A short view of some remarkable transactions, leading to the happy settlement of these nations under the government of our lawfull and gracious soveraign, Charl[e]s the II, whom God preserve by Roger L'Estrange.
         Apology, with a short view of some late remarkable transactions
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             A short view of some remarkable transactions, leading to the happy settlement of these nations under the government of our lawfull and gracious soveraign, Charl[e]s the II, whom God preserve by Roger L'Estrange.
             Apology, with a short view of some late remarkable transactions
             L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
          
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           A
           SHORT
           VIEW
           Of
           some
           Remarkable
           Transactions
           ,
           Leading
           to
           the
           happy
           Settlement
           of
           these
           Nations
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           our
           Lawfull
           and
           Gracious
           SOVERAIGN
           CHARLS
           the
           II.
           whom
           GOD
           Preserve
           .
        
         
           BY
           
             ROGER
             L'ESTRANGE
             .
          
        
         
           
             Qui
             aliquid
             statuit
             ,
             parte
             inauditâ
             alterâ
          
           
             AEquum
             licèt
             statuerit
             ,
             Iniquus
             est
             Iudex
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           
             Gun
          
           in
           
             Ivy-Lane
             ,
          
           1660.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           The
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           UPon
           the
           Blessed
           Return
           of
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           I
           found
           my self
           under
           a
           Censure
           of
           Betraying
           him
           :
           This
           put
           me
           upon
           the
           publishing
           of
           divers
           scatterd
           Papers
           to
           acquit
           my self
           ,
           which
           (
           alltogether
           )
           were
           entitled
           my
           
             Apology
             .
          
        
         
           To
           make
           the
           folly
           the
           more
           pardonable
           ,
           I
           shaped
           it
           like
           a
           little
           
             Story
             ,
          
           tracing
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           Affairs
           then
           in
           motion
           by
           the
           best
           
             Method
          
           I
           could
           give
           it
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           
             Truth
          
           of
           what
           is
           there
           contein'd
           ,
           I
           dare
           account
           .
        
         
           The
           Book
           lay
           dead
           a
           good
           while
           upon
           the
           Stationers
           hand
           ;
           the
           businesse
           of
           that
           time
           being
           not
           so
           much
           to
           enquire
           who
           deserv'd
           
             Reward
             ,
          
           or
           who
           
             Punishment
             ;
          
           but
           some
           were
           busie
           to
           
             Get
             ,
          
           others
           to
           
             Scape
             ,
          
           and
           not
           a
           few
           most
           fortunately
           did
           
             Both
             .
          
        
         
           The
           World
           it
           seems
           is
           now
           at
           better
           Leisure
           to
           look
           about
           them
           ,
           and
           among
           other
           Trifles
           ,
           this
           Book
           is
           call'd
           upon
           :
           The
           reason
           why
           I
           
             Printed
          
           it
           ,
           is
           gone
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           that
           too
           why
           it
           was
           not
           
             minded
             .
          
           My
           
             Credit
          
           being
           at
           present
           
             Fairer
          
           then
           it
           was
           ,
           although
           my
           
             Fortune
          
           some
           what
           
             Worse
             :
          
           But
           till
           all
           Offices
           were
           disposed
           of
           ,
           it
           might
           have
           possibly
           been
           Inconvenient
           to
           believe
           any
           man
           
             honest
             ,
          
           that
           was
           
             poor
             .
          
        
         
         
           Finding
           this
           composition
           now
           afresh
           enquired
           for
           ,
           to
           do
           the
           Stationer
           a
           kindnesse
           ,
           I
           have
           a
           little
           altered
           the
           
             Title
             ;
          
           and
           to
           oblige
           the
           
             Reader
             ,
          
           I
           have
           Exchanged
           a
           
             Longer
             Preface
          
           for
           a
           
             shorter
             :
          
           The
           rest
           continues
           to
           a
           Syllable
           the
           very
           thing
           it
           was
           .
        
         
           
             One
             Apology
             for
             another
             ,
          
           methinks
           is
           
             False
             Heraldry
             ,
          
           yet
           I
           must
           beg
           the
           Reader
           to
           believe
           that
           I
           had
           no
           vanity
           to
           shew
           my self
           to
           the
           Publique
           in
           that
           Dresse
           :
           nor
           was
           I
           such
           a
           Sot
           ,
           as
           to
           expect
           that
           what
           I
           fram'd
           to
           the
           Humour
           of
           the
           
             Vulgar
             ,
          
           should
           much
           affect
           the
           
             Serious
             .
          
           But
           willing
           to
           appear
           rather
           to
           want
           
             Wit
             ,
          
           then
           
             Honesty
             ;
          
           and
           (
           to
           deal
           frankly
           )
           not
           without
           some
           hopes
           ,
           that
           my
           good
           meaning
           would
           not
           be
           ill
           taken
           ,
           I
           caused
           to
           be
           Printed
           this
           Discourse
           ensuing
           .
        
      
       
         
           An
           ADVERTISEMENT
           .
        
         
           I
           Am
           here
           to
           Advertise
           ,
           that
           as
           at
           first
           I
           entred
           upon
           This
           Pamphlet
           with
           great
           Unwillingnesse
           ;
           so
           I
           have
           now
           at
           Last
           ,
           rather
           chosen
           to
           break
           the
           Accompt
           ,
           and
           Order
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           Leaving
           out
           34.
           
           Pages
           of
           what
           I
           intended
           ,
           than
           overcharge
           the
           Reader
           by
           Filling
           up
           of
           this
           ensuing
           Vacancy
           .
           It
           is
           too
           much
           allready
           ,
           of
           what
           is
           
             Necessary
             ;
          
           and
           That
           which
           I
           had
           prepared
           for
           this
           Place
           ,
           not
           being
           of
           so
           Absolute
           Necessity
           to
           my
           present
           Purpose
           ,
           I
           shall
           refer
           to
           a
           more
           proper
           Opportunity
           and
           Leisure
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           L'ESTRANGE
           HIS
           APOLOGY
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           TO
           begin
           with
           the
           Beginning
           of
           the
           
             War
             ,
          
           and
           of
           my
           
             Story
             .
          
           My
           Judgement
           led
           me
           to
           the
           Kings
           Party
           ,
           and
           That
           I
           Serv'd
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           Aym
           ,
           or
           Benefit
           ,
           than
           the
           Discharge
           of
           my
           Duty
           .
           In
           1644.
           
           I
           was
           Betray'd
           by
           a
           Brace
           of
           Villains
           :
           by
           name
           ,
           
             Leman
             ,
          
           and
           
             Haggar
          
           )
           upon
           a
           Treaty
           to
           surprize
           
             Linn
             Regis
             .
          
           The
           former
           of
           these
           had
           been
           at
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           and
           there
           Solicited
           ,
           and
           obtained
           the
           Promise
           of
           a
           Command
           at
           Sea
           ;
           and
           Both
           of
           them
           were
           bound
           up
           under
           an
           Oath
           of
           Secrecy
           ,
           and
           Fidelity
           ,
           as
           Rank
           as
           words
           could
           make
           it
           .
           Being
           seized
           ;
           and
           his
           Majestie's
           Commission
           
           found
           about
           me
           :
           I
           was
           Hurry'd
           away
           ,
           first
           to
           
             Linn
             ;
          
           Thence
           to
           
             London
             ;
          
           and
           There
           transmitted
           to
           the
           City
           .
           Court-Martial
           for
           my
           Tryal
           .
           (
           where
           Two
           Prime
           men
           were
           a
           
             Saleman
             ,
          
           and
           an
           
             Ostler
          
           )
           In
           this
           Extremity
           ,
           nothing
           was
           left
           unsaid
           ,
           that
           might
           Infame
           me
           :
           and
           with
           so
           strong
           a
           Confidence
           too
           ,
           that
           the
           best
           Friends
           I
           had
           ,
           were
           stagger'd
           at
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Commission
          
           was
           Decry'd
           for
           
             Counterfeit
             ;
          
           The
           
             Design
             ,
             Rash
             ,
          
           and
           
             Foolish
             :
          
           —
           The
           
             Instrument
             ,
          
           as
           
             much
             ;
          
           —
           The
           
             Menage
             ,
             worse
             ;
          
           There
           were
           two
           that
           Affirmed
           ,
           that
           I
           
             Betray'd
          
           all
           ,
           with
           the
           Formalities
           ,
           
             How
             ,
          
           and
           upon
           
             What
             Conditions
             .
          
           I
           was
           at
           last
           brought
           to
           the
           Bar
           ;
           and
           Charg'd
           ,
           First
           as
           a
           
             Spy
             ;
          
           then
           as
           a
           
             Traytor
             ,
          
           with
           all
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           Rudenesse
           ,
           and
           Severity
           Imaginable
           .
           Upon
           that
           Hearing
           ,
           the
           Court
           Inclining
           to
           acquit
           me
           ,
           It
           was
           proposed
           ,
           and
           Carry'd
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           Favour
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           Judgement
           might
           be
           deferred
           ,
           and
           two
           dayes
           longer
           Respit
           given
           me
           for
           the
           advantage
           of
           my
           Defence
           .
           In
           this
           
             Interim
             ,
          
           they
           had
           pack'd
           a
           Committee
           ,
           and
           then
           Condemn'd
           me
           as
           
             Traytor
             ;
          
           Many
           persons
           Contributing
           to
           this
           Vote
           ,
           that
           never
           heard
           one
           Syllable
           of
           my
           Tryal
           .
           My
           Sentence
           being
           pass'd
           ,
           I
           threw
           a
           Breviate
           of
           my
           Case
           among
           them
           ,
           with
           these
           very
           Words
           ;
           That
           
             Since
             they
             would
             not
             Hear
             my
             Defence
             ,
             they
             might
             Read
             it
             ;
             That
             was
             it
             .
          
           A
           young
           Red
           Headed
           Fellow
           ,
           burnt
           it
           .
           I
           was
           then
           cast
           into
           
             Newgate
             ;
          
           whence
           I
           dispatch'd
           forthwith
           a
           Petitionary
           Appeal
           to
           the
           Lords
           ;
           and
           Narratives
           of
           the
           Proceedings
           to
           the
           Principal
           of
           Both
           Houses
           .
           At
           This
           Time
           I
           received
           a
           Friendly
           Visit
           ,
           from
           Mr.
           
             Therowgood
             ,
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Arrowsmith
             ,
          
           (
           then
           of
           the
           
             Synod
          
           )
           with
           an
           Assurance
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           do
           their
           utmost
           to
           preserve
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           would
           but
           Petition
           to
           be
           Banish'd
           ,
           and
           Take
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           without
           which
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           Possibility
           to
           Save
           me
           .
           My
           Answer
           was
           ,
           (
           with
           a
           Respect
           to
           their
           Civility
           )
           to
           this
           effect
           :
           That
           if
           I
           could
           be
           so
           great
           a
           
             Knave
             ,
          
           as
           soberly
           to
           Contradict
           my
           Conscience
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Saving
           of
           my
           Life
           ;
           I
           was
           not
           yet
           so
           great
           a
           
             Fool
             ,
          
           as
           to
           be
           Hang'd
           ,
           with
           my
           Confession
           about
           my
           Neck
           .
           The
           time
           appointed
           for
           my
           Execution
           ,
           being
           the
           
             Thursday
          
           following
           ,
           
           The
           Lords
           Ordered
           my
           Reprieve
           ,
           commanding
           MILLS
           ,
           (
           the
           
             Iudge-Advocate
          
           )
           to
           bring
           in
           my
           
             Charge
             ,
          
           upon
           
             Wednesday
             .
          
           He
           appeared
           accordingly
           ,
           but
           with
           an
           Excuse
           ,
           that
           he
           wanted
           Time
           to
           Prepare
           it
           ;
           however
           upon
           
             Friday
          
           it
           should
           be
           Ready
           .
           It
           was
           then
           Providentially
           Demanded
           ;
           whether
           they
           meant
           to
           Hang
           me
           First
           ,
           and
           then
           Charge
           me
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           Intended
           to
           execute
           me
           in
           the
           Interim
           ?
           He
           told
           them
           ,
           Yes
           ;
           For
           
             the
             Commons
             had
             pass'd
             an
             Order
             that
             no
             Reprieve
             should
             stand
             good
             ,
             without
             the
             Consent
             of
             Both
             Houses
             .
          
           Hereupon
           ,
           they
           desired
           a
           Conference
           ;
           but
           the
           
             Commons
          
           had
           Voted
           also
           ,
           
             That
             no
             Private
             Businesse
             should
             be
             Mov'd
             in
             Ten
             dayes
             .
          
           This
           notwithstanding
           ;
           with
           great
           Difficulty
           ,
           it
           was
           Debated
           ,
           and
           my
           Reprieve
           confirm'd
           ,
           for
           14.
           daies
           :
           and
           after
           That
           ,
           Prolong'd
           ,
           in
           Order
           to
           a
           further
           Hearing
           .
           In
           this
           Condition
           of
           Expectancy
           ,
           I
           lay
           almost
           4.
           years
           ,
           a
           Prisoner
           ;
           and
           only
           an
           Order
           betwixt
           me
           ,
           and
           the
           Gallows
           .
           I
           am
           the
           more
           Particular
           in
           This
           ,
           because
           I
           have
           so
           many
           Honorable
           Witnesses
           ,
           to
           prove
           the
           Truth
           of
           every
           Syllable
           I
           say
           :
           and
           yet
           in
           this
           Extremity
           ,
           I
           had
           as
           much
           to
           do
           to
           Preserve
           my
           Credit
           among
           my
           Pretending
           ,
           Friends
           ,
           as
           to
           Defend
           my
           Life
           against
           the
           Malice
           of
           my
           Professed
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           MY
           first
           Step
           out
           of
           
             Prison
             ,
          
           was
           into
           
             Kent
             ,
          
           and
           There
           ,
           (
           God
           knows
           it
           )
           had
           my
           Soul
           depended
           upon
           a
           strict
           Account
           for
           every
           Thought
           ,
           and
           Moment
           ;
           I
           could
           not
           have
           employ'd
           more
           Care
           ,
           and
           Zeal
           ,
           in
           the
           Performance
           of
           my
           Duty
           ,
           than
           I
           did
           :
           Yet
           in
           the
           very
           height
           of
           our
           Successe
           ,
           being
           grown
           to
           a
           Considerable
           Body
           ,
           even
           out
           of
           Nothing
           ,
           It
           was
           Suggested
           that
           
             L'estrange
          
           was
           
             False
             :
          
           But
           That
           Opinion
           was
           soon
           Quieted
           ,
           by
           a
           Discriminating
           Oath
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           at
           
             Rochester
             ,
          
           which
           made
           those
           very
           Persons
           that
           had
           privately
           aspers'd
           Me
           ,
           to
           withdraw
           ;
           and
           diverse
           of
           them
           afterward
           appear'd
           openly
           against
           us
           .
           Upon
           the
           Dissolution
           of
           the
           Party
           ,
           I
           Cross'd
           the
           Sea
           ;
           and
           There
           I
           found
           the
           main
           Miscariage
           of
           the
           Businesse
           Cast
           upon
           Me
           ;
           but
           still
           by
           Those
           that
           Ruin'd
           it
           Themselves
           .
           After
           a
           
           Six
           Month's
           tryal
           ,
           by
           Word
           of
           mouth
           ,
           and
           Letter
           ,
           to
           Rectifie
           Mistakes
           ,
           I
           found
           my self
           at
           length
           obliged
           to
           a
           more
           Publique
           way
           of
           doing
           it
           ,
           and
           then
           ,
           I
           Printed
           a
           Formal
           
             Series
             ,
          
           and
           Relation
           of
           the
           Story
           ;
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           my
           
             Vindication
             .
          
           This
           Discourse
           prov'd
           as
           Effectual
           as
           I
           wish'd
           it
           ;
           For
           ,
           insisting
           only
           upon
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           with
           every
           Circumstance
           of
           
             Persons
             ,
             Time
             ,
          
           and
           
             Place
             ,
          
           Material
           to
           my
           Purpose
           ,
           there
           remain'd
           no
           Pretense
           for
           Contradiction
           ;
           and
           yet
           I
           made
           it
           my
           great
           Care
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           Disperse
           Copies
           ,
           as
           to
           provoke
           a
           Reply
           ,
           if
           any
           Syllable
           of
           what
           I
           said
           would
           bear
           it
           .
           The
           Sum
           of
           all
           amounts
           to
           This
           .
           I
           gave
           a
           due
           Accompt
           of
           all
           Employments
           which
           the
           Country
           put
           upon
           me
           ,
           nor
           could
           I
           reasonably
           be
           charged
           as
           Causal
           to
           any
           Miscariages
           ,
           when
           there
           hapened
           none
           ,
           while
           I
           had
           any
           Interest
           in
           the
           Businesse
           .
           At
           last
           ,
           upon
           the
           Conjunction
           of
           the
           County-Forces
           ,
           finding
           some
           Dangerous
           ,
           and
           Unseasonable
           disagreements
           ,
           even
           among
           themselves
           ;
           besides
           some
           Scruples
           started
           against
           Strangers
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           the
           best
           Service
           I
           could
           do
           them
           ,
           to
           render
           that
           Command
           I
           had
           ,
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           and
           leave
           Them
           to
           Respond
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           Conduct
           ,
           and
           the
           Issue
           of
           the
           Rest.
           
           Nor
           having
           done
           This
           ,
           did
           I
           quitt
           my
           Duty
           ;
           but
           after
           the
           losse
           of
           
             Maidstone
             ,
          
           I
           mov'd
           the
           Committee
           at
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           (
           although
           in
           〈◊〉
           )
           to
           give
           another
           Push
           for
           't
           .
           From
           Thence
           ,
           I
           went
           to
           
             Sand●●●●
             ,
          
           where
           finding
           the
           Town
           in
           a
           Tumult
           ,
           and
           Abandon'd
           ;
           The
           Sea
           Before
           me
           ,
           and
           the
           Enemy
           Behind
           me
           ,
           I
           took
           a
           Bote
           ,
           and
           with
           much
           Difficulty
           ,
           Escaped
           .
        
         
           So
           much
           for
           KENT
           .
        
         
           I
           Continu'd
           beyond
           Sea
           ,
           from
           1648.
           till
           the
           Army
           dissolv'd
           the
           
             Rump
          
           in
           1653.
           and
           then
           Returning
           ,
           after
           2
           or
           3.
           
           Months
           daily
           Attendance
           ,
           I
           was
           Examin'd
           by
           a
           Committee
           of
           the
           Counsel
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           End
           discharg'd
           from
           that
           Attendance
           ,
           upon
           2000l
           .
           Bayl
           ,
           to
           Appear
           at
           any
           time
           within
           12.
           
           Months
           ,
           upon
           Summons
           .
        
         
           After
           that
           Bond
           given
           ,
           I
           challenge
           the
           World
           to
           say
           ,
           where
           
           ever
           I
           exchang'd
           Syllable
           either
           with
           the
           
             Protector
             ,
          
           or
           his
           
             Secretary
             :
          
           or
           that
           ever
           I
           Communicated
           ,
           Directly
           ,
           or
           Indirectly
           ,
           with
           any
           man
           of
           the
           Party
           ,
           upon
           Publique
           Business
           .
           Nay
           more
           :
           Let
           any
           man
           prove
           that
           I
           did
           ever
           disown
           my
           First
           Judgement
           :
           —
           That
           ever
           I
           took
           any
           
             Engagement
             :
          
           —
           That
           I
           ever
           held
           any
           Particular
           Converse
           with
           any
           person
           of
           Differing
           Principles
           :
           —
           —
           —
           or
           ,
           in
           Fine
           :
           —
           Let
           it
           appear
           that
           ever
           I
           either
           declined
           any
           Rationall
           means
           of
           serving
           my
           Prince
           ,
           my
           
             self
             ,
          
           or
           Diverted
           
             others
          
           from
           it
           ;
           Nay
           if
           I
           am
           not
           able
           to
           Evidence
           the
           contrary
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           have
           steadily
           ,
           and
           Positively
           employed
           all
           the
           Faculties
           ,
           and
           Interests
           I
           had
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           in
           his
           behalf
           ,
           I
           am
           content
           to
           suffer
           ,
           as
           if
           I
           had
           been
           the
           Murtherer
           of
           his
           Father
           .
        
         
           During
           the
           Rule
           of
           
             Cromwell
             ,
          
           there
           was
           small
           Encouragement
           ,
           to
           Form
           any
           Design
           ,
           unlesse
           upon
           his
           Person
           .
           For
           Betwixt
           diverse
           Renegado-Royallists
           
             ,
          
           and
           Mercenary
           Male-contents
           of
           his
           own
           Party
           ,
           it
           was
           scarce
           possible
           to
           Act
           without
           Discovery
           :
           beside
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           
             Quick
          
           and
           
             Cruell
             .
          
           (
           Two
           great
           Advantages
           over
           a
           slavish
           People
           )
           His
           
             Death
          
           in
           1658.
           opened
           the
           way
           most
           certainly
           to
           a
           
             Change
             ,
          
           but
           That
           which
           entred
           upon
           it
           ,
           in
           1659.
           was
           of
           all
           others
           (
           I
           think
           )
           the
           Least
           expected
           .
        
         
           Severall
           of
           the
           Old
           Members
           finding
           the
           Councell
           of
           Officers
           at
           a
           Stand
           ,
           (
           having
           Cast
           off
           their
           new
           Protector
           )
           Sollicited
           the
           
             Army
          
           to
           Invite
           
             their
             Return
             to
             a
             Discharge
             of
             their
             Trust
             as
             before
             Apr.
          
           20.
           1653.
           
           This
           was
           done
           ,
           
             May
          
           6
           1659.
           and
           the
           next
           Day
           ,
           (
           as
           if
           these
           Worthies
           had
           but
           held
           their
           Breath
           ,
           from
           53
           ,
           to
           59
           )
           they
           Blurted
           out
           a
           Declaration
           against
           
             Kingship
             ,
          
           &
           House
           of
           
             Peers
             .
          
           This
           Insolence
           gave
           a
           fair
           Plea
           ,
           and
           Opportunity
           to
           the
           People
           ;
           and
           they
           disposed
           themselves
           to
           a
           generall
           Rising
           in
           
             August
          
           following
           :
           but
           the
           Issue
           of
           all
           depending
           upon
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           where
           the
           
             Militia
          
           was
           placed
           in
           III
           Hands
           ;
           much
           good
           was
           not
           to
           be
           expected
           .
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Vane
          
           had
           Listed
           privately
           as
           many
           Separatists
           as
           he
           Pleased
           ,
           and
           the
           City
           stood
           in
           more
           danger
           of
           that
           secret
           Faction
           ,
           than
           of
           any
           visible
           Power
           that
           appeared
           
           to
           over-awe
           it
           .
           The
           Citizens
           were
           generally
           Hearty
           in
           the
           Businesse
           ;
           and
           with
           the
           Allowance
           of
           severall
           of
           them
           ,
           (
           
             Lambert
          
           being
           upon
           his
           March
           toward
           Sir
           
             George
             Booth
          
           )
           I
           caused
           to
           be
           Printed
           this
           ensuing
           Declaration
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     
                       DECLARATION
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       CITY
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     the
                     Men
                     at
                     Westminster
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       GENTLEMEN
                       ,
                    
                  
                   
                     WE
                     have
                     waited
                     for
                     the
                     good
                     you
                     have
                     promised
                     us
                     ;
                     with
                     a
                     ridiculous
                     Patience
                     :
                     but
                     we
                     finde
                     you
                     Men
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Originall
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     to
                     be
                     
                       read
                       backward
                       .
                       We
                    
                     are
                     for
                     the
                     Religion
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Heart
                       ,
                    
                     not
                     That
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Nose
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     for
                     the
                     
                       Law
                       of
                    
                     the
                     
                       Land
                       ,
                       not
                       that
                       of
                       the
                       Sword
                       ;
                    
                     we
                     are
                     likewise
                     for
                     the
                     
                       Charter
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       City
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     for
                     the
                     
                       Liberties
                    
                     of
                     
                       Free
                       ▪
                       born
                       Englishmen
                       ;
                    
                     with
                     which
                     we
                     are
                     resolved
                     to
                     Stand
                     and
                     Fall
                     .
                     It
                     is
                     high
                     time
                     for
                     us
                     to
                     look
                     to
                     our selves
                     ,
                     when
                     we
                     are
                     comming
                     under
                     a
                     Guard
                     of
                     your
                     Chusing
                     ,
                     and
                     when
                     we
                     have
                     onely
                     this
                     Choice
                     left
                     us
                     ,
                     whether
                     we
                     will
                     
                       Adventure
                    
                     to
                     
                       destroy
                       You
                       to
                       Day
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       be
                       sure
                       to
                       be
                       destroyed
                       our Selves
                       to
                       Morrow
                       .
                    
                     That
                     's
                     the
                     short
                     of
                     the
                     Case
                     ;
                     for
                     ,
                     a
                     
                       Massacre
                    
                     is
                     not
                     onely
                     the
                     
                       Design
                       ,
                    
                     but
                     the
                     
                       Profession
                    
                     of
                     the
                     Party
                     you
                     have
                     Armed
                     against
                     us
                     ;
                     't
                     is
                     their
                     very
                     Exchange-talk
                     at
                     noon
                     day
                     ;
                     But
                     the
                     work
                     will
                     be
                     either
                     too
                     hot
                     ,
                     or
                     too
                     heavy
                     :
                     for
                     my
                     Masters
                     ,
                     we
                     are
                     determined
                     to
                     suffer
                     these
                     affronts
                     no
                     longer
                     ,
                     we
                     are
                     now
                     come
                     to
                     understand
                     one
                     another
                     ,
                     
                       The
                       Ruine
                       of
                       the
                       Nation
                       is
                       Your
                       Interest
                       ,
                       the
                       Peace
                       and
                       Preservation
                       of
                       it
                       ,
                       Ours
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     mischief
                     of
                     it
                     is
                     ;
                     your
                     destruction
                     is
                     as
                     
                       Easie
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     't
                     is
                     
                       Necessary
                       :
                    
                     for
                     every
                     Creature
                     which
                     either
                     Loves
                     
                       God
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     his
                     
                       Countrey
                       ,
                       Hates
                    
                     You.
                     
                     You
                     have
                     not
                     so
                     few
                     as
                     200000
                     Enemies
                     in
                     This
                     Town
                     ,
                     to
                     dispute
                     the
                     Quarrell
                     with
                     some
                     halfe
                     a
                     dozen
                     of
                     you
                     ;
                     not
                     to
                     multiply
                     words
                     ,
                     your
                     
                       Practices
                    
                     are
                     such
                     as
                     a
                     
                       Generous
                    
                     Nature
                     cannot
                     
                       Brook
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     your
                     
                       Power
                    
                     so
                     
                       despicable
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     a
                     
                       Coward
                    
                     needs
                     not
                     
                       Fear
                    
                     it
                     .
                     You
                     have
                     made
                     the
                     City
                     but
                     a
                     Cage
                     of
                     Broken
                     Merchants
                     ;
                     Tradesmen
                     are
                     ready
                     to
                     Perish
                     for
                     want
                     of
                     Businesse
                     ;
                     
                     and
                     their
                     Families
                     for
                     want
                     of
                     Bread
                     ;
                     nor
                     have
                     the
                     Poor
                     any
                     other
                     Employment
                     than
                     to
                     Curse
                     you
                     .
                     Those
                     few
                     amongst
                     you
                     that
                     have
                     any
                     thing
                     ,
                     are
                     but
                     Covered
                     with
                     the
                     Spoiles
                     of
                     the
                     Nation
                     ,
                     and
                     out
                     of
                     the
                     Scum
                     of
                     the
                     People
                     you
                     have
                     composed
                     your
                     inconsiderable
                     Rest.
                     
                     Well
                     Gentlemen
                     play
                     your
                     own
                     Cards
                     your selves
                     ,
                     Wee
                     'll
                     play
                     Ours
                     :
                     you
                     'll
                     have
                     no
                     Single
                     Person
                     in
                     the
                     
                       State
                       ,
                    
                     wee
                     'll
                     have
                     none
                     neither
                     in
                     the
                     
                       City
                       ;
                    
                     at
                     least
                     ,
                     we
                     'll
                     have
                     no
                     
                       White-Hall-Major
                       ;
                    
                     we
                     will
                     neither
                     extend
                     our
                     Priviledges
                     an
                     Inch
                     ,
                     nor
                     abate
                     an
                     Hair
                     of
                     them
                     .
                     And
                     in
                     the
                     matter
                     of
                     Blood-shed
                     ,
                     so
                     let
                     Heaven
                     prosper
                     Us
                     ,
                     as
                     we
                     shall
                     proceed
                     tenderly
                     :
                     But
                     if
                     there
                     be
                     no
                     other
                     way
                     left
                     us
                     than
                     violence
                     whereby
                     to
                     preserve
                     our selves
                     in
                     our
                     Just
                     Rights
                     ,
                     what
                     Power
                     soever
                     shall
                     presume
                     to
                     Invade
                     the
                     Priviledge
                     of
                     a
                     Citizen
                     ,
                     shall
                     finde
                     20000
                     Brave
                     Fellows
                     in
                     the
                     Head
                     on
                     't
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       This
                       we
                       doe
                       Unanimously
                       Remonstrate
                       to
                       You
                       ,
                       and
                       to
                       the
                       World
                       to
                       be
                       our
                       Firm
                       ,
                       and
                       Finall
                       Resolution
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           THis
           Dispute
           Lasted
           not
           Long
           ;
           and
           
             Lambert's
          
           return
           put
           an
           End
           to
           any
           further
           thoughts
           of
           stirring
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           for
           that
           Bout.
           
        
         
           The
           next
           Opportunity
           of
           Moving
           ,
           was
           upon
           the
           Dispatch
           of
           the
           Army
           into
           the
           
             North
          
           to
           oppose
           
             General
             Monck
             :
          
           The
           Government
           being
           then
           Lodg'd
           in
           a
           Committee
           of
           23
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           :
           which
           gross
           Usurpation
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           
             New
             Militia
          
           which
           they
           had
           Imposed
           upon
           the
           City
           ,
           (
           
             Nov.
          
           11.
           )
           put
           the
           Citizens
           upon
           an
           Absolute
           Necessity
           of
           Endeavour
           to
           Free
           themselves
           :
           To
           which
           end
           ,
           they
           resolv'd
           to
           Petition
           the
           
             Common
             Counsell
             ,
          
           for
           their
           Assistance
           towards
           the
           obteining
           of
           a
           
             Free-Parliament
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           Antient
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           A
           Petition
           was
           accordingly
           
             Drawn
             ,
             Subscribed
             ,
          
           and
           
             Presented
             ;
          
           but
           by
           reason
           of
           some
           pretended
           Informality
           in
           the
           Address
           ,
           it
           was
           laid
           aside
           .
           This
           Repulse
           made
           the
           Petitioners
           more
           Eager
           than
           they
           would
           have
           been
           ;
           especially
           finding
           themselves
           Betray'd
           
           by
           diverse
           of
           those
           Persons
           to
           whom
           they
           had
           committed
           the
           Care
           of
           their
           Protection
           .
        
         
           Upon
           Monday
           ,
           
             Dec.
          
           5.
           
           Horse
           and
           Foot
           were
           dispatch'd
           into
           the
           City
           ,
           by
           Violence
           to
           hinder
           the
           Re-enforcement
           of
           the
           Petition
           ,
           where
           they
           behaved
           themselves
           with
           an
           Insolence
           ,
           and
           Barbarism
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           express'd
           .
           In
           this
           Action
           ,
           had
           the
           Magistracy
           been
           but
           half
           so
           carefull
           to
           Vindicate
           the
           
             Honour
          
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           to
           save
           the
           
             Enemies
          
           of
           it
           ,
           not
           a
           soul
           of
           them
           had
           scaped
           .
        
         
           After
           some
           5
           or
           6
           Dayes
           expectation
           what
           this
           Affront
           would
           produce
           ;
           I
           thought
           it
           not
           a
           misse
           ,
           if
           I
           could
           use
           some
           meanes
           to
           Quicken
           them
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           I
           Printed
           a
           Paper
           Entitled
           ,
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Engagement
                     and
                     Remonstrance
                     of
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     
                       London
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         DECEMBER
                         12.
                         1659.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     ALthough
                     ,
                     as
                     
                       Citizens
                       ,
                    
                     wee
                     are
                     
                       reduced
                    
                     to
                     a
                     
                       Necessity
                    
                     of
                     Violence
                     ;
                     and
                     as
                     
                       Christians
                       ,
                    
                     obliged
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Exercise
                    
                     of
                     it
                     ;
                     Unless
                     we
                     will
                     rather
                     prostitute
                     our
                     
                       Lives
                    
                     and
                     
                       Liberties
                       ,
                       Fortunes
                    
                     and
                     
                       Reputations
                       ;
                    
                     Nay
                     ,
                     our
                     very
                     
                       Souls
                    
                     and
                     
                       Altars
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     the
                     Lusts
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Barbarous
                    
                     and
                     
                       sacrilegious
                    
                     Enemy
                     :
                     We
                     have
                     yet
                     so
                     great
                     a
                     tenderness
                     for
                     Christian
                     bloud
                     ,
                     as
                     to
                     leave
                     unattempted
                     no
                     means
                     of
                     probability
                     to
                     save
                     it
                     .
                     This
                     is
                     it
                     which
                     hath
                     prevayl'd
                     with
                     us
                     to
                     Declare
                     ,
                     First
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     World
                     ,
                     what
                     we
                     
                       Propose
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Resolve
                       ,
                    
                     ere
                     wee
                     proceed
                     to
                     further
                     Extremities
                     :
                     and
                     to
                     
                       satisfie
                    
                     the
                     
                       Publique
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     well
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Reasons
                    
                     of
                     our
                     Undertakings
                     ,
                     as
                     to
                     
                       Iustifie
                    
                     our
                     
                       selves
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Menage
                    
                     and
                     
                       Event
                    
                     of
                     them
                     .
                  
                   
                     We
                     find
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     Midst
                     of
                     us
                     ,
                     
                       the
                       House
                       of
                       Prayer
                       converted
                       into
                       a
                       Den
                       of
                       Theeves
                       :
                    
                     Our
                     
                       Counsels
                    
                     Affronted
                     by
                     Armed
                     
                       Troups
                       ,
                    
                     our
                     
                       Fellow-Citizens
                       knock'd
                       on
                       the
                       head
                       ▪
                       like
                       Doggs
                       ,
                    
                     at
                     their
                     own
                     doors
                     ,
                     
                     for
                     not
                     so
                     much
                     as
                     
                       Barking
                       :
                    
                     Nay
                     ,
                     't
                     is
                     become
                     Death
                     ,
                     now
                     ,
                     to
                     desire
                     to
                     Live
                     ;
                     and
                     Adjudg'd
                     Treason
                     ,
                     but
                     to
                     Claim
                     the
                     benefit
                     of
                     the
                     Law
                     against
                     it
                     .
                     Witnesse
                     those
                     
                       Infamous
                       Murders
                    
                     committed
                     ,
                     but
                     Monday
                     last
                     ,
                     upon
                     our
                     
                       unarmed
                       friends
                       :
                    
                     and
                     the
                     glorious
                     
                       Insolencies
                    
                     of
                     that
                     
                       Rabble
                       ,
                    
                     towards
                     such
                     of
                     the
                     rest
                     ,
                     as
                     they
                     seized
                     ,
                     and
                     carried
                     away
                     .
                     But
                     this
                     is
                     nothing
                     :
                     to
                     make
                     us
                     a
                     Compleat
                     
                       Sacrifice
                       ,
                    
                     we
                     are
                     to
                     bee
                     
                       Burnt
                    
                     too
                     :
                     a
                     thing
                     ,
                     not
                     only
                     
                       threatned
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     the
                     Passion
                     of
                     the
                     Tumult
                     ,
                     but
                     Soberly
                     
                       intended
                       ;
                    
                     for
                     they
                     have
                     layd
                     in
                     their
                     Materials
                     for
                     the
                     work
                     already
                     :
                     (
                     a
                     
                       prodigious
                       Quantity
                       of
                       Fire-Balls
                       in
                       Pauls
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Gresham
                       College
                    
                     )
                     Briefly
                     ,
                     We
                     are
                     design'd
                     for
                     
                       Fire
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Sword
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Pillage
                       :
                    
                     and
                     it
                     concerns
                     us
                     now
                     ,
                     to
                     look
                     a
                     little
                     better
                     to
                     our
                     
                       gratious
                       Guards
                       .
                    
                     (
                     Not
                     to
                     insist
                     upon
                     the
                     losse
                     of
                     Trade
                     ;
                     how
                     many
                     thousand
                     Families
                     have
                     nothing
                     now
                     to
                     do
                     ,
                     but
                     
                       Begg
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Curse
                    
                     these
                     wretches
                     ?
                     )
                     The
                     
                       Honour
                    
                     and
                     
                       Safety
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       City
                    
                     lies
                     at
                     stake
                     :
                     and
                     God
                     so
                     blesse
                     us
                     ,
                     as
                     wee
                     'll
                     fall
                     together
                     .
                     Wee
                     will
                     not
                     live
                     to
                     see
                     our
                     Wives
                     ,
                     and
                     Daughters
                     rav●sh'd
                     :
                     our
                     Houses
                     Rifled
                     ,
                     and
                     our
                     Children
                     Beggars
                     ,
                     that
                     shall
                     only
                     live
                     to
                     Reproach
                     their
                     cowardly
                     Fathers
                     :
                     and
                     all
                     this
                     done
                     too
                     by
                     a
                     People
                     ,
                     which
                     we
                     can
                     as
                     
                       easily
                       destroy
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     
                       mention
                       :
                    
                     by
                     a
                     Party
                     ,
                     so
                     
                       barbarous
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     so
                     
                       Inconsiderable
                       together
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     ,
                     certainly
                     ,
                     no
                     creature
                     can
                     be
                     
                       mean
                    
                     enough
                     ,
                     either
                     to
                     
                       suffer
                    
                     the
                     
                       one
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       fear
                    
                     the
                     
                       other
                       .
                    
                     In
                     this
                     Exigency
                     of
                     Affairs
                     ,
                     we
                     have
                     found
                     it
                     both
                     our
                     
                       Duty
                    
                     and
                     our
                     
                       Interests
                    
                     to
                     
                       Associate
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     wee
                     desire
                     a
                     Blessing
                     from
                     Heaven
                     upon
                     us
                     ,
                     no
                     otherwise
                     ,
                     than
                     as
                     we
                     do
                     
                       vigorously
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       faithfully
                    
                     persue
                     what
                     we
                     here
                     Remonstrate
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       First
                       ;
                       We
                       do
                       engage
                       our selves
                       ,
                       in
                       the
                       presence
                       of
                       Almighty
                       God
                       ▪
                       with
                       our
                       lives
                       and
                       fortunes
                       ,
                       to
                       defend
                       the
                       Rights
                       and
                       Liberties
                       of
                       the
                       City
                       of
                    
                     LONDON
                     ;
                     
                       and
                       if
                       any
                       person
                       that
                       subscribes
                       to
                       this
                       Engagement
                       ,
                       shall
                       be
                       molested
                       for
                       so
                       doing
                       ;
                       We
                       will
                       unanimously
                       ,
                       and
                       without
                       delay
                       ,
                       appear
                       as
                       one
                       Man
                       to
                       his
                       Rescue
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Next
                     ;
                     we
                     demand
                     ,
                     that
                     all
                     such
                     
                       Troups
                    
                     and
                     
                       Companies
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     doe
                     not
                     properly
                     belong
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Guard
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       City
                       ,
                    
                     nor
                     receive
                     
                       Orders
                    
                     from
                     the
                     
                       lawfull
                       Magistrates
                       thereof
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     that
                     such
                     Forces
                     
                       withdraw
                    
                     
                     themselves
                     from
                     the
                     Liberties
                     ,
                     within
                     12.
                     hours
                     after
                     the
                     Publication
                     of
                     This
                     :
                     upon
                     pain
                     of
                     being
                     deemed
                     
                       Conspiratours
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       of
                       being
                       Proceeded
                       against
                       accordingly
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     for
                     to
                     this
                     extent
                     ,
                     both
                     of
                     Judgement
                     ,
                     and
                     Execution
                     ,
                     is
                     every
                     Individual
                     qualified
                     in
                     his
                     own
                     defence
                     )
                  
                   
                     We
                     are
                     next
                     ,
                     to
                     demand
                     the
                     Enlargement
                     of
                     our
                     Fellow-Citizens
                     ,
                     which
                     were
                     taken
                     away
                     by
                     Force
                     ,
                     and
                     in
                     a
                     tumultuous
                     manner
                     ,
                     contrary
                     to
                     the
                     known
                     Laws
                     of
                     the
                     Place
                     ,
                     and
                     Nation
                     .
                  
                   
                     This
                     being
                     performed
                     ,
                     we
                     shall
                     acquiesce
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     Enjoyment
                     of
                     those
                     Liberties
                     ,
                     which
                     we
                     will
                     not
                     lose
                     but
                     with
                     our
                     Lives
                     .
                     In
                     Fine
                     ,
                     to
                     remove
                     all
                     Impediments
                     of
                     the
                     peace
                     we
                     desire
                     :
                     Wee
                     do
                     undertake
                     ,
                     both
                     as
                     Men
                     of
                     Credit
                     ,
                     and
                     Justice
                     ;
                     that
                     such
                     of
                     the
                     Souldiers
                     as
                     will
                     betake
                     themselves
                     to
                     honester
                     Employments
                     ,
                     shall
                     receive
                     their
                     Arrieres
                     from
                     the
                     City
                     ,
                     and
                     such
                     a
                     further
                     care
                     of
                     their
                     future
                     well-being
                     ,
                     as
                     is
                     suitable
                     to
                     the
                     Necessities
                     of
                     the
                     One
                     part
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Charity
                     of
                     the
                     Other
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             THis
             Paper
             was
             so
             well
             received
             ,
             that
             it
             encouraged
             me
             to
             follow
             it
             with
             Another
             ,
             Entitled
             ,
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Final
                     Protest
                     ,
                     and
                     Sense
                     of
                     the
                     City
                     .
                  
                   
                     HAving
                     diligent'y
                     perused
                     two
                     
                       Printed
                       Papers
                       ,
                    
                     bearing
                     
                       date
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     14th
                     .
                     
                       of
                       this
                       instant
                       December
                       :
                    
                     The
                     One
                     ,
                     in
                     form
                     of
                     
                       a
                       proclamation
                       ▪
                       concerning
                       the
                       summoning
                       of
                       a
                       Parliament
                       :
                    
                     The
                     Other
                     ▪
                     as
                     an
                     
                       Order
                       of
                       the
                       Common
                       Counsell
                       ,
                       commanding
                       the
                       City
                       to
                       acquiesce
                       in
                       expectation
                       of
                       That
                       Parliament
                       :
                    
                     We
                     finde
                     therein
                     contained
                     ,
                     matters
                     ,
                     so
                     contrary
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Honour
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Nation
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Freedom
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       City
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     we
                     stand
                     obliged
                     ,
                     both
                     as
                     
                       Englishmen
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     as
                     
                       Citizens
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     Protest
                     ,
                     against
                     the
                     
                       Impositions
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       former
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     
                       Illegal
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Concessions
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Latter
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     a
                     direct
                     
                       Combination
                    
                     against
                     us
                     .
                     These
                     
                       Two
                       Papers
                    
                     are
                     
                       Seconded
                    
                     by
                     a
                     
                       Third
                       :
                    
                     
                     (
                     for
                     the
                     
                       Two
                    
                     are
                     
                       One
                       ,
                    
                     both
                     in
                     
                       effect
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       design
                       ,
                    
                     )
                     and
                     That
                     is
                     ,
                     a
                     
                       Proclamation
                       of
                       Banishment
                       ,
                    
                     directing
                     to
                     the
                     late
                     Kings
                     party
                     ,
                     under
                     the
                     notion
                     of
                     the
                     Common
                     Enemy
                     :
                     so
                     that
                     there
                     's
                     no
                     love
                     lost
                     betwixt
                     the
                     
                       Committee
                       of
                       Safety
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Common
                       Counsel
                       ,
                    
                     when
                     the
                     
                       General
                    
                     provides
                     for
                     the
                     
                       Peace
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       City
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Mayor
                    
                     for
                     the
                     
                       Safety
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Army
                       ;
                    
                     not
                     to
                     argue
                     
                       Acts
                    
                     of
                     
                       Oblivion
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     violation
                     of
                     
                       Publique
                       faith
                    
                     in
                     the
                     case
                     :
                     that
                     they
                     
                       Conditioned
                    
                     for
                     their
                     
                       Lives
                    
                     and
                     
                       Liberties
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Compounded
                    
                     for
                     their
                     
                       Fortunes
                       .
                    
                     This
                     is
                     not
                     our
                     
                       Concern
                       ,
                    
                     what
                     
                       they
                       do
                    
                     suffer
                     ;
                     but
                     what
                     
                       wee
                       may
                       ,
                       if
                       we
                       trust
                       those
                       ,
                       that
                       Keep
                       no
                       Faith
                       with
                       them
                       :
                    
                     And
                     that
                     wee
                     'll
                     take
                     a
                     care
                     of
                     :
                     When
                     
                       They
                    
                     are
                     Gone
                     ,
                     then
                     
                       Wee
                       are
                    
                     the
                     
                       Common
                       Enemy
                       ;
                       So
                       are
                       the
                       Laws
                       of
                       God
                       ,
                       and
                       of
                       the
                       Nation
                       ,
                       and
                       such
                       is
                       every
                       Man
                       that
                       loves
                       them
                       .
                    
                     What
                     this
                     
                       Malignant
                       party
                    
                     is
                     ,
                     these
                     People
                     talk
                     of
                     ,
                     we
                     neither
                     
                       Know
                       ,
                    
                     nor
                     
                       Meddle
                       ;
                    
                     the
                     
                       Gentry
                    
                     't
                     is
                     we
                     Live
                     by
                     ,
                     and
                     by
                     the
                     Lawes
                     of
                     
                       Gratitude
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Hospitality
                       ,
                    
                     we
                     are
                     bound
                     to
                     
                       Protect
                    
                     them
                     ,
                     and
                     resolved
                     to
                     doe
                     it
                     ,
                     within
                     our
                     Walls
                     ,
                     against
                     any
                     other
                     Power
                     ,
                     than
                     that
                     of
                     the
                     Known
                     Law
                     .
                     The
                     short
                     of
                     the
                     Designe
                     is
                     This
                     ;
                     a
                     
                       Danger
                    
                     is
                     pretended
                     to
                     the
                     
                       City
                       ,
                    
                     from
                     the
                     late
                     
                       Kings
                       party
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     to
                     prevent
                     the
                     mischief
                     ,
                     the
                     Kind
                     
                       Committee
                       Banishes
                       the
                       Gentlemen
                       ;
                    
                     with
                     Order
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Mayor
                       to
                       make
                       strict
                       searches
                       for
                       Delinquents
                       .
                    
                     Now
                     in
                     persuance
                     of
                     this
                     pretious
                     Order
                     ,
                     our
                     
                       Houses
                    
                     must
                     be
                     
                       forced
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       we
                       Disarmed
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     then
                     ,
                     our
                     
                       throats
                       cut
                       ,
                       to
                       preserve
                       the
                       City
                       .
                    
                     Let
                     those
                     that
                     would
                     be
                     
                       Chronicled
                    
                     for
                     
                       Slaves
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Fools
                       ,
                       submit
                       to
                       suffer
                       this
                       ;
                       and
                       after
                       that
                       Infamous
                       Hour
                       ,
                       may
                       a
                       Yellow
                       Coat
                       ,
                       and
                       a
                       Wooden
                       Dagger
                       ,
                       be
                       the
                       Badge
                       and
                       Distinction
                       of
                       a
                       Citizen
                       .
                    
                     To
                     conclude
                     ,
                     
                       We
                    
                     our selves
                     
                       are
                       That
                       City
                       ,
                    
                     so
                     much
                     the
                     Care
                     and
                     Cry
                     of
                     the
                     Proclamation
                     ;
                     and
                     
                       This
                    
                     is
                     our
                     
                       Unanimous
                       sense
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Resolve
                       .
                    
                     The
                     
                       Army
                    
                     proposes
                     to
                     
                       Pillage
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Murther
                       us
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       Mayor
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     his
                     worthy
                     
                       Advisers
                       ,
                       Ireton
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     —
                     are
                     to
                     hold
                     our
                     
                       Hands
                       ,
                    
                     while
                     They
                     give
                     the
                     
                       Blow
                       ;
                    
                     So
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     are
                     now
                     to
                     provide
                     both
                     against
                     
                       Force
                    
                     and
                     
                       Treason
                       ;
                    
                     having
                     
                       One
                    
                     Enemy
                     within
                     our
                     
                       Walls
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Another
                    
                     in
                     our
                     
                       Counsels
                       .
                    
                     But
                     withall
                     ,
                     we
                     have
                     our
                     
                       Swords
                    
                     in
                     our
                     
                       Hands
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     our
                     
                       Brains
                    
                     in
                     our
                     
                       Heads
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     only
                     to
                     
                       Strike
                    
                     the
                     
                       One
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     to
                     
                       Disbelieve
                    
                     the
                     
                       Other
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     to
                     
                       Subdue
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Disappoint
                    
                     them
                     
                       Both
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                   
                     We
                     do
                     therefore
                     declare
                     to
                     the
                     World
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     will
                     by
                     
                       Violence
                    
                     oppose
                     all
                     ▪
                     
                       Violence
                    
                     whatsoever
                     ,
                     which
                     is
                     not
                     warranted
                     by
                     the
                     Letter
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Established
                       Law
                       :
                    
                     &
                     that
                     in
                     persuance
                     of
                     this
                     Duty
                     ,
                     both
                     toward
                     the
                     
                       Nation
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       City
                       ,
                    
                     an
                     
                       Insolent
                       Souldier
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     an
                     
                       Apostate
                       Magistrate
                    
                     shall
                     be
                     to
                     us
                     as
                     the
                     same
                     thing
                     .
                     —
                     Not
                     to
                     word
                     it
                     much
                     further
                     ,
                     as
                     we
                     will
                     not
                     be
                     
                       Baffled
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     
                       Affronts
                       ,
                    
                     so
                     neither
                     will
                     we
                     be
                     
                       Fooled
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     
                       Flatteries
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     After
                     the
                     Loss
                     of
                     Trade
                     and
                     Liberty
                     ,
                     a
                     vast
                     expence
                     of
                     Blood
                     ,
                     and
                     Treasure
                     ;
                     After
                     
                       many
                       Injuries
                       received
                       ,
                       more
                       threatned
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       none
                       returned
                       ,
                    
                     We
                     made
                     a
                     sober
                     ,
                     and
                     Regular
                     
                       Application
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Authority
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       City
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     
                       Redress
                       .
                    
                     This
                     they
                     
                       Promised
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     wee
                     
                       Expected
                       ,
                    
                     till
                     at
                     last
                     ,
                     instead
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Reparation
                       for
                       past
                       Wrongs
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     a
                     
                       Security
                    
                     against
                     
                       worse
                       to
                       come
                       ;
                    
                     VVe
                     are
                     paid
                     with
                     an
                     
                       Expectation
                    
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Parliament
                    
                     in
                     
                       Ianuary
                       .
                    
                     This
                     is
                     a
                     Logique
                     we
                     understand
                     not
                     .
                     It
                     is
                     in
                     
                       English
                       ,
                       Lye
                       still
                       ,
                       till
                       we
                       cut
                       your
                       throats
                       .
                    
                     It
                     would
                     be
                     well
                     to
                     commit
                     the
                     disposition
                     of
                     our
                     Fortunes
                     ,
                     to
                     those
                     people
                     ,
                     that
                     are
                     at
                     this
                     Instant
                     designing
                     an
                     Execution
                     upon
                     our
                     Persons
                     ;
                     and
                     to
                     require
                     those
                     
                       Worthies
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     have
                     already
                     
                       Robb'd
                    
                     us
                     of
                     
                       all
                    
                     we
                     have
                     
                       Lost
                       ,
                    
                     with
                     the
                     
                       Offer
                    
                     of
                     that
                     little
                     
                       Rest
                    
                     they
                     have
                     
                       Left
                       .
                    
                     But
                     this
                     will
                     not
                     doe
                     our
                     Businesse
                     ;
                     we
                     will
                     not
                     have
                     our
                     
                       Murtherers
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     our
                     
                       Iudges
                       :
                    
                     nor
                     will
                     we
                     
                       wait
                       .
                    
                     That
                     
                       Parliament
                    
                     they
                     
                       babble
                    
                     of
                     so
                     much
                     ,
                     will
                     scarce
                     
                       Vote
                    
                     up
                     the
                     
                       City
                    
                     again
                     out
                     of
                     Ashes
                     ,
                     nor
                     all
                     the
                     Saints
                     in
                     that
                     holy
                     Assembly
                     ,
                     bring
                     the
                     
                       poor
                       Cobler
                    
                     into
                     the
                     world
                     again
                     ,
                     that
                     was
                     
                       Kill'd
                    
                     by
                     order
                     of
                     his
                     
                       Brother
                       Hewson
                       .
                    
                     No
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       Cheat
                    
                     is
                     too
                     stale
                     ,
                     and
                     wee
                     are
                     Determined
                     to
                     Redeem
                     our selves
                     ;
                     but
                     with
                     this
                     Caution
                     ,
                     VVe
                     do
                     solemnly
                     professe
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     will
                     exercise
                     all
                     the
                     Tenderness
                     which
                     possibly
                     the
                     Case
                     will
                     bear
                     ▪
                     The
                     
                       Common
                       Souldier
                    
                     is
                     engaged
                     rather
                     out
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Heedless
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     
                       Malicious
                       Interest
                       :
                    
                     VVe
                     do
                     therefore
                     Protest
                     ,
                     that
                     such
                     of
                     those
                     as
                     shall
                     not
                     evidence
                     their
                     
                       Malice
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     their
                     
                       Obstinacy
                       ,
                    
                     shall
                     receive
                     a
                     Fair
                     Consideration
                     :
                     But
                     ,
                     for
                     such
                     as
                     
                       Lead
                    
                     them
                     ,
                     we
                     do
                     
                       Resolve
                       ,
                    
                     not
                     to
                     allow
                     Quarter
                     to
                     any
                     one
                     of
                     them
                     ,
                     that
                     draws
                     his
                     Sword
                     in
                     the
                     Quarrel
                     :
                     And
                     in
                     Order
                     to
                     the
                     Quicker
                     ,
                     and
                     Gentler
                     Dispatch
                     of
                     the
                     Business
                     :
                     Wee
                     conclude
                     with
                     a
                     Text
                     ,
                     
                       Fight
                       neither
                       with
                       Small
                       
                       nor
                       Great
                       ,
                       but
                       with
                       the
                       King
                       of
                       Israel
                       .
                    
                     And
                     so
                     God
                     give
                     a
                     Blessing
                     to
                     the
                     Endeavours
                     of
                     all
                     Honest
                     Men
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           THis
           Sheet
           gave
           great
           offence
           to
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           particularly
           to
           
             Titchborn
             ,
          
           who
           examined
           the
           Matter
           himself
           ▪
           and
           ordered
           the
           punishment
           of
           the
           Women
           that
           sold
           it
           ;
           after
           many
           Personal
           Abuses
           ,
           beside
           the
           Loss
           of
           their
           Copies
           .
        
         
           
             Dec.
          
           18
           ▪
           Divers
           persons
           of
           Quality
           were
           seised
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           by
           the
           Soldiers
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           Barbarous
           ,
           Unseemly
           manner
           ,
           Stript
           ,
           and
           Driven
           Naked
           to
           the
           Mewes
           .
        
         
           Soon
           after
           ,
           comes
           Intelligence
           ,
           that
           the
           Forces
           employ'd
           to
           Reduce
           
             Portsmouth
             ,
          
           were
           joyn'd
           with
           the
           
             Fugitive
             Members
             ,
          
           and
           upon
           their
           March
           for
           
             London
             :
          
           whereupon
           I
           caused
           to
           be
           Printed
           as
           followes
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Resolve
                     of
                     the
                     City
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         Decemb.
                         23.
                         1659.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     OUr
                     Respects
                     to
                     
                       Peace
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Order
                       ,
                    
                     are
                     too
                     notorious
                     to
                     be
                     questioned
                     ,
                     since
                     by
                     the
                     meer
                     Impressions
                     of
                     
                       Charity
                    
                     and
                     
                       Obedience
                       ,
                    
                     wee
                     have
                     thus
                     long
                     suspended
                     the
                     
                       Iustice
                    
                     wee
                     owe
                     to
                     our
                     
                       Selves
                       ,
                    
                     together
                     with
                     that
                     
                       Vengeance
                       ,
                    
                     which
                     the
                     
                       Bloud
                    
                     of
                     our
                     Murthered
                     Companions
                     requires
                     at
                     our
                     hands
                     .
                     Nor
                     have
                     these
                     Principles
                     of
                     Publique
                     tenderness
                     been
                     lesse
                     Eminent
                     ,
                     upon
                     our
                     
                       Iudgements
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     upon
                     our
                     
                       Passions
                       ;
                    
                     For
                     ,
                     we
                     have
                     as
                     well
                     
                       Believ●d
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     
                       Contradiction
                    
                     to
                     Evidence
                     of
                     
                       Experiment
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     wee
                     have
                     
                       Suffered
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     
                       Opposition
                    
                     to
                     the
                     very
                     Elements
                     ,
                     and
                     Dictates
                     of
                     
                       Humanity
                       .
                       Witness
                       that
                       Execrable
                       Monday
                    
                     (
                     sacred
                     to
                     the
                     Eternal
                     Infamy
                     of
                     this
                     City
                     )
                     even
                     
                       Then
                       ,
                    
                     when
                     we
                     had
                     that
                     Enemy
                     at
                     our
                     
                       Mercy
                       ,
                    
                     toward
                     whom
                     ,
                     by
                     the
                     Rights
                     of
                     Nature
                     ,
                     and
                     of
                     Generosity
                     ,
                     wee
                     were
                     not
                     bound
                     to
                     exercise
                     
                       any
                       ;
                    
                     even
                     Then
                     ,
                     I
                     say
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     very
                     
                       Heat
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Course
                    
                     of
                     an
                     Honest
                     ,
                     and
                     Powerfull
                     
                       Indignation
                       ,
                    
                     we
                     returned
                     
                       Quietly
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     our
                     Houses
                     ,
                     upon
                     the
                     first
                     Notice
                     ,
                     that
                     
                     the
                     
                       Authority
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       City
                    
                     would
                     have
                     it
                     so
                     .
                     But
                     it
                     is
                     likewise
                     true
                     ,
                     that
                     this
                     Assurance
                     was
                     added
                     to
                     the
                     Message
                     ,
                     
                       viz.
                       That
                       the
                       Common
                       counsel
                       was
                       sensible
                       of
                       our
                       Grievances
                       ,
                       and
                       would
                       duly
                       consider
                       them
                       .
                    
                     Since
                     this
                     ,
                     we
                     find
                     nothing
                     done
                     in
                     persuance
                     of
                     that
                     Promise
                     ;
                     but
                     on
                     the
                     Contrary
                     ,
                     Injuries
                     are
                     Multiplyed
                     upon
                     us
                     ;
                     and
                     those
                     of
                     that
                     Day
                     ,
                     serve
                     but
                     as
                     Arguments
                     of
                     Encouragement
                     to
                     Greater
                     .
                     
                       Some
                    
                     of
                     us
                     
                       Killed
                       ,
                       Others
                       Wounded
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       lead
                       in
                       Triumph
                       Naked
                    
                     through
                     the
                     Streets
                     :
                     Two
                     or
                     three
                     Hundred
                     Thousand
                     Persons
                     
                       Looking
                       on
                       ,
                       to
                       celebrate
                       the
                       Conquest
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Shame
                       .
                    
                     A
                     Citizens
                     Skull
                     is
                     but
                     a
                     thing
                     to
                     try
                     the
                     Temper
                     of
                     a
                     Souldiers
                     Sword
                     upon
                     ;
                     Give
                     us
                     every
                     Man
                     a
                     
                       Red-coat
                    
                     for
                     a
                     
                       Cash-Keeper
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     work
                     's
                     done
                     .
                     They
                     're
                     come
                     within
                     a
                     Trifle
                     on
                     't
                     already
                     ;
                     and
                     all
                     this
                     while
                     ,
                     an
                     
                       Order
                    
                     to
                     be
                     
                       Quiet
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     all
                     our
                     Patient
                     Masters
                     will
                     afford
                     us
                     .
                     Give
                     us
                     an
                     Order
                     that
                     may
                     make
                     us
                     
                       Safe
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     although
                     we
                     need
                     not
                     
                       Ask
                       ,
                    
                     what
                     we
                     can
                     
                       Give
                    
                     our selves
                     )
                     
                       Perswade
                    
                     these
                     people
                     to
                     be
                     
                       Gone
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       Bidus
                    
                     Drive
                     them
                     out
                     ;
                     What
                     
                       Law
                    
                     made
                     
                       Pauls
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Gresham
                       Colledge
                       ,
                       Garrisons
                       ?
                    
                     If
                     nothing
                     else
                     will
                     do
                     ,
                     we
                     'll
                     do
                     't
                     our selves
                     :
                     We
                     have
                     
                       Engaged
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       sworn
                    
                     the
                     
                       Vindication
                       of
                       the
                       City
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     nothing
                     can
                     
                       Absolve
                    
                     us
                     from
                     the
                     
                       Oath
                    
                     we
                     have
                     taken
                     .
                     This
                     must
                     be
                     done
                     betimes
                     too
                     ,
                     't
                     will
                     come
                     too
                     late
                     else
                     ,
                     to
                     prevent
                     ,
                     either
                     the
                     Necessity
                     of
                     a
                     Tumult
                     ,
                     or
                     the
                     greater
                     Mischief
                     ,
                     of
                     a
                     Supine
                     and
                     Credulous
                     Security
                     .
                     
                       A
                       Parliament
                    
                     in
                     
                       Ianuary
                    
                     will
                     do
                     us
                     no
                     more
                     good
                     ,
                     than
                     a
                     Cordial
                     will
                     do
                     him
                     that
                     was
                     
                       Hanged
                    
                     last
                     Sessions
                     .
                     Our
                     Sense
                     at
                     Large
                     ,
                     we
                     delivered
                     to
                     the
                     world
                     ,
                     in
                     a
                     Paper
                     ,
                     Entituled
                     ,
                     
                       The
                       Final
                       Protest
                       ,
                       and
                       Sense
                       of
                       the
                    
                     CITY
                     :
                     VVhich
                     is
                     Publique
                     enough
                     ,
                     notwithstanding
                     the
                     great
                     Design
                     used
                     to
                     suppress
                     it
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Insolences
                     of
                     divers
                     persons
                     ,
                     disaffected
                     to
                     the
                     good
                     of
                     the
                     City
                     ,
                     toward
                     those
                     that
                     sold
                     them
                     .
                     
                       To
                       That
                       we
                       adhere
                       .
                    
                     That
                     
                       Protest
                    
                     of
                     
                       Ours
                       ,
                    
                     produced
                     
                       Another
                    
                     from
                     the
                     
                       Common
                       counsel
                       ,
                    
                     of
                     the
                     20th
                     .
                     Current
                     ,
                     to
                     which
                     something
                     ought
                     to
                     bee
                     said
                     .
                     The
                     sum
                     of
                     that
                     Order
                     is
                     ,
                     but
                     in
                     effect
                     ,
                     the
                     Justification
                     of
                     the
                     Lord
                     Mayor
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     matter
                     of
                     Prudence
                     and
                     Integrity
                     :
                     we
                     do
                     not
                     Deny
                     ,
                     but
                     finding
                     our selves
                     abandoned
                     to
                     all
                     sorts
                     of
                     Outrages
                     ,
                     by
                     the
                     Cold
                     Proceeding
                     of
                     the
                     Court
                     in
                     our
                     behalf
                     ,
                     
                     we
                     were
                     transported
                     to
                     some
                     bitter
                     Reflections
                     :
                     Involving
                     the
                     
                       present
                       Mayor
                       ,
                    
                     with
                     his
                     more
                     Criminal
                     
                       Predecessor
                       Ireton
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     the
                     Imputation
                     .
                     We
                     shall
                     not
                     more
                     
                       Gladly
                       find
                    
                     it
                     a
                     Mistake
                     ,
                     than
                     
                       Readily
                       Confess
                    
                     it
                     one
                     ,
                     when
                     we
                     reap
                     the
                     Effects
                     of
                     that
                     Care
                     for
                     the
                     Good
                     of
                     the
                     City
                     ;
                     but
                     so
                     long
                     as
                     
                       Wee
                    
                     are
                     
                       tyed
                    
                     up
                     from
                     all
                     
                       Lawfull
                       Defence
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Publique
                       Enemy
                    
                     at
                     
                       liberty
                    
                     to
                     practise
                     all
                     
                       Unlawfull
                       Violences
                    
                     upon
                     us
                     ,
                     we
                     desire
                     to
                     be
                     Pardoned
                     ,
                     if
                     we
                     suspend
                     in
                     the
                     Case
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     Cloze
                     indeed
                     is
                     very
                     Noble
                     ,
                     and
                     worthy
                     of
                     the
                     Court
                     ▪
                     where
                     they
                     Declare
                     ,
                     
                       For
                       the
                       Fundamental
                       Lawes
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Protestant
                       Religion
                       ,
                       &c.
                       —
                       and
                       in
                       fine
                       ,
                       to
                       endeavour
                       the
                       convening
                       of
                       a
                       Free
                       Parliament
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     order
                     thereunto
                     .
                     But
                     in
                     Contradiction
                     to
                     this
                     Resolve
                     ,
                     the
                     Committee
                     of
                     Officers
                     have
                     yesterday
                     published
                     a
                     Paper
                     ,
                     Entituled
                     ,
                     
                       The
                       Agreement
                       ,
                       &c.
                    
                     —
                     fairly
                     telling
                     us
                     ,
                     That
                     we
                     are
                     to
                     be
                     Governed
                     by
                     People
                     of
                     their
                     Chusing
                     ,
                     and
                     by
                     a
                     Model
                     of
                     their
                     framing
                     ,
                     without
                     any
                     regard
                     had
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Practice
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Reason
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Antient
                       Laws
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Interest
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Liberty
                    
                     of
                     every
                     
                       Freeborn
                       English-man
                       .
                    
                     This
                     Usurpation
                     is
                     to
                     bee
                     considered
                     in
                     its
                     due
                     place
                     ;
                     at
                     present
                     it
                     concerns
                     us
                     ▪
                     to
                     hinder
                     them
                     from
                     making
                     the
                     Slavery
                     of
                     the
                     City
                     ,
                     their
                     first
                     Step
                     towards
                     the
                     Subjection
                     of
                     the
                     Nation
                     .
                     The
                     seasonable
                     Care
                     of
                     This
                     ,
                     we
                     do
                     Humbly
                     ,
                     and
                     Earnestly
                     recommend
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Court
                       of
                       Common-counsel
                       ;
                    
                     Our
                     Hopes
                     are
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     are
                     now
                     fallen
                     into
                     Better
                     hands
                     ,
                     and
                     if
                     our
                     Magistrates
                     will
                     but
                     Command
                     us
                     ,
                     they
                     have
                     an
                     Hundred
                     Thousand
                     Lives
                     in
                     readiness
                     to
                     Engage
                     for
                     them
                     .
                     If
                     we
                     should
                     be
                     so
                     unhappy
                     ,
                     as
                     to
                     be
                     still
                     delayed
                     ;
                     wee
                     do
                     however
                     wash
                     our
                     hands
                     of
                     the
                     Consequences
                     :
                     And
                     so
                     
                       God
                       Direct
                       and
                       Deliver
                       Us
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           OBserving
           how
           much
           more
           
             Unanimous
          
           the
           
             Army
          
           was
           to
           
             Destroy
             Us
             ;
          
           than
           
             We
             ,
          
           to
           
             Save
          
           our
           
             Selves
             :
          
           and
           Finding
           nothing
           extant
           of
           Direction
           to
           the
           
             Necessary
          
           purpose
           of
           an
           
             Universal
             Union
             :
          
           I
           presumed
           to
           Publish
           a
           Paper
           ,
           containing
           what
           I
           
           judg'd
           might
           Rationally
           
             Promote
          
           such
           an
           
             Agreement
             ,
          
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           a
           thing
           already
           done
           .
           It
           runs
           Thus
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       A
                       FREE
                       PARLIAMENT
                    
                     Proposed
                     by
                     the
                     
                       CITY
                    
                     to
                     the
                     
                       NATION
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       GENTLEMEN
                       ,
                    
                  
                   
                     HAving
                     certain
                     Intelligence
                     of
                     great
                     Preparations
                     against
                     us
                     from
                     
                       Abroad
                       ;
                    
                     together
                     with
                     the
                     daily
                     and
                     wofull
                     experience
                     ,
                     of
                     a
                     more
                     Barbarous
                     ,
                     and
                     Ignoble
                     Enemy
                     at
                     
                       Home
                       :
                    
                     we
                     have
                     bethought
                     our selves
                     of
                     an
                     Expedient
                     ,
                     which
                     may
                     at
                     once
                     ,
                     both
                     
                       Secure
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Deliver
                    
                     the
                     Nation
                     from
                     the
                     
                       Danger
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       One
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     from
                     the
                     
                       Tyranny
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Other
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     In
                     order
                     to
                     this
                     effect
                     :
                     
                       The
                       City
                       of
                    
                     London
                     
                       hath
                       constituted
                    
                     4
                     
                       Commissioners
                       ,
                       to
                       Treat
                       Respectively
                       with
                       the
                       rest
                       of
                       the
                       People
                       of
                    
                     England
                     ,
                     
                       in
                       the
                       behalf
                       of
                       their
                       invaded
                       Rights
                       ,
                       and
                       in
                       such
                       manner
                       to
                       Proceed
                       ,
                       as
                       to
                       the
                       said
                       Commissioners
                       shall
                       appear
                       most
                       convenient
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     In
                     persuance
                     of
                     this
                     Appointment
                     ;
                     
                       We
                       Four
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     whose
                     Names
                     ,
                     and
                     Authority
                     you
                     shall
                     find
                     in
                     a
                     Schedule
                     ,
                     to
                     this
                     annexed
                     )
                     do
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Name
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     by
                     the
                     
                       Commission
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       City
                    
                     of
                     
                       London
                       ,
                       earnestly
                       and
                       unanimously
                       desire
                       a
                       General
                       Assistance
                       ,
                       toward
                       a
                       work
                       of
                       a
                       Publique
                       and
                       Universal
                       Benefit
                       .
                    
                     The
                     transaction
                     of
                     this
                     Affair
                     ,
                     we
                     have
                     committed
                     to
                     Persons
                     ,
                     eminent
                     both
                     for
                     Honesty
                     and
                     Fortune
                     :
                     and
                     to
                     gain
                     Dispatch
                     ,
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     Privacy
                     ,
                     wee
                     have
                     at
                     the
                     same
                     Instant
                     ,
                     and
                     by
                     safe
                     hands
                     ,
                     dispersed
                     True
                     and
                     Exact
                     Copies
                     of
                     These
                     to
                     you
                     ,
                     throughout
                     
                       England
                    
                     and
                     
                       Wales
                       .
                    
                     Our
                     Application
                     should
                     have
                     been
                     more
                     Regular
                     ,
                     but
                     for
                     three
                     or
                     four
                     false
                     Brethren
                     in
                     our
                     Counsels
                     ,
                     whom
                     wee
                     dare
                     not
                     confide
                     in
                     .
                     
                       We
                       find
                       few
                       the
                       Honester
                       for
                       the
                       Quarrel
                       ,
                       that
                       are
                       the
                       Richer
                       for
                       it
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     
                       no
                       other
                       Enemies
                       to
                       the
                       Peace
                       of
                       the
                       Nation
                       ,
                       but
                       the
                       Gainers
                       by
                       the
                       Ruine
                       of
                       it
                       .
                    
                     Upō
                     a
                     due
                     scanning
                     of
                     the
                     whole
                     matter
                     ,
                     we
                     have
                     concluded
                     ,
                     that
                     
                       nothing
                       can
                       restore
                       us
                       but
                       a
                       Free
                       Parliament
                       :
                    
                     Nor
                     can
                     any
                     thing
                     compose
                     that
                     ,
                     but
                     a
                     
                       Free
                       Vote
                       ,
                    
                     without
                     either
                     
                       Force
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       Faction
                       .
                    
                     The
                     most
                     likely
                     means
                     to
                     procure
                     this
                     ,
                     will
                     be
                     a
                     
                       general
                       
                       Engagement
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     endeavour
                     it
                     .
                     We
                     ask
                     no
                     more
                     ,
                     than
                     that
                     
                       you
                    
                     will
                     follow
                     our
                     Example
                     .
                     That
                     Paper
                     ,
                     which
                     we
                     commend
                     to
                     you
                     ,
                     is
                     already
                     subscribed
                     by
                     many
                     Thousands
                     of
                     this
                     City
                     .
                     If
                     you
                     Approve
                     it
                     ,
                     doe
                     as
                     much
                     ;
                     and
                     if
                     you
                     think
                     Fit
                     ;
                     
                       chuse
                       out
                       of
                       every
                       County
                       Two
                       Persons
                       of
                       a
                       Known
                       Integrity
                       ,
                       that
                       may
                       be
                       still
                       Among
                       us
                       ,
                       and
                       at
                       hand
                       ,
                       to
                       preserve
                       a
                       fair
                       Intelligence
                       betwixt
                       us
                       .
                    
                     No
                     longer
                     since
                     ,
                     than
                     Yesterday
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       Conservators
                       of
                       our
                       Liberties
                       ;
                    
                     Hewson
                     
                       and
                       his
                       Mirmidons
                       ,
                    
                     put
                     an
                     affront
                     upon
                     us
                     ,
                     and
                     with
                     some
                     mischief
                     too
                     ,
                     upon
                     this
                     very
                     Point
                     :
                     The
                     very
                     mention
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Free-Parliament
                    
                     enrages
                     them
                     ,
                     and
                     there
                     is
                     Reason
                     for
                     it
                     .
                     
                       Their
                       Heads
                       are
                       forfeited
                       ,
                       and
                       if
                       the
                       Law
                       Lives
                       ,
                       They
                       must
                       Perish
                       .
                    
                     But
                     all
                     this
                     while
                     ,
                     we
                     're
                     in
                     a
                     good
                     condition
                     ,
                     when
                     the
                     
                       Trangressors
                    
                     of
                     the
                     Laws
                     must
                     be
                     the
                     
                       Iudges
                    
                     of
                     it
                     .
                     The
                     very
                     
                       Boyes
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Women
                    
                     had
                     destroyed
                     the
                     Party
                     to
                     a
                     man
                     ,
                     but
                     that
                     with
                     much
                     adoe
                     ,
                     we
                     hindred
                     them
                     .
                     The
                     Truth
                     is
                     ,
                     in
                     such
                     a
                     Confusion
                     ,
                     more
                     honest
                     blood
                     might
                     have
                     been
                     spilt
                     ,
                     than
                     that
                     Rabble
                     was
                     worth
                     .
                     Upon
                     this
                     ,
                     the
                     City
                     is
                     grown
                     so
                     impatient
                     of
                     the
                     Souldiers
                     ,
                     that
                     't
                     is
                     to
                     be
                     feared
                     they
                     will
                     sodainly
                     break
                     out
                     into
                     an
                     open
                     violence
                     upon
                     them
                     .
                     They
                     have
                     already
                     entred
                     into
                     a
                     solemn
                     Engagement
                     to
                     that
                     purpose
                     :
                     But
                     we
                     shall
                     doe
                     our
                     best
                     to
                     quiet
                     them
                     ,
                     till
                     we
                     receive
                     your
                     Answer
                     .
                     In
                     Fine
                     ;
                     the
                     
                       End
                    
                     is
                     
                       honorable
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     we
                     desire
                     the
                     
                       means
                    
                     that
                     lead
                     to
                     it
                     may
                     be
                     so
                     too
                     .
                     Let
                     nothing
                     be
                     omitted
                     that
                     may
                     save
                     blood
                     ;
                     The
                     Army
                     is
                     necessitous
                     ,
                     and
                     without
                     pay
                     ,
                     they
                     must
                     or
                     Steal
                     ,
                     or
                     Perish
                     .
                     Let
                     
                       us
                       consider
                       ,
                       they
                       are
                       our
                       Countrey-men
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       many
                    
                     of
                     them
                     ,
                     (
                     the
                     
                       necessity
                       apart
                       )
                       our
                       Friends
                       .
                       Let
                       such
                       a
                       course
                       be
                       taken
                       ,
                       that
                       so
                       many
                       of
                       them
                       as
                       shall
                       contribute
                       to
                       the
                       Advantage
                       of
                       a
                       Free
                       Election
                       ,
                       may
                       without
                       either
                       Fraud
                       ,
                       or
                       Delay
                       receive
                       their
                       Arriers
                       .
                    
                     We
                     shall
                     do
                     our
                     part
                     in
                     the
                     Contribution
                     and
                     in
                     all
                     Offices
                     of
                     Relation
                     to
                     a
                     
                       Religious
                    
                     and
                     
                       Lawfull
                       Settlement
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     freely
                     engage
                     our
                     
                       Lives
                    
                     and
                     
                       Fortunes
                    
                     with
                     you
                     ,
                     as
                     we
                     do
                     our
                     
                       Pens
                    
                     in
                     this
                     Profession
                     to
                     you
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     are
                  
                   
                     
                       True
                       English
                       men
                       ,
                       and
                       your
                       Servants
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Decemb.
                         6.
                         1659.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     THE
                     ENGAGEMENT
                     .
                  
                   
                     WE
                     the
                     Free
                     born
                     people
                     of
                     
                       England
                       ,
                    
                     having
                     for
                     many
                     years
                     last
                     past
                     ,
                     been
                     subjected
                     in
                     our
                     Consciences
                     ,
                     Persons
                     ,
                     and
                     Estates
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     Arbitrary
                     ,
                     and
                     Lawlesse
                     Impositions
                     of
                     Ambitious
                     ,
                     and
                     Cruell-minded
                     men
                     ;
                     &
                     finding
                     our selves
                     at
                     present
                     ,
                     in
                     danger
                     to
                     be
                     Irrecoverably
                     lost
                     ;
                     partly
                     by
                     Invasions
                     ,
                     threatned
                     us
                     from
                     Abroad
                     ,
                     and
                     partly
                     by
                     Factions
                     encroaching
                     upon
                     us
                     at
                     Home
                     ,
                     without
                     the
                     seasonable
                     mediation
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Free-Parliament
                       :
                    
                     We
                     do
                     Declare
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     will
                     by
                     all
                     Lawfull
                     means
                     Endeavour
                     the
                     Convening
                     of
                     it
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     we
                     will
                     ,
                     afterward
                     ,
                     Protect
                     the
                     Members
                     of
                     it
                     as
                     the
                     Blood
                     of
                     our
                     own
                     Hearts
                     .
                     We
                     do
                     further
                     Engage
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     Presence
                     of
                     Almighty
                     God
                     ,
                     that
                     if
                     any
                     person
                     or
                     Persons
                     whatsoever
                     shall
                     presume
                     to
                     Oppose
                     us
                     ;
                     or
                     to
                     impose
                     upon
                     us
                     any
                     other
                     Government
                     ,
                     Inconsistent
                     
                       with
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     Destructive
                     
                       to
                    
                     the
                     Constitution
                     of
                     Parliaments
                     ,
                     we
                     will
                     prosecute
                     him
                     ,
                     or
                     them
                     ,
                     as
                     the
                     Betrayers
                     of
                     the
                     Peoples
                     Rights
                     ,
                     and
                     Subverters
                     of
                     the
                     Fundamentall
                     Laws
                     of
                     the
                     English
                     Nation
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     To
                     the
                     Honorable
                     the
                     Commissioners
                     of
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     
                       London
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     the
                     Liberties
                     and
                     Rights
                     of
                     the
                     English
                     Nation
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       GENTLEMEN
                       ,
                    
                  
                   
                     HAving
                     already
                     satisfied
                     you
                     by
                     what
                     
                       Authority
                    
                     we
                     Act
                     ,
                     it
                     concerns
                     us
                     next
                     ,
                     to
                     acquaint
                     you
                     ,
                     to
                     what
                     
                       purpose
                    
                     we
                     are
                     
                       Sent
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     what
                     it
                     is
                     ,
                     which
                     we
                     have
                     in
                     Charge
                     to
                     deliver
                     unto
                     you
                     .
                  
                   
                     Your
                     
                       Proposals
                       for
                       the
                       Settlement
                       of
                       the
                       Nation
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     and
                     That
                     ,
                     by
                     the
                     means
                     of
                     a
                     Free-Parliament
                     )
                     have
                     been
                     as
                     Faithfully
                     ,
                     and
                     Generally
                     communicated
                     ,
                     as
                     you
                     intended
                     they
                     should
                     ;
                     as
                     Kindly
                     received
                     as
                     you
                     could
                     wish
                     ;
                     and
                     the
                     whole
                     matter
                     brought
                     to
                     as
                     speedy
                     an
                     issue
                     as
                     was
                     possible
                     for
                     an
                     Affair
                     of
                     that
                     Weight
                     ,
                     and
                     Quality
                     to
                     admit
                     .
                     In
                     Testimony
                     hereof
                     ,
                     
                       We
                       are
                       to
                       give
                       you
                       the
                       Thanks
                       of
                       the
                       People
                       of
                       England
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     to
                     assure
                     you
                     ,
                     that
                     they
                     
                     are
                     not
                     less
                     
                       pleased
                    
                     with
                     your
                     
                       Method
                    
                     of
                     promoting
                     the
                     Publick
                     Good
                     ,
                     than
                     they
                     are
                     
                       Obliged
                    
                     by
                     those
                     
                       Affections
                    
                     which
                     have
                     disposed
                     you
                     to
                     endeavour
                     it
                     .
                     Particularly
                     ,
                     they
                     are
                     exceeding
                     glad
                     to
                     find
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     City
                     hath
                     entrusted
                     such
                     Persons
                     in
                     the
                     Businesse
                     ,
                     as
                     ,
                     beside
                     all
                     other
                     due
                     Qualifications
                     for
                     the
                     Employment
                     ,
                     have
                     This
                     also
                     ;
                     that
                     they
                     were
                     never
                     Parties
                     in
                     the
                     Quarrell
                     .
                     It
                     hath
                     been
                     our
                     Care
                     likewise
                     ,
                     to
                     proceed
                     by
                     the
                     same
                     rule
                     ;
                     and
                     for
                     this
                     Reason
                     ,
                     
                       If
                       Both
                       Parties
                       should
                       be
                       taken
                       in
                       ,
                       there
                       might
                       (
                       possibly
                       )
                       be
                       some
                       Animosities
                       started
                       ,
                       sufficient
                       to
                       obstruct
                       the
                       Proceeding
                       :
                    
                     And
                     again
                     ,
                     
                       should
                       Either
                       of
                       them
                       be
                       left
                       out
                       ,
                       the
                       matter
                       would
                       (
                       probably
                       )
                       be
                       carried
                       by
                       Faction
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     This
                     we
                     are
                     commanded
                     to
                     represent
                     ,
                     rather
                     as
                     a
                     
                       Fair
                       Expedient
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     an
                     
                       Absolute
                       Necessity
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     In
                     the
                     next
                     place
                     ,
                     we
                     are
                     to
                     inform
                     you
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     Engagement
                     you
                     sent
                     us
                     ,
                     found
                     so
                     prone
                     a
                     Reception
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     reckon
                     it
                     ,
                     with
                     us
                     ,
                     a
                     greater
                     difficulty
                     to
                     Find
                     an
                     Enemy
                     to
                     the
                     Intent
                     of
                     it
                     ,
                     than
                     to
                     Subdue
                     any
                     whatever
                     ,
                     that
                     shall
                     presume
                     to
                     appear
                     against
                     the
                     Promoters
                     of
                     it
                     .
                     We
                     do
                     however
                     hold
                     our Selves
                     bound
                     to
                     assure
                     you
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     are
                     perfectly
                     resolved
                     to
                     Joyn
                     in
                     the
                     Charge
                     ,
                     and
                     Hazard
                     of
                     the
                     Dispute
                     ,
                     with
                     you
                     :
                     and
                     that
                     we
                     are
                     as
                     Unanimous
                     in
                     This
                     Cause
                     ,
                     as
                     if
                     the
                     Treasure
                     of
                     the
                     Nation
                     had
                     but
                     one
                     Master
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Strength
                     of
                     it
                     ,
                     were
                     but
                     directed
                     by
                     the
                     Same
                     Mind
                     .
                     The
                     List
                     of
                     the
                     Subscribers
                     ,
                     we
                     have
                     here
                     in
                     Town
                     :
                     If
                     you
                     desire
                     to
                     see
                     it
                     you
                     may
                     :
                     but
                     if
                     Otherwise
                     ,
                     we
                     offer
                     to
                     your
                     Prudence
                     to
                     consider
                     ,
                     if
                     it
                     may
                     not
                     be
                     of
                     more
                     Advantage
                     ,
                     and
                     Security
                     to
                     the
                     Businesse
                     in
                     hand
                     ,
                     rather
                     totally
                     to
                     conceal
                     the
                     Subscribers
                     ,
                     if
                     not
                     also
                     the
                     Commissioners
                     themselves
                     .
                     For
                     the
                     Thing
                     it self
                     ,
                     we
                     are
                     not
                     only
                     Willing
                     ,
                     but
                     Desirous
                     to
                     make
                     That
                     Publique
                     .
                     It
                     is
                     of
                     so
                     Honest
                     ,
                     and
                     Reasonable
                     a
                     Nature
                     ,
                     that
                     no
                     Man
                     
                       Dares
                    
                     oppose
                     it
                     ,
                     who
                     dares
                     not
                     be
                     Damn'd
                     ;
                     no
                     man
                     
                       Will
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     deserves
                     to
                     Live
                     upon
                     English
                     ground
                     :
                     and
                     to
                     conclude
                     ,
                     no
                     Man
                     
                       Shall
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     escape
                     Unpunish'd
                     .
                     
                       Parliaments
                       are
                       the
                       Constitution
                       Fundamentall
                       of
                       the
                       Nation
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       Safeguard
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Honor
                       of
                       it
                       :
                    
                     nor
                     are
                     we
                     more
                     concern'd
                     to
                     
                       Support
                    
                     them
                     ,
                     than
                     to
                     
                     be
                     wary
                     lest
                     we
                     
                       Mistake
                    
                     them
                     .
                     We
                     are
                     to
                     Distinguish
                     betwixt
                     
                       Names
                    
                     and
                     
                       Things
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     we
                     be
                     not
                     govern'd
                     by
                     Delusions
                     ;
                     Where
                     have
                     we
                     a
                     greater
                     
                       Cheat
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     that
                     which
                     stiles
                     it self
                     the
                     
                       Publique
                       Faith
                       ?
                       Greater
                       Subverters
                    
                     of
                     our
                     
                       Liberties
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     some
                     that
                     write
                     themselves
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       Conservators
                    
                     of
                     them
                     ?
                     'T
                     is
                     not
                     for
                     40
                     people
                     to
                     call
                     themselves
                     our
                     
                       Representative
                       .
                    
                     Is
                     't
                     not
                     enough
                     that
                     they
                     have
                     Robb'd
                     us
                     ,
                     unless
                     they
                     Govern
                     us
                     too
                     ?
                     They
                     'll
                     say
                     we
                     
                       Chose
                       them
                       ,
                    
                     so
                     did
                     we
                     chuse
                     above
                     300
                     
                       more
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     we
                     'll
                     be
                     
                       Rul'd
                    
                     by
                     
                       All
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       None
                       of
                       them
                       .
                    
                     Without
                     more
                     adoe
                     ,
                     having
                     Formally
                     assured
                     you
                     of
                     an
                     absolute
                     
                       Concurrence
                    
                     from
                     the
                     
                       Nation
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     to
                     what
                     they
                     have
                     received
                     in
                     Proposition
                     from
                     you
                     :
                     It
                     remains
                     now
                     ,
                     only
                     that
                     we
                     recommend
                     some
                     
                       Additionals
                    
                     to
                     you
                     ,
                     which
                     we
                     conceive
                     may
                     be
                     of
                     some
                     Benefit
                     to
                     the
                     Common
                     Interest
                     of
                     the
                     whole
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       In
                       the
                       First
                       Place
                    
                     we
                     Propose
                     ,
                     
                       That
                       no
                       Petition
                    
                     be
                     presented
                     to
                     this
                     
                       Pretended
                       Parliament
                       ,
                       from
                       the
                       City
                       of
                    
                     London
                     ,
                     
                       and
                       we
                       Undertake
                       as
                       much
                       for
                       our Selves
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Secondly
                       ,
                       That
                       no
                       Levies
                       of
                       Men
                       ,
                       or
                       Monies
                       ,
                       be
                       suffered
                       ,
                       in
                       persuance
                       of
                       their
                    
                     Pretended
                     Acts
                     ;
                     
                       and
                       in
                       case
                       of
                       any
                    
                     Force
                     
                       attempted
                       upon
                       the
                    
                     Refusers
                     ,
                     
                       that
                       we
                       immediately
                    
                     Arm
                     
                       our Selves
                       ,
                       and
                       by
                       Violence
                       Repell
                       it
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Thirdly
                       ,
                       we
                       judge
                       it
                       very
                       fit
                       ,
                       in
                       regard
                       of
                       Dangers
                       Imminent
                       ,
                       both
                       Forein
                       ,
                       and
                       Domestique
                       ,
                       That
                       a
                    
                     Free
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     
                       be
                    
                     speedily
                     convened
                     ;
                     
                       the
                    
                     Time
                     
                       and
                    
                     Manner
                     of
                     Summons
                     
                       instantly
                       agreed
                       upon
                       ,
                       with
                       a
                    
                     Salvo
                     Jure
                     
                       to
                       all
                       Interests
                       .
                       —
                       —
                       (
                       By
                       a
                       Free
                       Parliament
                       ,
                       we
                       understand
                       ,
                       an
                       Assembly
                       of
                       such
                       Persons
                       as
                       by
                       the
                       Law
                       are
                       Qualified
                       to
                       chuse
                       ,
                       without
                       any
                       other
                       Restreint
                       than
                       what
                       the
                       Law
                       imposes
                       .
                       )
                       Not
                       that
                       we
                       claim
                       to
                       our selves
                       the
                       Right
                       of
                       Calling
                       Parliaments
                       ;
                       but
                       the
                       Impossibility
                       of
                       procuring
                       one
                       Regularly
                       ;
                       and
                       the
                       Absolute
                       Necessity
                       of
                       having
                       something
                       like
                       one
                       Suddenly
                       :
                       —
                       This
                    
                     is
                     enough
                     to
                     acquit
                     
                       us
                       before
                       God
                       and
                       Men
                       .
                    
                     By
                     these
                     means
                     ,
                     all
                     Differences
                     may
                     be
                     composed
                     ,
                     all
                     Parties
                     reconciled
                     ;
                     and
                     to
                     These
                     purposes
                     we
                     are
                     ready
                     to
                     Sacrifice
                     our
                     Lives
                     ,
                     and
                     Fortunes
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       GENTLEMEN
                       ,
                    
                     
                       We
                       are
                       your
                       faithfull
                       Servants
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         January
                         3.
                         1659.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           UPon
           the
           17
           of
           
             Ian.
          
           Mr.
           
             Bampfield
             ,
          
           the
           
             Recorder
          
           of
           
             Exceter
             ,
          
           delivered
           a
           Leading
           
             Declaration
             ,
          
           to
           the
           Pretended
           Speaker
           ,
           from
           the
           Gentry
           of
           
             Devonshire
             :
          
           Demanding
           the
           
             Readmission
          
           of
           the
           
             Secluded
             Members
             ,
          
           and
           
             filling
          
           up
           of
           
             Voyd
             Places
             :
          
           without
           any
           
             Previous
             Engagement
             .
          
           This
           Netled
           the
           
             Rump
             ;
          
           and
           Drew
           from
           Them
           ,
           Another
           Declaration
           ,
           (
           
             Ian.
          
           23.
           )
           wherein
           they
           express'd
           all
           Tenderness
           possible
           for
           the
           Publique
           ;
           in
           a
           Fawning
           ,
           Canting
           way
           :
           and
           especally
           Insisting
           upon
           such
           Particulars
           ,
           as
           might
           render
           their
           Design
           of
           setling
           in
           a
           
             Free-State
             ,
          
           the
           more
           Plausible
           to
           
             General
             Monck
             :
          
           who
           was
           now
           as
           far
           as
           
             Leicester
          
           toward
           
             London
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Declaration
           ,
           moved
           me
           to
           
             Print
          
           this
           Ensuing
           
             Paper
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     A
                     PLAIN
                     CASE
                     .
                     Ian.
                     24.
                     1659.
                     
                  
                   
                     IT
                     were
                     no
                     hard
                     Matter
                     to
                     Trace
                     the
                     
                       Course
                    
                     of
                     
                       Government
                       ,
                    
                     thorough
                     all
                     it's
                     several
                     
                       Forms
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Mixtures
                       ,
                    
                     from
                     the
                     very
                     
                       Fountain
                    
                     of
                     it
                     ;
                     and
                     to
                     
                       Deduce
                    
                     the
                     
                       Story
                       ,
                    
                     from
                     it
                     's
                     
                       Original
                    
                     in
                     
                       Paradise
                       ,
                    
                     down
                     to
                     this
                     wretched
                     
                       Place
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Instant
                       .
                    
                     The
                     
                       Sanction
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Assignment
                    
                     of
                     it
                     being
                     proved
                     ,
                     (
                     That
                     the
                     
                       Almighty
                       Wisdom
                    
                     placed
                     ONE
                     RULER
                     over
                     the
                     World
                     )
                     Enquiry
                     might
                     be
                     made
                     into
                     the
                     
                       Reasons
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Equity
                    
                     of
                     those
                     ensuing
                     
                       Changes
                       ,
                    
                     which
                     ,
                     either
                     
                       Force
                       ,
                       Craft
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       Agreement
                    
                     afterward
                     produced
                     .
                     To
                     come
                     a
                     little
                     neerer
                     
                       Home
                       :
                    
                     much
                     might
                     be
                     added
                     ,
                     concerning
                     
                       our
                       Religion
                       ,
                       Parliaments
                       ,
                       Magna
                       Charta
                       ,
                       &c.
                    
                     —
                     but
                     the
                     
                       Presse
                    
                     groans
                     under
                     the
                     
                       Subject
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Nation
                    
                     under
                     the
                     Dispute
                     .
                     
                       Conviction
                    
                     puts
                     an
                     end
                     to
                     
                       Argument
                       .
                    
                     The
                     
                       Question
                    
                     is
                     no
                     longer
                     ,
                     
                       Right
                       ,
                    
                     but
                     
                       Power
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     our
                     
                       Reasonings
                    
                     are
                     only
                     Answered
                     with
                     
                       Blowes
                       .
                    
                     It
                     's
                     true
                     ,
                     —
                     in
                     the
                     Infancy
                     of
                     the
                     Quarrell
                     ,
                     when
                     
                       Rebellion
                       ,
                       like
                       a
                       Painted
                       Whore
                       ,
                       under
                       the
                       Masque
                       of
                       Loyalty
                       ,
                       and
                       Conscience
                       ,
                       Cheated
                       the
                       People
                       into
                       an
                       Engagement
                       :
                       when
                       onely
                       some
                       Mis-governments
                       ,
                       in
                       Church
                       and
                       State
                       were
                       to
                       be
                       Reformed
                       ;
                       and
                       that
                       Pretence
                       back't
                       with
                       a
                       Thousand
                       Oaths
                       ,
                       to
                       strengthen
                       the
                       Delusion
                       :
                       Dominion
                       and
                       Obedience
                       ,
                       Law
                       and
                       Conscience
                       ,
                    
                     were
                     then
                     a
                     
                       Proper
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     a
                     
                       necessary
                       Theame
                       ,
                       to
                       undeceive
                       
                       the
                       Nation
                       ,
                    
                     but
                     now
                     't
                     is
                     out
                     of
                     Season
                     .
                     The
                     
                       Sword
                       's
                    
                     the
                     onely
                     
                       Iudge
                    
                     of
                     Controversies
                     .
                     Our
                     businesse
                     is
                     ,
                     
                       to
                       Talk
                       more
                       Sensibly
                       ,
                       and
                       lesse
                       Learnedly
                       .
                    
                     Alas
                     !
                     to
                     tell
                     the
                     
                       Simple
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     which
                     they
                     can
                     
                       never
                       understand
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Wise
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     which
                     they
                     
                       know
                       already
                       ;
                    
                     Who
                     's
                     the
                     
                       Better
                    
                     fort
                     ?
                     The
                     
                       Injuries
                    
                     we
                     suffer
                     ,
                     are
                     
                       Notorious
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     
                       Understood
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     universally
                     ,
                     as
                     
                       Felt
                       .
                    
                     The
                     skill
                     would
                     be
                     ,
                     to
                     find
                     out
                     a
                     
                       Fair
                       Remedy
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     a
                     
                       Foul
                       Disease
                       .
                    
                     In
                     order
                     to
                     that
                     ,
                     I
                     shall
                     be
                     
                       Plain
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     short
                     :
                     
                       Prove
                    
                     what
                     I
                     say
                     ,
                     and
                     keep
                     my self
                     within
                     the
                     Compasse
                     of
                     my
                     Page
                     .
                     This
                     
                       Nation
                    
                     is
                     at
                     this
                     instant
                     ,
                     upon
                     the
                     Brink
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Reprochfull
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Ridiculous
                    
                     Condition
                     of
                     
                       want
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       slavery
                       :
                    
                     Nor
                     is
                     the
                     
                       Truth
                    
                     of
                     our
                     Calamity
                     more
                     evident
                     ,
                     than
                     the
                     
                       Reason
                    
                     of
                     it
                     .
                     
                       Half
                    
                     the
                     Revenue
                     of
                     the
                     Land
                     is
                     already
                     shared
                     among
                     the
                     
                       Saints
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     in
                     Reward
                     ,
                     for
                     
                       robbing
                    
                     us
                     of
                     
                       That
                       ,
                    
                     we
                     are
                     to
                     
                       Give
                    
                     the
                     
                       Rest
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     purchase
                     our
                     
                       Bondage
                       ,
                    
                     dearer
                     ,
                     than
                     our
                     Fore-Fathers
                     did
                     their
                     
                       Liberties
                       .
                    
                     Indeed
                     ,
                     a
                     
                       Hundred
                       Thousand
                       Pound
                       a
                       Moneth
                       ,
                    
                     when
                     we
                     have
                     scarce
                     Money
                     left
                     for
                     Bread
                     ,
                     is
                     a
                     modest
                     Proportion
                     :
                     and
                     to
                     endear
                     the
                     Proposition
                     to
                     us
                     ,
                     't
                     is
                     to
                     maintain
                     a
                     warre
                     against
                     the
                     established
                     Law
                     ,
                     and
                     consummate
                     our
                     Thraldome
                     :
                     After
                     this
                     Tax
                     is
                     paid
                     ,
                     they
                     'll
                     Ask
                     no
                     more
                     ,
                     but
                     Take
                     the
                     rest
                     without
                     the
                     Ceremony
                     :
                     and
                     we
                     deserve
                     to
                     Lose
                     All
                     ,
                     If
                     we
                     Levy
                     This
                     .
                     By
                     
                       Violence
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     keep
                     themselves
                     
                       In
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     their
                     
                       Fellowes
                       Out
                       ;
                    
                     By
                     
                       Violence
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     
                       Sit
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Vote
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Execute
                       .
                    
                     They
                     're
                     not
                     the
                     Twentieth
                     part
                     of
                     those
                     we
                     Chose
                     ;
                     and
                     then
                     the
                     
                       Quality
                    
                     of
                     the
                     Faction
                     ,
                     is
                     as
                     Inconsiderable
                     ,
                     as
                     the
                     
                       Number
                       .
                    
                     The
                     Nation
                     looks
                     upon
                     them
                     ,
                     as
                     a
                     Herd
                     of
                     
                       Wolves
                       ;
                       they
                       live
                       by
                       Blood
                       and
                       Rapine
                       ,
                       and
                       't
                       is
                       the
                       Publique
                       Interest
                       to
                       Hunt
                       them
                       .
                    
                     They
                     are
                     too
                     
                       Few
                    
                     for
                     us
                     to
                     
                       Fear
                       ,
                    
                     too
                     
                       False
                    
                     to
                     
                       Trust
                       ,
                    
                     too
                     
                       Wicked
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Imperious
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     
                       Obey
                       .
                    
                     'T
                     is
                     not
                     their
                     
                       Ianizaries
                    
                     that
                     will
                     doe
                     their
                     Businesse
                     ,
                     when
                     the
                     whole
                     
                       Body
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       People
                    
                     is
                     united
                     against
                     them
                     .
                     The
                     very
                     
                       Souldier
                    
                     that
                     hath
                     
                       Raised
                    
                     them
                     ;
                     Hates
                     'em
                     ;
                     as
                     being
                     ,
                     at
                     once
                     ,
                     
                       Instrumental
                    
                     to
                     their
                     
                       Guilt
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     to
                     their
                     
                       Punishment
                       .
                    
                     They
                     are
                     neither
                     to
                     be
                     Obliged
                     by
                     Oathes
                     ,
                     nor
                     by
                     Benefits
                     .
                     How
                     meanly
                     have
                     they
                     treated
                     the
                     very
                     Officers
                     that
                     preserved
                     ,
                     and
                     Restored
                     them
                     ;
                     and
                     Perfidiously
                     ,
                     
                     all
                     that
                     ever
                     Trusted
                     them
                     !
                     Those
                     Summes
                     which
                     were
                     designed
                     for
                     the
                     Satisfaction
                     of
                     Publike
                     Accompts
                     ,
                     they
                     divide
                     among
                     themselves
                     ;
                     and
                     Turn
                     those
                     Troops
                     to
                     Free-quarter
                     ,
                     whose
                     Pay
                     is
                     already
                     in
                     their
                     own
                     Pockets
                     .
                     After
                     all
                     this
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       Laws
                    
                     must
                     be
                     as
                     well
                     
                       subdued
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     the
                     
                       People
                       :
                    
                     no
                     other
                     Title
                     left
                     us
                     to
                     our
                     Lives
                     ,
                     and
                     Estates
                     ,
                     but
                     what
                     depends
                     upon
                     the
                     Vote
                     of
                     a
                     Legislative
                     Committee
                     .
                     It
                     is
                     already
                     construed
                     
                       Sedition
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     
                       Demand
                       ,
                    
                     what
                     the
                     
                       Law
                    
                     tells
                     us
                     ,
                     is
                     
                       Treason
                    
                     to
                     
                       Oppose
                       :
                    
                     and
                     the
                     bare
                     
                       mention
                    
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Free-Parliament
                    
                     puts
                     our
                     
                       blessed
                       remnant
                    
                     into
                     a
                     Sweat
                     .
                     There
                     's
                     
                       Violence
                    
                     designed
                     upon
                     us
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       Violence
                    
                     must
                     meet
                     it
                     .
                     
                       The
                       Axe
                       is
                       laid
                       to
                       the
                       root
                       :
                       the
                       Commune
                       Freedome
                       of
                       the
                       English
                       Nation
                       lies
                       at
                       stake
                       ;
                       and
                       't
                       is
                       our
                       Commune
                       Interest
                       to
                       defend
                       it
                       .
                       The
                       Iust
                       ,
                       and
                       peaceable
                       assertion
                       of
                       our
                       Undoubted
                       rights
                       ,
                       is
                       Voted
                       Breach
                       of
                       priviledge
                       :
                       and
                       he
                       that
                       draws
                       his
                       Sword
                       to
                       save
                       his
                       Countrey
                       ,
                       forfeits
                       his
                       head
                       for
                       't
                       .
                    
                     This
                     will
                     not
                     doe
                     .
                     These
                     worthy
                     
                       Squires
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Fagg
                       end
                    
                     must
                     take
                     their
                     Turns
                     too
                     .
                     Suppose
                     the
                     
                       City
                    
                     should
                     refuse
                     the
                     Tax
                     :
                     (
                     the
                     
                       Countries
                    
                     are
                     resolved
                     upon
                     't
                     )
                     How
                     
                       Certain
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Inevitable
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     their
                     
                       Ruine
                       ?
                    
                     The
                     very
                     first
                     attempt
                     of
                     
                       Force
                       ,
                    
                     sets
                     the
                     whole
                     Nation
                     in
                     a
                     Flame
                     .
                     
                       They
                       Rise
                       together
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Work
                       is
                       done
                       .
                    
                     'T
                     is
                     not
                     the
                     stifling
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Presse
                       ,
                    
                     can
                     break
                     their
                     
                       Correspondence
                       :
                    
                     nor
                     the
                     
                       Old
                       Cheat
                       of
                       Creating
                       New
                       Plots
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     will
                     divert
                     them
                     .
                     
                       These
                       Iugglers
                       have
                       shewed
                       all
                       their
                       Tricks
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     whole
                     World
                     's
                     Convinced
                     of
                     their
                     Intentions
                     .
                     The
                     Design
                     walks
                     bare-fac'd
                     .
                     It
                     is
                     now
                     evident
                     ,
                     that
                     they
                     purpose
                     to
                     make
                     us
                     
                       perpetual
                       Slaves
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     to
                     enure
                     us
                     to
                     no
                     other
                     
                       Law
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     the
                     
                       Imperious
                       Will
                    
                     of
                     our
                     hard
                     Masters
                     .
                     Their
                     very
                     best
                     
                       Friends
                    
                     and
                     
                       Assistants
                       ,
                    
                     are
                     now
                     
                       discarded
                    
                     by
                     these
                     
                       Thanklesse
                       Wretches
                       :
                    
                     the
                     
                       Scrupulous
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Congregationall
                       Party
                    
                     being
                     cast
                     into
                     the
                     Ballance
                     with
                     the
                     
                       Commune
                       Enemy
                       :
                    
                     and
                     
                       both
                    
                     alike
                     
                       Excluded
                    
                     from
                     the
                     
                       Government
                    
                     they
                     promise
                     us
                     :
                     (
                     to
                     shew
                     ,
                     that
                     their
                     
                       Ambition
                    
                     is
                     as
                     well
                     
                       Insociable
                    
                     as
                     
                       Boundlesse
                       .
                    
                     )
                  
                   
                     To
                     Finish
                     All
                     ;
                     what
                     Security
                     or
                     Quiet
                     ,
                     
                       can
                       that
                       Faction
                       expect
                       ,
                       which
                       never
                       Requited
                       a
                       Friend
                       ▪
                       or
                       Spared
                       an
                       Enemy
                       ?
                       What
                       Comfort
                       can
                       that
                       Nation
                       look
                       for
                       ,
                       that
                       subjects
                       it self
                       to
                       the
                       Faith
                       and
                       Mercy
                       ,
                       of
                       such
                       a
                       Faction
                       ?
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           UPon
           the
           25
           of
           
             Ian.
          
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Pye
             ,
          
           and
           
             Major
             Fincher
             ,
          
           were
           Ordered
           to
           the
           Tower
           ,
           for
           
             Presenting
          
           and
           
             Subscribing
          
           a
           
             Declaration
          
           from
           
             Berkshire
             ,
          
           for
           a
           
             Free
          
           and
           
             Full
             Parliament
             :
          
           It
           being
           Voted
           ;
           
             A
             Breach
             of
             the
          
           PRIVILEGE
           
             of
          
           PARLIAMENT
           :
           SEDITIOUS
           ,
           
             and
             tending
             to
             the
             Raysing
             of
             a
             New
             War
             .
          
           The
           Squires
           of
           the
           Rump
           ;
           
             Scot
             ,
          
           and
           
             Robinson
          
           were
           ,
           by
           this
           Time
           ,
           doing
           their
           Complements
           to
           his
           
             Excellency
             ;
          
           and
           the
           
             City
             Commissioners
          
           upon
           their
           way
           toward
           him
           :
           In
           which
           Juncture
           ,
           came
           forth
           a
           Paper
           Entitled
        
         
           
             A
             Letter
             of
             General
          
           George
           Monck's
           ;
           
             Dated
             at
          
           Leicester
           23.
           Jan.
           
             and
             Directed
             to
             Mr.
          
           Rolle
           ,
           
             to
             be
             communicated
             unto
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Gentry
             of
          
           Devon
           :
           —
           
             Occasioned
             by
             a
             Late
             Letter
             from
             the
             Gentry
             of
          
           Devon
           :
           
             dated
             at
          
           Exceter
           14
           
             Ian.
             and
             sent
             by
             Mr.
          
           Bampfield
           
             to
             the
             Speaker
             ,
             to
             be
             communicated
             unto
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           Read
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           
             Jan.
             26.
             
          
        
         
           To
           this
           Letter
           ,
           I
           took
           the
           Liberty
           to
           Draw
           what
           followes
           in
           
             Answer
             .
          
           Addressed
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     To
                     His
                     Excellency
                     ,
                     GENERAL
                     MONCK
                     .
                     A
                     Letter
                     from
                     the
                     Gentlemen
                     of
                     Devon
                     in
                     Answer
                     to
                     his
                     Lordships
                     of
                     
                       January
                       23.
                    
                     to
                     them
                     directed
                     from
                     
                       Leicester
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       My
                       Lord
                       ,
                    
                  
                   
                     THere
                     is
                     a
                     Letter
                     which
                     hath
                     passed
                     the
                     Press
                     under
                     your
                     Name
                     ,
                     dated
                     at
                     
                       Leicester
                    
                     23.
                     
                     
                       Ian.
                    
                     and
                     directed
                     
                       unto
                       Mr.
                    
                     Rolle
                     ,
                     
                       to
                       be
                       communicated
                       to
                       the
                       rest
                       of
                       the
                       Gentry
                       of
                    
                     Devon
                     :
                     &c.
                     —
                     Whether
                     this
                     be
                     your
                     Excellencies
                     Actor
                     not
                     ,
                     is
                     the
                     question
                     .
                     If
                     so
                     it
                     be
                     ,
                     we
                     receive
                     it
                     as
                     a
                     noble
                     Respect
                     from
                     
                       General
                       Monk
                    
                     to
                     his
                     
                       Friends
                    
                     and
                     
                       Country
                       men
                       ;
                    
                     if
                     Otherwise
                     ,
                     we
                     look
                     upon
                     it
                     as
                     the
                     
                       Artifice
                    
                     of
                     an
                     
                       Anti-Parliamentary
                       Faction
                       ,
                    
                     under
                     the
                     
                       pretence
                    
                     of
                     your
                     
                       Concurrence
                    
                     and
                     
                       Aid
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     
                       Delude
                    
                     and
                     
                       Enslave
                    
                     the
                     Nation
                     .
                  
                   
                     It
                     is
                     
                       one
                    
                     thing
                     for
                     a
                     Person
                     of
                     Honour
                     freely
                     to
                     communicate
                     his
                     Thoughts
                     and
                     Reasonings
                     ,
                     (
                     although
                     in
                     favour
                     of
                     a
                     possible
                     
                     mistake
                     )
                     still
                     refering
                     the
                     Issue
                     to
                     the
                     determinations
                     of
                     
                       Divinity
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Reason
                       :
                    
                     and
                     it
                     is
                     
                       another
                       thing
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     a
                     
                       Confederate
                       Party
                    
                     to
                     charge
                     
                       such
                    
                     a
                     Person
                     with
                     failings
                     properly
                     their
                     
                       own
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     To
                     hasten
                     the
                     dispatch
                     of
                     that
                     little
                     we
                     have
                     to
                     say
                     ,
                     the
                     Authors
                     of
                     this
                     ,
                     are
                     of
                     that
                     number
                     to
                     whom
                     your
                     Letter
                     directs
                     .
                     We
                     shall
                     proceed
                     according
                     to
                     our
                     Duties
                     ,
                     and
                     Instructions
                     ,
                     and
                     briefly
                     acquaint
                     your
                     Excellency
                     with
                     the
                     sense
                     of
                     those
                     that
                     have
                     entrusted
                     us
                     .
                  
                   
                     We
                     shall
                     begin
                     (
                     my
                     Lord
                     )
                     with
                     the
                     
                       Concession
                    
                     of
                     what
                     wee
                     much
                     
                       Suspect
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     take
                     for
                     
                       Granted
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     the
                     Letter
                     so
                     inscribed
                     ,
                     is
                     really
                     
                       Yours
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     We
                     are
                     next
                     to
                     return
                     you
                     the
                     
                       Thanks
                    
                     of
                     your
                     
                       Country
                       men
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     the
                     expressions
                     of
                     your
                     
                       Piety
                    
                     and
                     
                       Care
                       ,
                    
                     therein
                     contained
                     ;
                     and
                     
                       particularly
                       ,
                       —
                       that
                       in
                       the
                       head
                       of
                       your
                       Army
                       ,
                       you
                       have
                       rather
                       chosen
                       Arguments
                       of
                       Reason
                       ,
                       than
                       of
                       Force
                       .
                       —
                       That
                       you
                       propose
                       the
                       word
                       of
                       God
                       ,
                       for
                       your
                       Rule
                       ;
                       and
                       the
                       Settlement
                       of
                       the
                       Nation
                       ,
                       for
                       your
                       End
                       .
                       —
                       That
                       you
                       take
                       notice
                       of
                       many
                       Factions
                       ,
                       and
                       Interests
                       introduced
                       ,
                       and
                       yet
                       professe
                       a
                       service
                       to
                       None
                       of
                       them
                       .
                       —
                       That
                       you
                       so
                       earnestly
                       desire
                       to
                       Compose
                       Old
                       Differences
                       at
                       Home
                       ,
                       and
                       to
                       Prevent
                       New
                       Mischiefs
                       from
                       Abroad
                       .
                       —
                       And
                       finally
                       ;
                       That
                       you
                       submit
                       the
                       Result
                       of
                       all
                       ,
                       to
                       a
                       Fair
                       ,
                       and
                       Rational
                       Examination
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     To
                     
                       profess
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     to
                     
                       persue
                    
                     all
                     this
                     ,
                     is
                     but
                     
                       like
                       your self
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     
                       to
                       these
                       purposes
                       ,
                    
                     we
                     shall
                     not
                     stick
                     to
                     
                       live
                    
                     and
                     
                       dye
                    
                     at
                     your
                     
                       Feet
                       .
                    
                     If
                     upon
                     Discussion
                     of
                     the
                     Reasons
                     you
                     alledge
                     ,
                     we
                     assume
                     the
                     Liberty
                     which
                     your
                     Candour
                     allows
                     us
                     ,
                     of
                     declaring
                     wherein
                     we
                     differ
                     ,
                     we
                     beg
                     to
                     be
                     understood
                     with
                     all
                     tenderness
                     toward
                     your
                     Excellency
                     ;
                     to
                     whom
                     ,
                     as
                     a
                     stranger
                     to
                     our
                     late
                     Oppressions
                     and
                     Calamities
                     ,
                     the
                     state
                     of
                     our
                     Affairs
                     ,
                     and
                     Affections
                     ,
                     may
                     probably
                     be
                     misrepresented
                     .
                  
                   
                     To
                     observe
                     your
                     own
                     Method
                     ;
                     our
                     Letter
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Speaker
                       ,
                       importing
                       the
                       recalling
                       of
                       the
                       Secluded
                       Members
                    
                     was
                     the
                     
                       occasion
                    
                     of
                     
                       Yours
                    
                     to
                     
                       Us
                       ;
                    
                     which
                     sayes
                     ,
                     that
                     ;
                     
                       Before
                       these
                       Wars
                       our
                       Government
                       ,
                       was
                       Monarchical
                       ,
                       both
                       in
                       Church
                       ,
                       and
                       State
                       ;
                       but
                       
                         (
                         as
                         the
                         case
                         now
                         stands
                         )
                      
                       Monarchy
                       cannot
                       possibly
                       be
                       admitted
                       for
                       the
                       future
                       ,
                       
                       in
                       these
                       Nations
                       ;
                       because
                       it
                       is
                       incompatible
                       with
                       the
                       several
                       ,
                       Interests
                       which
                       have
                       ensued
                       upon
                       the
                       Quarrel
                       :
                       
                         viz
                         ▪
                      
                       the
                       Presbyterian
                       ,
                       Independent
                       ,
                       Anabaptists
                       ,
                       &c.
                       (
                       as
                       to
                       Ecclesiasticks
                       )
                       and
                       the
                       Purchasers
                       of
                       Crown
                       ,
                       and
                       Bishops
                       Lands
                       ,
                       Forfeited
                       Estates
                       ,
                       &c.
                       (
                       as
                       to
                       Civils
                       )
                       by
                       which
                       means
                       ,
                       the
                       support
                       it self
                       is
                       taken
                       away
                       ;
                       so
                       that
                       the
                       Constitution
                       ,
                       qualified
                       to
                       fix
                       all
                       Interests
                       ,
                       must
                       be
                       that
                       of
                       a
                       Republique
                       :
                       To
                       which
                       ,
                       the
                       Secluded
                       Members
                       of
                       1648.
                       will
                       never
                       agree
                       ,
                       many
                       of
                       them
                       being
                       Assertours
                       of
                       Monarchy
                       ,
                       and
                       Disclaimers
                       to
                       all
                       Lawes
                       made
                       since
                       their
                       Seclusion
                       :
                       Over
                       and
                       above
                       ,
                       that
                       the
                       Army
                       also
                       will
                       never
                       endure
                       it
                       .
                       The
                       Conclusion
                       ,
                       This
                       ;
                       that
                       it
                       were
                       better
                       for
                       us
                       to
                       desist
                       from
                       that
                       Paper
                       ,
                       and
                       rely
                       upon
                       the
                       Promises
                       of
                       this
                       Parliament
                       ,
                       for
                       a
                       due
                       Representative
                       :
                       —
                       a
                       Provision
                       for
                       succeeding
                       Parliaments
                       ,
                       and
                       a
                       Peaceable
                       Settlement
                       ;
                       than
                       by
                       an
                       unseasonable
                       Impatience
                       to
                       embroil
                       the
                       Nation
                       in
                       a
                       fresh
                       Engagement
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     From
                     hence
                     is
                     appears
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     might
                     be
                     allowed
                     a
                     Free
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     but
                     for
                     Four
                     Reasons
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         First
                         ,
                      
                       The
                       Major
                       Part
                       Inclines
                       to
                       Monarchy
                       ,
                       and
                       they
                       that
                       have
                       swallowed
                       the
                       Revenues
                       of
                       the
                       Crown
                       ,
                       declare
                       against
                       it
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Secondly
                         ,
                      
                       The
                       Entangled
                       Interests
                       of
                       this
                       Nation
                       can
                       never
                       be
                       United
                       ,
                       but
                       under
                       a
                       Republique
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Thirdly
                         ,
                      
                       The
                       Army
                       will
                       never
                       endure
                       it
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Lastly
                         ,
                      
                       It
                       would
                       beget
                       a
                       new
                       War
                       ,
                       
                         whereas
                      
                       this
                       Parliament
                       promises
                       to
                       settle
                       us
                       in
                       a
                       lasting
                       Peace
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     To
                     all
                     which
                     ,
                     in
                     Order
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       First
                       ,
                    
                     concerning
                     
                       Monarchy
                       ;
                    
                     (
                     not
                     as
                     the
                     thing
                     which
                     we
                     contend
                     for
                     )
                     we
                     (
                     onely
                     )
                     wonder
                     why
                     it
                     is
                     
                       Prejudged
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     particularly
                     ,
                     by
                     
                       those
                    
                     Persons
                     who
                     have
                     
                       sworn
                    
                     to
                     
                       defend
                    
                     it
                     .
                     But
                     ,
                     my
                     Lord
                     ,
                     you
                     have
                     hit
                     the
                     Reason
                     ;
                     they
                     have
                     
                       Gained
                    
                     by
                     
                       Dissolving
                    
                     it
                     ,
                     and
                     they
                     are
                     afraid
                     to
                     
                       Lose
                    
                     by
                     
                       Restoring
                    
                     it
                     .
                     Having
                     put
                     the
                     
                       Father
                    
                     to
                     
                       Death
                       ,
                    
                     whom
                     they
                     
                       Covenanted
                    
                     to
                     
                       Preserve
                       ;
                    
                     they
                     
                       Abjure
                    
                     the
                     
                       Son
                       ,
                    
                     whom
                     they
                     Fear
                     to
                     
                       Trust
                       .
                    
                     By
                     
                       Force
                    
                     they
                     would
                     
                       Maintain
                       ,
                    
                     what
                     by
                     
                       Force
                    
                     they
                     have
                     
                       Gotten
                       .
                    
                     In
                     effect
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       Question
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     not
                     so
                     much
                     ,
                     what
                     
                       Government
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     what
                     
                       Governours
                       :
                    
                     
                     A
                     
                       Single
                       Person
                    
                     will
                     down
                     well
                     enough
                     ,
                     with
                     the
                     fiercest
                     of
                     them
                     ,
                     
                       when
                       it
                       lies
                       fair
                       for
                       any
                       of
                       Themselves
                       .
                    
                     Witness
                     the
                     
                       late
                       Protectour
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Later
                       Lambert
                       .
                    
                     Briefly
                     ,
                     since
                     the
                     
                       Death
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       late
                       King
                       ,
                    
                     we
                     have
                     been
                     
                       Govern'd
                    
                     by
                     
                       Tumult
                       ;
                       Bandy'd
                    
                     from
                     
                       One
                       Faction
                    
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Other
                       :
                       This
                    
                     Party
                     up
                     
                       to
                       day
                       ,
                       That
                       to
                       Morrow
                       ;
                    
                     but
                     still
                     the
                     
                       Nation
                       Under
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     a
                     
                       Prey
                    
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Strongest
                       .
                    
                     It
                     is
                     a
                     feeble
                     Argument
                     
                       against
                       Monarchy
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     we
                     never
                     have
                     been
                     happy
                     since
                     we
                     
                       lost
                    
                     it
                     :
                     and
                     yet
                     nothing
                     hath
                     appeared
                     to
                     obstruct
                     our
                     Quiet
                     ,
                     but
                     the
                     
                       Division
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Booty
                       .
                    
                     What
                     
                       Hath
                    
                     been
                     ,
                     
                       Shall
                    
                     be
                     ,
                     so
                     long
                     as
                     this
                     
                       Violence
                    
                     continues
                     over
                     us
                     :
                     nor
                     can
                     any
                     other
                     Government
                     
                       Settle
                    
                     the
                     Nation
                     ,
                     than
                     that
                     which
                     
                       pleases
                    
                     the
                     Universality
                     of
                     it
                     .
                     And
                     in
                     that
                     ,
                     we
                     pretend
                     not
                     to
                     
                       direct
                    
                     our
                     Representatives
                     :
                     but
                     which
                     way
                     soever
                     they
                     encline
                     ,
                     we
                     shall
                     with
                     our
                     
                       Lives
                    
                     and
                     
                       Fortunes
                    
                     Justifie
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       Obey
                    
                     their
                     
                       Appointments
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Whether
                     we
                     
                       have
                    
                     Reason
                     ,
                     or
                     
                       not
                       ,
                       in
                       this
                       Particular
                       ,
                    
                     let
                     your
                     Excellency
                     Judge
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     
                       Second
                    
                     Objection
                     against
                     a
                     
                       Free
                       Parliament
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     drawn
                     from
                     the
                     
                       Necessity
                    
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Republique
                       ,
                       to
                       reconcile
                       all
                       Interests
                       .
                    
                     To
                     This
                     ,
                     we
                     offer
                     ,
                     
                       First
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     it
                     is
                     not
                     
                       Necessary
                       ;
                    
                     next
                     ,
                     that
                     it
                     is
                     not
                     so
                     much
                     as
                     
                       Effectual
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     that
                     purpose
                     ;
                     and
                     
                       Lastly
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     a
                     
                       Free
                       Parliament
                    
                     ought
                     to
                     
                       Introduce
                    
                     it
                     ,
                     if
                     it
                     were
                     both
                     the
                     
                       One
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Other
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     
                       First
                    
                     we
                     prove
                     thus
                     ,
                     
                       It
                       is
                       not
                       the
                       Form
                       of
                       Government
                       ,
                       but
                       the
                       Consent
                       of
                       the
                       People
                       ,
                       that
                       must
                       Settle
                       the
                       Nation
                       :
                       The
                       Publike
                       Debt
                       ,
                       must
                       be
                       secured
                       out
                       of
                       the
                       Publique
                       Stock
                       :
                       and
                       That
                       disposed
                       of
                       by
                       an
                       Engagement
                       of
                       the
                       Publique
                       Faith
                       ,
                       to
                       such
                       Ends
                       ,
                       and
                       purposes
                       ,
                       as
                       the
                       Representative
                       of
                       the
                       Nation
                       shall
                       deem
                       expedient
                       for
                       the
                       Good
                       of
                       it
                       .
                    
                     In
                     like
                     manner
                     may
                     all
                     other
                     Interests
                     be
                     secured
                     ;
                     whether
                     of
                     
                       Opinion
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       Property
                       ,
                    
                     under
                     what
                     Form
                     of
                     Government
                     soever
                     a
                     
                       Free
                       Parliament
                    
                     shall
                     think
                     fit
                     to
                     unite
                     us
                     .
                     That
                     it
                     is
                     not
                     
                       Necessary
                       ,
                    
                     enough
                     is
                     said
                     .
                     We
                     are
                     now
                     to
                     deduce
                     from
                     your
                     Lordships
                     Text
                     ,
                     that
                     a
                     
                       Free-State
                    
                     would
                     be
                     as
                     little
                     
                       effectuall
                    
                     also
                     ,
                     as
                     to
                     our
                     concerns
                     .
                     You
                     are
                     pleased
                     to
                     intimate
                     the
                     
                       Dangerous
                       Inclination
                       of
                       the
                       People
                       to
                       Monarchy
                       :
                    
                     and
                     to
                     Ballance
                     the
                     
                       Satisfaction
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       Right
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Universall
                       Vote
                    
                     of
                     
                       the
                       Nation
                       ,
                    
                     with
                     the
                     
                       Interests
                    
                     
                     of
                     some
                     
                       Few
                    
                     persons
                     ,
                     
                       that
                       would
                       Rule
                       us
                    
                     Themselves
                     ,
                     (
                     for
                     that
                     's
                     the
                     English
                     of
                     the
                     Settlement
                     they
                     propose
                     .
                     )
                     By
                     this
                     Argument
                     ,
                     a
                     
                       Republique
                       ,
                       excludes
                       the
                       Negative
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     more
                     
                       Considerable
                       Interest
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     
                       favour
                    
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Small
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     a
                     
                       Partial
                    
                     one
                     :
                     and
                     if
                     it
                     be
                     granted
                     ,
                     that
                     a
                     
                       Free
                       Parliament
                    
                     will
                     never
                     agree
                     upon
                     a
                     
                       Free
                       State
                       ,
                    
                     it
                     follows
                     necessarily
                     ,
                     that
                     
                       That
                       Form
                       will
                       never
                       doe
                    
                     our
                     Businesse
                     .
                     
                       Lastly
                       ,
                    
                     what
                     Government
                     soever
                     is
                     
                       forced
                    
                     upon
                     us
                     ,
                     must
                     certainly
                     
                       expire
                    
                     with
                     the
                     
                       Force
                    
                     that
                     imposes
                     it
                     ;
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Voice
                       of
                       the
                       People
                    
                     (
                     in
                     this
                     case
                     )
                     
                       is
                       the
                       Declaratory
                       Voice
                       of
                       Providence
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     Third
                     Difficulty
                     is
                     .
                     
                       The
                       Army
                       will
                       never
                       endure
                       it
                       .
                    
                     This
                     is
                     to
                     say
                     ,
                     
                       You
                       are
                       to
                       be
                       Govern'd
                       by
                       the
                       Sword
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     To
                     
                       Conclude
                       ;
                    
                     The
                     
                       Fear
                       of
                       a
                       New
                       War
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       the
                       Promise
                       of
                       a
                       speedy
                       Composure
                       ,
                    
                     are
                     the
                     
                       last
                    
                     Suggestions
                     of
                     
                       Disswasion
                    
                     to
                     us
                     .
                  
                   
                     Alas
                     ,
                     my
                     Lord
                     ,
                     doe
                     we
                     not
                     see
                     that
                     
                       Parties
                    
                     are
                     uniting
                     against
                     us
                     ,
                     
                       Abroad
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     we
                     conspiring
                     against
                     our
                     
                       selves
                    
                     at
                     
                       Home
                       ?
                    
                     How
                     
                       certainly
                    
                     shall
                     we
                     be
                     
                       Attempted
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     how
                     
                       easily
                       Overcome
                       ;
                    
                     without
                     such
                     a
                     
                       Medium
                    
                     to
                     
                       Reconcile
                    
                     us
                     All
                     ,
                     as
                     may
                     
                       Please
                    
                     us
                     All
                     !
                     
                       but
                       we
                       are
                       promised
                       fair
                       .
                    
                     We
                     beseech
                     you
                     Lordship
                     to
                     consider
                     the
                     
                       Promisers
                       .
                    
                     Are
                     not
                     
                       These
                    
                     the
                     People
                     that
                     
                       vow'd
                    
                     to
                     make
                     our
                     
                       Last
                       ,
                       a
                       Glorious
                       King
                       ?
                    
                     Just
                     such
                     a
                     
                       Glorious
                       Nation
                    
                     will
                     they
                     make
                     of
                     
                       Us
                       .
                    
                     Did
                     they
                     not
                     next
                     
                       Abjure
                    
                     a
                     
                       Single
                       Person
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     yet
                     after
                     that
                     ,
                     
                       set
                       up
                       ANOTHER
                       ,
                    
                     with
                     
                       Another
                       Oath
                       ?
                    
                     Not
                     to
                     pursue
                     this
                     Subject
                     further
                     :
                     
                       These
                    
                     Men
                     we
                     dare
                     not
                     Trust
                     ,
                     nor
                     
                       any
                       other
                       of
                       that
                       Leaven
                       ;
                    
                     we
                     have
                     have
                     no
                     thoughts
                     but
                     of
                     Justice
                     to
                     all
                     Interests
                     ;
                     and
                     in
                     order
                     to
                     that
                     Settlement
                     and
                     Good
                     we
                     wish
                     the
                     Nation
                     ,
                     we
                     shall
                     empower
                     our
                     Representatives
                     with
                     the
                     Command
                     of
                     all
                     we
                     are
                     worth
                     ,
                     and
                     most
                     remarkably
                     evidence
                     our selves
                     ,
                     My
                     Lord
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       Your
                       Excellencies
                       Servants
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Ian.
                         28.
                         1659.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           THe
           Generall
           was
           plyed
           with
           Addesses
           for
           a
           
             Free-Parliament
          
           throughout
           his
           whole
           Passage
           ,
           and
           the
           Nation
           entirely
           Concurr'd
           to
           the
           same
           Effect
           .
           Upon
           
             Tuesday
             (
             Feb.
          
           2.
           )
           a
           Considerable
           Party
           of
           the
           
             Red-Coates
             ,
          
           Tumulted
           for
           Pay
           ;
           Cast
           off
           their
           Officers
           ,
           and
           Formally
           Engarrison'd
           themselves
           in
           
             Somerset-House
             :
          
           Publiquely
           Reproaching
           the
           
             Rump
             ,
          
           and
           Declaring
           for
           the
           
             City
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             Free-Parliament
             .
          
           Finding
           the
           Citizens
           well
           enough
           disposed
           to
           emprove
           the
           Mutiny
           :
           I
           appointed
           Immediately
           the
           Printing
           of
           Two
           papers
           ,
           directing
           them
           to
           Associate
           ;
           and
           in
           
             These
             Terms
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     SENSE
                     of
                     the
                     ARMY
                     .
                  
                   
                     WHereas
                     the
                     Calamities
                     of
                     this
                     Unhappy
                     Nation
                     ,
                     are
                     charged
                     upon
                     those
                     that
                     have
                     ventured
                     their
                     Bloods
                     for
                     the
                     preservation
                     of
                     it
                     ;
                     We
                     hold
                     it
                     necessary
                     ,
                     to
                     acquit
                     our selves
                     ,
                     both
                     to
                     God
                     and
                     Men
                     ,
                     by
                     declaring
                     to
                     these
                     following
                     Particulars
                     :
                  
                   
                     
                       First
                       ,
                       That
                       we
                       will
                       engage
                       our
                       Lives
                       against
                       all
                       opposers
                       of
                       a
                       
                         Free-Parliament
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Secondly
                       ,
                       That
                       we
                       will
                       ,
                       according
                       to
                       the
                       best
                       of
                       our
                       Knowledge
                       ,
                       observe
                       ,
                       and
                       cause
                       to
                       be
                       observed
                       ,
                       the
                       Known
                       
                         Lawes
                      
                       of
                       the
                       Land
                       .
                    
                     
                       Thirdly
                       ,
                       That
                       we
                       will
                       practice
                       no
                       violence
                       ,
                       but
                       what
                       we
                       are
                       obliged
                       to
                       ,
                       by
                       the
                       Laws
                       of
                       Honesty
                       ,
                       and
                       Nature
                       .
                    
                     
                       Lastly
                       ,
                       That
                       we
                       will
                       not
                       leave
                       our
                       Quarters
                       unsatisfied
                       ,
                       nor
                       lay
                       down
                       our
                       Arms
                       ,
                       without
                       our
                       Pay
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Somerset-House
                       ,
                       
                         Feb.
                         2.
                         1659.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Citizens
                     
                       DECLARATION
                    
                     for
                     a
                     
                       FREE
                       PARLIAMENT
                    
                  
                   
                     WEe
                     the
                     
                       Young
                       Men
                    
                     in
                     and
                     about
                     
                       London
                       ,
                    
                     doe
                     unanimously
                     
                       Declare
                       ,
                    
                     That
                     we
                     will
                     
                       Assist
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       protect
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     our
                     uttermost
                     ,
                     what
                     Party
                     soever
                     we
                     shall
                     find
                     opprest
                     ,
                     for
                     desiring
                     a
                     FREE-PARLIAMENT
                     ;
                     And
                     that
                     such
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Souldiery
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     shall
                     
                       joyn
                    
                     with
                     us
                     in
                     so
                     
                       necessary
                    
                     and
                     
                       just
                    
                     an
                     
                     
                       Undertaking
                       ,
                       shall
                       receive
                       half
                       their
                       Arrieres
                       upon
                       the
                       first
                       Rendezvous
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Rest
                       upon
                       the
                       Accomplishment
                       of
                       the
                       Work
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         Feb.
                         2.
                         1659.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           LAte
           at
           night
           ,
           The
           Apprentices
           drew
           into
           a
           Party
           in
           the
           
             City
             ,
          
           and
           were
           scattered
           by
           the
           Army
           Horse
           ;
           whereas
           ,
           had
           they
           rather
           drawn
           down
           into
           the
           
             Strand
             ,
          
           and
           joyned
           themselves
           with
           Those
           in
           
             Somerset-House
             ,
          
           it
           was
           believed
           by
           sober
           Persons
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           have
           carried
           it
           .
           About
           One
           ,
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           the
           Revolted
           Party
           was
           
             False-Alarmed
          
           and
           perswaded
           out
           of
           their
           security
           ,
           upon
           Pretense
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           were
           not
           Instantly
           Posted
           ,
           to
           hinder
           
             Monks
          
           Entrance
           into
           the
           Town
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           all
           their
           Throats
           cut
           in
           their
           Quarters
           .
           This
           Device
           brought
           them
           out
           ,
           and
           so
           That
           morning
           ,
           they
           were
           Commanded
           away
           ;
           Leaving
           the
           Town
           Quiet
           ,
           and
           in
           Condition
           to
           entertain
           Honester
           Guests
           .
           Upon
           
             Friday
          
           Afternoon
           (
           
             Feb.
          
           3.
           )
           his
           Excellency
           marched
           in
           the
           Head
           of
           his
           Army
           to
           his
           Quarters
           at
           
             White-Hall
             :
          
           and
           the
           Day
           following
           ,
           I
           took
           the
           Liberty
           to
           shoot
           another
           Bolt
           ;
           under
           the
           
             Title
             ,
          
           and
           
             Form
          
           here-ensuing
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       For
                       his
                    
                     EXCELLENCY
                     
                       Generall
                    
                     MONCK
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       MY
                       LORD
                       ,
                    
                  
                   
                     YOu
                     are
                     too
                     
                       Wise
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Noble
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     need
                     either
                     a
                     
                       Direction
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     a
                     
                       Spur
                       ,
                    
                     where
                     your
                     
                       Iudgement
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       Honor
                    
                     lies
                     at
                     Stake
                     :
                     And
                     to
                     tell
                     you
                     ,
                     that
                     
                       to
                       make
                       your self
                       the
                       Happiest
                       Person
                       in
                       Nature
                       ,
                       you
                       must
                       Deliver
                       us
                       from
                       being
                       the
                       most
                       Miserable
                       People
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     but
                     to
                     speak
                     your
                     own
                     
                       Thoughts
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Purposes
                       .
                    
                     Yet
                     such
                     is
                     the
                     Passion
                     I
                     have
                     for
                     your
                     
                       Personall
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     for
                     the
                     
                       Publique
                       Good
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     a
                     Burthen
                     lies
                     upon
                     my
                     Soul
                     ,
                     ●ill
                     I
                     have
                     given
                     some
                     Testimony
                     of
                     my
                     Respects
                     ▪
                     and
                     Tendernesse
                     both
                     for
                     the
                     
                       One
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Other
                       ,
                    
                     how-superfluous-soever
                     ,
                     toward
                     a
                     
                       Iudgement
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Inclination
                       ,
                    
                     so
                     well
                     Qualified
                     for
                     the
                     
                       Knowledge
                    
                     and
                     
                       Practice
                       ,
                    
                     of
                     what
                     is
                     
                       Honorable
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                   
                     
                       My
                       Lord
                       ,
                    
                     We
                     are
                     a
                     wretched
                     people
                     ,
                     and
                     Providence
                     hath
                     put
                     it
                     in
                     your
                     power
                     ,
                     to
                     finish
                     all
                     our
                     Troubles
                     .
                     The
                     Eyes
                     of
                     
                       Men
                    
                     and
                     
                       Angels
                    
                     are
                     upon
                     You
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     whole
                     Nation
                     courts
                     You
                     as
                     their
                     Tutelary
                     Spirit
                     .
                     Never
                     was
                     any
                     Action
                     so
                     easie
                     ,
                     and
                     so
                     Glorious
                     at
                     once
                     ,
                     as
                     our
                     Deliverance
                     .
                     'T
                     is
                     wrought
                     without
                     the
                     hazzard
                     ,
                     or
                     expence
                     either
                     of
                     
                       Blood
                       ,
                       Time
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       Treasure
                       .
                    
                     The
                     
                       Hearts
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       Hands
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Fortunes
                    
                     of
                     the
                     People
                     ,
                     are
                     all
                     at
                     Your
                     Devotion
                     .
                     Nay
                     ,
                     lest
                     You
                     should
                     submit
                     to
                     be
                     misled
                     by
                     Popular
                     Applause
                     ,
                     
                       Ambition
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     any
                     other
                     
                       Frailty
                       ;
                    
                     Heaven
                     hath
                     annexed
                     Your
                     
                       Interest
                    
                     to
                     Your
                     
                       Duty
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     forgive
                     the
                     Language
                     )
                     You
                     must
                     be
                     
                       Mad
                    
                     too
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     
                       wicked
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     Quit
                     all
                     other
                     Principles
                     of
                     Beneficiall
                     Prudence
                     ,
                     with
                     those
                     of
                     commune
                     Honesty
                     and
                     Conscience
                     .
                     Ballance
                     (
                     my
                     Lord
                     )
                     the
                     main
                     Accompt
                     .
                     Heaven
                     and
                     Hell
                     ,
                     are
                     the
                     Difference
                     .
                     
                       One
                       way
                       ,
                    
                     You
                     are
                     sure
                     to
                     be
                     as
                     
                       Great
                    
                     and
                     
                       Safe
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     
                       Love
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Gratitude
                    
                     can
                     make
                     You
                     ;
                     whereas
                     all
                     other
                     Acquisitions
                     are
                     deceitfull
                     .
                     A
                     word
                     now
                     of
                     the
                     means
                     to
                     effect
                     our
                     Quiet
                     ;
                     and
                     that
                     with
                     all
                     due
                     respect
                     to
                     better
                     Reason
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       First
                       ,
                       In
                       the
                       Case
                       of
                       differing
                       Perswasions
                       ,
                       be
                       pleased
                       to
                       form
                       such
                       an
                       Expedient
                       ,
                       that
                       all
                       may
                       quietly
                       enjoy
                       ,
                       and
                       exercise
                       their
                       opinions
                       ,
                       so
                       far
                       as
                       they
                       Consist
                       with
                       the
                       Word
                       of
                       God
                       ,
                       and
                       with
                       the
                       publique
                       Peace
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Secondly
                       ,
                       Appoint
                       an
                       Act
                       of
                       Oblivion
                       to
                       be
                       drawn
                    
                     (
                     if
                     you
                     please
                     )
                     
                       as
                       Comprehensive
                       of
                       all
                       Interests
                       ,
                       as
                       care
                       ,
                       and
                       skill
                       can
                       make
                       it
                       ;
                       and
                       after
                       this
                       ,
                       let
                       a
                       Free-Parliament
                       be
                       called
                       (
                       with
                       this
                       previous
                       Engagement
                       imposed
                       upon
                       them
                       )
                       That
                       they
                       shall
                       first
                       secure
                       these
                       two
                       Particulars
                       of
                       Conscienee
                       and
                       Property
                       ,
                       according
                       to
                       the
                       true
                       Intention
                       of
                       the
                       Parties
                       therein
                       Concerned
                       ,
                       ere
                       they
                       proceed
                       further
                       ;
                       and
                       that
                       they
                       may
                       then
                       apply
                       themselves
                       to
                       other
                       Debates
                       at
                       Liberty
                       ,
                       and
                       settle
                       what
                       Government
                       they
                       shall
                       think
                       fit
                       .
                    
                     This
                     I
                     presume
                     not
                     to
                     deliver
                     as
                     the
                     
                       Arrogant
                    
                     Imposition
                     of
                     a
                     
                       single
                       Person
                       ;
                    
                     but
                     I
                     doe
                     offer
                     it
                     humbly
                     ,
                     as
                     the
                     
                       sense
                    
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Numerous
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Sober
                       party
                       .
                    
                     Some
                     Mutinous
                     and
                     Peevish
                     Spirits
                     there
                     are
                     ,
                     whom
                     nothing
                     can
                     please
                     ,
                     but
                     what
                     displeases
                     all
                     the
                     World
                     beside
                     .
                     It
                     were
                     pitty
                     ,
                     
                     to
                     alter
                     the
                     whole
                     Frame
                     of
                     the
                     Law
                     ,
                     to
                     gratifie
                     the
                     humour
                     of
                     so
                     Inconsiderable
                     a
                     part
                     of
                     the
                     People
                     .
                     
                       Changes
                       are
                       Slow
                       ,
                       and
                       Dangerous
                       ;
                       God
                    
                     and
                     
                       Truth
                       ,
                    
                     are
                     
                       Invariable
                       ;
                    
                     We
                     were
                     
                       Well
                       ,
                    
                     till
                     We
                     
                       shifted
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     never
                     
                       since
                       ;
                    
                     having
                     tried
                     all
                     other
                     Postures
                     in
                     vain
                     ;
                     were
                     it
                     not
                     better
                     to
                     attempt
                     That
                     
                       once
                       again
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     thus
                     expose
                     our selves
                     to
                     be
                     Restlesse
                     for
                     ever
                     ?
                  
                   
                     
                       My
                       Lord
                       ,
                    
                     
                       the
                       Author
                       of
                       this
                       is
                       very
                       much
                       
                         Your
                      
                       EXCELLENCIE's
                       Servant
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Feb.
                         4.
                         1659.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           THe
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           having
           of
           late
           behav'd
           themselves
           a
           little
           Crosse
           ,
           disturb'd
           the
           self-created
           Representative
           exceedingly
           .
           The
           
             Common-Counsel
          
           was
           too
           
             Stout
             ,
          
           and
           
             Honest
             ,
          
           for
           their
           purpose
           .
           The
           
             Aldermen
             ;
          
           but
           an
           Untoward
           Mixture
           :
           yet
           those
           among
           them
           that
           
             were
          
           Right
           ,
           were
           
             Eminently
          
           so
           ,
           and
           there
           were
           not
           a
           few
           that
           were
           so
           .
           A
           very
           
             Worthy
             ,
          
           and
           
             Particular
          
           Instrument
           in
           the
           Frank
           carriage
           of
           the
           Businesse
           ,
           was
           the
           
             Recorder
             .
          
           But
           Equall
           to
           them
           All
           was
           the
           brave
           
             General
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Rump
          
           was
           now
           come
           to
           a
           
             Forc'd
             Put.
             
             Monies
          
           must
           be
           
             Rays'd
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             City
             Subdu'd
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Good
             Old
             Cause
          
           is
           Lost.
           
           In
           Order
           to
           Both
           ;
           Out
           comes
           the
           
             Long
             look'd
             for
          
           100000
           ▪
           
             Tax
             ,
          
           upon
           
             Tuesday
             ;
          
           (
           Feb.
           7.
           )
           which
           was
           Follow'd
           with
           a
           
             Negative
             Resolve
          
           of
           
             Common
             Counsel
             ,
          
           upon
           
             Wednesday
             :
          
           but
           
             Thursday
          
           was
           the
           
             Bloody
             Day
          
           Design'd
           ,
           both
           to
           his
           
             Excellence
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           
             Town
             .
          
           (
           witnesse
           the
           
             Resolves
          
           it
           produced
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           
             City
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Orders
          
           Imposed
           upon
           the
           
             General
             .
          
           )
        
         
           His
           
             Excellence
          
           having
           drawn
           his
           Forces
           into
           the
           
             City
             ,
          
           so
           far
           Comply'd
           with
           his
           respects
           even
           to
           the
           least
           
             Image
          
           of
           
             Authority
             ,
          
           as
           to
           
             Secure
          
           diverse
           
             Persons
             ,
          
           by
           virtue
           of
           an
           Order
           ,
           to
           that
           express
           purpose
           .
           But
           to
           
             Destroy
          
           Their
           
             Gales
             ,
          
           and
           
             Portcullices
             ,
          
           he
           was
           very
           Loth
           ;
           and
           signifi'd
           as
           much
           to
           the
           
             Members
             ,
          
           in
           a
           Letter
           from
           
             Guild
             Hall
             ,
          
           to
           which
           ,
           he
           received
           in
           Answer
           ,
           only
           a
           more
           peremptory
           
             Command
          
           to
           
             Proceed
             ,
          
           which
           accordingly
           he
           Executed
           ,
           
           the
           day
           following
           ,
           and
           so
           returned
           to
           his
           Quarters
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Resolves
          
           (
           of
           
             Feb.
          
           9.
           )
           I
           must
           not
           Omit
           ,
           for
           they
           deserve
           to
           be
           Transmitted
           to
           Posterity
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Thursday
                         9.
                         
                         Feb.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     THe
                     House
                     received
                     a
                     Report
                     from
                     the
                     Council
                     of
                     State
                     ,
                     of
                     some
                     Resolutions
                     taken
                     by
                     the
                     Council
                     ,
                     in
                     relation
                     to
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     
                       London
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Resolved
                       ,
                    
                     That
                     the
                     Parliament
                     doth
                     approve
                     of
                     what
                     the
                     Council
                     of
                     State
                     hath
                     done
                     ,
                     in
                     ordering
                     ,
                     That
                     the
                     Commissioners
                     for
                     Government
                     of
                     the
                     Army
                     ,
                     do
                     appoint
                     Forces
                     to
                     be
                     and
                     continue
                     in
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     
                       London
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     preserving
                     the
                     Peace
                     thereof
                     ,
                     and
                     of
                     the
                     Commonwealth
                     ,
                     and
                     for
                     Reducing
                     of
                     the
                     City
                     to
                     the
                     obedience
                     of
                     the
                     Parliament
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Resolved
                       ,
                    
                     That
                     the
                     Parliament
                     doth
                     approve
                     of
                     what
                     the
                     Council
                     of
                     State
                     have
                     done
                     ,
                     in
                     ordering
                     that
                     the
                     Commissioners
                     for
                     the
                     Army
                     ,
                     do
                     take
                     order
                     that
                     the
                     Posts
                     and
                     Chains
                     in
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     
                       London
                       ,
                    
                     be
                     taken
                     away
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Resolved
                       ,
                    
                     That
                     the
                     Gates
                     of
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     
                       London
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     Portcullices
                     there
                     ,
                     be
                     forthwith
                     destroyed
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Resolved
                       ,
                    
                     That
                     the
                     Parliament
                     doth
                     approve
                     of
                     what
                     the
                     Council
                     of
                     State
                     ,
                     and
                     Commissioners
                     of
                     the
                     Army
                     have
                     done
                     ,
                     in
                     Seizing
                     and
                     Apprehending
                     of
                     Mr.
                     
                       Vincent
                       ,
                    
                     Merchant
                     in
                     
                       Bishopsgate-Street
                    
                     ,
                     And
                     
                       Thomas
                       Brown
                       ,
                    
                     Grocer
                     in
                     
                       Wood-Street
                    
                     ,
                     
                       Daniel
                       Spencer
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     
                       Friday
                    
                     Street
                     ,
                     
                       Laurence
                       Brompfield
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     
                       Tower-Street
                    
                     ,
                     Major
                     
                       Chamberlain
                       ,
                    
                     Mr.
                     
                       Bludworth
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Richard
                       Ford
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     
                       Seething-Lane
                       ,
                    
                     Major
                     
                       Cox
                       ,
                    
                     at
                     the
                     
                       Swan
                    
                     in
                     
                       Dowgate
                       ,
                    
                     Mr.
                     
                     
                       Penning
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     
                       Fanchurch
                    
                     Street
                     ,
                     and
                     Lieutenant
                     Colonel
                     
                       Iackson
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Resolved
                       ,
                    
                     That
                     the
                     present
                     Common-Council
                     of
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     
                       London
                       ,
                    
                     Elected
                     for
                     this
                     Year
                     ,
                     be
                     discontinued
                     ,
                     and
                     be
                     and
                     are
                     hereby
                     declared
                     to
                     be
                     Null
                     and
                     Void
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     the
                     Lord
                     Mayor
                     of
                     
                       London
                    
                     have
                     notice
                     hereof
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Ordered
                       ,
                    
                     That
                     it
                     be
                     referred
                     to
                     a
                     Committee
                     to
                     bring
                     in
                     a
                     Bill
                     
                     for
                     the
                     Choice
                     of
                     another
                     Common-Counsel
                     ,
                     with
                     such
                     Qualifications
                     as
                     the
                     Parliament
                     shall
                     think
                     fit
                     ,
                     with
                     ordet
                     to
                     meet
                     at
                     8.
                     of
                     the
                     Clock
                     in
                     the
                     Speakers
                     Chamber
                     to
                     morrow
                     morning
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     House
                     likewise
                     read
                     the
                     Bill
                     for
                     setling
                     the
                     Militia
                     of
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     
                       London
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     Liberties
                     thereof
                     ,
                     the
                     first
                     time
                     ,
                     and
                     referred
                     it
                     to
                     the
                     Council
                     of
                     State
                     ,
                     to
                     present
                     names
                     of
                     Commissioners
                     for
                     the
                     Militia
                     of
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     
                       London
                    
                     to
                     the
                     House
                     to
                     morrow
                     morning
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     Parliament
                     taking
                     Notice
                     of
                     the
                     discreet
                     carriage
                     of
                     the
                     Lord
                     Mayor
                     of
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     
                       London
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     the
                     Late
                     transactions
                     of
                     the
                     Common-Council
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       Ordered
                       ,
                    
                     That
                     the
                     Lord
                     Mayor
                     have
                     the
                     thanks
                     of
                     this
                     House
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     Alderman
                     
                       Atkins
                    
                     do
                     give
                     him
                     the
                     thanks
                     of
                     the
                     Parliament
                     accordingly
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           THis
           day
           produced
           likewise
           a
           remarkable
           
             Petition
             ,
          
           Presented
           by
           
             Praise-God
             Barebones
             ;
             Pressing
             ,
          
           that
           no
           man
           might
           be
           Admitted
           into
           any
           place
           of
           Trust
           ,
           except
           such
           as
           should
           ABJURE
           A
           SINGLE
           PERSON
           ;
           and
           further
           
             Praying
             ;
          
           that
           it
           might
           be
           Enacted
           HIGH
           TREASON
           ,
           
             for
             any
             man
             to
          
           MOVE
           ,
           OFFER
           ,
           
             or
          
           PROPOUND
           ,
           
             in
          
           PARLIAMENT
           ,
           COUNSEL
           ,
           COURT
           ,
           
             or
          
           PUBLIQUE
           MEETING
           ,
           
             any
             thing
             in
             order
             to
          
           CHARLES
           STEVVART
           ,
           &c.
           —
           —
           
             and
             that
             after
             such
             a
          
           LAVV
           ENACTED
           ,
           
             it
             might
             be
             deemed
          
           HIGH
           TREASON
           ,
           
             for
             any
             man
             to
             move
             ,
             or
             Propose
             the
          
           REVOCATION
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           A
           man
           would
           have
           thought
           ,
           these
           people
           should
           have
           had
           enough
           already
           of
           the
           
             Oath
          
           of
           ABJURATION
           ;
           for
           nothing
           did
           more
           expose
           them
           ,
           than
           the
           eagernesse
           they
           had
           formerly
           used
           in
           the
           promoting
           of
           it
           :
           which
           served
           ,
           only
           to
           
             Enrage
          
           the
           
             Opposers
             ▪
          
           and
           to
           set
           up
           for
           a
           
             Marque
             ,
          
           the
           Infamous
           Abetters
           of
           it
           .
           But
           all
           this
           was
           not
           sufficient
           to
           divert
           the
           
             Gratious
             Members
          
           from
           a
           most
           Particular
           
             Order
          
           of
           
             Thanks
          
           to
           the
           
             Petitioners
             .
          
        
         
           Upon
           
             Saturday
          
           (
           the
           memorable
           11th
           .
           of
           Feb.
           )
           the
           
             General
             ,
          
           finding
           himself
           a
           little
           more
           at
           
             Liberty
             ,
          
           Removed
           his
           Quarters
           into
           the
           
             City
             ,
          
           and
           there
           
             Declared
          
           himself
           ,
           to
           the
           Universal
           Satisfaction
           
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           (
           Desiring
           Particularly
           ,
           by
           Letter
           ,
           the
           
             men
             of
             Westminster
          
           to
           bethink
           themselves
           of
           their
           
             Dissolution
          
           )
        
         
           In
           the
           transaction
           of
           this
           Affair
           ,
           there
           were
           so
           many
           untoward
           Circumstances
           ,
           that
           to
           Prevent
           Mistakes
           ,
           I
           dispersed
           Several
           Copies
           of
           this
           ensuing
           
             Narrative
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     IN
                     
                       Octob.
                    
                     last
                     ,
                     when
                     
                       Lambert
                       scattered
                       the
                       Committee
                       of
                       Westminster
                    
                     his
                     
                       Unluckie
                       Excellency
                    
                     thought
                     it
                     then
                     a
                     fit
                     time
                     to
                     set
                     up
                     for
                     
                       himself
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     in
                     the
                     Head
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Phanatique
                       Party
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     bid
                     Defiance
                     to
                     all
                     the
                     
                       Sober
                       Interests
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Iudgements
                    
                     of
                     the
                     Nation
                     .
                     His
                     Principal
                     assistant
                     in
                     the
                     work
                     was
                     Sir
                     
                       Henry
                       Vane
                       ,
                       the
                       Prophet
                       of
                       that
                       Inspired
                       Rabble
                       .
                    
                     The
                     
                       Faction
                    
                     was
                     grown
                     
                       Bold
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Formidable
                       ;
                    
                     when
                     ,
                     to
                     
                       divert
                       the
                       Course
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       meet
                       the
                       Fury
                    
                     of
                     it
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       General
                    
                     was
                     
                       Invited
                    
                     to
                     draw
                     a
                     Force
                     from
                     
                       Scotland
                    
                     into
                     the
                     
                       North
                       :
                    
                     and
                     In
                     he
                     came
                     ,
                     but
                     to
                     a
                     Nobler
                     purpose
                     ,
                     than
                     ever
                     they
                     Intended
                     .
                     They
                     
                       Called
                    
                     him
                     in
                     to
                     save
                     
                       Themselves
                       ,
                    
                     he
                     
                       Came
                    
                     to
                     save
                     the
                     
                       Nation
                       .
                    
                     Upon
                     the
                     first
                     notice
                     of
                     his
                     
                       Advance
                       ,
                       Lambert
                    
                     was
                     sent
                     with
                     a
                     considerable
                     Army
                     to
                     meet
                     him
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       London
                    
                     left
                     almost
                     without
                     a
                     
                       Publique
                       Guard
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     such
                     was
                     the
                     Confidence
                     they
                     had
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Anabaptistique
                       Party
                       ,
                       which
                       was
                       privately
                       Armed
                       ,
                       and
                       Listed
                       in
                       and
                       about
                       the
                       town
                       .
                    
                     )
                     In
                     fine
                     ,
                     after
                     diverse
                     
                       Affronts
                       upon
                       ,
                       and
                       Tumults
                       in
                       the
                       City
                       ,
                       the
                       Souldiery
                       Revolted
                       ;
                       the
                       Fugitive
                       Members
                       Returned
                       ;
                       Lambert's
                       Army
                       Mouldered
                       away
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     
                       his
                       Excellency
                       vanished
                       .
                    
                     Thus
                     far
                     without
                     a
                     Blow
                     ;
                     but
                     the
                     more
                     difficult
                     part
                     was
                     still
                     behind
                     ,
                     (
                     for
                     
                       Treacherous
                       friends
                       ,
                    
                     are
                     much
                     more
                     
                       dangerous
                    
                     than
                     
                       professed
                       Enemies
                    
                     )
                     The
                     
                       General
                       ,
                    
                     resolves
                     next
                     ,
                     for
                     
                       London
                       :
                    
                     and
                     makes
                     it
                     his
                     design
                     ,
                     both
                     in
                     his
                     Passage
                     ,
                     and
                     after
                     his
                     Arrive
                     ,
                     by
                     all
                     means
                     possible
                     ,
                     to
                     avoid
                     blood-shed
                     ;
                     His
                     
                       March
                    
                     speaks
                     him
                     a
                     
                       Souldier
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     a
                     
                       Gentleman
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     it
                     was
                     
                       Regular
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Inoffensive
                       .
                    
                     The
                     Country
                     courted
                     him
                     upon
                     the
                     way
                     as
                     their
                     
                       Deliverer
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     he
                     deserved
                     it
                     ;
                     For
                     he
                     hath
                     proved
                     himself
                     no
                     lesse
                     .
                     The
                     strict
                     
                       reserve
                    
                     he
                     used
                     ,
                     was
                     but
                     what
                     best
                     became
                     his
                     
                       Dignity
                    
                     and
                     
                       Prudence
                       ,
                    
                     he
                     was
                     too
                     
                       Generous
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     betray
                     
                       Another
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     too
                     
                       Wise
                    
                     to
                     be
                     betrayed
                     ,
                     
                       Himself
                       .
                    
                     Under
                     this
                     Guard
                     of
                     
                       Honour
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     of
                     
                       Cauti●n
                       ,
                    
                     
                     he
                     past
                     his
                     Journey
                     ;
                     not
                     to
                     trouble
                     you
                     with
                     long
                     stories
                     ,
                     how
                     the
                     waies
                     were
                     thronged
                     with
                     
                       Cries
                    
                     and
                     
                       Addresses
                    
                     of
                     the
                     Nation
                     ,
                     for
                     a
                     
                       Free-Parliament
                       ;
                    
                     what
                     
                       Conference
                    
                     he
                     had
                     with
                     the
                     
                       good
                       Aldermen
                       ,
                    
                     what
                     
                       Complements
                    
                     were
                     made
                     him
                     ,
                     by
                     the
                     
                       Other
                    
                     men
                     of
                     
                       Westminster
                       ,
                       &c.
                    
                     —
                     —
                     —
                     To
                     come
                     to
                     the
                     Point
                     ,
                     upon
                     
                       Friday
                       afternoon
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     the
                     third
                     of
                     this
                     Instant
                     
                       February
                       )
                       General
                       Monck
                    
                     took
                     up
                     his
                     Lodgings
                     in
                     
                       Whitehall
                       .
                    
                     On
                     the
                     
                       Monday
                       following
                       ,
                    
                     his
                     Excellency
                     was
                     conducted
                     by
                     
                       Scot
                    
                     and
                     
                       Robinson
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     with
                     the
                     formality
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Mace
                    
                     carried
                     before
                     them
                     ,
                     )
                     in
                     o
                     a
                     place
                     commonly
                     called
                     the
                     
                       Parliament
                       ▪
                       House
                       ,
                    
                     where
                     he
                     deliver'd
                     himself
                     according
                     to
                     good
                     Discretion
                     ,
                     and
                     soon
                     after
                     return'd
                     to
                     his
                     Lodgings
                     :
                     Laden
                     with
                     the
                     
                       Thanks
                       of
                       the
                       House
                       .
                       Tuesday
                    
                     and
                     
                       Wednesday
                    
                     were
                     the
                     
                       General's
                    
                     daies
                     of
                     
                       rest
                       :
                    
                     but
                     not
                     so
                     to
                     the
                     
                       City
                       :
                    
                     for
                     ,
                     upon
                     
                       Tuesday
                    
                     the
                     
                       100000l
                       .
                       Tax
                    
                     came
                     out
                     ,
                     which
                     Netled
                     the
                     Citizens
                     shrewdly
                     ;
                     and
                     the
                     day
                     
                       following
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     met
                     in
                     
                       Common-Counsell
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     advise
                     upon
                     it
                     .
                     Where
                     they
                     resolved
                     ,
                     
                       to
                       adhere
                       to
                       a
                       former
                       Vote
                       of
                       the
                       Court
                       in
                       the
                       Negative
                       .
                    
                     At
                     the
                     same
                     sitting
                     was
                     communicated
                     a
                     
                       Declaration
                       from
                       Warwick
                       shire
                       ,
                       for
                       a
                       Free-Parliament
                       ;
                    
                     it
                     was
                     of
                     a
                     fair
                     signification
                     ,
                     and
                     Authority
                     ;
                     the
                     Gentlemen
                     that
                     brought
                     it
                     ,
                     received
                     the
                     Thanks
                     of
                     the
                     Court
                     ;
                     (
                     not
                     to
                     mention
                     the
                     peevishnesse
                     of
                     2
                     or
                     3
                     Dissenters
                     )
                     
                       't
                       is
                       hoped
                       they
                       may
                       be
                       wiser
                       ,
                       and
                       honester
                       hereafter
                       ;
                    
                     This
                     was
                     a
                     
                       Day
                    
                     of
                     
                       Businesse
                    
                     in
                     
                       London
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     produced
                     a
                     
                       Busier
                       Night
                    
                     at
                     
                       Westminster
                       :
                    
                     for
                     the
                     Counsell
                     of
                     State
                     ,
                     after
                     a
                     tedious
                     Puzzle
                     and
                     Debate
                     ,
                     Issued
                     out
                     Orders
                     to
                     
                       Generall
                       Monck
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     the
                     Reducing
                     of
                     the
                     
                       City
                       ,
                    
                     directing
                     him
                     to
                     proceed
                     ,
                     in
                     such
                     a
                     Method
                     ,
                     as
                     they
                     had
                     prescribed
                     him
                     .
                     In
                     persuance
                     thereof
                     ,
                     his
                     Excellency
                     marched
                     early
                     upon
                     
                       Thursday
                    
                     the
                     Ninth
                     current
                     
                       Horse
                    
                     and
                     
                       Foot
                       ,
                    
                     into
                     the
                     
                       City
                       ;
                    
                     by
                     that
                     means
                     frustrating
                     a
                     Respect
                     which
                     the
                     Court
                     had
                     designed
                     him
                     the
                     Day
                     before
                     ;
                     
                       Having
                       appointed
                       four
                       Aldermen
                       ,
                       and
                       eight
                       Commoners
                       to
                       attend
                       him
                       the
                       next
                       Morning
                       .
                    
                     His
                     entrance
                     into
                     the
                     Town
                     ,
                     brought
                     all
                     the
                     
                       Horror
                    
                     and
                     
                       Satisfaction
                    
                     with
                     it
                     ,
                     Imaginable
                     :
                     nor
                     did
                     the
                     People
                     understand
                     for
                     a
                     long
                     while
                     ,
                     whether
                     they
                     should
                     
                       Curse
                    
                     or
                     
                       Adore
                    
                     him
                     :
                     at
                     last
                     in
                     compliance
                     
                     with
                     his
                     Orders
                     ,
                     he
                     seized
                     divers
                     eminent
                     Citizens
                     ,
                     and
                     sent
                     them
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Tower
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     took
                     up
                     his
                     Quarters
                     that
                     Night
                     in
                     the
                     City
                     ;
                     By
                     this
                     time
                     ,
                     the
                     People
                     ,
                     beyond
                     all
                     doubt
                     ,
                     pronounced
                     him
                     the
                     most
                     execrable
                     Creature
                     that
                     ever
                     came
                     within
                     their
                     Walls
                     ,
                     not
                     understanding
                     that
                     the
                     
                       Mischief
                    
                     he
                     
                       did
                    
                     them
                     ,
                     was
                     but
                     
                       Iest
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Good
                    
                     he
                     
                       Intended
                    
                     them
                     ,
                     was
                     
                       Earnest
                       .
                    
                     That
                     in
                     consideration
                     of
                     a
                     
                       weeks
                       Imprisonment
                       ,
                       he
                       would
                       reward
                       them
                       ,
                       and
                       their
                       Posterity
                       ,
                       with
                       Perpetuall
                       Liberty
                       .
                    
                     This
                     however
                     carried
                     an
                     appearance
                     of
                     severity
                     ,
                     which
                     was
                     in
                     effect
                     ,
                     but
                     a
                     point
                     of
                     Military
                     Honor
                     ;
                     For
                     his
                     
                       Inclination
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Duty
                    
                     in
                     this
                     Action
                     ,
                     Led
                     him
                     
                       several
                       waies
                       :
                    
                     as
                     a
                     
                       Souldier
                       he
                       obeyed
                       a
                       Barbarous
                       Order
                       ;
                    
                     as
                     an
                     
                       Englishman
                    
                     he
                     made
                     it
                     his
                     care
                     ,
                     to
                     take
                     off
                     the
                     
                       edge
                    
                     on
                     't
                     ;
                     and
                     he
                     was
                     bound
                     to
                     doe
                     
                       That
                       ,
                       this
                       day
                    
                     by
                     
                       Commission
                       ,
                    
                     Which
                     he
                     resolved
                     to
                     undoe
                     two
                     dayes
                     
                       after
                    
                     upon
                     a
                     Nobler
                     Principle
                     ;
                     upon
                     
                       Friday
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     the
                     10th
                     .
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Moneth
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     last
                     of
                     his
                     
                       Commission
                       ,
                    
                     )
                     the
                     General
                     demanded
                     the
                     Cities
                     last
                     Resolve
                     ,
                     from
                     the
                     Aldermen
                     ;
                     who
                     still
                     adhered
                     to
                     their
                     former
                     Judgement
                     .
                     His
                     Excellency
                     ,
                     hereupon
                     gave
                     command
                     
                       to
                       demolish
                       the
                       City
                       Gates
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     so
                     Returned
                     to
                     
                       Whitehall
                       .
                    
                     (
                     Observe
                     ,
                     that
                     his
                     
                       Displeasure
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Commission
                    
                     died
                     together
                     ,
                     )
                     For
                     the
                     next
                     Morning
                     ,
                     (
                     
                       Saturday
                       ,
                    
                     )
                     he
                     made
                     the
                     Town
                     a
                     large
                     Amends
                     :
                     
                       Declaring
                       Solemnly
                       to
                       joyn
                       with
                       them
                       ,
                       and
                       their
                       Associates
                       for
                       a
                       Free
                       Parliament
                       ;
                    
                     (
                     but
                     having
                     fairly
                     first
                     discharged
                     himself
                     to
                     those
                     at
                     
                       Westminster
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     a
                     Letter
                     in
                     commune
                     with
                     his
                     Officers
                     ;
                     
                       who
                       have
                       behaved
                       themselves
                       as
                       men
                       of
                       Honor
                       in
                       the
                       Businesse
                       .
                    
                     The
                     Truth
                     is
                     ,
                     had
                     not
                     the
                     Generall
                     been
                     nimble
                     with
                     them
                     ,
                     they
                     had
                     undermined
                     him
                     ;
                     for
                     ,
                     contrary
                     to
                     
                       Faith
                    
                     and
                     
                       Honesty
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     their
                     expresse
                     Agreement
                     ,
                     they
                     had
                     not
                     onely
                     entred
                     into
                     a
                     
                       secret
                    
                     combination
                     with
                     the
                     Sectaries
                     ,
                     but
                     
                       publickly
                       encouraged
                       their
                       Assemblings
                       and
                       Petitions
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     more
                     particularly
                     ,
                     contrived
                     the
                     direct
                     Ruine
                     of
                     that
                     Person
                     ,
                     who
                     had
                     so
                     lately
                     preserved
                     them
                     .
                     This
                     is
                     a
                     Theame
                     transports
                     me
                     ;
                     The
                     Bloody
                     Votes
                     were
                     passed
                     that
                     Dismall
                     Night
                     :
                     Let
                     
                       Nedham
                    
                     tell
                     you
                     ;
                     but
                     never
                     was
                     a
                     Joy
                     so
                     Universall
                     ;
                     
                       wise
                    
                     men
                     grew
                     
                       mad
                    
                     upon
                     't
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       mad
                    
                     men
                     
                       sober
                       .
                    
                     The
                     Cryes
                     ,
                     the
                     Bonfires
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     fume
                     of
                     
                     Rosted
                     Rumps
                     ,
                     did
                     quite
                     take
                     down
                     the
                     
                       Legislative
                       Stomack
                       ;
                    
                     'T
                     is
                     thought
                     the
                     Thing
                     at
                     
                       Westminster
                    
                     is
                     vanished
                     .
                     In
                     fine
                     ,
                     
                       the
                       Hand
                       of
                       God
                       is
                       in
                       't
                       ,
                       his
                       Name
                       be
                       praysed
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         Feb.
                         12.
                         1659.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           THis
           was
           not
           yet
           enough
           ,
           to
           put
           the
           
             Rump
          
           out
           of
           Countenance
           .
           The
           blessed
           Members
           met
           again
           as
           Formally
           as
           ever
           ,
           &
           Acted
           with
           a
           Confidence
           that
           might
           exuse
           the
           
             Common
             peoples
             Iealousie
          
           over
           the
           
             General
             .
             He
          
           was
           
             too
          
           Wise
           ,
           to
           walk
           too
           
             Open
             :
          
           and
           
             They
          
           not
           Wise
           
             enough
          
           to
           comprehend
           the
           Policie
           of
           his
           
             Reserve
             .
          
           And
           yet
           they
           wanted
           not
           a
           
             Will
          
           to
           Understand
           him
           .
           They
           
             study'd
          
           nothing
           else
           but
           his
           
             Intentions
             .
          
           That
           which
           most
           puzzled
           them
           ,
           was
           a
           Conference
           at
           
             Alderman
             Wale's
             ,
          
           betwixt
           Several
           of
           the
           
             Secluded
             Members
             ,
          
           and
           of
           the
           
             Rump
             :
          
           Joyning
           to
           That
           ,
           
             His
             Excellencies
             Answer
             to
             a
             Proposal
             of
             Raysing
             Forces
             to
             secure
             themselves
             ;
          
           which
           was
           ,
           
             That
             He
             himself
             would
             Interpose
             betwixt
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             all
             Danger
             .
          
        
         
           Observing
           how
           prejudicial
           these
           
             Mistakes
          
           were
           to
           the
           
             Publique
             Interest
          
           of
           
             Settlement
             ;
          
           and
           with
           what
           
             Art
             ,
          
           and
           
             Industry
             ,
          
           they
           were
           
             Assisted
             ,
          
           by
           the
           
             Adverse
             Party
             :
          
           I
           took
           it
           for
           a
           Seasonable
           ,
           and
           
             Good
             Office
          
           to
           do
           somthing
           that
           might
           Create
           a
           better
           
             Understanding
             :
          
           Or
           ,
           at
           the
           worst
           ,
           Excite
           the
           Citizens
           ,
           to
           Act
           by
           
             Tichborn's
             President
             ,
          
           and
           of
           
             Themselves
             ,
          
           in
           Case
           of
           any
           further
           
             Baffle
          
           or
           
             Delay
             ,
          
           in
           setling
           their
           
             Militia
             .
          
           For
           these
           Reasons
           ,
           I
           Publish'd
           this
           Ensuing
           Paper
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     A
                     Word
                     in
                     Season
                     ,
                     to
                     General
                     
                       MONK
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     with
                     his
                     Officers
                     ,
                     &c.
                     )
                     To
                     the
                     
                       CITY
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     To
                     the
                     
                       NATION
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       My
                       Lord
                       ,
                       and
                       Gentlemen
                       ,
                    
                  
                   
                     YOu
                     are
                     ,
                     at
                     present
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Heart
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Nation
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Arms
                    
                     of
                     your
                     
                       Friends
                       :
                    
                     where
                     you
                     are
                     
                       Safe
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Beloved
                       .
                    
                     You
                     have
                     the
                     
                       Strength
                    
                     and
                     
                       Affections
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       City
                       ,
                    
                     at
                     your
                     
                     Devotion
                     ,
                     and
                     it
                     is
                     your
                     Commune
                     Interest
                     ,
                     to
                     unite
                     in
                     a
                     Concurence
                     both
                     of
                     
                       Power
                    
                     and
                     
                       Kindnesse
                       .
                       You
                       stand
                       and
                       fall
                       together
                       .
                    
                     You
                     are
                     all
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     
                       Stock
                       ;
                       Born
                    
                     to
                     the
                     same
                     
                       Freedom
                       ;
                       Subjected
                    
                     to
                     the
                     same
                     
                       Laws
                       ;
                       Nurs'd
                    
                     up
                     in
                     the
                     same
                     
                       Religion
                       :
                    
                     And
                     in
                     fine
                     ,
                     
                       Obliged
                    
                     by
                     the
                     same
                     Rules
                     of
                     
                       Duty
                    
                     and
                     
                       Wisdom
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     promote
                     the
                     same
                     
                       Ends
                       .
                    
                     I
                     might
                     adde
                     ,
                     that
                     you
                     are
                     likewise
                     
                       exposed
                    
                     to
                     the
                     same
                     
                       Danger
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     from
                     the
                     same
                     
                       Enemy
                       :
                    
                     by
                     whose
                     
                       Hypocrisie
                       ▪
                    
                     and
                     
                       Skill
                       ,
                    
                     should
                     you
                     be
                     
                       Deluded
                    
                     into
                     a
                     
                       Belief
                       ,
                    
                     of
                     such
                     who
                     never
                     kept
                     
                       Faith
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     forgive
                     me
                     )
                     your
                     
                       Reputation
                    
                     is
                     lost
                     ,
                     with
                     your
                     
                       Security
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     you
                     
                       Fall
                       ,
                    
                     without
                     either
                     
                       Redress
                    
                     or
                     
                       Pity
                       .
                    
                     In
                     this
                     very
                     Instant
                     ,
                     
                       while
                       you
                       Treat
                       ,
                       the
                       Mine
                       is
                       working
                       .
                    
                     The
                     
                       Instruments
                    
                     and
                     
                       Means
                    
                     of
                     your
                     Destruction
                     are
                     already
                     
                       agreed
                       upon
                       .
                    
                     Some
                     are
                     employed
                     to
                     
                       Infect
                    
                     your
                     
                       Councils
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Alienate
                    
                     your
                     
                       Souldiers
                       :
                       Others
                       sit
                       among
                       you
                       ,
                       to
                       Betray
                       you
                       .
                    
                     What
                     by
                     
                       Open
                       Force
                    
                     cannot
                     be
                     
                       Effected
                       ,
                    
                     must
                     be
                     
                       assisted
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     a
                     
                       Dagger
                    
                     or
                     
                       Poyson
                       .
                       (
                       You
                       have
                       the
                       Substance
                       of
                       this
                       ,
                       already
                       ,
                       upon
                       Evidence
                       ,
                       and
                       Experiment
                       .
                    
                     )
                     Next
                     to
                     this
                     
                       Caution
                    
                     towards
                     your
                     
                       Professed
                       Adversaries
                       ,
                    
                     allow
                     me
                     to
                     propose
                     a
                     more
                     
                       Ingenuous
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Open
                       Clearnesse
                    
                     towards
                     your
                     
                       Usefull
                       Friends
                       .
                    
                     (
                     if
                     it
                     were
                     but
                     to
                     
                       prevent
                       Mis-understandings
                       :
                    
                     Beside
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     very
                     
                       Doubt
                    
                     is
                     both
                     
                       Injurious
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Painfull
                       )
                       Offices
                       of
                       Respect
                       ,
                       and
                       Comfort
                       ,
                       ought
                       to
                       be
                       performed
                       with
                       Liberty
                       ,
                       and
                       Chearfullness
                       ,
                    
                     without
                     any
                     the
                     least
                     mixture
                     of
                     
                       Scruple
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       Reserve
                       .
                       These
                       Frank
                       ,
                       and
                       Mutual
                       Enterchanges
                       of
                       Succour
                       ,
                       and
                       Advice
                       ,
                       beget
                       a
                       Trust
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Kindness
                       ;
                    
                     And
                     
                       That
                       's
                       the
                       true
                       Foundation
                       of
                       a
                       happy
                       ,
                       and
                       Lasting
                       Union
                       .
                       —
                       That
                       Friendship
                       which
                       admits
                       a
                       Ielousie
                       ,
                       wavers
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     When
                     
                       You
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     My
                     Lord
                     )
                     your
                     
                       Officers
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Army
                       ,
                    
                     are
                     become
                     
                       One
                    
                     with
                     this
                     
                       City
                       ,
                    
                     you
                     have
                     then
                     but
                     Contracted
                     a
                     nearer
                     Alliance
                     with
                     the
                     Nation
                     :
                     whose
                     several
                     
                       Counties
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Divisions
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     how
                     remote
                     soever
                     )
                     are
                     (
                     with
                     this
                     Town
                     )
                     but
                     Parts
                     still
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     Body
                     .
                     By
                     a
                     Consent
                     of
                     
                       Interest
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Sense
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     
                       Prosper
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     they
                     
                       Wither
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     
                       Grieve
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       Ioy
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     
                       Live
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       Dye
                       .
                    
                     Nor
                     are
                     they
                     more
                     united
                     in
                     their
                     
                       Interests
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     in
                     their
                     
                       Votes
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Resolutions
                       ;
                    
                     for
                     they
                     have
                     unanimously
                     
                       engaged
                       with
                       the
                       City
                       ,
                       to
                       maintain
                       their
                       Rights
                       ,
                       and
                       Liberties
                       ,
                       the
                       Reformed
                       Religion
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Freedom
                       of
                       
                       Parliaments
                       ,
                       against
                       all
                       Hazzards
                       ,
                       and
                       Oppositions
                       whatsoever
                       .
                    
                     I
                     need
                     not
                     tell
                     your
                     Lordship
                     by
                     what
                     
                       Audacious
                    
                     and
                     
                       Illegal
                       Violences
                       ,
                    
                     this
                     
                       Declaration
                    
                     and
                     
                       Remonstrance
                    
                     was
                     
                       extorted
                    
                     from
                     them
                     .
                     
                       The
                       Nation
                       stood
                       condemn'd
                       to
                       Servitude
                       ,
                       and
                       Beggery
                       ,
                    
                     even
                     by
                     
                       those
                       ,
                    
                     whom
                     they
                     themselves
                     had
                     
                       Raysed
                    
                     from
                     that
                     Condition
                     ,
                     to
                     aggravate
                     the
                     
                       Bondage
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     the
                     more
                     Intollerable
                     
                       Authors
                    
                     of
                     it
                     .
                     'T
                     is
                     now
                     become
                     a
                     Crime
                     ,
                     
                       to
                       name
                       a
                       Full
                       ,
                       Free
                       Parliament
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Treason
                    
                     to
                     appeal
                     to
                     any
                     other
                     
                       Law
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     the
                     Insipid
                     
                       Vote
                    
                     of
                     a
                     Legislative
                     Conventicle
                     .
                     The
                     Gaols
                     are
                     full
                     of
                     Prisoners
                     upon
                     that
                     very
                     score
                     .
                  
                   
                     Was
                     it
                     not
                     time
                     ,
                     (
                     My
                     Lord
                     )
                     to
                     bid
                     these
                     People
                     hold
                     their
                     Hands
                     ,
                     after
                     the
                     expense
                     of
                     so
                     much
                     
                       Blood
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     of
                     so
                     many
                     
                       Milions
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     all
                     this
                     only
                     
                       to
                       perpetuate
                       a
                       dearer
                       ,
                       and
                       a
                       more
                       Infamous
                       Thralldom
                       ?
                    
                     The
                     
                       Pulpits
                    
                     were
                     enured
                     to
                     
                       Blasphemie
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Non
                       sense
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Government
                       prostituted
                       for
                       money
                       ,
                       to
                       Persons
                       able
                       to
                       disgrace
                       a
                       Bawdy-House
                       .
                    
                     —
                     These
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     like
                     Indignities
                     ,
                     put
                     the
                     Nation
                     upon
                     their
                     Just
                     ,
                     and
                     necessary
                     Defence
                     ;
                     And
                     in
                     that
                     Posture
                     they
                     now
                     stand
                     Ready
                     ,
                     and
                     Resolved
                     .
                  
                   
                     Your
                     Excellency
                     hath
                     been
                     tender
                     hitherto
                     of
                     Blood
                     ,
                     but
                     if
                     a
                     speedy
                     Order
                     be
                     not
                     taken
                     ,
                     to
                     Regulate
                     those
                     stragling
                     Troops
                     ,
                     that
                     Act
                     still
                     in
                     the
                     Countries
                     ,
                     
                       in
                       Opposition
                       to
                       a
                       Settlement
                       ,
                    
                     It
                     will
                     come
                     yet
                     to
                     Blows
                     :
                     For
                     questionlesse
                     ,
                     
                       in
                       case
                       of
                       a
                       Necessity
                       ,
                       the
                       People
                       will
                       not
                       stand
                       still
                       ,
                       and
                       suffer
                       themselves
                       to
                       be
                       picked
                       out
                       ,
                       man
                       by
                       man
                       ,
                       till
                       they
                       be
                       all
                       Destroyed
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     Gentry
                     and
                     Nobility
                     ,
                     are
                     Slaves
                     to
                     every
                     pedling
                     Pursuivant
                     .
                     'T
                     is
                     but
                     a
                     Warrant
                     from
                     our
                     Masters
                     ,
                     and
                     all
                     is
                     Fish
                     that
                     comes
                     to
                     Net
                     :
                     No
                     matter
                     for
                     a
                     Crime
                     ,
                     if
                     there
                     be
                     
                       Booty
                       .
                    
                     All
                     that
                     the
                     People
                     
                       ask
                       ,
                    
                     all
                     they
                     design
                     ,
                     is
                     but
                     
                       the
                       Benefit
                       of
                       the
                       Law
                       .
                    
                     Will
                     any
                     
                       Englishman
                    
                     deny
                     it
                     us
                     ?
                     First
                     ,
                     
                       They
                    
                     have
                     
                       sworn
                    
                     to
                     
                       defend
                    
                     it
                     ;
                     Next
                     
                       VVe
                    
                     have
                     
                       sworn
                       ,
                    
                     rather
                     to
                     
                       dye
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     
                       lose
                    
                     it
                     .
                     This
                     
                       Faction
                    
                     hath
                     cost
                     the
                     
                       Nation
                    
                     more
                     than
                     60.
                     
                     
                       Millions
                       ,
                    
                     besides
                     the
                     
                       Blood
                    
                     they
                     have
                     
                       Lapp'd
                       :
                    
                     and
                     yet
                     100000.
                     l.
                     
                       a
                       Month
                       ,
                       and
                       not
                       a
                       farthing
                       lesse
                       ,
                    
                     will
                     do
                     their
                     Businesse
                     ,
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     5000.
                     l.
                     a
                     Man
                     ,
                     or
                     some
                     such
                     Trifle
                     :
                     
                       For
                       that
                       ,
                       the
                       Iunto
                       shares
                       ;
                       perhaps
                       the
                       Souldier
                       ,
                       once
                       in
                       a
                       
                       year
                       ,
                       or
                    
                     2.
                     
                       may
                       get
                       his
                       Mornings
                       draught
                       ,
                       and
                       then
                       be
                       turn'd
                       to
                       Graze
                       upon
                       Free
                       Quarter
                       ;
                       and
                       hang'd
                       for
                       Mutiny
                       ,
                       if
                       he
                       but
                       talks
                       of
                       Money
                       .
                    
                     It
                     s
                     the
                     trick
                     they
                     served
                     all
                     that
                     have
                     served
                     them
                     .
                     Who
                     ever
                     
                       strikes
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       payes
                    
                     on
                     their
                     behalf
                     ,
                     
                       fights
                    
                     but
                     for
                     
                       Bondage
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       contributes
                    
                     to
                     his
                     own
                     
                       Chaines
                       .
                    
                     If
                     they
                     had
                     any
                     
                       Faith
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     might
                     be
                     
                       Trusted
                       .
                    
                     But
                     
                       Oaths
                    
                     go
                     down
                     with
                     them
                     like
                     
                       Pills
                       of
                       Butter
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     are
                     
                       dissolved
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     soon
                     as
                     
                       taken
                       .
                    
                     That
                     
                       Perjury
                    
                     which
                     would
                     
                       poyson
                       a
                       good
                       Christian
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     but
                     their
                     
                       Nutriment
                       .
                    
                     Nay
                     worse
                     than
                     
                       Wolves
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     are
                     
                       False
                    
                     to
                     their
                     own
                     
                       Kind
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       enter-worry
                       one
                       another
                       .
                    
                     I
                     should
                     be
                     endlesse
                     ,
                     to
                     pursue
                     this
                     Subject
                     till
                     I
                     want
                     Matter
                     .
                     In
                     brief
                     ,
                     
                       My
                       Lord
                       ,
                       look
                       to
                       your self
                       ,
                       and
                       to
                       your
                       Friends
                       ;
                       Life
                       and
                       Death
                       are
                       before
                       you
                       ,
                       Chuse
                       .
                       May
                       Heaven
                       direct
                       and
                       bless
                       your
                       Counsels
                       and
                       Endeavours
                       ,
                       so
                       far
                       ,
                       as
                       you
                       proceed
                       with
                       Pietie
                       and
                       Honour
                       .
                    
                     To
                     prevent
                     Mistakes
                     ,
                     I
                     do
                     declare
                     ,
                     that
                     there
                     are
                     divers
                     
                       moderate
                    
                     and
                     
                       sober
                    
                     Persons
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     Mixture
                     ,
                     for
                     whom
                     I
                     have
                     a
                     fair
                     
                       Respect
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     that
                     the
                     tartnesse
                     of
                     my
                     Language
                     ,
                     only
                     concerns
                     the
                     
                       Furious
                    
                     and
                     
                       Phanatique
                    
                     of
                     them
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       A
                       word
                       now
                       to
                       the
                    
                     CITY
                     ;
                     and
                     that
                     a
                     
                       short
                    
                     one
                     .
                     ]
                     
                       Gentlemen
                       ,
                    
                     upon
                     your
                     fair
                     compliance
                     with
                     the
                     General
                     ,
                     depends
                     much
                     of
                     your
                     safety
                     :
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     so
                     far
                     as
                     he
                     comports
                     himself
                     with
                     terms
                     of
                     
                       Prudence
                       ,
                       Equity
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Honour
                       ;
                    
                     (
                     and
                     he
                     is
                     too
                     
                       Noble
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     go
                     Lesse
                     )
                     next
                     ,
                     to
                     
                       himself
                       ,
                    
                     you
                     find
                     his
                     
                       Officers
                       ,
                    
                     of
                     an
                     
                       Ingenuous
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       clear
                    
                     Conversation
                     ;
                     and
                     worth
                     your
                     Friendships
                     ,
                     
                       their
                       Commands
                       apart
                       ;
                    
                     you
                     likewise
                     find
                     the
                     
                       body
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Army
                       Civil
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       well
                       disciplin'd
                       ,
                    
                     you
                     do
                     exceeding
                     well
                     to
                     pay
                     them
                     all
                     due
                     respects
                     :
                     and
                     to
                     joyn
                     
                       Interests
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Councils
                       ,
                    
                     with
                     them
                     ;
                     —
                     you
                     have
                     done
                     
                       Wisely
                       ,
                       Honestly
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Bravely
                       too
                       ,
                       to
                       oppose
                       Taxes
                       :
                    
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     
                       Taxes
                       imposed
                       without
                       a
                       Law
                       ,
                       —
                       to
                       be
                       employed
                       against
                       your selves
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     and
                     such
                     ,
                     as
                     had
                     you
                     granted
                     them
                     ,
                     your
                     
                       President
                    
                     would
                     have
                     extended
                     to
                     
                       enslave
                    
                     your
                     
                       Posteritie
                       .
                    
                     —
                     Your
                     care
                     next
                     ,
                     to
                     
                       disarm
                    
                     the
                     
                       Sectaries
                       ,
                    
                     was
                     very
                     seasonable
                     ,
                     Your
                     City
                     had
                     probably
                     been
                     in
                     Ashes
                     else
                     by
                     this
                     time
                     .
                     Consider
                     ,
                     they
                     bear
                     the
                     same
                     mind
                     
                     still
                     ,
                     and
                     where
                     they
                     had
                     those
                     weapons
                     they
                     can
                     quickly
                     have
                     more
                     .
                     You
                     cannot
                     be
                     
                       secure
                    
                     without
                     your
                     
                       Militia
                       ,
                    
                     nor
                     can
                     any
                     thing
                     fairly
                     obstruct
                     your
                     Procurement
                     of
                     it
                     :
                     
                       In
                       Tichburn's
                       Case
                       ,
                    
                     it
                     was
                     by
                     the
                     Commons
                     ordered
                     ,
                     
                       that
                       any
                       six
                       of
                       the
                       Common-Counsell
                       (
                       upon
                       emergent
                       occasions
                       )
                       might
                       send
                       for
                       the
                       Lord
                       Mayor
                       to
                       call
                       a
                       Common-Counsell
                       ,
                       and
                       in
                       case
                       of
                       default
                       ,
                       call
                       it
                       themselves
                       ,
                       and
                       any
                    
                     40.
                     
                       of
                       them
                       ,
                       to
                       have
                       power
                       to
                       act
                       as
                       a
                       Common-Councell
                       ,
                       without
                       the
                       Lord
                       Mayor
                       ,
                       any
                       thing
                       in
                       their
                       Charter
                       to
                       the
                       contrary
                       Notwithstanding
                       :
                    
                     See
                     the
                     Hist.
                     of
                     Independency
                     ,
                     part
                     2.
                     p
                     83.
                     
                     Not
                     to
                     exceed
                     my
                     limits
                     ,
                     
                       Forget
                       not
                       your
                       suffring
                       Friends
                       ,
                       and
                       stand
                       firm
                       to
                       your
                       Associates
                       ,
                       and
                       Allies
                       .
                       He
                       that
                       tamely
                       suffers
                       One
                       Injury
                       ,
                       Provokes
                       Another
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Now
                     to
                     the
                     NATION
                     ,
                     for
                     a
                     Farewell
                     .
                     ]
                     I
                     need
                     not
                     presse
                     my
                     Country-men
                     with
                     many
                     Cautions
                     ,
                     your
                     
                       Freedom
                       of
                       Elections
                       ,
                       that
                       's
                       your
                       Birth-right
                       ▪
                    
                     'T
                     is
                     that
                     you
                     all
                     
                       declare
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     
                       Live
                    
                     &
                     
                       Dye
                    
                     for
                     ,
                     you
                     are
                     too
                     
                       wise
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     be
                     
                       cheated
                    
                     with
                     Restrictions
                     and
                     
                       Qualifications
                       :
                    
                     as
                     if
                     the
                     Question
                     were
                     the
                     
                       Number
                       ,
                    
                     rather
                     than
                     the
                     
                       Choice
                       ,
                    
                     at
                     this
                     rate
                     ,
                     you
                     may
                     have
                     a
                     
                       full
                       House
                       ,
                    
                     indeed
                     ;
                     but
                     How
                     ?
                     That
                     is
                     ,
                     
                       full
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Brats
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       Kindred
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Partizans
                       of
                       those
                       that
                       fit
                       already
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     then
                     ,
                     they
                     that
                     have
                     
                       gull'd
                    
                     you
                     all
                     this
                     while
                     ,
                     shall
                     
                       govern
                    
                     you
                     for
                     ever
                     ,
                     your
                     very
                     
                       Declarations
                    
                     against
                     the
                     Present
                     Tyranny
                     ,
                     have
                     brought
                     you
                     to
                     that
                     Point
                     ,
                     that
                     
                       there
                       's
                       no
                       safety
                       left
                       you
                       ,
                       but
                       in
                       violence
                       ;
                    
                     for
                     while
                     you
                     
                       talk
                       ,
                    
                     you
                     
                       dye
                       ,
                    
                     your
                     scattered
                     Friends
                     are
                     gathered
                     up
                     ,
                     one
                     by
                     one
                     ;
                     whereas
                     ,
                     your
                     SEASONABLE
                     UNION
                     MAKES
                     ALL
                     SURE
                     .
                  
                   
                     As
                     your
                     
                       Intentions
                    
                     are
                     Honorable
                     ,
                     so
                     let
                     your
                     
                       Actions
                    
                     be
                     .
                     How
                     far
                     the
                     
                       Law
                    
                     extends
                     ,
                     in
                     case
                     of
                     
                       Brutish
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Illegal
                       cruelty
                       ,
                    
                     see
                     St.
                     
                     
                       Iohns
                    
                     Argument
                     against
                     the
                     Earl
                     of
                     
                       Strafford
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     with
                     That
                     I
                     conclude
                     :
                     
                       He
                       that
                       would
                       not
                       have
                       had
                       others
                       to
                       have
                       Law
                       ,
                       why
                       should
                       he
                       have
                       any
                       himself
                       ?
                       Why
                       should
                       not
                       that
                       be
                       done
                       to
                       him
                       ,
                       that
                       himself
                       would
                       have
                       done
                       to
                       others
                       ?
                       It
                       is
                       true
                       ,
                       we
                       give
                       Law
                       to
                       Hares
                       and
                       Deers
                       ▪
                       because
                       they
                       be
                       Beasts
                       of
                       Chase
                       ;
                       it
                       was
                       never
                       accounted
                       either
                       cruelty
                       ,
                       or
                       fowl
                       play
                       ,
                       to
                       Knock
                       Foxes
                       and
                       Wolves
                       on
                       the
                       head
                       ,
                       
                       as
                       they
                       can
                       be
                       found
                       ,
                       because
                       thes●
                       be
                       Beasts
                       of
                       Prey
                       :
                       The
                       Warrener
                       sets
                       traps
                       for
                       Powlcats
                       and
                       other
                       Vermin
                       ,
                       for
                       Preservation
                       of
                       the
                       VVarren
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         Feb.
                         18.
                         1659.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           ABout
           This
           time
           ,
           the
           Schifmatiques
           had
           all
           their
           Instruments
           at
           work
           to
           disappoint
           the
           Generall
           Design
           ,
           and
           Hope
           of
           a
           
             Free
             Parliament
             .
          
           The
           
             Bolder
             ,
          
           and
           the
           more
           
             Ingenious
          
           sort
           of
           Honest
           men
           were
           Gather'd
           up
           ,
           by
           Flying
           Troops
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           every where
           Dispers'd
           to
           hinder
           a
           Conjunction
           :
           nay
           ,
           they
           were
           come
           to
           That
           Degree
           of
           Impudence
           ,
           to
           threaten
           
             Banishment
             ,
          
           and
           
             Sequestration
          
           to
           the
           whole
           Party
           of
           
             Declarers
             .
          
           Nor
           did
           they
           Act
           these
           Outrages
           upon
           the
           
             Gentry
             ,
          
           without
           a
           due
           regard
           of
           
             Popular
             ,
          
           and
           specious
           
             Application
          
           to
           the
           
             Vulgar
             .
             The
             House
             should
          
           be
           
             Immediately
             Fill'd
             :
             —
             The
             Form
             of
             the
             VVrit
             was
             already
             Published
             :
             —
             —
             —
             The
             Qualifications
             ,
             Agreed
             upon
             ;
          
           —
           —
           —
           and
           in
           
             Fine
             ;
          
           —
           —
           
             They
             would
             Instantly
             proceed
             to
             a
             Settlement
             of
             Church
             and
             State
             :
          
           —
           —
           (
           what
           would
           they
           
             more
             ?
          
           )
           In
           the
           mean
           while
           ;
           The
           Presses
           are
           at
           Work
           ;
           by
           
             Libells
             against
             the
             King
             ;
             —
             —
             By
             Arguments
             of
             Interest
             ;
             and
             by
             False
             Intelligence
             ,
          
           to
           
             Corrupt
             ,
          
           and
           
             Deceive
          
           the
           
             People
             .
          
           No
           Stone
           is
           left
           unturn'd
           .
           The
           
             Common-wealthmen
             ▪
          
           They
           're
           a
           Birding
           too
           ;
           and
           Tell
           their
           Little
           Tales
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           
             Venice
             .
          
           Nor
           does
           the
           Generall
           himself
           escape
           their
           wild
           Attempts
           ;
           either
           upon
           his
           
             Honesty
             ,
          
           by
           
             Large
          
           and
           
             Insignificant
             Donations
             ;
          
           or
           else
           by
           
             Plots
          
           against
           his
           
             Person
             .
          
           The
           
             Party
          
           had
           their
           
             Friends
          
           too
           in
           the
           
             City
             ;
          
           either
           ,
           by
           
             Tedious
             Speeches
             ,
             From
          
           the
           
             Point
             ,
          
           to
           make
           their
           
             Meetings
             Fruitlesse
             :
          
           or
           upon
           
             Frivolous
             Pretenses
          
           to
           Delay
           the
           very
           
             Calling
          
           of
           a
           
             Counsell
             ;
          
           Retarding
           the
           Militia
           by
           that
           means
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Hazzard
           of
           the
           whole
           Affair
           .
        
         
         
           This
           was
           the
           Face
           of
           Things
           ,
           when
           the
           Brave
           Generall
           Cleer'd
           the
           way
           for
           the
           
             Return
          
           of
           the
           
             Secluded
             Members
             ,
          
           who
           being
           
             Entred
             (
             Feb.
          
           21.
           )
           fell
           
             Instantly
          
           upon
           the
           Nulling
           of
           those
           Spurious
           Orders
           ,
           which
           Related
           to
           their
           First
           Seclusion
           in
           
             Dec.
          
           1648.
           
           Proceeding
           Thence
           ,
           to
           the
           Enlarging
           ,
           and
           Confirming
           of
           the
           
             Generall's
             Commission
             :
          
           and
           the
           disabling
           of
           the
           
             Rump's
             Commissioners
             for
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Army
             .
          
           —
           —
           —
           —
           The
           
             Discharging
             of
             Prisoners
             ,
          
           Illegally
           Committed
           :
           —
           —
           —
           —
           and
           the
           Appointment
           of
           
             a
             new
             Convention
             ,
             (
             Apr.
          
           25.
           —
           1660.
           )
           —
           In
           Fine
           ;
           they
           had
           enough
           to
           doe
           for
           one
           while
           ,
           to
           
             Vacate
          
           the
           
             mis
             doings
          
           of
           their
           
             Predecessors
             :
          
           which
           thing
           it self
           they
           did
           ,
           with
           all
           convenient
           Modesty
           ,
           and
           Tendernesse
           .
           As
           their
           Businesse
           was
           onely
           to
           
             Settle
          
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           without
           
             Perpetuating
             Themselves
             ;
          
           so
           did
           they
           make
           all
           
             Haste
          
           was
           
             Possible
             ,
          
           to
           Finish
           it
           .
           The
           
             Militia's
             ,
          
           they
           Placed
           in
           Good
           Hands
           :
           and
           Empowred
           a
           
             Counsell
             of
             State
          
           to
           
             Govern
          
           in
           the
           next
           
             Intervall
             ,
          
           which
           being
           done
           ,
           and
           Provision
           made
           for
           a
           
             New
             Election
             ;
             (
             March
          
           16.
           )
           they
           Dissolved
           Themselves
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Independent
          
           Gang
           were
           strugling
           now
           for
           Life
           ;
           and
           Laboured
           by
           a
           Thousand
           Shifts
           ,
           and
           Cheats
           to
           make
           a
           Party
           in
           the
           new
           
             Militia
             .
          
           During
           That
           Transaction
           ;
           I
           caused
           this
           Following
           Paper
           to
           be
           Published
           .
           
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     A
                     Seasonable
                     Word
                     .
                  
                   
                     I
                     Do
                     not
                     write
                     out
                     of
                     an
                     itch
                     of
                     
                       Scribling
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     to
                     support
                     a
                     
                       Faction
                       ;
                    
                     my
                     
                       Duty
                    
                     bids
                     me
                     write
                     .
                     —
                     Nor
                     do
                     I
                     love
                     
                       Hard
                    
                     words
                     ,
                     or
                     
                       Many
                       ,
                       Plain
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Few
                       ,
                    
                     suit
                     all
                     
                       Capacities
                    
                     and
                     
                       Leisures
                       .
                       I
                    
                     would
                     be
                     
                       Ready
                    
                     by
                     
                       all
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Understood
                    
                     by
                     
                       all
                       :
                    
                     for
                     my
                     Business
                     extends
                     to
                     all
                     .
                     —
                     Not
                     to
                     spend
                     time
                     in
                     
                       Complement
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       Apology
                       ;
                    
                     The
                     
                       Readers
                       Wisdome
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     the
                     
                       Authors
                       Weakness
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     not
                     the
                     Question
                     .
                     The
                     Nation
                     is
                     in
                     
                       Distress
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     every
                     Englishman
                     must
                     lend
                     his
                     hand
                     to
                     save
                     it
                     .
                     Nay
                     ,
                     
                       That
                    
                     must
                     be
                     done
                     
                       Quickly
                    
                     too
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       Vigorously
                       ;
                       Delay
                    
                     is
                     
                       Mortal
                       .
                    
                     Can
                     any
                     thing
                     be
                     more
                     
                       Ridiculous
                       ,
                    
                     then
                     to
                     stand
                     
                       Formalizing
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     a
                     Case
                     ,
                     where
                     't
                     is
                     impossible
                     to
                     be
                     too
                     
                       early
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     too
                     
                       zealous
                       ?
                    
                     The
                     
                       event
                    
                     of
                     things
                     takes
                     up
                     our
                     thoughts
                     ,
                     more
                     then
                     the
                     
                       Reason
                    
                     of
                     them
                     ;
                     what
                     
                       Newes
                       ,
                    
                     more
                     than
                     what
                     
                       Remedy
                       ;
                    
                     As
                     if
                     it
                     concerned
                     us
                     rather
                     to
                     know
                     ,
                     
                       whose
                       Fools
                       and
                       Slaves
                       we
                       shall
                       be
                       next
                       ,
                    
                     then
                     to
                     be
                     such
                     no
                     longer
                     .
                     That
                     which
                     completes
                     the
                     
                       Wonder
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Overfight
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     ,
                     That
                     the
                     Miseries
                     we
                     suffer
                     ,
                     were
                     before
                     hand
                     ,
                     as
                     easily
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     
                       Fore-seen
                    
                     and
                     
                       Prevented
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     they
                     are
                     now
                     to
                     be
                     
                       Felt
                       :
                    
                     and
                     we
                     are
                     only
                     to
                     look
                     
                       Backward
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     take
                     a
                     perfect
                     measure
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Future
                       ;
                    
                     so
                     obvious
                     ,
                     and
                     formal
                     is
                     the
                     Method
                     ,
                     that
                     leads
                     to
                     our
                     destruction
                     .
                     If
                     we
                     are
                     not
                     in
                     love
                     with
                     
                       Beggery
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Bondage
                       ;
                    
                     let
                     us
                     at
                     last
                     bethink
                     our selves
                     of
                     Freedom
                     ,
                     and
                     from
                     a
                     due
                     inquiry
                     into
                     the
                     
                       Rise
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Growth
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       present
                       State
                       of
                       our
                       Calamities
                       ,
                    
                     learn
                     to
                     be
                     
                       wise
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Happy
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     the
                     time
                     to
                     come
                     .
                  
                   
                   
                     It
                     may
                     be
                     observed
                     ,
                     that
                     since
                     
                       Church-men
                    
                     dabled
                     in
                     
                       Politiques
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       States-men
                    
                     in
                     
                       Divinity
                       ,
                       Law
                    
                     and
                     
                       Religion
                    
                     have
                     been
                     still
                     subjected
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Sword
                       :
                    
                     and
                     in
                     effect
                     ,
                     
                       those
                       same
                       Excursions
                       ,
                       and
                       Adulterate
                       mixtures
                       ,
                       are
                       but
                       the
                       workings
                       of
                       a
                       Party
                       already
                       in
                       motion
                       toward
                       that
                       End
                       .
                    
                     He
                     that
                     designes
                     a
                     
                       Change
                    
                     of
                     
                       Government
                       ,
                    
                     must
                     begin
                     by
                     imposing
                     a
                     
                       Delusion
                    
                     upon
                     the
                     
                       People
                       :
                    
                     and
                     whatsoever
                     is
                     
                       Necessary
                    
                     to
                     
                       his
                       Purpose
                       ,
                    
                     must
                     be
                     
                       Accomodate
                    
                     to
                     
                       their
                       Humour
                       .
                    
                     —
                     The
                     
                       Pulpet
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     false
                     glosses
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       Puzzling
                       distinctions
                       ,
                    
                     under
                     the
                     
                       Doctrine
                    
                     of
                     
                       Conditionate
                       Obedience
                       ,
                       suggesting
                       Liberty
                       ,
                       cousens
                    
                     the
                     
                       Multitude
                    
                     into
                     a
                     
                       Rebellion
                       .
                       Oaths
                    
                     and
                     
                       Covenants
                       ,
                    
                     are
                     but
                     like
                     
                       Iugglers
                       knots
                       ,
                       Fast
                    
                     or
                     
                       Loose
                       ,
                       as
                       the
                       Priest
                       pleases
                       .
                    
                     —
                     The
                     
                       Weaker
                    
                     sort
                     being
                     thus
                     prepared
                     ,
                     and
                     poyson'd
                     ,
                     by
                     a
                     
                       Seditious
                       Clergy
                       ;
                    
                     't
                     is
                     then
                     the
                     
                       Statesman's
                    
                     part
                     to
                     push
                     those
                     Mutinous
                     
                       Inclinations
                    
                     into
                     
                       Action
                       :
                    
                     and
                     to
                     
                       divide
                    
                     the
                     Cause
                     betwixt
                     
                       Conscience
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Property
                       ,
                       the
                       better
                       to
                       involve
                       all
                       Interests
                       in
                       the
                       Quarrel
                       .
                    
                     —
                     Under
                     the
                     Masque
                     of
                     
                       Piety
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Publiqueness
                       of
                       Spirit
                       ;
                    
                     of
                     
                       Holy
                       men
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Patriots
                       ;
                    
                     the
                     
                       Crafty
                    
                     cheat
                     the
                     
                       Simple
                       ;
                    
                     engaging
                     by
                     those
                     specious
                     pretenses
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       Rash
                       ,
                       mis-judging
                       People
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     with
                     good
                     
                       Intentions
                       ;
                    
                     but
                     wanting
                     
                       Care
                    
                     and
                     
                       Skill
                    
                     )
                     in
                     
                       Sacrilege
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Treason
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     This
                     was
                     the
                     very
                     
                       Root
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     this
                     hath
                     been
                     the
                     
                       Process
                    
                     of
                     our
                     Evills
                     .
                     Under
                     the
                     notion
                     of
                     
                       Gods
                       glory
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       Safety
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Honour
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       King
                       :
                    
                     —
                     the
                     
                       Fundamentall
                       Lawes
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Freedomes
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       People
                       :
                    
                     —
                     the
                     
                       Priviledge
                    
                     of
                     
                       Parliaments
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     the
                     Kingdome
                     was
                     gulled
                     into
                     a
                     
                       Complyance
                    
                     with
                     an
                     
                       Ambitious
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Schismaticall
                       Faction
                       .
                    
                     The
                     main
                     Pretense
                     ,
                     was
                     the
                     
                       Assertion
                       of
                       the
                       Subjects
                       Legall
                       Rights
                       ,
                       against
                       the
                       grand
                       Prerogative
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     That
                     ,
                     —
                     directed
                     only
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Limitation
                    
                     of
                     an
                     
                       Intended
                       ,
                       Arbitrary
                       Power
                       :
                    
                     —
                     the
                     
                       Regulation
                    
                     of
                     such
                     and
                     such
                     
                       Mis-Governments
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     —
                     and
                     all
                     this
                     —
                     
                       Saving
                       their
                       Allegeance
                       to
                       His
                       Sacred
                       Majesty
                       ;
                    
                     whose
                     
                       Person
                       ,
                       Crown
                       ,
                       and
                       Dignity
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     had
                     so
                     
                       often
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     so
                     
                       deeply
                       sworn
                       to
                       maintain
                    
                     —
                     This
                     was
                     a
                     Bait
                     so
                     
                       Popular
                       ,
                    
                     it
                     could
                     not
                     fail
                     of
                     drawing
                     in
                     a
                     
                       Party
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     
                       That
                       produced
                       a
                       War
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     The
                     Formal
                     
                       Story
                    
                     of
                     the
                     Quarrel
                     ,
                     is
                     little
                     to
                     my
                     purpose
                     :
                     the
                     
                       Logique
                    
                     of
                     it
                     ,
                     
                       Less
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     —
                     
                       How
                       ,
                       by
                       the
                       same
                       Authority
                       of
                       Text
                       ,
                       and
                       Law
                       ,
                       both
                       King
                       and
                       People
                       ,
                       could
                       be
                       
                       Iustifyed
                       ,
                       one
                       aganst
                       the
                       other
                       ;
                       I
                    
                     meddle
                     not
                     .
                     Let
                     it
                     suffice
                     ;
                     that
                     
                       after
                    
                     6.
                     
                     
                       Years
                       Conflict
                       ,
                       —
                       a
                       vast
                       profusion
                       of
                       Blood
                       and
                       Treasure
                       ,
                       —
                       The
                       King
                       ,
                       a
                       Prisoner
                       ,
                       —
                       and
                       his
                       whole
                       party
                       scattered
                       ,
                       and
                       disarmed
                       :
                    
                     the
                     
                       Commons
                    
                     found
                     themselves
                     dispos'd
                     to
                     
                       end
                    
                     our
                     Troubles
                     ;
                     and
                     
                       passed
                       a
                       Vote
                       to
                       Treat
                       with
                       His
                       Ma●esty
                       in
                       Dr●er
                       to
                       a
                       Settlement
                       .
                    
                     This
                     met
                     with
                     little
                     opposition
                     ,
                     except
                     from
                     those
                     ,
                     who
                     having
                     
                       Gorged
                    
                     themselves
                     
                       already
                       ,
                    
                     upon
                     the
                     
                       publique
                       ruine
                       ,
                    
                     were
                     not
                     yet
                     satisfyed
                     without
                     their
                     
                       Sovereigns
                       Blood
                    
                     —
                     
                       The
                       death
                       of
                       Monarchy
                       it
                       s●●●
                       ;
                       —
                       and
                       the
                       subjecting
                       of
                       a
                       Tame
                       ,
                       and
                       Slavish
                       People
                       to
                       a
                       Conventicle
                       of
                       Regicides
                       .
                    
                     There
                     were
                     not
                     many
                     of
                     so
                     deep
                     a
                     Tincture
                     ;
                     but
                     what
                     these
                     few
                     could
                     not
                     effect
                     by
                     
                       Number
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     did
                     by
                     
                       Force
                       .
                    
                     For
                     ,
                     
                       upon
                       the
                       6th
                       .
                       of
                       Decemb.
                    
                     1648.
                     
                     
                       Sir
                    
                     Hardresse
                     Waller
                     ,
                     Pride
                     ,
                     
                       and
                    
                     Hewson
                     ,
                     —
                     
                       Seized
                    
                     and
                     
                       Emprisoned
                    
                     41.
                     
                       of
                       the
                       Commons
                       House
                       ;
                       —
                       Clapp'd
                       Guards
                       upon
                       all
                       passes
                       leading
                       to
                       it
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     Some
                     160
                     more
                     ,
                     were
                     given
                     in
                     upon
                     a
                     
                       List
                    
                     to
                     those
                     that
                     kept
                     the
                     Door
                     ,
                     
                       with
                       an
                       express
                       direction
                       from
                       severall
                       Leading
                       Members
                       to
                       oppose
                       their
                       Entrance
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     a
                     matter
                     of
                     40
                     
                       more
                       withdrew
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     fear
                     of
                     violence
                     .
                     Their
                     Crime
                     was
                     only
                     the
                     carrying
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Vote
                       for
                       Peace
                    
                     (
                     already
                     mentioned
                     )
                     the
                     day
                     before
                     .
                     This
                     action
                     was
                     so
                     Enormous
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     very
                     
                       Contrivers
                    
                     of
                     it
                     were
                     ashamed
                     to
                     own
                     it
                     :
                     transferring
                     That
                     upon
                     the
                     
                       Army-Officers
                    
                     which
                     was
                     done
                     by
                     their
                     
                       own
                       appointment
                       .
                    
                     They
                     passed
                     however
                     a
                     
                       Formall
                       disallowance
                       of
                       the
                       violence
                       ,
                       and
                       ordered
                       their
                       discharge
                       ;
                    
                     which
                     yet
                     the
                     
                       Officers
                       refused
                    
                     (
                     upon
                     a
                     
                       Combination
                    
                     now
                     most
                     evident
                     )
                     —
                     Observe
                     this
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       That
                       which
                       in
                    
                     48.
                     
                       they
                       told
                       us
                       was
                       an
                       act
                       of
                       the
                       Army-Officers
                       ,
                       in
                    
                     59.
                     
                       they
                       call
                       a
                       Iudgment
                       of
                       Parliament
                       ;
                       and
                       they
                       justifie
                       and
                       continue
                       That
                       very
                       Seclusion
                       ,
                       by
                       a
                       Vote
                       of
                       Ian.
                    
                     5.
                     59.
                     
                     —
                     
                       Which
                       they
                       Themselves
                       Condemned
                       and
                       Discharged
                       by
                       severall
                       Orders
                       in
                       Dec.
                    
                     48.
                     
                     The
                     
                       Particulars
                    
                     of
                     these
                     
                       Transactions
                       ,
                    
                     are
                     excellently
                     delivered
                     
                       by
                       Mr.
                       Prynne
                       ,
                       (
                       the
                       Honour
                       of
                       the
                       age
                       )
                       in
                       his
                       true
                       and
                       perfect
                       Narrative
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     also
                     ,
                     
                       in
                       the
                       Declaration
                       of
                       the
                       true
                       state
                       of
                       the
                       Secluded
                       members
                       ,
                       and
                       in
                       the
                       History
                       of
                       Independency
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Return
                     we
                     now
                     to
                     the
                     great
                     
                       Test
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Spirits
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Designs
                    
                     of
                     the
                     several
                     
                       Parties
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Members
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       House
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     from
                     that
                     
                     Judgment
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       Discrimination
                    
                     of
                     
                       Persons
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Humours
                       ,
                    
                     we
                     may
                     learn
                     seasonably
                     to
                     provide
                     against
                     After-claps
                     .
                     This
                     
                       Blow
                       ▪
                       brake
                       the
                       House
                       of
                       Commons
                       into
                       Three
                       Pieces
                       :
                       —
                       One
                       Party
                       ,
                       adhered
                       to
                       the
                       Vote
                       ,
                       —
                       opposed
                       the
                       Violence
                       ;
                       —
                       Declared
                       against
                       it
                       ,
                       —
                       Claimed
                       from
                       time
                       to
                       time
                       ,
                       their
                       own
                       and
                       the
                       Peoples
                       Rights
                       ,
                       —
                       Pleaded
                       the
                       Covenant
                       ,
                       and
                       their
                       Declarations
                       ,
                       and
                       stood
                       it
                       out
                       .
                       The
                       Second
                       sort
                       ,
                    
                     was
                     not
                     so
                     well
                     prepar'd
                     for
                     
                       Martyrdom
                       ;
                    
                     a
                     kind
                     of
                     
                       Barnacle
                       ,
                    
                     neither
                     
                       Fish
                    
                     nor
                     ,
                     
                       Flesh
                       .
                    
                     This
                     was
                     a
                     Party
                     ,
                     that
                     
                       Flew
                       off
                       at
                       first
                       ,
                       but
                       soon
                       retracted
                       ;
                       —
                       Herded
                       again
                       ,
                       and
                       went
                       along
                       for
                       Company
                       ;
                    
                     my
                     Charity
                     perswades
                     me
                     well
                     ,
                     of
                     diverse
                     of
                     them
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     they
                     mixed
                     ,
                     rather
                     in
                     
                       hopes
                    
                     to
                     
                       moderate
                       the
                       Rest
                       ,
                       then
                       in
                       Design
                       to
                       strengthen
                       them
                       :
                    
                     A
                     Party
                     rather
                     
                       Weak
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Passive
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     
                       Malicious
                       .
                    
                     But
                     nothing
                     can
                     
                       excuse
                    
                     those
                     
                       sons
                    
                     of
                     
                       Belial
                       ,
                       the
                       periur'd
                       Remnant
                       ;
                    
                     no
                     ,
                     nor
                     
                       express
                    
                     them
                     —
                     Beside
                     their
                     
                       Oathes
                    
                     and
                     
                       Covenant
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     have
                     above
                     a
                     hundred
                     times
                     ,
                     in
                     
                       Printed
                       Declarations
                       ,
                    
                     renounced
                     the
                     very
                     
                       Thought
                    
                     of
                     what
                     they
                     since
                     have
                     executed
                     .
                     
                       Read
                       the
                       Exact
                       Collections
                       ,
                       We
                       are
                    
                     (
                     say
                     they
                     )
                     
                       so
                       far
                       from
                       altering
                       the
                       Fundamental
                       Constitution
                       ,
                       and
                       Government
                       of
                       this
                       Kingdom
                       by
                       King
                       ,
                       Lords
                       and
                       Commons
                       .
                       That
                       we
                       have
                       only
                       desired
                       ,
                       that
                       with
                       the
                       consent
                       of
                       the
                       King
                       ,
                       such
                       Powers
                       may
                       be
                       setled
                       in
                       the
                       Two
                       Houses
                       ,
                       without
                       which
                       ,
                       we
                       can
                       have
                       no
                       Assurance
                       ,
                       &c.
                       
                    
                     These
                     are
                     the
                     very
                     words
                     of
                     their
                     Declaration
                     ,
                     
                       April
                    
                     17.
                     1646
                     
                       published
                       by
                       the
                       House
                       of
                       Commons
                       ,
                       alone
                       ,
                       toward
                       the
                       end
                       of
                       the
                       war
                       ,
                       and
                       most
                       remarquably
                       entituled
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     
                       A
                       Declaration
                       of
                       their
                       true
                       Intentions
                       ,
                       concerning
                       the
                       Antient
                       Government
                       of
                       the
                       Nation
                       and
                       securing
                       the
                       People
                       against
                       all
                       Arbitrary
                       Government
                       .
                    
                     —
                     Let
                     this
                     Quotation
                     serve
                     for
                     All
                     ,
                     lest
                     I
                     exceed
                     my
                     Limits
                     .
                     Nor
                     to
                     insist
                     upon
                     things
                     
                       known
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       publique
                       .
                       —
                       How
                       faithfully
                       these
                       People
                       have
                       managed
                       their
                       Original
                       Trust
                       ,
                       -
                       how
                       strictly
                       they
                       have
                       kept
                       their
                       Oaths
                       and
                       Promises
                       ,
                       —
                       how
                       tenderly
                       they
                       have
                       observed
                       the
                       Laws
                       ,
                       and
                       asserted
                       our
                       Freedoms
                       ;
                       —
                       how
                       poor
                       they
                       have
                       made
                       themselves
                       ,
                       to
                       make
                       us
                       Rich
                       ;
                       —
                       how
                       Gracioussly
                       they
                       have
                       assumed
                       the
                       Legislative
                       power
                       ;
                       and
                       then
                       ;
                       how
                       modestly
                       they
                       have
                       exercised
                       it
                       :
                    
                     —
                     In
                     fine
                     ;
                     —
                     How
                     
                       Free
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       happily
                    
                     we
                     
                       lived
                       under
                       their
                       Government
                       ;
                       till
                       Oliver
                       plai'd
                       Rex
                       among
                       them
                       and
                       
                       threw
                       them
                       out
                       by
                       a
                       Trick
                       of
                       their
                       own
                       Teaching
                       .
                       This
                       was
                       in
                       April
                       1653.
                       
                       It
                       were
                       worth
                       the
                       while
                       ,
                       to
                       enquire
                       into
                       the
                       good
                       they
                       did
                       us
                       ,
                       during
                       that
                       6
                       years
                       Session
                       ,
                    
                     but
                     that
                     I
                     leave
                     to
                     
                       Needham
                       .
                    
                     Nor
                     shall
                     I
                     far
                     examine
                     the
                     
                       Protectors
                       Reign
                       ;
                    
                     by
                     whose
                     
                       advice
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     by
                     what
                     
                       assistance
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     or
                     by
                     what
                     
                       Laws
                       he
                       ruled
                       ?
                    
                     —
                     how
                     many
                     of
                     our
                     late
                     
                       Republicans
                    
                     forga●e
                     themselves
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       sware
                       Allegiance
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     a
                     
                       single
                       Person
                       .
                    
                     How
                     many
                     
                       things
                       like
                       Parliaments
                       ,
                       he
                       dispersed
                       .
                    
                     )
                     —
                     It
                     is
                     enough
                     ;
                     at
                     last
                     ,
                     he
                     
                       died
                       .
                       Died
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     in
                     despight
                     of
                     
                       Priests
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Poets
                       ;
                       Goodwin
                       ,
                       &c.
                       
                    
                     The
                     
                       former
                       telling
                       him
                       from
                       Heaven
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       should
                       scape
                       that
                       Fit
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       Other
                    
                     telling
                     us
                     ,
                     —
                     (
                     so
                     needlesly
                     .
                     )
                     —
                  
                   
                     
                       His
                       Highness
                       ,
                       having
                       other
                       things
                       to
                       think
                       on
                       ,
                       left
                       his
                       successor
                       doubtfull
                       ,
                    
                     till
                     (
                     as
                     they
                     say
                     )
                     His
                     
                       Secretary
                       ,
                       (
                       Then
                       ,
                       one
                       of
                    
                     Ours
                     ,
                     
                       now
                    
                     )
                     with
                     
                       Goodwin
                       ,
                       (
                       His
                       Prophetique
                       Confessour
                       )
                       Swore
                       his
                       son
                       Richard
                       into
                       the
                       Protectorship
                       .
                       But
                       he
                       (
                       Good
                       Gentleman
                       )
                    
                     did
                     not
                     much
                     
                       hurt
                       ,
                       but
                       peaceably
                       resigned
                       to
                       Fleetwood
                       ,
                       and
                       Disborough
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     
                       They
                       ,
                    
                     quite
                     at
                     a
                     
                       Loss
                    
                     for
                     want
                     of
                     
                       Brains
                    
                     and
                     
                       Courage
                       ,
                       called
                       in
                       the
                       Fag-end
                       of
                       the
                       old
                       House
                       ,
                       to
                       their
                       assistance
                       :
                    
                     So
                     that
                     those
                     Members
                     ,
                     which
                     
                       Dived
                       ,
                       in
                       April
                    
                     53.
                     came
                     up
                     again
                     ,
                     
                       upon
                       the
                       7th
                       .
                       of
                       May
                       ,
                    
                     59.
                     and
                     acted
                     as
                     impetuously
                     as
                     ever
                     :
                     Till
                     they
                     were
                     once
                     again
                     
                       unseated
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     the
                     
                       Army
                       ;
                       the
                    
                     13.
                     
                       of
                       Octob.
                       last
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     then
                     ,
                     
                       the
                       Committe
                       of
                       Walling
                       fordhouse
                       was
                       invested
                       with
                       the
                       Supreme
                       Authority
                       :
                    
                     (
                     'T
                     is
                     but
                     a
                     
                       slippery
                       Title
                    
                     that
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Sword
                    
                     )
                     This
                     change
                     ,
                     gave
                     
                       General
                       Monk
                    
                     occasion
                     to
                     shew
                     his
                     
                       Charity
                    
                     to
                     his
                     
                       Native
                       Countrey
                       ;
                    
                     by
                     whose
                     
                       Generosity
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Conduct
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       Honest
                    
                     and
                     
                       Suffering
                       Party
                    
                     was
                     
                       relieved
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Phanatique
                       Army
                       dispersed
                       ,
                    
                     without
                     
                       Blood
                       .
                    
                     Hereupon
                     ,
                     the
                     Souldjery
                     tack'd
                     about
                     once
                     again
                     ;
                     —
                     
                       Lamented
                       their
                       backslidings
                       ;
                       and
                       on
                       the
                       26th
                       .
                       of
                       Decemb.
                       following
                       the
                       Good-Old-Cause-men
                       ,
                       re-enthron'd
                       themselves
                       :
                    
                     more
                     eager
                     now
                     ,
                     than
                     formerly
                     ,
                     against
                     the
                     
                       Re-admission
                       of
                       the
                       secluded
                       Members
                       .
                    
                     This
                     barbarous
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       Arbitrary
                    
                     proceeding
                     ,
                     put
                     the
                     whole
                     Nation
                     upon
                     a
                     necessity
                     of
                     procuring
                     
                       a
                       Free
                       and
                       Full
                       Representative
                       :
                    
                     to
                     which
                     end
                     ,
                     they
                     proposed
                     Modestly
                     ,
                     and
                     Fairly
                     ,
                     
                       the
                       Restoring
                       of
                       the
                       Excluded
                       Members
                       ,
                       and
                       Filling
                       up
                       the
                       House
                       ;
                    
                     or
                     else
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       Liberty
                    
                     of
                     a
                     
                       New
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Legal
                       choyce
                       .
                       For
                       bringing
                       Letters
                       to
                       this
                       purpose
                       ,
                    
                     Sir
                     
                       Robert
                       Pye
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     Major
                     
                       Fincher
                       
                       were
                       imprisoned
                       .
                    
                     This
                     was
                     an
                     Insolence
                     too
                     grosse
                     ,
                     to
                     doe
                     much
                     Mischief
                     ,
                     but
                     to
                     Themselves
                     .
                     
                       Are
                       these
                       the
                       men
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     the
                     People
                     cryed
                     )
                     
                       that
                       put
                       the
                       King
                       to
                       death
                       ,
                       only
                       upon
                       Pretence
                       of
                       a
                       Design
                       ,
                       to
                       Erect
                       and
                       Uphold
                       in
                       himself
                       ,
                       an
                       Un●●●●ted
                       ,
                       and
                       Tyrannical
                       Power
                       ,
                       to
                       Rule
                       according
                       to
                       his
                       Will
                       ,
                       and
                       to
                       overthrow
                       the
                       Rights
                       ,
                       and
                       Liberties
                       of
                       the
                       People
                       ,
                       Yea
                       ,
                       to
                       Take
                       away
                       and
                       make
                       Uoid
                       the
                       Foundations
                       thereof
                       ,
                       and
                       of
                       all
                       Redress
                       and
                       Remedy
                       of
                       mis-Government
                       ,
                       which
                       by
                       the
                       Fundamental
                       Constitutions
                       of
                       this
                       Kingdom
                       ,
                    
                     were
                     reserved
                     on
                     the
                     Peoples
                     behalf
                     ,
                     
                       in
                       the
                       Right
                       and
                       Power
                       of
                    
                     FREQUENT
                     AND
                     SUCCESSIVE
                     PARLIAMENTS
                     ?
                     (
                     
                       these
                       are
                       the
                       words
                       of
                       the
                       charge
                    
                     )
                     —
                     That
                     which
                     was
                     
                       Treason
                    
                     in
                     our
                     
                       Lawfull
                       Prince
                       ,
                    
                     how
                     comes
                     it
                     to
                     be
                     
                       Law
                       ,
                    
                     now
                     with
                     
                       these
                       Fellowes
                       ?
                    
                     They
                     took
                     away
                     the
                     
                       Kings
                       Life
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     but
                     
                       Intending
                       ,
                       the
                       very
                       thing
                       they
                       Act
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     we
                     are
                     to
                     be
                     
                       Hang'd
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     
                       Asking
                    
                     only
                     That
                     ,
                     they
                     
                       sware
                    
                     they
                     
                       Fought
                       for
                       .
                    
                     No
                     ;
                     —
                     they
                     are
                     a
                     
                       Pack
                       of
                       cheats
                       ;
                    
                     They
                     
                       Murthered
                       Him
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     they
                     might
                     
                       Rule
                       ,
                       Themselves
                       .
                    
                     The
                     
                       Plot
                    
                     was
                     grown
                     so
                     
                       Rank
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       Commune
                       ▪
                       People
                       smelt
                       it
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     without
                     more
                     adoe
                     ,
                     
                       associated
                       to
                       free
                       themselves
                       ,
                       from
                       an
                       infamous
                       and
                       perpetual
                       bondage
                       .
                    
                     Witness
                     that
                     
                       Union
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     in
                     their
                     Declarations
                     )
                     both
                     of
                     
                       Demand
                    
                     and
                     
                       Resolution
                       ;
                    
                     against
                     the
                     
                       Equity
                    
                     whereof
                     ,
                     no
                     man
                     hath
                     hitherto
                     pretended
                     the
                     least
                     
                       Objection
                       .
                    
                     —
                  
                   
                     
                       The
                       Supreme
                       Trifle
                       ;
                    
                     perceiving
                     ,
                     an
                     
                       Universall
                       Application
                    
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Generall
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     his
                     passage
                     ;
                     and
                     
                       all
                       ,
                    
                     speaking
                     the
                     
                       same
                       Sence
                       ;
                    
                     Finding
                     withall
                     ,
                     that
                     his
                     
                       Excellence
                       suspended
                       ,
                    
                     till
                     he
                     might
                     hear
                     
                       Both
                       Parties
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     
                       Conscious
                    
                     to
                     
                       Themselves
                       ,
                    
                     of
                     no
                     imaginable
                     
                       Reason
                    
                     to
                     Oppose
                     :
                     Beside
                     :
                     —
                     Seeing
                     themselves
                     
                       Declined
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Hated
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     Nay
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       Endangered
                       by
                       a
                       Peremptory
                       Agreement
                       of
                       the
                       Nation
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     They
                     did
                     ,
                     at
                     last
                     ,
                     most
                     graciously
                     descend
                     to
                     promise
                     us
                     a
                     
                       full
                       Representative
                       ;
                    
                     but
                     no
                     
                       Secluded
                       Members
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     be
                     
                       admitted
                       ,
                    
                     nor
                     ,
                     in
                     effect
                     ,
                     any
                     other
                     then
                     
                       Phanatiques
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     His
                     
                       Excellency
                       ,
                    
                     well
                     weighing
                     ,
                     what
                     was
                     Reasoned
                     
                       pro
                       &
                       con
                       :
                       made
                       way
                       for
                       the
                       Return
                       of
                       the
                       Secluded
                       Members
                       .
                    
                     This
                     
                       Iustice
                       ,
                    
                     brake
                     the
                     neck
                     of
                     a
                     Design
                     ,
                     just
                     then
                     on
                     Foot
                     .
                     This
                     is
                     the
                     short
                     on
                     't
                     ,
                     —
                     
                       The
                       People
                       were
                       to
                       be
                       held
                       at
                    
                     Gaze
                     ,
                     in
                     expectation
                     of
                     a
                     further
                     satisfaction
                     ;
                     
                     till
                     those
                     Troops
                     
                       which
                       the
                       Backside
                       had
                       ordered
                       to
                       that
                       purpose
                       ,
                       should
                       have
                       seised
                       all
                       the
                       considerable
                       Persons
                       of
                       the
                       Kingdom
                       .
                    
                     Nay
                     ,
                     they
                     were
                     
                       impudent
                    
                     enough
                     ,
                     to
                     tempt
                     the
                     
                       General
                    
                     himself
                     into
                     a
                     Complication
                     with
                     them
                     :
                     But
                     he
                     was
                     too
                     discreet
                     ,
                     not
                     to
                     distinguish
                     where
                     to
                     
                       observe
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     where
                     to
                     
                       Leave
                    
                     them
                     .
                     In
                     fine
                     ,
                     
                       That
                       providence
                       ,
                       which
                       stills
                       the
                       raging
                       of
                       the
                       Sea
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       madness
                       of
                       the
                       People
                       ,
                    
                     hath
                     put
                     a
                     
                       check
                    
                     to
                     their
                     
                       Impetuous
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     ,
                     
                       brutish
                       fury
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Next
                     to
                     our
                     
                       Gratitude
                    
                     to
                     
                       Heaven
                       ,
                    
                     let
                     's
                     have
                     a
                     care
                     ,
                     not
                     to
                     be
                     wanting
                     in
                     point
                     of
                     
                       prudence
                    
                     to
                     our
                     
                       Selves
                       .
                       Nothing
                       undoes
                       us
                       but
                       Security
                       .
                    
                     We
                     see
                     ,
                     
                       who
                    
                     are
                     our
                     
                       Friends
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       who
                    
                     our
                     
                       Enemies
                       ;
                       whom
                    
                     we
                     
                       may
                    
                     trust
                     ,
                     and
                     whom
                     we
                     
                       must
                       not
                       .
                    
                     We
                     have
                     paid
                     
                       dear
                    
                     for
                     our
                     
                       Experience
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     ,
                     sure
                     ,
                     we
                     have
                     a
                     Title
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Benefit
                    
                     of
                     it
                     .
                     Let
                     us
                     look
                     
                       Back
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     learn
                     ,
                     from
                     
                       Thence
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     menage
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Future
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     It
                     is
                     a
                     tedious
                     while
                     ,
                     this
                     Nation
                     ha's
                     been
                     toss'd
                     betwixt
                     
                       Two
                       Factions
                       ;
                       One
                    
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Army
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       Other
                    
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Counsel
                       ;
                       Both
                       ,
                    
                     well
                     enough
                     Agreed
                     to
                     destroy
                     
                       Us
                       ,
                    
                     but
                     Jealous
                     still
                     ,
                     
                       One
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Other
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     
                       Don
                    
                     sayes
                     of
                     
                       Ignatius
                       ,
                    
                     concerning
                     his
                     Competitor
                     in
                     Hell
                     ,
                     
                       He
                       was
                       content
                       he
                       should
                       be
                       Damned
                       ,
                       but
                       loth
                       he
                       should
                       Govern
                       .
                       That
                       's
                       all
                       the
                       Quarrel
                       :
                    
                     the
                     
                       Vizor
                    
                     of
                     
                       Religion
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     thrown
                     aside
                     long
                     since
                     .
                     The
                     
                       Conventicle
                       cheats
                       the
                    
                     Souldier
                     
                       this
                       day
                       ;
                       and
                       he
                       falls
                    
                     upon
                     the
                     
                       Rump
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       next
                       :
                    
                     in
                     short
                     ;
                     they
                     do
                     but
                     
                       watch
                       one
                       the
                       other
                       ,
                       at
                       the
                       publick
                       charge
                       ;
                    
                     they
                     may
                     
                       saarle
                    
                     where
                     they
                     please
                     ,
                     but
                     they
                     
                       bite
                    
                     none
                     but
                     
                       us
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     at
                     the
                     worst
                     ,
                     
                       forgive
                       their
                       fellow-Theeves
                       for
                       robbing
                       Honest
                       Men
                       .
                    
                     This
                     hath
                     been
                     their
                     practise
                     near
                     these
                     
                       dozen
                       years
                       .
                    
                     Are
                     we
                     not
                     yet
                     convinc'd
                     ,
                     that
                     't
                     is
                     impossible
                     it
                     should
                     be
                     otherwise
                     ,
                     while
                     the
                     
                       same
                       people
                       Govern
                       us
                       ,
                       with
                       the
                       same
                       aim
                       ,
                       and
                       bound
                       up
                       by
                       no
                       other
                       Laws
                       ,
                       than
                       their
                       Own
                       Wills
                       ?
                    
                     I
                     do
                     not
                     press
                     any
                     
                       resistance
                       ,
                       Now
                       ;
                    
                     but
                     ,
                     certainly
                     ,
                     
                       a
                       readiness
                       to
                       protect
                       Honester
                       men
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     Case
                     of
                     an
                     
                       Attempt
                       ,
                    
                     were
                     not
                     amiss
                     .
                     We
                     see
                     ,
                     how
                     dirtily
                     they
                     have
                     used
                     the
                     
                       General
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     how
                     unworthily
                     their
                     Instruments
                     have
                     laboured
                     the
                     
                       Army
                    
                     into
                     a
                     
                       direct
                       Tumult
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     all
                     this
                     
                       in
                       order
                       to
                       a
                       New
                       Violence
                       upon
                       the
                       House
                       .
                    
                     We
                     see
                     ,
                     what
                     
                       Iuggling
                    
                     is
                     used
                     in
                     the
                     MILITIA
                     :
                     as
                     
                       foysting
                    
                     in
                     
                       false
                       Lists
                       ,
                       to
                       cast
                       the
                       strength
                       of
                       the
                       Nation
                       into
                       the
                       hands
                       of
                       mean
                       ,
                       and
                       Factious
                       persons
                       .
                    
                     What
                     
                       industry
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     hold
                     
                     us
                     still
                     
                       unsetled
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     throwing
                     in
                     
                       impertinent
                       ,
                       and
                       dangerous
                       ScruPles
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     
                       delay
                    
                     (
                     at
                     the
                     
                       Fairest
                    
                     )
                     if
                     not
                     
                       disturb
                    
                     the
                     long
                     desired
                     
                       Peace
                    
                     we
                     pray
                     for
                     .
                     —
                     He
                     that
                     ha's
                     either
                     
                       Honor
                    
                     in
                     his
                     
                       Bloud
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       Honesty
                    
                     in
                     his
                     
                       Heart
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     Reproached
                     with
                     a
                     
                       King
                    
                     in
                     his
                     
                       Belly
                       .
                    
                     —
                     Then
                     ,
                     for
                     the
                     
                       Qualifications
                       ,
                    
                     these
                     goodly
                     Squires
                     would
                     have
                     thrust
                     upon
                     us
                     ,
                     are
                     they
                     not
                     pleasant
                     ?
                     
                       One
                    
                     man
                     of
                     
                       Forty
                    
                     shall
                     be
                     allowed
                     to
                     
                       Vote
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       Sit
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     other
                     39.
                     must
                     call
                     
                       That
                    
                     a
                     
                       Free-Parliament
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       swear
                       ,
                       it
                       Represents
                       the
                       People
                       .
                    
                     —
                     We
                     are
                     not
                     so
                     
                       Blind
                    
                     yet
                     ,
                     nor
                     so
                     
                       Forgetfull
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     not
                     to
                     
                       see
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       know
                       ,
                    
                     some
                     
                       Toxes
                    
                     and
                     some
                     
                       Asses
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Medly
                       ;
                    
                     All
                     are
                     not
                     
                       Saints
                    
                     we
                     
                       call
                    
                     so
                     .
                     —
                     
                       We
                       do
                       remember
                       ,
                       who
                       they
                       were
                       that
                       ruled
                       in
                    
                     48.
                     and
                     we
                     are
                     
                       sensible
                       ,
                    
                     what
                     
                       they
                    
                     would
                     do
                     
                       still
                       ,
                    
                     if
                     they
                     had
                     
                       Power
                       .
                       —
                       We
                       know
                       ,
                       who
                       brought
                       in
                       ,
                       who
                       ;
                       but
                       the
                       Markets
                       raised
                       ;
                       our
                       Heads
                       will
                       not
                       off
                       now
                       at
                       Fifty
                       shillings
                       a
                       Hundred
                       ,
                       as
                       formerly
                       .
                    
                     In
                     fine
                     ,
                     let
                     the
                     
                       General
                       ,
                       the
                       Secluded
                       Members
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Honest
                       Souldjers
                       ,
                       live
                       Long
                       ,
                       Happily
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Beloved
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     let
                     the
                     
                       Rest
                    
                     take
                     their
                     
                       Fortune
                       .
                       I
                    
                     could
                     only
                     wish
                     his
                     
                       Excellency
                    
                     had
                     been
                     a
                     little
                     civiller
                     to
                     Mr.
                     
                       Milton
                       ;
                    
                     for
                     ,
                     just
                     as
                     he
                     had
                     finished
                     his
                     
                       Modell
                       of
                       a
                       Common-Wealth
                       ,
                    
                     directing
                     in
                     these
                     very
                     Terms
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       Choyce
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     
                       men
                       not
                       addicted
                       to
                       a
                       Single
                       Person
                       ,
                       or
                       House
                       of
                       Lords
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Work
                       is
                       done
                       .
                       In
                       come
                       the
                       Secluded
                       Members
                       ,
                       and
                       spoyle
                       his
                       Project
                       .
                    
                     To
                     this
                     
                       admirable
                       discovery
                       ,
                    
                     he
                     subjoynes
                     a
                     
                       sutable
                       Proposition
                    
                     in
                     favour
                     of
                     the
                     
                       late
                       sitting
                       Members
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     This
                     is
                     it
                     ,
                     having
                     premised
                     the
                     
                       Abilities
                    
                     and
                     
                       Honesty
                       ,
                       desirable
                       in
                       Ministers
                       of
                       State
                       ,
                    
                     he
                     recommends
                     the
                     
                       Rumpers
                    
                     to
                     us
                     as
                     so
                     
                       Qualified
                       ;
                       advises
                       us
                       to
                       quit
                       that
                       fond
                       Opinion
                       of
                       successive
                       Parliament
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     suffer
                     the
                     Persons
                     then
                     in
                     Power
                     ,
                     
                       to
                       perpetuate
                       themselves
                       under
                       the
                       name
                       of
                       a
                       Grand
                       or
                       Generall
                       Counsell
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     to
                     rule
                     
                       us
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     our
                     
                       Heirs
                    
                     for
                     ever
                     .
                     —
                     
                       It
                    
                     were
                     great
                     pitty
                     these
                     Gentlemen
                     should
                     lose
                     their
                     longings
                     :
                     One
                     word
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       I
                    
                     have
                     done
                     .
                     We
                     live
                     in
                     dayly
                     expectation
                     of
                     Writs
                     for
                     another
                     Session
                     ,
                     if
                     they
                     Leave
                     us
                     as
                     free
                     ,
                     as
                     they
                     Found
                     us
                     ,
                     't
                     is
                     Well
                     :
                     if
                     Not
                     ;
                     't
                     is
                     but
                     to
                     
                       Turne
                    
                     the
                     
                       Tables
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     try
                     Their
                     menage
                     of
                     a
                     Losing
                     Game
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           THe
           Great
           Designe
           was
           now
           ,
           to
           Disappoint
           the
           Hopes
           we
           had
           of
           Good
           from
           the
           
             Next
             Convention
             ,
          
           by
           
             Continuing
             Themselves
             ;
          
           or
           at
           the
           least
           ,
           to
           
             Fool
          
           the
           
             People
          
           into
           an
           
             Expectation
          
           of
           the
           same
           
             Benefit
          
           from
           the
           
             Rump
             ;
          
           which
           we
           promised
           our Selves
           from
           a
           
             Free
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           that
           way
           to
           Procure
           an
           Interest
           in
           the
           Next
           Session
           .
           In
           order
           to
           this
           pittiful
           purpose
           ,
           comes
           forth
           a
           wretched
           
             Pamphlet
             ,
          
           Entit'led
           
             
               No
               New
               Parliament
               .
            
             OR
             Some
             Quaeres
             or
             Considerations
             humbly
             offered
             to
             The
             Present
             PARLIAMENT
             MEMBERS
             .
          
        
         
           ☞
           The
           
             Occasion
          
           rather
           ,
           then
           the
           thing
           it
           
             self
             ,
          
           drew
           from
           me
           This
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     Quaere
                     for
                     Quaere
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                   
                     ALthough
                     
                       That
                       Pamplet
                       ,
                    
                     which
                     Occasions
                     
                       This
                       ,
                    
                     considered
                     in
                     it self
                     ,
                     is
                     not
                     
                       Worth
                       a
                       Reply
                       :
                    
                     Yet
                     in
                     regard
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Contrivers
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     of
                     the
                     
                       End
                    
                     it
                     tends
                     to
                     ,
                     it
                     may
                     
                       Deserve
                       one
                       .
                    
                     I
                     look
                     upon
                     it
                     as
                     nothing
                     else
                     ,
                     but
                     the
                     
                       Phanatiques
                       late
                       Petition
                       slic'd
                       into
                       Quaeres
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     some
                     unskilful
                     hand
                     ;
                     and
                     with
                     a
                     Harmless
                     kind
                     of
                     
                       Simple
                       Malice
                       ,
                    
                     directed
                     to
                     elude
                     
                       the
                       Iustice
                       and
                       Necessity
                       of
                       their
                       great
                       Patrons
                       Dissolution
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     I
                     shall
                     not
                     much
                     insist
                     upon
                     the
                     businesse
                     ,
                     beyond
                     the
                     Obligation
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Formal
                       Answer
                       :
                    
                     but
                     I
                     shall
                     take
                     such
                     heed
                     to
                     
                       That
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     to
                     leave
                     little
                     place
                     for
                     a
                     
                       Return
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     in
                     the
                     rest
                     ,
                     make
                     the
                     old
                     saying
                     good
                     ,
                     
                     that
                     
                       One
                       Fool
                       may
                       ask
                       more
                       Questions
                       ,
                       than
                       Twenty
                       Wise
                       men
                       can
                       Answer
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     His
                     
                       Quaere's
                    
                     are
                     as
                     follows
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       1.
                       
                       
                         Whether
                         this
                         be
                         not
                         the
                         Parliament
                         ,
                         and
                         these
                         the
                         Persons
                         ,
                         who
                         began
                         the
                         War
                         with
                         the
                         late
                         King
                         ?
                         And
                         if
                         so
                         ,
                         whether
                         it
                         doth
                         not
                         highly
                         and
                         neerly
                         concern
                         them
                         oven
                         for
                         their
                         own
                         sakes
                         ,
                         to
                         be
                         the
                         Parliament
                         that
                         shall
                         take
                         up
                         ,
                         and
                         Cloze
                         the
                         Quarrel
                         ,
                         and
                         not
                         leave
                         it
                         to
                         others
                         ,
                         especially
                         ,
                         if
                         as
                         the
                         general
                         voice
                         goes
                         ,
                         the
                         Kings
                         Son
                         must
                         be
                         brought
                         in
                         ?
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       ANSWER
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         THis
                         is
                         not
                         the
                      
                       Original
                       
                         Parliament
                         ;
                         That
                      
                       was
                       compos'd
                       of
                       
                         Three
                         Estates
                         ;
                         King
                         ,
                         Lords
                         ,
                      
                       and
                       
                         Commons
                         .
                      
                       Further
                       ;
                       
                         These
                         very
                         Persons
                         now
                         sitting
                         ,
                      
                       Declar'd
                       the
                       
                         King
                         ,
                      
                       a
                       
                         Party
                      
                       with
                       them
                       in
                       the
                       
                         Quarrel
                         ;
                         beginning
                         the
                         War
                         in
                         the
                         Kings
                         Name
                         ;
                         —
                         For
                      
                       Him
                       ,
                       not
                       
                         With
                      
                       (
                       that
                       is
                       ,
                       as
                       it
                       lies
                       here
                       
                         Against
                      
                       )
                       Him
                       .
                       If
                       Thus
                       ;
                       the
                       
                         House
                      
                       must
                       be
                       
                         Divided
                      
                       as
                       well
                       
                         now
                      
                       in
                       the
                       
                         Question
                         ,
                      
                       as
                       formerly
                       it
                       was
                       so
                       in
                       the
                       
                         War
                         .
                      
                       The
                       
                         Parliament
                      
                       (
                       even
                       in
                       the
                       
                         Querists
                         sense
                      
                       )
                       were
                       
                         those
                         that
                      
                       (
                       suitably
                       to
                       their
                       
                         Duties
                      
                       and
                       
                         Engagements
                         )
                         Voted
                         a
                         Peace
                         ,
                      
                       in
                       order
                       to
                       the
                       
                         Preservation
                         of
                         his
                         Majesty
                         ,
                      
                       but
                       there
                       was
                       a
                       
                         Faction
                      
                       too
                       ,
                       that
                       contrary
                       to
                       
                         Honour
                         ,
                         Faith
                         ,
                      
                       and
                       
                         Conscience
                         ,
                         did
                         forcibly
                         seclude
                         their
                         Honester
                         Fellows
                         ,
                      
                       (
                       by
                       much
                       the
                       
                         Major
                         Part
                      
                       )
                       and
                       
                         Prosecute
                         ,
                         and
                         put
                         to
                         Death
                         the
                         King
                         ;
                      
                       Those
                       that
                       have
                       been
                       
                         Honest
                         ,
                      
                       are
                       
                         Safe
                         :
                      
                       nay
                       and
                       so
                       ,
                       should
                       those
                       be
                       too
                       ,
                       that
                       will
                       at
                       last
                       be
                       so
                       ,
                       by
                       my
                       Consent
                       :
                       but
                       I
                       Demand
                       ,
                    
                     
                       What
                       
                         Equity
                      
                       or
                       
                         Reason
                      
                       is
                       there
                       ,
                       that
                       
                         those
                         Persons
                      
                       who
                       
                         Murthered
                      
                       the
                       
                         Father
                         ,
                      
                       and
                       are
                       still
                       professed
                       
                         Enemies
                      
                       to
                       the
                       
                         Son
                         ,
                      
                       should
                       have
                       an
                       
                         Equal
                         Benefit
                      
                       with
                       
                         Others
                         ,
                      
                       that
                       
                         were
                         Affronted
                      
                       for
                       their
                       
                         Loyalty
                      
                       to
                       the
                       
                         Former
                         ,
                      
                       and
                       are
                       
                         at
                         present
                         upbraided
                      
                       (
                       as
                       if
                       't
                       were
                       
                         Criminal
                      
                       )
                       for
                       their
                       
                         Affection
                      
                       to
                       the
                       
                         Latter
                         ?
                      
                       If
                       the
                       
                         Kings
                         Son
                         must
                         be
                         brought
                         in
                         ,
                         whether
                         they
                         will
                         or
                         no
                         ,
                      
                       what
                       have
                       we
                       to
                       do
                       further
                       with
                       
                         those
                         people
                         ,
                      
                       that
                       Declare
                       they
                       'll
                       keep
                       him
                       
                         Out
                         ,
                      
                       if
                       they
                       
                         Can
                         ?
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       2.
                       
                       Whether
                       this
                       Parliaments
                       first
                       undertaking
                       and
                       prosecuting
                       the
                       War
                       with
                       the
                       late
                       King
                       were
                       Iust
                       ,
                       and
                       upon
                       good
                       and
                       Warrantable
                       Grounds
                       ?
                       
                       If
                       it
                       were
                       (
                       as
                       no
                       doubt
                       it
                       was
                       )
                       and
                       God
                       having
                       by
                       his
                       Providence
                       ,
                       after
                       a
                       long
                       Interruption
                       of
                       some
                       of
                       them
                       ,
                       and
                       a
                       longer
                       Seclusion
                       of
                       the
                       rest
                       ,
                       restored
                       them
                       to
                       their
                       trust
                       ,
                       whether
                       they
                       ought
                       not
                       now
                       to
                       stand
                       to
                       their
                       first
                       Good
                       principles
                       ,
                       maintain
                       their
                       first
                       Good
                       Cause
                       ,
                       and
                       secure
                       all
                       the
                       good
                       people
                       that
                       have
                       been
                       engaged
                       with
                       them
                       ,
                       and
                       by
                       them
                       ?
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       ANSWER
                       .
                    
                     
                       THe
                       
                         War
                      
                       was
                       
                         Iust
                         ,
                      
                       in
                       
                         that
                      
                       part
                       of
                       the
                       
                         Parliament
                         ,
                      
                       which
                       
                         Declared
                         for
                         the
                         King
                         ,
                         and
                         Acted
                         accordingly
                         ,
                      
                       but
                       
                         Unjust
                      
                       in
                       
                         th●se
                      
                       that
                       
                         Swore
                      
                       to
                       
                         Preserve
                      
                       him
                       ,
                       and
                       
                         Intended
                      
                       to
                       
                         Murther
                      
                       him
                       .
                       That
                       the
                       
                         Parliament
                         ought
                         to
                         stand
                         to
                         their
                         first
                         Good
                         Principles
                         ;
                      
                       we
                       are
                       Agreed
                       .
                       In
                       so
                       doing
                       ;
                       
                         they
                         are
                         to
                         bring
                         to
                         condigne
                         punishment
                         ,
                         —
                         the
                         Infringers
                         of
                         their
                         Privileges
                         ,
                         —
                         the
                         Introducers
                         of
                         Arbitrary
                         power
                         ,
                         the
                         Obstructors
                         of
                         Successive
                         Parliaments
                         ;
                         The
                         Murtherers
                         of
                         the
                         late
                         King
                         —
                         the
                         Subverters
                         of
                         the
                         Establish'd
                         Government
                         ,
                      
                       &c.
                       
                    
                     
                       I
                       grant
                       you
                       further
                       ,
                       that
                       
                         they
                         are
                         obliged
                         to
                         secure
                         all
                         the
                         good
                         people
                         that
                         engaged
                         With
                         them
                         and
                         by
                         them
                         ;
                      
                       but
                       not
                       consequently
                       all
                       those
                       that
                       
                         acted
                         violently
                         Against
                      
                       and
                       
                         Without
                         them
                         ,
                      
                       —
                       now
                       my
                       Question
                       .
                    
                     
                       How
                       is
                       it
                       
                         possible
                      
                       for
                       those
                       that
                       
                         Began
                         upon
                         Principles
                         of
                         Contradiction
                         ,
                      
                       (
                       as
                       the
                       
                         Saving
                      
                       and
                       
                         Destroying
                      
                       of
                       the
                       
                         King
                         ,
                      
                       &c.
                       )
                       
                         to
                         stand
                         to
                         their
                         First
                         principles
                         ?
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       3.
                       
                       Whether
                       this
                       be
                       not
                       that
                       Parliament
                       ,
                       and
                       these
                       the
                       very
                       persons
                       ,
                       who
                       by
                       the
                       good
                       esteem
                       they
                       had
                       among
                       the
                       people
                       of
                       their
                       Integrity
                       ,
                       Faithfulnesse
                       and
                       Constancy
                       ;
                       whether
                       I
                       say
                       ,
                       this
                       be
                       not
                       the
                       Parliament
                       ,
                       who
                       by
                       these
                       and
                       other
                       means
                       engaged
                       the
                       Honest
                       ,
                       and
                       well
                       Affected
                       of
                       the
                       Land
                       in
                       the
                       aforesaid
                       War
                       ?
                       And
                       if
                       so
                       ,
                       whether
                       this
                       Parliament
                       having
                       now
                       power
                       in
                       their
                       hands
                       ,
                       are
                       not
                       obliged
                       in
                       Duty
                       and
                       Good
                       Conscience
                       to
                       secure
                       all
                       the
                       said
                       Honest
                       and
                       well
                       affected
                       people
                       for
                       this
                       their
                       Engaging
                       and
                       Acting
                       under
                       them
                       ,
                       and
                       not
                       leave
                       them
                       as
                       a
                       prey
                       to
                       their
                       professed
                       enemies
                       ,
                       nor
                       their
                       terms
                       of
                       pece
                       to
                       be
                       made
                       by
                       they
                       know
                       not
                       whom
                       ?
                       Another
                       Parliament
                       ,
                       which
                       there
                       is
                       too
                       great
                       cause
                       to
                       fear
                       ,
                       will
                       be
                       too
                       much
                       made
                       up
                       of
                       such
                       as
                       neither
                       have
                       been
                       nor
                       are
                       friends
                       to
                       the
                       Parliaments
                       cause
                       ,
                       nor
                       to
                       those
                       that
                       engaged
                       in
                       it
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                   
                     
                       ANSWER
                       .
                    
                     
                       'T
                       is
                       not
                       the
                       
                         Gaining
                      
                       of
                       a
                       
                         good
                         Esteem
                         ,
                      
                       but
                       't
                       is
                       the
                       
                         practice
                      
                       of
                       
                         Integrity
                         ,
                      
                       that
                       recommends
                       a
                       
                         Worthy
                         person
                         .
                      
                       I
                       may
                       
                         believe
                         well
                         of
                         a
                         Cheat
                         ,
                      
                       and
                       ha'
                       
                         my
                         pocket
                         pick'd
                         .
                      
                       But
                       after
                       that
                       ;
                       
                         I
                         should
                         deserve
                         a
                         Yellow
                         Coat
                         ,
                      
                       ever
                       to
                       
                         trust
                      
                       that
                       fellow
                       
                         Again
                         ,
                      
                       though
                       he
                       should
                       
                         plead
                         ,
                         he
                         had
                         my
                         good
                         opinion
                         formerly
                         .
                         —
                         Some
                      
                       I
                       confesse
                       are
                       yet
                       in
                       
                         Being
                         ,
                      
                       of
                       
                         those
                         whose
                         Interest
                         raised
                         the
                         War
                         ,
                      
                       but
                       
                         these
                      
                       are
                       not
                       the
                       men
                       our
                       
                         Quaerist
                         means
                         :
                      
                       (
                       and
                       beside
                       ;
                       the
                       most
                       
                         considerable
                      
                       of
                       that
                       number
                       ,
                       are
                       in
                       their
                       
                         Graves
                         .
                      
                       )
                       For
                       the
                       rest
                       ;
                       (
                       to
                       wave
                       this
                       Argument
                       from
                       
                         Power
                      
                       to
                       
                         Conscience
                         .
                      
                       —
                       )
                       
                         Those
                         people
                         that
                         dare
                         not
                         abide
                         the
                         test
                         of
                         a
                         Free
                         ,
                         Legal
                         Parliament
                         ,
                      
                       must
                       not
                       presume
                       to
                       
                         act
                         themselves
                         ,
                      
                       as
                       an
                       
                         Authority
                      
                       without
                       
                         Law
                         ,
                      
                       or
                       
                         Limit
                         .
                      
                       In
                       fine
                       ;
                       —
                       
                         If
                         this
                         be
                         the
                         Same
                         Parliament
                         ,
                      
                       that
                       
                         first
                         engaged
                         —
                         then
                      
                       —
                    
                     
                       
                         Why
                         should
                         the
                         Secluders
                         ,
                         and
                         their
                         Adherents
                         ;
                         —
                         Those
                         which
                         by
                         Force
                         of
                         arms
                         Baffled
                         this
                         very
                         Parliament
                         ,
                         in
                      
                       48.
                       
                         'scape
                         better
                         then
                         the
                         Cavaliers
                         that
                         fought
                         against
                         it
                         ,
                         in
                      
                       42
                       ?
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       4.
                       
                       Whether
                       this
                       be
                       not
                       the
                       Parliament
                       ,
                       who
                       by
                       many
                       Declarations
                       and
                       Remonstrances
                       ,
                       by
                       Protestation
                       and
                       Vow
                       ,
                       by
                       Solemn
                       League
                       and
                       Covenant
                       have
                       declared
                       and
                       engaged
                       themselves
                       before
                       God
                       ,
                       Angels
                       ,
                       and
                       Men
                       ,
                       and
                       have
                       thereby
                       drawen
                       in
                       ,
                       and
                       therewith
                       engaged
                       all
                       Honest
                       people
                       to
                       assert
                       and
                       defend
                       their
                       just
                       undertaking
                       ,
                       and
                       one
                       another
                       therein
                       ?
                       Whether
                       as
                       things
                       now
                       stand
                       ,
                       (
                       when
                       this
                       just
                       Cause
                       ,
                       which
                       through
                       Gods
                       assistance
                       could
                       not
                       be
                       won
                       from
                       us
                       in
                       the
                       field
                       ,
                       is
                       in
                       great
                       danger
                       to
                       be
                       stoln
                       from
                       us
                       by
                       the
                       dark
                       contrivances
                       of
                       its
                       and
                       our
                       adversaries
                       )
                       if
                       this
                       Parliament
                       should
                       dissolve
                       at
                       such
                       a
                       time
                       as
                       this
                       ,
                       and
                       leave
                       all
                       ,
                       both
                       Cause
                       and
                       all
                       engaged
                       by
                       them
                       in
                       it
                       to
                       another
                       Parliament
                       ,
                       the
                       greatest
                       part
                       whereof
                       may
                       be
                       no
                       friends
                       but
                       enemies
                       ,
                       or
                       at
                       least
                       strangers
                       ,
                       or
                       but
                       little
                       concerned
                       in
                       the
                       first
                       undertaking
                       ;
                       whether
                       this
                       would
                       not
                       be
                       exceeding
                       contrary
                       to
                       all
                       those
                       Former
                       Declarations
                       ,
                       Remonstrances
                       ,
                       Protestation
                       ,
                       Vow
                       ,
                       and
                       Solemn
                       League
                       and
                       Covenant
                       ?
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       ANSWER
                       .
                    
                     
                       I
                       Do
                       allow
                       —
                       the
                       Members
                       of
                       this
                       
                         present
                         Session
                         ,
                      
                       are
                       
                         those
                         persons
                      
                       that
                       stand
                       
                         engaged
                      
                       by
                       
                         Oath
                      
                       and
                       
                         Covenant
                         :
                      
                       and
                       to
                       that
                       OATH
                       
                       and
                       COVENANT
                       ,
                       we
                       
                         appeal
                         .
                      
                       —
                       For
                       Granted
                       ;
                       
                         they
                         stand
                         bound
                         to
                         protect
                         all
                         the
                      
                       HONEST
                       
                         people
                         they
                         have
                         engaged
                         ;
                      
                       but
                       not
                       the
                       KNAVES
                       ,
                       —
                       the
                       
                         Covenant-Breakers
                         ;
                      
                       I
                       desire
                       only
                       this
                       .
                       —
                    
                     
                       
                         Whether
                      
                       or
                       
                         Not
                         ,
                      
                       are
                       they
                       that
                       
                         took
                      
                       the
                       
                         Covenant
                         ,
                      
                       bound
                       to
                       protect
                       the
                       
                         Violaters
                      
                       of
                       it
                       ?
                       —
                       Nay
                       ,
                       can
                       they
                       purge
                       themselves
                       of
                       manifest
                       
                         Perjury
                      
                       and
                       
                         Complication
                         ,
                      
                       should
                       they
                       not
                       
                         prosecute
                      
                       the
                       obstinate
                       
                         Opposers
                      
                       of
                       it
                       ?
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       5.
                       
                       Whether
                       it
                       be
                       not
                       more
                       then
                       sufficiently
                       manifest
                       what
                       will
                       be
                       the
                       carriage
                       of
                       these
                       Enemies
                       to
                       the
                       Parliaments
                       Cause
                       ,
                       and
                       its
                       Adherents
                       ,
                       when
                       they
                       get
                       power
                       into
                       their
                       hands
                       ,
                       since
                       they
                       are
                       so
                       forward
                       already
                       in
                       their
                       discourses
                       to
                       charge
                       the
                       Parliament
                       with
                       Treason
                       and
                       Rebellion
                       in
                       their
                       first
                       Undertaking
                       the
                       War
                       ,
                       and
                       look
                       on
                       all
                       their
                       Friends
                       as
                       Rebels
                       and
                       Traytors
                       for
                       assisting
                       them
                       in
                       the
                       prosecution
                       of
                       it
                       ,
                       and
                       who
                       are
                       now
                       in
                       all
                       places
                       contriving
                       and
                       promoting
                       the
                       electing
                       of
                       such
                       into
                       the
                       New
                       Parliament
                       as
                       are
                       Enemies
                       to
                       the
                       present
                       Parliament
                       ,
                       their
                       Friends
                       and
                       Cause
                       ,
                       wherein
                       if
                       they
                       prevail
                       (
                       as
                       't
                       is
                       too
                       likely
                       )
                       their
                       work
                       is
                       done
                       ?
                       How
                       absolutely
                       necessary
                       is
                       it
                       then
                       for
                       the
                       present
                       Parliament
                       to
                       continue
                       their
                       Session
                       ,
                       for
                       prevention
                       of
                       these
                       Mischiefs
                       ,
                       which
                       otherwise
                       will
                       ensue
                       .
                    
                     
                       Upon
                       these
                       and
                       many
                       other
                       very
                       weighty
                       considerations
                       ,
                       it
                       can
                       by
                       no
                       means
                       be
                       accounted
                       either
                       honourable
                       ,
                       or
                       just
                       ,
                       or
                       safe
                       or
                       prudent
                       ,
                       for
                       the
                       present
                       Parliament
                       to
                       dissolve
                       themselves
                       ,
                       till
                       first
                       they
                       have
                       fully
                       asserted
                       and
                       vindicated
                       their
                       own
                       just
                       Undertaking
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       faithful
                       adherents
                       to
                       it
                       and
                       them
                       ,
                       and
                       not
                       to
                       leave
                       both
                       themselves
                       and
                       their
                       Friends
                       to
                       the
                       Malice
                       and
                       Revenge
                       of
                       a
                       vanquisht
                       Enemy
                       .
                    
                     
                       If
                       this
                       should
                       be
                       ,
                       we
                       may
                       bid
                       
                         adieu
                      
                       to
                       the
                       Honour
                       and
                       Renown
                       of
                       English
                       Parliaments
                       ,
                       and
                       to
                       all
                       future
                       hopes
                       of
                       assistance
                       from
                       the
                       People
                       ,
                       whatever
                       the
                       Necessity
                       may
                       be
                       :
                       And
                       let
                       English
                       men
                       bid
                       farewell
                       both
                       to
                       their
                       Civill
                       and
                       Religious
                       Liberties
                       ,
                       if
                       after
                       so
                       high
                       a
                       Conflict
                       for
                       them
                       ,
                       with
                       the
                       expence
                       of
                       so
                       much
                       Blood
                       and
                       Treasure
                       ,
                       and
                       having
                       by
                       Gods
                       blessing
                       subdued
                       their
                       Opposers
                       ,
                       yet
                       after
                       all
                       to
                       be
                       exposed
                       to
                       a
                       farr
                       worse
                       Condition
                       then
                       before
                       ,
                       which
                       O
                       God
                       forbid
                       :
                       We
                       hope
                       for
                       better
                       things
                       from
                       our
                       present
                       Parliament
                       :
                       All
                       that
                       we
                       add
                       ,
                       is
                       only
                       this
                       ,
                       If
                       the
                       King
                       must
                       come
                       ,
                       none
                       so
                       fit
                       to
                       bring
                       him
                       as
                       our
                       present
                       Parliament
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                   
                     
                       ANSWER
                       .
                    
                     
                       'T
                       Is
                       not
                       the
                       
                         Parliament
                      
                       is
                       charged
                       with
                       
                         Treason
                         ,
                      
                       but
                       that
                       
                         Rebellious
                         Faction
                         ;
                         —
                         that
                         ,
                         by
                         an
                         Insolence
                         ,
                         praevious
                         to
                         the
                         Murther
                         of
                         his
                         Sacred
                         Majestie
                         .
                         threw
                         out
                         the
                         Major
                         Party
                         of
                         their
                         Fellow-Members
                         ,
                         which
                         interposed
                         to
                         save
                         him
                      
                       —
                       and
                       't
                       is
                       in
                       their
                       behalfs
                       ,
                       this
                       
                         pittifull
                         ,
                         half-witted
                         Pamphleter
                         engages
                         .
                      
                       Should
                       these
                       Gentlemen
                       
                         sit
                         ,
                      
                       till
                       they
                       found
                       a
                       
                         Free
                         Parliament
                         their
                         Friends
                         ,
                      
                       they
                       'd
                       hardly
                       
                         Rise
                      
                       betwixt
                       
                         This
                         ,
                      
                       and
                       the
                       
                         Day
                         of
                         Iudgment
                         :
                      
                       and
                       that
                       's
                       all
                       they
                       desire
                       .
                       Alas
                       !
                       a
                       Trifle
                       .
                       —
                       The
                       care
                       they
                       take
                       of
                       
                         our
                         Religion
                         ,
                      
                       and
                       
                         Civill
                         Rights
                         ,
                      
                       in
                       truth
                       ,
                       is
                       a
                       
                         great
                         favour
                      
                       from
                       
                         them
                         ,
                      
                       that
                       never
                       understood
                       their
                       
                         Own
                         .
                      
                       —
                       —
                       If
                       the
                       more
                       
                         sober
                         ,
                         conscientious
                      
                       Persons
                       at
                       the
                       Helm
                       ,
                       think
                       not
                       fit
                       to
                       
                         dissolve
                      
                       so
                       
                         soon
                         ;
                         the
                         IONASSES
                         ,
                         however
                         must
                         be
                         thrown
                         over-board
                         ,
                         to
                         save
                         the
                         Vessel
                         .
                      
                       —
                       He
                       that
                       
                         dissents
                         ,
                         let
                         him
                         produce
                         his
                         Reasons
                         :
                      
                       and
                       in
                       
                         Particulars
                         ,
                      
                       but
                       shew
                       what
                       
                         Good
                         ,
                      
                       they
                       've
                       either
                       
                         Done
                         ,
                      
                       or
                       
                         Meant
                      
                       us
                       ;
                       to
                       Ballance
                       the
                       
                         Calamities
                      
                       they
                       have
                       ingaged
                       us
                       in
                       .
                       I
                       should
                       be
                       
                         Glad
                      
                       to
                       see
                       these
                       Men
                       
                         Repent
                         ;
                         Hardly
                         ,
                      
                       to
                       see
                       them
                       
                         Govern
                         .
                         —
                         These
                         Folks
                      
                       are
                       Ruined
                       ,
                       if
                       they
                       doe
                       
                         not
                         Rule
                         ;
                      
                       the
                       
                         Nation
                         .
                      
                       if
                       they
                       
                         doe
                         .
                      
                       —
                       The
                       Question
                       then
                       is
                       but
                       —
                    
                     
                       
                         Whether
                         is
                         more
                         prudential
                         ;
                      
                       by
                       
                         saving
                      
                       of
                       
                         some
                         half
                         a
                         score
                         Secluders
                         ,
                      
                       that
                       
                         We
                      
                       should
                       
                         Perish
                         ;
                      
                       or
                       by
                       their
                       SPEEDY
                       DISSOLUTION
                       ,
                       
                         that
                         we
                         should
                         save
                         our selves
                         ?
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           A
           Free
           Course
           of
           Successe
           against
           the
           
             Rump
             ,
          
           had
           put
           the
           People
           upon
           a
           
             Iollier
          
           Pin
           ;
           Their
           Humour
           was
           quite
           chang'd
           ;
           They
           thought
           the
           Danger
           
             Over
             ,
          
           and
           it
           was
           now
           become
           a
           Thing
           
             Unseasonable
          
           to
           be
           
             Serious
             .
          
        
         
           Accounting
           it
           expedient
           however
           ,
           through
           all
           Forms
           to
           
             Follow
          
           them
           ,
           and
           
             Fool
          
           for
           
             Company
             ,
          
           I
           was
           content
           to
           play
           the
           
             Mimique
             ;
          
           as
           you
           may
           see
           in
           that
           which
           follows
           ,
           Entit'led
           
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     No
                     Fool
                     to
                     the
                     Old
                     Fool
                     .
                  
                   
                     HEark
                     ye
                     my
                     Masters
                     ;
                     —
                     for
                     one
                     half
                     quarter
                     of
                     an
                     hour
                     now
                     ,
                     let
                     's
                     be
                     as
                     
                       Wise
                    
                     as
                     
                       Woodcocks
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     talk
                     a
                     little
                     
                       Treason
                       .
                    
                     Why
                     should
                     not
                     
                       We
                    
                     thrive
                     in
                     the
                     World
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     our
                     
                       Neighbours
                       ?
                    
                     Had
                     not
                     other
                     people
                     
                       Heads
                    
                     and
                     
                       Souls
                    
                     to
                     lose
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     
                       We
                       ?
                    
                     If
                     men
                     will
                     be
                     
                       Damn'd
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     had
                     better
                     Damn
                     
                       Rich
                    
                     than
                     
                       Poor
                       ;
                    
                     as
                     
                       Bradshaw
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Attorney
                       General
                    
                     Damn'd
                     .
                     —
                     Believe
                     me
                     ,
                     —
                     
                       three
                       or
                       fourscore
                       thousand
                       pound
                       is
                       a
                       convenient
                       Plaster
                       for
                       a
                       Broken
                       Head
                       ;
                    
                     there
                     's
                     something
                     to
                     bear
                     
                       Charges
                    
                     yet
                     .
                     Beside
                     ,
                     There
                     's
                     
                       Power
                    
                     and
                     
                       Plenty
                       .
                    
                     —
                     They
                     
                       Cousen
                    
                     whom
                     they
                     please
                     :
                     —
                     
                       Hang
                    
                     and
                     
                       Draw
                    
                     at
                     
                       Will
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     they
                     keep
                     their
                     
                       Lacquays
                    
                     and
                     their
                     
                       Whores
                       :
                    
                     and
                     
                       at
                       the
                       last
                       they
                       go
                       to
                       Hell
                       in
                       Triumph
                       .
                    
                     They
                     have
                     their
                     
                       Blacks
                    
                     &
                     
                       Elegies
                       ,
                       and
                       leave
                       the
                       State
                       to
                       pay
                       the
                       Draper
                       and
                       the
                       Poet
                       .
                       T
                       would
                       make
                       a
                       man
                       be-pisse
                       himself
                       ,
                       to
                       see
                       the
                       soft
                       and
                       tender-hearted
                    
                     Needham
                     ,
                     
                       weeping
                    
                     (
                     like
                     
                       Niobe
                       ,
                    
                     till
                     he
                     turns
                     
                       Stone
                       )
                       over
                       the
                       Tomb
                       of
                    
                     Bradshaw
                     ,
                     —
                     
                       to
                       see
                       him
                       Cry
                       with
                       one
                       Eye
                       ,
                       and
                       laugh
                       with
                       the
                       other
                       ,
                       and
                       yet
                       the
                       Tragicomical
                       Puppy
                       keep
                       his
                       Countenance
                       .
                    
                     The
                     
                       Tears
                    
                     of
                     such
                     a
                     
                       Saint
                    
                     cannot
                     
                       but
                       fall
                       ,
                       like
                       Drops
                       of
                       Lambeth
                       Ale
                       ,
                       upon
                       the
                       Tongue
                       of
                       Dives
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     how
                     great
                     a
                     Consolation
                     was
                     it
                     (
                     think
                     ye
                     )
                     to
                     the
                     
                       late
                       Protector
                    
                     to
                     finde
                     himself
                     
                       placed
                       at
                       the
                       right
                       hand
                       of
                       God
                    
                     by
                     
                       Sterry
                       ?
                    
                     (
                     that
                     
                       Blasphemous
                       ,
                       bold
                       Phanatique
                    
                     )
                     of
                     whose
                     Condition
                     ,
                     
                       Charity
                    
                     it self
                     can
                     scarce
                     admit
                     a
                     
                       comfortable
                       thought
                       .
                    
                     For
                     ,
                     after
                     a
                     long
                     Course
                     .
                     Of
                     
                       Treason
                       ,
                       Murther
                       ,
                       Sacrilege
                       ,
                       Perjury
                       ,
                       Rapine
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                       he
                       finish'd
                       his
                       accursed
                       Life
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     
                       Agony
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Fury
                       ;
                       and
                       without
                       any
                       mark
                       of
                       true
                       Repentance
                       .
                    
                     You
                     'll
                     say
                     ,
                     he
                     was
                     the
                     
                       Braver
                       Villain
                    
                     for
                     't
                     .
                     —
                     Crimes
                     of
                     this
                     large
                     Extent
                     have
                     indeed
                     something
                     that
                     's
                     Masculine
                     to
                     allay
                     them
                     .
                     But
                     to
                     be
                     
                       Damn'd
                       for
                       Sneaking
                       ;
                       To
                       purchase
                       Hell
                       at
                       the
                       price
                       of
                       all
                       that
                       is
                       pleasant
                       Here
                       :
                    
                     
                     —
                     to
                     contract
                     
                       Sin
                    
                     and
                     
                       Beggery
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     the
                     same
                     
                       Act
                    
                     and
                     
                       Moment
                       ;
                    
                     This
                     is
                     the
                     most
                     
                       Imprudent
                    
                     and
                     
                       Ridiculous
                    
                     wickednesse
                     that
                     may
                     be
                     .
                     He
                     that
                     
                       Indents
                    
                     with
                     the
                     
                       Devil
                       ,
                    
                     has
                     a
                     merry
                     Bargain
                     ,
                     compar'd
                     with
                     
                       Us
                       ;
                       There
                       's
                       Time
                       ,
                       and
                       Pleasure
                       .
                       Here
                       ;
                       the
                       Vengeance
                       treads
                       upon
                       the
                       Heels
                       of
                       the
                       Offence
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Punishment
                    
                     of
                     our
                     Misdoings
                     is
                     the
                     next
                     immediate
                     
                       Effect
                    
                     of
                     them
                     ▪
                     In
                     
                       Paying
                       Taxes
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     an
                     
                       Usurped
                       Power
                       ;
                    
                     There
                     's
                     a
                     
                       Defection
                    
                     from
                     the
                     
                       Right
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     a
                     
                       Complyance
                    
                     with
                     the
                     
                       Wrong
                       ,
                    
                     which
                     renders
                     us
                     doubly
                     Criminal
                     ,
                     —
                     and
                     in
                     this
                     case
                     we
                     do
                     but
                     
                       Buy
                    
                     our
                     
                       Chains
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     next
                     Consequent
                     of
                     our
                     
                       Disobedience
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     
                       Slavery
                       .
                    
                     It
                     comes
                     all
                     to
                     a
                     Point
                     ,
                     
                       in
                       what
                       concerns
                       Subjection
                       to
                       Unlawfull
                       Powers
                       .
                       Under
                       a
                       Force
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     is
                     a
                     
                       Brutish
                       Argument
                       .
                       Vice
                       is
                       the
                       Obliquity
                       of
                       the
                       Will
                       :
                       That
                       's
                       Free
                       .
                    
                     The
                     same
                     
                       Plea
                    
                     lies
                     in
                     the
                     Case
                     of
                     
                       Martyrdom
                       :
                    
                     and
                     
                       by
                       the
                       same
                       Rule
                       we
                       may
                       renounce
                       our
                       Maker
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     If
                     
                       Wicked
                       ,
                    
                     we
                     're
                     Resolv'd
                     to
                     be
                     ,
                     —
                     Le
                     ts
                     go
                     a
                     nobler
                     way
                     to
                     work
                     —
                     let
                     's
                     get
                     a
                     matter
                     of
                     
                       Half
                       a
                       Dozen
                       Crafty
                       Knaves
                    
                     together
                     ;
                     take
                     in
                     some
                     
                       Thirty
                    
                     or
                     
                       Forty
                       silly
                       Rascals
                    
                     into
                     the
                     Gang
                     ,
                     and
                     call
                     our selves
                     a
                     
                       Parliament
                       .
                    
                     Why
                     Gentlemen
                     ?
                     This
                     is
                     no
                     impossible
                     thing
                     ,
                     
                       Our
                       Title
                    
                     is
                     as
                     good
                     as
                     
                       Theirs
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     ha'
                     done
                     the
                     same
                     thing
                     before
                     us
                     ;
                     but
                     then
                     be
                     sure
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Proportion
                       .
                       Seven
                       parts
                       of
                       Eight
                    
                     must
                     have
                     neither
                     
                       Wit
                    
                     nor
                     
                       Honesty
                       :
                    
                     yet
                     
                       Look
                       as
                       wise
                       as
                       Iudges
                       ,
                       and
                       in
                       the
                       very
                       middle
                       of
                       their
                       Pater-Nosters
                       ,
                       pick
                       their
                       Neighbours
                       pockets
                       .
                    
                     These
                     are
                     to
                     be
                     directed
                     by
                     the
                     
                       Rooks
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     by
                     them
                     
                       Both
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       Nation
                       ,
                    
                     which
                     would
                     be
                     
                       over-stocked
                    
                     with
                     
                       Cheats
                       ,
                    
                     were
                     any
                     more
                     admitted
                     into
                     the
                     
                       Grand
                       Conspiracy
                       against
                       the
                       People
                       .
                    
                     To
                     
                       Personall
                    
                     abuses
                     ,
                     the
                     rest
                     are
                     likewise
                     
                       Qualified
                       :
                    
                     They
                     may
                     
                       Imprison
                       ,
                       When
                       ,
                       Where
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Whom
                    
                     they
                     please
                     ,
                     without
                     Cause
                     shewed
                     ,
                     their
                     
                       Will
                    
                     is
                     a
                     sufficient
                     
                       Warrant
                    
                     for
                     the
                     
                       Well-affected
                       .
                    
                     In
                     fine
                     ,
                     they
                     
                       are
                       the
                       Peoples
                       voice
                       ,
                       and
                       That
                       's
                       the
                       voice
                       of
                       Heaven
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Why
                     now
                     should
                     we
                     
                       despair
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       same
                       Events
                       ,
                    
                     from
                     the
                     
                       same
                       Means
                       ,
                    
                     considering
                     ▪
                     what
                     a
                     
                       Drowsie
                       ,
                       Patient
                       ,
                       and
                       Phlegmatick
                       people
                    
                     we
                     have
                     to
                     deal
                     with
                     ?
                     Shall's
                     
                       Fool
                    
                     a
                     Little
                     ?
                     Le
                     ts
                     Vote
                     down
                     
                       Magna
                       Charta
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Petition
                       of
                       Right
                       !
                       Settle
                       a
                       Preaching
                       Militia
                       ,
                       and
                       a
                       Fighting
                       Ministry
                       ?
                    
                     —
                     Out
                     with
                     our
                     
                       Whinyards
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     off
                     
                     with
                     the
                     
                       Names
                       ,
                    
                     instead
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Heads
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Kings
                       Tryers
                       ;
                       as
                    
                     Okey
                     
                       did
                       upon
                       the
                       Change
                       .
                       Take
                       away
                    
                     Monk's
                     
                       Commission
                       ;
                       Petition
                       the
                       Souldiery
                       to
                       Petition
                       Us
                       ,
                       to
                       declare
                       our selves
                       Perpetual
                       ;
                       —
                       Bind
                       up
                       the
                       Nation
                    
                     under
                     
                       Limitations
                    
                     for
                     the
                     next
                     
                       Session
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     exclude
                     all
                     but
                     our
                     own
                     party
                     from
                     the
                     
                       Choise
                       .
                    
                     No
                     matter
                     for
                     the
                     
                       Law
                    
                     or
                     
                       Conscience
                    
                     of
                     the
                     business
                     —
                     ARTICLES
                     OF
                     SURRENDER
                     ;
                     
                       and
                       Publick
                       ACTS
                       of
                       INDEMNITY
                       ,
                    
                     amount
                     to
                     nothing
                     ,
                     —
                     OATHS
                     and
                     COVENANTS
                     ,
                     
                       are
                       but
                       occasionall
                       Submissions
                       to
                       Conveniency
                       ;
                    
                     not
                     Binding
                     any
                     man
                     ,
                     that
                     in
                     the
                     very
                     act
                     of
                     
                       Taking
                    
                     them
                     ,
                     resolves
                     to
                     
                       Break
                    
                     them
                     .
                     Let
                     things
                     come
                     to
                     the
                     Worst
                     ;
                     when
                     we
                     have
                     
                       Overturned
                    
                     the
                     
                       Government
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     
                       Polluted
                    
                     the
                     very
                     
                       Altar
                       ,
                    
                     with
                     our
                     MASTERS
                     BLOOD
                     —
                     
                       Cheated
                       the
                       Publick
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                     'T
                     is
                     but
                     to
                     
                       Whine
                    
                     and
                     
                       Snivel
                    
                     to
                     the
                     
                       People
                       ;
                    
                     tell
                     them
                     we
                     were
                     
                       mis-led
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     
                       Cardinall
                       Appetites
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     cloath
                     all
                     our
                     
                       Rogueries
                    
                     in
                     
                       Scripture-Phrase
                       —
                       Humble
                       our selves
                       before
                       the
                       Lord
                       (
                       But
                       not
                       a
                       Sillable
                       concerning
                       Restitution
                    
                     )
                     and
                     they
                     'l
                     
                       Forgive
                    
                     us
                     :
                     Nay
                     ,
                     perhaps
                     ,
                     
                       Trust
                    
                     us
                     too
                     :
                     Think
                     us
                     their
                     
                       Friends
                       ,
                       For
                       doing
                    
                     them
                     
                       no
                       more
                    
                     than
                     
                       all
                       the
                       Harme
                       we
                       could
                       .
                    
                     —
                     'T
                     is
                     a
                     good
                     natur'd
                     sort
                     of
                     
                       Beast
                       ,
                    
                     ▪
                     the
                     
                       Common-People
                       ,
                    
                     if
                     it
                     be
                     
                       Pleased
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     't
                     is
                     the
                     
                       Easiest
                    
                     thing
                     in
                     nature
                     ,
                     for
                     
                       Fools
                    
                     and
                     
                       Knaves
                    
                     to
                     
                       Please
                    
                     it
                     .
                     They
                     have
                     not
                     been
                     gull'd
                     half
                     long
                     enough
                     yet
                     ,
                     —
                     what
                     will
                     you
                     say
                     now
                     ,
                     to
                     a
                     
                       New-Parliament
                       made
                       of
                       an
                       Old
                       one
                       ?
                    
                     As
                     
                       Ther
                       's
                       no
                       Fool
                       to
                       the
                       Old
                       one
                       ,
                    
                     so
                     there
                     's
                     no
                     
                       Knave
                    
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Old
                       one
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     What
                     do
                     ye
                     think
                     of
                     your
                     
                       Episcopal
                       Cole-marchant
                    
                     Sir
                     
                       Arthur
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     
                       Durham
                       :
                    
                     and
                     let
                     
                       him
                    
                     bring
                     in
                     his
                     
                       Fellow-Labourer
                    
                     Sir
                     
                       Harry
                       Vane
                    
                     for
                     
                       Newcastle
                       ?
                    
                     In
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     
                       London
                       ,
                    
                     you
                     cannot
                     choose
                     amiss
                     ,
                     provided
                     ,
                     that
                     
                       Ireton
                    
                     or
                     
                       Titchburn
                       ,
                    
                     be
                     
                       One
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     that
                     he
                     choose
                     his
                     
                       Fellows
                       .
                    
                     —
                     For
                     
                       Kent
                       ,
                    
                     no
                     Man
                     like
                     Sir
                     
                       Michael
                       Livesy
                       ,
                    
                     For
                     
                       Norfolk
                    
                     there
                     's
                     
                       Miles
                       Corbet
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     if
                     the
                     
                       House
                    
                     does
                     not
                     like
                     him
                     ,
                     they
                     may
                     send
                     him
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Red-Bull
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     he
                     personates
                     a
                     
                       Fool
                    
                     or
                     a
                     
                       Devill
                    
                     without
                     the
                     
                       Charge
                    
                     either
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Habit
                    
                     or
                     a
                     
                       Vizor
                       .
                    
                     If
                     the
                     Nation
                     be
                     so
                     
                       Charitably
                    
                     disposed
                     ,
                     as
                     to
                     erect
                     an
                     
                       Hospitall
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     favour
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Lame
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       Rotten
                       .
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Blind
                       ,
                    
                     let
                     'um
                     take
                     in
                     
                       Limping
                       Luke
                       Robinson
                       ;
                       Rheumatique
                       Mounson
                       ,
                       Bobtail'd
                       Scot
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Blinking
                       Cobler
                       .
                    
                     —
                     But
                     why
                     do
                     I
                     pretend
                     to
                     direct
                     in
                     
                       Particular
                       ?
                    
                     —
                     
                     Among
                     the
                     
                       Kings
                       Tryers
                       ,
                       Excise-men
                       ,
                       Sequestrators
                       ,
                       Close-Committee-men
                       ,
                       Major-Generalls
                       ,
                       Buyers
                       and
                       Sellers
                       of
                       the
                       Crown
                       and
                       Church-lands
                       ,
                       &c.
                       —
                       they
                       may
                       wink
                       and
                       chuse
                       .
                    
                     Alas
                     ,
                     they
                     're
                     all
                     
                       Converted
                       .
                       I
                       'm
                       sure
                       he
                       's
                       Right
                       ,
                    
                     cryes
                     one
                     ;
                     he
                     Told
                     me
                     so
                     .
                     
                       Dull
                       Sotts
                    
                     let
                     
                       Us
                    
                     be
                     
                       Right
                    
                     our
                     
                       Selves
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     then
                     ,
                     what
                     need
                     we
                     care
                     who
                     's
                     
                       Wrong
                       ?
                    
                     I
                     'll
                     put
                     a
                     
                       Case
                    
                     to
                     you
                     :
                     suppose
                     ,
                     upon
                     the
                     
                       Dissolution
                    
                     of
                     this
                     
                       Session
                       ,
                       six
                       or
                       seven
                       thousand
                       of
                       the
                       Phanatique
                       Souldjery
                       ,
                       that
                       knowes
                       a
                       Settlement
                       destroyes
                       their
                       Trade
                       .
                       should
                       try
                       a
                       Blow
                       for
                       't
                    
                     yet
                     ;
                     and
                     by
                     the
                     help
                     of
                     some
                     of
                     their
                     
                       Confederates
                       ,
                       yet
                       in
                       appearance
                       of
                       Authority
                       ,
                       should
                       put
                       a
                       Force
                       upon
                       the
                       Honest
                       Party
                       :
                    
                     (
                     'T
                     is
                     but
                     to
                     
                       suppose
                       ,
                    
                     what
                     many
                     of
                     that
                     
                       Gang
                    
                     are
                     bold
                     enough
                     in
                     
                       Publique
                    
                     to
                     
                       declare
                    
                     )
                     I
                     have
                     a
                     Phansy
                     you
                     'l
                     
                       look
                       on
                    
                     still
                     ,
                     and
                     betake
                     your selves
                     to
                     your
                     
                       Old
                       senseless
                       Plea
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     
                       They
                       have
                       the
                       Power
                       .
                    
                     —
                     Which
                     ,
                     if
                     you
                     do
                     —
                     —
                     No
                     no
                     ;
                     you
                     cannot
                     be
                     so
                     
                       Tame
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       witlesse
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     ☞
                     Be
                     
                       carefull
                    
                     whom
                     you
                     
                       Trust
                       ,
                    
                     either
                     in
                     your
                     
                       Militia
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       Counsels
                       ;
                    
                     Chuse
                     Persons
                     of
                     
                       Estates
                       Honestly
                       gotten
                       ;
                       Such
                       ,
                       whom
                       the
                       Law
                       Preserves
                       ,
                       will
                       Preserve
                       the
                       Law
                       .
                    
                     Whereas
                     ,
                     
                       If
                       you
                       chuse
                       such
                       as
                       have
                       an
                       interest
                       of
                       their
                       Own
                       ,
                       that
                       th'warts
                       the
                       Publique
                       ;
                       you
                       're
                       yery
                       Charitable
                       to
                       believe
                       that
                       those
                       people
                       ,
                       who
                       all
                       this
                       while
                       ,
                       have
                       Cheate
                       You
                       to
                       benefit
                       them Selves
                       ,
                       should
                       ,
                       at
                       the
                       last
                       ,
                       adventure
                       All
                       to
                       preserve
                       You.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         March
                         16.
                         1659.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           UPon
           the
           
             Dissolution
          
           of
           the
           
             House
             ,
          
           the
           
             Phanatick
          
           party
           betook
           themselves
           to
           their
           wonted
           Insolence
           .
           Declaring
           publickly
           (
           divers
           of
           them
           )
           that
           they
           were
           not
           
             Dissolved
             :
          
           Offering
           to
           sit
           again
           ;
           and
           protesting
           against
           the
           Choice
           of
           the
           next
           
             Convention
             .
          
           They
           tamper'd
           the
           Army
           into
           a
           Combination
           ;
           and
           proceeded
           to
           that
           point
           of
           Boldnesse
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Common-Counsel
          
           found
           it
           proper
           to
           entreat
           the
           
             Counsel
             of
             State
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             General
             to
             retire
             into
             the
             City
             ,
             during
             that
             Interval
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             for
             their
             greater
             Security
             .
          
        
         
           
             March
             19.
             
          
        
         
           Observing
           the
           Leud
           Practises
           of
           the
           
             Faction
             ;
          
           and
           desirous
           to
           give
           the
           world
           some
           notice
           of
           Particulars
           ,
           in
           Order
           to
           the
           better
           Knowledge
           of
           them
           ,
           I
           printed
           this
           ensuing
           Paper
           .
           
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     THat
                     this
                     Nation
                     hath
                     been
                     long
                     miserable
                     ,
                     under
                     the
                     power
                     of
                     a
                     
                       violent
                    
                     and
                     
                       Restless
                       Faction
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     clear
                     to
                     all
                     such
                     as
                     are
                     endued
                     with
                     
                       Memory
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Reason
                       :
                    
                     nor
                     is
                     it
                     more
                     
                       superfluous
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     reflect
                     upon
                     their
                     
                       pass'd
                       Miscariages
                    
                     than
                     
                       Necessary
                    
                     to
                     take
                     some
                     notice
                     of
                     their
                     
                       Later
                       Cheats
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Insolencies
                       .
                    
                     Their
                     
                       Design
                    
                     was
                     ,
                     
                       to
                       fix
                       themselves
                       in
                       a
                       Perpetual
                       Counsel
                       ;
                       contrary
                    
                     to
                     
                       Oath
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Law
                       ;
                       and
                       to
                       cut
                       off
                       successive
                       Parliaments
                       .
                    
                     To
                     carry
                     on
                     which
                     Project
                     ,
                     they
                     had
                     
                       Armed
                    
                     all
                     sorts
                     of
                     
                       Libertines
                       ,
                    
                     throughout
                     the
                     
                       Nation
                       ;
                    
                     particularly
                     ,
                     
                       threatning
                       London
                       with
                       Fire
                       and
                       Sword
                       ,
                       if
                       they
                       should
                       not
                       comply
                       .
                    
                     Their
                     barbarous
                     purposes
                     were
                     
                       Disappointed
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     the
                     
                       General's
                    
                     
                       Re-introduction
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Secluded
                       Members
                       :
                    
                     Together
                     ,
                     with
                     the
                     united
                     
                       rage
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       People
                    
                     against
                     them
                     .
                     In
                     this
                     
                       hopeless
                    
                     and
                     
                       Deserted
                    
                     condition
                     .
                     what
                     they
                     could
                     not
                     
                       effect
                    
                     by
                     
                       open
                       Force
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     
                       attempted
                    
                     by
                     
                       Treachery
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Corruption
                       .
                    
                     They
                     used
                     all
                     
                       Art
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Diligence
                       ,
                    
                     during
                     the
                     
                       Session
                       ,
                    
                     both
                     to
                     
                       gain
                       Opportunities
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     to
                     
                       Emprove
                    
                     them
                     ;
                     but
                     being
                     
                       over-voted
                    
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Main
                       ,
                    
                     They
                     fell
                     upon
                     a
                     more
                     direct
                     ,
                     and
                     shameless
                     method
                     of
                     Villany
                     .
                     —
                     
                       They
                       falsified
                       the
                       Lists
                       of
                       the
                       Militia
                       :
                       —
                       sollicited
                       Petitions
                       from
                       the
                       City
                       ,
                       for
                       their
                       Continuance
                       :
                       —
                       Iuggled
                       the
                       Army-Officers
                       into
                       a
                       Tumult
                       ,
                       —
                       Employed
                       their
                       Instruments
                       to
                       Destroy
                       the
                       General
                       ;
                       —
                       Mutinyed
                       the
                       Army
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       City
                       ;
                       and
                       Finally
                       ,
                       they
                       engaged
                       a
                       great
                       part
                       of
                       the
                       Souldjery
                       to
                       Remonstrate
                       against
                       the
                       rest
                       of
                       the
                       Nation
                       .
                    
                     But
                     all
                     too
                     little
                     ,
                     to
                     
                       prevent
                    
                     their
                     
                       Dissolution
                       ;
                    
                     or
                     to
                     
                       Disturb
                    
                     our
                     
                       Hopes
                    
                     of
                     
                       Settlement
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     
                       General
                    
                     hath
                     approved
                     himself
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     
                       calm
                       ,
                       steady
                       menage
                    
                     of
                     this
                     
                       wild
                       Affair
                       ,
                       a
                       Person
                       worthy
                       of
                       all
                       the
                       Honour
                       we
                       can
                       give
                       him
                       .
                    
                     These
                     
                       Brutish
                       Libertines
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     finding
                     all
                     their
                     
                       Plots
                       Bubbled
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     their
                     
                       Mines
                       vented
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     their
                     
                       Party
                       ,
                       Weak
                    
                     and
                     
                       Heartless
                       ,
                       —
                       themselves
                       Friendless
                       Abroad
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Comfortless
                       at
                       Home
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     as
                     
                       Guilty
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     as
                     
                       Desperate
                    
                     as
                     
                       Cain
                       ;
                    
                     after
                     the
                     sad
                     
                       despair
                    
                     of
                     any
                     the
                     least
                     
                       Benefit
                    
                     to
                     
                       themselves
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     are
                     yet
                     
                       pleased
                    
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Contrivance
                    
                     of
                     
                       our
                       Mischief
                       ;
                       They
                       're
                       not
                       Dissolved
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     tell
                     us
                     ,
                     —
                     
                       and
                       attempt
                       to
                       meet
                       again
                       ;
                    
                     That
                     's
                     in
                     vain
                     ;
                     and
                     now
                     they
                     come
                     to
                     their
                     last
                     shifts
                     ,
                     
                       These
                       Senselesse
                       Cox-combs
                       offer
                       the
                       Honest
                       Generall
                       the
                       Instrument
                       of
                       Government
                       ;
                    
                     as
                     
                     if
                     ,
                     that
                     
                       Noble
                       ,
                       Generous
                       Soul
                       ,
                    
                     were
                     to
                     be
                     wrought
                     upon
                     ,
                     to
                     prostitute
                     his
                     
                       Honour
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     his
                     
                       safety
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     all
                     this
                     ,
                     
                       to
                       preserve
                       a
                       Kennel
                       of
                       such
                       Reprobated
                       ,
                       and
                       Ridiculous
                       Puppies
                       .
                    
                     I
                     wonder
                     seriously
                     ,
                     how
                     these
                     
                       Pimps
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Knights
                       o'
                       th
                       Post
                       ,
                       —
                       Scot
                    
                     and
                     
                       his
                       Fellows
                       ,
                    
                     scape
                     the
                     fury
                     of
                     the
                     
                       People
                       :
                    
                     That
                     
                       Rabbet-sucking
                       Rascall
                       ,
                    
                     with
                     his
                     
                       Fellow
                       Cheats
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Pandars
                       ;
                    
                     these
                     are
                     the
                     Youths
                     :
                     Gentlemen
                     ,
                     
                       that
                       offer
                       you
                       like
                       Doggs
                       ,
                       to
                       any
                       Master
                       ,
                       that
                       will
                       bestow
                       the
                       Haltering
                       of
                       you
                       .
                    
                     For
                     shame
                     ,
                     bethink
                     your selves
                     .
                  
                   
                     To
                     be
                     as
                     short
                     as
                     possible
                     ,
                     thus
                     farr
                     you're
                     safe
                     :
                     but
                     yet
                     these
                     
                       Tumblers
                    
                     have
                     not
                     shew'd
                     all
                     their
                     
                       Tricks
                       :
                    
                     their
                     last
                     Recourse
                     ,
                     is
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Forgery
                       of
                       Letters
                       ;
                    
                     (
                     but
                     so
                     ridiculously
                     framed
                     ,
                     they
                     are
                     rather
                     argument
                     of
                     
                       Sport
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     
                       Anger
                       :
                    
                     for
                     the
                     
                       Brewer
                    
                     is
                     much
                     better
                     at
                     a
                     
                       Cheat
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     at
                     a
                     
                       Stratagem
                       )
                       There
                       are
                       diverse
                       Scandalous
                       Papers
                       dispersed
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Name
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       King
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     
                       as
                       the
                       sense
                       of
                       the
                       Royall
                       Party
                       .
                    
                     You
                     shall
                     do
                     well
                     ,
                     to
                     take
                     notice
                     ,
                     that
                     nothing
                     of
                     
                       that
                       Quality
                       ,
                    
                     proceeds
                     either
                     from
                     
                       Himself
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     his
                     
                       Friends
                       .
                    
                     The
                     
                       Project
                    
                     is
                     
                       Phanatique
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     tends
                     only
                     to
                     hinder
                     our
                     
                       Expected
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Approaching
                       Settlement
                       .
                    
                     To
                     mention
                     
                       One
                    
                     for
                     
                       All
                       ;
                    
                     there
                     is
                     a
                     
                       Phamphlet
                       of
                       yesterday
                       ,
                       Entituled
                       —
                       —
                       News
                       from
                       Brussels
                       ,
                       in
                       a
                       Letter
                       from
                       a
                       near
                       attendant
                       on
                       his
                       Majesties
                       Person
                       ,
                       to
                       a
                       Person
                       of
                       Honour
                       Here
                    
                     —
                     
                       Which
                       Casually
                       became
                       thus
                       Publick
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Do
                     but
                     observe
                     this
                     
                       Formall
                       Noddy
                       ,
                    
                     how
                     he
                     
                       Boggles
                    
                     upon
                     the
                     very
                     
                       Title-page
                       .
                    
                     —
                     
                       How
                       Casually
                       ,
                       Good-man
                       Sense-lesse
                       ?
                    
                     Did
                     it
                     
                       Drop
                    
                     into
                     a
                     
                       Printing
                       House
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Publish
                       it self
                       ?
                    
                     —
                     his
                     
                       Title
                    
                     is
                     followed
                     ,
                     with
                     a
                     
                       Suitable
                       Text
                       ;
                    
                     of
                     so
                     Pityfull
                     an
                     
                       Ayre
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Fashion
                       ,
                    
                     I
                     am
                     ashamed
                     to
                     confesse
                     the
                     reading
                     of
                     it
                     .
                     Indeed
                     I
                     would
                     advise
                     the
                     
                       Secretary
                       ,
                    
                     rather
                     to
                     returne
                     to
                     his
                     
                       Placket-Politiques
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     he
                     is
                     not
                     half
                     so
                     good
                     at
                     
                       State
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     
                       Bawdery
                       .
                    
                     To
                     deliver
                     his
                     aim
                     in
                     other
                     termes
                     ,
                     for
                     fear
                     of
                     giving
                     the
                     Reader
                     a
                     
                       Vomit
                       .
                    
                     The
                     principal
                     drift
                     of
                     his
                     discourse
                     is
                     to
                     
                       Personate
                       a
                       Royalist
                       ,
                       Charging
                       the
                       Presbyterians
                       with
                       the
                       murther
                       of
                       the
                       King
                       ,
                       and
                       professing
                       an
                       Implacable
                       Animosity
                       against
                       the
                       whole
                       party
                       .
                    
                     —
                     Not
                     to
                     employ
                     more
                     subtilty
                     than
                     needs
                     upon
                     so
                     Frivolous
                     a
                     Subject
                     .
                     Let
                     this
                     suffice
                     .
                  
                   
                     Who
                     
                       Murthered
                       the
                       King
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     Nation
                     
                       knowes
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     who
                     interposed
                     
                     to
                     
                       Save
                    
                     him
                     ;
                     —
                     who
                     they
                     are
                     ,
                     that
                     at
                     this
                     instant
                     ,
                     
                       Oppose
                    
                     a
                     
                       Settlement
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     who
                     
                       Desire
                    
                     it
                     ;
                     Nay
                     More
                     ;
                     we
                     know
                     ,
                     who
                     cannot
                     Live
                     
                       Under
                    
                     a
                     
                       Peaceable
                       Government
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     who
                     cannot
                     Live
                     
                       Without
                    
                     it
                     :
                     And
                     it
                     is
                     fit
                     to
                     shew
                     all
                     honest
                     people
                     to
                     distinguish
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Those
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     have
                     designed
                     
                       Us
                    
                     for
                     
                       Slavery
                       ,
                    
                     it
                     is
                     but
                     reason
                     to
                     mark
                     
                       them
                    
                     out
                     for
                     
                       Iustice
                       :
                    
                     yet
                     I
                     should
                     advise
                     
                       tenderness
                       ;
                    
                     whereby
                     
                       saving
                    
                     a
                     Few
                     ,
                     
                       Infamous
                       Malefactours
                       ,
                    
                     we
                     do
                     not
                     
                       hazzard
                    
                     a
                     more
                     
                       Considerable
                       Loss
                       .
                       He
                       that
                       Forgives
                       them
                       ,
                       extends
                       his
                       Charity
                       ,
                       but
                       he
                       that
                       Trusts
                       a
                       man
                       of
                       them
                       ,
                       Betrayes
                       his
                       Countrey
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         March
                         .
                         24.
                         1659.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           THe
           
             Agitators
          
           were
           now
           grown
           so
           Busie
           in
           the
           
             Army
             ,
          
           that
           the
           Counsel
           of
           State
           put
           forth
           a
           
             Proclamation
          
           against
           them
           ;
           and
           had
           not
           the
           singular
           prudence
           of
           the
           
             General
          
           check'd
           the
           Malice
           of
           that
           
             Confederacy
             ,
          
           It
           would
           have
           prov'd
           of
           dangerous
           Consequence
           .
           Finding
           themselves
           thus
           disappointed
           of
           those
           early
           hopes
           they
           had
           as
           to
           the
           Army
           :
           Their
           next
           Trick
           was
           to
           procure
           Elections
           for
           their
           purpose
           :
           and
           this
           they
           laboured
           to
           effect
           ,
           by
           Tampering
           with
           the
           
             Sheriffs
             ,
          
           where
           they
           found
           any
           capable
           of
           a
           
             Practise
             :
          
           and
           by
           their
           Interest
           in
           some
           pedling
           
             Factious
             Boroughs
             ,
          
           to
           get
           Themselves
           and
           their
           Friends
           chosen
           .
        
         
           This
           being
           the
           present
           Danger
           ,
           I
           Dispersed
           some
           Hundreds
           of
           
             Papers
             ,
          
           the
           
             Title
          
           and
           
             Coppy
          
           whereof
           follows
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     A
                     Necessary
                     and
                     Seasonable
                     Caution
                     ,
                     Concerning
                     Elections
                     .
                  
                   
                     THe
                     miserable
                     dissettlement
                     of
                     this
                     Nation
                     ,
                     arising
                     principally
                     from
                     Abuse
                     of
                     Trust
                     ,
                     practised
                     by
                     those
                     Persons
                     ,
                     whom
                     we
                     chose
                     to
                     Represent
                     the
                     People
                     ;
                     it
                     concerns
                     
                     us
                     now
                     at
                     last
                     ,
                     to
                     provide
                     warily
                     against
                     future
                     Inconveniences
                     ,
                     by
                     a
                     more
                     diligent
                     Examination
                     ,
                     and
                     Knowledg
                     of
                     those
                     we
                     elect
                     for
                     the
                     time
                     to
                     come
                     .
                     We
                     find
                     the
                     
                       Nation
                       Impoverished
                       ;
                    
                     the
                     
                       Government
                    
                     both
                     of
                     
                       Church
                    
                     and
                     
                       State
                       dissolved
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     all
                     the
                     
                       Supports
                    
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Puplick
                       Magistracie
                       devoured
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     those
                     very
                     people
                     ,
                     who
                     instead
                     of
                     Freeing
                     us
                     from
                     Smal
                     and
                     few
                     miscariages
                     ,
                     (
                     themselves
                     )
                     notoriously
                     exercised
                     over
                     us
                     the
                     greatest
                     oppressions
                     Imaginable
                     .
                     For
                     prevention
                     of
                     the
                     like
                     evils
                     hereafter
                     ,
                     we
                     are
                     to
                     be
                     very
                     wary
                     how
                     we
                     chuse
                     ;
                  
                   
                     
                       1.
                       
                       Such
                       persons
                       as
                       
                         Preach
                      
                       without
                       a
                       
                         Call
                         ,
                      
                       and
                       deliver
                       the
                       
                         Delusions
                      
                       of
                       
                         Satan
                         ,
                      
                       for
                       the
                       
                         Inspirations
                      
                       of
                       the
                       
                         Holy
                         Spirit
                         ;
                         (
                         We
                         may
                         know
                         the
                         Tree
                         by
                         its
                         Fruit
                         .
                      
                       )
                    
                     
                       2.
                       
                       Such
                       as
                       either
                       out
                       of
                       
                         Fear
                         ,
                      
                       or
                       
                         Interest
                         ,
                      
                       Sacrifice
                       the
                       
                         Publique
                         Good
                      
                       to
                       
                         Passion
                         ,
                      
                       or
                       
                         Benefit
                         ,
                      
                       shifting
                       from
                       Party
                       to
                       Party
                       ;
                       This
                       Day
                       for
                       the
                       
                         King
                         and
                         Parliamen
                         ;
                      
                       the
                       next
                       ,
                       
                         Pensioners
                      
                       to
                       the
                       
                         Protectour
                         ,
                      
                       the
                       
                         Third
                      
                       for
                       the
                       
                         Rump
                         ;
                      
                       the
                       
                         Fourth
                      
                       for
                       any
                       thing
                       that
                       comes
                       next
                       .
                       Under
                       this
                       notion
                       ,
                       I
                       comprise
                       such
                       as
                       make
                       use
                       of
                       a
                       
                         Parliament-Priviledge
                         ,
                         to
                         Elude
                         Creditors
                         ,
                         to
                         Detain
                         ill-gotten
                         Possessions
                         ,
                      
                       and
                       to
                       put
                       themselves
                       out
                       of
                       the
                       
                         Reach
                      
                       of
                       the
                       
                         Law
                         ;
                      
                       thereby
                       hindering
                       the
                       due
                       course
                       of
                       Proceedings
                       against
                       them
                       .
                    
                     
                       3.
                       
                       And
                       Lastly
                       ,
                       take
                       heed
                       of
                       chusing
                       any
                       Persons
                       that
                       have
                       already
                       Falsified
                       their
                       Trust
                       ,
                       —
                       by
                       engaging
                       in
                       
                         Illegall
                         Close-Committees
                         ▪
                      
                       —
                       In
                       any
                       Relation
                       whatsoever
                       of
                       
                         Malice
                      
                       towards
                       the
                       
                         Late
                         King
                         ,
                      
                       in
                       
                         Purchasers
                         ,
                      
                       of
                       
                         Sellers
                      
                       of
                       the
                       
                         Publique
                         Revenues
                         :
                      
                       —
                       In
                       
                         Usurped
                         Impositions
                      
                       upon
                       the
                       People
                       .
                       In
                       Short
                       ;
                       such
                       ,
                       as
                       have
                       at
                       the
                       price
                       of
                       an
                       Universal
                       Ruine
                       ,
                       enriched
                       Themselves
                       ;
                       and
                       
                         laid
                      
                       the
                       
                         Foundations
                      
                       of
                       
                         their
                         New
                         Babel
                         ,
                      
                       in
                       
                         Sacriledge
                         ,
                         Perjury
                         ,
                         Murther
                      
                       and
                       
                         Treason
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     This
                     may
                     suffice
                     for
                     a
                     Caution
                     to
                     all
                     such
                     ,
                     as
                     are
                     not
                     resolved
                     upon
                     
                       Beggery
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Bondage
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     THe
                     
                       Phanaticks
                    
                     had
                     at
                     this
                     time
                     many
                     Irons
                     in
                     the
                     Fire
                     ,
                     and
                     not
                     without
                     Reason
                     ,
                     for
                     they
                     had
                     many
                     Difficulties
                     to
                     Encounter
                     .
                     Their
                     Instant
                     and
                     most
                     pressing
                     Concern
                     was
                     to
                     Nip
                     the
                     
                       Militia
                    
                     in
                     the
                     Bud
                     ;
                     and
                     either
                     totally
                     to
                     hinder
                     the
                     next
                     appointed
                     Choice
                     ,
                     or
                     so
                     to
                     Qualifie
                     and
                     Over-awe
                     it
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     should
                     only
                     be
                     subjected
                     still
                     to
                     the
                     same
                     Faction
                     ,
                     with
                     somewhat
                     more
                     
                       Pretense
                    
                     of
                     Equity
                     and
                     Form
                     .
                     They
                     knew
                     the
                     Vote
                     and
                     Strength
                     of
                     the
                     whole
                     Nation
                     would
                     be
                     against
                     them
                     .
                     And
                     they
                     set
                     all
                     their
                     Heads
                     and
                     Hands
                     at
                     work
                     to
                     disappoint
                     it
                     .
                     Briefly
                     ;
                     they
                     had
                     their
                     Firebrands
                     in
                     the
                     City
                     ;
                     their
                     bold
                     and
                     publick
                     Agents
                     in
                     the
                     Countrey
                     :
                     but
                     their
                     great
                     Trust
                     was
                     in
                     the
                     Army
                     ;
                     where
                     they
                     had
                     poyson'd
                     a
                     Considerable
                     party
                     ;
                     And
                     by
                     whose
                     Ayd
                     they
                     made
                     no
                     doubt
                     of
                     
                       Lambert
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     tho
                     then
                     a
                     
                       Prisoner
                    
                     )
                     to
                     head
                     them
                     ,
                     so
                     soon
                     as
                     the
                     Designe
                     were
                     Ripe
                     enough
                     to
                     need
                     him
                     .
                  
                   
                     Upon
                     this
                     point
                     of
                     Exigence
                     (
                     that
                     nothing
                     might
                     be
                     wanting
                     to
                     procure
                     another
                     War
                     )
                     they
                     cast
                     abroad
                     in
                     Swarms
                     ,
                     Seditious
                     
                       Pamphlets
                       ;
                    
                     tending
                     not
                     only
                     to
                     Disgrace
                     the
                     
                       Person
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Office
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       King
                       ,
                    
                     his
                     
                       Fathers
                       Memory
                       ,
                    
                     his
                     
                       Friends
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Cause
                       ,
                    
                     but
                     likewise
                     to
                     provoke
                     the
                     
                       Weaker
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     lesse
                     
                       Considerate
                    
                     men
                     
                       of
                       his
                       own
                       Party
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     an
                     Unseasonable
                     and
                     Mistaking
                     Zeal
                     to
                     blast
                     the
                     Businesse
                     .
                     The
                     
                       Rise
                    
                     and
                     
                       Course
                    
                     of
                     the
                     whole
                     war
                     is
                     search'd
                     into
                     ,
                     for
                     
                       Matter
                    
                     to
                     involve
                     the
                     
                       Murtherers
                    
                     of
                     the
                     King
                     with
                     those
                     that
                     would
                     have
                     
                       Sav'd
                    
                     him
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     same
                     
                       Hazard
                       ,
                       Interest
                       ,
                       Crime
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Quarrel
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     One
                     of
                     the
                     Modestest
                     of
                     these
                     Discourses
                     was
                     put
                     into
                     my
                     hand
                     ,
                     with
                     an
                     Express
                     Desire
                     that
                     
                       I
                    
                     would
                     print
                     an
                     Answer
                     to
                     it
                     ,
                     which
                     accordingly
                     I
                     did
                     :
                     but
                     rather
                     for
                     my
                     promise
                     sake
                     ,
                     then
                     that
                     
                       I
                    
                     thought
                     it
                     worth
                     the
                     while
                     ;
                     —
                     and
                     This
                     was
                     it
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     A
                     Sober
                     Answer
                     to
                     a
                     Jugling
                     Pamphlet
                     ,
                     Entituled
                     ,
                     a
                     LETTER
                     INTERCEPTED
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                   
                     I
                     Have
                     heard
                     of
                     one
                     that
                     has
                     made
                     
                       himself
                    
                     a
                     
                       Cuckold
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     that
                     has
                     pick'd
                     his
                     
                       own
                       pocket
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     and
                     t
                     is
                     possible
                     ,
                     a
                     man
                     may
                     Design
                     upon
                     
                       himself
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Intercept
                       his
                       own
                       Letters
                       .
                    
                     The
                     
                       Miscariage
                       ,
                    
                     I
                     confesse
                     ,
                     is
                     a
                     little
                     
                       odd
                       ,
                       ,
                    
                     where
                     the
                     
                       Courted
                       party
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     the
                     
                       Contriver
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Intercepter
                       ,
                    
                     are
                     all
                     
                       One
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       same
                       Person
                       .
                    
                     The
                     
                       Plot
                    
                     is
                     Borrowed
                     from
                     the
                     Story
                     of
                     
                       Narcissus
                       ;
                    
                     but
                     by
                     what
                     Enemy
                     both
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Author
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Reader
                       ,
                    
                     this
                     Discourse
                     is
                     made
                     
                       Publique
                       ,
                    
                     were
                     an
                     Enquiry
                     fitter
                     for
                     
                       Authority
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     a
                     
                       Private
                       hand
                       .
                    
                     Since
                     so
                     it
                     is
                     ,
                     le
                     ts
                     make
                     the
                     best
                     of
                     a
                     bad
                     Market
                     :
                     what
                     the
                     
                       Composer
                    
                     has
                     sold
                     
                       Cheap
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     
                       We
                    
                     have
                     
                       Bought
                       Dear
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Both
                    
                     must
                     
                       Lose
                    
                     by
                     the
                     
                       Bargain
                       .
                    
                     Without
                     further
                     
                       Prologue
                    
                     —
                     Here
                     's
                     
                       SIR
                       POLITIQUE
                       himself
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     wee
                     'll
                     take
                     the
                     measure
                     of
                     the
                     man
                     from
                     his
                     
                       Title-page
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     A
                     
                       LETTER
                       INTERCEPTED
                       ,
                       —
                       Printed
                       for
                       the
                       Use
                       and
                       Benefit
                       of
                       the
                       Ingenuous
                       Reader
                       —
                       —
                       in
                       which
                       the
                       Two
                       Different
                       Formes
                       of
                       MONARCHY
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       POPULAR
                       COVERNMENT
                       ,
                       are
                       briefly
                       Controverted
                       .
                    
                     —
                  
                   
                     (
                     
                       The
                       Common-Wealth
                       Party
                       are
                       advised
                       not
                       to
                       Buy
                       this
                       .
                       by
                    
                     N.
                     D.
                     
                       Gent.
                    
                     )
                  
                   
                     
                       EXUNGUE
                       LEONEM
                       .
                       The
                       VOICE
                       is
                    
                     JACOB'S
                     ,
                     
                       but
                       the
                       HANDS
                    
                     are
                     ESAU'S
                     .
                     
                       Popular
                       Arguments
                    
                     are
                     of
                     late
                     become
                     such
                     a
                     
                       Drugg
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       Authour
                    
                     dares
                     not
                     own
                     his
                     
                       Inclination
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     fear
                     the
                     
                       Pamphlet
                    
                     should
                     not
                     off
                     :
                     but
                     rather
                     chuses
                     ,
                     under
                     the
                     colour
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Philosophical
                       Debate
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     advance
                     a
                     
                       Seditious
                       Design
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     instead
                     of
                     delivering
                     a
                     
                       sober
                       Opinion
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     excite
                     a
                     
                       turbulent
                    
                     Faction
                     .
                     This
                     will
                     appear
                     
                     in
                     its
                     due
                     place
                     ;
                     but
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Front
                       ,
                    
                     't
                     was
                     not
                     so
                     proper
                     to
                     disclose
                     himself
                     .
                     
                       The
                       Title
                       is
                       but
                       a
                       more
                       formal
                       kind
                       of
                       Bo-peep
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     a
                     
                       cousenage
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Reader
                    
                     into
                     a
                     
                       Two-penny
                       expence
                       ,
                    
                     upon
                     a
                     thing
                     not
                     worth
                     
                       Three-ha'pence
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     In
                     the
                     
                       next
                       page
                       ,
                    
                     you
                     'll
                     find
                     him
                     more
                     
                       composed
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Magisterial
                       .
                    
                     He
                     
                       complements
                       himself
                       ,
                       Kisses
                       his
                       own
                       fair
                       Hand
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     Promises
                     us
                     an
                     
                       Honest
                       ,
                       Plain
                       ,
                       Rationall
                       Discourse
                       ,
                    
                     not
                     clogg'd
                     with
                     
                       Maxims
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       Examples
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     then
                     he
                     falls
                     to
                     the
                     work
                     upon
                     the
                     
                       Question
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Whether
                       Monarchy
                       ,
                       or
                       the
                       Popular
                       Form
                       of
                       Government
                       ,
                       be
                       in
                       Reason
                       more
                       safe
                       and
                       profitable
                       for
                       the
                       People
                       ?
                       [
                       pag.
                    
                     2.
                     ]
                  
                   
                     He
                     proceeds
                     thence
                     ,
                     to
                     
                       Distinguish
                       Monarchy
                       into
                       Absolute
                       ,
                       and
                       Mixt
                       or
                       Regulated
                       ,
                       [
                       ibid.
                    
                     ]
                     (
                     tho'
                     ,
                     by
                     his
                     Favour
                     ,
                     
                       Mixt
                       ,
                       implies
                       a
                       contradiction
                       .
                    
                     )
                  
                   
                     
                       The
                       Absolute
                    
                     (
                     he
                     sayes
                     )
                     
                       is
                       Absolutely
                       Unlawfull
                       ;
                       and
                       disconsonant
                       both
                       to
                       the
                       Lawes
                       of
                       God
                       and
                       Nature
                    
                  
                   
                     If
                     either
                     
                       One
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     the
                     
                       Other
                       :
                    
                     How
                     comes
                     it
                     then
                     ,
                     that
                     
                       God
                       himself
                       ,
                       stiles
                       NEBUCHADNEZZAR
                       (
                       the
                       King
                       of
                       Babylon
                       )
                       HIS
                       SERVANT
                       :
                    
                     upon
                     the
                     most
                     
                       express
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       severe
                       penalties
                    
                     imaginable
                     ,
                     
                       commanding
                    
                     an
                     
                       Obedience
                    
                     to
                     him
                     ?
                     What
                     means
                     the
                     Prophet
                     
                       David
                    
                     when
                     he
                     sayes
                     —
                     
                       The
                       Lord
                       keep
                       me
                       from
                       doing
                       that
                       thing
                       unto
                       my
                       Master
                       ,
                       THE
                       LORDS
                       ANNOINTED
                       ?
                    
                     That
                     
                       Tyrants
                       Life
                       ,
                       which
                       pursued
                       his
                       ,
                       was
                       then
                       at
                       his
                       Mercy
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     a
                     
                       Phanatique
                       Counsel
                       ,
                       at
                       his
                       Elbow
                       ,
                       advising
                    
                     him
                     ,
                     to
                     improve
                     the
                     
                       Providential
                    
                     Opportunity
                     of
                     taking
                     it
                     away
                     ;
                     (
                     but
                     our
                     Common-Wealth's-men
                     are
                     
                       Wiser
                       ,
                    
                     possibly
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       Honester
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     
                       David
                       .
                    
                     )
                     This
                     might
                     suffice
                     ;
                     but
                     
                       He
                    
                     goes
                     on
                     ,
                     and
                     so
                     shall
                     
                       I
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     bear
                     him
                     Company
                     .
                     —
                  
                   
                     
                       It
                       is
                       against
                       the
                       Moral
                       Law
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     he
                     tells
                     us
                     )
                     
                       for
                       me
                       to
                       dispose
                       of
                       my
                       own
                       life
                       ;
                       since
                       that
                       Law
                       ,
                       which
                       Commands
                       me
                       ,
                       not
                       to
                       kill
                       ;
                       does
                       certainly
                       require
                       me
                       ,
                       not
                       to
                       kill
                       my self
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Law
                       of
                       Nature
                       and
                       Nations
                       ,
                       does
                       warrant
                       any
                       man
                       to
                       kill
                       ,
                       rather
                       than
                       to
                       be
                       kill'd
                       .
                       But
                       He
                       ,
                       that
                       willingly
                       and
                       of
                       Choyce
                       ,
                       lives
                       under
                       a
                       monarchy
                       absolute
                       ,
                       must
                       ,
                       and
                       doth
                       submit
                       all
                       that
                       he
                       hath
                       ,
                       Life
                       not
                       excepted
                       ,
                       to
                       be
                       at
                       the
                       will
                       of
                       the
                       Monarch
                       ,
                       &c.
                       [
                       pag.
                    
                     ]
                  
                   
                   
                     What
                     pains
                     this
                     worthy
                     Gentleman
                     takes
                     ,
                     to
                     prove
                     himself
                     as
                     good
                     a
                     
                       Statesman
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     he
                     is
                     a
                     
                       Casuist
                       ;
                    
                     Is
                     not
                     my
                     Life
                     as
                     well
                     exposed
                     to
                     any
                     Government
                     ?
                     Since
                     wheresoever
                     you
                     place
                     the
                     
                       Rule
                       ,
                       the
                       last
                       appeale
                    
                     lies
                     
                       There
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     
                       There
                       's
                       the
                       power
                       of
                       Life
                       and
                       Death
                       ,
                       by
                       the
                       Agreement
                       of
                       all
                       Nations
                       .
                    
                     Again
                     ,
                     
                       An
                       absolute
                       Monarch
                    
                     must
                     be
                     
                       wicked
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     destroy
                     a
                     
                       Loyal
                       Subject
                       ▪
                    
                     and
                     if
                     a
                     
                       Limited
                       ,
                    
                     will
                     be
                     so
                     
                       Impious
                    
                     too
                     ,
                     there
                     's
                     no
                     
                       Relief
                       ,
                    
                     but
                     
                       Flight
                       .
                       The
                       right
                       of
                       self
                       preservation
                       ,
                    
                     which
                     our
                     Author
                     Intimates
                     ;
                     concerns
                     but
                     
                       Individuals
                       ,
                    
                     at
                     Liberty
                     ;
                     —
                     
                       Grotius
                    
                     his
                     
                       Dissociatam
                       Multitudinem
                       .
                       There
                       ,
                       Every
                       man
                       is
                       every bodies
                       Enemy
                       :
                    
                     but
                     when
                     we
                     come
                     to
                     finde
                     ,
                     that
                     
                       safety
                       ,
                    
                     better
                     secured
                     by
                     
                       social
                       Compact
                       ;
                       and
                       by
                       reducing
                       all
                       the
                       several
                       ,
                       and
                       Dis-agreeing
                       Particulars
                       ,
                       under
                       the
                       Regiment
                       of
                       some
                       certain
                       Lawes
                       directing
                       to
                       the
                       Common
                       benefit
                       of
                       all
                       :
                    
                     In
                     this
                     Case
                     ,
                     we
                     part
                     with
                     our
                     
                       Original
                       Right
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     the
                     obtaining
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Nobler
                       Good
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     
                       Society
                       ,
                       and
                       Order
                       ;
                    
                     without
                     which
                     ,
                     there
                     's
                     no
                     
                       Peace
                       .
                    
                     I
                     might
                     here
                     
                       mind
                    
                     our
                     
                       Prevaricating
                       Author
                       ,
                    
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Morality
                    
                     which
                     he
                     
                       forgets
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     that
                     's
                     
                       Obedience
                       .
                       Rebellion
                       is
                       a
                       Blacker
                       Crime
                       ,
                       than
                       Murther
                       ;
                    
                     for
                     it
                     is
                     
                       That
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       More
                       ;
                    
                     but
                     
                       I
                    
                     would
                     first
                     convince
                     him
                     ,
                     that
                     
                       Killing
                    
                     is
                     not
                     alwaies
                     
                       Murther
                    
                     and
                     that
                     in
                     many
                     cases
                     ,
                     a
                     man
                     must
                     rather
                     chuse
                     to
                     
                       be
                       Killed
                       ,
                       than
                       Kill
                       .
                    
                     The
                     
                       Law
                    
                     strikes
                     with
                     the
                     Sword
                     of
                     Justice
                     ;
                     and
                     sure
                     it
                     is
                     not
                     
                       Murther
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     a
                     
                       Legal
                       process
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     
                       destroy
                       a
                       Malefactor
                       .
                    
                     'T
                     were
                     
                       That
                    
                     at
                     
                       least
                    
                     in
                     
                       me
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     
                       Kill
                       the
                       Iudge
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     save
                     my self
                     .
                     (
                     But
                     I
                     suppose
                     ,
                     our
                     Author
                     speaks
                     his
                     
                       Interest
                       ,
                    
                     rather
                     than
                     his
                     
                       Opinion
                    
                     )
                     In
                     fine
                     ,
                     I
                     cannot
                     justifie
                     the
                     
                       Commission
                    
                     of
                     a
                     
                       sin
                    
                     to
                     
                       save
                       my
                       Life
                       .
                    
                     To
                     draw
                     my
                     Sword
                     against
                     my
                     
                       Prince
                    
                     although
                     to
                     save
                     my
                     
                       self
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     
                       me
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     
                       Treason
                       ▪
                    
                     but
                     if
                     I
                     
                       lose
                       my
                       Life
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     not
                     
                       opposing
                       Him
                       ,
                    
                     't
                     is
                     
                       He
                    
                     alone
                     that
                     's
                     
                       Criminall
                       ,
                    
                     I
                     am
                     
                       Innocent
                       .
                    
                     Nor
                     does
                     the
                     
                       choice
                    
                     alter
                     the
                     Case
                     one
                     jot
                     ;
                     if
                     
                       I
                    
                     may
                     
                       Obey
                    
                     an
                     
                       Absolute
                       Monarch
                       ,
                    
                     I
                     am
                     as
                     free
                     to
                     
                       chuse
                    
                     One
                     ,
                     where
                     
                       I
                    
                     am
                     at
                     Liberty
                     to
                     chuse
                     the
                     Form
                     I
                     would
                     be
                     govern'd
                     by
                     .
                     It
                     is
                     the
                     
                       Rulers
                       part
                       ,
                    
                     not
                     to
                     
                       command
                       amiss
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     't
                     is
                     the
                     
                       Subjects
                       Duty
                    
                     to
                     
                       Obey
                       ;
                       (
                       modo
                       nihil
                       Imperet
                       ,
                       Naturali
                       Iuri
                       ,
                       aut
                       Divinis
                       praeceptis
                       Contrarium
                    
                     )
                     and
                     at
                     the
                     worst
                     ;
                     
                       refuse
                       ,
                    
                     without
                     
                       Resisting
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Nay
                     ,
                     but
                     our
                     Author
                     tells
                     us
                     ;
                     —
                     
                       A
                       Free
                       People
                       ,
                       that
                       have
                       it
                       in
                       
                       their
                       choice
                       ,
                       and
                       Power
                       (
                       as
                       England
                       now
                       )
                       to
                       do
                       otherwise
                       ,
                       and
                       shall
                       submit
                       their
                       Lives
                       to
                       the
                       will
                       ,
                       and
                       dispose
                       of
                       an
                       absolute
                       Monarch
                       ,
                       are
                       most
                       evidently
                       thereby
                       ,
                       in
                       danger
                       of
                       becoming
                       guilty
                       of
                       self-Murther
                       ]
                       [
                       pag.
                    
                     3
                     ]
                  
                   
                     Go
                     thy
                     waies
                     
                       N.
                       D.
                    
                     for
                     a
                     profound
                     Head
                     piece
                     !
                     —
                     They
                     are
                     in
                     more
                     danger
                     of
                     
                       self-murther
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     submitting
                     to
                     a
                     
                       Limited
                       Monarch
                    
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     of
                     Hanging
                     themselves
                     ,
                     if
                     the
                     
                       King
                    
                     should
                     come
                     .
                     Was
                     there
                     ever
                     a
                     more
                     exorbitant
                     Tyrant
                     than
                     
                       Cromwell
                       ?
                    
                     Our
                     
                       Freemen
                    
                     were
                     content
                     enough
                     with
                     him
                     .
                     Come
                     :
                     —
                     out
                     wit
                     ,
                     Our
                     modeller
                     would
                     speak
                     ,
                     if
                     he
                     had
                     a
                     spoon
                     ,
                     but
                     the
                     man
                     is
                     modest
                     ;
                     I
                     'le
                     do
                     't
                     for
                     him
                     .
                     'T
                     is
                     this
                     he
                     would
                     be
                     at
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       That
                       we
                       are
                       now
                       at
                       Liberty
                       to
                       chuse
                       our
                       Government
                       ;
                       and
                       that
                       the
                       King
                       would
                       play
                       the
                       Tyrant
                       ,
                       should
                       he
                       return
                       .
                    
                     If
                     his
                     own
                     Head
                     does
                     not
                     sit
                     sure
                     .
                     He
                     may
                     thank
                     himself
                     .
                     
                       I
                    
                     would
                     fain
                     learn
                     ,
                     from
                     whence
                     we
                     
                       date
                    
                     our
                     
                       Freedom
                       .
                    
                     Who
                     has
                     ABSOLVED
                     us
                     ,
                     of
                     our
                     OATHS
                     ,
                     and
                     DUTIES
                     of
                     ALLEGEANCE
                     ?
                     Did
                     we
                     not
                     
                       swear
                    
                     to
                     the
                     
                       late
                       King
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     to
                     his
                     
                       Heirs
                       ?
                    
                     And
                     
                       can
                       a
                       Government
                       be
                       altered
                       ,
                    
                     but
                     by
                     
                       Consent
                       of
                       all
                       the
                       Parties
                       to
                       it
                       ?
                    
                     This
                     is
                     too
                     much
                     said
                     ,
                     upon
                     a
                     subject
                     not
                     properly
                     my
                     
                       Business
                       .
                    
                     I
                     'll
                     proceed
                     and
                     wait
                     upon
                     him
                     to
                     his
                     next
                     Enquiry
                     ;
                     and
                     that
                     's
                     concerning
                     
                       Regulated
                       Monarchy
                       ;
                    
                     but
                     so
                     
                       Embroyled
                       ,
                    
                     't
                     is
                     infinitely
                     harder
                     to
                     
                       Understand
                    
                     than
                     to
                     
                       confute
                       .
                    
                     Of
                     
                       Regulated
                       Monarchies
                       ,
                    
                     Ours
                     here
                     in
                     
                       England
                    
                     is
                     beholden
                     to
                     him
                     ,
                     
                       he
                       likes
                       that
                       best
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     gives
                     his
                     Reason
                     ,
                     
                       Thus
                       ;
                       The
                       Excellency
                       of
                       that
                       Monarchy
                       ,
                    
                     WAS
                     ,
                     
                       that
                       the
                       Monarch
                       without
                       his
                       Counsell
                       could
                       do
                       no
                       considerable
                       thing
                       .
                       ]
                       [
                       pag.
                    
                     3.
                     ]
                  
                   
                     By
                     his
                     fair
                     leave
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       Excellency
                    
                     of
                     the
                     GOVERNMENT
                     ,
                     he
                     would
                     have
                     said
                     :
                     for
                     't
                     is
                     the
                     
                       Imperfection
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Monarchy
                       .
                    
                     But
                     why
                     WAS
                     ?
                     IS
                     it
                     not
                     ,
                     
                       de
                       Iure
                       ,
                    
                     still
                     the
                     
                       same
                       ?
                    
                  
                   
                     He
                     prosecutes
                     this
                     Train
                     of
                     
                       Errors
                       ,
                    
                     yet
                     with
                     more
                     ;
                  
                   
                     
                       All
                       things
                       were
                       to
                       be
                       done
                       in
                       conjunction
                       with
                       his
                       Counsell
                       ;
                       either
                       that
                       Grand
                       one
                       ,
                       his
                       Parliament
                       ,
                       consisting
                       of
                       Nobles
                       ,
                       and
                       Commons
                       ;
                       or
                       his
                       Lesser
                       Counsell
                       ,
                       consisting
                       of
                       Nobles
                       chiefly
                       ,
                       &c.
                    
                     ]
                  
                   
                     Our
                     Author
                     ,
                     I
                     perceive
                     ,
                     is
                     willing
                     to
                     confound
                     
                       Counsell
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Authority
                       :
                    
                     Whereas
                     to
                     
                       represent
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     
                       one
                    
                     thing
                     ;
                     't
                     is
                     
                       another
                    
                     thing
                     to
                     
                       Iudge
                       .
                    
                     It
                     is
                     the
                     
                       Counsell's
                       duty
                    
                     to
                     
                       propose
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       advise
                       ,
                    
                     according
                     
                     to
                     
                       their
                       Reason
                       ,
                    
                     but
                     still
                     it
                     is
                     the
                     
                       Monarch's
                    
                     part
                     to
                     
                       Act
                    
                     according
                     to
                     his
                     
                       own
                       :
                       without
                       that
                       Freedom
                       ,
                       the
                       Prince
                       is
                       bound
                       to
                       Act
                       in
                       many
                       Cases
                       against
                       his
                       Conscience
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     his
                     
                       Assistants
                    
                     are
                     become
                     his
                     
                       Governours
                       .
                    
                     Not
                     to
                     insist
                     upon
                     the
                     Gentleman's
                     
                       mistake
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     asserting
                     
                       All
                       things
                       to
                       be
                       done
                       in
                       conjunction
                       with
                       his
                       Counsell
                       .
                    
                     This
                     is
                     too
                     evident
                     ,
                     to
                     need
                     a
                     refutation
                     .
                     He
                     spends
                     his
                     two
                     next
                     Pages
                     ,
                     in
                     dilating
                     upon
                     the
                     
                       Desire
                       of
                       absolute
                       Power
                       in
                       the
                       Monarch
                       ;
                       and
                       the
                       Reserves
                       ,
                       or
                       acquisitions
                       of
                       the
                       People
                       ;
                    
                     were
                     he
                     dashes
                     the
                     
                       Kings
                       Prerogative
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Privileges
                       of
                       Parliament
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       One
                    
                     against
                     the
                     
                       Other
                       .
                    
                     Whereas
                     the
                     
                       King
                    
                     hath
                     some
                     
                       Prerogatives
                    
                     without
                     a
                     
                       Parliament
                       ,
                    
                     but
                     the
                     
                       Parliament
                    
                     hath
                     not
                     so
                     much
                     as
                     any
                     
                       Being
                       ,
                    
                     without
                     the
                     
                       King
                       :
                    
                     (
                     he
                     being
                     an
                     essentiall
                     of
                     it
                     .
                     )
                  
                   
                     To
                     pass
                     over
                     his
                     
                       False-fires
                       ,
                    
                     I
                     shall
                     come
                     now
                     to
                     his
                     
                       main
                       strength
                       :
                    
                     And
                     thus
                     it
                     runs
                     —
                  
                   
                     
                       The
                       Monarch
                       cannot
                       Rationally
                       be
                       thought
                       to
                       have
                       other
                       Business
                       ,
                       or
                       Study
                       ,
                       than
                       to
                       confirm
                       ,
                       and
                       establish
                       the
                       Monarchy
                       to
                       himself
                       .
                       [
                       pag.
                    
                     5.
                     ]
                  
                   
                     
                       To
                       this
                       :
                    
                     First
                     ,
                     Hee
                     's
                     
                       Entitled
                    
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Government
                       :
                       (
                       That
                       ,
                       pro
                       concesso
                    
                     )
                     Next
                     ;
                     hee
                     's
                     
                       Entrusted
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     Order
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Publique
                       Welfare
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     
                       Uphold
                    
                     it
                     ;
                     and
                     That
                     ,
                     not
                     only
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Form
                       ,
                    
                     but
                     
                       to
                       Himself
                       :
                    
                     'T
                     were
                     to
                     Betray
                     his
                     Trust
                     ,
                     should
                     he
                     do
                     less
                     .
                  
                   
                     As
                     to
                     the
                     
                       appetite
                    
                     of
                     
                       Rule
                       ,
                    
                     which
                     (
                     as
                     our
                     
                       Popular
                       Champion
                    
                     will
                     have
                     it
                     )
                     transports
                     the
                     
                       Monarch
                       ,
                    
                     into
                     a
                     dangerous
                     elevation
                     above
                     the
                     
                       People
                       :
                    
                     —
                     That
                     
                       Restless
                       Impotency
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     much
                     more
                     Hazzardous
                     ,
                     in
                     any
                     
                       other
                       Government
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     in
                     that
                     of
                     
                       Monarchy
                       .
                    
                     For
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       Monarch's
                       upper-most
                       already
                       :
                    
                     and
                     
                       rationally
                       .
                       Ambition
                    
                     seeks
                     rather
                     to
                     
                       Raise
                    
                     it self
                     
                       above
                       all
                       others
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     when
                     't
                     is
                     at
                     that
                     
                       Height
                       ,
                    
                     still
                     to
                     
                       exceed
                       it self
                       .
                       'T
                       is
                       but
                       a
                       glorious
                       envy
                       ,
                       which
                       aspires
                       till
                       it
                       be
                       highest
                       ,
                       and
                       there
                       determines
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     As
                     there
                     is
                     less
                     
                       temptation
                    
                     from
                     
                       without
                       ,
                    
                     so
                     must
                     the
                     
                       inclination
                       ,
                    
                     be
                     much
                     
                       calmer
                       .
                       Greatness
                       is
                       native
                    
                     and
                     
                       familiar
                    
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Monarch
                       :
                    
                     or
                     ,
                     in
                     case
                     any
                     
                       eagerness
                    
                     of
                     
                       Spirit
                    
                     should
                     
                       enflame
                    
                     him
                     ;
                     It
                     spends
                     it self
                     upon
                     his
                     
                       Neighbours
                       liberties
                       ,
                    
                     rather
                     than
                     upon
                     his
                     
                       Peoples
                       :
                    
                     and
                     't
                     is
                     
                       extent
                    
                     of
                     
                       Empire
                       abroad
                       ,
                    
                     not
                     
                       enlargement
                    
                     of
                     
                       Prerogative
                    
                     at
                     
                       home
                       ,
                    
                     he
                     
                       covets
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                   
                     This
                     is
                     not
                     to
                     exempt
                     the
                     
                       Person
                    
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Prince
                       ,
                    
                     from
                     the
                     
                       frailties
                    
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Man
                       :
                    
                     he
                     may
                     be
                     
                       vitious
                       .
                    
                     But
                     that
                     too
                     with
                     less
                     mischief
                     to
                     the
                     
                       publique
                    
                     than
                     to
                     
                       Himself
                       .
                    
                     He
                     ha's
                     no
                     
                       private
                       aims
                       ,
                    
                     but
                     what
                     proceed
                     from
                     Principles
                     nearer
                     ally'd
                     to
                     
                       Kindness
                       ;
                    
                     then
                     to
                     
                       Malice
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Now
                     ,
                     to
                     examine
                     the
                     likely
                     
                       Incidences
                       to
                       popular
                       Government
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     to
                     proceed
                     upon
                     his
                     
                       Postulatum
                       ,
                       That
                       in
                       all
                       men
                       there
                       's
                       an
                       inbred
                       appetency
                       of
                       Power
                       .
                    
                     That
                     granted
                     ,
                     what
                     can
                     we
                     expect
                     from
                     Persons
                     of
                     
                       mean
                       Fortunes
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       extraction
                       ,
                       (
                       invested
                       with
                       a
                       title
                       to
                       Dominion
                    
                     )
                     but
                     
                       Bondage
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Oppression
                       ?
                    
                     The
                     short
                     is
                     ,
                     there
                     are
                     
                       many
                       men
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     earnestly
                     
                       intent
                    
                     upon
                     the
                     
                       same
                       end
                       ;
                       spurr'd
                    
                     on
                     by
                     
                       keen
                    
                     and
                     
                       craving
                       Desires
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     make
                     themselves
                     
                       Rich
                       ,
                       Great
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     these
                     design
                     to
                     raise
                     their
                     
                       Fortunes
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Reputations
                    
                     upon
                     the
                     
                       publick
                       stock
                    
                     of
                     
                       blood
                       and
                       treasure
                       .
                    
                     At
                     last
                     when
                     they
                     have
                     
                       skrewed
                    
                     themselves
                     up
                     to
                     that
                     
                       pitch
                    
                     of
                     
                       Power
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     
                       force
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       craft
                       ,
                    
                     where
                     
                       divine
                       providence
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     
                       birth
                       ,
                    
                     had
                     placed
                     the
                     
                       single
                       Person
                       :
                    
                     —
                     when
                     after
                     a
                     
                       sharp
                       ,
                       long
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       chargeable
                       contest
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     have
                     brought
                     us
                     within
                     view
                     but
                     of
                     the
                     
                       counterfeit
                    
                     of
                     what
                     we
                     
                       quietly
                    
                     enjoy'd
                     before
                     :
                     Ready
                     to
                     seize
                     the
                     sum
                     of
                     their
                     own
                     
                       wishes
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       dear-purchas'd
                       Fruit
                    
                     of
                     all
                     their
                     
                       Labours
                       :
                    
                     —
                     they
                     find
                     that
                     
                       point
                       ,
                    
                     which
                     supports
                     
                       Soveraignty
                       ,
                    
                     too
                     
                       narrow
                    
                     for
                     them
                     
                       all
                       ;
                    
                     too
                     
                       large
                    
                     for
                     any
                     
                       one
                    
                     of
                     them
                     ;
                     —
                     and
                     ,
                     as
                     they
                     
                       climbed
                    
                     together
                     ,
                     so
                     they
                     
                       fall
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     
                       crush'd
                       by
                       those
                       Hands
                       ,
                       and
                       Principles
                       that
                       rais'd
                       them
                       .
                    
                     We
                     need
                     not
                     look
                     far
                     Back
                     for
                     
                       instances
                       .
                    
                     What
                     ha's
                     obstructed
                     our
                     long
                     look'd-for
                     
                       Settlement
                       ,
                    
                     but
                     
                       Competitours
                       for
                       a
                       personal
                       rule
                       ;
                    
                     even
                     among
                     the
                     
                       Salus-populi-men
                    
                     themselves
                     ?
                     'T
                     is
                     
                       nobler
                       at
                       the
                       worst
                       ,
                       to
                       yield
                       our selves
                       to
                       prey
                       to
                       a
                       single
                       Lyon
                       ,
                       than
                       to
                       a
                       Herd
                       of
                       Wolves
                       :
                    
                     and
                     that
                     's
                     the
                     Difference
                     ,
                     upon
                     
                       experiment
                       ,
                    
                     betwixt
                     the
                     
                       tyranny
                    
                     of
                     
                       One
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Hundred
                       ?
                    
                     (
                     —
                     old
                     
                       Oliver
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Rump
                       .
                    
                     )
                     Methinks
                     't
                     is
                     a
                     strange
                     Confidence
                     ,
                     to
                     Argue
                     for
                     a
                     
                       Cause
                       ,
                    
                     confuted
                     by
                     the
                     loss
                     so
                     many
                     
                       Lives
                    
                     and
                     
                       Millions
                       .
                    
                     For
                     these
                     twelve
                     years
                     last
                     past
                     ,
                     we
                     have
                     been
                     
                       Slaves
                    
                     to
                     
                       Tyrants
                       ;
                       Divided
                       ,
                    
                     in
                     design
                     to
                     
                       supplant
                       one
                       another
                       ,
                    
                     but
                     still
                     
                       United
                       ,
                       to
                       destroy
                       the
                       Nation
                       ,
                    
                     under
                     the
                     gay
                     amusement
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Free-state
                       .
                    
                     But
                     I
                     grow
                     tedious
                     .
                  
                   
                   
                     The
                     next
                     thing
                     I
                     take
                     notice
                     of
                     ,
                     is
                     very
                     
                       remarkable
                    
                     (
                     i.
                     e.
                     )
                     
                       Our
                       Author
                       's
                       in
                       the
                       right
                    
                     —
                     he
                     sayes
                     that
                     
                       From
                       the
                       Soveraignty
                       ,
                       there
                       lies
                       no
                       appeal
                       .
                    
                     But
                     then
                     he
                     follows
                     ;
                     that
                     
                       where
                       a
                       People
                       will
                       be
                       ruled
                       by
                       a
                       King
                       they
                       must
                       give
                       that
                       King
                       absolute
                       power
                       to
                       Govern
                       .
                       ]
                       [
                       pag.
                    
                     6.
                     ]
                  
                   
                     No
                     need
                     of
                     that
                     sure
                     neither
                     ,
                     —
                     
                       the
                       Soveraignty
                       is
                       in
                       the
                       King
                       ,
                       tho'
                       in
                       a
                       Limited
                       Monarchy
                       :
                    
                     which
                     so
                     attemper'd
                     ;
                     as
                     that
                     the
                     
                       People
                    
                     may
                     not
                     
                       Rule
                    
                     in
                     
                       any
                    
                     Case
                     ,
                     nor
                     the
                     
                       King
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     singly
                     by
                     himself
                     )
                     in
                     
                       All
                       ;
                       secures
                       all
                       Interests
                       .
                       I
                    
                     must
                     fix
                     one
                     note
                     here
                     ,
                     before
                     I
                     pass
                     .
                  
                   
                     Although
                     
                       our
                       Author
                    
                     tellsus
                     ,
                     [
                     
                       pag.
                    
                     7.
                     ]
                     that
                     
                       Absolute
                       Monarchy
                       is
                       unlawful
                       ;
                       &
                       Regulated
                       ,
                       Dangerous
                       :
                       nevertheless
                       ,
                       he
                       rather
                       advises
                       the
                       former
                       than
                       the
                       latter
                       ;
                       —
                       That
                       ,
                    
                     which
                     he
                     terms
                     
                       Disconsonant
                       to
                       the
                       Laws
                       of
                       God
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     the
                     
                       Other
                       ,
                    
                     which
                     he
                     pronounces
                     only
                     
                       Dangerous
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     related
                     to
                     the
                     
                       civill
                       Good
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Utillity
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       People
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     This
                     is
                     the
                     
                       Method
                    
                     of
                     the
                     whole
                     party
                     ;
                     they
                     decry
                     ,
                     first
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       Form
                    
                     it self
                     ,
                     as
                     being
                     too
                     
                       Tyrannical
                       ;
                    
                     yet
                     they
                     condemn
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       Limited
                    
                     of
                     
                       Insufficience
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Exercise
                       of
                       Government
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       absolute
                       ,
                    
                     of
                     
                       Exorbitancy
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     to
                     the
                     
                       End
                    
                     of
                     it
                     .
                     
                       One
                    
                     has
                     too
                     
                       much
                       Liberty
                    
                     the
                     
                       Other
                    
                     too
                     
                       Little
                       .
                    
                     What
                     is
                     't
                     they
                     offer
                     in
                     Exchange
                     ?
                     a
                     
                       Free-State
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     Of
                     a
                     
                       Model
                       ,
                    
                     ten
                     times
                     more
                     
                       Arbitrary
                    
                     and
                     
                       Pernicious
                       .
                    
                     When
                     they
                     have
                     spent
                     their
                     
                       Powder
                    
                     upon
                     the
                     
                       Government
                       ;
                    
                     (
                     for
                     't
                     is
                     but
                     
                       Powder
                    
                     )
                     their
                     
                       Shot
                    
                     is
                     still
                     directed
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Person
                       .
                       Hinc
                       illae
                       Lachrymae
                       .
                    
                     How
                     have
                     they
                     courted
                     the
                     
                       Generall
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     whose
                     
                       Honesty
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     as
                     
                       Invincible
                    
                     as
                     his
                     
                       Courage
                    
                     )
                     to
                     
                       Accept
                    
                     of
                     what
                     these
                     
                       Paper-Kites
                    
                     so
                     much
                     disclaim
                     against
                     ?
                     Our
                     
                       Grave
                       ,
                       Philosophising
                       Mounsieur
                       ,
                    
                     he
                     makes
                     
                       one
                    
                     too
                     ,
                     and
                     tells
                     us
                     ,
                     —
                     that
                     
                       Providence
                       hath
                       cast
                       the
                       Lot
                       upon
                       the
                       Peoples
                       side
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Monarch
                       has
                       lost
                       ,
                       if
                       the
                       People
                       will
                       exclude
                       him
                       .
                    
                     —
                  
                   
                     Alas
                     Good
                     man
                     !
                     
                       the
                       Congregation
                       's
                       Holy
                       everyone
                       of
                       them
                       —
                       Pretious
                       Beagles
                       !
                    
                     to
                     ascribe
                     that
                     to
                     
                       Providence
                       ,
                    
                     which
                     they
                     owe
                     to
                     
                       Perjury
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Sacriledge
                       .
                    
                     Where
                     's
                     your
                     
                       Prescription
                       ?
                    
                     Where
                     's
                     your
                     
                       Title
                       ?
                    
                     Enform
                     the
                     
                       People
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     what
                     power
                     they
                     are
                     
                       absolved
                    
                     from
                     all
                     their
                     
                       tyes
                    
                     of
                     
                       Conscience
                       :
                       Honour
                       ,
                       Thankfulness
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Piety
                       .
                       Shew
                       them
                       the
                       Laws
                       their
                       Fathers
                       purchased
                       with
                       their
                       Bloods
                       .
                       Preach
                       to
                       them
                       out
                       of
                       Magna
                       Charta
                       .
                       There
                       's
                       the
                       Foundation
                       of
                       the
                       Peoples
                       
                       Freedoms
                       .
                    
                     But
                     Sir
                     I
                     ask
                     you
                     pardon
                     ;
                     The
                     
                       Kings
                       a
                       Woolf
                    
                     you
                     say
                     ,
                     and
                     all
                     the
                     
                       abjuring
                       Saints
                    
                     are
                     
                       Lambs
                       ,
                    
                     I
                     warrant
                     ye
                     .
                     But
                     by
                     your
                     leave
                     once
                     more
                     ;
                     you
                     are
                     absolutely
                     of
                     Opinion
                     then
                     ,
                     not
                     to
                     admit
                     the
                     
                       King
                    
                     by
                     any
                     manner
                     of
                     means
                     ?
                     —
                     Indeed
                     you
                     should
                     do
                     well
                     ,
                     not
                     to
                     
                       Anticipate
                       the
                       Parliament
                       ,
                    
                     it
                     spoyles
                     the
                     project
                     ,
                     to
                     play
                     the
                     
                       Tyrant
                       ,
                    
                     while
                     you
                     argue
                     for
                     the
                     
                       People
                       .
                    
                     Pray
                     let
                     the
                     
                       King
                    
                     come
                     in
                     if
                     the
                     next
                     
                       Parliament
                    
                     pleases
                     .
                     —
                  
                   
                     I
                     must
                     be
                     now
                     a
                     little
                     serious
                     ;
                     for
                     your
                     next
                     Paragraph
                     has
                     a
                     spice
                     of
                     
                       Conscience
                    
                     in
                     't
                     (
                     the
                     
                       Word
                    
                     I
                     mean
                     )
                     you
                     will
                     perswade
                     the
                     World
                     ,
                     that
                     if
                     the
                     
                       King
                       comes
                       in
                       ;
                    
                     't
                     is
                     neither
                     
                       Faith
                       ,
                    
                     nor
                     
                       Honour
                       ,
                    
                     nor
                     
                       Humanity
                       ,
                    
                     nor
                     
                       all
                       together
                       ,
                    
                     can
                     tye
                     up
                     his
                     
                       Revenge
                       .
                    
                     It
                     would
                     become
                     you
                     to
                     tell
                     the
                     
                       People
                       ,
                    
                     where
                     ere
                     he
                     
                       brake
                    
                     his
                     
                       Faith
                       ;
                    
                     Nay
                     ,
                     Ill
                     content
                     my self
                     ,
                     if
                     you
                     ll
                     but
                     shew
                     
                       me
                       ,
                    
                     where
                     ever
                     your
                     
                       Phanatiques
                       Kept
                    
                     an
                     
                       Oath
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       Promise
                       ,
                    
                     if
                     they
                     might
                     
                       gain
                    
                     (
                     the
                     
                       least
                    
                     )
                     by
                     
                       Breaking
                    
                     of
                     it
                     .
                     The
                     
                       Conversation
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Person
                    
                     you
                     inveigh
                     against
                     is
                     beyound
                     all
                     
                       Exception
                       ,
                       Honourable
                       :
                    
                     and
                     t
                     is
                     in
                     vain
                     to
                     
                       mis-enform
                       ,
                    
                     against
                     an
                     
                       evident
                    
                     and
                     
                       contrary
                       assurance
                       .
                    
                     Many
                     of
                     those
                     very
                     men
                     that
                     
                       fought
                       against
                    
                     him
                     ,
                     will
                     
                       witness
                       for
                    
                     him
                     :
                     both
                     for
                     his
                     
                       Courage
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     his
                     
                       Clemency
                       .
                    
                     His
                     
                       Prudence
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     his
                     
                       Piety
                       ,
                    
                     are
                     manifest
                     ,
                     in
                     This
                     :
                     that
                     in
                     despight
                     of
                     all
                     
                       Distresses
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Temptations
                       ,
                    
                     he
                     stands
                     
                       Firm
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     his
                     
                       Temper
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     to
                     his
                     
                       Conscience
                       .
                    
                     A
                     
                       Better
                       Friend
                       ,
                    
                     there
                     lives
                     not
                     ;
                     nor
                     a
                     
                       Better
                       Nature
                       .
                    
                     And
                     
                       this
                       is
                       Heat
                    
                     last
                     ,
                     our
                     
                       Guilty
                       Pamphletter
                    
                     bestows
                     his
                     
                       Gall
                    
                     upon
                     .
                     I
                     am
                     no
                     stickler
                     for
                     
                       Prerogative
                       :
                    
                     my
                     
                       Patience
                       ,
                    
                     will
                     hold
                     out
                     till
                     the
                     next
                     
                       Session
                       :
                    
                     but
                     to
                     see
                     
                       Majesty
                       invaded
                    
                     by
                     a
                     
                       private
                       Hand
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     the
                     
                       People
                       Poyson'd
                       ,
                    
                     by
                     the
                     same
                     instruments
                     that
                     
                       destroyed
                    
                     the
                     
                       Prince
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     all
                     I
                     can
                     say
                     is
                     ,
                     
                       we
                       are
                       tame
                       Fools
                       ,
                       to
                       suffer
                       it
                       .
                    
                     But
                     though
                     his
                     
                       passion
                    
                     may
                     be
                     
                       Troublesome
                       ,
                       our
                       Author
                    
                     gives
                     us
                     some
                     
                       Diversion
                    
                     in
                     his
                     
                       Argument
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     (
                     Kinder
                     still
                     )
                     he
                     proves
                     best
                     Company
                     at
                     last
                     .
                     
                       Kingly
                       Government
                       if
                       not
                       absolute
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     he
                     sayes
                     )
                     
                       is
                       Lame
                       ;
                       if
                       Absolute
                       ,
                       —
                       Destructive
                       to
                       the
                       People
                       .
                    
                     Very
                     good
                     :
                     Help
                     the
                     
                       Defect
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     if
                     that
                     be
                     all
                     )
                     of
                     the
                     
                       One
                       ;
                    
                     or
                     at
                     least
                     ,
                     do
                     not
                     impose
                     upon
                     us
                     ,
                     in
                     
                       another
                       shape
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     possible
                     
                       Mischiefs
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Other
                    
                     —
                     pray
                     what
                     's
                     the
                     
                       Difference
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     to
                     our
                     Security
                     ;
                     the
                     
                       Supreme
                       Authority
                    
                     under
                     a
                     
                       Popular
                       Form
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     the
                     
                       same
                       
                       power
                    
                     under
                     a
                     
                       Monarchique
                       ?
                    
                     You
                     'll
                     have
                     your
                     
                       Popular
                       Assembly
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       Iudge
                       Unquestionable
                    
                     of
                     all
                     
                       Expediences
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Dangers
                       :
                    
                     why
                     not
                     a
                     
                       Single
                       Person
                    
                     as
                     well
                     ?
                     
                       You
                    
                     say
                     ,
                     
                       He
                       may
                       abuse
                       that
                       power
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     
                       I
                    
                     say
                     so
                     may
                     
                       They
                       .
                    
                     For
                     instance
                     ,
                     suppose
                     they
                     
                       judge
                    
                     it
                     
                       fit
                    
                     to
                     
                       change
                    
                     the
                     very
                     
                       Form
                       ,
                    
                     what
                     Hinders
                     them
                     ?
                     or
                     if
                     they
                     rather
                     
                       chuse
                       ,
                       to
                       entayl
                       the
                       Government
                       upon
                       their
                       own
                       Families
                       ,
                       and
                       to
                       perpetuate
                       themselves
                       ,
                    
                     what
                     
                       Remedy
                       ?
                    
                     If
                     
                       any
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     're
                     not
                     
                       Absolute
                       :
                    
                     if
                     
                       none
                       ,
                    
                     we
                     are
                     worse
                     
                       Here
                       ,
                    
                     than
                     
                       Before
                       .
                    
                     The
                     
                       King
                       cannot
                       Betray
                       the
                       Peoples
                       Trust
                       ;
                       these
                       may
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     What
                     signifies
                     your
                     telling
                     us
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     
                       King
                       absolute
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     not
                     
                       bound
                       to
                       the
                       Laws
                       he
                       shall
                       make
                       ?
                       [
                       pag.
                    
                     9.
                     ]
                     And
                     by
                     and
                     by
                     ,
                     —
                     that
                     
                       contrary
                       to
                       the
                       Monarchy
                       ,
                       this
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     meaning
                     Democracy
                     )
                     
                       makes
                       not
                       any
                       one
                       Law
                       ,
                       to
                       which
                       every
                       individuall
                       person
                       in
                       the
                       Assembly
                       ,
                       is
                       not
                       subject
                       ?
                       (
                       the
                       whole
                       Assembly
                       indeed
                       ,
                       as
                       it
                       is
                       the
                       Soveraign
                       power
                       ,
                       is
                       unquestionable
                       ,
                    
                     you
                     say
                     .
                     )
                     'T
                     is
                     not
                     the
                     
                       Persons
                       ,
                    
                     but
                     the
                     
                       Power
                       ,
                    
                     we
                     are
                     to
                     consider
                     ;
                     
                       Conjunctim
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     're
                     as
                     little
                     
                       subject
                    
                     as
                     the
                     
                       single
                       Tyrant
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     possibly
                     they
                     'll
                     ne're
                     
                       dis-joyn
                       ,
                       they
                       that
                       can
                       make
                       what
                       Lawes
                       they
                       please
                       ,
                    
                     will
                     doubtlesse
                     make
                     this
                     one
                     of
                     the
                     number
                     ,
                     —
                     
                       that
                       their
                       own
                       Members
                       shall
                       be
                       only
                       tryable
                       by
                       their
                       Peers
                       :
                    
                     and
                     by
                     that
                     device
                     ,
                     they
                     make
                     themselves
                     both
                     
                       Parties
                    
                     and
                     
                       Iudges
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     To
                     grant
                     more
                     then
                     is
                     needfull
                     ;
                     —
                     be
                     it
                     —
                     that
                     in
                     a
                     State
                     of
                     
                       Quiet
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Universal
                       liberty
                       ,
                    
                     such
                     a
                     
                       Form
                    
                     might
                     be
                     
                       admitted
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     our
                     
                       Contriver
                       thrusts
                    
                     upon
                     us
                     ;
                     but
                     to
                     attempt
                     to
                     
                       force
                    
                     a
                     
                       Government
                       ,
                       that
                       excludes
                       nineteen
                       parts
                       of
                       twenty
                       of
                       the
                       people
                       ,
                    
                     from
                     the
                     
                       exercise
                    
                     of
                     it
                     ;
                     and
                     this
                     upon
                     a
                     Nation
                     
                       pre-engaged
                    
                     by
                     
                       Oath
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     (
                     by
                     a
                     sad
                     experience
                     )
                     
                       interessed
                       against
                       it
                       .
                    
                     —
                     —
                     How
                     
                       practicable
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     how
                     
                       prudent
                       ,
                    
                     such
                     a
                     proposal
                     may
                     appear
                     to
                     
                       others
                       ,
                    
                     I
                     cannot
                     say
                     :
                     To
                     me
                     it
                     wears
                     the
                     Face
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Design
                       ,
                    
                     promoted
                     by
                     a
                     
                       Factious
                       ,
                       guilty
                       Party
                       ,
                       to
                       sacrifice
                       the
                       Nation
                       ,
                       to
                       their
                       private
                       interests
                       ,
                       and
                       despayres
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     And
                     yet
                     such
                     is
                     the
                     
                       charity
                    
                     of
                     our
                     
                       Author
                       ,
                    
                     he
                     reckons
                     all
                     the
                     miscarriages
                     of
                     
                       these
                       late
                       years
                       in
                       Government
                       ,
                       but
                       as
                       foul
                       way
                       upon
                       a
                       Iourney
                       :
                       and
                       bids
                       us
                       not
                       conclude
                       against
                       our
                       Inne
                       at
                       Night
                       because
                       the
                       passage
                       was
                       dirty
                       .
                       (
                       This
                       is
                       according
                       to
                       his
                       wonted
                       tenderness
                       .
                       )
                    
                  
                   
                     Now
                     to
                     
                       my
                       Phansy
                       ,
                    
                     it
                     looks
                     rather
                     thus
                     .
                     
                       We
                       have
                       been
                       hitherto
                       
                       mis-led
                       ;
                       our
                       very
                       Guides
                       have
                       robb'd
                       us
                       ,
                       and
                       yet
                       they
                       bid
                       us
                       follow
                       them
                       still
                       ,
                       they
                       'll
                       bring
                       us
                       to
                       Paradise
                       at
                       last
                       ,
                       —
                       Whither
                       they
                       'll
                       carry
                       us
                       ,
                       we
                       know
                       not
                       ;
                       —
                       we
                       are
                       in
                       the
                       Bryars
                       at
                       present
                       ;
                       —
                       we
                       know
                       the
                       way
                       home
                       again
                       ;
                       —
                       what
                       have
                       we
                       then
                       to
                       do
                       ,
                       but
                       to
                       return
                       ?
                    
                  
                   
                     Our
                     Authors
                     little
                     Reasonings
                     concerning
                     
                       Trade
                       ,
                    
                     are
                     triviall
                     ;
                     I
                     shall
                     refer
                     him
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Merchants
                    
                     for
                     his
                     
                       Answer
                       .
                    
                     They
                     are
                     the
                     
                       fittest
                       Iudges
                    
                     in
                     the
                     Case
                     .
                     They
                     have
                     try'd
                     
                       war
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       peace
                       ,
                       Monarchy
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Popular
                       Government
                       ;
                    
                     let
                     them
                     say
                     which
                     they
                     like
                     best
                     .
                     —
                     —
                     
                       His
                       Pen
                       begins
                       to
                       run
                       a
                       little
                       muddy
                       :
                    
                     and
                     what
                     I
                     do
                     not
                     
                       understand
                       ,
                    
                     I
                     'm
                     not
                     oblig'd
                     to
                     
                       answer
                       .
                    
                     Something
                     he
                     talks
                     of
                     
                       Peace
                       abroad
                       ,
                       and
                       of
                       the
                       motives
                       to
                       it
                       ;
                    
                     which
                     he
                     pronounces
                     to
                     be
                     
                       Advantage
                    
                     and
                     no Body
                     denyes
                     it
                     .
                  
                   
                     This
                     does
                     not
                     hinder
                     ,
                     —
                     because
                     the
                     
                       Reasons
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Peace
                    
                     betwixt
                     the
                     
                       Crowns
                    
                     of
                     
                       France
                    
                     and
                     
                       Spain
                       ,
                    
                     might
                     properly
                     result
                     from
                     a
                     
                       Particular
                       Conveniency
                    
                     of
                     
                       State
                    
                     betwixt
                     them
                     ,
                     that
                     therefore
                     the
                     
                       effects
                    
                     of
                     that
                     
                       Agreement
                    
                     cannot
                     referr
                     to
                     
                       Us
                       .
                    
                     They
                     're
                     more
                     at
                     
                       Leisure
                    
                     now
                     :
                     nay
                     there
                     's
                     a
                     high
                     necessity
                     incumbent
                     upon
                     them
                     ,
                     to
                     send
                     
                       abroad
                    
                     those
                     
                       Forces
                       ,
                    
                     which
                     otherwise
                     would
                     be
                     both
                     
                       Expensive
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Dangerous
                    
                     at
                     
                       Home
                    
                     (
                     Not
                     to
                     presse
                     other
                     
                       arguments
                       ,
                    
                     of
                     themselves
                     obvious
                     ,
                     to
                     hasten
                     our
                     
                       Composure
                       ,
                       even
                       for
                       that
                       very
                       Cause
                       ;
                       that
                       they
                       're
                       Agreed
                       .
                    
                     )
                  
                   
                     I
                     presume
                     not
                     to
                     
                       direct
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     our
                     Imperious
                     
                       Commonwealths-man
                    
                     does
                     ;
                     but
                     as
                     
                       one
                       Private
                       Person
                       ,
                       I
                    
                     pretend
                     to
                     
                       Reason
                    
                     the
                     
                       Opinions
                    
                     of
                     
                       another
                       ,
                    
                     submitting
                     still
                     my
                     
                       Iudgement
                    
                     to
                     any
                     
                       Legal
                       determination
                       ,
                    
                     or
                     
                       Rational
                       Conviction
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Touching
                       the
                       King
                       of
                       Spains
                       Design
                       to
                       Propagate
                       the
                       Romish
                       Religion
                       [
                       Ibid.
                    
                     ]
                     —
                     we
                     're
                     the
                     securer
                     for
                     that
                     very
                     design
                     ,
                     if
                     we
                     
                       unite
                       upon
                       the
                       Basis
                       of
                       the
                       English
                       Law
                       :
                    
                     The
                     meer
                     
                       Antiperistasis
                       preserves
                       us
                       :
                    
                     whereas
                     ,
                     If
                     we
                     
                       compell
                       that
                       Person
                       ,
                    
                     who
                     by
                     
                       Divine
                       Assignment
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Civil
                       right
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     our
                     
                       undoubted
                       Soveraign
                       ;
                       to
                       employ
                       Forreign
                       Succours
                       to
                       recover
                       his
                       Dominions
                       ;
                    
                     It
                     may
                     be
                     feared
                     ,
                     (
                     and
                     't
                     is
                     but
                     Reason
                     )
                     
                       that
                       Spain
                       will
                       Article
                       for
                       some
                       concessions
                       ,
                       in
                       favour
                       of
                       the
                       Catholicks
                       ,
                    
                     more
                     then
                     otherwise
                     would
                     ,
                     possibly
                     ,
                     be
                     granted
                     to
                     them
                     :
                     where
                     the
                     
                       Fault
                    
                     lies
                     ,
                     in
                     case
                     of
                     this
                     extremity
                     ,
                     let
                     the
                     
                       People
                       Iudge
                       .
                    
                     —
                  
                   
                   
                     Blesse
                     us
                     ,
                     —
                     what
                     a
                     Fit
                     of
                     
                       Piety
                    
                     has
                     taken
                     our
                     
                       Friend
                       ,
                    
                     now
                     of
                     
                       a
                       suddain
                       !
                       He
                       calls
                       in
                       the
                       Ministers
                       ,
                       for
                       his
                       Compurgators
                       ,
                       and
                       desires
                       them
                       to
                       declare
                       —
                       what
                       Government
                       .
                    
                     (
                     Hee
                     'l
                     feed
                     
                       their
                       Flocks
                    
                     in
                     the
                     mean
                     while
                     .
                     )
                     Indeed
                     ,
                     these
                     
                       Pulpit-Politiques
                    
                     are
                     not
                     amisse
                     .
                     
                       The
                       Priests
                       shall
                       tell
                       us
                       what
                       Government
                       fits
                       their
                       Reformation
                       .
                    
                     Pray
                     Sir
                     ,
                     let
                     me
                     help
                     you
                     out
                     ;
                     —
                     
                       a
                       Gloss
                       upon
                       the
                       Covenant
                       ,
                    
                     does
                     your
                     Business
                     :
                     't
                     is
                     but
                     to
                     tell
                     the
                     
                       people
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Holy
                       Tongue
                       ,
                    
                     KING
                     ,
                     signifies
                     COMMON-WEALTH
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     work
                     is
                     done
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     Gentleman
                     ,
                     begins
                     now
                     to
                     
                       Fumble
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Talke
                       Idle
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     ,
                     in
                     effect
                     ,
                     
                       he
                       's
                       drawing
                       home
                       .
                    
                     But
                     first
                     he
                     recommends
                     the
                     
                       Nurcery
                    
                     and
                     
                       Education
                    
                     of
                     his
                     
                       Brat-project
                       ,
                       even
                       unto
                       any
                       Kinde
                       and
                       Powerfull
                       hand
                    
                     that
                     will
                     promote
                     it
                     .
                     From
                     hence
                     he
                     passes
                     into
                     a
                     Quaint
                     
                       Resemblance
                    
                     of
                     the
                     state
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Nation
                       ,
                       to
                       a
                       man
                       in
                       a
                       feavour
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       People
                       in
                       Gross
                       ,
                       to
                       a
                       Restive
                       Horse
                       with
                       a
                       Galled
                       Back
                       :
                    
                     and
                     so
                     
                       committing
                       the
                       issue
                       to
                       the
                       Lord
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     man
                     
                       Departs
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       His
                    
                     thoughts
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       mine
                    
                     do
                     not
                     agree
                     ;
                     what
                     ere
                     the
                     matter
                     is
                     .
                     His
                     
                       Conceit
                    
                     is
                     this
                     ,
                     
                       The
                       Nation
                       's
                       mad
                       ;
                       and
                       Promoted
                       by
                       false
                       appetite
                       ,
                       covets
                       things
                       Mischievous
                       ;
                    
                     (
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     
                       Monarchy
                    
                     )
                     the
                     
                       wise
                       and
                       Charitatable
                       Physitian
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     that
                     is
                     the
                     
                       Common-wealths
                       man
                       ,
                       )
                       he
                       forces
                       upon
                       it
                       what
                       he
                       knows
                       to
                       be
                       more
                       proper
                       for
                       the
                       Cure
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     and
                     this
                     is
                     a
                     
                       Free-State
                    
                     )
                     —
                     Now
                     
                       here
                       's
                       our
                       difference
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     I
                     'm
                     of
                     opinion
                     ,
                     that
                     
                       the
                       Physitians
                       are
                       mad
                       ;
                    
                     the
                     
                       Nation
                       sober
                       ,
                    
                     we
                     've
                     
                       try'd
                    
                     their
                     
                       Physick
                       ,
                       for
                       some
                       dozen
                       years
                       together
                       ;
                       and
                       every
                       day
                       we
                       're
                       worse
                       then
                       other
                       upon
                       it
                       ;
                    
                     we
                     finde
                     upon
                     
                       Experiment
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     they
                     prescribe
                     us
                     
                       Poyson
                       ,
                    
                     instead
                     of
                     
                       Remedies
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     that
                     they
                     are
                     but
                     
                       Mountebanks
                       ;
                    
                     they
                     
                       Live
                    
                     by
                     
                       Killing
                       us
                       .
                    
                     Our
                     
                       Former
                       Diet
                       agreed
                       much
                       better
                       with
                       our
                       Constitution
                       ,
                    
                     so
                     that
                     we
                     have
                     no
                     way
                     left
                     but
                     to
                     fall
                     to
                     That
                     again
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       But
                       to
                       conclude
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     his
                     conceit
                     of
                     
                       a
                       Iadish
                       People
                       with
                       a
                       Gall'd
                       Back
                       ,
                    
                     That
                     's
                     his
                     
                       Master-Piece
                       .
                    
                     He
                     tells
                     us
                     ,
                     
                       it
                       will
                       neither
                       suffer
                       a
                       Rider
                       ,
                       nor
                       a
                       Dressing
                       ,
                       till
                       it
                       be
                       overcome
                       by
                       Force
                       ,
                       and
                       then
                       a
                       Child
                       may
                       up
                       ,
                       and
                       Ride
                       it
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       These
                       are
                       somewhat
                       broad
                       signs
                       .
                    
                     Now
                     by
                     your
                     favour
                     ,
                     Sir
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       Faults
                    
                     not
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Horse
                       ;
                    
                     but
                     rather
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Rider
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Saddle
                       .
                       
                       The
                       Nation
                       has
                       been
                       Ridden
                       these
                       dozen
                       years
                       together
                       ,
                       at
                       Switch
                       ,
                       and
                       Spur
                       ,
                       in
                       a
                       Commonwealth
                       Saddle
                       ;
                       That
                       must
                       needs
                       pinch
                       the
                       Back
                       of
                       a
                       Monarchique
                       People
                       .
                    
                     —
                     Nor
                     is
                     it
                     yet
                     so
                     
                       tame
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     you
                     
                       imagine
                       ;
                    
                     Change
                     
                       but
                       the
                    
                     SADDLE
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     RIDER
                     ,
                     
                       and
                       you
                       shall
                       see
                       the
                       Nation
                       will
                       do
                       well
                       ,
                       without
                       a
                       Horsleech
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         March
                         .
                         27.
                         1660.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           UPon
           the
           neck
           of
           this
           ,
           came
           out
           Two
           sharper
           Pamphlets
           ;
           written
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           am
           of
           late
           Enformed
           )
           by
           a
           Renegado
           Parson
           ;
           but
           as
           then
           ,
           I
           took
           them
           to
           be
           either
           
             Nedham's
             ,
          
           or
           
             Miltons
             ,
          
           (
           a
           Couple
           of
           
             Currs
          
           of
           the
           same
           
             Pack
          
           )
           They
           were
           
             Printed
          
           by
           
             Livewell
             Chapman
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             Proclamation
          
           from
           the
           
             Counsell
          
           was
           issued
           out
           against
           him
           for
           it
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           never
           appeared
           .
           I
           was
           by
           many
           Reasons
           moved
           to
           Answer
           these
           ;
           as
           well
           to
           lay
           them
           Open
           ,
           and
           Confute
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           prevent
           the
           Possible
           exception
           that
           might
           arise
           from
           a
           Reply
           by
           some
           less
           wary
           ,
           though
           more
           skilfull
           pen
           .
        
         
           The
           malice
           of
           these
           Pamphlets
           was
           Double-edged
           ;
           and
           the
           Blow
           made
           at
           the
           Kings
           Party
           over
           the
           Presbyterians
           Shoulder
           :
           Directed
           to
           perswade
           the
           World
           that
           't
           was
           the
           
             Presbyterian
          
           did
           the
           
             Mischief
             ;
          
           and
           to
           engage
           the
           
             Presbyter
          
           himself
           under
           an
           Apprehension
           of
           Revenge
           .
           The
           scope
           will
           better
           appear
           upon
           the
           Reading
           ,
           and
           whether
           I
           did
           
             Well
             ,
          
           or
           
             Ill
             ,
          
           to
           write
           these
           following
           
             Answers
             .
          
           
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     Plain
                     English
                     ,
                     TO
                     HIS
                     EXCELLENCIE
                     The
                     LORD
                     GENERALL
                     MONK
                     ,
                     AND
                     The
                     OFFICERS
                     of
                     the
                     ARMY
                     under
                     his
                     COMMAND
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       My
                       Lord
                       and
                       Gentlemen
                       ,
                    
                  
                   
                     IT
                     is
                     written
                     ,
                     The
                     prudent
                     shall
                     keep
                     silence
                     in
                     an
                     evil
                     time
                     ;
                     and
                     't
                     is
                     like
                     ,
                     we
                     also
                     might
                     hold
                     our
                     peace
                     ,
                     but
                     that
                     we
                     fear
                     a
                     knife
                     is
                     at
                     the
                     very
                     throat
                     ,
                     not
                     only
                     of
                     our
                     and
                     your
                     Liberties
                     ,
                     but
                     of
                     our
                     persons
                     too
                     .
                     In
                     this
                     condition
                     ,
                     we
                     hope
                     it
                     will
                     be
                     no
                     offence
                     ,
                     if
                     we
                     cry
                     out
                     to
                     you
                     for
                     help
                     ,
                     you
                     that
                     (
                     through
                     Gods
                     goodness
                     )
                     have
                     helped
                     us
                     so
                     often
                     ,
                     and
                     strenuously
                     maintained
                     the
                     same
                     Cause
                     with
                     us
                     ,
                     against
                     the
                     return
                     of
                     that
                     Family
                     which
                     pretends
                     to
                     the
                     Government
                     of
                     these
                     Nations
                     .
                     It
                     is
                     the
                     pulick
                     interest
                     and
                     yours
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     hitherto
                     fought
                     for
                     ,
                     and
                     for
                     which
                     we
                     now
                     plead
                     ;
                     therefore
                     we
                     insist
                     upon
                     it
                     with
                     the
                     greater
                     confidence
                     before
                     
                     you
                     ,
                     because
                     we
                     are
                     all
                     equally
                     concerned
                     in
                     the
                     good
                     or
                     ill
                     of
                     your
                     transactions
                     :
                     We
                     cannot
                     yet
                     be
                     perswaded
                     ,
                     though
                     our
                     fears
                     and
                     jealousies
                     are
                     strong
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     grounds
                     of
                     them
                     many
                     ,
                     that
                     you
                     can
                     so
                     lull
                     asleep
                     your
                     Consciences
                     ,
                     or
                     forget
                     the
                     publick
                     Interest
                     ,
                     and
                     your
                     own
                     ,
                     as
                     to
                     be
                     returning
                     back
                     with
                     the
                     multitude
                     to
                     Egypt
                     ,
                     or
                     that
                     you
                     should
                     with
                     them
                     be
                     hankering
                     after
                     the
                     Lecks
                     and
                     Onions
                     of
                     our
                     old
                     bondage
                     .
                     Though
                     it
                     were
                     possible
                     you
                     should
                     forget
                     ,
                     yet
                     certainly
                     God
                     will
                     not
                     ,
                     all
                     the
                     injuries
                     and
                     oppressions
                     done
                     by
                     that
                     family
                     to
                     his
                     Church
                     and
                     people
                     in
                     these
                     and
                     other
                     Nations
                     :
                     Though
                     the
                     Inscription
                     
                       [
                       Exit
                       Tyrannus
                       ]
                    
                     which
                     was
                     fixed
                     over
                     the
                     place
                     where
                     the
                     Statue
                     of
                     the
                     late
                     King
                     formerly
                     stood
                     at
                     the
                     Exchange
                     ,
                     hath
                     been
                     blotted
                     out
                     by
                     the
                     Rabble
                     ,
                     yet
                     it
                     is
                     written
                     with
                     the
                     Pen
                     of
                     a
                     Diamond
                     in
                     the
                     hearts
                     of
                     many
                     thousands
                     ,
                     and
                     will
                     be
                     so
                     hereafter
                     in
                     the
                     adamantine
                     Rolls
                     of
                     Fame
                     and
                     History
                     .
                     No
                     matter
                     then
                     ,
                     though
                     the
                     prophane
                     Vulgar
                     take
                     a
                     liberty
                     to
                     proclaim
                     him
                     both
                     Saint
                     and
                     Martyr
                     in
                     the
                     midst
                     of
                     their
                     Bon-fires
                     ,
                     and
                     their
                     Tipple
                     .
                     All
                     the
                     good
                     fellows
                     were
                     ever
                     at
                     his
                     Devotion
                     ,
                     because
                     he
                     was
                     for
                     theirs
                     ,
                     and
                     commanded
                     it
                     to
                     be
                     observed
                     upon
                     the
                     Sundaies
                     .
                     But
                     to
                     the
                     end
                     it
                     may
                     be
                     better
                     known
                     how
                     good
                     a
                     King
                     ,
                     and
                     how
                     great
                     a
                     Saint
                     he
                     was
                     ,
                     we
                     have
                     taken
                     the
                     boldness
                     at
                     this
                     instant
                     to
                     offer
                     you
                     an
                     accompt
                     of
                     some
                     part
                     of
                     the
                     transactions
                     during
                     his
                     Reign
                     :
                     and
                     because
                     there
                     are
                     too
                     many
                     in
                     the
                     City
                     who
                     wait
                     the
                     good
                     time
                     to
                     re-erect
                     his
                     Statue
                     ,
                     we
                     desire
                     in
                     the
                     first
                     place
                     to
                     present
                     you
                     his
                     Picture
                     ,
                     as
                     it
                     was
                     drawn
                     by
                     a
                     good
                     hand
                     ,
                     the
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     year
                     1647.
                     at
                     which
                     time
                     it
                     was
                     resolved
                     upon
                     the
                     Question
                     joyntly
                     by
                     the
                     Lords
                     and
                     Commons
                     in
                     Parliament
                     Assembled
                     .
                     That
                     they
                     would
                     make
                     no
                     further
                     Addresses
                     or
                     Applications
                     to
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     or
                     receive
                     any
                     Message
                     from
                     him
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     ANSWER
                     .
                  
                   
                     SOme
                     two
                     dayes
                     since
                     ,
                     came
                     to
                     my
                     view
                     ,
                     a
                     Bold
                     ,
                     Sharp
                     Pamphlet
                     ,
                     call'd
                     PLAIN
                     ENGLISH
                     —
                     directed
                     to
                     the
                     GENERAL
                     ,
                     and
                     his
                     OFFICERS
                     ,
                     &c.
                     —
                  
                   
                     It
                     is
                     a
                     Piece
                     drawn
                     by
                     no
                     fool
                     ,
                     and
                     it
                     deserves
                     a
                     serious
                     Answer
                     .
                     —
                     By
                     the
                     Design
                     ;
                     —
                     the
                     Subject
                     ;
                     —
                     Malice
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     
                     Stile
                     ;
                     I
                     should
                     suspect
                     it
                     for
                     a
                     Blot
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     Pen
                     that
                     wrote
                     ICONOCLASTES
                     .
                     It
                     runs
                     foul
                     ;
                     —
                     tends
                     to
                     Tumult
                     ;
                     —
                     and
                     ,
                     not
                     content
                     Barely
                     to
                     Applaud
                     the
                     Murther
                     of
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     the
                     execrable
                     Author
                     of
                     it
                     vomits
                     upon
                     his
                     Ashes
                     ;
                     with
                     a
                     Pedantique
                     ,
                     and
                     Envenom'd
                     scorn
                     ,
                     persuing
                     still
                     his
                     sacred
                     Memory
                     .
                     Betwixt
                     Him
                     ,
                     and
                     his
                     Brother
                     
                       Rabshakeh
                       ,
                       I
                    
                     think
                     a
                     man
                     may
                     venture
                     to
                     divide
                     the
                     glory
                     of
                     it
                     ;
                     it
                     relishes
                     the
                     mixture
                     of
                     their
                     united
                     faculties
                     ,
                     and
                     wickedness
                     .
                     As
                     yet
                     ,
                     't
                     is
                     true
                     ;
                     the
                     Hand
                     is
                     somewhat
                     doubtfull
                     to
                     us
                     ;
                     but
                     the
                     Drift
                     ,
                     —
                     Certain
                     ,
                     and
                     't
                     is
                     as
                     Clear
                     from
                     whence
                     it
                     first
                     mov'd
                     ,
                     as
                     to
                     what
                     end
                     it
                     tends
                     ,
                     it
                     speaks
                     the
                     Rancour
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     interest
                     of
                     the
                     Rump
                     ;
                     be
                     the
                     contrivance
                     whose
                     it
                     will
                     ;
                     and
                     ,
                     beyond
                     doubt
                     ,
                     it
                     was
                     written
                     by
                     some
                     Mercenary
                     to
                     the
                     Faction
                     ;
                     and
                     That
                     ,
                     by
                     their
                     direction
                     ,
                     and
                     appointment
                     .
                     'T
                     is
                     too
                     Malicious
                     ,
                     for
                     a
                     private
                     Passion
                     ;
                     and
                     too
                     Dangerous
                     ,
                     for
                     one
                     that
                     writes
                     not
                     ,
                     either
                     for
                     Bread
                     ,
                     or
                     Life
                     .
                     Take
                     it
                     in
                     gross
                     ;
                     't
                     is
                     an
                     Alarm
                     to
                     all
                     the
                     Phanatiques
                     in
                     England
                     ;
                     couched
                     under
                     the
                     specious
                     notion
                     of
                     an
                     Appeal
                     to
                     the
                     General
                     ,
                     and
                     his
                     Army
                     ,
                     asserting
                     to
                     all
                     purposes
                     ,
                     the
                     interests
                     ;
                     and
                     Justifying
                     the
                     horrid
                     Practises
                     of
                     the
                     Regicide-Party
                     .
                     —
                  
                   
                     It
                     Remonstrates
                     ;
                     —
                     Expostulates
                     ;
                     —
                     Tempts
                     ;
                     —
                     Threatens
                     ;
                     —
                     Flatters
                     ;
                     —
                     Begs
                     ;
                     —
                     Prevaricates
                     :
                     and
                     by
                     all
                     Artifices
                     ,
                     toward
                     all
                     Humours
                     ,
                     it
                     moulds
                     it self
                     into
                     an
                     application
                     suitable
                     :
                     —
                     only
                     upon
                     the
                     Blood
                     ,
                     and
                     Family
                     of
                     the
                     late
                     King
                     ;
                     it
                     lashes
                     out
                     into
                     an
                     Impious
                     ,
                     and
                     Inhumane
                     fury
                     ,
                     sufficient
                     to
                     Disgrace
                     ,
                     the
                     Sober
                     (
                     in
                     comparison
                     )
                     promoters
                     of
                     his
                     Death
                     ;
                     and
                     to
                     Startle
                     their
                     very
                     Consciences
                     ,
                     that
                     spilt
                     his
                     Blood
                     with
                     Pleasure
                     .
                  
                   
                     Nor
                     does
                     the
                     Brutish
                     Rebel
                     only
                     quit
                     the
                     Man
                     ,
                     in
                     point
                     of
                     Tenderness
                     ;
                     his
                     rage
                     against
                     the
                     Royall
                     Line
                     ,
                     disturbs
                     his
                     Reason
                     too
                     .
                     (
                     otherwise
                     smooth
                     enough
                     to
                     delude
                     such
                     as
                     are
                     not
                     very
                     well
                     aware
                     of
                     him
                     )
                     Whether
                     it
                     be
                     the
                     Agony
                     ,
                     and
                     Horrour
                     of
                     a
                     Wounded
                     Soul
                     ,
                     which
                     thus
                     transports
                     him
                     ;
                     or
                     that
                     ,
                     in
                     these
                     excesses
                     ,
                     he
                     only
                     Personates
                     the
                     last
                     Convulsions
                     of
                     a
                     Heart-broken
                     Faction
                     ;
                     —
                     It
                     matters
                     not
                     :
                     Thus
                     much
                     we
                     may
                     collect
                     from
                     his
                     
                     distempers
                     ;
                     That
                     Rabble
                     is
                     ,
                     at
                     this
                     instant
                     ,
                     upon
                     a
                     Combination
                     ,
                     to
                     Tumultuate
                     the
                     Army
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     People
                     ,
                     and
                     such
                     as
                     will
                     not
                     share
                     the
                     Guilt
                     of
                     their
                     Conspiracy
                     ,
                     they
                     labour
                     to
                     engage
                     within
                     the
                     Reach
                     and
                     Danger
                     of
                     it
                     .
                     That
                     we
                     may
                     better
                     understand
                     what
                     they
                     Design
                     ,
                     wee
                     'll
                     see
                     a
                     little
                     what
                     they
                     Say
                     .
                  
                   
                     This
                     Phamphlet
                     speaks
                     the
                     sence
                     of
                     the
                     whole
                     Gang
                     ;
                     and
                     throughly
                     Examined
                     ,
                     will
                     discover
                     the
                     frame
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     extent
                     of
                     of
                     their
                     lewd
                     Purposes
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       I
                    
                     look
                     upon
                     't
                     as
                     an
                     Affront
                     to
                     Christianity
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     Reasonable
                     Nature
                     ;
                     so
                     scandalous
                     ;
                     
                       I
                    
                     vow
                     to
                     God
                     ,
                     in
                     Favour
                     meerly
                     of
                     Humanity
                     ,
                     
                       I
                    
                     would
                     suppresse
                     it
                     ,
                     were
                     no
                     more
                     Copies
                     extant
                     of
                     it
                     :
                     but
                     't
                     is
                     too
                     late
                     for
                     that
                     .
                     The
                     Countreys
                     are
                     already
                     furnished
                     ;
                     and
                     the
                     Town
                     yet
                     full
                     of
                     them
                     ;
                     (
                     the
                     singular
                     ,
                     and
                     carely
                     care
                     of
                     the
                     Publick
                     Magistrate
                     to
                     hinder
                     it
                     notwithstanding
                     )
                     so
                     that
                     it
                     rests
                     now
                     ,
                     only
                     to
                     lay
                     open
                     the
                     vile
                     interests
                     of
                     this
                     bloody
                     Faction
                     ,
                     and
                     Antidote
                     the
                     People
                     against
                     the
                     danger
                     of
                     their
                     Pestilent
                     Infusions
                     .
                     Let
                     Time
                     produce
                     the
                     Author
                     ;
                     (
                     if
                     it
                     be
                     lawfull
                     to
                     Prophane
                     the
                     Light
                     with
                     such
                     a
                     Monster
                     )
                     The
                     Matter
                     only
                     of
                     this
                     Licentious
                     Paper
                     must
                     be
                     my
                     Subject
                     .
                  
                   
                     IF
                     we
                     must
                     never
                     be
                     quiet
                     ,
                     til
                     these
                     People
                     think
                     themselves
                     Safe
                     ,
                     we
                     must
                     stay
                     till
                     divine
                     Justice
                     is
                     dissolved
                     ;
                     —
                     till
                     they
                     believe
                     the
                     word
                     ,
                     and
                     Power
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     a
                     Fable
                     ;
                     —
                     till
                     they
                     can
                     Lay
                     that
                     Devil
                     ,
                     Conscience
                     ;
                     —
                     and
                     Blot
                     out
                     of
                     the
                     Table
                     of
                     their
                     Memories
                     ,
                     all
                     their
                     Presumptuous
                     outrages
                     ,
                     both
                     against
                     Heaven
                     and
                     Earth
                     ;
                     —
                     till
                     they
                     can
                     Quench
                     those
                     raging
                     Horrours
                     that
                     Exagitate
                     their
                     Souls
                     ;
                     —
                     Remove
                     those
                     hideous
                     Fantomes
                     ,
                     (
                     that
                     whereso'ere
                     they
                     fly
                     )
                     pursue
                     them
                     ,
                     with
                     the
                     images
                     of
                     those
                     that
                     they
                     have
                     murther'd
                     ,
                     Bleeding
                     afresh
                     ▪
                     and
                     when
                     they
                     think
                     to
                     Turn
                     away
                     their
                     Looks
                     from
                     the
                     Dire
                     object
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     other
                     side
                     ,
                     they
                     meet
                     with
                     a
                     Remembrancer
                     ,
                     that
                     mindes
                     them
                     of
                     their
                     Sacrilege
                     ,
                     and
                     Treason
                     ,
                     and
                     then
                     they
                     start
                     again
                     ,
                     another
                     way
                     ;
                     and
                     there
                     they
                     meet
                     with
                     a
                     Sword
                     drawn
                     ,
                     to
                     revenge
                     their
                     Perjuries
                     .
                     In
                     fine
                     ,
                     their
                     Injuries
                     are
                     of
                     a
                     large
                     extent
                     ,
                     and
                     such
                     ,
                     by
                     consequence
                     ,
                     must
                     be
                     
                     their
                     fears
                     (
                     while
                     they
                     persist
                     in
                     their
                     Impenitence
                     .
                  
                   
                     In
                     this
                     distresse
                     ,
                     rather
                     of
                     Thought
                     ,
                     than
                     Danger
                     ;
                     of
                     Terrour
                     from
                     within
                     ,
                     rather
                     than
                     Violence
                     ,
                     without
                     ;
                     They
                     do
                     well
                     ,
                     to
                     implore
                     the
                     
                       Generals
                    
                     help
                     ,
                     to
                     save
                     their
                     Lives
                     ,
                     that
                     would
                     have
                     taken
                     His
                     :
                     especially
                     ,
                     obliging
                     him
                     (
                     in
                     
                       Surplus
                    
                     )
                     with
                     this
                     additional
                     respect
                     :
                     That
                     they
                     have
                     made
                     him
                     Free
                     of
                     the
                     Phanatiques
                     ;
                     —
                     Embarqued
                     him
                     in
                     the
                     same
                     Bottom
                     with
                     themselves
                     ;
                     —
                     and
                     Finally
                     ,
                     Involved
                     the
                     Honour
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Saver
                     of
                     his
                     Countrey
                     ,
                     in
                     common
                     ,
                     with
                     the
                     Blemish
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Pest
                     of
                     all
                     mankinde
                     .
                  
                   
                     Say
                     ,
                     —
                     
                       MILTON
                       ;
                       NEDHAM
                       ;
                    
                     either
                     ,
                     or
                     both
                     ,
                     of
                     you
                     (
                     or
                     whosoever
                     else
                     )
                     —
                     Say
                     where
                     this
                     Worthy
                     Person
                     ,
                     ever
                     mixt
                     with
                     you
                     ?
                     (
                     That
                     is
                     ;
                     You
                     ,
                     —
                     or
                     those
                     that
                     Employ
                     you
                     ,
                     and
                     allow
                     you
                     wages
                     )
                     more
                     ,
                     then
                     in
                     order
                     to
                     those
                     very
                     purposes
                     ,
                     to
                     which
                     he
                     still
                     adheres
                     ,
                     and
                     from
                     whence
                     ,
                     you
                     recede
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     returne
                     of
                     that
                     Family
                     ,
                     which
                     
                       Pretends
                    
                     [
                     as
                     this
                     Tumbler
                     phrases
                     it
                     ]
                     to
                     Govern
                     us
                     ,
                     nor
                     was
                     nor
                     is
                     the
                     Question
                     .
                     The
                     publick
                     interest
                     ,
                     that
                     he
                     fought
                     for
                     ,
                     and
                     you
                     swore
                     to
                     :
                     —
                     was
                     the
                     Preserving
                     of
                     our
                     BIRTH-RIGHTS
                     :
                     —
                     the
                     good
                     old
                     LAWS
                     :
                     —
                     his
                     MAJESTIES
                     LEGAL
                     AUTHORITY
                     :
                     —
                     the
                     PRIVILEDGES
                     of
                     PARLIAMENT
                     ,
                     &c.
                     —
                     (
                     
                       Read
                       the
                       Old
                       Declarations
                    
                     )
                     not
                     to
                     maintain
                     a
                     Canting
                     Faction
                     in
                     the
                     Army
                     ;
                     —
                     a
                     Py-bald
                     Ministry
                     :
                     —
                     or
                     ,
                     which
                     amounts
                     to
                     all
                     :
                     —
                     the
                     Residence
                     :
                     —
                     the
                     Errata's
                     of
                     an
                     Honest
                     Parliament
                     .
                  
                   
                     Again
                     ,
                     to
                     comply
                     fairly
                     with
                     an
                     Universall
                     Votes
                     ;
                     —
                     That
                     ,
                     does
                     our
                     Scribler
                     call
                     
                       forgetting
                       of
                       a
                       publique
                       Interest
                       ;
                    
                     and
                     keeping
                     of
                     the
                     Covenant
                     ,
                     or
                     an
                     Oath
                     ,
                     is
                     ,
                     with
                     him
                     
                       lulling
                       of
                       a
                       Man's
                       conscience
                       asleep
                       .
                    
                     A
                     desire
                     to
                     be
                     well
                     again
                     ,
                     after
                     a
                     Cursed
                     fit
                     of
                     the
                     Spleen
                     (
                     and
                     ply'd
                     with
                     steel
                     too
                     )
                     of
                     well-nigh
                     Twenty
                     years
                     continuance
                     ,
                     —
                     our
                     Demy-Levite
                     ,
                     —
                     terms
                     it
                     a
                     
                       Hankering
                       after
                       our
                       old
                       Leeks
                       and
                       Onions
                       .
                    
                     For
                     that
                     ,
                     —
                     Every
                     man
                     as
                     he
                     likes
                     :
                     you
                     're
                     for
                     a
                     Rump
                     ,
                     it
                     maybe
                     .
                     —
                     I
                     'm
                     for
                     somewhat
                     else
                     .
                     Believe
                     me
                     ,
                     I
                     had
                     rather
                     Live
                     poor
                     ,
                     and
                     Honest
                     ;
                     than
                     Hang
                     Rich
                     ;
                     and
                     Treacherous
                     :
                     —
                     then
                     give
                     my self
                     a
                     turn
                     in
                     one
                     of
                     the
                     King's
                     old
                     Houses
                     .
                     But
                     —
                     
                       De
                       Gustibus
                       ,
                       non
                       est
                       Disputandum
                       .
                    
                     
                     I
                     'm
                     sorry
                     my
                     first
                     Page
                     is
                     Printed
                     .
                     —
                     I
                     shall
                     be
                     thought
                     a
                     Fool
                     now
                     ,
                     for
                     suspecting
                     our
                     Plain-English-man
                     ,
                     of
                     Wit
                     .
                     Something
                     there
                     's
                     in
                     his
                     vein
                     ,
                     like
                     bottle
                     Ale
                     .
                     Stir
                     it
                     ;
                     —
                     It
                     Tumults
                     ,
                     Sputters
                     and
                     at
                     last
                     it
                     spends
                     it self
                     in
                     Foam
                     ,
                     —
                     but
                     Nourishment
                     ,
                     or
                     Comfort
                     there
                     's
                     none
                     in
                     't
                     .
                     —
                     The
                     Fellows
                     Jadish
                     ,
                     Dull
                     ,
                     —
                     out
                     of
                     his
                     Beaten
                     and
                     Known
                     Rode
                     ;
                     but
                     when
                     he
                     comes
                     to
                     rail
                     against
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     he
                     's
                     in
                     his
                     Element
                     .
                     There
                     ,
                     he
                     's
                     a
                     Thorough-pac'd
                     ,
                     Egregious
                     villain
                     :
                     and
                     yet
                     a
                     Stumbler
                     ;
                     but
                     a
                     false
                     step
                     or
                     two
                     may
                     be
                     allowed
                     him
                     .
                  
                   
                     This
                     Formal
                     Devil
                     ,
                     —
                     how
                     great
                     an
                     honour
                     does
                     he
                     to
                     the
                     Royall
                     Family
                     ,
                     in
                     his
                     reviling
                     of
                     it
                     !
                     —
                     
                       The
                       Injuries
                       and
                       Oppressions
                       it
                       has
                       done
                       to
                       Church
                       ,
                       and
                       People
                       ,
                    
                     trouble
                     him
                     sore
                     .
                     The
                     
                       Blotting
                    
                     out
                     of
                     —
                     EXITTYRANNUS
                     ,
                     sticks
                     in
                     his
                     stomach
                     too
                     ,
                     but
                     ,
                     though
                     the
                     
                       Statues
                       gone
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       story
                       shall
                       stand
                       firm
                       ,
                    
                     there
                     lyes
                     his
                     Consolation
                     .
                  
                   
                     Audacious
                     Brute
                     ,
                     (
                     the
                     Blot
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Deformity
                     of
                     Humane
                     Race
                     .
                     )
                     During
                     the
                     Warr
                     ,
                     the
                     Nation
                     lay
                     opprest
                     under
                     the
                     Common
                     fate
                     of
                     an
                     Intestine
                     Broyl
                     .
                     The
                     Quarrel
                     was
                     disputed
                     both
                     with
                     Pens
                     and
                     weapons
                     ,
                     doubtfully
                     ,
                     as
                     to
                     the
                     Vulgar
                     ;
                     —
                     among
                     the
                     wiser
                     sort
                     ,
                     some
                     steer'd
                     their
                     course
                     by
                     Interest
                     ,
                     or
                     Passion
                     ;
                     others
                     resign'd
                     themselves
                     ,
                     (
                     abstracted
                     from
                     all
                     other
                     thoughts
                     )
                     to
                     what
                     they
                     reckoned
                     Piety
                     ,
                     and
                     reason
                     .
                     (
                     Thus
                     far
                     the
                     Burthen
                     seems
                     divided
                     .
                     After
                     this
                     the
                     King
                     is
                     made
                     a
                     Prisoner
                     ,
                     and
                     his
                     Party
                     sunk
                     ,
                     now
                     I
                     Demand
                     ;
                     Who
                     has
                     oppress'd
                     us
                     since
                     ,
                     but
                     those
                     that
                     Swore
                     till
                     then
                     ,
                     they
                     fought
                     to
                     save
                     us
                     ?
                     If
                     we
                     look
                     back
                     beyond
                     the
                     Warr
                     ,
                     our
                     Mischief
                     there
                     was
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     were
                     better
                     
                       fed
                    
                     than
                     
                       taught
                       .
                    
                     We
                     were
                     
                       Rich
                       ,
                       Wanton
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Rebellious
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     But
                     I
                     begin
                     to
                     waver
                     in
                     my
                     undertaking
                     ,
                     —
                     I
                     find
                     I
                     have
                     a
                     Wolf
                     to
                     deal
                     with
                     ,
                     not
                     a
                     Man
                     ;
                     That
                     preys
                     upon
                     the
                     Dead
                     .
                     A
                     Devil
                     !
                     —
                     whose
                     Business
                     is
                     to
                     break
                     the
                     Bonds
                     of
                     Unity
                     and
                     Order
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     Calumniate
                     Vertue
                     .
                     Nor
                     does
                     it
                     serve
                     him
                     ;
                     the
                     bare
                     Murther
                     of
                     his
                     Master
                     ,
                     [
                     as
                     it
                     does
                     other
                     beasts
                     of
                     Rapine
                     ,
                     that
                     leave
                     the
                     Carkasse
                     ,
                     when
                     they
                     have
                     sucked
                     the
                     Blood
                     ]
                     This
                     wretch
                     must
                     descant
                     ,
                     and
                     Rhetoricate
                     upon
                     his
                     Ashes
                     ,
                     with
                     an
                     Audacious
                     Petulancy
                     :
                     —
                     Make
                     Providence
                     it self
                     a
                     Complicate
                     ;
                     and
                     with
                     a
                     
                     Comique
                     sawcyness
                     ,
                     Place
                     or
                     Displace
                     ;
                     —
                     in
                     Heaven
                     ,
                     or
                     Hell
                     as
                     his
                     Luxuriant
                     Humour
                     pleases
                     .
                  
                   
                     BRADSHAW
                     ,
                     these
                     Villains
                     rank
                     among
                     the
                     Heroes
                     ;
                     (
                     and
                     he
                     deserves
                     a
                     Saints
                     place
                     in
                     their
                     Kalender
                     )
                     —
                     a
                     man
                     ,
                     of
                     whom
                     we
                     dare
                     not
                     barely
                     hope
                     well
                     ,
                     so
                     enormous
                     was
                     his
                     life
                     ,
                     and
                     so
                     Conform
                     ,
                     his
                     Obstination
                     in
                     that
                     lewdness
                     to
                     his
                     Death
                     .
                  
                   
                     Whereas
                     ,
                     that
                     glorious
                     Creature
                     ,
                     that
                     Dyed
                     the
                     object
                     of
                     this
                     Monsters
                     insolence
                     ,
                     and
                     Rage
                     ,
                     that
                     innocently
                     suffered
                     ,
                     what
                     that
                     Pageant-President
                     as
                     vilely
                     acted
                     :
                     —
                     that
                     with
                     a
                     Primitive
                     patience
                     ,
                     Piety
                     ,
                     Constancy
                     ,
                     and
                     Resignation
                     ,
                     endured
                     the
                     scornes
                     ,
                     the
                     injuries
                     ,
                     and
                     persecutions
                     of
                     his
                     own
                     Subjects
                     ,
                     and
                     at
                     the
                     the
                     last
                     ,
                     received
                     his
                     Death
                     ,
                     from
                     their
                     very
                     hands
                     ,
                     in
                     whose
                     behalf
                     he
                     Dyed
                     .
                  
                   
                     This
                     Saint
                     and
                     Martyr
                     ,
                     [
                     BOTH
                     ;
                     beyond
                     Controversie
                     ,
                     so
                     far
                     as
                     we
                     can
                     Judge
                     ]
                     is
                     by
                     our
                     Charitable
                     intelligencer
                     Enroll'd
                     in
                     the
                     Black
                     List
                     ,
                     —
                     Charged
                     with
                     
                       Indevotion
                    
                     and
                     
                       Intemperance
                       ;
                    
                     so
                     as
                     was
                     our
                     Saviour
                     a
                     Wine-bibber
                     ,
                     a
                     haunter
                     too
                     of
                     Publicans
                     and
                     Sinners
                     :
                     —
                     to
                     whose
                     Inimitable
                     example
                     ,
                     [
                     
                       I
                    
                     speak
                     with
                     Reverence
                     ,
                     to
                     God
                     and
                     Truth
                     ]
                     both
                     in
                     his
                     life
                     ,
                     and
                     suffering
                     ,
                     
                       I
                    
                     do
                     believe
                     ,
                     the
                     story
                     of
                     our
                     Late
                     Soveraign
                     ,
                     bears
                     the
                     nearest
                     proportion
                     of
                     all
                     others
                     .
                     —
                     But
                     t
                     is
                     
                       amid
                       their
                       Bon-fires
                       ,
                       and
                       their
                       Tipple
                    
                     [
                     this
                     Miscreant
                     tells
                     us
                     ]
                     
                       that
                       he
                       's
                       Canonized
                       ;
                    
                     —
                     and
                     that
                     
                       his
                       Majesty
                       commanded
                       Drinking
                       as
                       a
                       Sunday
                       exercise
                       .
                    
                     The
                     World
                     that
                     knew
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     knows
                     this
                     to
                     be
                     a
                     Lye
                     ,
                     [
                     but
                     t
                     is
                     our
                     Mercuries
                     Trade
                     ;
                     —
                     't
                     is
                     his
                     
                       Diana
                    
                     to
                     amplyfie
                     a
                     little
                     for
                     the
                     Publique
                     good
                     ]
                     't
                     is
                     true
                     ,
                     there
                     were
                     some
                     Liberties
                     upon
                     the
                     Sabbath
                     ,
                     which
                     being
                     mis-employed
                     ,
                     were
                     counter-manded
                     .
                     (
                     How
                     does
                     this
                     scandall
                     both
                     of
                     Providence
                     ,
                     and
                     Society
                     ,
                     scape
                     Thunder
                     ,
                     or
                     a
                     Dagger
                     !
                  
                   
                     
                       We
                       shall
                       now
                       have
                       the
                       story
                       of
                       our
                       King
                       and
                       Saint
                       :
                       (
                       he
                       sayes
                       )
                       and
                       to
                       usher
                       in
                       the
                       erection
                       of
                       his
                       Statue
                       ,
                       his
                       Picture
                       first
                       ,
                       —
                       drawn
                       by
                       the
                       PARLIAMENT
                       in
                    
                     1647.
                     (
                     as
                     our
                     libellous
                     Pamphletter
                     would
                     perswade
                     us
                     )
                     
                       when
                       the
                       Vote
                       passed
                       both
                       by
                       Lords
                       and
                       Commons
                       ,
                       concerning
                       Non-Addresses
                       .
                    
                     I
                     should
                     be
                     tedious
                     to
                     reply
                     upon
                     every
                     particular
                     in
                     the
                     Declaration
                     he
                     talks
                     
                     of
                     :
                     But
                     as
                     to
                     what
                     concerns
                     the
                     needfull
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     proper
                     Vindication
                     of
                     his
                     Majesty
                     ;
                     together
                     with
                     those
                     worthy
                     Members
                     ,
                     whom
                     this
                     seditious
                     Rump-whelp
                     labours
                     to
                     involve
                     in
                     the
                     same
                     desperate
                     and
                     exorbitant
                     proceedings
                     with
                     his
                     ungracious
                     Masters
                     ,
                     —
                     In
                     what
                     concerns
                     ,
                     I
                     say
                     ,
                     their
                     Vindication
                     ,
                     I
                     shall
                     be
                     clear
                     and
                     punctuall
                     ;
                     leaving
                     the
                     Judgment
                     of
                     the
                     Controversy
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     Impartial
                     Reader
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     WE
                     revive
                     this
                     the
                     rather
                     ,
                     
                       (
                       sayes
                       he
                       )
                    
                     because
                     the
                     memory
                     of
                     Men
                     being
                     frail
                     ,
                     cannot
                     retain
                     all
                     particulars
                     ;
                     which
                     is
                     the
                     reason
                     (
                     we
                     fear
                     )
                     why
                     so
                     many
                     formerly
                     engaged
                     against
                     him
                     as
                     high
                     as
                     any
                     ,
                     upon
                     conscientious
                     accompts
                     ,
                     both
                     Religious
                     and
                     Civill
                     ,
                     are
                     staggering
                     and
                     backsliding
                     ,
                     and
                     have
                     need
                     of
                     some
                     quick
                     and
                     faithfull
                     
                       Monitor
                    
                     to
                     mind
                     them
                     of
                     things
                     past
                     ,
                     and
                     make
                     them
                     beware
                     of
                     the
                     present
                     ,
                     lest
                     they
                     return
                     with
                     the
                     Rout
                     ,
                     and
                     cry
                     ,
                     Let
                     us
                     make
                     our selves
                     a
                     King
                     again
                     of
                     that
                     Family
                     ;
                     that
                     Family
                     which
                     so
                     cruelly
                     persecuted
                     us
                     and
                     our
                     Brethren
                     ,
                     and
                     which
                     still
                     remains
                     engaged
                     by
                     reason
                     of
                     State
                     ,
                     and
                     ancient
                     Principles
                     of
                     Enmity
                     and
                     Interest
                     ,
                     to
                     plow
                     up
                     the
                     old
                     Furrows
                     upon
                     our
                     backs
                     ,
                     and
                     re-deliver
                     our
                     persons
                     and
                     consciences
                     into
                     the
                     hands
                     of
                     our
                     old
                     Tormenters
                     ;
                     and
                     our
                     Men
                     of
                     might
                     ,
                     and
                     our
                     Counsellours
                     ,
                     to
                     become
                     sacrifices
                     to
                     the
                     revenge
                     of
                     an
                     implacable
                     party
                     .
                     March
                     on
                     then
                     ,
                     (
                     my
                     Lord
                     and
                     Gentlemen
                     ,
                     )
                     for
                     believe
                     it
                     ,
                     there
                     is
                     in
                     point
                     of
                     Safety
                     no
                     possibility
                     of
                     retreat
                     ,
                     and
                     much
                     less
                     in
                     point
                     of
                     Conscience
                     or
                     Honor
                     ;
                     For
                     ,
                     if
                     you
                     respect
                     Conscience
                     ,
                     (
                     as
                     we
                     hope
                     you
                     do
                     )
                     lay
                     your
                     hands
                     upon
                     your
                     hearts
                     ,
                     and
                     tell
                     us
                     what
                     hope
                     you
                     or
                     we
                     can
                     have
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     reformed
                     Religion
                     and
                     Cause
                     will
                     be
                     protected
                     and
                     maintained
                     by
                     the
                     Son
                     ,
                     which
                     was
                     so
                     irreligiously
                     betrayed
                     both
                     at
                     home
                     and
                     abroad
                     by
                     the
                     Father
                     .
                     It
                     may
                     be
                     you
                     do
                     not
                     readily
                     remember
                     these
                     things
                     ,
                     nor
                     how
                     much
                     blood
                     was
                     spilt
                     by
                     royal
                     treachery
                     ,
                     nor
                     the
                     manifold
                     usurpations
                     and
                     designs
                     by
                     him
                     projected
                     and
                     acted
                     upon
                     our
                     liberty
                     ,
                     the
                     like
                     never
                     done
                     by
                     any
                     Prince
                     before
                     :
                     and
                     for
                     Blood
                     ,
                     the
                     Scotish
                     Ministers
                     employed
                     hither
                     
                       Anno
                       1644.
                    
                     proclaimed
                     and
                     published
                     in
                     Print
                     ,
                     That
                     the
                     Late
                     King
                     had
                     spilt
                     more
                     blood
                     than
                     was
                     shed
                     in
                     the
                     ten
                     Heathen
                     Persecutions
                     of
                     the
                     Christians
                     :
                     and
                     the
                     Ministers
                     of
                     London
                     ,
                     (
                     as
                     we
                     can
                     shew
                     you
                     by
                     severall
                     
                     Prints
                     of
                     theirs
                     )
                     declar'd
                     ,
                     That
                     satisfaction
                     ought
                     to
                     be
                     had
                     for
                     blood
                     ;
                     that
                     he
                     was
                     a
                     Man
                     of
                     blood
                     ,
                     and
                     not
                     capable
                     of
                     accomodation
                     with
                     the
                     Parliament
                     .
                     We
                     mention
                     not
                     this
                     to
                     upbraid
                     them
                     ;
                     for
                     ,
                     we
                     reverence
                     their
                     antient
                     Zeal
                     in
                     this
                     particular
                     ,
                     and
                     humbly
                     entreat
                     them
                     ,
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     your
                     Excellency
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Officers
                     ,
                     and
                     all
                     the
                     good
                     people
                     of
                     these
                     Nations
                     ,
                     to
                     observe
                     the
                     forementioned
                     Resolves
                     of
                     the
                     Lords
                     and
                     Commons
                     ,
                     which
                     were
                     introductory
                     to
                     that
                     most
                     noble
                     Act
                     of
                     Iustice
                     afterwards
                     executed
                     upon
                     the
                     King
                     .
                  
                   
                     And
                     that
                     it
                     may
                     appear
                     to
                     be
                     such
                     ;
                     in
                     despight
                     of
                     Ignorance
                     and
                     envy
                     ,
                     we
                     have
                     been
                     bold
                     here
                     to
                     present
                     you
                     in
                     Print
                     that
                     most
                     remarkable
                     Declaration
                     of
                     the
                     Commons
                     assembled
                     in
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     in
                     pursuance
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     Resolve
                     of
                     both
                     Houses
                     ,
                     wherein
                     they
                     declare
                     the
                     Grounds
                     and
                     Reasons
                     why
                     they
                     passed
                     the
                     Resolves
                     of
                     
                       no
                       further
                       Address
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     therein
                     you
                     will
                     see
                     also
                     ,
                     how
                     well
                     he
                     deserved
                     to
                     lose
                     his
                     head
                     ,
                     and
                     his
                     Family
                     the
                     Kingdom
                     ;
                     whose
                     corrupt
                     and
                     irreconcilable
                     interest
                     had
                     been
                     the
                     head
                     and
                     fountain
                     of
                     those
                     Rivers
                     of
                     blood
                     and
                     misery
                     which
                     had
                     flowed
                     so
                     many
                     years
                     about
                     these
                     Nations
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           TO
           help
           the
           memories
           of
           some
           ,
           that
           may
           very
           well
           forget
           the
           things
           they
           never
           thought
           of
           ;
           and
           to
           reproach
           to
           others
           ,
           their
           inconstancy
           ,
           who
           ,
           out
           of
           good
           intent
           at
           first
           engaged
           ,
           and
           after
           That
           ,
           convinc'd
           of
           their
           Original
           mistake
           ,
           upon
           a
           better
           Light
           ,
           relinquished
           ;
           there
           needs
           no
           better
           Monitor
           ,
           than
           such
           a
           Person
           ,
           whose
           Guilt
           and
           Desperation
           ,
           transport
           him
           beyond
           all
           hopes
           of
           mercy
           ;
           —
           This
           Man
           sollicites
           for
           his
           Head
           ,
           when
           under
           the
           pretext
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           he
           labours
           for
           a
           Party
           :
           and
           yet
           methinks
           he
           should
           not
           need
           .
           Alas
           !
           hee
           's
           but
           the
           Rump's
           Sollicitor
           ,
           he
           pleads
           their
           Cause
           ,
           takes
           their
           Fee
           ,
           and
           vanishes
           .
           Impudent
           Creature
           ,
           to
           presume
           to
           be
           afraid
           ;
           as
           if
           a
           Hangman
           would
           disgrace
           himself
           to
           meddle
           with
           him
           !
           O'h
           that
           Family
           
             That
             Family
             ,
          
           puzzles
           
             our
             Men
             of
             Might
             ,
          
           [
           as
           the
           Droll
           words
           it
           !
           ]
           our
           
             Counsellors
          
           wonderfully
           .
        
         
           Now
           do
           
             I
          
           phancy
           the
           Fellow
           ,
           this
           Bout
           ,
           extremely
           :
           to
           see
           the
           Little
           Agitatour
           fall
           upon
           his
           Politiques
           ,
           betwixt
           flattery
           ,
           and
           
           sawcyness
           ,
           Half-Tutor
           ,
           and
           Half-Parasite
           ,
           with
           one
           eye
           up
           ,
           and
           t'other
           down
           ,
           accost
           the
           General
           .
           —
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             and
             Gentiemen
             ,
             march
             on
             ;
          
           [
           the
           word
           of
           Command
           ;
           a
           Noble
           Rogue
           ]
           
             for
             believe
             it
             ,
          
           &c.
           —
           
             their
             's
             no
             retreat
             ,
          
           he
           tells
           them
           ,
           either
           in
           point
           of
           safety
           ,
           conscience
           ,
           or
           honour
           ,
           —
           and
           then
           the
           Whelp
           takes
           another
           snap
           at
           the
           King
           :
           as
           shamelesly
           ,
           as
           senselesly
           ,
           affirming
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
          
           [
           that
           is
           ,
           [
           as
           
             I
          
           suppose
           he
           means
           ]
           the
           Protestant
           ]
           
             and
             Cause
             ,
          
           [
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Peoples
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           ]
           
             was
             irreligiously
             betrayed
             by
             our
             late
             Soveraign
             .
          
           [
           Who
           lost
           his
           head
           in
           defence
           of
           one
           ,
           and
           
           th'other
           ]
           the
           Caution
           he
           puts
           in
           against
           the
           Son
           is
           of
           the
           same
           allay
           ,
           a
           Person
           ,
           so
           indulgent
           to
           his
           People
           ,
           that
           out
           of
           his
           particular
           Necessities
           ,
           he
           yet
           relieved
           the
           English
           prisoners
           that
           were
           taken
           in
           
             Flanders
             ;
          
           although
           his
           Enemies
           ;
           and
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           further
           ,
           so
           tender
           ,
           that
           he
           preserves
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           in
           the
           Dominions
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spain
             :
          
           and
           still
           ,
           his
           Honour
           ,
           with
           his
           Religion
           .
           But
           let
           us
           a
           little
           examine
           his
           Instances
           ,
           for
           he
           pretends
           now
           to
           proceed
           to
           proofs
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Scotich
             Ministers
          
           (
           as
           he
           tells
           us
           )
           
             proclaimed
             ,
             and
             published
             in
          
           1644.
           
           
             That
             the
             late
             King
             had
             spilt
             more
             blood
             than
             was
             shed
             in
             the
             Ten
             Persecutions
             of
             the
             Christians
             ,
             —
             and
             the
             Ministers
             of
             London
             declared
             him
             a
             Man
             of
             blood
             ,
             &c.
          
           —
           (
           That
           is
           ,
           the
           
             High
             Priests
             ,
          
           and
           
             Officers
             ,
          
           cryed
           out
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Crucifie
           him
           ,
           Crucifie
           him
           .
           )
           [
           That
           's
           the
           
             Original
             .
          
           ]
           But
           to
           come
           closer
           to
           the
           Business
           ,
           the
           
             Scotich
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Scotch
          
           Ministers
           ,
           are
           a
           clear
           different
           thing
           .
           
             Scotich
             ,
          
           denotes
           the
           Antient
           Faction
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           [
           No
           Favourers
           of
           Kings
           ,
           ]
           and
           
             Scotch
             ,
          
           relates
           to
           their
           Nativity
           alone
           ,
           abstracted
           from
           the
           Party
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           they
           were
           
             Arglyes
          
           Creatures
           ,
           selected
           to
           promote
           
             Arglyes
          
           designs
           :
           So
           ,
           not
           the
           
             Ministry
             of
             Scotland
             ,
          
           but
           a
           Pack
           of
           
             Scotish
             Ministers
             .
          
        
         
           Next
           ,
           of
           no
           more
           Authority
           to
           the
           Rump
           ,
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           against
           the
           Rump
           ,
           [
           in
           which
           they
           are
           as
           much
           unsatisfied
           .
           ]
        
         
         
           The
           Ministers
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           did
           as
           much
           ,
           he
           sayes
           .
           That
           's
           something
           truly
           ;
           till
           we
           consider
           what
           those
           Ministers
           were
           ,
           and
           by
           whom
           ,
           placed
           ,
           and
           moulded
           ,
           for
           that
           purpose
           .
        
         
           
             Mrashall
          
           was
           the
           prime
           person
           in
           the
           Agency
           betwixt
           the
           two
           Nations
           ;
           —
           He
           ,
           that
           cursed
           
             MEROZ
             ;
          
           He
           ,
           that
           was
           sent
           Commissioner
           into
           
             Scotland
             ;
          
           taught
           them
           their
           Lesson
           there
           ,
           and
           then
           returning
           ,
           taught
           some
           of
           our
           reputative
           Divines
           to
           fing
           the
           same
           Tune
           ,
           Here
           .
           —
           This
           is
           the
           Man
           ,
           that
           clos'd
           with
           
             Nye
             ,
          
           when
           Presbytery
           went
           down
           ;
           and
           carried
           the
           4.
           
           Bills
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           at
           
             Carisbrock-Castle
             ,
          
           for
           which
           ,
           they
           had
           
             500l
             .
          
           apiece
           .
           I
           could
           tell
           you
           of
           some
           more
           of
           the
           Gang
           ,
           that
           ,
           under
           question
           for
           confederacy
           with
           
             Love
             ,
          
           after
           a
           due
           formality
           of
           seeking
           God
           ,
           delivered
           ,
           as
           upon
           accompt
           of
           Inspiration
           ,
           that
           Oliver
           Protectour
           was
           the
           person
           ;
           and
           his
           the
           Government
           ,
           of
           all
           that
           ever
           were
           ,
           or
           should
           be
           ,
           the
           most
           agreeable
           to
           God
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           not
           ,
           to
           lessen
           the
           esteem
           of
           Holy
           Orders
           ;
           neither
           to
           fix
           a
           rash
           ,
           irreverend
           Censure
           upon
           the
           Ministry
           :
           No
           Man
           reveres
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           Church-man
           more
           than
           my self
           .
           But
           't
           is
           to
           shew
           the
           World
           ,
           how
           much
           our
           
             Pamphlet-Merchand
          
           is
           steer'd
           ,
           by
           Interest
           ,
           and
           Passion
           ,
           and
           how
           little
           ,
           by
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Truth
           .
        
         
           The
           grinning
           Whelp
           ,
           now
           ,
           betwixt
           snarling
           ,
           and
           fawning
           ,
           would
           fain
           perswade
           the
           General
           ,
           and
           his
           Officers
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           world
           beside
           ]
           that
           the
           Resolve
           of
           Non-Addresses
           ,
           by
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           was
           introductive
           to
           the
           
             MURTHER
          
           of
           the
           King
           .
           
             Murther
             ,
          
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           's
           the
           Plain
           English
           of
           what
           he
           stiles
           —
           
             A
             MOST
             NOBLE
             ACT
             OF
             IUSTICE
             ;
          
           His
           Method
           lyes
           through
           direct
           Contradictions
           to
           the
           Universal
           Rules
           ,
           of
           Logique
           ,
           Truthand
           Honesty
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           Insinuation
           ,
           he
           charges
           that
           Exorbitance
           upon
           the
           two
           Houses
           ,
           and
           drawes
           an
           inference
           ,
           from
           the
           Impardonable
           Quality
           of
           that
           Action
           ,
           to
           the
           Necessity
           and
           Reason
           of
           pursuing
           it
           .
           This
           ,
           he
           pretends
           to
           make
           appear
           ,
           in
           
             spight
             of
             Ignorance
             ,
             and
             Envy
             ,
             from
             the
             Commons
             Declaration
             ,
             in
             persuance
             of
             the
             resolve
             of
             Both
             Houses
             ,
             conteyning
             the
             Reasons
             ,
             why
             no
             further
             Address
             ;
          
           and
           thence
           ,
           proceeds
           to
           a
           Determination
           upon
           the
           Fathers
           Life
           ,
           and
           the
           Son's
           Inheritance
           ;
           
           —
           as
           positively
           fixing
           upon
           the
           Kings
           Accompt
           ,
           those
           Plagues
           this
           Nation
           has
           endured
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           Graceless
           Villain
           were
           of
           Counsell
           with
           the
           Eternal
           Wisedom
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           observe
           in
           order
           ,
           and
           First
           ,
           I
           'll
           prove
           that
           the
           vote
           of
           Non-Address
           ,
           was
           not
           properly
           an
           Act
           of
           the
           two
           Houses
           ;
           or
           if
           it
           were
           so
           ,
           that
           it
           did
           not
           rationally
           direct
           to
           the
           Kings
           Life
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           .
           That
           Declaration
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           (
           SINGLY
           )
           declaring
           the
           Reasons
           of
           the
           resolve
           of
           Both
           Houses
           (
           Joyntly
           )
           does
           not
           amount
           eitheir
           to
           a
           justification
           ,
           or
           intention
           of
           taking
           the
           Kings
           life
           ,
           —
           No
           not
           though
           I
           should
           grant
           the
           Members
           Free
           ,
           —
           which
           
             I
          
           cannot
           ;
           and
           the
           Authority
           Full
           :
           which
           I
           do
           not
           .
           —
           To
           the
           First
           .
           —
        
         
           They
           were
           under
           a
           Force
           .
           —
           Upon
           a
           Debate
           in
           the
           Commons
           House
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Answer
           to
           the
           4.
           
           Bills
           ,
           presented
           to
           him
           
             Dec.
          
           24.
           1647.
           and
           debated
           ,
           
             Ian.
          
           3.
           
           Commissary
           
             Ireton
          
           delivered
           himself
           after
           this
           manner
           .
        
         
           
             The
             King
             hath
             denied
             safety
             ,
             and
             protection
             to
             his
             People
             by
             denying
             the
          
           4.
           
           
             Bills
             ,
             that
             subjection
             to
             him
             ,
             was
             but
             in
             lieu
             of
             his
             protection
             to
             his
             People
             ;
             this
             being
             denyed
             ,
             they
             might
             well
             deny
             any
             more
             subjection
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             settle
             the
             Kingdom
             without
             him
             :
             That
             it
             was
             now
             expected
             ,
             after
             so
             long
             patience
             ,
             they
             should
             shew
             their
             Resolution
             ,
             and
             not
             desert
             those
             valiant
             men
             who
             had
             engaged
             for
             them
             ,
             beyond
             all
             possibility
             of
             retreat
             ,
             and
             would
             never
             forsake
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             unless
             the
             Parliament
             forfook
             them
             first
             .
          
        
         
           From
           hence
           naturally
           results
           the
           menace
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           in
           case
           the
           Parliament
           should
           forsake
           them
           ;
           and
           
             Ireton
          
           understood
           the
           Souldjery
           too
           well
           to
           mistake
           them
           .
           —
        
         
           As
           yet
           ;
           here
           's
           nothing
           Capital
           pretended
           against
           the
           King
           .
        
         
           After
           some
           more
           debate
           
             CROMWELL
          
           urged
           ,
           —
           
             that
             it
             was
             now
             expected
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             should
             govern
             and
             defend
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             by
             their
             Own
             Power
             and
             Resolutions
             ;
             and
             not
             teach
             the
             People
             any
             longer
             ,
             to
             expect
             safety
             and
             Government
             from
             an
             Obstinate
             man
             ,
             whose
             heart
             God
             had
             hardened
             :
             That
             those
             men
             ,
             who
             had
             defended
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             from
             so
             many
             dangers
             ,
             with
             the
             expence
             of
             their
             Blood
             ;
             would
             defend
             
             them
             herein
             with
             Fidelity
             ,
             and
             Courage
             ,
             against
             all
             Opposition
             .
             Teach
             them
             not
             by
             neglecting
             your
             Own
             ,
             and
             the
             Kingdomes
             safety
             ,
             in
             which
             their
             own
             is
             involved
             ,
             to
             think
             themselves
             betrayed
             ,
             and
             left
             hereafter
             to
             the
             Rage
             ,
             and
             malice
             of
             an
             irreconcilable
             enemy
             ,
             whom
             they
             have
             subdued
             for
             your
             sake
             ;
             and
             therefore
             are
             likely
             to
             finde
             his
             future
             Government
             of
             them
             insupportable
             ;
             and
             fuller
             of
             Revenge
             then
             Iustice
             :
             Nota
             —
             lest
             Despayr
             Teach
             them
             to
             seek
             their
             safety
             by
             some
             other
             means
             than
             adhearing
             to
             you
             ,
          
           —
           who
           will
           not
           stick
           to
           your selves
           ;
           
             how
             destructive
             such
             a
             Resolution
             in
             them
             will
             be
             to
             you
             all
             ,
             I
             tremble
             to
             think
             and
             leave
             you
             to
             Iudge
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Speech
           ,
           concluded
           the
           debate
           ;
           and
           the
           better
           to
           Impress
           his
           meaning
           ,
           he
           laid
           his
           hand
           upon
           his
           sword
           ,
           at
           the
           end
           of
           it
           .
           If
           this
           be
           not
           a
           Force
           ,
           what
           is
           ?
           The
           Power
           and
           Inclination
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           being
           the
           only
           moving
           Arguments
           to
           obtain
           the
           Vote
           .
           The
           Question
           was
           then
           put
           ,
           and
           Carried
           for
           no
           more
           Addresses
           .
           —
           But
           no
           pretence
           still
           that
           extends
           to
           Life
           .
        
         
           
             I
          
           shall
           appeal
           now
           to
           the
           Declaration
           it self
           ;
           to
           which
           our
           Regicidall
           Babler
           refers
           the
           world
           for
           satisfaction
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           the
           Sectarians
           had
           stoln
           a
           Vote
           ,
           
             Ian.
          
           4.
           to
           Engarrison
           Whitehall
           ,
           and
           the
           Mews
           :
           (
           the
           Lords
           not
           mentioned
           in
           the
           case
           )
           their
           manner
           of
           obtaining
           it
           ,
           was
           this
           .
           'T
           was
           Noon
           ,
           and
           the
           Independent
           party
           called
           to
           Rise
           .
           The
           Presbyterians
           went
           their
           wayes
           to
           Dinner
           :
           the
           Independents
           staid
           and
           did
           their
           business
           .
        
         
           The
           Lords
           opposed
           the
           vote
           for
           Non-Addresse
           ;
           (
           10.
           to
           10.
           )
           but
           the
           Engagement
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           cast
           it
           ,
           who
           sent
           a
           Declararation
           to
           the
           Commons
           of
           thanks
           for
           their
           4.
           
           Votes
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           engaging
           to
           defend
           them
           with
           their
           Lives
           ,
           &c.
           —
           Is
           this
           a
           Force
           yet
           ?
        
         
           Soon
           after
           this
           ;
           comes
           forth
           a
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           Reasons
           ,
           &c.
           
           Drawn
           by
           a
           Committee
           apppointed
           ,
           by
           the
           Independents
           ,
           &c.
           
           So
           that
           even
           That
           too
           ,
           was
           a
           piece
           ,
           Contrived
           by
           the
           Designers
           of
           our
           Mischief
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           Force
           ,
           Extorted
           from
           the
           Sober
           rest
           ,
           that
           would
           have
           saved
           us
           .
           This
           appears
           ,
           from
           the
           interpose
           of
           the
           
           Presbyterians
           ,
           to
           moderate
           the
           Eagerness
           of
           it
           ,
           upon
           the
           debate
           .
           The
           last
           4.
           lines
           of
           the
           said
           Declaration
           will
           be
           sufficient
           to
           stop
           the
           mouth
           of
           any
           Reasonable
           person
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           point
           of
           life
           ;
           (
           even
           without
           the
           Violence
           ;
           which
           undenyably
           produced
           the
           rest
           .
           )
           After
           an
           Enumeration
           of
           diverse
           particulars
           objected
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           The
           Declaration
           concludes
           thus
           .
        
         
           
             These
             are
             some
             few
             ,
             of
             the
             many
             Reasons
             why
             we
             cannot
             repose
             any
             more
             Trust
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             have
             made
             those
             former
             Resolutions
             ;
          
           (
           meaning
           the
           4.
           
           Votes
           concerning
           Non-Addresses
           )
           
             yet
             we
             shall
             use
             our
             utmost
             Endeavours
             ,
             to
             settle
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             as
             may
             best
             stand
             with
             the
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Happiness
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             .
          
        
         
           This
           very
           Declaration
           touches
           not
           his
           life
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           said
           ,
           settle
           A
           present
           Govenment
           ,
           but
           THE
           —
           ;
           (
           relating
           properly
           to
           an
           Amendment
           ,
           not
           an
           Abolition
           )
        
         
           Considering
           the
           Grammar
           of
           it
           ;
           I
           do
           not
           wonder
           much
           ,
           at
           a
           Complyance
           ;
           in
           some
           Measure
           ,
           to
           an
           indecency
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           prevent
           a
           greater
           Ill
           ,
           that
           threatned
           Them
           ,
           and
           Us
           :
           and
           That
           ,
           was
           their
           design
           ;
           for
           when
           it
           came
           at
           Last
           to
           the
           Result
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           Death
           ,
           (
           as
           then
           't
           was
           evident
           ,
           it
           amounted
           to
           no
           lesse
           )
           those
           Gentlemen
           ,
           whom
           the
           Author
           of
           Plain
           English
           would
           willingly
           engage
           ,
           as
           Complicates
           ,
           —
           those
           Gentlemen
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           did
           then
           oppose
           themselves
           ,
           against
           the
           Murtherous
           Faction
           ,
           and
           voted
           for
           a
           Treaty
           ,
           
             Dec.
          
           4.
           
           Upon
           the
           6.
           they
           were
           Imprisoned
           ,
           and
           Affronted
           by
           the
           Army
           for
           their
           pains
           .
           —
           When
           the
           more
           moderate
           Party
           ,
           was
           removed
           ,
           the
           Rest
           were
           left
           at
           Liberty
           to
           consummate
           the
           Kingdoms
           Ruine
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Damnation
           .
        
         
           Come
           I
           'll
           go
           further
           with
           the
           angry
           man
           ;
           —
           put
           case
           ,
           these
           Gentlemen
           had
           gone
           yet
           forward
           ;
           and
           dipp'd
           as
           deep
           as
           he
           could
           wish
           they
           had
           .
           Frailty
           is
           an
           inseparable
           from
           our
           nature
           .
           'T
           is
           Humane
           to
           Transgresse
           ;
           —
           'T
           is
           Christian
           to
           forgive
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           our
           Interest
           to
           Repent
           .
           He
           that
           
             Delivers
          
           me
           by
           Design
           ,
           though
           but
           from
           that
           mis-fortune
           which
           he
           himself
           engaged
           me
           in
           upon
           Mistake
           ;
           —
           he
           is
           so
           far
           from
           any
           Reason
           to
           apprehend
           my
           Revenge
           ,
           he
           has
           a
           Title
           to
           my
           Kindness
           :
           but
           our
           incorrigible
           
             MONITOR
             ,
          
           sets
           up
           his
           Rest
           upon
           a
           Finall
           ,
           Reprobated
           ,
           Impenitence
           .
        
         
         
           I
           have
           been
           Tedious
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           desire
           to
           be
           Clear
           :
           but
           I
           shall
           hasten
           and
           contract
           as
           much
           as
           possible
           .
        
         
           Having
           already
           proved
           the
           Declaration
           (
           of
           the
           Reasons
           why
           no
           more
           Addresses
           )
           to
           have
           been
           an
           evident
           contrivance
           of
           the
           Independent
           Faction
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           frame
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           publish'd
           ,
           while
           the
           Army
           stood
           to
           dare
           ,
           and
           Over-awe
           the
           Sober
           Party
           ,
           that
           was
           likely
           to
           oppose
           it
           ;
           I
           do
           not
           hold
           my self
           concerned
           ,
           in
           any
           further
           notice
           of
           the
           Particulars
           therein
           Conteined
           ;
           and
           which
           our
           Challenger
           produces
           ,
           as
           an
           unanswerable
           eviction
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Late
             King
             and
             his
             Family
             ,
             deserved
             Death
             ,
             and
             extirpation
          
           (
           as
           by
           and
           by
           ,
           he
           tells
           you
           )
           —
           Yet
           something
           shall
           be
           said
           ,
           even
           to
           his
           Queries
           ,
           thence
           extracted
           ,
           (
           in
           due
           place
           ;
           )
           but
           I
           must
           first
           unvail
           him
           to
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           by
           laying
           open
           the
           Dilemna
           he
           proceeds
           upon
           .
           —
           He
           reasons
           Thus
           ,
        
         
           My
           businesse
           (
           sayes
           he
           to
           himself
           )
           must
           be
           to
           hinder
           an
           Agreement
           with
           the
           King
           .
           The
           Presbyterian
           party
           (
           I
           'm
           afraid
           )
           enclines
           to
           't
           .
           If
           he
           returne
           ,
           we
           're
           Lost
           :
           My
           own
           Soul
           tells
           me
           ,
           we
           have
           sin'd
           without
           Remission
           ,
           and
           yet
           I
           see
           no
           way
           to
           hinder
           it
           neither
           .
           The
           nation
           is
           United
           against
           us
           ;
           the
           Presbyterian
           abhorrs
           us
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Royal
           party
           does
           ;
           and
           the
           Army
           it self
           ,
           begins
           to
           declare
           it self
           our
           Enemy
           .
           What
           's
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           must
           be
           both
           Quick
           ,
           and
           Home
           .
           These
           Six
           wayes
           lye
           before
           us
           .
        
         
           
             First
             ,
          
           the
           Army
           must
           be
           wrought
           into
           a
           Tumult
           .
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
          
           The
           Presbyterian
           must
           be
           Right
           or
           Wrong
           ,
           involved
           with
           us
           in
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           consequently
           in
           danger
           .
           They
           must
           be
           made
           to
           share
           in
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Detestation
           of
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           be
           possessed
           ,
           that
           there
           can
           be
           no
           safety
           to
           Them
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           common
           interest
           with
           our selves
           .
           To
           this
           end
           ,
           we
           may
           forge
           Letters
           from
           
             Brussels
             ,
          
           Suborn
           Witnesses
           to
           swear
           the
           King
           a
           Papist
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Thirdly
             ,
          
           The
           Cavalier
           must
           be
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           the
           Presbyter
           only
           designes
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           for
           himself
           ;
           and
           Arguments
           drawn
           from
           by-past
           ,
           and
           mistaken
           Failings
           upon
           promise
           ,
           to
           beget
           a
           Jealousie
           .
           The
           inconsistency
           of
           Episcopall
           ,
           with
           Presbyterian
           Principles
           must
           be
           objected
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           
             Fourthly
             ,
          
           All
           Persons
           interessed
           in
           Estates
           ,
           got
           by
           the
           War
           ,
           must
           be
           engaged
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           losing
           them
           .
        
         
           
             Fifthly
             ,
          
           The
           General
           himself
           ,
           must
           be
           solicited
           to
           take
           the
           Government
           upon
           him
           ;
           Promises
           urged
           ;
           no
           matter
           whether
           real
           or
           false
           :
           If
           this
           won't
           do
           ,
           advise
           him
           ,
           as
           a
           Friend
           ,
           to
           have
           a
           care
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           and
           bid
           the
           City
           look
           to
           him
           .
           Perplex
           them
           both
           ;
           We
           'll
           confound
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           rather
           then
           perish
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           We
           may
           publish
           the
           Declaration
           ,
           of
           the
           Reasons
           ,
           for
           no
           further
           Addresses
           :
           and
           try
           ,
           if
           that
           way
           ,
           we
           can
           either
           make
           a
           Party
           among
           themselves
           ,
           or
           with
           the
           People
           .
           We
           may
           so
           bring
           it
           in
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           dangerous
           to
           reply
           upon
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           disobliging
           ,
           and
           as
           unsafe
           to
           let
           alone
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           seducing
           .
           Here
           's
           the
           Dilemma
           ;
           It
           will
           be
           answered
           ,
           or
           it
           will
           not
           ;
           if
           it
           be
           't
           will
           startle
           the
           Presbyterian
           ;
           if
           otherwise
           ,
           't
           will
           puzzle
           the
           People
           .
           [
           I
           wish
           our
           Common
           Enemy
           would
           go
           this
           open
           way
           to
           work
           .
           ]
        
         
           Here
           's
           the
           true
           State
           and
           Method
           of
           our
           Adversaries
           Thoughts
           ,
           and
           Actions
           .
           Now
           to
           his
           Quaeres
           ,
           wherein
           I
           shall
           be
           tender
           ,
           how
           I
           revive
           Disputes
           ,
           either
           unkind
           ,
           or
           unseasonable
           ;
           and
           yet
           not
           wanting
           to
           my
           undertaking
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           my
           undertaking
           to
           make
           Evident
           ,
           that
           his
           Foundation
           is
           Sandy
           ,
           and
           the
           Entire
           Structure
           composed
           of
           Rotten
           Materials
           .
           I
           'll
           take
           his
           —
           (
           what
           shall
           I
           call
           them
           ?
           )
           Suppositions
           ,
           —
           Objections
           ,
           Questions
           ,
           —
           (
           or
           call
           them
           what
           you
           will
           )
           one
           by
           one
           ,
           and
           reply
           upon
           them
           in
           his
           own
           Order
           .
           Here
           he
           begins
           ,
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     WOuld
                     you
                     see
                     how
                     and
                     by
                     whom
                     the
                     Irish
                     Rebellion
                     began
                     ,
                     and
                     upon
                     whose
                     score
                     those
                     unparallel'd
                     barbarous
                     Massacres
                     of
                     hundreds
                     of
                     thousands
                     of
                     the
                     Protestants
                     in
                     Ireband
                     ,
                     do
                     lye
                     ?
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           NO
           ,
           we
           would
           not
           see
           
             How
             .
          
           We
           question
           not
           ,
           but
           you
           'd
           be
           kind
           enough
           to
           shew
           us
           ;
           and
           cut
           our
           Throats
           here
           just
           as
           those
           Rebels
           did
           their
           Fellow
           subjects
           there
           .
           (
           For
           an
           
             Irish
             Rebel
             ,
          
           is
           but
           the
           Anagram
           of
           an
           
             English
             Phanatique
             .
          
           )
        
         
           By
           whom
           now
           ,
           is
           another
           Question
           ,
           and
           a
           Harder
           .
           Beshrew
           
           me
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           Peevish
           point
           .
           Why
           —
           the
           Irish
           
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           began
           ,
           by
           the
           Irish
           
             Rebels
             :
          
           as
           the
           
             English
          
           Rebellion
           ,
           did
           by
           the
           
             English
          
           Rebels
           .
           I
           hope
           Commotions
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           are
           no
           Miracles
           ;
           nor
           is
           it
           needfull
           to
           assign
           them
           any
           other
           reason
           ,
           than
           the
           Humour
           of
           the
           People
           ?
           —
           Yet
           I
           'll
           be
           civil
           to
           you
           .
           I
           speak
           my
           Soul
           ,
           I
           do
           believe
           ,
           the
           Irish
           Catholiques
           in
           that
           Rebellion
           which
           you
           point
           at
           ,
           took
           flame
           at
           the
           Severity
           they
           apprehended
           ,
           from
           some
           extraordinary
           Declarations
           against
           them
           here
           ,
           previous
           to
           their
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           must
           add
           further
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           (
           for'tis
           at
           Him
           ,
           our
           Author's
           malice
           strikes
           )
           at
           his
           return
           from
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           did
           earnestly
           ,
           and
           particularly
           recommend
           the
           care
           of
           
             Ireland
          
           to
           both
           Houses
           ,
           in
           his
           speech
           ,
           Dec
           ,
           2d
           .
           1641.
           upon
           the
           14th
           .
           he
           pressed
           them
           once
           again
           ,
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ;
           Adding
           ,
           the
           great
           Necessity
           of
           Dispatch
           ;
           —
           the
           daily
           Cries
           ,
           and
           Importunites
           of
           the
           Irish
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           offering
           all
           his
           Power
           and
           Interest
           toward
           their
           Relief
           ,
           in
           these
           very
           Terms
           ,
           See
           the
           exact
           Collections
           ,
           the
           1.
           and
           2.
           
           Speeches
           in
           the
           book
           .
           )
        
         
           
             That
             nothing
             may
             be
             omitted
             on
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             must
             here
             take
             notice
             of
             the
             Bill
             for
             pressing
             of
             Souldiers
             ,
             now
             depending
             among
             you
             my
             Lords
             ,
             concerning
             which
             I
             here
             declare
             ,
             that
             in
             case
             it
             come
             so
             to
             me
             ,
             as
             it
             may
             not
             infringe
             or
             diminish
             my
             Prerogative
             ,
             I
             will
             pass
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             further
             ,
             seeing
             there
             is
             a
             Dispute
             raised
             (
             I
             being
             little
             beholding
             to
             him
             whosoever
             at
             this
             time
             began
             it
             )
             concerning
             the
             bounds
             of
             this
             antient
             and
             undoubted
             .
             Prerogative
             ,
             to
             avoid
             further
             debate
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             I
             offer
             ,
             that
             the
             Bill
             may
             pass
             with
             a
          
           Salvo
           jure
           ,
           
             both
             for
             King
             and
             People
             ,
             leaving
             such
             Debates
             to
             a
             time
             that
             may
             better
             bear
             it
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             To
             conclude
             ,
          
           I
           
             conjure
             you
             by
             all
             that
             is
             ,
             or
             can
             be
             dear
             to
             you
             or
             me
             ,
             that
             ,
             laying
             away
             all
             Disputes
             ,
             you
             go
             on
             chearfully
             and
             speedily
             for
             the
             reducing
             of
          
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           By
           whom
           ,
           
             Ireland
          
           was
           tumulted
           ,
           
             I
          
           do
           not
           know
           ;
           but
           that
           it
           was
           not
           by
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           is
           most
           evident
           .
           Nor
           is
           there
           any
           Question
           ,
           but
           the
           Massacres
           there
           committed
           ,
           must
           lye
           upon
           the
           score
           
           both
           of
           the
           Actors
           ,
           and
           Promoters
           of
           those
           cruelties
           :
           who
           they
           are
           ,
           when
           
             I
          
           know
           ,
           I
           'll
           tell
           you
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     Would
                     you
                     know
                     who
                     it
                     was
                     that
                     interposed
                     betwixt
                     the
                     Parliament
                     and
                     the
                     Duke
                     of
                     
                       Buckingham
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     would
                     not
                     permit
                     the
                     proofs
                     to
                     be
                     made
                     against
                     him
                     concerning
                     the
                     death
                     of
                     his
                     own
                     Father
                     ?
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           THis
           I
           shall
           satisfie
           you
           in
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Letter
             was
             presented
             to
             the
             house
             from
          
           Thomas
           Haslerigg
           (
           
             Brother
             to
             Sir
          
           Arthur
           )
           
             which
             was
             read
             ;
             to
             this
             purpose
             .
             That
             there
             was
             one
             Mr.
          
           Smalling
           ,
           
             a
             Committeeman
             of
          
           Leicester-shire
           ,
           
             who
             had
             been
             a
             Deputy-examiner
             in
             the
             star-Chamber
             ,
             and
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             above
             twenty
             years
             since
             ,
             there
             being
             a
             sute
             in
             star-Chamber
             ,
             between
             the
             Earl
             of
          
           Bristol
           ,
           
             Complainant
             ,
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
          
           Buckingham
           ,
           
             Defendant
             ;
             Concerning
             Physick
             ,
             presumptuously
             administred
             by
             the
             said
             Duke
             ,
             to
             King
          
           James
           ;
           
             the
             said
          
           Smalling
           
             took
             many
             Depositions
             therein
             ,
             and
             was
             further
             proceeding
             in
             the
             Examinations
             ,
             untill
             a
             Warrant
             ,
             signed
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             was
             brought
             him
             ,
             Commanding
             him
             to
             surcease
             ,
             and
             to
             send
             him
             the
             Depositions
             already
             taken
             ;
             which
          
           Smalling
           
             did
             ;
             yet
             kept
             notes
             by
             him
             of
             the
             principal
             passages
             ,
             doubting
             what
             further
             proceedings
             might
             be
             hereafter
             in
             a
             business
             of
             such
             importance
             .
          
        
         
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Mildmay
          
           moved
           that
           
             Smalling
          
           be
           sent
           for
           ,
           and
           examined
           upon
           Oath
           by
           the
           COMMITTEE
           that
           penned
           the
           said
           Declaration
           ;
           but
           upon
           motion
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           he
           was
           ordered
           to
           be
           examined
           at
           the
           COMMONS-BAR
           .
           
             Smalling
          
           came
           ,
           produced
           the
           Warrant
           ,
           but
           no
           notes
           ,
           so
           this
           Chimera
           vanished
           .
        
         
           
             Tertio
             Caroli
             ,
          
           this
           business
           had
           been
           ventilated
           ,
           and
           examined
           against
           the
           Duke
           ,
           and
           no
           mention
           made
           of
           
             Poysoning
             ,
             or
             Killing
             King
             Iames
             ,
          
           It
           was
           then
           only
           called
           ,
           an
           
             Act
             of
             high
             Presumption
             ,
             and
             Dangerous
             Consequence
             in
             the
             Duke
             ,
             nor
             was
             there
             the
             least
             Reflection
             upon
             KING
             CHARLES
             .
          
           (
           See
           the
           History
           of
           Independency
           par
           .
           1.
           p.
           74.
           )
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     Would
                     you
                     hear
                     who
                     it
                     was
                     that
                     made
                     so
                     light
                     of
                     Parliaments
                     ,
                     killing
                     them
                     as
                     soon
                     as
                     born
                     ,
                     and
                     making
                     them
                     a
                     scorn
                     by
                     dissolution
                     at
                     pleasure
                     ;
                     and
                     at
                     length
                     designed
                     ,
                     and
                     in
                     fine
                     drew
                     sword
                     against
                     
                     the
                     very
                     Parliamentary
                     Constitution
                     ,
                     after
                     he
                     had
                     by
                     imprisonments
                     destroyed
                     several
                     eminent
                     Patriots
                     for
                     their
                     freedom
                     of
                     speech
                     in
                     the
                     Parliament
                     on
                     the
                     behalf
                     of
                     the
                     Publick
                     ,
                     and
                     in
                     particular
                     ,
                     touching
                     the
                     death
                     of
                     his
                     Father
                     ?
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           NO
           ;
           it
           needs
           not
           ,
           
             I
          
           can
           tell
           you
           that
           .
           'T
           was
           
             Cromwell
             ,
          
           and
           the
           secluding
           Members
           .
           The
           RUMP
           ,
           
             That
             drew
             Sword
             against
             the
             very
             Parliamentary
             Constitution
             .
          
           They
           clap'd
           up
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Pye
             ,
          
           and
           
             Major
             Fincher
          
           for
           but
           desiring
           a
           
             Free-Parliament
             ;
             on
             the
             behalf
             of
             the
             Publique
             :
          
           sending
           their
           troops
           abroad
           to
           seize
           ,
           and
           Threatning
           (
           themselves
           )
           to
           sequester
           all
           the
           Declarers
           .
           (
           That
           which
           concerns
           his
           Majestie's
           Father
           ,
           is
           spoken
           to
           already
           .
           )
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     WOuld
                     the
                     Scots
                     know
                     who
                     it
                     was
                     that
                     designed
                     them
                     to
                     be
                     the
                     first
                     Subjects
                     of
                     Slavery
                     in
                     spirituals
                     and
                     Civils
                     ,
                     who
                     hated
                     their
                     very
                     Nation
                     ,
                     though
                     the
                     Land
                     of
                     his
                     Nativity
                     ;
                     who
                     made
                     a
                     Pacification
                     with
                     them
                     ,
                     with
                     a
                     treacherous
                     intent
                     to
                     break
                     every
                     Article
                     ;
                     and
                     manifested
                     it
                     as
                     soon
                     as
                     he
                     returned
                     from
                     
                       Edinburg
                    
                     to
                     
                       London
                       ,
                    
                     giving
                     special
                     command
                     to
                     burn
                     the
                     said
                     Articles
                     by
                     the
                     hand
                     of
                     a
                     Common
                     Hangman
                     ,
                     and
                     it
                     was
                     publickly
                     done
                     ?
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           I
           'll
           tell
           you
           that
           too
           :
           'T
           was
           the
           old
           
             Arglye
             .
          
           —
           But
           hold
           you
           Sir
           .
           Touching
           the
           
             Treacherous
             intent
             ,
          
           did
           he
           tell
           you
           his
           mind
           ?
           But
           
             I
          
           confesse
           ,
           you
           are
           quick-sighted
           ;
           you
           could
           not
           see
           things
           else
           that
           have
           no
           Being
           ;
           —
           as
           your
           own
           Piety
           ,
           and
           publique
           Tenderness
           ;
           —
           You
           have
           approv'd
           your selves
           ,
           Searchers
           of
           Hearts
           indeed
           ;
           witness
           your
           Sacrifices
           to
           your
           MOLOCH
           (
           the
           good
           old
           cause
           )
           your
           Butcheries
           by
           Quartering
           ,
           and
           Embowelling
           poor
           Wretches
           ,
           only
           upon
           Frivolous
           ,
           and
           Incongruous
           Circumstances
           :
           senselesly
           patch'd
           together
           by
           your
           Ridiculous
           ,
           and
           Suborned
           sons
           of
           
             Belial
             .
          
        
         
           Because
           that
           your
           own
           Party
           ,
           did
           resolve
           ,
           at
           first
           to
           break
           all
           Oaths
           ;
           and
           has
           been
           only
           True
           ,
           in
           a
           fidelity
           to
           Hell
           ,
           and
           Wickedness
           ;
           you
           make
           no
           difficulty
           to
           measure
           others
           by
           your
           Impious
           selves
           ;
           —
           you
           Talk
           ,
           and
           Act
           at
           such
           a
           Rate
           ;
           —
           as
           if
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           were
           a
           Delusion
           ;
           Divinity
           an
           old
           wive's
           
           Tale
           ;
           and
           (
           seriously
           )
           not
           half
           so
           much
           Respect
           ,
           is
           paid
           to
           the
           Two
           Tables
           of
           the
           Decalogue
           as
           to
           the
           Orders
           of
           your
           Coffehouse
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           ravel
           the
           Transaction
           ,
           sequent
           upon
           the
           Pacification
           you
           speak
           of
           .
           —
           But
           to
           your
           next
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     WOuld
                     you
                     hear
                     the
                     Cryes
                     of
                     the
                     blood
                     of
                     
                       Rochel
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     of
                     his
                     own
                     people
                     sacrificed
                     in
                     that
                     Expedition
                     to
                     a
                     Forreign
                     interest
                     ,
                     and
                     of
                     all
                     the
                     Protestants
                     in
                     
                       France
                       ,
                    
                     for
                     his
                     Barbarous
                     betraying
                     of
                     them
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           THe
           
             Rochel
          
           Expedition
           I
           'm
           a
           stranger
           to
           ;
           so
           
             I
          
           suppose
           are
           you
           ,
           that
           make
           the
           Challenge
           .
           But
           if
           you
           had
           told
           me
           of
           
             Jamaica
             ;
          
           or
           the
           
             Sound
             ;
             I
          
           should
           have
           understood
           you
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     WOuld
                     you
                     cast
                     your
                     eye
                     on
                     past
                     miseries
                     ,
                     and
                     recollect
                     the
                     manifold
                     intollerable
                     Oppressions
                     of
                     People
                     both
                     in
                     matter
                     of
                     Estate
                     and
                     Conscience
                     ,
                     and
                     compare
                     them
                     with
                     the
                     indulgencies
                     at
                     the
                     same
                     time
                     toward
                     Papists
                     ,
                     yea
                     and
                     the
                     designs
                     laid
                     to
                     make
                     use
                     of
                     Papists
                     ,
                     to
                     destroy
                     both
                     Parliaments
                     and
                     godly
                     people
                     together
                     ?
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           NOw
           you
           say
           something
           ,
           surely
           
             The
             manifold
             intollerable
             oppression
             of
             People
             in
             matter
             of
             Estate
             ,
             and
             Conscience
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           This
           I
           remember
           perfectly
           .
        
         
           Your
           
             Major-General-Archy
          
           was
           an
           admirable
           Form
           of
           Government
           :
           So
           was
           your
           
             Rump-archy
             .
          
           Clap
           a
           man
           up
           ,
           and
           never
           let
           him
           know
           his
           crime
           ,
           nor
           his
           Accuser
           ,
           —
           declare
           a
           Man
           uncapable
           of
           serving
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           having
           Bayes
           in
           his
           Windows
           ,
           or
           a
           Minced
           Pye
           in
           Christmas
           ,
           sequester
           half
           the
           Nation
           ,
           because
           they
           will
           not
           swear
           back
           and
           forward
           ;
           sell
           Free-born
           Men
           by
           Thousands
           into
           Plantations
           ;
           and
           in
           fine
           ,
           beside
           Excise
           and
           other
           Impositions
           Arbitrary
           ,
           lay
           on
           the
           comfortable
           Load
           of
           
             100000l
             .
          
           a
           Month
           upon
           a
           Begger'd
           Nation
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           day
           .
           (
           Is
           this
           the
           
             Oppression
          
           your
           wise
           Worship
           intends
           ?
           )
        
         
           Now
           for
           the
           matter
           of
           
             Conscience
             ,
             I
          
           can
           help
           you
           out
           there
           too
           .
           To
           shorten
           ,
           let
           the
           Oath
           of
           Abjuration
           serve
           for
           all
           .
           You
           follow
           this
           with
           a
           sharp
           charge
           for
           making
           use
           of
           Papists
           .
           I
           could
           retort
           this
           ,
           if
           
             I
          
           thought
           it
           valuable
           ;
           but
           frankly
           ,
           in
           a
           War
           ,
           the
           subject
           of
           the
           Question
           is
           not
           Religion
           ,
           but
           Assistance
           .
           Nor
           do
           
             I
          
           (
           tho'
           
             I
          
           might
           as
           well
           )
           condemn
           your
           Party
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Rump-men
           )
           for
           the
           same
           practise
           .
           
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     WOuld
                     you
                     understand
                     the
                     correspondencies
                     maintained
                     with
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     encouragements
                     given
                     to
                     ,
                     the
                     bloody
                     Irish
                     Rebells
                     ,
                     for
                     the
                     Effecting
                     his
                     design
                     ;
                     together
                     with
                     the
                     correspondencies
                     and
                     Solicitations
                     settled
                     in
                     Forreign
                     Countreys
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     same
                     purpose
                     ,
                     with
                     all
                     the
                     circumstances
                     evincing
                     the
                     truth
                     ?
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           THis
           is
           the
           same
           thing
           again
           ,
           shake
           Hands
           and
           to
           the
           next
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     WOuld
                     you
                     be
                     informed
                     how
                     often
                     ,
                     and
                     with
                     how
                     much
                     solicitude
                     the
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     notwithstanding
                     all
                     these
                     things
                     ,
                     did
                     for
                     peace
                     sake
                     ,
                     in
                     a
                     manner
                     prostitute
                     themselves
                     ,
                     and
                     hazzard
                     the
                     whole
                     cause
                     ,
                     by
                     appointing
                     Treaty
                     after
                     Treaty
                     ,
                     which
                     he
                     never
                     entertained
                     but
                     with
                     intent
                     of
                     Treachery
                     ,
                     and
                     thereby
                     frustrated
                     all
                     their
                     good
                     intentions
                     and
                     endeavours
                     ,
                     before
                     ever
                     they
                     passed
                     the
                     
                       Votes
                       of
                       Non-Address
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Then
                     ,
                     we
                     beseech
                     you
                     ,
                     read
                     the
                     following
                     Declaration
                     ,
                     and
                     be
                     satisfyed
                     to
                     the
                     full
                     ,
                     whether
                     or
                     no
                     the
                     late
                     King
                     ,
                     and
                     his
                     Family
                     deserved
                     death
                     and
                     extirpation
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           I
           Pr'ethee
           do
           not
           choak
           us
           with
           the
           venerable
           sound
           of
           Parliament
           :
           I
           talk
           to
           You
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           Mungrel-mixture
           you
           plead
           for
           .
           A
           Parliament
           cannot
           do
           amiss
           ,
           (
           be
           not
           too
           quick
           now
           )
           they
           may
           have
           done
           Amiss
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           Session
           may
           repeal
           or
           mend
           it
           .
           What
           they
           did
           ,
           I
           don't
           Question
           :
           but
           what
           you
           say
           ,
           will
           (
           as
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           )
           admit
           a
           Castigation
           .
           Look
           back
           upon
           your self
           ;
           These
           are
           your
           words
           —
           
             Which
             he
             never
             enterteyn'd
          
           (
           Treaty
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           )
           
             but
             with
             intent
             of
             Treachery
          
           and
           ,
           thereby
           frustrated
           their
           good
           Intentions
           ,
           and
           endeavours
           ,
           
             before
             ever
             they
             passed
             the
             Votes
             of
             Non
             Addresses
             .
          
           )
           At
           this
           rate
           ,
           you
           ground
           the
           
             Non
             Addresses
             ,
          
           upon
           the
           Kings
           Intention
           of
           Treachery
           .
           A
           Positive
           disclaim
           of
           your
           Obedience
           ,
           upon
           a
           possible
           Dis-ingenuity
           in
           your
           Prince
           .
           Come
           ,
           to
           cut
           short
           .
           Dare
           you
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           promised
           ,
           and
           failed
           ?
           That
           's
           Treachery
           ,
           to
           betray
           a
           Trust
           :
           By
           this
           Rule
           of
           Proceeding
           ,
           had
           you
           required
           his
           Life
           ,
           and
           he
           refused
           ,
           you
           might
           have
           taken
           it
           :
           his
           crime
           was
           only
           the
           Non-Concession
           of
           what
           you
           demanded
           ;
           and
           he
           gave
           his
           Reasons
           too
           for
           that
           refusall
           .
           Well
           but
           let
           's
           come
           up
           to
           the
           Vote
           it self
           .
           
           I
           have
           already
           proved
           ,
           that
           it
           concerns
           not
           the
           secluded
           Members
           ;
           and
           now
           I
           shall
           entreat
           you
           to
           Back
           my
           opinion
           ,
           with
           a
           slip
           of
           your
           own
           Pen
           .
           Their
           honest
           strictness
           in
           the
           Negative
           ,
           afterward
           ,
           and
           their
           Adhesion
           to
           it
           ,
           through
           all
           extremities
           ,
           speaks
           manifestly
           the
           intention
           of
           the
           party
           ,
           and
           that
           acquits
           them
           .
           'T
           is
           your
           own
           Argument
           in
           your
           
             fourth
          
           expostulation
           .
           You
           charge
           his
           
             Majesty
          
           with
           a
           
             treacherous
             Intent
             ,
          
           which
           you
           infer
           from
           a
           
             subsequent
             manifestation
          
           of
           himself
           
             by
             Action
             .
          
           But
           to
           dispatch
           ,
           should
           I
           Grant
           all
           you
           Claim
           ,
           
             yet
             did
             not
             the
             late
             King
             and
             his
             family
             ,
             deserve
             death
             and
             extirpation
             ;
          
           The
           premises
           will
           not
           amount
           to
           't
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           you
           please
           go
           on
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       AS
                       for
                       our
                       parts
                       ,
                       we
                       very
                       well
                       recount
                       the
                       Series
                       of
                       past
                       transactions
                       ,
                       and
                       do
                       remember
                       that
                       in
                    
                     February
                     1647.
                     
                       when
                       the
                       two
                       Houses
                       of
                       Parliament
                       passed
                       their
                       Resolves
                       of
                       making
                       no
                       further
                       Address
                       ,
                       but
                       determined
                       to
                       lay
                       him
                       wholly
                       aside
                       ,
                       they
                       never
                       were
                       in
                       a
                       greater
                       state
                       of
                       security
                       and
                       freedom
                       ,
                       never
                       passed
                       any
                       thing
                       with
                       greater
                       deliberation
                       ;
                       and
                       never
                       the
                       least
                       disturbance
                       or
                       alteration
                       arose
                       in
                       either
                       of
                       the
                       Houses
                       against
                       those
                       Resolves
                       ,
                       untill
                       some
                       Persons
                       in
                       the
                       Commons
                       House
                       otherwise
                       affected
                       ,
                       and
                       who
                       by
                       procuring
                       Elections
                       of
                       Persons
                       fit
                       for
                       their
                       turn
                       to
                       serve
                       in
                       Parliament
                       in
                       vacant
                       places
                       ,
                       brought
                       in
                       new
                       men
                       of
                       the
                       Cavalier
                       stamp
                       (
                       as
                       is
                       known
                       )
                       like
                       themselves
                       ;
                       and
                       thereby
                       out-balancing
                       the
                       old
                       Patriots
                       ,
                       gained
                       the
                       Major
                       Vote
                       of
                       the
                       House
                       ;
                       and
                       so
                       with
                       heat
                       ,
                       and
                       by
                       design
                       ;
                       obtained
                       a
                       revoking
                       of
                       those
                       resolves
                       which
                       had
                       been
                       passed
                       by
                       both
                       Houses
                       in
                       a
                       time
                       of
                       temper
                       ,
                       upon
                       most
                       serious
                       Consideration
                       so
                       that
                       though
                       we
                       shall
                       not
                       take
                       upon
                       us
                    
                     ex
                     absoluto
                     
                       to
                       justifie
                       the
                       interposure
                       of
                       the
                       Souldiery
                       afterwards
                       ,
                       and
                       their
                       Exclusion
                       of
                       the
                       Adverse
                       Members
                       ,
                       (
                       it
                       being
                       a
                       transcendent
                       Act
                       ,
                       not
                       to
                       be
                       measured
                       by
                       ordinary
                       Rule
                       ,
                       and
                       which
                       nothing
                       can
                       justifie
                       but
                       Supreme
                       necessity
                       )
                       yet
                       This
                       we
                       can
                       truly
                       say
                       in
                       their
                       defence
                       :
                       In
                       Judgment
                       and
                       Conscience
                       there
                       was
                       so
                       indispensable
                       a
                       necessity
                       ,
                       that
                       had
                       they
                       not
                       interposed
                       ,
                       those
                       Principles
                       and
                       the
                       Concernments
                       of
                       the
                       Common-wealth
                       ,
                       upon
                       which
                       the
                       aforesaid
                       Resolves
                       of
                       both
                       Houses
                       were
                       founded
                       ,
                       had
                       been
                       utterly
                       shipwrackt
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       whole
                       Cause
                       and
                       its
                       Defenders
                       most
                       inevitably
                       have
                       sunk
                       together
                       ,
                       seeing
                       the
                       
                       same
                       heady
                       confidence
                       in
                       treaty
                       was
                       then
                       given
                       to
                       the
                       Father
                       ,
                       which
                       too
                       many
                       now
                       encline
                       to
                       allow
                       unto
                       the
                       Son
                       ,
                       who
                       were
                       first
                       engaged
                       against
                       them
                       in
                       the
                       War
                       ,
                       and
                       held
                       out
                       to
                       the
                       time
                       of
                       the
                       last
                       treaty
                       :
                       whom
                       (
                       of
                       all
                       other
                       Men
                       )
                       his
                       party
                       do
                       hate
                       upon
                       that
                       accompt
                       ;
                       and
                       ,
                       if
                       they
                       had
                       an
                       opportunity
                       ,
                       would
                       be
                       sure
                       to
                       make
                       them
                       fall
                       the
                       severest
                       Sacrifices
                       to
                       the
                       Revenge
                       and
                       Memory
                       of
                       his
                       Father
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           THis
           is
           already
           Sifted
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           Picking
           will
           serve
           the
           Turn
           here
           .
           A
           Cavalier
           ,
           I
           find
           ,
           is
           onely
           an
           Honest
           man
           that
           crosses
           a
           Fantan
           ;
           but
           the
           
             Old
             Patriots
          
           it
           seems
           ,
           were
           the
           
             Minor
             part
          
           of
           the
           
             House
             ;
          
           and
           That
           's
           enough
           to
           entitle
           the
           Nation
           to
           the
           Benefit
           of
           the
           Treaty
           resolved
           upon
           .
           For
           Sir
           (
           if
           you
           'l
           give
           us
           leave
           )
           we
           'l
           be
           governed
           by
           the
           
             Major
          
           part
           .
           It
           's
           true
           ,
           your
           
             Supreme
             necessity
             ,
          
           is
           a
           pretty
           popular
           Sophism
           .
           But
           ,
        
         
           As
           necessity
           ha's
           no
           Law
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           none
           ;
           nor
           in
           any
           case
           pleadable
           against
           Law
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Judges
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           which
           at
           all
           hands
           ,
           is
           confessed
           to
           be
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           Major
           part
           of
           the
           Two
           Houses
           in
           conjunction
           with
           the
           King
           have
           ever
           denominated
           That
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           needs
           take
           a
           little
           pains
           to
           correct
           the
           Gentleman
           ,
           in
           his
           next
           Fleere
           upon
           the
           Presbyterians
           .
           He
           hangs
           like
           a
           Cock-sparrow
           upon
           
             the
             aforesaid
             Resolves
             of
             both
             Houses
          
           (
           which
           is
           but
           an
           old
           Trick
           of
           laying
           a
           Knaves
           Bastard
           at
           an
           Honest
           mans
           door
           )
           and
           then
           he
           preaches
           most
           
             Infallible
             Destruction
          
           to
           the
           
             first
             engagers
             ,
             whom
          
           the
           
             King
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             sacrifice
             to
             the
             Revenge
             and
             memory
             of
             his
             Father
             .
          
        
         
           This
           opinion
           or
           rather
           suggestion
           of
           his
           ,
           opposes
           all
           Principles
           of
           Honesty
           ,
           Generosity
           ,
           and
           prudence
           ,
           which
           fall
           within
           the
           latitude
           of
           the
           case
           .
           Nay
           ,
           Taking
           for
           granted
           ,
           the
           very
           entrance
           upon
           the
           War
           Justifiable
           .
        
         
           There
           might
           be
           then
           a
           Question
           ,
           Now
           there
           's
           none
           ,
           They
           intended
           only
           a
           Reformation
           ,
           here
           's
           a
           Dissolution
           .
           A
           Liberty
           was
           there
           Designed
           ,
           here
           's
           an
           Intollerable
           Slavery
           Imposed
           ,
           Those
           quitted
           ,
           when
           they
           saw
           their
           error
           ;
           These
           ,
           for
           that
           very
           Reason
           ,
           proceed
           .
           There
           is
           ,
           in
           fine
           ,
           This
           difference
           ;
           One
           
           side
           would
           Destroy
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Other
           would
           Preserve
           him
           ;
           These
           ,
           would
           Govern
           Without
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Other
           would
           be
           governed
           by
           Law
           .
           After
           all
           this
           peremptory
           rudeness
           at
           large
           ;
           he
           bethinks
           himself
           at
           last
           of
           an
           Apology
           to
           the
           General
           ;
           and
           now
           the
           Pageant
           moves
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     WE
                     urge
                     not
                     these
                     things
                     ,
                     with
                     an
                     intent
                     to
                     make
                     the
                     least
                     reflection
                     upon
                     your
                     Excellencie
                     ,
                     and
                     our
                     Brethren
                     the
                     Officers
                     under
                     your
                     Command
                     ,
                     as
                     if
                     we
                     suspected
                     your
                     sincerity
                     and
                     constancy
                     ,
                     after
                     so
                     many
                     plain
                     and
                     positive
                     Declarations
                     against
                     returning
                     to
                     our
                     old
                     Bondage
                     under
                     that
                     Family
                     which
                     God
                     so
                     wonderfully
                     cast
                     out
                     before
                     us
                     ,
                     and
                     wherein
                     we
                     are
                     confident
                     he
                     ,
                     for
                     his
                     own
                     name
                     and
                     peoples
                     sake
                     ,
                     will
                     never
                     more
                     take
                     pleasure
                     :
                     but
                     in
                     regard
                     the
                     Old
                     Adversaries
                     behave
                     themselves
                     insolently
                     and
                     proudly
                     ,
                     and
                     publickly
                     give
                     out
                     ,
                     the
                     time
                     is
                     coming
                     wherein
                     they
                     shall
                     satisfy
                     their
                     lusts
                     upon
                     us
                     ,
                     we
                     thought
                     it
                     convenient
                     to
                     whet
                     your
                     Spirits
                     with
                     a
                     repetition
                     of
                     these
                     things
                     ,
                     as
                     we
                     have
                     done
                     our
                     own
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     world
                     may
                     see
                     we
                     yet
                     own
                     our
                     Cause
                     ;
                     and
                     do
                     believe
                     ,
                     that
                     what
                     we
                     have
                     done
                     as
                     Instruments
                     in
                     driving
                     out
                     that
                     Family
                     ,
                     we
                     have
                     done
                     in
                     judgment
                     and
                     Conscience
                     ;
                     and
                     that
                     you
                     take
                     a
                     convenient
                     time
                     to
                     let
                     men
                     understand
                     plainly
                     that
                     you
                     also
                     will
                     continue
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     perswasion
                     with
                     us
                     ,
                     for
                     as
                     much
                     as
                     there
                     are
                     none
                     of
                     the
                     particulars
                     charged
                     upon
                     the
                     late
                     King
                     in
                     the
                     following
                     Declaration
                     ,
                     which
                     would
                     not
                     ,
                     with
                     many
                     more
                     ,
                     have
                     been
                     proved
                     to
                     his
                     face
                     by
                     a
                     Cloud
                     of
                     witnesses
                     ,
                     if
                     he
                     would
                     have
                     put
                     himself
                     upon
                     tryal
                     ,
                     when
                     he
                     was
                     called
                     to
                     answer
                     for
                     his
                     actions
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           ALas
           ,
           good
           Gentleman
           ;
           you
           
             suspect
          
           the
           
             General
             ?
          
           No body
           can
           have
           such
           a
           Thought
           sure
           :
           you
           do
           but
           mind
           him
           of
           his
           Duty
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           
             Refresh
             his
             Memory
             ,
          
           and
           
             whet
             his
             Spirits
             .
          
           He
           has
           
             declared
             himself
             against
             returning
             to
             our
             old
          
           BONDAGE
           ,
           
             under
             that
             Family
             which
             God
             so
             wonderfully
             cast
             out
             before
             you
             ;
          
           but
           not
           against
           the
           
             Liberty
             ,
          
           and
           
             Title
          
           of
           that
           Person
           whom
           God
           may
           ,
           no
           lesse
           wonderfully
           ,
           bring
           in
           before
           you
           :
           and
           I
           suppose
           my
           confidence
           is
           better
           grounded
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           will
           never
           more
           take
           pleasure
           in
           you
           ;
           then
           yours
           is
           ,
           
             that
             God
             will
             take
             no
             pleasure
             in
             Him
             ;
          
           the
           Nation
           will
           as
           little
           
           endure
           the
           Rump
           ,
           as
           you
           the
           King
           .
           But
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           you
           Beg
           the
           Question
           ,
           How
           comes
           the
           King
           to
           be
           mentioned
           ?
           The
           
             Young
             man
          
           (
           as
           your
           gravity
           descends
           to
           call
           him
           )
           he
           's
           poor
           ,
           &
           his
           Friends
           ,
           Beggerly
           ;
           You
           have
           the
           
             Ballance
             of
             Propriety
          
           on
           your
           side
           too
           my
           Masters
           ;
           you
           're
           safe
           enough
           then
           .
           I
           would
           advise
           you
           now
           to
           wait
           ,
           and
           not
           prejudge
           Authority
           .
           You
           're
           to
           Obey
           ,
           not
           to
           impose
           a
           Government
           .
           If
           you
           proceed
           to
           Murmure
           ,
           and
           shew
           your
           Teeth
           ,
           when
           you
           cannot
           Bite
           ,
           't
           will
           be
           the
           worse
           for
           you
           .
           Indeed
           ,
           your
           
             Good
             old
             Patriots
          
           will
           be
           the
           
             Minor
             Vote
          
           again
           of
           the
           next
           Parliament
           ,
           if
           you
           behave
           not
           your selves
           more
           modestly
           ,
           the
           people
           will
           suspect
           you
           ;
           for
           Mutinous
           Servants
           prove
           but
           Untoward
           Masters
           .
           
             Monopolies
             ,
          
           and
           some
           misgovernments
           were
           the
           True
           Cause
           ,
           that
           engaged
           the
           well
           meaning
           people
           ,
           in
           the
           quarrel
           ,
           not
           extirpation
           of
           both
           Laws
           and
           Governours
           .
           But
           if
           your
           
             Adversaries
             ,
          
           do
           (
           as
           you
           say
           )
           grow
           
             proud
          
           and
           
             insolent
             ;
          
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ,
           you
           may
           be
           allowed
           to
           
             whet
             your
             Spirits
          
           (
           as
           you
           express
           your selves
           ,
           any
           thing
           but
           your
           knives
           ;
           you
           were
           at
           that
           sport
           once
           )
           your
           judgment
           and
           your
           conscience
           we
           are
           satisfyed
           in
           ;
           alas
           ,
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           yours
           and
           ours
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           Trifle
           .
           What
           we
           take
           to
           be
           slavery
           ,
           you
           call
           Freedom
           .
           —
           A
           Rebell
           in
           our
           Judgment
           ,
           is
           a
           Patriot
           in
           yours
           .
           —
           Murther
           ,
           a
           Sacrifice
           ;
           Robbing
           of
           Churches
           ,
           in
           your
           soft
           Opinion
           ,
           is
           but
           unclothing
           of
           the
           Whore
           ;
           (
           a
           thing
           the
           Rump's
           a
           little
           given
           to
           )
           we
           term
           that
           Sacriledge
           .
           One
           frailty
           I
           must
           needs
           take
           notice
           of
           among
           you
           ,
           for
           all
           your
           talk
           of
           Providence
           ,
           I
           finde
           ,
           the
           Arme
           of
           Flesh
           strikes
           a
           great
           stroke
           in
           your
           spiritual
           conflicts
           ;
           and
           when
           y'
           are
           worsted
           ;
           you
           'l
           take
           eggs
           for
           your
           money
           ;
           and
           acquiesce
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           your
           neighbours
           .
           This
           I
           observe
           to
           be
           one
           Article
           of
           your
           Faith
           ,
           you
           argue
           from
           Divine
           Omnipotency
           ,
           that
           providence
           is
           ever
           on
           the
           stronger
           side
           .
           Suppose
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Back-side
           ,
           should
           look
           on
           for
           a
           fit
           now
           ;
           the
           
             Royall
             Family
          
           (
           you
           say
           )
           
             God
             cast
             out
             before
             us
             :
          
           Who
           casts
           out
           these
           ?
           But
           to
           make
           all
           sure
           ,
           you
           presse
           the
           
             General
             ,
          
           and
           his
           
             Officers
          
           to
           
             Declare
             ,
             that
             they
             'l
             continue
             of
             the
             same
             perswasion
             with
             you
             .
          
           (
           This
           
             perseverance
             ,
          
           I
           confess
           ,
           is
           a
           
             main
             point
          
           )
           you
           should
           do
           well
           
           to
           leave
           a
           note
           ,
           where
           they
           may
           find
           you
           ;
           for
           you
           're
           a
           little
           variable
           ,
           and
           they
           're
           a
           little
           shy
           of
           medling
           with
           those
           that
           are
           given
           to
           change
           .
           You
           're
           possibly
           ,
           this
           day
           ,
           resolved
           for
           a
           Republick
           ;
           the
           next
           ,
           for
           a
           Protector
           ;
           by
           and
           by
           ,
           a
           Counsell
           of
           Officers
           ,
           and
           then
           ,
           a
           Committee
           of
           Safety
           .
           Come
           ,
           come
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           the
           General
           will
           be
           just
           ,
           without
           your
           Counsels
           ;
           and
           steady
           ,
           in
           despight
           of
           all
           your
           Arguments
           .
           Speak
           on
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     GIve
                     us
                     leave
                     (
                     we
                     beseech
                     you
                     )
                     to
                     add
                     one
                     thing
                     more
                     ,
                     which
                     we
                     had
                     almost
                     forgotten
                     ,
                     to
                     shew
                     the
                     madness
                     of
                     those
                     men
                     that
                     cancelled
                     the
                     votes
                     of
                     Non-Address
                     ,
                     and
                     would
                     have
                     brought
                     back
                     the
                     late
                     King
                     by
                     the
                     Isle
                     of
                     Wight-Treaty
                     ,
                     and
                     would
                     now
                     (
                     if
                     they
                     might
                     have
                     their
                     wills
                     )
                     bring
                     in
                     his
                     Son
                     by
                     the
                     like
                     ,
                     
                       viz.
                    
                     that
                     at
                     the
                     very
                     time
                     when
                     that
                     Treaty
                     was
                     on
                     foot
                     ,
                     though
                     this
                     young
                     man
                     ,
                     who
                     was
                     then
                     at
                     Sea
                     in
                     the
                     revolted
                     Ships
                     ,
                     declared
                     all
                     to
                     be
                     null
                     which
                     should
                     be
                     agreed
                     on
                     by
                     his
                     Father
                     ;
                     yet
                     ,
                     hand
                     over
                     head
                     ,
                     in
                     they
                     would
                     have
                     had
                     him
                     ,
                     as
                     others
                     would
                     now
                     restore
                     the
                     Son
                     upon
                     the
                     very
                     same
                     termes
                     which
                     he
                     so
                     positively
                     declared
                     himself
                     an
                     enemy
                     to
                     in
                     his
                     Fathers
                     dayes
                     .
                     Good
                     God!
                     what
                     a
                     spirit
                     of
                     slumber
                     hath
                     seized
                     such
                     men
                     ,
                     who
                     were
                     once
                     deeply
                     engaged
                     with
                     us
                     in
                     the
                     Common
                     Cause
                     .
                  
                   
                     As
                     for
                     your
                     Excellencie
                     ,
                     far
                     be
                     it
                     from
                     us
                     to
                     entertain
                     any
                     suspition
                     concerning
                     you
                     ,
                     supposing
                     you
                     must
                     needs
                     have
                     upon
                     your
                     heart
                     the
                     true
                     interest
                     of
                     
                       Religion
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     your
                     Own
                     too
                     ;
                     and
                     how
                     much
                     it
                     is
                     concerned
                     in
                     keeping
                     Out
                     of
                     that
                     Family
                     ,
                     whose
                     restitution
                     we
                     believe
                     God
                     will
                     not
                     now
                     permit
                     unto
                     any
                     designers
                     ,
                     seeing
                     he
                     hath
                     from
                     time
                     to
                     time
                     so
                     signally
                     blasted
                     all
                     former
                     undertakings
                     .
                     As
                     to
                     what
                     concerns
                     
                       Religion
                       ,
                    
                     you
                     know
                     what
                     hath
                     been
                     their
                     
                       Education
                    
                     and
                     Dependency
                     abroad
                     ,
                     &
                     should
                     they
                     returne
                     ,
                     't
                     is
                     Obvious
                     ,
                     all
                     Other
                     parties
                     would
                     be
                     put
                     upon
                     their
                     Guard
                     to
                     defend
                     themselves
                     against
                     him
                     and
                     his
                     Clergy
                     at
                     home
                     ;
                     and
                     so
                     all
                     sorts
                     of
                     Religious
                     Parties
                     ,
                     being
                     constrained
                     to
                     combine
                     for
                     mutuall
                     preservation
                     and
                     liberty
                     ,
                     the
                     War
                     will
                     soon
                     be
                     renewed
                     upon
                     the
                     point
                     where
                     it
                     at
                     first
                     began
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           WHat
           pitty
           't
           would
           have
           been
           ,
           this
           Gentleman
           should
           have
           forgot
           a
           thing
           that
           never
           was
           ,
           the
           King
           (
           indeed
           )
           sent
           an
           express
           to
           the
           City
           ,
           the
           coppy
           whereof
           was
           carried
           to
           the
           House
           ,
           by
           the
           Sheriffs
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           Common-Counsell
           :
           3.
           Aug.
           1647.
           
           But
           not
           a
           syllable
           of
           what
           he
           mentions
           in
           it
           ;
           nor
           any
           thing
           that
           way
           tending
           ,
           yet
           was
           it
           eagerly
           debated
           ,
           
             in
             Terminis
             ,
             that
             the
             Prince
             should
             be
             declared
             a
             Rebell
             and
             a
             Traytor
             .
          
           Among
           Other
           Reasons
           ,
           why
           it
           was
           laid
           by
           ,
           One
           was
           ,
           —
           the
           
             Covenant
             ;
          
           a
           Second
           ,
           was
           
             This
             ,
             It
             would
             not
             do
             well
             ;
             to
             vote
             the
             Prince
             a
             Traytour
             ,
             the
             same
             day
             ,
             that
             Messengers
             were
             sent
             to
             invite
             The
             King
             his
             Father
             to
             a
             Treaty
             .
          
           The
           clamorous
           puppy
           might
           bethink
           himself
           of
           better
           Language
           ;
           especially
           Addressing
           to
           an
           Eminent
           Person
           .
           
             The
             madness
             of
             those
             men
          
           (
           he
           calls
           it
           )
           
             that
             cancell'd
             the
             votes
             of
             non-Addresses
             ,
          
           and
           would
           have
           sav'd
           the
           King
           ,
           &c
           —
           If
           all
           were
           mad
           that
           would
           have
           sav'd
           
             That
          
           King
           ,
           or
           that
           love
           
             This
             ,
          
           we
           should
           ,
           not
           find
           many
           sober
           Persons
           ,
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           This
           Fellow
           keeps
           so
           much
           stir
           to
           cleer
           his
           Party
           of
           any
           jealousie
           ,
           upon
           his
           Excellency
           ,
           that
           he
           most
           evidently
           creates
           ,
           and
           discovers
           one
           .
           How
           comes
           Religon
           now
           ,
           To
           trouble
           our
           Atheistique
           Saints
           !
           These
           Reprobates
           have
           violently
           taken
           the
           Father's
           Life
           ,
           and
           thrown
           the
           
             Son
          
           out
           of
           his
           
             Right
          
           and
           
             Dominions
             ;
          
           exposing
           him
           to
           the
           
             charity
             of
             Forreign
             Princes
          
           for
           a
           
             subsistence
             :
          
           and
           after
           this
           ;
           his
           
             Education
             abroad
             ,
          
           is
           made
           an
           Argument
           by
           this
           Brute
           ,
           against
           his
           
             Return
             ,
          
           where
           will
           he
           be
           next
           now
           ?
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     AS
                     to
                     your
                     own
                     interest
                     in
                     the
                     station
                     where
                     God
                     hath
                     placed
                     you
                     ,
                     't
                     is
                     well
                     known
                     what
                     the
                     private
                     sence
                     and
                     opinion
                     of
                     that
                     Party
                     is
                     concerning
                     your
                     Excellency
                     ,
                     because
                     you
                     have
                     been
                     an
                     Instrument
                     ,
                     in
                     keeping
                     
                       Scotland
                    
                     many
                     years
                     with
                     so
                     great
                     a
                     vigilance
                     and
                     prudence
                     free
                     from
                     the
                     attempts
                     of
                     that
                     irreconcileable
                     Enemy
                     .
                     Admit
                     such
                     a
                     thing
                     were
                     possible
                     ,
                     which
                     some
                     fancy
                     ,
                     that
                     you
                     should
                     be
                     the
                     man
                     that
                     would
                     put
                     the
                     Crown
                     again
                     upon
                     the
                     h●ad
                     of
                     that
                     Family
                     ;
                     is
                     it
                     not
                     plain
                     what
                     fate
                     (
                     setting
                     aside
                     all
                     other
                     Considerations
                     )
                     you
                     might
                     expect
                     from
                     a
                     seeming
                     reconciled
                     Enemy
                     ,
                     
                     and
                     a
                     King
                     too
                     ?
                     It
                     being
                     the
                     guise
                     of
                     Kings
                     (
                     as
                     the
                     Historians
                     from
                     enumerable
                     Examples
                     do
                     Observe
                     )
                     ever
                     to
                     recompence
                     with
                     hate
                     their
                     most
                     meritorious
                     Servants
                     ;
                     making
                     no
                     difference
                     to
                     returne
                     ,
                     betwixt
                     the
                     highest
                     Obligation
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     greatest
                     Injury
                     .
                     The
                     examples
                     are
                     so
                     frequent
                     in
                     our
                     own
                     Chronicles
                     ,
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     forreign
                     ,
                     that
                     he
                     who
                     runs
                     may
                     read
                     it
                     ;
                     and
                     't
                     is
                     not
                     proper
                     here
                     to
                     recite
                     them
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           INdeed
           he
           's
           hard
           put
           to
           't
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           danger
           out
           from
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           to
           the
           
             Generall
             ,
          
           in
           case
           he
           should
           
             restore
          
           him
           .
           If
           there
           were
           nothing
           else
           in
           't
           ,
           't
           were
           enough
           ,
           to
           make
           him
           Dear
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           party
           ,
           that
           he
           
             Hates
             you
             .
          
           Do
           not
           deceive
           your selves
           :
           He
           'll
           be
           a
           scourge
           to
           the
           Phanatiques
           ,
           and
           every
           soul
           that
           loves
           either
           Piety
           ,
           or
           Peace
           will
           assist
           him
           .
           Do
           not
           mistake
           me
           neither
           .
           God
           forbid
           that
           all
           such
           as
           have
           either
           been
           
             misled
          
           by
           
             cunning
             practises
             ;
          
           or
           else
           
             transported
             by
             necessities
             ,
          
           to
           seek
           a
           livelyhood
           by
           unlawfull
           means
           .
           God
           forbid
           (
           I
           say
           )
           that
           all
           without
           distinction
           ,
           should
           be
           marked
           with
           that
           Infamous
           Brand
           :
           No
           I
           intend
           it
           only
           of
           that
           Frantique
           crew
           ,
           that
           preclude
           mercy
           ,
           by
           despising
           it
           :
           and
           persecute
           the
           Truth
           with
           a
           Determinate
           Malevolence
           and
           spite
           :
           But
           Note
           ,
           the
           man
           begins
           to
           soften
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       ALas
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     Sirs
                     )
                     
                       't
                       is
                       not
                       an
                       Army
                       that
                       shall
                       secure
                       you
                       ,
                       nor
                       the
                       power
                       of
                       the
                       Militia
                       that
                       can
                       secure
                       our
                       Antient
                       Senators
                       ,
                       (
                       if
                       any
                       who
                       have
                       been
                       engaged
                       can
                       be
                       so
                       fond
                       as
                       to
                       think
                       of
                       security
                       )
                       for
                       ,
                       let
                       the
                    
                     Young
                     man
                     
                       come
                       in
                       with
                       freedom
                       to
                       encounter
                       both
                       Army
                       and
                       Militia
                       with
                       the
                       bare
                       title
                       of
                       King
                       ,
                       and
                       actuall
                       possession
                       of
                       the
                       Throne
                       ,
                       the
                       eyes
                       of
                       Army
                       and
                       Militia
                       will
                       soon
                       be
                       dazeled
                       with
                       the
                       splendour
                       of
                       that
                    
                     Gay
                     Thing
                     ,
                     
                       and
                       fall
                       down
                       and
                       worship
                       at
                       the
                       sight
                       and
                       hope
                       of
                       the
                       Kingdomes
                       of
                       this
                       world
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       glory
                       of
                       them
                       ;
                       and
                       then
                       all
                       Bonds
                       of
                       agreement
                       (
                       if
                       any
                       be
                       )
                       will
                       prove
                       but
                       Rushes
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Oh
                     ,
                     for
                     God
                     and
                     his
                     peoples
                     sake
                     ,
                     yea
                     ,
                     and
                     for
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     
                       Londons
                    
                     sake
                     ,
                     whom
                     
                       Charles
                    
                     the
                     Father
                     branded
                     in
                     his
                     papers
                     with
                     the
                     Character
                     of
                     
                       Disloyal
                    
                     and
                     
                       Rebellious
                       City
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     though
                     at
                     that
                     time
                     most
                     renowned
                     
                     in
                     her
                     actings
                     ,
                     set
                     an
                     end
                     to
                     the
                     expectations
                     of
                     malicious
                     enemies
                     ,
                     and
                     staggering
                     Friends
                     ,
                     by
                     clearing
                     up
                     your selves
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     may
                     see
                     you
                     in
                     the
                     light
                     ,
                     vigorously
                     asserting
                     the
                     good
                     Cause
                     of
                     these
                     Nations
                     :
                     yea
                     ,
                     for
                     the
                     sake
                     of
                     Parliaments
                     we
                     ask
                     it
                     :
                     and
                     we
                     doubt
                     it
                     not
                     at
                     your
                     hand
                     ,
                     seeing
                     the
                     people
                     are
                     not
                     like
                     to
                     be
                     brought
                     to
                     contend
                     any
                     more
                     for
                     Parliaments
                     ,
                     if
                     after
                     so
                     long
                     a
                     contest
                     he
                     should
                     gain
                     an
                     Opportunity
                     of
                     improving
                     a
                     possession
                     of
                     the
                     crown
                     to
                     an
                     usurpation
                     over
                     the
                     Priviledges
                     of
                     Parliaments
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           THis
           
             Thing
             ,
          
           I
           'll
           lay
           my
           life
           ,
           belongs
           to
           the
           
             Rump
             ;
          
           it
           is
           so
           much
           concerned
           in
           the
           behalf
           
             of
             our
             Antient
             Senators
             .
          
           Truly
           I
           'm
           half
           of
           his
           minde
           ,
           in
           what
           he
           sayes
           last
           .
           That
           is
           ,
           I
           do
           believe
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           would
           be
           made
           welcome
           ;
           But
           for
           
             Faithlesse
             ;
          
           nothing
           but
           an
           Abjuring
           Perjur'd
           Villain
           would
           suspect
           him
           .
        
         
           See
           how
           the
           Supple
           slave
           ,
           is
           come
           about
           now
           :
           how
           Arrantly
           the
           Rogue
           
             Beggs
             :
             Oh!
             for
             God
             and
             his
             Peoples
             sake
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             City
             of
             Londens
             sake
             .
          
           (
           I
           am
           in
           earnest
           ;
           
             I
          
           must
           laugh
           before
           
             I
          
           can
           write
           on
           .
           )
           Might
           not
           this
           fellow
           be
           laid
           hold
           of
           ,
           upon
           the
           statute
           against
           sturdy
           Beggars
           ,
           and
           Lash'd
           ?
           He
           has
           absolutely
           turn'd
           a
           piece
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Rump-Ballads
           into
           Prose
           .
           
             
               Nay
               my
               Lord
               ;
               (
               cries
               the
               Brewers
               Clerk
               )
               good
               my
               Lord
               for
               the
               love
               of
               God
               ;
            
             
               Consider
               your self
               ,
               Us
               ;
               this
               poor
               Nation
               ,
               and
               that
               Tyrant
               Abroad
               ;
            
             
               Don't
               leave
               us
               :
               but
               
                 George
              
               gives
               him
               a
               Shurg
               ,
               instead
               of
               a
               Nod
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           Come
           ,
           hang
           your self
           ,
           Beg
           right
           ;
           here
           's
           your
           true
           method
           of
           begging
           .
           —
           Oh
           for
           
             Tom
             Scot's
          
           sake
           ;
           for
           
             Haslerig's
          
           ;
           for
           
             Robinson
             ,
             Holland
             ,
             Mildmay
             ,
             Mounson
             ,
             Corbet
             ,
             Atkins
             ,
             Vane
             ,
             Livesey
             ,
             Skippon
             ,
             Milton
             ,
             Tichbourn
             ,
             Ireton
             ,
             Gourden
             ,
             Lechmore
             ,
             Blagrave
             ,
             Barebones
             ,
             Nedham's
          
           sake
           :
           and
           to
           conclude
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           our
           Impenitent
           Brethrens
           sakes
           ,
           Help
           a
           company
           of
           poor
           Rebellious
           Devils
           ,
           that
           only
           for
           murthering
           their
           Prince
           ,
           destroying
           three
           glorious
           Nations
           ,
           breaking
           the
           bonds
           of
           Faith
           both
           with
           God
           and
           Men
           ,
           trampling
           upon
           Religion
           and
           Laws
           ;
           exercising
           an
           absolute
           Tyranny
           over
           their
           fellow
           Subjects
           —
           Endeavouring
           yet
           once
           more
           to
           engage
           their
           native
           Countrey
           in
           Bloud
           ;
           —
           to
           alienate
           the
           honest
           Soldiery
           from
           their
           Obedience
           ;
           and
           
             in
             fine
             ,
          
           for
           playing
           the
           Devil
           in
           Gods
           Name
           ;
           are
           now
           in
           danger
           to
           Lose
           the
           Reward
           of
           all
           their
           Vertues
           ;
           —
           The
           
             Possessions
          
           which
           they
           have
           acquired
           by
           violence
           ,
           by
           a
           Malignant
           and
           desperate
           design
           of
           Peace
           and
           Settlement
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           State
           of
           your
           Condition
           ,
           and
           this
           should
           be
           the
           form
           of
           your
           Application
           .
        
         
           Once
           more
           ,
           and
           he
           bids
           you
           farewel
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     BUt
                     (
                     my
                     Lord
                     and
                     Gentlemen
                     )
                     leaving
                     these
                     things
                     which
                     touch
                     only
                     upon
                     your
                     worldly
                     Interests
                     and
                     Concernments
                     ,
                     we
                     are
                     bold
                     to
                     say
                     ,
                     (
                     though
                     the
                     jealousies
                     of
                     weaker
                     Brethren
                     be
                     great
                     and
                     many
                     )
                     we
                     believe
                     our selves
                     to
                     be
                     sure
                     of
                     you
                     ,
                     because
                     we
                     have
                     your
                     Souls
                     ,
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     your
                     personal
                     Interests
                     at
                     pawn
                     for
                     your
                     fidelity
                     to
                     the
                     Publick
                     .
                     We
                     remember
                     your
                     Declaration
                     sent
                     from
                     Scotland
                     to
                     the
                     Churches
                     ,
                     and
                     other
                     Declarations
                     at
                     the
                     same
                     time
                     .
                     We
                     might
                     minde
                     you
                     ,
                     if
                     it
                     were
                     needfull
                     ,
                     how
                     you
                     have
                     called
                     God
                     to
                     witness
                     ,
                     That
                     the
                     ground
                     of
                     your
                     late
                     undertaking
                     in
                     Scotland
                     was
                     ,
                     The
                     Vindication
                     of
                     the
                     Liberties
                     of
                     the
                     People
                     ,
                     with
                     the
                     protection
                     and
                     encouragement
                     
                     of
                     the
                     Godly
                     and
                     the
                     Faithfull
                     therein
                     ,
                     &c.
                     and
                     that
                     you
                     have
                     no
                     intention
                     or
                     purposes
                     to
                     return
                     to
                     our
                     old
                     Bondage
                     ;
                     but
                     that
                     the
                     providence
                     of
                     God
                     having
                     made
                     us
                     free
                     at
                     the
                     cost
                     of
                     so
                     much
                     bloud
                     ,
                     you
                     will
                     never
                     be
                     found
                     so
                     unfaithfull
                     to
                     God
                     and
                     his
                     People
                     ,
                     as
                     to
                     lose
                     so
                     glorious
                     a
                     Cause
                     ;
                     but
                     to
                     resolve
                     ,
                     with
                     God's
                     assistance
                     ,
                     to
                     endeavour
                     a
                     maintaining
                     of
                     our
                     dear-purchased
                     Liberties
                     both
                     Spiritual
                     and
                     Civil
                     .
                     But
                     seeing
                     these
                     Declarations
                     made
                     before
                     God
                     ,
                     Angels
                     and
                     Men
                     ,
                     (
                     as
                     your selves
                     have
                     said
                     )
                     do
                     so
                     much
                     concern
                     your
                     Souls
                     in
                     the
                     observation
                     of
                     them
                     ,
                     that
                     they
                     cannot
                     but
                     be
                     much
                     upon
                     your
                     hearts
                     ;
                     therefore
                     we
                     mention
                     them
                     not
                     ,
                     as
                     doubting
                     you
                     ,
                     or
                     endeavouring
                     to
                     perswade
                     you
                     ,
                     but
                     to
                     ease
                     our
                     own
                     mindes
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     comfort
                     the
                     hearts
                     of
                     our
                     Brethren
                     ,
                     who
                     have
                     need
                     to
                     be
                     comforted
                     ;
                     and
                     do
                     wait
                     for
                     a
                     good
                     time
                     when
                     your
                     Excellency
                     shall
                     break
                     forth
                     ,
                     and
                     more
                     visibly
                     appear
                     (
                     through
                     all
                     the
                     Clouds
                     of
                     Fear
                     and
                     Iealousie
                     )
                     a
                     Defence
                     and
                     Protection
                     (
                     through
                     the
                     goodness
                     of
                     God
                     )
                     to
                     all
                     his
                     people
                     that
                     fear
                     him
                     in
                     these
                     Nations
                     ;
                     and
                     so
                     their
                     hearts
                     universally
                     will
                     return
                     unto
                     you
                     :
                     in
                     assurance
                     whereof
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     you
                     will
                     be
                     very
                     much
                     confirmed
                     and
                     encouraged
                     after
                     the
                     reading
                     of
                     the
                     Declaration
                     ,
                     We
                     remain
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       (
                       My
                       LORD
                       )
                    
                     
                       Your
                       Excellencies
                       most
                       faithfull
                       Friends
                       and
                       Servants
                       in
                       the
                       Common
                       Cause
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         March
                         22.
                         1659.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     STill
                     I
                     perceive
                     you
                     're
                     sure
                     ;
                     and
                     yet
                     
                       for
                       your
                       weak
                       Brethrens
                       sake
                       ,
                    
                     you
                     minde
                     His
                     Excellency
                     of
                     a
                     
                       Pawn
                       he
                       has
                       engag'd
                       for
                       his
                       Fidelity
                       to
                       the
                       Publick
                    
                     (
                     only
                     his
                     
                       Soul
                       )
                       in
                       a
                       Declaration
                       before
                       God
                       ,
                       Angels
                       ,
                       and
                       Men
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       hath
                       no
                       intent
                       to
                       return
                       to
                       his
                       old
                       Bondage
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Why
                     you
                     Impudent
                     Sots
                     ,
                     does
                     a
                     Confederacy
                     with
                     a
                     Pedling
                     ,
                     Little
                     ,
                     Sniv'ling
                     Faction
                     ,
                     that
                     would
                     subvert
                     
                     Order
                     and
                     Government
                     ,
                     amount
                     to
                     a
                     
                       Fidelity
                       to
                       the
                       Publick
                       ?
                    
                     or
                     does
                     the
                     
                       avoiding
                    
                     the
                     
                       Old
                       Bondage
                    
                     you
                     keep
                     such
                     a
                     Coil
                     with
                     ,
                     Imply
                     the
                     setting
                     up
                     a
                     New
                     and
                     more
                     Tyrannical
                     Imposition
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       In
                       fine
                       ;
                    
                     the
                     mention
                     of
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     proceeds
                     from
                     your
                     own
                     Guilt
                     ,
                     and
                     Fears
                     ,
                     that
                     have
                     so
                     much
                     abused
                     him
                     .
                     The
                     General
                     meddles
                     not
                     at
                     all
                     to
                     impose
                     upon
                     us
                     ;
                     but
                     only
                     stands
                     betwixt
                     Authority
                     ,
                     and
                     Violence
                     .
                     His
                     Excellency
                     refers
                     all
                     to
                     the
                     Appointment
                     of
                     such
                     Persons
                     as
                     the
                     People
                     shall
                     chuse
                     ,
                     to
                     Act
                     in
                     their
                     behalf
                     ,
                     and
                     cannot
                     in
                     Honour
                     side
                     with
                     a
                     Party
                     of
                     Juglers
                     ,
                     that
                     only
                     call
                     themselves
                     our
                     
                       Representatives
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     we
                     disclaim
                     .
                  
                   
                     This
                     is
                     enough
                     said
                     to
                     convince
                     you
                     and
                     the
                     World
                     ,
                     where
                     the
                     Abuse
                     lies
                     .
                  
                   
                     Now
                     ,
                     having
                     
                       eased
                       your
                       mindes
                    
                     (
                     in
                     your
                     own
                     Language
                     )
                     you
                     may
                     go
                     ease
                     your
                     bodies
                     too
                     ;
                     for
                     I
                     dismisse
                     you
                     :
                     and
                     all
                     's
                     but
                     giving
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Rump
                    
                     a
                     Purge
                     .
                  
                   
                     Cursed
                     is
                     he
                     that
                     removeth
                     his
                     Neighbours
                     Land-mark
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         April
                         2.
                         1660.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           UPon
           this
           pinch
           of
           Time
           the
           
             Good
             Old
             Cause
          
           was
           hard
           put
           to
           't
           ;
           as
           appears
           by
           their
           more
           than
           ordinary
           earnestnesse
           toward
           all
           Parties
           :
           but
           chiefly
           ,
           they
           solicited
           the
           Army
           ,
           in
           an
           Audacious
           Pamphlet
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             An
             ALARUM
             to
             the
             ARMIES
             of
             ENGLAND
             ,
             SCOTLAND
             ,
             and
             IRELAND
             ;
          
           the
           substance
           whereof
           may
           be
           collected
           from
           this
           ensuing
           Answer
           to
           it
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     THis
                     last
                     Week
                     ,
                     has
                     brought
                     to
                     light
                     ,
                     two
                     Pamphlets
                     ,
                     so
                     exquisitely
                     impious
                     ,
                     as
                     if
                     they
                     had
                     been
                     fram'd
                     in
                     Hell
                     ,
                     by
                     
                       OLIVER
                    
                     and
                     
                       BRADSHAW
                       .
                    
                     They
                     speak
                     the
                     Language
                     of
                     the
                     Damned
                     ,
                     Horrour
                     ,
                     Despairs
                     ,
                     and
                     Desolation
                     .
                     
                     These
                     goodly
                     pieces
                     are
                     Christen'd
                     ,
                     PLAIN
                     ENGLISH
                     ,
                     —
                     and
                     AN
                     ALARUM
                     .
                     I
                     suppose
                     they
                     are
                     Twins
                     ,
                     the
                     Issue
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     Brain
                     ,
                     as
                     they
                     are
                     related
                     to
                     the
                     same
                     main
                     End
                     .
                     I
                     had
                     nigh
                     finish'd
                     a
                     Reply
                     upon
                     the
                     former
                     ,
                     when
                     the
                     latter
                     came
                     to
                     my
                     hand
                     :
                     comparing
                     which
                     with
                     the
                     other
                     ,
                     I
                     finde
                     they
                     correspond
                     so
                     aptly
                     ,
                     and
                     so
                     universally
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     same
                     seditious
                     Purpose
                     ,
                     that
                     there
                     's
                     not
                     any
                     Interest
                     'scapes
                     their
                     Malice
                     and
                     Attempt
                     .
                     They
                     advance
                     their
                     Dispute
                     ,
                     and
                     March
                     ,
                     together
                     ;
                     that
                     what
                     they
                     cannot
                     gain
                     by
                     force
                     of
                     Argument
                     ,
                     they
                     may
                     be
                     ready
                     to
                     Essay
                     by
                     dint
                     of
                     Sword
                     .
                     PLAIN
                     ENGLISH
                     is
                     a
                     reasoning
                     of
                     the
                     case
                     :
                     first
                     with
                     the
                     General
                     ,
                     claiming
                     ,
                     from
                     his
                     Engaging
                     for
                     the
                     Publick
                     Liberty
                     ,
                     a
                     title
                     to
                     his
                     aid
                     ▪
                     in
                     favor
                     of
                     a
                     private
                     and
                     enslaving
                     Faction
                     .
                     It
                     labours
                     then
                     ,
                     to
                     puzzle
                     the
                     Presbyterian
                     into
                     a
                     jealousie
                     of
                     the
                     Kings
                     faith
                     and
                     honour
                     ,
                     and
                     consequently
                     into
                     a
                     doubt
                     of
                     his
                     own
                     safety
                     ,
                     should
                     His
                     Majesty
                     be
                     restored
                     :
                     Nay
                     ,
                     not
                     content
                     to
                     blaspheme
                     the
                     Kings
                     Integrity
                     by
                     a
                     bold
                     censure
                     of
                     his
                     secret
                     thoughts
                     ;
                     the
                     shameless
                     Beast
                     (
                     the
                     Author
                     of
                     it
                     )
                     proceeds
                     to
                     charge
                     the
                     secluded
                     Members
                     with
                     the
                     guilt
                     of
                     the
                     Kings
                     bloud
                     ,
                     upon
                     a
                     senceless
                     inference
                     drawn
                     from
                     
                       the
                       Declaration
                       of
                       both
                       Houses
                    
                     in
                     1647
                     ,
                     touching
                     the
                     
                       Reasons
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Votes
                       for
                       non-Address
                       .
                    
                     His
                     aim
                     is
                     here
                     ,
                     to
                     perswade
                     them
                     to
                     accuse
                     themselves
                     .
                  
                   
                     How
                     those
                     Votes
                     were
                     obtained
                     ,
                     I
                     have
                     shewed
                     at
                     large
                     ,
                     (
                     in
                     answer
                     to
                     PLAIN
                     ENGLISH
                     )
                     and
                     it
                     suffices
                     :
                     the
                     whole
                     Nation
                     knows
                     ,
                     that
                     though
                     the
                     Plague
                     was
                     in
                     both
                     Houses
                     then
                     ,
                     yet
                     All
                     were
                     not
                     infected
                     ;
                     the
                     Rumpers
                     only
                     had
                     the
                     Tokens
                     ,
                     (
                     nor
                     all
                     these
                     neither
                     :
                     )
                     so
                     that
                     at
                     last
                     ,
                     the
                     seclusion
                     of
                     so
                     many
                     as
                     opposed
                     the
                     Capital
                     prosecution
                     of
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     amounts
                     to
                     a
                     clear
                     Act
                     of
                     discrimination
                     ;
                     a
                     
                       separation
                    
                     of
                     the
                     
                       clean
                    
                     from
                     the
                     
                       unclean
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                   
                     Having
                     there
                     set
                     the
                     Presbyterians
                     at
                     work
                     ,
                     upon
                     the
                     Question
                     of
                     Interest
                     ,
                     and
                     safety
                     ;
                     and
                     (
                     after
                     many
                     a
                     lame
                     complement
                     to
                     his
                     Excellency
                     )
                     he
                     cuts
                     out
                     worse
                     employment
                     for
                     the
                     Phanatick
                     Souldiery
                     :
                     and
                     at
                     the
                     same
                     time
                     ,
                     breathing
                     Hot
                     and
                     Cold
                     —
                     Reason
                     and
                     Mutiny
                     ,
                     he
                     solicites
                     the
                     General
                     into
                     a
                     Complyance
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Army
                     into
                     a
                     Tumult
                     .
                  
                   
                     To
                     disabuse
                     the
                     multitude
                     ,
                     (
                     if
                     any
                     should
                     be
                     mad
                     enough
                     to
                     be
                     deluded
                     by
                     so
                     gross
                     a
                     cheat
                     )
                     I
                     'll
                     lay
                     the
                     juggle
                     open
                     ,
                     in
                     as
                     few
                     and
                     familiar
                     words
                     as
                     posssible
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     Title
                     speaks
                     the
                     
                       business
                    
                     of
                     the
                     Pamphlet
                     :
                     (
                     'T
                     is
                     AN
                     ALARUM
                     ;
                     )
                     and
                     the
                     Application
                     —
                     (
                     
                       To
                       the
                    
                     OFFICERS
                     
                       and
                    
                     SOLDIERY
                     ,
                     
                       &c.
                    
                     )
                     the
                     
                       malice
                       ;
                    
                     there
                     's
                     Treason
                     in
                     the
                     very
                     Face
                     on
                     't
                     .
                     If
                     the
                     first
                     two
                     words
                     cost
                     not
                     the
                     Nation
                     a
                     hundred
                     thousand
                     lives
                     ,
                     't
                     is
                     not
                     the
                     Authors
                     fault
                     .
                  
                   
                     His
                     second
                     page
                     places
                     the
                     Legislative
                     power
                     in
                     the
                     Army
                     ,
                     challenging
                     their
                     promise
                     ;
                     
                       That
                       before
                       they
                       would
                       SUFFER
                       themselves
                       to
                       be
                       disbanded
                       ,
                       or
                       divided
                       ,
                       they
                       would
                       see
                       the
                       Government
                       of
                       these
                       Nations
                       establisht
                       upon
                       the
                       just
                       and
                       secure
                       fundamentals
                       ,
                       and
                       constitutions
                       of
                       Freedome
                       and
                       Safety
                       to
                       the
                       People
                       ,
                       in
                       relation
                       as
                       Men
                       ,
                       and
                       Christians
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       in
                       the
                       way
                       of
                       a
                       Common-wealth
                       ,
                       or
                       Free-state-Government
                       ,
                       without
                       a
                       King
                       ,
                       single
                       Person
                       ,
                       or
                       House
                       of
                       Lords
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     These
                     Gentlemen
                     ,
                     I
                     see
                     ,
                     resolve
                     to
                     be
                     their
                     own
                     Carvers
                     ;
                     
                       not
                       SUFFER
                       themselves
                       to
                       be
                       disbanded
                       ?
                    
                     This
                     RUMP
                     would
                     be
                     a
                     
                       perpetuall
                       ARMY
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     a
                     
                       perpetual
                       PARLIAMENT
                       .
                    
                     Let
                     the
                     Nation
                     observe
                     now
                     the
                     Quality
                     of
                     this
                     suggestion
                     .
                  
                   
                     First
                     ,
                     By
                     the
                     
                       Law
                       of
                       Arms
                       ,
                    
                     't
                     is
                     
                       Death
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     which
                     these
                     Fellows
                     would
                     engage
                     the
                     Army
                     in
                     ;
                     that
                     
                       mutiny
                    
                     against
                     their
                     General
                     :
                     (
                     for
                     they
                     give
                     him
                     for
                     lost
                     .
                     )
                  
                   
                   
                     Next
                     ,
                     'T
                     is
                     
                       TREASON
                       ,
                       by
                       the
                       Law
                       of
                       the
                       Land
                       ;
                    
                     the
                     
                       USURPATION
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Thirdly
                     ,
                     'T
                     is
                     
                       MURTHER
                       ,
                    
                     Murther
                     intentional
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     bare
                     conception
                     of
                     it
                     ;
                     and
                     actual
                     ,
                     sure
                     enough
                     ,
                     so
                     soon
                     as
                     that
                     intention
                     is
                     but
                     known
                     .
                     Now
                     let
                     us
                     weigh
                     the
                     Benefits
                     it
                     brings
                     ,
                     against
                     the
                     Crimes
                     and
                     dangers
                     that
                     attend
                     it
                     .
                     
                       FREEDOME
                    
                     and
                     
                       SAFETY
                    
                     to
                     the
                     People
                     ,
                     both
                     as
                     
                       MEN
                    
                     and
                     
                       CHRISTIANS
                       ;
                    
                     there
                     's
                     the
                     Proposition
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       FREEDOME
                       ,
                    
                     there
                     can
                     be
                     none
                     to
                     the
                     People
                     ,
                     where
                     a
                     Particular
                     and
                     Little
                     party
                     pretends
                     to
                     impose
                     upon
                     a
                     number
                     forty
                     times
                     greater
                     ,
                     and
                     enslave
                     them
                     .
                  
                   
                     Nor
                     
                       SAFETY
                       ,
                    
                     where
                     in
                     that
                     Disproportion
                     the
                     Nation
                     is
                     engaged
                     against
                     a
                     Faction
                     :
                     and
                     every
                     Sword
                     that
                     's
                     rais'd
                     against
                     it
                     ,
                     carries
                     damnation
                     upon
                     the
                     point
                     on
                     't
                     .
                  
                   
                     Neither
                     do
                     they
                     act
                     as
                     Men
                     .
                     Man
                     is
                     a
                     Reasonable
                     and
                     Sociable
                     Creature
                     .
                     Here
                     's
                     a
                     Design
                     that
                     breaks
                     the
                     Bond
                     of
                     Order
                     :
                     and
                     betrayes
                     a
                     manifest
                     Folly
                     ,
                     by
                     a
                     contrivance
                     so
                     impracticable
                     and
                     mischievous
                     at
                     once
                     ;
                     Idly
                     to
                     labour
                     the
                     saving
                     of
                     a
                     few
                     guilty
                     persons
                     ,
                     at
                     the
                     price
                     of
                     an
                     universal
                     Desolation
                     .
                  
                   
                     For
                     
                       Christianity
                       ;
                    
                     either
                     my
                     
                       Bible's
                    
                     false
                     ,
                     or
                     their
                     
                       Opinion
                       ,
                    
                     that
                     shall
                     pretend
                     to
                     raise
                     a
                     
                       Christian
                       Government
                    
                     upon
                     a
                     
                       Basis
                    
                     of
                     
                       Rebellion
                    
                     and
                     
                       Bloudshed
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     From
                     hence
                     the
                     terible
                     Trifle
                     proceeds
                     to
                     the
                     distribution
                     of
                     his
                     Design
                     into
                     three
                     Heads
                     .
                  
                   
                     First
                     ,
                     what
                     the
                     
                       CAVALIER
                       saies
                       .
                    
                     Secondly
                     ,
                     what
                     the
                     
                       PRESBYTERIAN
                       thinkes
                       .
                    
                     Thirdly
                     ,
                     
                       what
                       the
                       Armies
                       best
                       Friends
                       (
                       scornfully
                       called
                       COMMON-WEALTHMEN
                       and
                       PHANATICKS
                       )
                       do
                       foresee
                       ,
                       concerning
                       the
                       present
                       transactions
                       in
                       the
                       three
                       Nations
                       .
                    
                     And
                     lastly
                     ,
                     
                       his
                       own
                       Observations
                       ,
                       and
                       seasonable
                       Advice
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                   
                     He
                     tels
                     us
                     ,
                     
                       The
                       CAVALIER's
                       OPINION
                       ,
                       that
                       the
                       Generals
                       intention
                       is
                       to
                       bring
                       in
                       the
                       King
                       :
                    
                     and
                     grounded
                     upon
                     these
                     Reasons
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       First
                       ,
                       That
                       upon
                       the
                       11th
                       .
                       of
                       February
                       last
                       ,
                       he
                       sent
                       an
                       imposing
                       Letter
                       to
                       the
                       Parliament
                       ,
                       (
                       in
                       scorn
                       called
                       the
                    
                     RUMP
                     )
                     
                       and
                       thereupon
                       ,
                       without
                       any
                       Order
                       from
                       them
                       ,
                       marched
                       with
                    
                     their
                     
                       Army
                       into
                    
                     LONDON
                     ,
                     
                       then
                       esteemed
                       and
                       made
                       by
                    
                     Him
                     (
                     
                       in
                       destroying
                       their
                       Gates
                       ,
                       &c.
                       )
                       their
                       implacable
                       enemies
                       ;
                       and
                       at
                       night
                       suffered
                       so
                       many
                       Bonfires
                       ,
                       and
                       ringing
                       of
                       Bels
                       ,
                       and
                       publickly
                       drinking
                       healths
                       to
                       the
                    
                     KING
                     ,
                     
                       and
                       a
                    
                     FREE-PARLIAMENT
                     ;
                     
                       Roasting
                       and
                       burning
                       of
                       Rumps
                       ;
                       hearing
                       and
                       seeing
                       his
                    
                     MASTERS
                     
                       in
                       open
                       Street
                       declared
                    
                     MURTHERERS
                     
                       and
                    
                     TRAYTORS
                     ,
                     
                       &c.
                       —
                       Feasted
                       and
                       associated
                       with
                       the
                       Kings
                       Friends
                       ,
                       &c.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     This
                     is
                     a
                     grievous
                     charge
                     ,
                     assuredly
                     ;
                     and
                     by
                     the
                     license
                     of
                     our
                     
                       Observator
                       ,
                    
                     This
                     I
                     Reply
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     General's
                     Commission
                     expired
                     upon
                     the
                     Tenth
                     of
                     
                       February
                       ,
                    
                     so
                     he
                     was
                     free
                     the
                     Eleventh
                     .
                     Again
                     ,
                     it
                     was
                     the
                     design
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Rump
                    
                     to
                     make
                     the
                     General
                     odious
                     ,
                     and
                     therefore
                     they
                     imposed
                     on
                     him
                     such
                     barbarous
                     Orders
                     ,
                     as
                     probably
                     might
                     leave
                     him
                     to
                     retreat
                     .
                     While
                     he
                     professed
                     to
                     Act
                     by
                     any
                     Derivation
                     from
                     Them
                     :
                     malice
                     it self
                     cannot
                     but
                     say
                     His
                     Excellency
                     stood
                     firm
                     to
                     every
                     point
                     of
                     Military
                     obedience
                     :
                     at
                     last
                     ,
                     when
                     they
                     proceeded
                     so
                     severely
                     against
                     the
                     City
                     ,
                     he
                     interposed
                     ;
                     but
                     his
                     Mediation
                     was
                     rejected
                     ,
                     and
                     more
                     imperious
                     commands
                     sent
                     to
                     him
                     :
                     this
                     is
                     enough
                     to
                     prove
                     ,
                     't
                     was
                     not
                     the
                     General
                     that
                     made
                     
                       London
                    
                     the
                     
                       Rumps
                    
                     implacable
                     Enemies
                     ;
                     but
                     't
                     was
                     the
                     sordid
                     Insolences
                     of
                     the
                     Members
                     that
                     made
                     the
                     Conventicle
                     hateful
                     to
                     the
                     whole
                     Kingdome
                     ;
                     and
                     this
                     appeared
                     by
                     the
                     Universal
                     Joy
                     that
                     followed
                     upon
                     their
                     disappointment
                     .
                     If
                     the
                     
                       Rump
                    
                     at
                     
                       Westminster
                    
                     did
                     by
                     a
                     Sympathy
                     fellow-feel
                     the
                     suffering
                     
                     Rumps
                     in
                     the
                     City
                     ,
                     the
                     Case
                     indeed
                     was
                     hard
                     ;
                     but
                     for
                     the
                     rest
                     ,
                     the
                     Murtherers
                     and
                     Rebels
                     they
                     were
                     call'd
                     ,
                     —
                     methinks
                     it
                     should
                     not
                     trouble
                     folks
                     to
                     be
                     call'd
                     by
                     their
                     Names
                     ;
                     (
                     that
                     's
                     only
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                     ;
                     and
                     I
                     dare
                     say
                     ,
                     the
                     people
                     spake
                     as
                     they
                     thought
                     )
                     Are
                     these
                     Gentlemens
                     
                       Ears
                    
                     so
                     
                       tender
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     their
                     
                       Hearts
                    
                     so
                     
                       hard
                       ?
                    
                     Is
                     the
                     Sound
                     of
                     Treason
                     and
                     Murther
                     so
                     dreadful
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Exercise
                     of
                     it
                     so
                     Trivial
                     ?
                     —
                     I
                     must
                     confesse
                     ,
                     to
                     stay
                     away
                     Ten
                     dayes
                     together
                     ,
                     (
                     from
                     the
                     11th
                     .
                     of
                     
                       Feb.
                    
                     til
                     the
                     21th
                     .
                     as
                     that
                     his
                     
                       Masters
                    
                     charge
                     him
                     with
                     )
                     was
                     something
                     a
                     long
                     
                       Errand
                       .
                    
                     But
                     seriously
                     Gentlemen
                     ,
                     considering
                     'twas
                     his
                     first
                     fault
                     ,
                     forgive
                     him
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       The
                       second
                       motive
                       to
                       the
                       Cavaliers
                       Discourse
                       (
                       that
                       his
                       Excellency
                       will
                       restore
                       the
                       King
                       ;
                       )
                       is
                       ,
                       that
                       notwithstanding
                       his
                       engagement
                       by
                       Letter
                       ,
                       and
                       Verbal
                       promise
                       to
                       His
                       MASTERS
                       (
                       that
                       had
                       ventured
                       their
                       All
                       ,
                       to
                       secure
                       him
                       from
                       being
                       ruin'd
                       by
                    
                     Lamberts
                     
                       Army
                       ,
                       he
                       yet
                       admits
                       the
                       Secluded
                       Members
                       to
                       sit
                       ,
                       (
                       most
                       of
                       whom
                       he
                       absolutely
                       knew
                       to
                       be
                       for
                       the
                       Restauration
                       of
                    
                     CHARLES
                     STUART
                     ,
                     )
                     
                       &c.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     To
                     this
                     ;
                     it
                     is
                     notorious
                     ,
                     that
                     Designes
                     were
                     laid
                     to
                     murther
                     the
                     General
                     ;
                     That
                     the
                     
                       Rump
                    
                     Received
                     ,
                     and
                     Kept
                     in
                     Members
                     impeached
                     :
                     That
                     they
                     promoted
                     ,
                     and
                     gave
                     Thanks
                     for
                     
                       BAREBONES
                       Petition
                       ,
                    
                     containing
                     matters
                     of
                     direct
                     contradiction
                     to
                     their
                     Professions
                     .
                     In
                     the
                     next
                     place
                     ;
                     instead
                     of
                     the
                     Rumpers
                     saving
                     the
                     General
                     from
                     being
                     ruin'd
                     by
                     
                       Lambert
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     General
                     saved
                     them
                     ;
                     and
                     touching
                     their
                     Opinions
                     concerning
                     (
                     
                       CHARLES
                       STUART
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     this
                     Villain
                     prates
                     )
                     the
                     King
                     .
                     The
                     Noble
                     General
                     regarded
                     their
                     Trust
                     ,
                     not
                     their
                     Opinions
                     ,
                     nor
                     did
                     he
                     enquire
                     what
                     they
                     were
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Thirdly
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     say
                     they
                     )
                     
                       the
                       General
                       will
                       bring
                       the
                       King
                       in
                       ;
                       for
                       he
                       hath
                    
                     suffered
                     
                       the
                       secluded
                       Members
                       to
                       release
                       
                       Sir
                    
                     GEORGE
                     BOOTH
                     ,
                     
                       and
                       his
                       Party
                       ,
                       &c.
                       —
                       Again
                       ,
                       they
                       have
                    
                     (
                     de
                     novo
                     )
                     
                       voted
                       the
                    
                     COVENANT
                     
                       to
                       be
                       Printed
                       ,
                       Read
                       ,
                       and
                       set
                       up
                       ,
                       &c.
                       —
                       acknowledging
                       the
                       late
                       King's
                       Posterity
                       :
                       —
                       as
                       likewise
                       suffering
                       to
                       be
                       maintained
                       in
                       the
                       House
                       ,
                       that
                       none
                       but
                       Iesuites
                       and
                       Priests
                       are
                       for
                       Free-Sate
                       Government
                       .
                       —
                       Observe
                       yet
                       further
                       ,
                       (
                       sayes
                       the
                    
                     CAVALIER
                     )
                     
                       that
                       he
                       imprisons
                       Commonwealth-men
                       ,
                       and
                       releases
                       Royalists
                       ,
                       &c.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     These
                     Rumpers
                     have
                     gotten
                     such
                     a
                     trick
                     of
                     breaking
                     Parliaments
                     ,
                     that
                     't
                     is
                     their
                     publick
                     Profession
                     now
                     become
                     to
                     enforce
                     them
                     to
                     the
                     bent
                     of
                     the
                     ARMY
                     .
                     SUFFER
                     ,
                     still
                     is
                     the
                     word
                     .
                     The
                     General
                     SUFFERED
                     the
                     secluded
                     Members
                     to
                     Release
                     Sir
                     
                       GEORGE
                       BOOTH
                       .
                    
                     —
                     The
                     next
                     point
                     is
                     yet
                     more
                     remarkable
                     :
                     These
                     very
                     COVENANTERS
                     ABJURE
                     the
                     COVENANT
                     .
                     —
                     As
                     for
                     the
                     SUFFERING
                     (
                     there
                     't
                     is
                     again
                     )
                     
                       to
                       be
                       maintained
                       ,
                       that
                       only
                       Iesuites
                       ,
                       &c.
                    
                     —
                     the
                     General
                     is
                     not
                     properly
                     to
                     take
                     cognisance
                     of
                     what
                     passes
                     in
                     the
                     House
                     ;
                     (
                     the
                     King
                     was
                     chidden
                     for
                     't
                     ,
                     see
                     
                       Exact
                       Collections
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     Petition
                     of
                     both
                     Houses
                     
                       Decemb.
                    
                     14.
                     1641.
                     
                     )
                     —
                     now
                     for
                     imprisoning
                     and
                     releasing
                     .
                     If
                     it
                     so
                     happen
                     that
                     some
                     Commonwealth-men
                     deserve
                     to
                     be
                     laid
                     up
                     ,
                     and
                     some
                     Royalists
                     to
                     be
                     enlarged
                     (
                     not
                     as
                     such
                     )
                     it
                     is
                     but
                     justice
                     to
                     do
                     the
                     one
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     other
                     ;
                     for
                     at
                     the
                     rate
                     of
                     this
                     subtile
                     Argument
                     ,
                     Free-state-men
                     shall
                     be
                     Protected
                     against
                     the
                     Law
                     ,
                     and
                     Royalists
                     so
                     Persecuted
                     likewise
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Lastly
                       ,
                       the
                       Cavaliers
                       conclude
                       as
                       much
                       from
                       the
                       Generals
                       countenancing
                       the
                       Militia
                       ;
                       being
                       raised
                       and
                       formed
                       to
                       murther
                       ,
                       and
                       destroy
                       the
                       Army
                       —
                       and
                       that
                       the
                       same
                       thing
                       was
                       done
                       long
                       since
                       in
                    
                     Scotland
                     :
                     —
                     
                       besides
                       ,
                       the
                       Irish
                       Army
                       have
                       proceeded
                       answerable
                       to
                       himself
                       .
                       —
                       And
                       divers
                       Officers
                       that
                       served
                       the
                       late
                       King
                       have
                       had
                       fair
                       promises
                       from
                       him
                       ,
                       —
                       and
                       several
                       of
                       the
                       Kings
                       friends
                       
                       are
                       peaceably
                       returned
                       from
                       exile
                       ,
                       &c.
                       —
                       and
                       again
                       ,
                       there
                       's
                       a
                    
                     Proviso
                     
                       in
                       the
                    
                     ACT
                     
                       of
                    
                     DISSOLUTION
                     ,
                     
                       concerning
                       the
                    
                     LORDS
                     
                       being
                       a
                       part
                       of
                       the
                    
                     PARLIAMENT
                     ,
                     
                       &c.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     To
                     be
                     short
                     ,
                     —
                     
                       the
                       General
                       encourages
                       the
                       Militia
                    
                     to
                     
                       Save
                       the
                       Countreys
                       ,
                    
                     not
                     to
                     
                       Ruine
                       the
                       Army
                       ,
                    
                     —
                     next
                     ,
                     if
                     
                       long
                       since
                       done
                       in
                       Scotland
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     
                       better
                    
                     done
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       sooner
                       ;
                    
                     for
                     
                       England
                    
                     hath
                     been
                     only
                     Rump-ridden
                     ,
                     for
                     want
                     of
                     it
                     .
                     To
                     this
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       conform
                       motion
                    
                     of
                     
                       Ireland
                    
                     proceeds
                     from
                     their
                     Commune
                     Concerne
                     with
                     
                       England
                    
                     in
                     delivering
                     themselves
                     from
                     the
                     Tyranny
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Rump
                       ;
                    
                     for
                     the
                     
                       Generals
                       promises
                       ;
                    
                     I
                     am
                     glad
                     to
                     hear
                     it
                     ,
                     but
                     truly
                     I
                     know
                     nothing
                     of
                     it
                     .
                     In
                     truth
                     ,
                     't
                     is
                     a
                     sad
                     business
                     ,
                     
                       Alderman
                       Bunce
                       his
                       return
                       :
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Proviso
                       in
                       the
                       Act
                       of
                       dissolution
                       ,
                       (
                       for
                       certainly
                       ,
                       by
                       the
                       known
                       Law
                       ,
                       the
                       Lords
                       are
                       no
                       part
                       of
                       the
                       Parliament
                       .
                    
                     )
                     To
                     speak
                     my
                     thoughts
                     freely
                     ;
                     I
                     am
                     very
                     glad
                     to
                     hear
                     that
                     the
                     Cavaliers
                     are
                     of
                     Opinion
                     that
                     the
                     King
                     will
                     come
                     in
                     ,
                     but
                     I
                     believe
                     it
                     never
                     the
                     more
                     for
                     your
                     saying
                     it
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Now
                       to
                       the
                    
                     SOBER
                     PRESBYTERIANS
                     :
                     
                       they
                    
                     (
                     sayes
                     our
                     Phanatick
                     )
                     
                       begin
                       to
                       suspect
                       the
                       General
                       :
                       for
                       the
                       Cavaliers
                       are
                       at
                       this
                       instant
                       arming
                       themselves
                       in
                       all
                       the
                       three
                       Nations
                       ,
                       and
                       if
                    
                     CHARLES
                     STUART
                     
                       comes
                       ,
                       he
                       'll
                       bring
                       with
                       him
                       Arch-Bishops
                       ,
                       Bishops
                       ,
                       &c.
                       —
                       and
                       then
                       in
                       comes
                       his
                       Mother
                       —
                       with
                       her
                       Iesuites
                       ,
                       Priests
                       ,
                       &c.
                       —
                       and
                       this
                       will
                       make
                       little
                       difference
                       betwixt
                       us
                       and
                       the
                       Sectaries
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Now
                     do
                     I
                     dote
                     upon
                     the
                     sincerity
                     of
                     this
                     Bubble
                     ;
                     had
                     he
                     pretended
                     to
                     Religion
                     himself
                     ,
                     h
                     'ad
                     been
                     ridiculous
                     ;
                     but
                     putting
                     that
                     scruple
                     upon
                     the
                     Sober
                     Presbyterian
                     ,
                     't
                     is
                     well
                     enough
                     .
                     The
                     story
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Cavaliers
                       Arming
                       themselves
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     a
                     Phanatick
                     ,
                     not
                     a
                     Presbyterian
                     conceipt
                     .
                     As
                     to
                     the
                     Queens
                     bringing
                     in
                     Jesuites
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                     It
                     needs
                     not
                     ,
                     the
                     Independents
                     have
                     enow
                     for
                     her
                     Majesty
                     and
                     
                     themselves
                     too
                     .
                     (
                     How
                     the
                     changeable
                     Butterfly
                     flutters
                     from
                     Party
                     to
                     Party
                     ,
                     and
                     whereever
                     he
                     seizes
                     ,
                     he
                     stains
                     .
                     )
                     As
                     to
                     his
                     concluding
                     Opinion
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     King
                     will
                     put
                     no
                     difference
                     ,
                     he
                     may
                     live
                     yet
                     to
                     change
                     that
                     opinion
                     .
                  
                   
                     He
                     comes
                     next
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Armies
                    
                     BEST
                     FRIENDS
                     ,
                     (
                     as
                     he
                     terms
                     them
                     )
                     and
                     they
                     preach
                     nothing
                     but
                     Fire
                     and
                     Sword
                     ,
                     if
                     ever
                     the
                     King
                     come
                     .
                     Oh
                     this
                     pestilent
                     
                       MILITIA
                       !
                    
                     Alas
                     poor
                     Wretch
                     !
                     Away
                     with
                     your
                     Improbable
                     Lies
                     :
                     The
                     Secluded
                     Members
                     threaten
                     the
                     Army
                     ,
                     Yes
                     ,
                     't
                     is
                     a
                     likely
                     matter
                     .
                     Come
                     Gentlemen
                     ,
                     you
                     are
                     safe
                     ,
                     if
                     you
                     continue
                     honest
                     ,
                     and
                     lost
                     without
                     it
                     .
                     Do
                     not
                     you
                     know
                     ,
                     that
                     these
                     very
                     persons
                     that
                     now
                     Flatter
                     you
                     ,
                     are
                     the
                     people
                     that
                     have
                     taken
                     your
                     meat
                     out
                     of
                     your
                     mouths
                     ;
                     that
                     have
                     received
                     sufficient
                     for
                     six
                     Armies
                     from
                     the
                     Nation
                     ,
                     and
                     yet
                     have
                     left
                     you
                     monilesse
                     ,
                     and
                     ready
                     to
                     perish
                     for
                     want
                     of
                     Bread
                     ?
                     Nay
                     ,
                     suppose
                     their
                     Arguments
                     were
                     more
                     rational
                     than
                     they
                     are
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     the
                     King
                     were
                     a
                     Person
                     as
                     famous
                     for
                     Cruelty
                     ,
                     as
                     he
                     is
                     for
                     Clemency
                     ,
                     you
                     were
                     still
                     safe
                     .
                     You
                     are
                     below
                     the
                     stroke
                     of
                     Revenge
                     .
                     They
                     are
                     fearfull
                     for
                     their
                     own
                     Heads
                     ,
                     and
                     pretend
                     to
                     concern
                     themselves
                     for
                     you
                     .
                     They
                     talk
                     of
                     Treachery
                     ,
                     in
                     case
                     you
                     should
                     recede
                     from
                     their
                     Designs
                     :
                     They
                     tell
                     you
                     of
                     Engagements
                     ,
                     Promises
                     ,
                     
                       &c.
                    
                     —
                     and
                     so
                     do
                     I
                     .
                     Remember
                     but
                     your
                     Oathes
                     and
                     Covenants
                     ;
                     and
                     if
                     you
                     do
                     ,
                     you
                     will
                     not
                     mix
                     with
                     them
                     ;
                     they
                     promise
                     you
                     the
                     glory
                     of
                     after-Ages
                     :
                     yes
                     ,
                     you
                     shall
                     be
                     Renown●d
                     ,
                     if
                     you
                     engage
                     with
                     these
                     Desperadoes
                     .
                  
                   
                     Look
                     back
                     into
                     old
                     Stories
                     ;
                     enquire
                     into
                     the
                     different
                     reputation
                     of
                     the
                     Brave
                     Mayor
                     that
                     kill'd
                     the
                     Rebel-Patriot
                     ,
                     and
                     of
                     the
                     Libertine
                     himself
                     that
                     fell
                     ;
                     (
                     a
                     MARTYR
                     your
                     hot
                     headed
                     Councell
                     or
                     would
                     call
                     him
                     )
                     Are
                     you
                     ambitious
                     to
                     be
                     Chronicled
                     with
                     JACK
                     OF
                     
                     LEYDEN
                     ,
                     KNIPPERDOLLING
                     ,
                     CADE
                     ,
                     TYLER
                     ,
                     RAVILLAC
                     ,
                     BALTAZAR
                     GERARD
                     ▪
                     &c.
                     
                     Desire
                     your
                     brainsick
                     Illuminates
                     to
                     tel
                     you
                     
                       Muncer's
                    
                     Story
                     ,
                     go
                     to
                     ,
                     beware
                     of
                     separating
                     .
                     Remember
                     them
                     that
                     cried
                     ,
                     
                       You
                       take
                       too
                       much
                       upon
                       you
                       ye
                       Sons
                       of
                       Levi
                       ,
                       the
                       Congregation
                       is
                       holy
                       every
                       one
                       of
                       them
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Lord
                       is
                       among
                       them
                       .
                    
                     To
                     come
                     a
                     little
                     nearer
                     home
                     .
                     Reflect
                     upon
                     the
                     deceas'd
                     Patrons
                     of
                     their
                     Frantick
                     Zeal
                     ;
                     their
                     very
                     flesh
                     is
                     not
                     more
                     putrid
                     than
                     their
                     memories
                     .
                     Come
                     nearer
                     yet
                     ,
                     and
                     look
                     impartially
                     among
                     your
                     living
                     Partizans
                     ,
                     (
                     I
                     speak
                     of
                     such
                     as
                     our
                     Pamphleter
                     stiles
                     
                       Patriots
                    
                     )
                     do
                     not
                     you
                     finde
                     them
                     cloth'd
                     with
                     the
                     Spoils
                     of
                     Widdows
                     ,
                     and
                     of
                     Orphans
                     ?
                     Nay
                     ,
                     look
                     into
                     their
                     Morals
                     ,
                     even
                     toward
                     those
                     ,
                     that
                     with
                     the
                     loss
                     of
                     Bloud
                     and
                     Peace
                     ,
                     have
                     rais'd
                     them
                     :
                     how
                     Thanklesse
                     and
                     how
                     Avaricious
                     are
                     they
                     ?
                     Examine
                     now
                     their
                     Principles
                     of
                     Courage
                     ,
                     and
                     their
                     Military
                     Vertues
                     :
                     do
                     they
                     not
                     sneak
                     into
                     Committees
                     ,
                     and
                     there
                     dispose
                     of
                     all
                     the
                     Advantages
                     of
                     your
                     Unchristian
                     Hazzards
                     ?
                     
                       YOU
                       kill
                       the
                    
                     HEIR
                     ,
                     but
                     
                       THEY
                       divide
                       the
                    
                     INHERITANCE
                     .
                  
                   
                     Having
                     abundantly
                     perplex'd
                     the
                     mindes
                     of
                     his
                     weak
                     Brethren
                     ,
                     he
                     's
                     as
                     intent
                     ,
                     now
                     ,
                     how
                     to
                     entangle
                     the
                     
                       Interests
                    
                     of
                     the
                     Nation
                     .
                     The
                     man
                     is
                     willing
                     to
                     do
                     any
                     thing
                     that
                     may
                     help
                     on
                     the
                     work
                     of
                     undoing
                     All
                     ;
                     and
                     here
                     he
                     's
                     ballancing
                     Accompts
                     :
                     —
                     casting
                     up
                     how
                     many
                     millions
                     will
                     pay
                     the
                     Court-debts
                     ,
                     and
                     repair
                     the
                     Losses
                     of
                     His
                     Majesties
                     Friends
                     .
                     For
                     that
                     I
                     think
                     the
                     next
                     Parliament
                     may
                     as
                     well
                     compose
                     the
                     Difference
                     ,
                     as
                     either
                     he
                     or
                     I
                     :
                     this
                     only
                     I
                     may
                     say
                     ,
                     't
                     is
                     not
                     the
                     care
                     of
                     the
                     Publick
                     which
                     imploys
                     him
                     so
                     much
                     .
                     
                       His
                       sins
                       are
                       greater
                       than
                       he
                       can
                       bear
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     All
                     this
                     is
                     nothing
                     ,
                     compar'd
                     with
                     what
                     he
                     has
                     yet
                     to
                     tel
                     you
                     .
                     Observe
                     him
                     well
                     ,
                     and
                     ask
                     him
                     ,
                     how
                     he
                     looks
                     when
                     he
                     lies
                     ?
                     
                       Upon
                       his
                       knowledge
                       ,
                       the
                       Militiaes
                       are
                       resolved
                       
                       to
                       cut
                       the
                       Soldiers
                       throats
                       in
                       their
                       beds
                       .
                    
                     Why
                     does
                     he
                     not
                     discover
                     who
                     they
                     are
                     ?
                     Still
                     the
                     bloudy
                     11th
                     .
                     and
                     21th
                     .
                     of
                     
                       Febr.
                    
                     runs
                     in
                     his
                     Head
                     ;
                     
                       The
                       Villanies
                       of
                       that
                       night
                       ,
                    
                     how
                     hardly
                     does
                     he
                     digest
                     them
                     !
                     and
                     then
                     
                       the
                       Catalogue
                       of
                       Saints
                       (
                       the
                       Holy-ones
                       of
                       the
                       Rump
                       )
                    
                     that
                     nettles
                     the
                     Bum
                     terribly
                     .
                     That
                     
                       marks
                    
                     them
                     out
                     for
                     a
                     
                       Massacre
                       ,
                    
                     he
                     sayes
                     .
                     The
                     Worthies
                     have
                     behaved
                     themselves
                     well
                     the
                     mean
                     while
                     ,
                     that
                     call
                     themselves
                     the
                     People
                     .
                     Why
                     ,
                     at
                     the
                     worst
                     ,
                     if
                     the
                     People
                     have
                     a
                     minde
                     to
                     destroy
                     themselves
                     ,
                     they
                     cannot
                     begin
                     better
                     than
                     at
                     the
                     Breech
                     ;
                     that
                     's
                     a
                     good
                     way
                     from
                     the
                     Heart
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     Story
                     of
                     your
                     
                       Governor
                    
                     is
                     every bodies
                     tale
                     .
                     I
                     'll
                     only
                     take
                     the
                     Applicable
                     part
                     ;
                     
                       We
                       love
                       the
                    
                     TREASON
                     ,
                     
                       but
                       we
                       hate
                       the
                    
                     TRAYTOR
                     .
                     'T
                     was
                     you
                     Betray'd
                     your
                     Countrey's
                     trust
                     to
                     the
                     Army
                     .
                     They
                     love
                     the
                     Treason
                     ,
                     but
                     they
                     hate
                     the
                     Traytor
                     .
                     (
                     'T
                     is
                     as
                     fit
                     as
                     if
                     it
                     had
                     been
                     made
                     for
                     you
                     .
                     )
                  
                   
                     Now
                     your
                     
                       Advice
                       ,
                    
                     which
                     is
                     scarce
                     worth
                     a
                     Fee
                     ;
                     for
                     —
                     you
                     propose
                     things
                     Impossible
                     :
                     
                       Rendezvous
                       first
                       ,
                    
                     you
                     say
                     :
                     why
                     you
                     Phansie
                     ,
                     sure
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     General
                     is
                     of
                     the
                     Plot
                     ;
                     and
                     that
                     his
                     Officers
                     are
                     all
                     mad
                     ;
                     and
                     then
                     you
                     propose
                     a
                     Confederacy
                     ,
                     as
                     't
                     was
                     at
                     NEW-MARKET
                     :
                     your
                     little
                     Agitators
                     ,
                     &c.
                     —
                     Fie
                     ,
                     Fie
                     !
                     Gentlemen
                     ,
                     here
                     's
                     the
                     difference
                     of
                     the
                     Case
                     ;
                     the
                     Nation
                     then
                     was
                     with
                     the
                     revolted
                     Party
                     against
                     the
                     Great
                     ones
                     :
                     Now
                     ,
                     they
                     're
                     Unanimously
                     against
                     you
                     ,
                     in
                     any
                     such
                     Design
                     .
                     Your
                     General
                     is
                     a
                     Gentleman
                     and
                     a
                     Soldier
                     ;
                     and
                     every
                     Man
                     that
                     is
                     either
                     ,
                     (
                     in
                     the
                     Kingdom
                     )
                     will
                     die
                     at
                     's
                     Feet
                     :
                     His
                     Officers
                     are
                     Persons
                     that
                     understand
                     Honour
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Discipline
                     of
                     War
                     .
                     There
                     's
                     not
                     a
                     man
                     among
                     them
                     ,
                     but
                     when
                     he
                     comes
                     to
                     passe
                     a
                     Sober
                     Thought
                     upon
                     so
                     base
                     an
                     action
                     as
                     a
                     Mutiny
                     ,
                     would
                     rather
                     Perish
                     than
                     promote
                     it
                     .
                  
                   
                   
                     Beside
                     ,
                     you
                     are
                     discovered
                     with
                     the
                     first
                     breath
                     that
                     utters
                     the
                     least
                     Syllable
                     ,
                     tending
                     to
                     Conspiracy
                     ▪
                     Could
                     I
                     believe
                     ,
                     the
                     Conscience
                     of
                     that
                     Traytor
                     that
                     advises
                     you
                     to
                     this
                     ,
                     would
                     let
                     him
                     Sleep
                     ,
                     I
                     should
                     believe
                     his
                     Councel
                     but
                     a
                     Dream
                     ,
                     't
                     is
                     so
                     remote
                     from
                     any
                     due
                     Coherence
                     of
                     right
                     Reason
                     .
                     Come
                     ,
                     shall
                     I
                     Counsel
                     you
                     a
                     little
                     ?
                     Be
                     obedient
                     to
                     your
                     Superiors
                     ;
                     Compassionate
                     to
                     your
                     Countrey
                     ;
                     Just
                     to
                     your
                     Equals
                     :
                     
                       In
                       fine
                       ,
                    
                     serve
                     God
                     ,
                     and
                     honour
                     those
                     whom
                     he
                     hath
                     set
                     over
                     you
                     for
                     your
                     Good
                     .
                  
                   
                     'T
                     is
                     not
                     the
                     Fool
                     's
                     Reviling
                     of
                     his
                     Betters
                     ,
                     that
                     mends
                     your
                     Cause
                     ,
                     or
                     makes
                     ours
                     worse
                     .
                     
                       There
                       are
                    
                     (
                     as
                     he
                     sayes
                     )
                     
                       Ropes
                       twisting
                       ,
                    
                     I
                     believ
                     't
                     ,
                     but
                     they
                     are
                     for
                     such
                     Imps
                     as
                     himself
                     .
                     He
                     tels
                     you
                     ,
                     
                       Gallows
                       are
                       setting
                       up
                       for
                       the
                       executions
                       of
                       your
                       friends
                       ;
                    
                     (
                     and
                     he
                     accounts
                     himself
                     one
                     of
                     your
                     friends
                     )
                     who
                     knows
                     what
                     may
                     come
                     on
                     't
                     ?
                     He
                     concludes
                     with
                     a
                     Proverb
                     ;
                     
                       Men
                    
                     ARM'D
                     
                       are
                       seldom
                    
                     HARM'D
                     .
                     Take
                     mine
                     too
                     ,
                     and
                     so
                     shall
                     I
                     conclude
                     :
                     
                       Save
                       a
                       THIEF
                       from
                       the
                       Gallows
                       ,
                       and
                       he
                       'll
                       CUT
                       your
                       THROAT
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         April
                         4.
                         1660.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Libido
                       Dominandi
                       ,
                       Causa
                       Belli
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           THe
           
             Militia
          
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           being
           at
           present
           in
           good
           forwardnesse
           toward
           a
           settlement
           ,
           was
           yet
           quickned
           by
           
             Lambert's
          
           escape
           out
           of
           the
           Tower
           ,
           which
           was
           understood
           to
           signifie
           more
           than
           his
           particular
           Freedom
           and
           Safety
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           he
           had
           already
           refused
           Liberty
           upon
           engagement
           to
           be
           quiet
           .
           Hereupon
           the
           General
           placed
           four
           Companies
           of
           his
           own
           Regiment
           in
           the
           Tower
           ;
           and
           the
           Council
           of
           State
           issued
           forth
           a
           Proclamation
           against
           
             Lambert
          
           and
           his
           Complices
           ,
           requiring
           all
           persons
           whatsoever
           to
           be
           assistant
           to
           the
           Suppression
           of
           them
           .
           The
           Citizens
           repair'd
           their
           
             Posts
          
           and
           
             Chains
             ,
          
           strengthened
           their
           Guards
           ;
           and
           (
           in
           short
           )
           the
           whole
           Nation
           was
           as
           vigilant
           as
           possible
           to
           disappoint
           the
           Grand
           Conspiracy
           of
           the
           Phanaticks
           .
           About
           this
           time
           they
           made
           several
           Attempts
           in
           order
           to
           a
           general
           rising
           ;
           but
           by
           the
           care
           and
           Conduct
           of
           the
           
             Council
             ,
          
           the
           General
           ,
           and
           the
           Militia
           ,
           all
           came
           to
           nothing
           ;
           the
           heart
           of
           the
           Design
           was
           almost
           broken
           :
           and
           yet
           they
           would
           not
           leave
           their
           Pamphleting
           .
           Particularly
           
             Milton
          
           put
           forth
           a
           bawling
           piece
           against
           Dr.
           
             Griffith
          
           and
           somebody
           else
           another
           scurrilous
           Libel
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             EYE-SALVE
             :
          
           I
           did
           not
           think
           it
           much
           material
           to
           reply
           upon
           these
           ,
           the
           people
           being
           already
           convinc'd
           of
           the
           Right
           ;
           but
           however
           ,
           being
           excited
           to
           it
           by
           a
           private
           Friend
           ,
           I
           return'd
           these
           following
           
             Answers
             .