penalty
             ,
             and
             to
             leave
             the
             way
             of
             Raysing
             it
             ,
             so
             Tedious
             ,
             and
             Difficult
             ,
             as
             in
             This
             Case
             hitherto
             it
             is
             ;
             amounts
             to
             no
             more
             then
             This
             :
             If
             the
             Enformer
             will
             
               spend
               Ten
               Pound
            
             't
             is
             possible
             he
             may
             
               Recover
               Five
            
             :
             and
             so
             the
             Prosecuter
             must
             
               Impose
               a
               greater
               Penalty
            
             upon
             Himself
             ,
             then
             the
             Law
             does
             upon
             the
             Offender
             ;
             or
             Else
             all
             comes
             to
             Nothing
             .
          
           
             An
             Expedient
             for
             this
             Inconvenience
             is
             highly
             Necessary
             ;
             
             and
             Why
             
               May
               not
               the
               Oath
               of
               One
               Credible
               Witness
               or
               More
               ,
               before
               a
               Master
               of
               the
               Chancery
               ,
               or
               a
               Iustice
               of
               the
               Peace
               ,
               serve
               for
               a
               Conviction
               .
            
             Especially
             the
             Person
             Accused
             being
             Left
             at
             Liberty
             before
             such
             Oath
             taken
             ,
             either
             to
             Appeal
             to
             the
             Privy-Council
             ,
             or
             to
             abide
             the
             Decision
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             the
             several
             Sorts
             of
             Penalties
             .
             and
             to
             the
             Application
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             Ordinary
             Penalties
             I
             find
             to
             be
             These
             ;
             
             
               Death
               ,
               Mutilation
               ,
               Imprisonment
               ,
               Banishment
               ,
               Corporal
               Peyns
               ,
               Disgrace
               ,
               Pecuniary
               Mulcts
               :
            
             which
             Penalties
             are
             to
             be
             Apply'd
             with
             regard
             to
             the
             Quality
             of
             the
             Offence
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Condition
             of
             the
             Delinquent
             .
          
           
             The
             Offence
             
               is
               either
            
             Blasphemy
             ,
             Heresie
             ,
             Schism
             ,
             
             Treason
             ,
             Sedition
             ,
             Scandal
             ,
             or
             Contempt
             of
             Authority
             .
          
           
             The
             Delinquents
             are
             the
             Advisers
             ,
             
             
               Authors
               ,
               Compilers
               ,
               Writers
               ,
               Printers
               ,
               Correcters
               ,
               Stitchers
               ,
            
             and
             Binders
             of
             unlawful
             Books
             and
             Pamphlets
             :
             together
             with
             all
             
               Publishers
               ,
               Dispersers
            
             and
             Concealers
             of
             them
             in
             General
             :
             and
             all
             
               Stationers
               ,
               Posts
               ,
               Hackny-Coachmen
               ,
               Carryers
               ,
               Boat-men
               ,
               Mariners
               .
               Hawkers
               ,
               Mercury-Women
               ,
               Pedlers
               ,
            
             and
             Ballad-Singers
             so
             offending
             ,
             in
             Particular
             .
          
           
           
             Penalties
             of
             Disgrace
             ordinarily
             in
             Practice
             are
             Many
             ,
             and
             more
             may
             be
             Added
             .
          
           
             Pillory
             ,
             
             Stocks
             ,
             Whipping
             ,
             Carting
             ,
             Stigmatizing
             ,
             Disablement
             to
             bear
             Office
             ,
             or
             Testimony
             .
             Publique
             Recantation
             ,
             standing
             under
             the
             Gallows
             with
             a
             Rope
             about
             the
             Neck
             ,
             at
             a
             Publique
             Execution
             .
             Disfranchisement
             
               (
               if
               Free-men
            
             )
             Cashiering
             
               (
               if
               Souldiers
               ,
            
             )
             Degrading
             
               (
               if
               Persons
               of
               Condition
               )
               ,
               Wearing
               some
            
             Badge
             of
             Infamy
             :
             
               Condemnation
               to
            
             Work
             
               either
               in
            
             Mines
             ,
             Plantations
             ,
             or
             House
             of
             Correction
             .
          
           
             Under
             the
             Head
             of
             
               Pecuniary
               Mulcts
            
             ,
             
             
               are
               Comprehended
            
             ,
             Forfeitures
             ,
             Confiscations
             ,
             Loss
             of
             any
             Beneficial
             Office
             ,
             or
             Employment
             ,
             Incapacity
             to
             hold
             or
             enjoy
             
               any
               :
               and
               Finally
               ,
               all
               Damages
               accruing
               ,
               and
               Impos'd
               ,
               as
               a
               Punishment
               for
               some
               Offence
               .
            
          
           
             Touching
             the
             
               Other
               Penalties
            
             before-mention'd
             ,
             it
             suffices
             only
             to
             have
             Nam'd
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             Proceed
             to
             the
             Application
             of
             them
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             Crime
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Offender
             .
          
           
             The
             Penalty
             ought
             to
             bear
             Proportion
             to
             the
             Malice
             ,
             and
             Influence
             of
             the
             Offence
             ,
             but
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             Offender
             too
             :
             for
             the
             
               same
               Punishment
            
             (
             unless
             it
             be
             Death
             it self
             )
             is
             not
             the
             
               same
               Thing
            
             to
             
               several
               Persons
            
             ;
             and
             it
             may
             be
             proper
             enough
             to
             Punish
             
               One
               Man
            
             in
             his
             
               Purse
               ,
               Another
            
             in
             his
             Credit
             ;
             a
             Third
             in
             his
             Body
             ,
             and
             All
             for
             the
             same
             Offence
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Grand
               Delinquents
            
             are
             ,
             the
             Authors
             or
             Compilers
             ,
             (
             which
             I
             reckon
             as
             all
             One
             )
             the
             Printers
             ,
             and
             Stationers
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Authors
             ,
             
             nothing
             can
             be
             too
             Severe
             ,
             that
             stands
             with
             Humanity
             ,
             and
             Conscience
             .
             First
             ,
             't
             is
             the
             Way
             to
             cut
             off
             the
             Fountain
             of
             our
             Troubles
             .
             2dly
             .
             There
             are
             not
             many
             of
             them
             in
             an
             Age
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             
               less
               work
            
             to
             do
             .
          
           
             The
             Printer
             ,
             
             and
             Stationer
             ,
             come
             next
             ,
             who
             beside
             the
             
               Common
               Penalties
            
             of
             Mony
             ,
             Loss
             of
             Copies
             ,
             or
             Printing-Materials
             ,
             may
             be
             Subjected
             to
             These
             further
             Punishments
             .
          
           
             Let
             them
             Forfeit
             the
             
               Best
               Copy
            
             they
             have
             ,
             at
             the
             Choice
             of
             that
             Surveigher
             of
             the
             Press
             ,
             under
             whose
             Cognisance
             the
             Offence
             lyes
             ;
             the
             Profit
             whereof
             the
             said
             Officer
             shall
             
             see
             Thus
             Distributed
             
               One
               Third
            
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             a
             Second
             to
             the
             Enformer
             ,
             reserving
             the
             Remainder
             to
             himself
             .
          
           
             In
             some
             Cases
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             condemn'd
             to
             wear
             some
             visible
             Badge
             ,
             or
             Marque
             of
             Ignominy
             ,
             as
             a
             Halter
             instead
             of
             a
             Hat-band
             ,
             one
             Stocking
             Blew
             ,
             and
             another
             Red
             ;
             a
             
               Blew
               Bonnet
            
             with
             a
             
               Red
               T
            
             or
             S.
             upon
             it
             ,
             to
             Denote
             the
             Crime
             to
             be
             Either
             Treason
             ,
             or
             Sedition
             ;
             and
             if
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             the
             Person
             so
             Condemn'd
             ,
             shall
             be
             found
             without
             the
             said
             Badge
             ,
             or
             Marque
             ,
             During
             the
             time
             of
             his
             Obligation
             to
             wear
             it
             ,
             let
             him
             Incurre
             some
             
               further
               Penalty
            
             ,
             Provided
             only
             ,
             that
             if
             within
             the
             said
             time
             ,
             he
             shall
             discover
             and
             seize
             ,
             or
             cause
             to
             be
             Seized
             any
             
               Author
               ,
               Printer
            
             ,
             or
             Stationer
             ,
             Liable
             at
             the
             time
             of
             That
             Discovery
             and
             Seizure
             to
             be
             Proceeded
             against
             ,
             for
             the
             Matter
             of
             Treasonous
             ,
             or
             Seditious
             Pamphlets
             ,
             the
             Offender
             aforesaid
             shall
             from
             the
             time
             of
             that
             Discovery
             be
             Discharg'd
             from
             wearing
             it
             any
             Longer
             .
          
           
             
               This
               Proposal
               may
               seem
            
             Phantastique
             
               at
               first
               sight
               ;
               but
               certainly
            
             there
             are
             Many
             Men
             who
             had
             rather
             suffer
             any
             other
             Punishment
             then
             be
             made
             Publiquely
             Ridiculous
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             Needful
             here
             to
             run
             through
             every
             Particular
             ,
             and
             to
             Direct
             ,
             in
             What
             Manner
             ,
             and
             to
             What
             
               Degree
               ,
               These
            
             ,
             and
             
               Other
               Offenders
            
             in
             the
             like
             kind
             shall
             be
             Punish'd
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             Limit
             ,
             and
             Appropriate
             ,
             the
             Punishment
             :
             but
             it
             shall
             suffice
             ,
             having
             Specifi'd
             the
             several
             Sorts
             of
             Offenders
             ,
             and
             Offences
             ;
             to
             have
             laid
             down
             likewise
             the
             several
             Species
             of
             Penalties
             ,
             Sortable
             to
             every
             Man's
             Condition
             ,
             and
             Crime
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             Rewards
             ,
             something
             is
             said
             already
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             only
             Add
             for
             a
             Conclusion
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             every
             jot
             as
             Necessary
             as
             Punishments
             ;
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             various
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Several
             
               Needs
               ,
               Tempers
            
             ,
             and
             Qualities
             of
             the
             Persons
             upon
             whom
             they
             are
             to
             be
             
               Conferr'd
               .
               Mony
            
             is
             a
             Reward
             for
             
               One
               ;
               Honour
            
             for
             Another
             :
             and
             either
             of
             these
             Misplac'd
             ,
             would
             appear
             rather
             a
             Mockery
             ,
             than
             a
             Benefit
             .
          
           
             The
             End.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47832-e2900
           
             P.
             21.
             
          
           
             P.
             22.
             
          
           
             P.
             23.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A47832-e3960
           
             The
             Promoters
             ,
          
           
             and
             Publishers
             of
             Pamphlets
             .
          
           
             A
             General
             Expedient
             in
             Order
             to
             Discovery
             .
          
           
             Multiplicity
             of
             Private
             Presses
             and
             Printers
             a
             great
             Evil.
             
          
           
             The
             Remedies
             are
             ,
          
           
             To
             Reduce
             ,
             and
             Limit
             the
             Number
             ,
          
           
             And
             to
             discover
             the
             Supernumeraries
             ;
          
           
             With
             the
             means
             of
             doing
             it
             .
          
           
             Let
             no
             Tradesmen
             but
             Printers
             use
             Printing-Presses
             .
          
           
             Cautions
             for
             Securing
             and
             Regulating
             the
             Press
             .
          
           
             Obj.
             
          
           
             Ans.
             
          
           
             A
             Provision
             for
             Poor
             Printers
             .
          
           
             Publishers
             and
             Dispersers
             about
             the
             Town
             ▪
             
          
           
             to
             be
             Punish'd
             ▪
             
          
           
             The
             Stationers
             have
             their
             Private
             Ware-houses
             ,
             and
             Receivers
             .
          
           
             Receivers
             and
             Concealers
             to
             be
             Punish'd
             as
             Dispersers
             .
          
           
             The
             Stationers
             Agents
             for
             Dispersing
             their
             Books
             Abroad
             .
          
           
             Their
             wayes
             of
             Privy
             Correspondence
             and
             Concealment
             .
          
           
             The
             means
             of
             Prevention
             &
             Discovery
             .
          
           
             An
             Expedient
             against
             Printing
             of
             English
             Books
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             ;
          
           
             and
             Importing
             and
             Disposing
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             What
             Books
             ,
             Libels
             ,
             and
             Positions
             are
             to
             be
             suppressed
             ,
             and
             
          
           
             Reasons
             for
             the
             suppressing
             of
             old
             Pamphlets
             as
             well
             as
             new
             .
          
           
             P.
             62.
             
          
           
             Printed
             for
             
               Thomas
               Brewster
            
             ,
             1649.
             
          
           
             Delivered
             in
             a
             Sermon
             by
             
               Thomas
               Brooks
            
             before
             the
             Commons
             ,
             Dec.
             26.
             1648.
             
          
           
             Printed
             1660
             Divers
             Impressions
             .
          
           
             The
             Publisher
             to
             the
             Reader
             .
             In
             a
             Personated
             Letter
             from
             
               Cook
               to
            
             a
             Friend
             .
          
           
             Printed
             by
             a
             Person
             now
             in
             Office
             and
             eminent
             employment
             ,
             1651.
             
          
           
             P.
             982.
             
          
           
             P.
             832.
             
          
           
             P.
             833.
             
          
           
             Printed
             by
             Mr.
             Baxters
             Printer
             for
             
               Fran.
               Tyton
            
             .
             1651.
             one
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Servants
             ,
             if
             he
             has
             not
             lately
             put
             off
             his
             place
             .
          
           
             a
             A
             Foul
             and
             Treasonous
             piece
             ,
             printed
             for
             
               Giles
               Calvert
            
             ,
             1652.
             
          
           
             b
             Printed
             by
             Mr.
             Baxt.
             Printer
             for
             
               Francis
               Tyton
            
             ,
             1650.
             
          
           
             Printed
             by
             one
             in
             Office
             and
             great
             Employment
             ,
             for
             
               Frand
               .
               Tycon
            
             ,
             Aug.
             16.
             1650.
             
          
           
             P.
             24.
             
          
           
             Printed
             for
             
               Livewell
               Chapman
            
             ,
             1660.
             
          
           
             P.
             2.
             
          
           
             1660.
             
             Since
             his
             Majesties
             Return
             .
          
           
             P.
             1.
             
          
           
             Printed
             by
             
               Peter
               Cole
            
             ,
             1648.
             
             The
             Author
             Cook
             the
             Regicide
             .
          
           
             Printed
             by
             a
             person
             in
             Office
             and
             credit
             ,
             for
             
               Fran.
               Tyton
            
             ,
             1650.
             
          
           
             P.
             22.
             
          
           
             P.
             13.
             
          
           
             P.
             19.
             
          
           
             P.
             23.
             
          
           
             P.
             167.
             
          
           
             P.
             169.
             
          
           
             Printed
             1654.
             by
             a
             person
             in
             Offices
             of
             great
             Trust
             and
             Benefit
             .
          
           
             Printed
             by
             Mr.
             Baxters
             Printer
             .
             1645.
             
          
           
             Printed
             by
             
               Simon
               Dover
            
             ,
             1661.
             
             P.
             17.
             
          
           
             Printed
             for
             
               I.
               Rothwell
            
             ,
             1660.
             
             Publish'd
             by
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Manton
            
             ,
             since
             his
             Majesties
             Return
             .
          
           
             P.
             58.
             
          
           
             P.
             66.
             
          
           
             Deliver'd
             by
             Mr.
             
               Edmund
               Calamy
            
             .
          
           
             P.
             13.
             
          
           
             Printed
             by
             
               Io.
               Hayes
            
             ,
             1662.
             
             The
             Author
             
               Edw.
               Bagshaw
            
             .
          
           
             P.
             8.
             
          
           
             1661.
             
             Begun
             by
             
               Tho.
               Cree●
               for
               Giles
               Calvert
            
             and
             
               Tho.
               Brewster
            
             ,
             and
             finish'd
             by
             the
             Order
             of
             Calverts
             wife
             ,
             whilest
             her
             husband
             was
             a
             Prisoner
             for
             that
             very
             book
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
             Printed
             for
             
               Tho.
               Parkhurst
            
             ,
             1662.
             
             Preached
             by
             
               Thomas
               Watson
            
             ,
             calculated
             for
             Corbet
             and
             Barkstead
             ,
             and
             Dated
             upon
             the
             very
             day
             whereon
             they
             were
             Executed
             ,
             Apr.
             19.
             1662.
             
          
           
             P.
             39.
             
          
           
             This
             Book
             was
             formerly
             condemned
             to
             be
             burnt
             by
             the
             Common
             Hangman
             ,
             and
             Reprinted
             since
             his
             Majesties
             Return
             .
          
           
             Printed
             for
             
               Francis
               Tyton
            
             ,
             1659.
             
          
           
             P.
             111.
             
          
           
             P.
             42.
             
          
           
             1662.
             
          
           
             P.
             112.
             
          
           
             P.
             113.
             
          
           
             P.
             45.
             
          
           
             P.
             7.
             
             An.
             1648.
             
          
           
             P.
             1.
             
             An.
             1644.
             
          
           
             P.
             120.
             
          
           
             An.
             1648.
             
          
           
             P.
             121.
             
          
           
             1649.
             
          
           
             The
             Title
             .
          
           
             March
             13.
             1647.
             
          
           
             The
             Author
             
               Edward
               Bagshaw
            
             ,
             1659.
             
          
           
             Printed
             by
             a
             Person
             in
             Office
             and
             Employment
             .
             Octob.
             7.
             1644.
             
          
           
             1660.
             
             The
             Author
             
               Edw.
               Bagshaw
            
             .
          
           
             P.
             2.
             
          
           
             P.
             5.
             
          
           
             1662.
             
          
           
             P.
             112.
             
          
           
             Printed
             for
             
               Francis
               Tyton
            
             ,
             1659.
             
          
           
             P.
             486.
             
          
           
             1660.
             
             Since
             his
             Majesties
             Return
             .
          
           
             
               Preached
               by
            
             Rubert
             Dowglass
             ,
             at
             Scoon
             ,
             Ian.
             1.
             1651.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             10.
             
          
           
             Printed
             by
             
               Tho.
               Creek
            
             for
             
               Giles
               Calvert
               ,
               Tho.
               Brewster
            
             and
             
               Livewel
               Chapman
            
             ,
             since
             his
             Majesties
             Return
             .
          
           
             A
             Sermon
             of
             Mr.
             Calamys
             .
          
           
             1661.
             from
             the
             Presbyterian
             Ministers
             .
          
           
             P.
             13.
             
          
           
             1663.
             
             Printed
             by
             
               Henry
               Bridges
            
             .
          
           
             P.
             21.
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             A
             Treasonous
             Position
             .
          
           
             As
             the
             
               Presbyterians
               restreyn'd
            
             the
             Late
             King.
             
          
           
             P.
             22.
             
          
           
             P.
             23.
             
          
           
             P.
             47.
             
          
           
             Reasons
             why
             the
             Stationers
             are
             not
             to
             be
             Entrusted
             with
             the
             Care
             of
             the
             Press
             .
          
           
             Not
             the
             Printers
             ,
          
           
             although
             Incorporated
             ;
          
           
             or
             giving
             Security
             .
          
           
             The
             Dependence
             of
             the
             Printers
             upon
             the
             Stationers
             is
             Dangerous
             .
          
           
             Let
             the
             care
             of
             Printing
             be
             Committed
             to
             Six
             Surveighers
             of
             the
             Press
             .
          
           
             One
             for
             Law.
             
          
           
             Three
             for
             Divinity
             ,
             Physique
             ,
             
               &c
               i.
               e.
            
             One
             for
             each
             University
             and
             the
             Third
             for
             London
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             One
             for
             Heraldry
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             and
             Another
             for
             State-Afffairs
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             For
             Encouragement
             there
             must
             be
             Benefit
             and
             Power
             .
          
           
             The
             Employment
             being
             Troublesome
             and
             Chargeable
             .
          
           
             The
             Inconvenience
             of
             small
             Penalties
             ,
          
           
             and
             Rewards
             .
          
           
             Which
             in
             Cases
             of
             Publique
             Concern
             ought
             to
             be
             Deep
             upon
             the
             Delinquent
             and
             the
             Reward
             Certain
             and
             Considerable
             to
             the
             Enformer
             .
          
           
             An
             Expedient
             for
             the
             Quick
             and
             Easie
             getting
             of
             the
             Penalty
             .
          
           
             Penalties
             
          
           
             Offences
             .
          
           
             Delinquents
             .
          
           
             Penalties
             of
             Disgrace
             .
          
           
             Pecuniary
             Mulcts
             .
          
           
             The
             Authors
             .
          
           
             Printers
             and
             Stationers
             to
             be
             severely
             Punish'd
             .