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             A letter sent from a gentleman in Oxford, to his friend in London concerning the iustice of the King's cause, and the unequall proceedings of those against him, who are now found to be the enemies of our peace and happinesse : or a short character of the actions of our new state-reformers, in which the seduced people may see to whom to impute the beginning of these miserable distractions, and the continuance thereof.
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             1646.
          
           
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             A
          
           LETTER
           Sent
           from
           a
           Gentleman
           in
           OXFORD
           ,
           To
           His
           Friend
           in
           LONDON
           ;
        
         
           Concerning
           the
           Iustice
           of
           the
           KING's
           Cause
           ,
           and
           the
           unequall
           proceedings
           of
           those
           against
           Him
           ,
           who
           are
           now
           found
           to
           be
           the
           Enemies
           of
           our
           PEACE
           and
           HAPPINESSE
           .
        
         
           OR
           A
           SHORT
           CHARACTER
           Of
           the
           actions
           of
           our
           New
           State-Reformers
           ;
           in
           which
           
             the
             seduced
             people
          
           may
           see
           to
           whom
           to
           impute
           the
           beginning
           of
           these
           miserable
           distractions
           ,
           and
           the
           continuance
           thereof
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Yeare
           ,
           1646.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           received
           your
           Letter
           ,
           and
           with
           as
           much
           
             care
          
           as
           you
           desired
           ,
           I
           have
           perused
           it
           ;
           and
           for
           your
           
             advice
          
           I
           returne
           my
           thanks
           to
           your
           
             error
             ,
          
           not
           your
           
             love
             :
          
           beleeving
           from
           that
           
             Spring
          
           all
           your
           lines
           have
           been
           derived
           ,
           and
           that
           like
           People
           infected
           with
           the
           
             Plague
             ,
          
           your
           desires
           have
           still
           been
           to
           corrupt
           others
           ;
           mistake
           me
           not
           neither
           :
           I
           blame
           not
           your
           
             Endeavours
             ,
          
           in
           gaining
           all
           you
           can
           to
           your
           Party
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           
             multitude
             ,
          
           not
           the
           
             justice
          
           of
           your
           cause
           that
           must
           nurse
           up
           that
           
             Birth
             ,
          
           your
           
             Deceit
          
           hath
           begot
           upon
           the
           
             Feares
          
           and
           
             Jealousies
          
           of
           the
           
             People
             ,
          
           and
           that
           those
           
             Routs
          
           (
           the
           
             pillars
          
           of
           your
           new
           
             Modell
             )
          
           might
           the
           better
           be
           fashioned
           ,
           into
           what
           formes
           were
           most
           convenient
           for
           your
           designes
           ,
           it
           was
           extreamly
           necessary
           ,
           you
           should
           take
           from
           them
           all
           the
           
             rules
          
           and
           
             squares
          
           both
           of
           
             Civill
          
           and
           
             Ecclesiasticall
             Government
             ;
          
           and
           that
           you
           have
           most
           fully
           and
           amply
           done
           ,
           by
           a
           new
           way
           of
           pulling
           downe
           the
           old
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           setting
           up
           of
           
             many
             ,
          
           nay
           ,
           
             any
          
           that
           might
           serve
           either
           your
           
             ambition
          
           or
           your
           
             gaine
             :
          
           and
           like
           
             Jeroboam
          
           in
           your
           new
           Government
           ,
           when
           it
           could
           not
           be
           safe
           for
           you
           to
           
             erect
             another
             ,
          
           you
           
             adulterate
          
           the
           
             old
             ;
          
           Certainly
           ,
           if
           you
           seriously
           reflect
           ,
           if
           you
           review
           this
           act
           of
           
             corrupting
             Religion
             ,
          
           with
           a
           recollected
           judgement
           ,
           you
           cannot
           but
           find
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           cleane
           mistaken
           the
           way
           you
           
             pretend
             ▪
          
           though
           not
           that
           which
           you
           
             intend
             ;
          
           for
           whoever
           yet
           would
           so
           much
           Cashiere
           his
           
             reason
          
           in
           things
           of
           the
           smallest
           moment
           ,
           as
           to
           leave
           a
           certain
           positive
           good
           ,
           for
           an
           uncertaine
           accidentall
           one
           ?
           take
           heed
           ;
           the
           same
           mistake
           cost
           the
           seduced
           
             Prophet
          
           his
           life
           :
           and
           if
           you
           take
           the
           
             Maxime
          
           of
           the
           
             Law
          
           for
           
             Vmpire
             ,
          
           that
           the
           same
           
             cases
          
           are
           to
           be
           judged
           by
           the
           same
           
             reasons
             ,
          
           you
           have
           cause
           to
           feare
           ,
           it
           may
           in
           time
           prove
           your
           owne
           .
        
         
           But
           admit
           this
           
             Forme
             ,
          
           this
           new
           
             Directory
          
           for
           the
           
             Church
          
           were
           
           as
           pure
           as
           you
           would
           have
           the
           People
           beleeve
           it
           ,
           or
           your selves
           desire
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           ours
           were
           as
           great
           an
           abomination
           ,
           as
           the
           
             forsaken
             Tribes
             Idolatry
          
           was
           to
           
             Israel
             ;
          
           yet
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           and
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           (
           from
           whence
           you
           say
           you
           borrow
           all
           your
           directions
           )
           that
           from
           thence
           you
           are
           so
           farre
           from
           drawing
           any
           argument
           ,
           that
           can
           give
           you
           authority
           to
           
             plant
          
           your
           Religion
           by
           the
           
             Sword
             ,
          
           that
           you
           can
           hardly
           find
           any
           will
           allow
           the
           
             defence
          
           of
           it
           by
           Armes
           :
           Surely
           ,
           when
           I
           consider
           these
           things
           ,
           you
           must
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           you
           are
           much
           a
           
             Kinne
          
           to
           those
           that
           followed
           our
           
             Saviour
          
           for
           the
           
             loafes
             ,
          
           and
           the
           relieving
           their
           necessities
           ,
           rather
           then
           the
           
             love
          
           of
           his
           
             Gospell
             ,
          
           and
           like
           
             Demetrius's
             Crue
             ,
          
           serve
           the
           
             Goddesse
          
           of
           your
           owne
           setting
           up
           ,
           because
           it
           brings
           much
           gaine
           ,
           much
           wealth
           to
           your
           Cofers
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           that
           in
           silence
           I
           passe
           over
           the
           
             Extirpation
          
           of
           
             Bishops
             ,
          
           both
           
             root
          
           and
           
             branch
             ,
          
           wonder
           not
           at
           all
           ;
           it
           is
           but
           Consonant
           ,
           that
           to
           
             Silver
             Deities
             ,
          
           there
           be
           
             Leaden
             Priests
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           ,
           you
           did
           well
           to
           forbid
           the
           standing
           by
           of
           such
           
             Gamesters
             ,
          
           as
           would
           quickly
           see
           more
           then
           the
           
             Players
             :
          
           And
           because
           the
           
             fall
          
           of
           the
           
             Church
          
           is
           commonly
           a
           
             Preface
          
           to
           the
           
             ruines
          
           of
           the
           
             State
             ,
          
           take
           this
           
             small
             glosse
          
           upon
           the
           
             defections
             ,
          
           you
           have
           caused
           in
           that
           too
           ▪
           and
           in
           this
           I
           meet
           first
           with
           the
           
             Power
             ,
          
           by
           which
           you
           have
           erected
           all
           this
           
             Pile
          
           of
           
             desolation
             ;
          
           and
           here
           I
           find
           
             Jacob
          
           in
           his
           Elder
           
             Brothers
             Clothes
             ,
          
           for
           from
           the
           
             King
          
           first
           that
           power
           issued
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           
             Writs
          
           you
           were
           call'd
           ,
           and
           now
           
             surrepticiously
          
           like
           
             Prometheus
          
           you
           have
           stolne
           
             Fire
          
           from
           Heaven
           to
           animate
           the
           fond
           Conceptions
           of
           your
           owne
           depraved
           wills
           ,
           and
           as
           if
           in
           this
           act
           you
           meant
           to
           give
           earnest
           for
           all
           the
           evills
           you
           meant
           to
           practice
           you
           have
           eaten
           through
           the
           bowells
           of
           your
           owne
           Mother
           ,
           devoured
           the
           Wombe
           that
           first
           disclosed
           you
           :
           Certainly
           ,
           when
           the
           
             King
          
           first
           Assembled
           you
           thither
           ,
           as
           He
           intended
           not
           to
           trench
           on
           your
           Priviledges
           ,
           so
           He
           never
           meant
           ,
           never
           beleeved
           so
           ill
           on
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           had
           the
           least
           thought
           of
           wresting
           His
           Power
           from
           Him
           ,
           
             (
             wresting
             ,
          
           so
           I
           tearme
           it
           )
           for
           I
           know
           of
           no
           act
           by
           which
           He
           either
           lent
           or
           gave
           it
           away
           to
           you
           ;
           and
           therefore
           you
           must
           excuse
           me
           ,
           if
           with
           you
           I
           consent
           not
           to
           beleeve
           your
           
             Power
             legitimate
             .
          
        
         
           But
           admit
           His
           
             Majesty
          
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           entrusted
           His
           
             Power
          
           with
           you
           ;
           truly
           I
           think
           it
           was
           farre
           from
           
             Him
          
           to
           imagine
           ,
           you
           would
           have
           given
           it
           to
           the
           
             Scot
             ,
          
           and
           make
           the
           
             representative
             
             Body
          
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           a
           
             Committee
             ,
          
           to
           worke
           journey-worke
           for
           them
           ,
           who
           if
           things
           succeed
           according
           to
           their
           expectation
           ,
           will
           be
           so
           much
           your
           friends
           ,
           as
           to
           allow
           you
           the
           same
           favour
           
             Polyphemus
          
           did
           
             Vlysses
             ,
          
           and
           too
           late
           then
           you
           will
           begin
           to
           find
           with
           the
           
             Country-man
             ,
          
           you
           warmed
           the
           
             Snake
             ,
          
           that
           shall
           
             hisse
          
           and
           
             sting
          
           you
           ,
           and
           your
           Generation
           from
           your
           so
           long
           enjoy'd
           Possessions
           ;
           which
           will
           be
           some
           
             allay
          
           to
           my
           misery
           ,
           when
           I
           am
           undone
           by
           you
           to
           see
           you
           perish
           by
           your selves
           and
           them
           ,
           
             Nec
             lex
             est
             justior
             ulla
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           But
           why
           extends
           not
           this
           
             Communion
          
           of
           Power
           to
           the
           
             Irish
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             Scot
             ;
          
           who
           ,
           if
           we
           confide
           in
           Proverbs
           ,
           are
           as
           
             faithfull
          
           as
           they
           ?
           truly
           I
           'le
           answer
           for
           them
           ,
           they
           were
           
             Starre-Crost
             ,
          
           and
           mistaking
           the
           
             Sceane
             ,
          
           entred
           in
           the
           
             Prologue
             .
          
           For
           had
           they
           stay'd
           but
           two
           
             minutes
          
           longer
           ,
           they
           might
           have
           
             Rebelled
          
           by
           
             President
          
           and
           confirmed
           it
           by
           
             Authority
             ;
          
           but
           I
           passe
           over
           this
           with
           the
           observation
           of
           the
           
             Poets
             .
             In
             quo
             quis
             peccat
             in
             eo
             punitur
             :
          
           you
           have
           stolne
           the
           
             Kings
             Power
          
           from
           Him
           ,
           and
           fooled
           both
           your
           owne
           and
           
             His
          
           to
           the
           
             Scot
             ;
          
           which
           every
           
             English
          
           man
           will
           find
           a
           greater
           breach
           of
           the
           
             Priviledges
          
           of
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           in
           joyning
           your selves
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           refusing
           to
           receive
           any
           thing
           from
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           in
           which
           they
           are
           not
           made
           your
           Partners
           ,
           then
           that
           which
           you
           alleadge
           in
           the
           
             King
          
           for
           a
           breach
           in
           naming
           the
           
             Common-Councell
          
           with
           you
           for
           a
           
             Security
          
           for
           His
           
             Person
             .
          
        
         
           But
           my
           hopes
           at
           last
           are
           ,
           that
           if
           this
           Power
           have
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           
             Ingredients
          
           of
           
             Pythagoras's
          
           soule
           in
           it
           ,
           it
           will
           
             transmigrate
          
           into
           the
           first
           owner
           ;
           And
           so
           leaving
           the
           
             right
             of
             Power
             ,
          
           I
           come
           to
           survey
           the
           
             use
          
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           here
           at
           the
           first
           fight
           I
           perceive
           the
           
             Gyants
             Club
          
           too
           big
           for
           your
           
             hands
             ;
          
           you
           can
           weild
           it
           to
           nothing
           but
           
             destruction
             .
          
        
         
           For
           I
           remember
           at
           
             His
          
           departure
           from
           
             London
             ,
          
           He
           left
           a
           
             City
          
           more
           thronged
           with
           
             Wealth
             ,
          
           then
           
             People
             ,
          
           a
           
             Kingdome
          
           more
           flourishing
           with
           
             good
             Lawes
          
           then
           any
           ,
           but
           at
           
             His
          
           returne
           ,
           I
           believe
           
             He
          
           would
           be
           glad
           to
           find
           
             His
             talent
          
           wrapt
           up
           in
           a
           
             napkin
             :
          
           for
           in
           stead
           of
           finding
           His
           
             Wealth
          
           increased
           ,
           it
           is
           diminished
           ,
           His
           
             People
          
           slaine
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Sword
          
           of
           
             justice
          
           worn
           in
           a
           
             private
             sheath
             ▪
          
           The
           
             Lawes
          
           which
           like
           
             Land-markes
             ,
          
           kept
           the
           
             Marriner
             ,
          
           from
           a
           destroying
           
             Rocke
             ,
          
           abrogated
           ,
           
             in
          
           a
           word
           you
           have
           disanul'd
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           narrowest
           search
           I
           can
           make
           ,
           I
           cannot
           find
           any
           that
           you
           have
           either
           made
           or
           kept
           ,
           and
           in
           
             liew
          
           of
           these
           ,
           you
           present
           us
           with
           an
           
             Ordinance
             ,
          
           a
           thing
           that
           like
           
             Jonas
             Gourd
             ,
          
           is
           the
           off
           spring
           of
           a
           
             night
             ,
          
           &
           savours
           so
           much
           
           of
           an
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
             ,
          
           that
           if
           it
           be
           not
           a
           
             prerogative
          
           beyond
           any
           the
           
             King
          
           ever
           had
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           is
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           
             Kings
             Power
          
           before
           these
           times
           ,
           without
           a
           due
           conviction
           of
           Law
           ,
           could
           take
           no
           mans
           Estate
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           
             right
          
           of
           
             Inheritance
             ,
          
           wee
           had
           the
           same
           
             title
          
           to
           our
           
             Lands
             ,
          
           that
           
             He
          
           had
           to
           
             His
          
           Crowne
           ;
           but
           now
           you
           have
           not
           only
           taken
           ours
           ,
           but
           
             His
          
           too
           ;
           you
           have
           
             disinherited
          
           us
           ,
           
             disinthroned
          
           Him
           .
           Yet
           in
           this
           Convulsion
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           in
           this
           Confused
           shufling
           of
           all
           together
           ,
           our
           
             Liberties
          
           have
           scap'd
           at
           the
           easyest
           rates
           ;
           yet
           in
           them
           our
           
             plenty
          
           hath
           made
           us
           
             poore
             ;
          
           and
           in
           being
           made
           more
           
             free
          
           we
           are
           made
           more
           
             Slaves
             :
          
           for
           what
           is
           not
           lawfull
           now
           ,
           either
           to
           be
           done
           or
           said
           ?
           Witnesse
           ,
           your
           owne
           actions
           ,
           and
           the
           Licence
           of
           so
           many
           
             Scandalous
             Seditious
             Pamphlets
             ,
          
           that
           dayly
           infect
           the
           ayre
           ,
           and
           like
           the
           
             plagues
             of
             Aegypt
          
           are
           
             familiar
          
           even
           with
           the
           
             Kings
             Chambers
             ;
          
           Nay
           ,
           that
           you
           might
           be
           sure
           to
           make
           your
           
             little
             finger
             heavier
             then
             the
             Kings
             Loynes
             ,
          
           you
           have
           laid
           more
           Taxes
           on
           the
           people
           in
           your
           five
           yeares
           usurpation
           ,
           then
           he
           had
           done
           in
           17.
           you
           have
           consumed
           in
           this
           Warre
           more
           monyes
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           forced
           from
           the
           Subject
           ,
           then
           have
           been
           (
           if
           my
           intelligence
           faile
           not
           )
           disbursed
           almost
           by
           all
           the
           
             Kings
             of
             England
          
           since
           the
           
             Conquest
             ,
          
           and
           for
           the
           exaction
           of
           the
           
             twentieth
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             fifth
             part
          
           of
           every
           mans
           Estate
           ,
           I
           beleive
           you
           'l
           tire
           
             History
          
           to
           finde
           the
           
             parallell
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Raigns
           of
           the
           most
           cruell
           Tyrants
           ;
           and
           as
           if
           it
           were
           too
           
             light
             a
             Conquest
          
           to
           overthrow
           our
           
             Bodies
             ,
          
           our
           
             Estates
             ,
          
           you
           endanger
           our
           
             Soules
             ,
          
           and
           under
           the
           names
           of
           
             Covenants
             ,
          
           you
           impose
           such
           
             Oathes
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             King
          
           could
           (
           I
           am
           sure
           did
           )
           never
           think
           on
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           you
           
             falsly
          
           have
           imputed
           to
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           to
           make
           
             Him
          
           appeare
           odious
           to
           
             His
          
           people
           ,
           you
           have
           your selves
           really
           acted
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           higher
           hand
           ,
           then
           ever
           the
           
             Extasis
          
           of
           
             His
          
           wishes
           could
           transport
           Him
           to
           imagine
           ;
           and
           because
           your
           
             Vices
          
           have
           been
           successefull
           ,
           you
           beleeve
           them
           
             Vertues
             ;
          
           and
           that
           you
           may
           still
           deceive
           your selves
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           others
           ,
           you
           turne
           the
           great
           end
           of
           the
           
             perspective
          
           upon
           all
           your
           actions
           ,
           and
           perpetually
           tell
           the
           world
           in
           all
           your
           
             Messages
             ,
          
           of
           your
           desires
           of
           
             Peace
             .
          
        
         
           Truly
           when
           I
           see
           those
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           wish
           
             Democritus
          
           from
           his
           ashes
           ,
           every
           man
           that
           reads
           them
           is
           transformed
           into
           them
           ;
           indeed
           I
           cannot
           veiw
           them
           without
           a
           smile
           ,
           especially
           when
           (
           before
           there
           was
           a
           Pistoll
           charged
           for
           this
           Warre
           )
           I
           look
           upon
           all
           His
           Majesties
           Gracious
           Messages
           (
           I
           may
           rather
           call
           them
           
             Intreaties
          
           for
           
             Peace
             )
          
           
           sent
           from
           
             Nottingham
             ,
          
           from
           
             Yorke
             ,
          
           these
           when
           it
           was
           begunne
           ,
           from
           
             Oxford
          
           and
           other
           places
           ;
           those
           often
           and
           present
           suings
           for
           
             Peace
          
           still
           denyed
           ;
           you
           must
           pardon
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           refuse
           to
           be
           of
           your
           opinion
           ,
           and
           thinke
           you
           descended
           from
           those
           that
           
             Cry
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             Peace
             ,
          
           when
           their
           preparations
           are
           warlike
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           your
           last
           Letters
           ,
           His
           Majestie
           hath
           made
           so
           full
           an
           Answer
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           say
           nothing
           ,
           but
           certainly
           if
           you
           had
           not
           thought
           
             your selves
          
           guilty
           of
           all
           the
           
             Blood
          
           that
           hath
           been
           shed
           in
           these
           Distractions
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           feared
           ,
           that
           the
           
             unseduced
             people
          
           would
           have
           been
           of
           your
           opinion
           ,
           you
           had
           not
           desired
           the
           King
           to
           take
           it
           on
           Him
           ,
           and
           have
           raised
           a
           
             Spirit
             ,
          
           which
           perhaps
           will
           not
           so
           easily
           be
           
             allayed
             .
          
        
         
           But
           of
           all
           the
           
             Riddles
          
           which
           your
           
             Sophistry
          
           hath
           obtruded
           to
           us
           ,
           the
           pleasantest
           is
           to
           think
           you
           should
           fight
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           for
           that
           which
           when
           you
           have
           ,
           you
           dare
           not
           accept
           ;
           for
           your
           
             pretences
          
           in
           the
           raising
           of
           your
           
             Armyes
          
           have
           been
           ,
           to
           fetch
           the
           King
           from
           His
           
             Evill
             Councellours
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           when
           He
           offers
           to
           come
           ,
           you
           refuse
           Him
           .
           Pray
           ,
           though
           you
           force
           us
           from
           the
           
             goods
          
           of
           our
           
             Bodies
             ,
          
           yet
           deprive
           us
           not
           of
           the
           
             Faculties
          
           of
           our
           
             Soules
             ,
          
           though
           you
           take
           our
           
             Lands
             ,
          
           leave
           us
           our
           
             understandings
             ,
          
           though
           you
           make
           us
           
             Slaves
             ,
          
           pray
           make
           us
           not
           
             Fooles
             .
          
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           to
           summe
           up
           all
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           
             your
             Religion
             ,
          
           't
           is
           like
           the
           poore
           
             Indians
          
           that
           worship
           the
           
             Divell
             ,
          
           because
           he
           should
           not
           hurt
           them
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           
             your
             Obedience
          
           and
           
             Obeysance
          
           to
           
             your
             King
             ,
          
           I
           can
           parallell
           it
           to
           none
           but
           
             Judas
          
           his
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           
             your
             fighting
          
           to
           preserve
           Him
           ,
           't
           is
           like
           the
           man
           that
           kill'd
           himselfe
           out
           of
           a
           feare
           to
           
             dye
             ;
          
           if
           this
           be
           
             your
             vigilant
             wisdome
          
           to
           make
           Him
           a
           glorious
           Prince
           ,
           't
           is
           allied
           to
           
             Solomons
             ,
          
           in
           nothing
           but
           being
           
             Apocripha
             ;
          
           if
           this
           be
           
             your
             mending
          
           the
           
             stich-fallen
             Lawes
             ,
          
           't
           is
           like
           those
           that
           repair'd
           
             Theseus's
             ship
          
           so
           long
           ,
           'till
           the
           first
           Fabrick
           was
           destroy'd
           ;
           if
           this
           be
           the
           
             enlarging
          
           our
           
             Liberties
             ,
          
           't
           is
           like
           the
           man
           that
           to
           increase
           his
           Fish-pond
           ,
           let
           the
           Sea
           into
           it
           :
           if
           these
           be
           
             your
             desires
             for
             Peace
             ,
          
           't
           is
           like
           him
           that
           pray'd
           to
           
             Jupiter
          
           for
           that
           he
           would
           not
           have
           ;
           if
           this
           be
           
             your
             Care
          
           for
           the
           
             Common-wealth
             ,
          
           it
           's
           like
           
             Neros
             ,
          
           that
           wished
           ,
           
             Rome
          
           but
           
             one
             head
             ,
          
           the
           easier
           to
           destroy
           it
           ;
           if
           these
           be
           
             your
             affections
             to
             your
             bleeding
             Country
             ,
          
           you
           are
           like
           the
           
             hunted
             Ape
             ,
          
           that
           exposeth
           the
           beloved
           
             Whelpe
          
           to
           relieve
           that
           death
           was
           due
           to
           her
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           for
           I
           meant
           not
           to
           send
           you
           either
           a
           
             Disputation
             ,
          
           
           or
           a
           
             Volume
          
           mistaken
           for
           a
           
             Letter
             ;
          
           my
           
             beleefe
          
           is
           ,
           The
           
             Sinnes
          
           of
           the
           
             Nation
          
           have
           deserved
           a
           
             Judgement
             ,
          
           and
           
             your
             Rebellion
          
           hath
           payd
           it
           ;
           but
           my
           
             hopes
          
           are
           ,
           when
           Gods
           Iudgements
           are
           past
           ,
           he
           will
           burne
           the
           Rods
           ;
           In
           the
           meane
           time
           I
           can
           compare
           our
           Condition
           with
           none
           so
           fitly
           as
           
             Aesops
             frogs
             ;
          
           we
           must
           cry
           and
           petition
           for
           a
           
             Parlialiament
             ,
          
           and
           
             Jupiter
          
           hath
           sent
           us
           one
           ,
           as
           devouring
           as
           their
           
             Stork
             .
          
        
         
           When
           I
           consider
           all
           these
           things
           together
           ,
           the
           Charitablest
           opinion
           I
           can
           have
           of
           you
           ,
           is
           to
           thinke
           that
           
             opportunity
          
           hath
           made
           you
           worse
           then
           you
           intended
           ,
           and
           that
           partly
           like
           young
           
             Philosophers
          
           in
           approving
           
             one
             error
             ,
          
           you
           have
           been
           led
           into
           a
           
             thousand
             ;
          
           and
           now
           you
           must
           justifie
           and
           support
           one
           ill
           act
           by
           another
           ;
           if
           this
           be
           the
           
             Cure
             ,
          
           which
           at
           first
           you
           promised
           this
           
             Distemper'd
             State
             ,
          
           't
           is
           worse
           then
           the
           
             Malady
             ;
          
           and
           for
           my
           part
           I
           shall
           desire
           my
           
             Disease
          
           againe
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           there
           is
           lesse
           paine
           ,
           lesse
           trouble
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           for
           your
           admonition
           ,
           I
           shall
           referre
           you
           to
           a
           Heathen
        
         
           
             Dominare
             tumidus
             ,
             spiritus
             altos
             gere
             ;
          
           
             Sequitur
             Superbos
             ultor
             à
             tergo
             Deus
             .
          
        
         
           Goe
           on
           proud
           men
           ,
           till
           you
           have
           made
           the
           Kingdome
           a
           deluge
           of
           Bloud
           ;
           
             rule
          
           till
           you
           have
           undone
           both
           your selves
           ,
           and
           us
           ;
           
             but
          
           remember
           the
           
             God
          
           that
           hath
           
             Leaden
             Feet
             ,
          
           hath
           
             Iron
             Hands
             ;
          
           and
           commonly
           
             he
          
           supplyes
           the
           
             slownesse
          
           of
           the
           one
           with
           the
           
             severity
          
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           alwayes
           followes
           those
           
             he
          
           goes
           not
           with
           ,
           pursues
           those
           with
           
             his
          
           judgements
           ,
           he
           doth
           not
           lead
           with
           
             his
          
           mercies
           .
        
         
           
             FAREWELL
             .