A letter from an honourable person in London to a small friend of his in Lancashire conteining the character of a certain constant practiser of rebellion now pretending to loyalty.
         J. G.
      
       
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             A letter from an honourable person in London to a small friend of his in Lancashire conteining the character of a certain constant practiser of rebellion now pretending to loyalty.
             J. G.
          
           1 broadside.
           
             s.n.,
             [London :
             1660]
          
           
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           Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685.
        
      
    
       A42485  R34861  (Wing G35A).  civilwar no A letter from an honourable person in London, to a small friend of his in Lancashire, conteining the character of a certain constant practis J. G 1660    1512 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 C  The  rate of 20 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 
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           A
           Letter
           from
           an
           Honourable
           Person
           in
           LONDON
           ,
           To
           a
           small
           Friend
           of
           his
           in
           LANCASHIRE
           ,
           Conteining
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           certain
           constant
           Practiser
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           now
           pretending
           to
           Loyalty
           .
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           lately
           been
           injur'd
           by
           ,
           some
           indignities
           of
           Language
           ,
           and
           slanderous
           reports
           ,
           raised
           by
           a
           thing
           of
           so
           despicable
           a
           same
           ,
           and
           dirty
           reputation
           ,
           that
           t
           is
           below
           an
           Oyster-wives
           Tongue
           ,
           and
           a
           Foot-mans
           Cudgell
           to
           undertake
           my
           revenge
           ,
           and
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           any
           thing
           infamous
           enough
           to
           be
           instrumentall
           therein
           ,
           besides
           your self
           ,
           and
           the
           Common
           Hangman
           ,
           for
           this
           reason
           ,
           I
           now
           address
           to
           you
           for
           justice
           ,
           it
           being
           as
           absolutely
           in
           your
           power
           to
           do
           me
           right
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           had
           been
           the
           Man
           that
           had
           done
           the
           wrong
           ,
           I
           cannot
           point
           him
           out
           to
           you
           by
           his
           proper
           name
           ,
           for
           t
           is
           so
           
             Ugly
          
           and
           loathsome
           ,
           that
           ,
           should
           I
           attempt
           to
           write
           it
           ,
           my
           Pen
           would
           nauseate
           ,
           and
           disgorge
           it self
           in
           a
           blot
           ,
           but
           I
           shall
           represent
           him
           to
           you
           in
           a
           character
           so
           peculiarly
           his
           own
           ,
           that
           you
           shall
           know
           him
           as
           insallibly
           thereby
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           beheld
           him
           in
           your
           looking-glass
           .
        
         
           He
           is
           one
           who
           is
           by
           nature
           the
           Child
           of
           wrath
           and
           fury
           ,
           of
           a
           cholerick
           constitution
           ,
           suddainly
           anger'd
           ,
           slowly
           appeas'd
           ,
           and
           never
           cordially
           reconcil'd
           .
           He
           is
           of
           a
           busie
           medling
           humour
           ,
           which
           ,
           keeps
           him
           in
           perpetuall
           motion
           ,
           and
           gets
           him
           the
           repute
           not
           of
           an
           industrious
           ,
           but
           a
           pragmaticall
           ,
           person
           ,
           who
           applies
           himself
           to
           other
           mens
           troubles
           ,
           as
           flies
           do
           to
           Horses
           sores
           ,
           to
           draw
           a
           nourishment
           out
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           if
           ,
           by
           interessing
           himself
           ,
           he
           chance
           to
           prove
           serviceable
           ,
           is
           but
           as
           dogs
           heal-wounds
           by
           licking
           them
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           are
           moved
           ,
           not
           out
           of
           charity
           to
           the
           patient
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           licorishness
           of
           their
           own
           pallate
           .
           He
           is
           of
           a
           haughty
           imperious
           disposition
           ,
           and
           a
           violent
           persecutor
           of
           any
           Man
           that
           shall
           dare
           to
           live
           near
           him
           ,
           with
           ,
           a
           lesse
           proportion
           of
           Land
           and
           power
           ,
           and
           a
           larger
           Talent
           of
           honesty
           and
           ingenuity
           than
           himself
           .
        
         
           He
           sate
           long
           at
           the
           
             Receipt
             of
             Custom
             ,
          
           and
           resolved
           to
           keep
           the
           seat
           ,
           as
           the
           strong
           man
           in
           the
           Gospel
           kept
           the
           house
           ,
           till
           a
           stronger
           than
           he
           came
           ,
           and
           think's
           that
           ,
           if
           St.
           
             Mathew
          
           had
           understood
           the
           Office
           as
           well
           as
           he
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           have
           left
           it
           upon
           a
           bare
           call
           .
           He
           believes
           himself
           to
           be
           a
           perfect
           Politician
           ,
           and
           endeavours
           to
           make
           others
           of
           the
           same
           faith
           ,
           by
           the
           frequent
           use
           of
           a
           subtile
           wink
           and
           a
           nod
           ,
           such
           as
           
             Machiavill
          
           tells
           us
           were
           observable
           ,
           in
           the
           grand
           Master
           of
           policy
           ,
           
             Casar
          
           of
           
             Borgia
             .
          
           'T
           was
           from
           the
           same
           Evangelist
           St.
           
             Machiavill
             ,
          
           that
           he
           learnt
           to
           deport
           himself
           in
           point
           of
           religion
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           to
           carry
           as
           much
           of
           it
           in
           his
           face
           as
           the
           precifest
           ,
           and
           as
           little
           of
           it
           in
           his
           heart
           as
           the
           profanest
           .
           His
           education
           was
           behind
           the
           Counter
           of
           a
           certain
           seller
           of
           Linnen
           ,
           whose
           accursed
           spawn
           we
           find
           in
           the
           List
           of
           the
           Brethren
           in
           bloud
           ,
           who
           decreed
           the
           Butchery
           of
           their
           Soveraign
           .
           From
           this
           young
           Master
           of
           his
           ,
           he
           learnt
           the
           Rudiments
           of
           Rebellion
           with
           much
           docility
           ;
           and
           perceiving
           it
           a
           readier
           way
           to
           rise
           by
           Treason
           ,
           than
           by
           his
           Trade
           ,
           he
           relinquisht
           this
           ,
           and
           practised
           the
           other
           with
           much
           industry
           .
           His
           first
           Essay
           was
           to
           betray
           his
           Brother
           in
           bonds
           ,
           his
           fellow
           Apprentice
           ;
           and
           soon
           after
           ,
           he
           put
           near
           a
           thousand
           pound
           cheat
           upon
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           Elder
           Brother
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           flesh
           ,
           and
           called
           it
           good
           service
           to
           God
           and
           the
           State
           ,
           because
           they
           wish't
           well
           to
           the
           King
           .
        
         
           At
           length
           to
           show
           himself
           a
           compleat
           Rebell
           ,
           he
           appears
           one
           ,
           
             tam
             Marte
             quam
             Mercurio
             ,
             Polemick
          
           as
           well
           as
           a
           
             Politick
          
           :
           he
           gets
           a
           Commission
           to
           raise
           a
           troup
           ,
           and
           being
           a
           Man
           of
           a
           discreet
           Charity
           (
           which
           ever
           begins
           at
           home
           )
           he
           first
           raises
           himself
           ,
           by
           raising
           some
           hundreds
           of
           pounds
           ,
           and
           then
           about
           half
           a
           hundred
           men
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           desperately
           marches
           to
           
             Cromwells
          
           Camp
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           conceiving
           it
           to
           be
           two
           mens
           office
           to
           conduct
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           to
           fight
           them
           ,
           he
           pretends
           to
           have
           left
           his
           spanner
           behind
           him
           ,
           posts
           back
           to
           fetch
           it
           ,
           marries
           a
           wife
           ,
           and
           so
           could
           not
           come
           any
           more
           into
           
             Scotland
             .
          
        
         
           Shortly
           ,
           after
           he
           acts
           the
           part
           of
           a
           
             Mephistophilus
             ,
          
           or
           a
           minor
           intelligencer
           in
           his
           native
           region
           ,
           to
           the
           grand
           
             Beelzebub
          
           then
           at
           
             White-Hall
             ,
          
           and
           in
           that
           Diabolicall
           employment
           he
           show'd
           himself
           well
           vers't
           in
           the
           very
           Metaphysicks
           of
           knavery
           ,
           now
           called
           Trepannery
           :
           he
           would
           by
           ,
           forged
           Letters
           ,
           and
           treacherous
           messengers
           ensnare
           men
           into
           a
           discovery
           of
           their
           affection
           to
           their
           true
           Prince
           ,
           and
           then
           persecute
           them
           as
           Traytors
           to
           the
           Usurper
           .
        
         
           And
           he
           was
           never
           so
           dangerous
           ,
           as
           when
           he
           invited
           〈◊〉
           to
           dine
           with
           him
           ,
           or
           himself
           to
           dine
           with
           you
           ,
           when
           he
           dip't
           his
           hand
           in
           the
           dish
           with
           you
           ,
           he
           was
           sure
           to
           betray
           you
           ,
           but
           this
           had
           like
           to
           have
           cost
           him
           dear
           ,
           for
           had
           his
           Classicall
           face
           been
           ,
           as
           it
           seemed
           ,
           true
           Elder
           :
           his
           nose
           had
           lately
           been
           sequester'd
           from
           it
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           a
           
             *
          
           
             Carpenter
             ,
          
           but
           it
           proved
           as
           right
           brass
           ,
           as
           Friar
           
             Bacons
             ,
          
           magicall
           head
           ,
           and
           will
           shortly
           suffer
           ,
           the
           like
           confusion
           ,
           uttering
           the
           same
           last
           and
           Lamentable
           words
           .
           
             My
             time
             is
             past
             .
          
        
         
           But
           in
           his
           foresaid
           office
           he
           now
           affirms
           that
           he
           did
           his
           Majestie
           service
           for
           he
           oft
           times
           gave
           in
           false
           information
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           conses't
           :
           but
           it
           was
           only
           then
           ,
           when
           he
           could
           raise
           no
           persecution
           to
           the
           Cavaliers
           by
           any
           that
           was
           true
           .
           And
           though
           he
           has
           hitherto
           been
           a
           
             Saul
          
           to
           the
           Kings
           friends
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           exercising
           his
           own
           rage
           against
           them
           ,
           but
           in
           accusing
           and
           supplanting
           such
           persons
           as
           were
           civill
           towards
           them
           ,
           yet
           now
           ,
           moved
           by
           the
           turne
           of
           affairs
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           conversion
           of
           his
           own
           heart
           ,
           he
           would
           needs
           appear
           a
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           and
           ,
           having
           sold
           a
           horse
           to
           one
           who
           appeared
           in
           the
           Cheshire
           engagement
           ,
           ●
           0
           .
           s
           .
           under
           the
           rate
           ,
           he
           calls
           it
           a
           service
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           having
           trepann'd
           the
           pens
           of
           2.
           or
           3.
           
           Noble
           personages
           ,
           to
           subscribe
           a
           favourable
           Certificate
           ;
           with
           as
           much
           modesty
           as
           merit
           ,
           he
           puts
           in
           for
           a
           reward
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           King
           were
           obliged
           to
           do
           good
           for
           evill
           only
           ,
           and
           to
           love
           none
           but
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           the
           Coats
           from
           his
           friends
           ,
           to
           bestow
           them
           on
           those
           who
           have
           already
           rob'd
           them
           of
           their
           Cloaks
           .
           By
           such
           subtile
           contrivances
           and
           artifices
           he
           has
           now
           got
           himself
           into
           a
           very
           good
           condition
           ,
           though
           no
           good
           condition
           could
           ever
           get
           into
           him
           .
           Sir
           ,
           by
           this
           time
           ,
           I
           conceive
           ,
           you
           apprehend
           who
           is
           signified
           by
           the
           Character
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             David
          
           did
           by
           
             Nathans
          
           parable
           :
           and
           you
           cannot
           but
           acknowledg
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           absolutely
           in
           your
           power
           to
           give
           him
           a
           punishment
           proportionable
           to
           his
           guilt
           ,
           and
           to
           disable
           him
           to
           practise
           any
           farther
           mischief
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           the
           president
           of
           a
           King-killing
           Alderman
           ,
           you
           may
           Hoyl
           him
           up
           ,
           and
           thereby
           purchase
           more
           love
           and
           fame
           ,
           then
           by
           all
           the
           former
           actions
           of
           your
           Life
           .
           'T
           will
           render
           you
           immortall
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           the
           song
           has
           it
           )
           
             From
             you
             ●●●ll
             that
             is
             humane
             ,
             't
             will
             take
             ,
          
           't
           will
           ease
           you
           '
           from
           all
           thoughts
           and
           sighes
           for
           an
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           ,
           as
           wide
           as
           your
           offenses
           ,
           for
           '
           twill●●●ng
           you
           to
           the
           Land
           where
           all
           things
           are
           forgotten
           .
           I
           hope
           ,
           the
           prickings
           of
           your
           own
           ,
           conscience
           will
           prevail
           with
           you
           to
           effect
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           by
           saving
           my
           pen
           the
           pains
           of
           Rhetorick
           to
           perswade
           you
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           oblige
           me
           to
           employ
           it
           in
           a
           panegyprick
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           done
           .
           A
           word
           is
           enough
           to
           the
           wise
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           
             
               From
               your
               faithfull
               adviser
               .
            
             J.
             G.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A42485e-30
           
             *
             One
             of
             that
             name
             pulled
             him
             by
             the
             note
             and
             kick't
             his
             breech
             in
             
               London
            
             streets
             .