L'Estrange his vindication from the calumnies of a malitious party in Kent (relating to a commotion there in May, 1648) which hee [sic] addresses to the authours and promoters of them.
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             L'Estrange his vindication from the calumnies of a malitious party in Kent (relating to a commotion there in May, 1648) which hee [sic] addresses to the authours and promoters of them.
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           L'ESTRANGE
           HIS
           VINDICATION
           ,
           From
           the
           Calumnies
           of
           a
           Malitious
           Party
           IN
           KENT
           :
           (
           Relating
           to
           a
           Commotion
           there
           in
           May
           1648.
           )
           which
           hee
           addresses
           to
           the
           Authours
           ,
           and
           Promoters
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Magna
           est
           Veritas
           ,
           &
           praevalebit
           .
        
         
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           yeer
           1649.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           THis
           Discourse
           is
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Honour
           ;
           not
           Vanity
           or
           Distemper
           .
           The
           Vindication
           of
           my
           Misfortunes
           from
           your
           Calumnies
           ;
           and
           the
           Story
           of
           Both
           :
           Plainly
           ,
           and
           Faithfully
           delivered
           ;
           without
           Art
           ,
           or
           Passion
           :
           not
           studious
           of
           Revenge
           ,
           or
           Glory
           ;
           but
           Conscient
           of
           mine
           own
           Integrity
           ,
           I
           am
           resolv'd
           to
           Iustifie
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           been
           6
           Moneths
           the
           Patient
           Subject
           of
           your
           Injurious
           Clamours
           ;
           &
           6
           Eternities
           had
           been
           the
           same
           to
           me
           ,
           would
           you
           but
           have
           Bounded
           your
           Intemperance
           within
           your
           Proper
           Circle
           :
           (
           for
           ,
           in
           your
           Ale
           ,
           you
           have
           a
           Praerogative
           to
           be
           Angry
           ,
           or
           Politique
           ,
           at
           Pleasure
           )
           but
           to
           finde
           my
           Name
           brought
           upon
           a
           Forreign
           Stage
           ;
           my
           Infamy
           Transplanted
           ;
           Paquetts
           stuff'd
           with
           your
           Invective
           Scandalls
           ,
           and
           Letters
           dispatchd
           Expresse
           to
           that
           Ignoble
           Purpose
           ;
           Vn-guarded
           ,
           Vnsealed
           ;
           with
           Designe
           to
           be
           yet
           more
           Publique
           :
           your
           Malice
           Immortall
           too
           ;
           never
           leave
           —
           To
           these
           Indignities
           ,
           let
           me
           be
           Pardon'd
           ;
           if
           I
           render
           a
           Severe
           accompt
           .
        
         
           Nor
           haue
           I
           much
           to
           Thank
           you
           for
           at
           Home
           ;
           where
           you
           have
           not
           left
           one
           Atome
           of
           my
           Reputation
           without
           a
           Wound
           :
           nay
           ,
           in
           that
           precise
           Instant
           ,
           while
           I
           have
           been
           Paying
           my
           Vows
           to
           Allegeance
           ,
           and
           Friendship
           ,
           you
           have
           Murthered
           me
           at
           the
           very
           Altar
           ,
           as
           an
           Apostate
           to
           Both
           :
           as
           a
           Traytour
           to
           the
           most
           Sacred
           ,
           the
           most
           Inviolable
           Bonds
           of
           Humane
           Nature
           .
           Oh
           the
           Inconsiderate
           ,
           and
           Inverted
           Extremes
           of
           Popular
           Affections
           !
           your
           Love
           ?
           There
           's
           Tyranny
           ;
           there
           's
           Torture
           in
           it
           ;
           Drowning
           and
           Strangling
           ,
           in
           your
           very
           Enterteynments
           ,
           and
           Embraces
           :
           but
           let
           me
           Prosper
           ,
           as
           I
           finde
           no
           hing
           more
           Civill
           then
           your
           Displeasure
           .
           You
           would
           never
           else
           have
           pressed
           me
           to
           any
           thing
           so
           much
           to
           
             mine
          
           Advantage
           ,
           and
           
           
             your
          
           Dishonour
           ;
           to
           a
           Defence
           ,
           so
           much
           your
           Condemnation
           .
           (
           for
           I
           know
           ,
           you
           Hate
           me
           ,
           as
           the
           Living
           Monument
           of
           your
           Ingratitude
           ;
           as
           the
           Reproach
           of
           your
           Inconstancy
           .
           )
           Would
           I
           Boast
           any
           Act
           of
           
             Mine
             ,
          
           it
           should
           be
           
             This
             ,
          
           &
           
             Thus
             .
          
           No
           Spirit
           ,
           but
           That
           which
           Ruin'd
           Kent
           ,
           could
           have
           doubled
           so
           supinely
           .
           Yet
           ,
           (
           in
           earnest
           )
           it
           were
           a
           sad
           Chapter
           ,
           did
           not
           the
           Inconsistence
           ,
           and
           Contradictions
           in
           it
           ,
           carry
           so
           rank
           a
           Tincture
           of
           Impossible
           ,
           and
           Ridiculous
           .
           I
           shall
           now
           Approach
           to
           my
           Charge
           ;
           and
           Proceed
           thence
           to
           my
           Answer
           :
           (
           Briefly
           as
           I
           can
           )
           but
           with
           Caution
           ,
           and-Praemise
           ;
           lest
           I
           seem
           to
           Act
           the
           Temerity
           I
           Condemne
           ;
           and
           in
           stead
           of
           a
           Vindication
           ,
           to
           deliver
           a
           Slander
           .
        
         
           To
           Kent
           ,
           
             first
             ,
          
           and
           in
           
             Generall
             ;
          
           with
           
             This
             Protest
             .
          
        
         
           I
           do
           beleeve
           ,
           there
           never
           was
           so
           Numerous
           a
           Concurrence
           of
           such
           Honest
           ,
           Resolute
           Soules
           ,
           to
           so
           Brave
           a
           Purpose
           ,
           within
           that
           narrow
           Compasse
           of
           Ground
           ,
           and
           Time
           ,
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           (
           
             All
             Circumstances
             considered
          
           )
           In
           a
           Stragling
           ,
           Disarmed
           County
           .
           within
           the
           Power
           ,
           and
           Contribution
           of
           an
           Enemy
           .
           Not
           a
           single
           Wall
           ,
           for
           a
           Retrait
           :
           not
           Three
           Persons
           to
           Repair
           to
           for
           Protection
           :
           within
           Two
           dayes
           March
           of
           an
           Experienced
           ,
           Succesfull
           Army
           .
           Vnder
           the
           very
           Nose
           of
           the
           Country-Militia
           :
           whose
           Immediate
           Businesse
           and
           Commission
           ,
           at
           that
           Instant
           ,
           was
           with
           all
           their
           Force
           ,
           and
           Cunning
           ,
           to
           Crush
           ,
           or
           Contermine
           them
           .
           I
           might
           Adde
           ;
           that
           they
           had
           been
           formerly
           Baffled
           by
           Vnworthie
           Spirits
           in
           the
           Head
           of
           them
           .
           This
           notwithstanding
           ,
           they
           made
           in
           12
           dayes
           12000
           Men
           Effective
           .
           Reduced
           the
           Royall
           Navy
           .
           Gave
           an
           Amuse
           ,
           &
           Diversion
           to
           their
           Adversaries
           :
           An
           Example
           ,
           Encouragement
           ,
           and
           Occasion
           to
           their
           Friends
           .
           They
           gave
           themselves
           the
           glory
           of
           
             Beginning
          
           an
           Action
           wherein
           the
           whole
           Nation
           (
           stood
           at
           Gaze
           ,
           and
           )
           durst
           not
           
             second
          
           them
           .
           They
           made
           war
           
             alone
          
           upon
           the
           Masters
           (
           in
           effect
           )
           of
           three
           Kingdomes
           .
           They
           
             Rose
             ,
          
           Naked
           ,
           and
           Solitary
           :
           they
           
             stood
             so
             ;
          
           and
           
             so
          
           they
           
             Fell
             .
          
           Their
           Defeat
           was
           rather
           a
           Surprize
           ,
           then
           a
           Conquest
           .
           They
           came
           short
           not
           12
           houres
           of
           their
           owne
           wishes
           ;
           in
           which
           Criticall
           Opportunity
           ,
           they
           were
           Engaged
           ,
           and
           Lost
           ;
           for
           want
           of
           Discipline
           ,
           not
           Courage
           :
           in
           the
           very
           Twilight
           of
           
           Order
           ,
           &
           Confusion
           .
           Nor
           could
           Obedience
           ,
           or
           Execution
           be
           Reasonably
           expected
           from
           a
           Multitude
           ,
           where
           no
           Authority
           ,
           of
           above
           6
           houres
           standing
           ,
           was
           acknowledged
           ,
           that
           might
           Require
           it
           .
           In
           one
           word
           :
           They
           spake
           fair
           for
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           Liberty
           ;
           let
           their
           Ashes
           finde
           Peace
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           their
           Memories
           Honour
           ;
           and
           let
           those
           that
           come
           after
           ,
           mend
           it
           .
        
         
           Descending
           now
           to
           Particulars
           ;
           I
           must
           avowe
           ,
           that
           our
           Age
           Produces
           not
           anywhere
           ,
           Persons
           of
           more
           Gallantry
           ,
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Reason
           :
           of
           a
           more
           Primitive
           worthinesse
           ,
           then
           in
           Kent
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           a
           Corrective
           ;
           there
           is
           a
           mixture
           too
           ,
           of
           the
           Tamest
           Slaves
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Insolent
           Tyrants
           ,
           that
           ever
           Sacrificed
           to
           Fear
           ,
           or
           Cruelty
           .
           Wretches
           that
           wait
           upon
           dangers
           ,
           and
           Hover
           over
           Armies
           like
           Vultures
           ,
           to
           Prey
           upon
           the
           Unfortunate
           .
           Of
           which
           number
           ,
           (
           Gentlemen
           )
           
             You
          
           are
           :
           (
           
             Your
          
           Names
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           but
           I
           am
           told
           ,
           there
           are
           such
           Things
           in
           Nature
           )
           
             You
             ,
          
           I
           mean
           ,
           that
           write
           your selves
           spectatours
           of
           ,
           and
           Actours
           in
           this
           Businesse
           ;
           and
           upon
           that
           score
           Insinuate
           for
           Truth
           your
           most
           unhandsome
           reports
           .
           To
           
             you
          
           it
           is
           my
           Vindication
           directs
           it self
           ;
           
             Wherein
          
           I
           undertake
           to
           prove
           the
           Contrary
           :
           and
           
             whereby
             ,
          
           I
           oblige
           my self
           to
           make
           it
           good
           .
           (
           take
           me
           in
           what
           Latitude
           you
           please
           )
        
         
           As
           for
           those
           Credulous
           ,
           and
           Passionate
           Natures
           whom
           your
           Infusions
           have
           corrupted
           ,
           I
           wish
           them
           a
           seasonable
           return
           to
           their
           Better
           Counsells
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           make
           
             Articles
          
           of
           
             Faith
          
           out
           of
           
             Canterbury
             Tales
             :
          
           and
           to
           Inferre
           Consequences
           of
           Infallibility
           from
           Traditions
           upon
           the
           Rode
           .
           
             Phy
             ,
             Phy
             :
          
           —
           But
           no
           more
           .
           I
           have
           a
           Civility
           yet
           left
           for
           
             some
          
           of
           
             these
             ,
          
           for
           whose
           
             mistaken
             sakes
             ,
          
           I
           half
           repent
           my
           Innocence
           .
        
         
           I
           should
           adde
           something
           
             now
          
           to
           those
           Spirits
           of
           Censure
           ,
           and
           Contemplation
           ,
           that
           endure
           no
           other
           Measure
           ,
           or
           Test
           of
           Reason
           ,
           then
           their
           Particular
           Iudgements
           .
           Those
           Pragmaticall
           pieces
           of
           Ill-manner'd
           Impertinence
           ,
           that
           appear
           born
           to
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           then
           unprofitably
           to
           Vex
           Affayres
           with
           their
           Importune
           and
           serious
           Follies
           .
           Those
           that
           cry
           The
           
             Prince
             upon
             my
             Knowledge
             ,
          
           &c.
           the
           
             Counsell
          
           &c.
           the
           
             Designe
          
           &c.
           
           40000
           Scotts
           :
           20000
           Irish
           .
           True
           
           by
           
             him
          
           that
           
             made
          
           me
           .
           I
           had
           it
           by
           
             Expresse
          
           from
           the
           Commissioners
           &c.
           
           
             These
             ;
             These
          
           are
           the
           Kil-Cowes
           .
           These
           walking
           Gazetts
           :
           these
           Fripperyes
           of
           Intelligence
           .
           What
           Person
           ,
           or
           Action
           ,
           (
           although
           never
           so
           Honourable
           ,
           if
           Vnfortunate
           )
           stands
           secure
           from
           the
           Lash
           of
           their
           Pedantique
           Saucinesse
           ?
           and
           their
           Praerogative
           is
           ;
           they
           are
           Contemptible
           .
           But
           I
           hasten
           :
           
             And
             now
             let
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             be
             Iudges
             .
             Here
             's
             my
             Charge
             :
          
           To
           a
           scruple
           .
        
         
           T
           is
           Vox
           Populi
           ,
           (
           sayes
           my
           Authour
           )
           that
           l'
           Estrange
           began
           the
           businesse
           of
           Kent
           ,
           wherein
           he
           Engaged
           his
           Noble
           friend
           Mr.
           Hales
           :
           whom
           he
           urged
           ,
           not
           to
           
             take
             up
             ,
          
           when
           he
           might
           have
           
             come
             off
          
           with
           his
           Honour
           ;
           nor
           to
           
             Persist
             ,
          
           when
           he
           might
           have
           
             made
             it
             good
          
           with
           his
           Sword
           :
           but
           upon
           the
           losse
           of
           Maidstone
           ,
           flew
           to
           his
           house
           ,
           (
           whither
           he
           had
           perswaded
           him
           before
           )
           and
           there
           surprised
           
             him
             ,
          
           and
           
             his
             ,
          
           with
           such
           affrights
           ,
           as
           made
           him
           Quitte
           his
           Estimation
           ,
           and
           his
           Country
           
             at
             once
             .
          
           All
           which
           ,
           l'
           Estrange
           did
           (
           
             some
          
           say
           )
           moved
           by
           his
           Interests
           ,
           or
           (
           as
           
             Others
          
           )
           by
           his
           Fears
           :
           whereas
           ,
           had
           but
           they
           Rallyed
           their
           own
           Troupes
           ,
           (
           which
           (
           as
           themselves
           affirm
           )
           lay
           then
           not
           far
           off
           )
           and
           joyned
           with
           the
           undisturbed
           Forces
           of
           East-Kent
           ;
           They
           might
           have
           bidden
           Fairfax
           his
           Army
           in
           the
           Head
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           at
           Randome
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           Vomited
           their
           Mutinous
           ,
           and
           Infamous
           follies
           ;
           the
           Close
           was
           ever
           
             to
             the
             Tune
             of
             —
             A
             Plague
             of
             God
             confound
             them
             ,
             they
             have
             undone
             us
             all
             .
          
           And
           
             this
             ,
          
           I
           cannot
           much
           deny
           .
           I
           think
           we
           put
           you
           into
           a
           Capacity
           of
           beeing
           
             All
          
           undone
           :
           of
           
             your selves
             ,
          
           possibly
           ,
           some
           twenty
           ,
           or
           thirty
           might
           have
           come
           to
           cast
           the
           dice
           for
           your
           lives
           ,
           the
           rest
           look
           
             on
             ,
          
           and
           there
           an
           end
           of
           the
           Businesse
           .
           (
           
             Gentlemen
             :
             such
             things
             as
             these
             have
             been
             done
             in
             the
             Memory
             of
             Man
             .
          
           )
        
         
           There
           are
           ,
           that
           say
           ,
           the
           temper
           of
           my
           Stile
           was
           Bolder
           then
           became
           the
           Growth
           of
           our
           Affaires
           ;
           and
           Particularly
           ,
           of
           those
           two
           letters
           :
           the
           First
           ,
           to
           the
           Committee
           at
           Derby-house
           .
           The
           Other
           in
           Return
           to
           the
           Lord
           Fairfax
           ;
           (
           of
           which
           ,
           hereafter
           .
           )
           and
           that
           this
           liberty
           Exasperated
           the
           fury
           ,
           and
           Revenge
           of
           the
           Army
           upon
           the
           County
           .
           (
           I
           crave
           your
           Pardons
           .
           
             I
             thought
             it
             had
             been
             as
             dangerous
             to
             Arm
             ten
             thousand
             men
             ,
             as
             to
             give
             the
             Reason
             for
             it
             .
          
           )
           (
           was
           ever
           any
           man
           
           so
           
             be-smeared
          
           with
           
             Ale
             ,
          
           and
           
             Custard
             ?
          
           )
           But
           
             this
          
           is
           all
           (
           I
           hear
           )
           you
           have
           against
           me
           .
           And
           to
           
             this
          
           I
           shall
           vouchsafe
           a
           Refutation
           .
           I
           may
           live
           to
           give
           you
           a
           
             Personall
             accompt
             ,
          
           if
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           Please
           :
           till
           
             then
             ,
          
           accept
           of
           
             this
             ,
          
           in
           
             black
          
           and
           
             white
             .
          
        
         
           
             Truth
          
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           
             Reason
             ;
          
           or
           I
           am
           deceived
           :
           (
           Plain
           how
           ever
           )
           and
           meant
           for
           a
           
             Conviction
             ,
          
           not
           a
           
             Charme
             :
          
           not
           coloured
           with
           either
           Phrase
           ,
           or
           Argument
           ,
           to
           Engage
           your
           Phansie
           ,
           or
           abuse
           your
           Iudgement
           ;
           nor
           yet
           LAMENTABLY
           COMPLAINING
           ,
           to
           provoke
           your
           Charitie
           :
           but
           founded
           upon
           the
           Infallible
           testimony
           of
           Demonstration
           it self
           :
           and
           upon
           
             that
          
           Bottom
           ,
           your
           worst
           is
           below
           my
           Scornes
           .
           In
           a
           word
           :
           if
           any
           soule
           remain
           
             yet
          
           unsatisfied
           ,
           in
           poynt
           of
           
             opinion
             ,
          
           as
           to
           
             this
          
           Matter
           ;
           I
           desire
           him
           either
           to
           
             reserve
          
           it
           ,
           or
           
             Rejoyne
             :
          
           and
           
             Owne
          
           it
           too
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           weares
           a
           Name
           he
           is
           ashamed
           to
           Acknowledge
           .
           Nay
           ;
           if
           Malice
           ,
           or
           Detraction
           it
           
             self
          
           be
           not
           yet
           Pacified
           I
           offer
           further
           ;
           
             and
             to
             all
             the
             world
             .
          
           Let
           them
           dissect
           ,
           and
           Rifle
           the
           whole
           Series
           of
           my
           life
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           produce
           the
           worst
           ;
           I
           shall
           no
           more
           Blush
           at
           that
           story
           ,
           then
           at
           mine
           Humanity
           .
           At
           the
           present
           ,
           I
           am
           Obliged
           to
           speak
           to
           
             this
             ,
             wherein
          
           I
           shall
           not
           break
           the
           order
           of
           the
           Affaire
           in
           complement
           to
           your
           Praeposterous
           passions
           .
           In
           substance
           ,
           I
           shall
           deliver
           what
           I
           
             did
             ;
          
           what
           I
           
             Advised
          
           and
           
             would
          
           have
           done
           :
           (
           whereof
           you
           are
           pleased
           to
           say
           nothing
           )
           and
           what
           I
           did
           
             not
             ,
          
           (
           which
           you
           pretend
           I
           
             did
          
           )
           in
           Relation
           to
           this
           distemper
           of
           Kent
           .
        
         
           To
           begin
           with
           the
           Rise
           of
           the
           Whole
           :
           the
           foundation
           of
           this
           Babell
           was
           laid
           in
           Canterbury
           :
           (
           for
           it
           proved
           but
           a
           Glorious
           confusion
           )
           A
           
             Petition
          
           was
           
             there
          
           formed
           by
           the
           Grand-jury
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           insisting
           upon
           the
           Kings
           Rights
           ,
           and
           the
           Peoples
           liberties
           according
           to
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           &
           the
           Declarations
           of
           the
           present
           Parliament
           ,
           It
           was
           
             well
          
           taken
           ,
           and
           
             better
          
           meant
           ,
           but
           (
           as
           it
           happened
           )
           not
           so
           luckily
           
             contrived
          
           or
           
             worded
             .
          
           That
           which
           administer'd
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           Occasion
           to
           this
           Resolve
           ,
           was
           
             part
          
           Emulation
           ,
           
             part
          
           Revenge
           ,
           cööperative
           with
           those
           Native
           Principles
           of
           Fidelity
           they
           caried
           still
           about
           them
           .
           To
           be
           plainer
           yet
           .
           Essex
           gave
           the
           Example
           ;
           and
           Fortune
           ,
           
             this
          
           Opportunity
           .
           The
           two
           Houses
           had
           sen
           
           down
           Commissioners
           of
           Oyer
           and
           Terminer
           to
           take
           
             Cognizance
          
           of
           a
           
             Riote
          
           in
           
             Canterbury
          
           the
           Christ-masse
           
             before
             .
          
           The
           Iury
           gave
           in
           
             Ignoramus
             ,
          
           and
           
             so
          
           converted
           that
           intended
           Tragaedy
           into
           a
           Scaene
           of
           Mirth
           .
           Hereupon
           ,
           the
           people
           began
           to
           talk
           another
           language
           ;
           to
           contemplate
           the
           mortality
           even
           of
           a
           perpetuall
           Parliament
           :
           and
           
             Flesh'd
             thus
          
           upon
           a
           Committee
           ,
           they
           determined
           
             next
          
           to
           
             Fly
          
           at
           
             all
             ,
          
           and
           Step
           in
           boldly
           to
           the
           
             Rescous
          
           of
           their
           
             Invaded
             liberties
             :
          
           in
           which
           He
           at
           they
           drew
           up
           this
           Petition
           
             That
             done
             ,
          
           the
           newes
           is
           presently
           at
           London
           that
           Essex
           and
           Kent
           are
           associated
           .
           For
           
             my
          
           private
           Satisfaction
           I
           went
           down
           to
           
             see
             :
             where
             ,
          
           I
           found
           little
           to
           
             that
          
           purpose
           .
           Much
           talk
           of
           a
           Petition
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           prone
           to
           promote
           it
           ,
           but
           as
           to
           the
           conduct
           of
           those
           Inclinations
           ,
           (
           for
           ought
           I
           could
           discover
           )
           much
           to
           seek
           .
           No
           
             Person
          
           of
           
             Quality
          
           to
           
             avow
          
           it
           .
           No
           
             Correspondences
          
           to
           
             Strengthen
          
           it
           .
           Nor
           (
           as
           yet
           )
           any
           
             Commissioners
          
           agreed
           upon
           for
           the
           
             Menage
          
           of
           it
           :
           and
           this
           disorder
           the
           Deputy
           Lievetenants
           understood
           
             more
          
           then
           
             enough
             ;
          
           who
           
             fell
             in
          
           immediatly
           with
           their
           Troupes
           to
           
             suppresse
          
           it
           :
           and
           
             That
             ,
          
           with
           bold
           and
           Publick
           Me●aces
           of
           Violence
           ,
           and
           Severity
           against
           the
           Petitioners
           :
           nor
           were
           they
           far
           from
           seizing
           the
           most
           Eminent
           among
           them
           .
           Opposition
           they
           met
           with
           
             none
             ,
          
           but
           in
           discourse
           :
           an
           universall
           aversation
           to
           be
           for
           
             ever
          
           Slaves
           :
           and
           a
           Resolve
           to
           redeem
           their
           liberties
           ,
           if
           they
           might
           be
           had
           for
           
             Asking
             .
          
           But
           
             another
          
           Medium
           was
           
             now
          
           to
           be
           
             thought
          
           on
           ,
           and
           who
           should
           strike
           the
           first
           blow
           ,
           was
           the
           great
           Question
           ,
           and
           mutuall
           expectation
           .
           
             This
          
           was
           the
           State
           of
           your
           Affaires
           ,
           when
           you
           invited
           
             mee
          
           into
           an
           Engagement
           ;
           and
           now
           followes
           the
           Story
           of
           my
           proceedings
           ,
           so
           long
           ,
           as
           I
           was
           any
           way
           interessed
           in
           the
           Action
           .
           (
           A
           Truth
           ,
           so
           free
           from
           Ostentation
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           have
           
             confessed
          
           it
           without
           a
           
             Torture
             .
          
           )
           First
           to
           give
           a
           Stand
           to
           the
           Activity
           of
           the
           Committee
           then
           raging
           in
           the
           County
           ,
           I
           drew
           up
           and
           Printed
           
             this
          
           ensueing
           Letter
           ,
           
             Thus
          
           Addressed
           .
        
         
         
           
             A
             Letter
             Declaratorie
             ,
             To
             the
             Disturbers
             of
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             County
             OF
             KENT
             :
             Occasioned
             by
             a
             Petition
             tending
             to
             an
             Accommodation
             .
             Subscribed
             by
             many
             thousands
             of
             the
             said
             County
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     OBserving
                     with
                     what
                     Diligence
                     and
                     Expedition
                     ,
                     Parties
                     are
                     Drawn
                     Together
                     ,
                     Armed
                     ,
                     and
                     by
                     Whom
                     :
                     we
                     cannot
                     but
                     Demand
                     ;
                     to
                     what
                     End
                     ?
                     The
                     Country
                     is
                     Quiet
                     ,
                     and
                     desires
                     so
                     to
                     continue
                     :
                     Our
                     Interest
                     is
                     Peace
                     ,
                     not
                     Rapine
                     and
                     Bloodshed
                     :
                     yet
                     are
                     we
                     also
                     resolved
                     ,
                     not
                     to
                     Fall
                     Tame
                     Sacrifices
                     to
                     the
                     Spirit
                     of
                     Slumber
                     and
                     Delusion
                     ,
                     and
                     render
                     up
                     our
                     Religions
                     ,
                     Lawes
                     ,
                     Lives
                     and
                     Fortunes
                     ,
                     upon
                     such
                     Cold
                     conditions
                     .
                  
                   
                     We
                     must
                     crave
                     leave
                     to
                     tell
                     you
                     ,
                     that
                     a
                     Petition
                     ,
                     Concluded
                     on
                     ,
                     and
                     Avowed
                     by
                     the
                     Vniversality
                     of
                     this
                     County
                     ,
                     representing
                     their
                     Honest
                     desires
                     ,
                     in
                     a
                     Modest
                     Way
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     two
                     Houses
                     of
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     Practice
                     ,
                     nay
                     the
                     Approbation
                     of
                     this
                     present
                     Parliament
                     ;
                     —
                     That
                     this
                     Petition
                     is
                     by
                     the
                     most
                     Active
                     in
                     this
                     new
                     Commotion
                     ,
                     Discountenanced
                     and
                     Menaced
                     ,
                     which
                     makes
                     us
                     Reasonably
                     Suspect
                     ,
                     whither
                     
                       those
                    
                     Designes
                     may
                     Tend
                     ,
                     whereof
                     
                       they
                    
                     have
                     the
                     sole
                     
                       conduct
                       .
                    
                     Our
                     Addresses
                     are
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Parliament
                    
                     not
                     
                       You
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     from
                     
                       them
                    
                     we
                     shall
                     await
                     a
                     seasonable
                     Return
                     ;
                     our
                     Desires
                     being
                     of
                     a
                     moment
                     above
                     your
                     Cognizance
                     .
                     That
                     we
                     labour
                     for
                     is
                     Peace
                     ;
                     and
                     in
                     a
                     Peaceable
                     Manner
                     :
                     Nor
                     can
                     we
                     without
                     Horrour
                     think
                     of
                     a
                     fresh
                     Imbroylement
                     .
                  
                   
                   
                     The
                     Petition
                     we
                     do
                     all
                     Owne
                     ,
                     Affirming
                     the
                     scope
                     thereof
                     so
                     innocent
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     dare
                     deliver
                     it
                     up
                     to
                     Heaven
                     with
                     our
                     Soules
                     ;
                     and
                     so
                     Determine
                     to
                     do
                     ,
                     if
                     thereunto
                     reduced
                     by
                     any
                     Troublesome
                     Interposition
                     ,
                     till
                     the
                     Great
                     Councell
                     of
                     the
                     Kingdom
                     (
                     to
                     whom
                     onely
                     and
                     properly
                     it
                     referres
                     )
                     shall
                     Advise
                     upon
                     it
                     .
                     Wherefore
                     ,
                     to
                     avoid
                     the
                     effect
                     of
                     Iealousies
                     ,
                     (
                     the
                     Fountain
                     of
                     this
                     Late
                     Warre
                     )
                     we
                     desire
                     also
                     the
                     Causes
                     may
                     be
                     Removed
                     ,
                     lest
                     Introductive
                     to
                     Another
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       When
                       you
                       have
                       satisfied
                    
                     this
                     
                       Scruple
                       you
                       have
                       Obliged
                       your
                       Friends
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             COpies
             hereof
             I
             delivered
             you
             ;
             to
             Disperse
             ,
             and
             Post
             up
             in
             all
             your
             Mercate-Townes
             .
             My
             next
             application
             was
             to
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             EAST-KENT
             ,
             and
             ROCHESTER
             ;
             betwixt
             whom
             ,
             I
             did
             (
             Personally
             )
             Accomplish
             ,
             and
             Enterchange
             This
             paction
             ,
             and
             assurance
             :
             that
             
               Both
            
             should
             be
             ready
             for
             the
             
               First
            
             Opportunity
             ;
             and
             not
             fail
             to
             
               second
               ,
               either
               the
               Other
               ,
               whethersoever
               Acted
               ,
            
             or
             
               suffered
               first
               .
            
             (
             whereof
             ,
             I
             advertised
             MAIDSTONE
             ,
             and
             other
             parts
             :
             )
          
           
             By
             this
             ;
             the
             Deputy-Lievetenants
             had
             posted
             up
             an
             Antiprotest
             :
             but
             to
             matter
             of
             Violence
             they
             durst
             not
             proceed
             ,
             (
             as
             appeared
             by
             those
             Letters
             we
             intercepted
             )
             without
             the
             Entire
             Conjunction
             of
             what
             power
             the
             Parliament
             was
             Master
             of
             in
             the
             County
             :
             which
             ,
             hereupon
             ,
             they
             Incontinently
             laboured
             to
             draw
             together
             .
             Upon
             the
             Neck
             of
             this
             ;
             I
             moved
             you
             to
             tender
             an
             ENGAGEMENT
             ,
             to
             all
             the
             Petitioners
             ;
             which
             (
             accordingly
             )
             you
             did
             ;
             and
             in
             these
             words
             .
          
           
             Wee
             doe
             Solemnly
             and
             Religiously
             Oblige
             our Selves
             
             with
             Our
             Lives
             ,
             and
             Fortunes
             ,
             to
             oppose
             Effectually
             what
             Person
             ,
             or
             Persons
             -
             soever
             shall
             presume
             to
             Interrupt
             ,
             and
             Molest
             us
             in
             the
             Iust
             and
             Legall
             Presentment
             ,
             of
             our
             humble
             Desires
             ,
             to
             the
             two
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Utmost
             of
             our
             Endeavours
             to
             save
             Harmlesse
             and
             Protect
             Each
             the
             Other
             in
             a
             Priviledge
             so
             undoubtedly
             our
             Owne
             .
             And
             so
             not
             onely
             Adjudged
             ,
             but
             Practised
             and
             Encouraged
             ,
             by
             This
             Present
             Parliament
             .
             And
             Further
             ;
             in
             case
             any
             Single
             Person
             ,
             shall
             be
             for
             this
             Engagement
             
             Prosecuted
             ;
             All
             of
             us
             to
             Rise
             as
             One
             Man
             ,
             to
             the
             Rescue
             .
             This
             ,
             so
             help
             us
             God
             ,
             as
             we
             shall
             Respectively
             Perform
             ,
             and
             Resolutely
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             very
             Article
             of
             Time
             ,
             comes
             the
             Kentish
             Committee
             with
             a
             Troup
             of
             Horse
             to
             SITTINGBORNE
             .
             I
             was
             then
             at
             TUNSTALL
             ,
             two
             miles
             off
             :
             where
             ,
             upon
             Consultation
             ;
             4
             or
             5
             of
             us
             concluded
             to
             make
             a
             Party
             ,
             and
             fall
             into
             their
             Quarters
             next
             night
             .
             In
             which
             Resolve
             ;
             
               I
               was
               so
               far
               from
               Involving
               Master
               Hales
               ,
               (
               as
               these
               Sonnes
               of
               Fortune
               pretend
               )
               that
               when
               his
               House
               was
               Propounded
               for
               our
               first
               Rendez-vous
               ,
               and
               his
               Person
               for
               the
               first
               Attempt
               ,
               I
               was
               the
               onely
               Soule
               Dissenting
               .
               And
               for
               the
               County
               :
               They
               drew
               me
            
             in
             ,
             not
             
               I
               ,
               Them
               .
            
             Next
             morning
             ,
             we
             heard
             that
             ROCHESTER
             bridge
             was
             drawn
             .
             after-noon
             ,
             the
             Enemy
             quitted
             the
             Towne
             ,
             and
             so
             put
             an
             end
             to
             that
             nights
             designe
             .
             Master
             BIXE
             onely
             (
             one
             of
             the
             Committee
             )
             they
             left
             ;
             and
             
               Him
            
             the
             people
             seized
             upon
             ;
             with
             about
             sixscore
             Armes
             ,
             in
             the
             Church
             .
             Upon
             
               This
               ;
            
             with
             a
             matter
             of
             18
             Horse
             ,
             we
             marched
             to
             SITTINGBORNE
             :
             where
             ,
             having
             armed
             as
             many
             as
             we
             could
             ,
             we
             fixed
             our
             Quarters
             .
             In
             which
             condition
             ,
             by
             a
             prone
             ,
             and
             universall
             vote
             ,
             you
             committed
             your selves
             to
             my
             Conduct
             .
             Thus
             invested
             by
             your
             Election
             ,
             (
             as
             Virtuated
             also
             by
             Commission
             )
             soon
             as
             the
             Watch
             was
             set
             ,
             I
             treated
             with
             BIXE
             ;
             and
             upon
             his
             Parole
             ,
             gave
             
               Him
            
             a
             
               Condition
               all
               Liberty
               ;
            
             as
             
               you
            
             the
             
               Reasons
            
             for
             it
             :
             which
             ,
             although
             Indisputable
             ,
             occasioned
             6
             or
             7
             of
             the
             Company
             to
             withdraw
             ,
             swearing
             that
             L'ESTRANGE
             was
             a
             TRAYTOUR
             .
          
           
             The
             morning
             following
             ,
             I
             dispatch'd
             Invitations
             to
             FEVERSHAM
             ,
             and
             CANTERBURY
             to
             joyn
             with
             us
             .
             Their
             
               Answer
            
             was
             ;
             
               They
               would
               look
               to
               Themselves
               .
            
             It
             should
             seem
             there
             were
             
               others
            
             of
             that
             Opinion
             too
             :
             for
             by
             the
             next
             day
             ,
             we
             wanted
             a
             third
             part
             of
             our
             Men
             .
             In
             this
             Exigence
             ,
             I
             proposed
             to
             draw
             up
             a
             REMONSTRANGE
             ,
             to
             which
             ,
             you
             all
             consented
             ,
             and
             this
             was
             it
             .
          
           
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     A
                     Remonstrance
                     ,
                     shewing
                     the
                     Occasion
                     of
                     the
                     present
                     Arming
                     the
                     County
                     of
                     Kent
                     .
                  
                   
                     BEeing
                     reduced
                     to
                     this
                     Choyce
                     ,
                     whither
                     to
                     deliver
                     up
                     our
                     Lives
                     ,
                     and
                     Liberties
                     
                     Together
                     ,
                     or
                     to
                     DYE
                     FREE
                     :
                     we
                     are
                     Resolved
                     to
                     Act
                     the
                     last
                     Scaene
                     of
                     this
                     Tragedy
                     with
                     our
                     swords
                     in
                     our
                     hands
                     .
                     (
                     which
                     we
                     shal
                     sooner
                     turn
                     upon
                     our
                     own
                     Hearts
                     ,
                     then
                     upon
                     the
                     Publique
                     Peace
                     )
                     By
                     what
                     necessities
                     we
                     are
                     Exasperated
                     to
                     this
                     Resolve
                     ,
                     let
                     the
                     World
                     determine
                     ;
                     —
                     and
                     understand
                     :
                     That
                     a
                     Petition
                     ,
                     Consonant
                     to
                     Religion
                     ,
                     and
                     Honour
                     ,
                     (
                     if
                     the
                     Parliament
                     may
                     be
                     Iudges
                     )
                     is
                     by
                     some
                     Persons
                     ,
                     (
                     neither
                     warranted
                     by
                     any
                     Authority
                     from
                     the
                     Houses
                     ,
                     nor
                     praetending
                     to
                     it
                     )
                     upon
                     their
                     own
                     Score
                     ,
                     Audaciously
                     Affronted
                     :
                     the
                     Petioners
                     Menaced
                     ,
                     and
                     prosecuted
                     into
                     this
                     Extremity
                     ,
                     by
                     spirits
                     so
                     Implacably
                     distempered
                     ;
                     that
                     Sir
                     ANTHONY
                     WELDEN
                     
                       vowed
                       he
                       would
                       not
                       crosse
                       the
                       street
                       of
                       Rochester
                       to
                       save
                       one
                       soule
                       that
                       Subscribed
                       the
                       Petition
                       .
                    
                     And
                     it
                     was
                     a
                     Proposition
                     of
                     BEALES
                     ;
                     
                       to
                       Hang
                       up
                       two
                       of
                       the
                       Petitioners
                       in
                       every
                       Parish
                       .
                    
                     If
                     this
                     be
                     not
                     sufficient
                     to
                     Admonish
                     
                       Others
                       ,
                    
                     let
                     it
                     suffice
                     ,
                     that
                     it
                     Awakens
                     
                       us
                    
                     into
                     a
                     just
                     sence
                     ,
                     and
                     scorn
                     of
                     these
                     Indignities
                     .
                  
                   
                     Wee
                     have
                     Lost
                     all
                     ,
                     with
                     Patience
                     :
                     and
                     if
                     it
                     be
                     Accompted
                     a
                     Crime
                     to
                     Begg
                     ,
                     we
                     shall
                     preferre
                     to
                     Perish
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             Hence-forward
             ,
             every
             hour
             brought
             us
             (
             thither
             )
             some
             fresh
             signification
             of
             Good
             .
             To
             be
             Short
             :
             in
             4
             dayes
             ,
             we
             Mustered
             400
             Horse
             and
             Foot
             ,
             and
             found
             the
             whole
             County
             Ripe
             to
             be
             formed
             into
             a
             Posture
             :
             CANTERBURY
             ,
             and
             ROCHESTER
             ,
             more
             Particularly
             prepared
             ,
             by
             the
             Prudence
             ,
             and
             Example
             of
             the
             Gentry
             there
             Engaged
             .
          
           
             Matters
             thus
             advanced
             ;
             I
             understood
             that
             Master
             Hales
             was
             willing
             to
             wedd
             the
             Quarrell
             :
             upon
             which
             Notice
             ,
             I
             presented
             him
             a
             Troup
             of
             Horse
             for
             his
             Guard
             to
             our
             Quarters
             ;
             and
             
               there
            
             delivered
             up
             the
             whole
             Affair
             Entirely
             to
             
               his
            
             Menage
             :
             
               under
               whose
               Command
               we
               made
               this
               further
               Progresse
               .
            
          
           
             From
             SITTINGBORNE
             ,
             to
             MAIDSTONE
             ;
             where
             we
             found
             a
             Prone
             ,
             and
             most
             Effectuall
             Reception
             :
             both
             from
             the
             Towne
             ,
             and
             Country
             .
             A
             partie
             was
             thence
             ordered
             to
             AYLESFORD
             ,
             (
             a
             Garison
             of
             the
             Enemies
             ,
             some
             3
             miles
             off
             )
             which
             ,
             soon
             after
             ,
             we
             took
             in
             .
             It
             afforded
             us
             ,
             7
             Brasse
             Gunnes
             ;
             4000
             Armes
             :
             Powder
             ,
             Ball
             ,
             and
             Match
             proportionate
             .
             (
             
               The
               Criticall
               Particularities
               of
               Persons
               ,
               Times
               ,
               and
               Places
               ,
               I
               have
               lost
               with
               my
               Papers
            
             )
          
           
           
             Dureing
             this
             Action
             ;
             we
             received
             intelligence
             ,
             that
             the
             Enemy
             was
             drawing
             into
             a
             Body
             ,
             and
             design'd
             for
             MAIDSTONE
             .
             Their
             strength
             between
             500
             ,
             and
             3000
             (
             wide
             ,
             at
             the
             Rate
             of
             Common
             AEstimation
             )
             upon
             the
             matter
             :
             about
             a
             thousand
             we
             supputed
             them
             ,
             and
             upon
             that
             Praesumption
             ,
             proceeded
             .
             Hinder
             their
             Conjunction
             we
             could
             not
             :
             and
             to
             Engage
             them
             United
             ,
             had
             been
             Madnesse
             :
             upon
             their
             Owne
             ground
             too
             ;
             and
             that
             with
             a
             Party
             inferiour
             ,
             both
             in
             Number
             ,
             and
             Order
             .
             Further
             :
             We
             expected
             Relief
             ,
             they
             Despaired
             on
             't
             .
             Every
             Hour
             made
             us
             Stronger
             ,
             and
             Weakened
             them
             .
             That
             Body
             of
             theirs
             was
             the
             Extent
             (
             to
             a
             Man
             )
             of
             what
             their
             interests
             Personall
             ,
             or
             Publique
             could
             Raise
             in
             the
             Country
             :
             Ours
             but
             the
             Infancy
             of
             a
             Brigade
             ,
             made
             up
             of
             the
             Contributary
             Alleageance
             of
             a
             Few
             Villages
             ,
             without
             any
             Reference
             of
             Mixture
             to
             CANTERBURY
             ,
             ROCHESTER
             ;
             or
             those
             more
             populous
             places
             .
             From
             these
             Deliberations
             we
             Concluded
             to
             make
             good
             our
             Quarters
             ,
             but
             not
             by
             a
             Praecipitate
             forwardnesse
             to
             hazard
             the
             Blasting
             so
             fair
             an
             Expectation
             in
             the
             Budd
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             interim
             ,
             Two
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Lower
             House
             (
             by
             Name
             ,
             OXINDEN
             ,
             and
             WESTROE
             )
             Signified
             that
             they
             had
             in
             Charge
             from
             the
             House
             ,
             to
             the
             Gentry
             there
             convened
             ;
             which
             ,
             upon
             a
             Conference
             ,
             they
             delivered
             ,
             and
             to
             this
             Effect
             .
             
               That
               the
               Parliament
               had
               taken
               Notice
               of
               a
               Disorder
               in
               Kent
               ,
               but
               not
               the
               Reasons
               :
               which
               they
               desired
               likewise
               to
               understand
               .
               In
               Generalls
               ;
               they
               had
               heard
               of
               an
               Odd
               kinde
               of
               Petition
               ;
               and
               some
               Peevish
               Differences
               betwixt
               the
               County
               ,
               and
               the
               Committee
               :
               against
               whom
               ,
               if
               there
               lay
               any
               Exception
               ,
               they
               should
               have
               Audience
               ,
               and
               Reparation
               :
               An
               Ordinance
               of
               Indemnity
               for
               what
               was
               Passed
               ;
               if
               they
               would
               Desist
               here
               :
               and
               a
               Seasonable
               Consideration
               of
               all
               their
               Regular
               Requests
               for
               the
               Future
               .
            
             (
             Many
             superadditionall
             Flashes
             of
             Complement
             ,
             and
             State
             they
             had
             ,
             for
             the
             better
             grace
             of
             the
             Businesse
             :
             But
             this
             was
             the
             summe
             of
             their
             Embassage
             ,
             to
             which
             ,
             they
             press'd
             a
             Positive
             ,
             and
             Immediate
             Answer
             .
             )
          
           
             The
             
               Return
            
             we
             gave
             them
             ,
             was
             to
             
               This
            
             sence
             :
             
               We
               could
               not
               Fight
               ,
               
               and
               Treat
               at
               Once
               .
               Let
               the
               Enemy
               Retire
               into
               a
               Distance
               ,
               whence
               not
               to
               Incommode
               our
               Quarters
               .
               We
               should
               have
               Liberty
               ,
               to
               Discourse
               :
               Otherwise
               ,
               we
               had
               another
               Game
               to
               play
               .
            
             From
             any
             Violence
             during
             such
             a
             Treaty
             ,
             they
             Offered
             to
             secure
             us
             ,
             but
             further
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             Undertake
             :
             nor
             could
             we
             Rest
             Satisfied
             with
             that
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             news
             ,
             is
             a
             Hott
             ,
             and
             Insignificant
             
               Alarme
               .
               Whence
               ,
               Where
               ,
               How
               ,
            
             by
             
               Whom
               ,
            
             no
             man
             knowes
             :
             but
             there
             wanted
             not
             ,
             that
             Sware
             the
             Towne
             was
             Entred
             .
             Upon
             the
             Whole
             :
             some
             Flying
             Parties
             they
             had
             Abroad
             ,
             for
             Diversion
             ,
             and
             Discovery
             :
             but
             their
             Body
             lay
             Entire
             ,
             about
             two
             miles
             off
             .
             Thus
             Enformed
             ,
             we
             drew
             out
             ,
             With
             pretense
             to
             Fight
             them
             :
             and
             (
             once
             upon
             Motion
             )
             the
             People
             were
             half
             madd
             to
             make
             it
             earnest
             .
             Yet
             ,
             upon
             further
             Collection
             ,
             (
             
               which
               I
               willingly
               Omitt
            
             )
             they
             were
             perswaded
             to
             
               keep
               the
               Peace
               .
            
             The
             Enemy
             had
             drawn
             up
             two
             Troupes
             of
             Horse
             ,
             in
             View
             ,
             under
             the
             Protection
             of
             800
             Foot
             ;
             which
             they
             had
             so
             disposed
             of
             ,
             it
             was
             no
             easie
             matter
             to
             Retrive
             them
             ,
             but
             to
             Distodge
             them
             ,
             Impossible
             .
             Our
             Retrait
             was
             ,
             in
             it self
             ,
             fair
             ,
             and
             undisturbed
             ,
             but
             attended
             with
             Circumstances
             Mischievous
             ,
             and
             Unhandsome
             :
             for
             which
             ,
             we
             found
             no
             Remedy
             ,
             but
             by
             Engageing
             ,
             to
             Fixe
             ,
             and
             Charme
             that
             Spirit
             of
             Inconstancy
             ,
             and
             Confusion
             .
          
           
             With
             this
             Resolve
             ,
             upon
             our
             March
             ,
             we
             were
             Encontred
             by
             a
             Trumpet
             from
             the
             Enemy
             with
             this
             Errand
             .
             
               That
               the
               Deputy
               Lievetenants
               ,
               (
               upon
               the
               Mediation
               of
               Two
               Members
               of
               the
               House
               ,
               Commissioners
               of
               Interposition
               to
               that
               Praeventionall
               purpose
               )
               desired
               a
               Parly
               .
            
             The
             Motion
             was
             Entertained
             ;
             and
             they
             appointed
             Me
             their
             Agent
             .
             (
             
               An
               Office
               ,
               of
               how
               Coy
               a
               Nature
               with
               a
               Slippery
               Multitude
               ,
               I
               was
               not
               now
               to
               Learn
               .
            
             )
             To
             Contract
             the
             story
             :
             we
             
               Treated
               .
            
          
           
             Their
             first
             demands
             were
             high
             .
             I
             signified
             ,
             that
             my
             Delegation
             was
             to
             make
             a
             Peace
             ,
             not
             a
             Bargaine
             :
             and
             to
             that
             end
             ,
             (
             if
             they
             so
             Pleased
             )
             I
             would
             propound
             ;
             at
             a
             word
             .
             I
             did
             so
             :
             and
             left
             them
             to
             Advise
             ,
             while
             I
             stepped
             over
             to
             mine
             owne
             Partie
             .
             (
             For
             I
             was
             studious
             to
             decline
             all
             Possibility
             of
             Exception
             .
             )
             To
             them
             ,
             I
             made
             
               Suppositions
               ,
               Thus
               ,
            
             or
             
               so
               :
            
             much
             below
             what
             we
             Agreed
             upon
             )
             with
             
             which
             ,
             they
             were
             so
             far
             satisfied
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             been
             Glad
             of
             Lesse
             :
             Nay
             ,
             
               they
               wished
               but
               to
               Hold
               their
               Owne
               ,
               That
               night
               ,
               and
               they
               Declared
               as
               much
               .
            
             Upon
             this
             Accompt
             ,
             I
             hastened
             back
             ,
             and
             gave
             this
             Issue
             to
             the
             dispute
             .
             (
             In
             which
             Intervall
             ,
             the
             
               Enemy
            
             had
             
               taken
            
             Prisoners
             ,
             near
             200
             ,
             that
             were
             comming
             up
             to
             us
             :
             and
             
               we
               ,
               Aylesford
               .
            
             )
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     Articles
                     agreed
                     upon
                     between
                     the
                     Gentlemen
                     at
                     Penenden
                     Heath
                     ,
                     and
                     some
                     of
                     the
                     Committee
                     of
                     Kent
                     .
                     
                       May
                    
                     the
                     twentie
                     fourth
                     .
                     1648.
                     
                  
                   
                     First
                     ,
                     a
                     Restauration
                     of
                     the
                     Prisoners
                     ,
                     and
                     whatsoever
                     was
                     taken
                     from
                     them
                     ,
                     as
                     Armes
                     ,
                     Clothes
                     ,
                     Horses
                     ,
                     &c.
                     (
                     as
                     much
                     as
                     possible
                     )
                     and
                     that
                     they
                     be
                     permitted
                     Immediatly
                     to
                     march
                     to
                     our
                     Quarters
                     at
                     MAIDSTONE
                     .
                  
                   
                     Secondly
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     Party
                     of
                     the
                     Committee
                     may
                     repair
                     to
                     any
                     Garison
                     ,
                     where
                     we
                     are
                     not
                     now
                     Enquartered
                     ,
                     except
                     Alesford
                     ;
                     and
                     from
                     thence
                     not
                     to
                     exercise
                     any
                     Act
                     of
                     Hostility
                     ,
                     during
                     the
                     Cessation
                     .
                  
                   
                     Thirdly
                     ,
                     that
                     SITTINGBORN
                     remain
                     our
                     Garison
                     ;
                     provided
                     ,
                     it
                     appear
                     ,
                     that
                     any
                     Party
                     of
                     ours
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     number
                     of
                     twenty
                     ,
                     was
                     there
                     quartered
                     at
                     the
                     hour
                     of
                     Concluding
                     these
                     Articles
                     ;
                     otherwise
                     not
                     to
                     be
                     Garison'd
                     at
                     all
                     .
                  
                   
                     Fourthly
                     ,
                     that
                     Musters
                     be
                     made
                     of
                     Both
                     Parties
                     ,
                     by
                     two
                     Gentlemen
                     ,
                     of
                     each
                     Partie
                     ,
                     
                       One
                       ;
                    
                     Obliged
                     ,
                     not
                     to
                     discover
                     the
                     strength
                     of
                     either
                     :
                     and
                     that
                     the
                     Cessation
                     Expired
                     ,
                     they
                     may
                     Reviewe
                     ,
                     that
                     there
                     passe
                     no
                     Intervening
                     Recruits
                     .
                  
                   
                     Fifthly
                     ,
                     that
                     no
                     forces
                     be
                     either
                     Imported
                     ,
                     Dispatch'd
                     ,
                     Levyed
                     ,
                     or
                     Ordered
                     ,
                     from
                     London
                     ,
                     or
                     elsewhere
                     ,
                     into
                     this
                     County
                     :
                     or
                     if
                     granted
                     already
                     ,
                     that
                     they
                     be
                     Remanded
                     to
                     the
                     Place
                     where
                     they
                     were
                     at
                     the
                     Commencement
                     of
                     this
                     Treaty
                     ,
                     there
                     to
                     Continue
                     to
                     the
                     end
                     thereof
                     .
                  
                   
                     Sixtly
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     Cessation
                     beginning
                     at
                     5
                     of
                     the
                     Clock
                     this
                     present
                     
                     Wednesday
                     ,
                     determine
                     upon
                     Satterday
                     at
                     5
                     Afternoon
                     ,
                     being
                     the
                     twentieth
                     seventh
                     of
                     
                       May
                       .
                    
                     1648.
                     
                  
                   
                     Signed
                     in
                     the
                     Name
                     ,
                     and
                     by
                     the
                     warrant
                     of
                     the
                     Deputy-Lievetenants
                     now
                     Present
                     at
                     Penenden
                     Heathe
                     .
                     
                       Signed
                       by
                       the
                       Deputation
                       of
                       the
                       Kentish
                       Gentlemen
                       ;
                       and
                       in
                       their
                       Name
                       .
                       
                         MICHAELL
                         LIVESYE
                         .
                         ROGER
                         L'ESTRANGE
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             Immediatly
             upon
             the
             Signing
             of
             these
             Articles
             ,
             we
             discovered
             Horse
             and
             Foot
             upon
             their
             march
             toward
             MAIDSTONE
             .
             They
             came
             from
             ROCHESTER
             ;
             to
             our
             Relief
             :
             and
             by
             us
             Importuned
             :
             but
             ,
             as
             
               Then
               ,
            
             unexpected
             .
             At
             their
             Approach
             ,
             Our
             Men
             gave
             a
             Shout
             ,
             and
             Advanced
             .
             Whereupon
             ;
             I
             Rode
             up
             :
             told
             them
             ,
             
               We
               had
               Agreed
               :
               upon
               what
               Terms
               :
               and
               that
               they
               were
               bound
               in
               Honour
               to
               make
               every
               Syllabe
               Good
               .
            
             They
             cryed
             ;
             
               No
               :
               No
               Agreement
               :
               Plague
               ô
               you
               ,
               and
               your
               Agreements
               .
               March
               Boyes
               .
               We
               will
               not
               be
               Betray'd
               ;
               by
               God
               &c.
            
             —
             Briefly
             :
             when
             I
             had
             Long
             ,
             and
             in
             Vayn
             ,
             besought
             them
             ;
             
               Not
               to
               play
               a
               Faīr
               Game
               Fowle
               :
               Not
               to
               Blemish
               a
               Good
               Cause
               ,
               and
               Iustifie
               a
               Bad
               One
               ,
               by
               Perfidiousnesse
               :
               Not
               to
               take
               a
               Rise
               to
               their
               Hopes
               ,
               from
               their
               Crimes
               .
               &c.
            
             —
             I
             found
             another
             Course
             more
             Effectuall
             to
             the
             Composure
             of
             this
             Tumult
             :
             which
             ,
             in
             some
             measure
             Appeased
             ;
             I
             gave
             them
             the
             Summe
             of
             our
             Transaction
             ,
             and
             the
             Reasons
             :
             but
             all
             too
             Little
             :
             
               Right
               ,
               or
               Wrong
               ;
            
             L'ESTRANGE
             
               must
               be
               a
               Traytour
               .
            
             Yet
             at
             Last
             ;
             upon
             the
             Muster
             ,
             (
             which
             Article
             I
             inserted
             to
             prevent
             all
             Conjecturall
             ,
             and
             Emergent
             disputes
             )
             when
             it
             appeared
             that
             the
             Enemy
             was
             
               yet
            
             an
             Hundred
             more
             ,
             notwithstanding
             that
             Additionall
             Party
             :
             (
             before
             whose
             comming
             up
             ,
             the
             Quarrell
             had
             been
             (
             Questionlesse
             )
             decided
             ;
             without
             this
             Intermise
             )
             They
             began
             to
             Hear
             ,
             and
             Speak
             Reason
             ;
             and
             acknowledged
             the
             Accord
             .
             Whereof
             ,
             this
             was
             the
             Sequele
             :
             
               Of
               the
               Enemies
               Infantry
               ,
               within
               two
               dayes
               ,
               there
               were
               not
               6
               Persons
               left
               together
               .
            
          
           
             The
             County
             ,
             thus
             Cleered
             ;
             Rose
             ,
             and
             succeeded
             Incredibly
             ▪
             1500
             at
             a
             Clap
             ,
             about
             DEBTFORD
             :
             more
             at
             ROCHESTER
             :
             
             but
             in
             EAST-KENT
             most
             of
             all
             .
             The
             Rendry
             of
             the
             Shipps
             in
             the
             Downs
             ,
             and
             3
             Castles
             ;
             over
             ,
             and
             above
             .
          
           
             It
             rested
             now
             ,
             onely
             to
             Amasse
             and
             Form
             these
             divided
             Forces
             ;
             which
             we
             had
             seasonably
             done
             ,
             had
             not
             that
             Superstitious
             Nicety
             of
             Keeping
             the
             Day
             ,
             and
             Place
             ,
             Retarded
             us
             .
          
           
             Nor
             was
             it
             more
             our
             Concerne
             ,
             then
             Care
             :
             however
             frustrated
             by
             Impertinence
             ,
             and
             Confusion
             .
             Of
             this
             Truth
             ,
             I
             could
             Produce
             many
             Honourable
             ,
             and
             Feeling
             witnesses
             :
             as
             Sr.
             Iohn
             Mayne
             :
             Colonell
             Thornhill
             ,
             Colonell
             Colepepper
             ,
             Colonell
             Hanin●on
             &c.
             —
             How
             often
             did
             we
             presse
             you
             
               to
               Line
               your
               Country-Gentlemen
               with
               Souldiours
               :
               and
               to
               Entreat
               Those
               Nobly
               that
               Offered
               themselves
               ?
               To
               chase
               an
               Head
               ,
               without
               which
               ,
               you
               Were
               a
               Tumult
               ,
               not
               An
               Army
               :
               To
               Reduce
               your
               Counsells
               to
               a
               number
               Capable
               of
               Secrecy
               ,
               and
               Dispatch
               :
               Not
               by
            
             40
             
               or
            
             50
             
               at
               a
               Time
               ,
               and
               as
               many
               Opinions
               ,
               as
               Faces
               ,
               to
               Expose
               and
               Embroyle
               your
               Debates
               ,
               Consuming
               Entire
               Dayes
               sometime
               ,
               Without
               any
               Result
               ?
            
          
           
             But
             
               Perdere
               quos
               vult
               Iupiter
               ,
               hos
               dementat
               .
            
             All
             we
             could
             doe
             ,
             amounted
             to
             nothing
             ,
             beyond
             the
             Conscience
             of
             having
             discharged
             our
             duties
             .
          
           
             The
             Plain
             truth
             is
             ;
             you
             cherished
             Traytours
             in
             your
             very
             Bosomes
             :
             Not
             upon
             designe
             ,
             but
             facility
             :
             and
             whose
             Infusions
             were
             eminently
             significant
             ,
             in
             all
             your
             Consults
             :
             still
             some
             trick
             or
             other
             ,
             to
             spill
             more
             time
             ,
             even
             
               then
               ,
            
             when
             every
             remayning
             Moment
             was
             worth
             a
             Kingdom
             .
             Their
             names
             I
             will
             not
             stoope
             to
             Remember
             ;
             I
             need
             not
             :
             they
             wear
             their
             Crimes
             now
             on
             their
             foreheads
             :
             Suffice
             it
             ;
             that
             you
             once
             had
             notice
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             Again
             :
             Your
             souldjery
             was
             so
             Zealous
             ,
             &
             your
             Gentry
             (
             many
             of
             them
             )
             so
             Cautious
             ,
             it
             was
             no
             hard
             matter
             for
             a
             cunning
             instrument
             to
             corrupt
             such
             Dispositions
             into
             either
             Extreme
             of
             Rashnesse
             ,
             or
             Reservation
             :
             and
             from
             
               Hence
            
             proceeded
             those
             frequent
             ,
             and
             Praetenslesse
             Heats
             ,
             and
             Colds
             ,
             of
             Mutiny
             ,
             and
             Desertion
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             Resume
             my
             propose
             :
             and
             come
             now
             to
             the
             Manifestation
             of
             what
             I
             
               said
               ,
            
             as
             well
             as
             what
             I
             
               did
               .
            
             (
             For
             there
             is
             scarce
             a
             
               Syllable
               ,
            
             or
             
               Action
            
             of
             
               Mine
               ,
            
             which
             hath
             not
             stood
             the
             
               Torture
               :
            
             which
             hath
             
             not
             been
             either
             
               Violenced
               ,
            
             to
             
               Confesse
            
             what
             it
             never
             
               Meant
               ,
            
             or
             
               Praesumed
            
             to
             have
             
               Intended
            
             more
             then
             it
             
               Confessed
               .
            
             )
          
           
             To
             this
             ;
             let
             me
             mind
             you
             ;
             that
             of
             above
             200
             
               Missives
               ,
            
             upon
             your
             Errand
             ,
             I
             never
             sealed
             up
             any
             One
             but
             with
             the
             View
             ,
             and
             Approbation
             of
             the
             Company
             :
             And
             touching
             dispatches
             of
             a
             more
             Publique
             Nature
             ;
             (
             an
             Employment
             which
             I
             neither
             Courted
             ,
             nor
             Refused
             )
             not
             a
             Title
             passed
             ,
             without
             a
             severe
             
               Examen
               :
            
             and
             Once
             Voted
             ;
             it
             became
             the
             
               Counsells
            
             Act
             ;
             ceased
             to
             be
             
               Mine
               .
            
             Yet
             suppose
             it
             
               Mine
               ,
            
             Still
             :
             and
             make
             your
             best
             on
             't
             .
             
               Two
               Letters
               onely
               are
               wanting
               ,
               which
               I
               cannot
               Recovēr
               ;
               (
               viz
               :
               One
               ,
               to
               the
               City
               :
               the
               Other
               ,
               in
               Answer
               to
               the
               Lord
               Fairfax
               his
               Demands
               )
               of
               the
               rest
               ,
               I
               shall
               present
               you
               the
               true
               Copies
               ,
               and
               Occasions
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Earle
             of
             Thanet
             ,
             (
             that
             Ambidextrous
             Lord
             )
             Qualified
             to
             all
             Honourable
             ,
             and
             fair
             Intents
             ;
             (
             no
             doubt
             )
             with
             a
             Declaration
             in
             one
             hand
             ,
             and
             Conditions
             in
             the
             Other
             ,
             (
             from
             Derby
             House
             )
             gave
             us
             (
             at
             Length
             )
             to
             understand
             his
             Embassy
             ,
             and
             Commission
             :
             in
             termes
             ,
             much
             to
             this
             sense
             .
          
           
             
               Stultorum
               Bethlem
               ;
               Nebulonum
               ,
               Regia
               Bridevvell
               :
               
               Vtrum
               harum
               mavis
               ,
               Ingrediare
               ,
               licet
               .
            
          
           
             That
             is
             ;
             in
             English
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             had
             left
             it
             to
             our
             choyce
             whither
             we
             would
             be
             
               Fooles
               ,
            
             or
             
               Knaves
               .
            
             We
             thanked
             his
             Lordship
             ;
             and
             upon
             second
             thoughts
             gave
             this
             Accompt
             to
             the
             Committee
             .
          
           
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     To
                     the
                     Right
                     Honourable
                     ,
                     the
                     Commissioners
                     at
                     DERBY-HOUSE
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       MY
                       LORDS
                       ,
                    
                  
                   
                     A
                     
                       Declaration
                       for
                       the
                       Suppressing
                       of
                       Tumults
                    
                     we
                     have
                     all
                     taken
                     Notice
                     of
                     ;
                     But
                     your
                     Instructions
                     to
                     the
                     Earle
                     of
                     Thanet
                     ,
                     and
                     Proposalls
                     to
                     the
                     Gentlemen
                     here
                     Embodyed
                     ,
                     Representing
                     
                       us
                    
                     vnder
                     a
                     Notion
                     so
                     Ignoble
                     ,
                     we
                     stand
                     all
                     Amazed
                     at
                     :
                     Nor
                     can
                     we
                     possibly
                     owne
                     any
                     thing
                     so
                     Much
                     below
                     that
                     Honour
                     which
                     we
                     must
                     rather
                     Dye
                     then
                     
                       Relinquish
                       .
                       Tumults
                    
                     indeed
                     there
                     have
                     been
                     :
                     But
                     not
                     on
                     
                       our
                    
                     part
                     .
                     Horrid
                     ,
                     unheard
                     of
                     violences
                     Complotted
                     ,
                     Menaced
                     ,
                     Nay
                     ,
                     in
                     some
                     measure
                     ,
                     Executed
                     by
                     Troopes
                     of
                     furious
                     Precipitate
                     persons
                     upon
                     us
                     ,
                     and
                     āll
                     this
                     ;
                     
                       For
                       but
                       intending
                       to
                       desire
                       not
                       to
                       be
                       for
                       ever
                       Miserable
                       .
                    
                     At
                     last
                     ;
                     the
                     Country
                     makes
                     Head
                     ,
                     and
                     as
                     informed
                     with
                     one
                     Soule
                     ;
                     Rises
                     unanimously
                     to
                     the
                     Redemption
                     of
                     their
                     Expiring
                     Liberties
                     ;
                     which
                     (
                     with
                     much
                     adoe
                     )
                     they
                     have
                     Imperfectlie
                     Recovered
                     :
                     for
                     our
                     Adversaries
                     (
                     at
                     present
                     )
                     dis-appear
                     ;
                     Being
                     weakned
                     into
                     an
                     Incapacity
                     of
                     further
                     persuing
                     (
                     publiquelie
                     )
                     the
                     Ruine
                     of
                     the
                     Common
                     wealth
                     ,
                     But
                     what
                     they
                     could
                     not
                     then
                     act
                     effectually
                     upon
                     our
                     
                       persons
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     Attempt
                     now
                     upon
                     our
                     
                       Estimations
                       ,
                    
                     Transferring
                     the
                     
                       Crime
                    
                     from
                     
                       themselves
                    
                     to
                     
                       us
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Quarrell
                    
                     to
                     
                       you
                       :
                    
                     Labouring
                     to
                     Engage
                     the
                     Authority
                     of
                     the
                     two
                     Houses
                     ,
                     to
                     Countenance
                     their
                     wilde
                     Exorbitances
                     ;
                     By
                     terming
                     the
                     just
                     vindication
                     of
                     our
                     Eternall
                     Liberties
                     ,
                     from
                     the
                     Insolence
                     of
                     a
                     private
                     faction
                     ,
                     〈◊〉
                     Confederacie
                     against
                     the
                     Parliament
                     .
                     The
                     vanity
                     whereof
                     Needs
                     no
                     other
                     Confutation
                     ,
                     then
                     to
                     produce
                     our
                     Practices
                     in
                     order
                     there
                     unto
                     .
                     
                       We
                       having
                       made
                       it
                       Capitall
                       throughout
                       our
                       Quarters
                       to
                       disturb
                       the
                       Interest
                       of
                       any
                       man
                       for
                       his
                       affection
                       to
                       the
                       Parliament
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     MY
                     LORDS
                     ;
                     let
                     this
                     suffice
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     Rise
                     ,
                     and
                     Progresse
                     of
                     this
                     Action
                     .
                     Something
                     we
                     shall
                     modestly
                     return
                     to
                     your
                     Lordships
                     
                       Propositions
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     we
                     have
                     done
                     our
                     duties
                     .
                  
                   
                     As
                     to
                     the
                     Petition
                     ,
                     
                       It
                       shall
                       not
                       be
                       presented
                       by
                       above
                    
                     20
                     
                       persons
                       ;
                       but
                       to
                       deliver
                       up
                       our
                       Strengths
                       ,
                       and
                       Disband
                       our
                       Forces
                       ,
                       In
                       this
                       Iuncture
                       of
                       affaires
                       ,
                       we
                       humbly
                       Conceive
                       neither
                       secure
                       nor
                       Honourable
                       ;
                       and
                       to
                       Conditions
                       either
                       Vnsafe
                       ,
                       or
                       Vnhandsome
                       ,
                       we
                       stand
                       utterly
                       dis-inclin'd
                       .
                       Vnsafe
                    
                     Questionlesse
                     ,
                     to
                     Expose
                     our selves
                     to
                     their
                     Mercy
                     ,
                     who
                     publish
                     their
                     designes
                     to
                     be
                     our
                     destructions
                     ,
                     and
                     whose
                     Interest
                     it
                     is
                     to
                     suppresse
                     Petitions
                     ,
                     as
                     the
                     story
                     of
                     those
                     Miscariages
                     whereof
                     they
                     know
                     themselves
                     the
                     Authors
                     
                       viz
                       :
                    
                     the
                     violent
                     part
                     of
                     the
                     Committee
                     and
                     their
                     Adherents
                     :
                     Persons
                     which
                     we
                     can
                     prove
                     as
                     opposite
                     to
                     the
                     proceedings
                     of
                     the
                     Houses
                     as
                     they
                     Pretend
                     
                       us
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     against
                     whom
                     only
                     we
                     avow
                     this
                     Engagement
                     ,
                     and
                     then
                     
                       Dishonourable
                    
                     Certainly
                     ;
                     Standing
                     Necessitated
                     thereupon
                     to
                     confesse
                     our selves
                     either
                     Temerarious
                     ,
                     or
                     Faithlesse
                     .
                     Indeliberate
                     in
                     the
                     Resolve
                     ;
                     or
                     Treacherous
                     ,
                     and
                     Cowardly
                     in
                     the
                     Execution
                     .
                     And
                     to
                     Accomplish
                     that
                     which
                     renders
                     them
                     justlie
                     Odious
                     ;
                     they
                     Endeavour
                     to
                     make
                     you
                     (
                     My
                     Lords
                     )
                     our
                     Enemies
                     ,
                     to
                     whom
                     we
                     would
                     ever
                     protest
                     our selves
                     servants
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
           
             In
             the
             next
             place
             ,
             (
             to
             preserve
             a
             faire
             Intelligence
             with
             the
             City
             )
             wee
             dispatch'd
             This
             praeparatory
             :
             
               Addressed
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     To
                     the
                     Right
                     Honourable
                     the
                     Lord
                     MAJOR
                     ,
                     ALDERMEN
                     ,
                     and
                     COMMUNE
                     COUNSELL
                     of
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     LONDON
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       My
                       Lord
                       and
                       Gentlemen
                       ?
                    
                  
                   
                     IT
                     is
                     not
                     to
                     
                       Brave
                    
                     the
                     Authority
                     of
                     the
                     Houses
                     ,
                     (
                     wee
                     Bowe
                     to
                     it
                     )
                     or
                     the
                     Magnificence
                     of
                     a
                     Glorious
                     City
                     ;
                     that
                     wee
                     appeare
                     in
                     this
                     Posture
                     .
                     Providence
                     hath
                     made
                     us
                     Neighbours
                     ,
                     &
                     Policy
                     ,
                     Friends
                     :
                     nor
                     is
                     it
                     more
                     our
                     Interest
                     ,
                     then
                     Inclination
                     so
                     to
                     bee
                     .
                     (
                     yet
                     our
                     Interest
                     so
                     much
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     must
                     Stand
                     ,
                     or
                     Fall
                     Together
                     .
                     )
                     With
                     what
                     unwillingnesse
                     wee
                     Arme
                     ,
                     let
                     our
                     long
                     Patience
                     testify
                     :
                     with
                     what
                     Resolves
                     ,
                     observe
                     but
                     our
                     Unanimity
                     :
                     upon
                     what
                     Grounds
                     ,
                     and
                     with
                     what
                     Designes
                     ,
                     Consult
                     but
                     Commune
                     Reason
                     ,
                     and
                     Necessity
                     .
                  
                   
                     After
                     the
                     Tedious
                     ,
                     Sad
                     ,
                     &
                     Fruitlesse
                     Expectation
                     of
                     Better
                     dayes
                     ,
                     &
                     
                       this
                       ●●●ely
                       Comfort
                       ,
                       that
                       we
                       feared
                       not
                       worse
                       ;
                    
                     having
                     divided
                     the
                     best
                     part
                     of
                     our
                     Houres
                     ,
                     and
                     Portunes
                     ,
                     betwixt
                     Obedience
                     ,
                     and
                     Despayres
                     :
                     wee
                     Concluded
                     ,
                     to
                     Breathe
                     out
                     our
                     Auxions
                     Spirits
                     in
                     a
                     Modest
                     Petition
                     to
                     the
                     two
                     Houses
                     of
                     
                       Parliament
                       :
                    
                     Propounding
                     to
                     our selves
                     ,
                     therein
                     ,
                     no
                     other
                     Scope
                     ,
                     then
                     what
                     
                       They
                    
                     have
                     Declared
                     Honourable
                     ,
                     and
                     Religious
                     .
                     Little
                     thought
                     wee
                     to
                     have
                     encontred
                     any
                     Contradiction
                     to
                     so
                     fair
                     a
                     Purpose
                     :
                     yet
                     
                       some
                    
                     there
                     were
                     ,
                     (
                     
                       and
                       Those
                       ,
                       of
                       the
                       Committe
                    
                     too
                     )
                     who
                     opposed
                     us
                     ;
                     with
                     such
                     Fury
                     ,
                     and
                     Insolence
                     ,
                     that
                     wee
                     had
                     no
                     other
                     Sanctuary
                     left
                     us
                     for
                     the
                     Protection
                     of
                     our
                     Invaded
                     Liberties
                     ,
                     but
                     That
                     of
                     Violence
                     .
                     (
                     
                       Wee
                       esteemed
                       our selves
                       very
                       unhappy
                       ,
                       that
                       they
                       ,
                       who
                       had
                       reduced
                       us
                       to
                       Raggs
                       ,
                       should
                       Deny
                       us
                       the
                       Liberty
                       to
                       Begg
                       ;
                    
                     yet
                     so
                     they
                     
                       did
                    
                     )
                     Hereupon
                     ,
                     wee
                     betooke
                     our selves
                     to
                     our
                     Armes
                     ;
                     
                       not
                       to
                       make
                       good
                       the
                       Petition
                       ,
                       but
                       the
                       Right
                       of
                       Petitioning
                       ;
                    
                     in
                     persuance
                     whereof
                     ,
                     the
                     whole
                     Country
                     stands
                     entirely
                     Engaged
                     .
                  
                   
                     In
                     this
                     state
                     ,
                     wee
                     Greete
                     you
                     Peaceably
                     ;
                     and
                     Assure
                     you
                     ,
                     that
                     our
                     Approches
                     toward
                     you
                     ,
                     meane
                     nothing
                     of
                     Mischiefe
                     to
                     you
                     :
                     The
                     Temper
                     of
                     our
                     Expediences
                     requires
                     it
                     .
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     Parliament's
                     candid
                     Construction
                     ,
                     wee
                     are
                     Confident
                     :
                     nor
                     lesse
                     Assured
                     of
                     yours
                     .
                     Wee
                     subsist
                     not
                     by
                     Abusing
                     the
                     City
                     ,
                     or
                     Cheating
                     the
                     Country
                     .
                     Wee
                     have
                     Meditations
                     of
                     Living
                     ,
                     and
                     Dying
                     ,
                     with
                     Honour
                     ,
                     and
                     Freedome
                     ,
                     &
                     shall
                     much
                     rather
                     Fall
                     ,
                     a
                     Noble
                     
                       Sacrifice
                    
                     to
                     
                       Peace
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Liberty
                       ,
                    
                     then
                     
                       stand
                    
                     the
                     Despised
                     
                       Supporters
                    
                     of
                     Oppression
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       Tyranny
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Maidstone
                       
                         27
                         May
                         ,
                         1648.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
           
             TO
             this
             flourish
             ,
             we
             superadded
             other
             Advertisements
             :
             but
             all
             in
             Vain
             .
             There
             was
             too
             much
             of
             
               Loyallty
            
             in
             the
             Designe
             .
             The
             Reprobated
             spirit
             of
             that
             
               Apostate
            
             City
             gusts
             nothing
             but
             
               Murther
               ,
            
             and
             
               Rebellion
               :
            
             had
             it
             been
             to
             
               Enslave
            
             their
             Prince
             ,
             as
             't
             was
             to
             
               Redeem
            
             him
             :
             what
             
               Heards
            
             we
             should
             have
             had
             !
             Oh
             ,
             how
             often
             might
             they
             have
             been
             
               Secure
               ,
            
             if
             they
             would
             have
             been
             
               Honest
               !
            
             In
             their
             
               Persons
               :
            
             but
             rather
             then
             preserue
             
               us
               ,
            
             (
             too
             )
             they
             destroyed
             
               Themselves
               .
            
             In
             their
             
               Liberties
               :
            
             But
             they
             forfeited
             their
             
               Own
               ,
            
             to
             ruine
             
               Ours
               .
            
             Nay
             their
             very
             
               Treasure
            
             was
             not
             so
             dear
             to
             them
             as
             their
             
               Damnation
               :
            
             their
             
               Avarice
            
             was
             subdued
             with
             such
             a
             
               Praedôminance
               of
               Malevolous
               Disobedience
               :
            
             they
             chose
             ,
             rather
             to
             
               Lose
            
             their
             
               Estates
               ,
            
             then
             
               save
            
             their
             
               Soules
               .
            
          
           
             From
             persons
             thus
             Elemented
             ,
             much
             of
             good
             was
             not
             to
             bee
             looked
             for
             :
             nor
             did
             they
             deceive
             those
             that
             expected
             least
             .
             (
             
               Let
               me
               be
               understood
               ;
               of
               the
               Politique
               Furrs
               :
               the
               Formalities
               of
               the
               City
               ;
            
             not
             at
             a
             Venture
             :
             for
             that
             Infamous
             Pile
             holds
             many
             thousands
             of
             Soules
             ,
             
               which
               never
               bowed
               to
               Baall
               .
            
          
           
             By
             this
             time
             ;
             the
             Army
             had
             gained
             footing
             in
             the
             Country
             :
             upon
             whose
             Advance
             ,
             I
             was
             moved
             to
             frame
             a
             Letter
             to
             the
             Generall
             ;
             and
             Instructions
             praecisely
             given
             me
             .
             My
             Vote
             was
             Negative
             ;
             but
             more
             beeing
             for
             it
             :
             In
             Conformity
             ,
             not
             Consent
             ,
             
               I
               drew
               up
               this
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       MY
                       LORD
                       ,
                    
                  
                   
                     THE
                     Affections
                     wee
                     beare
                     to
                     Honour
                     ,
                     and
                     Peace
                     ,
                     encline
                     us
                     rather
                     to
                     Addresse
                     to
                     your selfe
                     ;
                     and
                     Thus
                     .
                  
                   
                     Wee
                     the
                     Gentlemen
                     &c.
                     —
                     of
                     Kent
                     ,
                     have
                     (
                     in
                     consideration
                     of
                     that
                     sad
                     Election
                     left
                     us
                     :
                     either
                     of
                     a
                     Certayne
                     Slavery
                     ,
                     or
                     a
                     Doubtfull
                     Destruction
                     )
                     determined
                     (
                     at
                     worst
                     )
                     not
                     to
                     survive
                     our
                     Liberties
                     ;
                     and
                     present
                     our selves
                     the
                     living
                     Monuments
                     of
                     our
                     owne
                     Dishonour
                     .
                     In
                     persuance
                     whereof
                     wee
                     stand
                     upon
                     our
                     Guard
                     :
                     Conscious
                     of
                     no
                     Designe
                     beyond
                     our
                     proper
                     Security
                     :
                     and
                     (
                     as
                     to
                     That
                     Particular
                     )
                     soberly
                     resolved
                     to
                     Hazzard
                     the
                     utmost
                     Extremities
                     of
                     the
                     worst
                     of
                     Fortunes
                     .
                  
                   
                     In
                     this
                     Posture
                     ;
                     wee
                     are
                     Importuned
                     with
                     Perpetuall
                     Intelligences
                     of
                     an
                     Approching
                     Army
                     :
                     under
                     what
                     Conduct
                     ,
                     wee
                     heare
                     nothing
                     .
                     If
                     (
                     My
                     Lord
                     )
                     any
                     Misrepresentation
                     hath
                     render'd
                     us
                     to
                     
                       you
                    
                     suspected
                     ,
                     give
                     us
                     Leave
                     to
                     Solve
                     
                     that
                     Scruple
                     ,
                     and
                     wee
                     stand
                     cleere
                     to
                     God
                     ,
                     and
                     Men
                     .
                  
                   
                     My
                     Lord
                     ,
                     wee
                     have
                     been
                     Long
                     ,
                     and
                     much
                     Oppressed
                     by
                     some
                     Arbitrary
                     Spirits
                     in
                     our
                     Committee
                     ;
                     which
                     wee
                     have
                     Endured
                     with
                     a
                     Patience
                     Equall
                     to
                     their
                     oppressions
                     :
                     but
                     now
                     of
                     Late
                     ,
                     they
                     have
                     even
                     Exceeded
                     Themselves
                     ;
                     Acting
                     such
                     Violences
                     (
                     and
                     that
                     meerly
                     in
                     Contradiction
                     to
                     the
                     Right
                     of
                     Petitioning
                     )
                     by
                     Menaces
                     ,
                     Imprisonments
                     ,
                     &c.
                     —
                     that
                     Incapable
                     of
                     the
                     Burthens
                     they
                     Lay'd
                     both
                     upon
                     our
                     Estates
                     ,
                     and
                     Consciences
                     ,
                     wee
                     Concluded
                     to
                     Endeavour
                     to
                     Redeeme
                     our selves
                     .
                  
                   
                     This
                     was
                     the
                     Ground
                     of
                     our
                     taking
                     Armes
                     :
                     and
                     (
                     wee
                     doe
                     most
                     Religiously
                     assure
                     you
                     )
                     without
                     any
                     Mixture
                     Relative
                     to
                     your
                     Authority
                     .
                  
                   
                     This
                     Protest
                     is
                     Truth
                     :
                     and
                     Wee
                  
                   
                     
                       MY
                       LORD
                    
                     
                       Your
                       Excellencie's
                       ,
                       &c.
                       
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             WEE
             received
             in
             Answer
             ;
             that
             Fairfax
             was
             in
             a
             better
             condition
             to
             Fight
             ,
             then
             Treat
             :
             (
             
               as
               (
               indeed
               )
               hee
               is
               better
               at
               it
            
             )
             Neverthelesse
             ,
             we
             should
             hear
             further
             speedily
             .
             We
             did
             so
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             a
             
               Summons
               :
               Exclusive
               to
               strangers
               ,
               and
               of
               Indemnification
               to
               Kent
               :
            
             upon
             conditions
             ,
             which
             we
             thought
             not
             fit
             to
             Entertain
             ,
             and
             so
             returned
             a
             
               Negative
               .
            
             To
             make
             which
             good
             ;
             it
             was
             urged
             that
             an
             Immediate
             course
             might
             be
             taken
             ,
             to
             Em-body
             ,
             and
             Modell
             our
             distracted
             Forces
             .
             But
             ,
             still
             ,
             the
             Impression
             of
             
               Black-Heathe
               ,
            
             and
             
               the
               last
               of
               May
               ,
               (
               the
               day
               ,
               and
               place
               ,
               Originally
               Agreed
               upon
               for
               their
               first
               Rendezvous
               )
            
             would
             not
             out
             of
             their
             Heads
             :
             It
             looked
             like
             Honour
             to
             stand
             to
             their
             
               Words
               :
            
             and
             that
             Phansie
             gave
             a
             fowle
             Interruption
             to
             our
             Greater
             concernes
             .
             To
             deale
             Liberally
             :
             The
             dispute
             fell
             little
             short
             of
             a
             Down-right
             Mutiny
             .
             In
             this
             disorder
             ,
             comes
             an
             Expresse
             from
             the
             
               Body
               ,
            
             advising
             ,
             that
             
               Lestrange
               was
               a
               Traytour
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               Excluded
               the
               Counsell
               .
            
             (
             No
             Remedy
             but
             Patience
             .
             )
          
           
             Thus
             perplexed
             betwixt
             Impreparation
             ,
             and
             Irresolution
             ;
             
               It
               was
               Debated
               ,
               and
               Resolved
               upon
               the
               Question
               ;
               Forthwith
               to
               chuse
               a
               Generall
               .
            
             Upon
             the
             
               Vote
               ;
            
             The
             Earle
             of
             Norwich
             was
             
               Hee
               :
            
             (
             a
             Person
             of
             Honour
             ,
             Fidelity
             ,
             and
             Courage
             :
             and
             ,
             by
             his
             Highnesse
             the
             
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             ,
             Commissioned
             to
             that
             End
             )
             The
             
               Charge
            
             was
             by
             
               Him
               Received
               ,
            
             and
             his
             
               Authority
               ,
            
             by
             
               us
               Acknowledged
               ,
            
             with
             mutuall
             ,
             and
             aequall
             satisfaction
             .
             The
             first
             Ceremony
             of
             Recognition
             over
             ;
             His
             Excellency
             gave
             Orders
             for
             a
             Rendezvous
             at
             Burham
             Heathe
             :
             intending
             
               Thence
            
             to
             make
             his
             Entry
             upon
             that
             
               Great
               Work
               of
               Forming
               a
               Multitude
               .
            
             His
             reception
             was
             by
             the
             Souldiour
             also
             ,
             Prone
             ,
             and
             Cheerfull
             :
             and
             doubtlesse
             ,
             
               hee
               wanted
               not
            
             48
             
               Houres
               of
               giving
               the
               King
               his
               Crown
               again
               .
            
             Wee
             Mustered
             near
             10000
             Horse
             ,
             and
             Foot
             ;
             within
             view
             of
             the
             Enemies
             Body
             ;
             the
             River
             of
             Medway
             dividing
             us
             .
             Upon
             his
             distribution
             of
             Offices
             ,
             (
             in
             Order
             to
             the
             Introduction
             of
             a
             discipline
             )
             it
             pleased
             his
             Excellency
             to
             Oblige
             me
             ,
             by
             the
             Tender
             ,
             (
             with
             much
             Earnestnesse
             )
             of
             a
             very
             considerable
             Command
             .
             Next
             my
             acknowledgement
             ,
             
               I
               desired
               Pardon
               ,
               if
               I
               not
               onely
               quitted
               what
               I
               already
               had
               ,
               but
               Declined
               any
               Other
               :
            
             (
             For
             I
             perceived
             ,
             the
             People
             had
             gotten
             a
             Tradition
             by
             the
             end
             ;
             that
             I
             mixed
             ,
             onely
             to
             betray
             them
             :
             and
             my
             Resolve
             was
             ,
             not
             to
             Hazard
             the
             maine
             Issue
             ,
             and
             my
             particular
             AEstimation
             ,
             upon
             the
             Performances
             of
             men
             so
             Praejudicate
             ,
             and
             Dis-inclined
             )
             
               but
               if
               my
               Person
               might
               be
               thought
               of
               any
               Vse
               to
               the
               Action
               ,
               I
               should
               be
               ready
               upon
               all
               Commands
               ,
               and
               Occasions
               to
               serve
               my
               Prince
               .
            
             At
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             
               Master
               Hales
               also
               delivered
               up
               his
               Command
               :
               and
               presented
               the
               Generall
               with
               his
               Own
               Immediat
               Regiments
               .
            
          
           
             
               I
               demand
               now
               ;
               where
               those
               Troupes
               of
               Ours
               were
               ,
               which
               wee
               are
               Condemned
               for
               not
               Rallying
               ,
               after
               the
               Losse
               of
               Maidstone
               ?
            
          
           
             It
             was
             in
             the
             Field
             Hinted
             to
             me
             by
             diverse
             ,
             
               to
               write
               something
               of
               Invitation
               ,
               and
               Proposition
               to
               the
               Enemies
               Army
               ,
            
             Which
             accordingly
             I
             did
             :
             
               and
               in
               these
               Words
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       GENTLEMEN
                       ,
                    
                  
                   
                     COuld
                     Prosperity
                     make
                     us
                     Insolent
                     ,
                     this
                     overture
                     should
                     have
                     been
                     the
                     story
                     of
                     our
                     present
                     fortunes
                     ,
                     how
                     Numerous
                     ;
                     how
                     Unanimous
                     ;
                     how
                     Associated
                     ;
                     how
                     Befriended
                     ;
                     (
                     or
                     in
                     a
                     word
                     )
                     how
                     Heaven
                     and
                     Earth
                     make
                     hast
                     to
                     our
                     Deliverance
                     :
                     and
                     that
                     no
                     Adversitie
                     can
                     ever
                     render
                     us
                     Spiritlesse
                     ;
                     will
                     appeare
                     ,
                     if
                     you
                     Consider
                     with
                     what
                     Assurance
                     wee
                     .
                     have
                     managed
                     our
                     very
                     Despaires
                     ,
                     and
                     advanced
                     our selves
                     to
                     This
                     ,
                     out
                     of
                     nothing
                     ;
                     Consider
                     withall
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     Mo●e
                     still
                     by
                     those
                     Resolves
                     ,
                     as
                     wee
                     are
                     Favoured
                     ,
                     and
                     Encouraged
                     ,
                     by
                     the
                     same
                     Providence
                     which
                     Raised
                     us
                     .
                     In
                     this
                     Posture
                     (
                     Gentlemen
                     ,
                     and
                     fellow
                     Subjects
                     )
                     Wee
                     salute
                     you
                     ;
                     in
                     a
                     temper
                     of
                     Love
                     and
                     Christianity
                     :
                     disengaged
                     (
                     wee
                     assure
                     you
                     )
                     from
                     any
                     Interest
                     ,
                     or
                     Mixture
                     of
                     Revenge
                     ,
                     or
                     Feare
                     :
                     Peace
                     is
                     the
                     End
                     wee
                     aime
                     at
                     ,
                     and
                     by
                     Peace
                     (
                     if
                     it
                     bee
                     possible
                     )
                     to
                     accomplish
                     that
                     End
                     :
                     To
                     which
                     Purpose
                     ,
                     upon
                     a
                     Sad
                     and
                     Compassionate
                     thought
                     ,
                     how
                     many
                     Innocent
                     Soules
                     are
                     seduced
                     by
                     the
                     Imposture
                     of
                     a
                     pretended
                     Liberty
                     ,
                     and
                     how
                     many
                     more
                     corrupted
                     by
                     their
                     owne
                     importune
                     Necessities
                     ,
                     into
                     an
                     Erroneous
                     and
                     Vnfortunate
                     Engagement
                     ;
                     all
                     which
                     must
                     inevitably
                     Perish
                     ,
                     unlesse
                     by
                     some
                     seasonable
                     application
                     to
                     their
                     releife
                     :
                     we
                     have
                     found
                     out
                     
                       this
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       this
                       onely
                       expedient
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       What
                       Officer
                       ,
                       or
                       Souldiour
                       soever
                       ,
                       now
                       in
                       Armes
                       against
                       us
                       shall
                       within
                       —
                       dayes
                       make
                       his
                       repair
                       to
                       the
                       Head-Quarters
                       of
                       our
                       Army
                       ,
                       and
                       there
                       enter
                       an
                       Engagement
                       not
                       to
                       act
                       any
                       thing
                       for
                       the
                       future
                       against
                       us
                       ,
                       shall
                       have
                       his
                       Arriers
                       Audited
                       and
                       Payd
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     And
                     wee
                     doe
                     further
                     Oblige
                     our Selves
                     to
                     interpose
                     to
                     his
                     Majestie
                     for
                     their
                     Indemnity
                     ,
                     as
                     to
                     whatsoever
                     is
                     Passed
                     :
                     the
                     successe
                     whereof
                     from
                     our
                     Lord
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     wee
                     doubt
                     not
                     ;
                     and
                     to
                     the
                     Performance
                     on
                     
                       our
                       parts
                       ,
                    
                     Wee
                     tye
                     our
                     Honours
                     and
                     the
                     Faith
                     of
                     the
                     County
                     :
                     Avowing
                     withall
                     ,
                     That
                     wee
                     desire
                     nothing
                     either
                     in
                     Church
                     ,
                     or
                     State
                     ,
                     but
                     what
                     the
                     Present
                     Parliament
                     hath
                     Declared
                     to
                     bee
                     the
                     Duty
                     of
                     good
                     Christians
                     ,
                     and
                     Subjects
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             IT
             was
             now
             about
             One
             o'th'clock
             :
             and
             by
             this
             time
             ,
             Officers
             beeing
             Authorised
             ,
             and
             Orders
             delivered
             ;
             we
             drew
             off
             the
             Heathe
             .
             Above
             the
             rest
             ;
             a
             most
             particular
             charge
             was
             given
             ,
             
               by
               Breaking
               ,
               and
               Guarding
               of
               Passes
               ,
               to
               secure
               the
               River
               :
            
             and
             Parties
             Commanded
             to
             watch
             the
             Enemy
             (
             who
             ,
             as
             yet
             ,
             lay
             Hovering
             Indifferently
             betwixt
             ROCHESTER
             and
             MAIDSTONE
             )
          
           
             Towards
             evening
             ,
             we
             received
             Intelligence
             at
             ROCHESTER
             ;
             
               first
               ,
            
             that
             MAIDSTONE
             was
             Alarmed
             :
             
               then
               ,
            
             that
             the
             Enemy
             was
             drawn
             up
             before
             it
             :
             
               By
               and
               By
               ,
            
             that
             they
             had
             Assaulted
             it
             .
          
           
           
             Thus
             advertised
             ;
             his
             Excellency
             resolved
             for
             MAIDSTONE
             :
             upon
             him
             ,
             waited
             Sir
             Bernard
             Gascoigne
             ;
             another
             Gentleman
             ,
             my Self
             :
             &c.
             —
             in
             all
             ;
             7
             or
             8
             Persons
             .
             By
             the
             way
             ,
             wee
             Encontred
             more
             Fugitives
             ,
             then
             Messengers
             ;
             All
             upon
             the
             Spurre
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Word
            
             was
             :
             
               For
               Relief
               .
            
             At
             last
             ;
             (
             within
             some
             two
             miles
             of
             the
             Towne
             )
             we
             found
             ,
             that
             the
             Enemy
             had
             passed
             the
             River
             ,
             (
             which
             we
             little
             expected
             )
             and
             possessed
             all
             the
             Avenues
             .
             Hereupon
             ,
             my
             Lord
             determined
             for
             ROCHESTER
             again
             ,
             and
             to
             send
             Immediat
             succour
             .
             There
             Arrived
             ;
             it
             was
             consulted
             ;
             what
             to
             doe
             ?
             
               Colonell
               Colepepper
               Propounded
               ,
               to
               draw
               out
               Horse
               and
               Foot
               ,
               to
               a
               Man
               ,
               Incontinently
               ,
               and
               Fight
               them
               .
               Some
            
             Cryed
             ;
             
               't
               was
               too
               Late
               :
               Others
               ;
               that
               their
               men
               were
               weary
               ,
               and
               could
               not
               march
               :
               Some
               had
               not
               their
               Regiments
               within
               Call
               :
            
             (
             Others
             ,
             not
             their
             Resolutions
             )
             In
             a
             word
             :
             they
             rejected
             wholesome
             counsell
             .
             It
             was
             then
             Demanded
             ,
             
               What
            
             they
             
               would
            
             doe
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             
               not
            
             do
             
               This
               ?
            
             Some
             were
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             
               't
               was
               best
               for
               them
               to
               do
               as
               well
               as
               they
               could
               .
            
             About
             midnight
             ,
             we
             received
             that
             the
             Town
             was
             Forced
             ;
             with
             this
             brief
             accompt
             :
             that
             the
             Foot
             stood
             very
             Gallantly
             ;
             and
             Repelled
             them
             thrice
             :
             but
             the
             Horse
             play'd
             not
             their
             parts
             so
             well
             .
             (
             The
             Persons
             most
             Eminent
             in
             this
             action
             for
             Conduct
             :
             were
             Sir
             William
             Compton
             ;
             Sir
             Iohn
             Mayne
             ,
             and
             Sir
             Gamaliell
             Dudlye
             :
             whom
             to
             Commend
             ,
             were
             Detraction
             )
          
           
             Thus
             far
             assured
             ,
             and
             missing
             Mr.
             Hales
             :
             upon
             enquiry
             ,
             I
             heard
             that
             he
             was
             gone
             to
             his
             House
             for
             mony
             .
             (
             
               Whither
               ,
               I
               was
               so
               free
               from
               perswading
               him
               ,
               I
               knew
               not
               of
               his
               Going
               .
            
             )
             For
             
               Publique
               Mony
               ,
            
             Gentlemen
             ,
             &
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             his
             Bounty
             was
             the
             best
             string
             you
             had
             to
             your
             Bow
             )
             Hereupon
             ,
             I
             Rode
             over
             to
             him
             :
             told
             him
             ,
             MAIDSTONE
             was
             lost
             ,
             almost
             3
             houres
             since
             ,
             from
             whence
             ,
             (
             upon
             the
             lest
             notice
             )
             it
             was
             but
             an
             houres
             work
             to
             take
             him
             in
             his
             House
             .
             Upon
             due
             consideration
             ,
             he
             concluded
             ,
             for
             SANDWICH
             ,
             with
             his
             Lady
             ,
             and
             Family
             :
             and
             from
             thence
             ,
             to
             play
             the
             After
             Game
             as
             he
             should
             see
             Occasion
             .
             Sir
             Anthony
             Aucher
             (
             then
             with
             him
             )
             Perswaded
             him
             to
             go
             before
             .
             I
             waited
             onely
             for
             a
             stirrop
             ,
             and
             within
             6
             minutes
             followed
             :
             but
             could
             not
             overtake
             him
             .
             
             At
             length
             ,
             I
             understood
             he
             was
             abord
             the
             ANTILOPE
             ,
             (
             as
             I
             Remember
             )
             and
             Bound
             for
             HOLLAND
             :
             Necessitated
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             or
             Hazard
             the
             Revolt
             of
             the
             Fleet
             :
             (
             In
             whom
             ,
             the
             Phantastique
             Notion
             of
             some
             disaster
             ,
             had
             already
             wrought
             a
             deep
             impression
             )
             This
             I
             have
             heard
             Averred
             ,
             since
             :
             by
             persons
             of
             Quality
             ,
             there
             present
             ,
             and
             in
             Command
             .
             
               From
               Himself
               ;
               then
               and
               more
               particularly
               :
               Thus
               .
               That
               he
               would
               be
               instantly
               with
               us
               Again
               :
               but
               in
               Case
               of
               any
               Intervening
               danger
               he
               desired
               his
               Lady
               to
               go
               for
               France
               ,
               and
               send
               him
               Word
               .
            
             Thus
             perplexed
             ;
             I
             provided
             an
             House
             in
             SANDWICH
             for
             his
             Family
             ,
             (
             which
             was
             appointed
             thither
             to
             come
             :
             )
             Waited
             upon
             his
             Lady
             ,
             and
             her
             company
             ,
             to
             a
             Neighbouring
             friends
             ;
             and
             thence
             ,
             Returned
             my self
             toward
             the
             Army
             .
             At
             CANTERBURY
             ,
             I
             desired
             a
             passe
             from
             the
             Commissioners
             .
             They
             told
             me
             ,
             the
             Enemy
             was
             Interposed
             :
             and
             upon
             their
             march
             ,
             in
             two
             divisions
             ,
             for
             CANTERBURY
             ,
             and
             DOVER
             .
             something
             there
             passed
             of
             Bandye
             ,
             and
             Retort
             betwixt
             us
             :
             (
             how
             much
             I
             had
             abused
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             ,
             me
             )
             but
             in
             fine
             ,
             
               they
               gave
               me
               :
               a
               discharge
               ;
               for
               my self
               ,
               servants
               ,
               and
               horses
               ,
               to
               Passe
               free
               ,
               either
               into
               Essex
               ;
               over
               the
               seas
               ,
               or
               whither
               I
               pleased
               .
            
             (
             By
             this
             time
             ,
             a
             man
             might
             read
             the
             Fate
             of
             Kent
             without
             an
             Oracle
             )
             I
             repaired
             Hence
             ,
             again
             to
             SANDWICH
             :
             Hired
             a
             Catch
             :
             laid
             in
             Provision
             Embarqued
             the
             Horses
             ,
             and
             fignified
             to
             Mris.
             
             
             
             Hales
             ,
             from
             Sr.
             Anthony
             Aucher
             ,
             that
             his
             Lady
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             Gentlewomen
             desired
             her
             company
             ,
             much
             :
             and
             that
             they
             would
             be
             all
             ready
             by
             such
             an
             hour
             precise
             ,
             and
             at
             such
             a
             place
             .
             We
             came
             sooner
             then
             the
             hour
             ,
             but
             (
             it
             seems
             )
             the
             Town
             was
             too
             Hot
             for
             
               Them
            
             before
             :
             (
             for
             they
             were
             all
             gone
             ,
             and
             no
             notice
             whither
             )
             we
             were
             now
             in
             a
             new
             Streight
             :
             and
             there
             succeeded
             yet
             a
             worse
             .
             It
             was
             a
             low
             water
             :
             the
             Vessell
             could
             not
             stir
             ,
             that
             night
             .
             The
             Sea
             before
             us
             :
             the
             Enemy
             behinde
             us
             :
             and
             the
             People
             in
             a
             Mutiny
             round
             about
             us
             :
             nay
             more
             ;
             at
             that
             very
             instant
             conspiring
             to
             Apprehend
             us
             :
             and
             in
             such
             a
             fashion
             too
             ;
             It
             was
             aequally
             dangerous
             ,
             to
             flatter
             ,
             or
             Reprove
             their
             Disorders
             .
             Overhearing
             these
             discourses
             ,
             I
             privily
             agreed
             with
             a
             Shallop
             :
             Appointed
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             Catch
             to
             
             weigh
             ,
             next
             floud
             :
             and
             Steere
             such
             a
             Course
             ;
             where
             we
             would
             that
             night
             expect
             him
             .
             Soon
             as
             the
             Bote
             was
             ready
             ,
             we
             Aborded
             :
             One
             servant
             ,
             with
             my self
             .
             Scarce
             had
             we
             quitted
             the
             Peer
             ,
             But
             a
             matter
             of
             20
             Rogues
             with
             Cock'd
             matches
             ,
             were
             upon
             the
             Back
             of
             us
             :
             damning
             themselves
             ,
             if
             they
             did
             not
             fire
             ,
             unlesse
             wee
             came
             a
             Shore
             .
             The
             Master
             (
             an
             Independent
             )
             would
             have
             landed
             us
             :
             but
             I
             stood
             rather
             inclin'd
             to
             Venture
             a
             Bullet
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             sure
             of
             a
             Halter
             ,
             Clap'd
             my
             sword
             to
             his
             Brest
             ,
             and
             advised
             him
             to
             keep
             the
             Channell
             .
             Some
             shot
             they
             made
             :
             followed
             us
             about
             a
             mile
             :
             but
             (
             as
             it
             pleased
             God
             )
             without
             any
             Mischief
             .
             In
             this
             rotten
             Barque
             ,
             with
             one
             Man
             ,
             and
             a
             Boy
             ,
             we
             Fetch'd
             Calais
             :
             But
             the
             Catch
             was
             Arrested
             .
          
           
             Hitherto
             ,
             what
             I
             
               did
            
             or
             
               said
               :
               Now
            
             to
             my
             
               Intentions
               :
               what
               I
               would
               have
               done
               .
            
             (
             For
             my
             very
             
               Thoughts
            
             escape
             you
             not
             :
             I
             wonder
             how
             you
             miss'd
             
               Originallsinne
            
             )
             
               
                 First
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   desired
                   you
                   to
                   Offer
                   a
                   Negative
                   Engagement
                   ;
                   and
                   to
                   Disarme
                   all
                   that
                   Refused
                   to
                   take
                   it
                   .
                
                 Your
                 
                   Answer
                   was
                   :
                   No
                   :
                   it
                   would
                   Disoblige
                   the
                   Country
                   .
                
                 (
                 It
                 was
                 a
                 huge
                 Complement
                 ;
                 rather
                 then
                 disgust
                 your
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 to
                 Ruine
                 your
                 Friends
                 :
                 nay
                 your selves
                 :
                 for
                 those
                 very
                 men
                 I
                 Hinted
                 at
                 ,
                 Ioyned
                 afterwards
                 with
                 Gibbons
                 against
                 you
                 )
              
               
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   Pressed
                   you
                   (
                   Hourly
                   almost
                   )
                   to
                   Dispatch
                   Commissioners
                   to
                   Negotiate
                   an
                   Association
                   betwixt
                   SVRRY
                   ,
                   KENT
                   ,
                   and
                   ESSEX
                   :
                   and
                   that
                   Two
                   ,
                   Respectively
                   ,
                
                 of
                 
                   Each
                   ,
                   might
                   ,
                
                 in
                 
                   Each
                   County
                   ,
                   Sit
                   ,
                   Consent
                   ,
                   and
                   Act.
                   in
                   Order
                   to
                   the
                   Commune
                   Interest
                   of
                   you
                   all
                   .
                
                 You
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   was
                   done
                   alreàdy
                   ,
                   You
                   were
                   sure
                   of
                   ESSEX
                   ,
                   and
                   SVRRY
                   .
                
              
               
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   wish'd
                   you
                   to
                   Attempt
                   TILBVRY
                   Fort
                   ;
                   to
                   open
                   a
                   fairer
                   way
                   of
                   Correspond
                   betwixt
                   ESSEX
                   ,
                   and
                   KENT
                   :
                   and
                   to
                   Protect
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   ESSEX
                   ,
                   till
                   they
                   should
                   Embody
                   .
                
                 (
                 There
                 were
                 too
                 that
                 proffered
                 to
                 undertake
                 it
                 )
                 
                   That
                
                 (
                 you
                 said
                 )
                 
                   was
                   designed
                   a
                   surer
                   way
                   :
                   and
                   the
                   Time
                   resolved
                   upon
                   .
                
              
               
                 Fourthly
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   drew
                   up
                   an
                   Order
                   at
                   MAIDSTONE
                   ,
                   requireing
                   every
                   man
                   upon
                   a
                   severe
                   Penalty
                   to
                   deliver
                   up
                   all
                   his
                   armes
                   within
                   so
                   many
                   houres
                   into
                   the
                   Publique
                   Magazine
                   .
                
                 (
                 This
                 was
                 Voted
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 Executed
                 :
                 and
                 upon
                 the
                 Storm
                 ,
                 you
                 felt
                 the
                 mischief
                 of
                 that
                 Neglect
                 )
              
               
                 Fifthly
                 ,
                 
                   To
                   make
                   sure
                   of
                   all
                   the
                   Passes
                   ,
                
                 [
                 Near
                 MAIDSTONE
                 ,
                 Principally
                 ;
                 
                   and
                   to
                   fortifie
                   Turnbridge
                   also
                
                 ]
                 I
                 did
                 urge
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 500
                 times
                 ,
                 Among
                 other
                 Objections
                 ,
                 One
                 was
                 :
                 
                   It
                   would
                   charge
                   the
                   Country
                   .
                
                 [
                 I
                 am
                 of
                 Opinion
                 ,
                 that
                 their
                 Compositions
                 ,
                 
                 who
                 were
                 of
                 this
                 minde
                 ,
                 would
                 have
                 Reedified
                 the
                 Bridges
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 Sixthly
                 ,
                 I
                 moved
                 that
                 it
                 might
                 bee
                 Published
                 at
                 the
                 head
                 of
                 every
                 Troup
                 and
                 Company
                 ,
                 upon
                 our
                 Rendezvous
                 at
                 BURRHAM-HEATH
                 .
                 
                   That
                   wee
                   were
                   no
                   longer
                   Petitioners
                   ,
                   but
                   Souldiours
                   .
                   The
                   Quarrell
                   ,
                   the
                   Kings
                   ;
                   which
                   we
                   determined
                   [
                   as
                   Obliged
                   ]
                   to
                   prosecute
                   through
                   all
                   Extremities
                   :
                   &
                   if
                   any
                   Person
                   apprehended
                   greator
                   Businesse
                   at
                   his
                   Home
                   ;
                   hee
                   had
                   fair
                   Liberty
                   [
                   Leaving
                   his
                   Armes
                   ]
                   to
                   repair
                   to
                   his
                   Interests
                   .
                
                 [
                 This
                 perhaps
                 might
                 have
                 been
                 seasonable
                 ,
                 for
                 we
                 hād
                 many
                 Souldiours
                 that
                 
                   wanted
                
                 Armes
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 Country
                 People
                 that
                 were
                 
                   weary
                
                 of
                 them
                 ]
              
            
          
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
             If
             this
             signifies
             
               Treason
               ,
            
             I
             'le
             dye
             a
             Round-head
             .
          
           
             A
             word
             now
             of
             Deduction
             from
             what
             I
             have
             said
             ,
             and
             to
             my
             whole
             Charge
             at
             Once
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             OBJECTED
             :
             
               That
               I
               Engaged
               the
               County
               :
               Mr.
               Hales
               :
            
             Urged
             
               him
               not
               to
               come
               off
               ;
               and
               Hindred
               him
               from
               Persisting
               :
               Perswaded
               him
               ,
               first
               ,
               from
               Rochester
               to
               his
               House
               ;
               and
               thence
               ,
               Out
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               :
               moved
               to
               this
               ,
            
             by
             Interests
             ;
             or
             Feares
             :
             
               Whereas
               ,
               had
               but
               Wee
               Rallyed
               our
               Troupes
               &c.
            
             —
             And
             again
             :
             
               My
               Letters
               were
               too
               Sharp
               .
            
          
           
             I
             ANSWER
             ,
             
               The
               Grand
               Iury
               Engaged
               the
               County
               :
               Master
               Hales
               Acted
               upon
               his
               Own
               Sense
               .
            
             (
             Not
             a
             Pinn
             matter
             ,
             whether
             Thus
             ,
             or
             so
             )
             
               As
               for
               comming
               off
               :
               It
               never
               came
               to
               the
               Question
               .
               Nor
               did
               I
               Hinder
               him
               from
               persisting
               ;
            
             (
             Nor
             could
             I
             ,
             if
             I
             would
             have
             done
             it
             )
             
               I
               told
               him
               that
               Maidstone
               was
               gone
               ;
               and
               withall
               ,
               that
               I
               was
               yet
               confident
               of
               the
               Businesse
               )
               I
               knew
               nothing
               of
               his
               going
               from
               Rochester
               ,
               Home
               :
            
             (
             the
             Commissioners
             did
             :
             and
             his
             Errand
             vvas
             ,
             Mony
             for
             the
             Souldiours
             )
             
               Neither
               did
               I
               advise
               ,
               or
               know
               of
               his
               Quitting
               the
               Kingdom
               .
            
             (
             Sir
             Anthony
             Aucher
             can
             testifie
             the
             Resolve
             was
             for
             SANDWICH
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             neither
             did
             nor
             could
             counsell
             any
             other
             ,
             After
             :
             for
             I
             savv
             him
             not
             )
             
               Moved
               by
               my
               Interests
               ,
               I
               Confesse
               I
               was
               .
            
             (
             That
             is
             :
             by
             Considerations
             of
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Friendship
             (
             
               those
               are
               a
               Gentlemans
               Interests
            
             )
             not
             by
             your
             Dirty
             ,
             and
             Mechanique
             Principles
             of
             profit
             ,
             and
             Unthankfulnesse
             .
             )
             
               As
               for
               my
               Feares
               :
            
             I
             would
             have
             
               That
               Thing
               (
               whose
               Robe
               neither
               Hides
               his
               Eares
               ,
               nor
               Protects
               his
               Shoulders
               )
            
             
             Know
             ;
             that
             
               I
               Came
               not
               off
               upon
               Canterbury
               Articles
               .
            
             To
             the
             matter
             of
             
               Rallying
               Our
               Troupes
               :
            
             We
             commanded
             none
             ,
             And
             
               For
               my
               Letters
               :
            
             Questionlesse
             
               the
               Wretch
               was
               huge
               good
               Natur'd
               that
               thought
               them
               so
               Severe
               .
            
          
           
             In
             
               Summe
            
             the
             
               whole
               Story
               is
               Canterbury
               Newes
               ;
               not
               One
               Syllable
               ,
               True
               .
            
             But
             Right
             ,
             or
             Wrong
             ;
             
               so
               the
               Truth
               be
               lost
               ,
               No
               matter
               How
               .
            
             In
             such
             Cases
             ,
             Every
             man
             spends
             his
             judgement
             ;
             and
             hee
             that
             hath
             Least
             ;
             spends
             most
             .
          
           
             
               To
               Recollect
               a
               Little
               .
            
          
           
             And
             now
             (
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             Wonder
             )
             why
             Mr.
             HALES
             ,
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             ?
             what
             was
             
               Hee
            
             Guilty
             of
             ?
             (
             beyond
             the
             Crime
             of
             Labouring
             to
             preserve
             such
             thanklesse
             Peasants
             )
             
               His
               Example
               ,
               Honesty
               ,
               and
               Fortune
               contributed
               more
               of
               Advantage
               to
               this
               Action
               ,
               then
               All
               you
               Together
               ,
               that
               ever
               Clamoured
               against
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               my
               part
               :
            
             I
             was
             praepar'd
             for
             't
             .
             I
             foresaw
             it
             ;
             and
             said
             as
             much
             ▪
             in
             case
             the
             Businesse
             succeeded
             not
             .
             (
             Thanks
             to
             my
             dear
             Experience
             )
             
               How
               often
               have
               I
               been
               Lick'd
               whole
               by
               the
               same
               Tongue
               that
               Wounded
               me
               !
            
             I
             shall
             again
             .
             If
             not
             :
             there
             's
             neither
             
               Peyne
            
             nor
             
               Danger
            
             in
             it
             .
             Nay
             ;
             it
             were
             a
             
               Pleasure
            
             to
             me
             ,
             did
             not
             the
             
               Charity
               ,
            
             and
             
               Pitty
            
             I
             bear
             to
             
               Knaves
               ,
            
             and
             
               Fools
               ,
            
             Correct
             it
             .
             (
             That
             is
             :
             to
             the
             Malitious
             Authors
             ,
             and
             Credulous
             Promoters
             of
             such
             Groundlesse
             Calumnies
             )
             Nothing
             in
             Nature
             tickles
             me
             ,
             like
             the
             Phansie
             of
             
               Machiavell
               in
               a
               blew
               Apron
               :
               Maximes
               of
               State
               ,
               and
               the
               Interests
               of
               Princes
               :
               betwixt
            
             IMPRIMIS
             
               and
               the
            
             TOTALL
             SUMME
             .
             
               Or
               what
               think
               you
               of
            
             POLYPHEMUS
             
               the
               Grasier
               ;
               with
               a
               Basket-Hilt
               ,
               and
               a
               Cup
               of
            
             NORTHDOWNE
             
               Ale
               ,
               Cursing
            
             ULISSES
             ?
             These
             are
             not
             Themes
             (
             My
             Masters
             )
             for
             Melancholy
             ,
             or
             Indignation
             .
             Vanity
             it self
             is
             not
             so
             Comicall
             .
             But
             lest
             I
             take
             too
             much
             on
             't
             ,
             I
             divert
             ;
             and
             into
             a
             Relation
             (
             Perhaps
             )
             not
             Impertinent
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     In
                     Persuance
                     of
                     a
                     Commission
                     from
                     his
                     Majesty
                     ,
                     
                       to
                       Attempt
                       the
                       Reduceing
                       of
                    
                     LINN
                     ,
                     
                       I
                       was
                       Betrayed
                       ,
                       and
                       delivered
                       up
                       ,
                       by
                       One
                       of
                       mine
                       Owne
                       Party
                       .
                    
                     (
                     Never
                     were
                     
                       Fame
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Malice
                    
                     more
                     
                       Active
                    
                     to
                     
                       Publish
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Asperse
                    
                     any
                     mans
                     Misfortune
                     ,
                     then
                     Mine
                     :
                     No
                     Imaginable
                     Ill
                     was
                     left
                     unsayd
                     :
                     and
                     with
                     such
                     Confidence
                     ,
                     it
                     gave
                     
                     a
                     Suspension
                     to
                     the
                     best
                     Resolved
                     Friendships
                     I
                     Enjoyed
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       The
                       Commission
                       was
                       Decried
                       for
                       Counterfeit
                       ,
                       the
                       designe
                       ,
                       Rash
                       ,
                       and
                       Foolish
                       :
                       the
                       Instrument
                       ,
                       as
                       much
                       :
                       the
                       Manage
                       ,
                       worse
                       .
                    
                     There
                     Were
                     too
                     ,
                     that
                     Affirmed
                     ,
                     
                       I
                       Betray'd
                       all
                       ;
                       with
                       the
                       Formalities
                       :
                       How
                       ,
                       and
                       upon
                       what
                       Conditions
                       .
                    
                     Thus
                     Engaged
                     ,
                     both
                     in
                     Reputation
                     ,
                     and
                     Liberty
                     ,
                     I
                     was
                     Guarded
                     to
                     London
                     .
                     
                       First
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     the
                     Earle
                     of
                     MANCHESTER
                     .
                     
                       Next
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     DERBY-HOUSE
                     .
                     
                       Then
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     the
                     Lower-House
                     :
                     and
                     Thence
                     ,
                     (
                     by
                     Order
                     )
                     Transmitted
                     to
                     the
                     CITY-COURT-MARTIALL
                     for
                     my
                     Tryall
                     .
                     (
                     
                       Of
                       the
                       Counsell
                       ,
                    
                     Two
                     Leading
                     Charts
                     ,
                     
                       were
                       a
                       Saleman
                       ,
                       and
                       an
                       Ostler
                    
                     )
                     Brought
                     to
                     the
                     Barre
                     ;
                     my
                     Charge
                     was
                     Read
                     ,
                     and
                     my
                     Answer
                     Demanded
                     ;
                     not
                     permitting
                     me
                     one
                     moment
                     for
                     Collection
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       First
                       ,
                       as
                       a
                       Spye
                       :
                    
                     To
                     this
                     ,
                     I
                     returned
                     ,
                     their
                     power
                     Extended
                     not
                     ;
                     for
                     they
                     Acted
                     by
                     a
                     Commission
                     Limited
                     to
                     Articles
                     ,
                     whereof
                     that
                     was
                     not
                     One
                     .
                     
                       Next
                       ,
                       as
                       a
                       Traytour
                       .
                    
                     To
                     
                       That
                       ,
                    
                     with
                     much
                     Circumstance
                     ;
                     as
                     that
                     I
                     had
                     ever
                     served
                     the
                     King
                     ;
                     and
                     that
                     an
                     Enemy
                     and
                     a
                     Traytour
                     were
                     Inconsistent
                     .
                     &c.
                     —
                     In
                     conclusion
                     ;
                     the
                     Major
                     Part
                     acquitted
                     me
                     ,
                     which
                     notwithstanding
                     :
                     my
                     Definitive
                     sentence
                     was
                     protracted
                     2
                     dayes
                     longer
                     :
                     under
                     pretence
                     of
                     giving
                     me
                     Leisure
                     for
                     Consideration
                     .
                     In
                     this
                     Interim
                     ,
                     they
                     had
                     packed
                     a
                     Committee
                     ;
                     which
                     
                       Condemned
                       me
                       as
                       a
                       Traytour
                       ,
                       to
                       bee
                       Hanged
                       ,
                       without
                       hearing
                       a
                       Syllable
                       .
                    
                     I
                     urged
                     the
                     Barbarisme
                     of
                     such
                     a
                     Treatment
                     &c.
                     but
                     in
                     vain
                     .
                     
                       My
                       sentence
                       Passed
                       :
                    
                     I
                     Threw
                     a
                     Breviate
                     of
                     my
                     defence
                     among
                     them
                     :
                     adding
                     ,
                     that
                     
                       since
                       they
                       would
                       not
                       hear
                       it
                       ,
                       they
                       might
                       read
                       it
                       ,
                       That
                       was
                       it
                       .
                    
                     Wiltshire
                     BAYNTON
                     (
                     a
                     young
                     Red-Headed
                     fellow
                     )
                     burnt
                     it
                     .
                     I
                     was
                     next
                     Hurryed
                     to
                     Newgate
                     ,
                     Thrown
                     into
                     a
                     chamber
                     with
                     2
                     Beds
                     in
                     it
                     :
                     among
                     persons
                     Notoriously
                     Criminall
                     ,
                     and
                     here
                     was
                     my
                     Praeparatory
                     for
                     Eternity
                     .
                     I
                     dispatch'd
                     then
                     ,
                     an
                     
                       Expresse
                    
                     to
                     the
                     
                       King
                       :
                    
                     An
                     
                       Appeale
                    
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Lords
                       :
                    
                     and
                     Letters
                     to
                     the
                     Principall
                     of
                     both
                     Houses
                     ,
                     Significant
                     upon
                     what
                     score
                     I
                     stood
                     condemned
                     ,
                     and
                     Monitory
                     ,
                     lest
                     such
                     a
                     Praesident
                     might
                     afterward
                     concern
                     themselves
                     .
                     In
                     summe
                     ,
                     
                       The
                       Lords
                       Ordered
                       my
                       Reprieve
                       ,
                       and
                       commanded
                       MILLS
                       (
                       the
                       judge
                       Advocate
                       )
                       to
                       bring
                       in
                       my
                       Charge
                       .
                    
                     He
                     appeared
                     ,
                     but
                     without
                     it
                     :
                     with
                     an
                     Excuse
                     ,
                     that
                     he
                     had
                     not
                     time
                     to
                     prepare
                     it
                     .
                     Upon
                     Fryday
                     ,
                     he
                     proffered
                     to
                     have
                     it
                     ready
                     .
                     (
                     This
                     being
                     Wednesday
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     next
                     day
                     I
                     was
                     to
                     
                       Suffer
                    
                     )
                     It
                     was
                     then
                     
                       Suggested
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     
                       Praesumed
                       ,
                       that
                       they
                       meant
                       not
                       to
                       Execute
                       me
                       in
                       the
                       Interim
                       .
                    
                     He
                     said
                     ,
                     Yes
                     .
                     
                       The
                       Commons
                       had
                       passed
                       an
                       Order
                       ,
                       that
                       no
                       Reprive
                       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
                       bee
                       moved
                       within
                    
                     10
                     
                       dayes
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     To
                     wind
                     up
                     this
                     Discourse
                     ,
                     betwixt
                     Shame
                     ,
                     and
                     Fear
                     ,
                     I
                     was
                     
                       Reprieved
                       ,
                       and
                       Lay
                       almost
                    
                     4
                     
                       Yeares
                       a
                       Member
                       of
                       that
                       Honourable
                       Society
                       .
                    
                     Upon
                     which
                     Test
                     ,
                     and
                     Expiation
                     ,
                     
                       they
                       forgave
                       mee
                       for
                       beeing
                       unhappie
                       ,
                       and
                       Innocent
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     (
                     and
                     upon
                     second
                     Thoughts
                     ,
                     I
                     doubt
                     not
                     ,
                     (
                     Gentlemen
                     )
                     so
                     will
                     you
                     )
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             Thus
             far
             ;
             
               Mine
               Owne
               Vindication
               to
               Kent
               .
            
             In
             a
             word
             now
             ;
             
               The
               Vindication
               of
               Kent
               to
               the
               World
               :
            
             and
             from
             
               These
               Objections
               .
            
          
           
             First
             ,
             
               They
               Rose
               too
               soon
               .
               7
               ,
               9
               Other
               Counties
               would
               have
               joyned
               ,
               if
               they
               had
               Stay'd
               but
               a
               Fortnight
               Longer
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               I
               Answer
               .
            
             There
             was
             no
             Complication
             to
             that
             End
             .
             Nay
             ;
             ESSEX
             ,
             and
             SURRY
             had
             already
             Reproched
             KENT
             for
             sitting
             still
             so
             long
             .
             
               Again
               .
            
             KENT
             had
             been
             
               up
            
             a
             Fortnight
             ,
             when
             
               Yet
            
             they
             Appeared
             not
             .
             
               Further
               ,
            
             what
             Impediment
             was
             this
             Forwardnesse
             to
             their
             Designes
             .
             16000
             Men
             in
             Armes
             for
             their
             Rise
             ;
             (
             in
             the
             County
             ,
             there
             were
             not
             Fewer
             )
             and
             no
             Enemy
             left
             free
             ,
             to
             Interrupt
             them
             .
             They
             that
             durst
             not
             
               Then
            
             Rise
             ,
             will
             (
             I
             Fear
             )
             Lye
             still
             
               For
               ever
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               ,
               to
               bee
               Short
               .
               They
               could
               not
               waite
               Longer
               :
               The
               last
               of
               May
               was
               the
               day
               Resolved
               upon
               at
               Canterbury
               for
               their
               Rendezvous
            
             For
             Praevention
             whereof
             ,
             there
             were
             Troupes
             Ready
             to
             Seize
             upon
             the
             Leading
             men
             of
             the
             County
             :
             &
             had
             done
             it
             ,
             had
             they
             not
             ,
             in
             that
             Instant
             Risen
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             
               They
               Rose
               upon
               their
               Owne
               Score
            
             (
             say
             some
             .
             )
             
               To
               This
               .
            
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             but
             
               They
               Fought
               upon
               the
               Kings
               .
            
             The
             Petition
             was
             not
             the
             
               Cause
               ,
            
             but
             the
             
               Occasion
               :
            
             and
             had
             they
             Quarrelled
             upon
             any
             other
             Accompt
             ,
             They
             had
             been
             Crush'd
             in
             three
             dayes
             .
             Had
             they
             first
             ,
             Cryed
             up
             the
             
               King
            
             and
             ,
             under
             that
             notion
             grown
             Powerfull
             ,
             deserted
             him
             ;
             this
             had
             (
             indeed
             )
             been
             
               Parliamentary
            
             and
             
               Iewish
               .
            
             But
             to
             Arme
             for
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             Fight
             for
             Monarchy
             ,
             (
             as
             they
             did
             )
             was
             an
             Action
             Noble
             ,
             and
             Worthy
             of
             themselves
             .
             In
             the
             Pride
             of
             their
             Fortunes
             ,
             they
             Chose
             the
             
               Prince
            
             his
             
               Generall
               ,
            
             and
             avowed
             his
             
               Fathers
            
             Quarrell
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             Objection
             ;
             I
             shall
             Conclude
             with
             a
             
               Maxime
               :
            
          
           
             
               The
               First
               Thing
               in
               Intention
               ,
               is
               ever
               the
               Last
               in
               Execution
               .
            
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             
               They
               would
               not
               Enterteyne
               Officers
               .
            
          
           
             
               I
               Answer
               .
            
             There
             was
             a
             
               Delay
               ,
            
             but
             no
             
               Refusall
               .
            
          
           
             But
             to
             speak
             to
             every
             Capriccious
             Humour
             ,
             were
             Endlesse
             .
             For
             a
             Close
             ;
             Discipline
             they
             wanted
             ;
             because
             Time
             ▪
             Nothing
             else
             :
             to
             understand
             them
             Better
             ,
             Look
             upon
             COLCHESTER
             :
             (
             which
             was
             (
             in
             Effect
             ,
             )
             but
             KENT
             Transported
             .
             )
             An
             Action
             never
             to
             bee
             aequalled
             ,
             or
             Forgotten
             :
             
               The
               Bed
               ,
               Fate
               ,
               and
               Monument
               of
               Honour
               ,
               and
               Allegeance
               .
            
             (
             Let
             me
             Adde
             this
             )
             and
             the
             VINDIGATION
             of
             KENT
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           POSTSCRIPT
           .
        
         
           Obliged
           to
           a
           Defen●e
           ,
           and
           Perplexed
           with
           a
           Coincidence
           of
           Story
           :
           I
           Resolved
           Both
           :
           but
           not
           receiving
           all
           my
           Expected
           Papers
           ,
           This
           Discourse
           proves
           Imperfectly
           Either
           ;
           which
           Disorder
           ,
           I
           wish
           may
           bee
           Imputed
           to
           my
           Fortune
           ,
           not
           Designe
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47938e-90
           
             ngage
             -
          
           
             Remonce
             .