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             A Letter to a noble lord at London from a friend at Oxford upon occasion of the late covenant taken by both Houses.
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             A
          
           LETTER
           TO
           A
           NOBLE
           LORD
           
             AT
             LONDON
             ,
          
           From
           a
           Friend
           
             AT
             OXFORD
             :
          
           Upon
           occasion
           of
           the
           late
           COVENANT
           Taken
           by
           both
           HOUSES
           .
        
         
           
             crest
          
        
         
           Printed
           ,
           
             February
          
           22.
           1643.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           
             A
          
           LETTER
           TO
           A
           NOBLE
           LORD
           at
           
             London
          
           from
           a
           friend
           at
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           upon
           occasion
           of
           the
           late
           Covenant
           
             taken
             by
             both
             Houses
             .
          
        
         
           
             MY
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           received
           your
           Lordships
           Letter
           of
           the
           10th
           of
           this
           instant
           ,
           with
           much
           more
           trouble
           and
           sadnesse
           of
           mind
           then
           any
           thing
           you
           have
           sent
           me
           this
           whole
           ill
           yeare
           .
           All
           your
           Declarations
           ,
           Votes
           ,
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           Orders
           with
           your
           Generall's
           powerfull
           Commission
           to
           kill
           and
           slay
           all
           good
           People
           ,
           made
           not
           halfe
           that
           impression
           in
           me
           (
           though
           I
           have
           not
           been
           tender
           in
           letting
           you
           know
           what
           I
           think
           of
           the
           best
           of
           those
           )
           as
           your
           
             Sacred
             Vow
             and
             Covenant
          
           (
           as
           you
           call
           them
           )
           which
           with
           M.
           
             Pym's
          
           Speech
           at
           the
           Common-hall
           of
           the
           discovery
           of
           the
           great
           Plot
           (
           I
           received
           inclosed
           in
           your
           Letter
           )
           hath
           done
           .
           Are
           all
           your
           humble
           and
           earnest
           desires
           and
           solicitations
           for
           Peace
           ,
           all
           your
           Pangs
           and
           Throwes
           for
           a
           Reformation
           in
           Religion
           ,
           delivered
           at
           last
           of
           a
           
             sacred
             Vow
             and
             Covenant
          
           against
           both
           ?
           Have
           you
           at
           last
           thought
           fit
           to
           tell
           the
           World
           that
           there
           is
           no
           possibility
           or
           hope
           of
           Peace
           ,
           but
           by
           blood
           and
           desolation
           ?
           Have
           M.
           
             Burroughes
             ,
          
           and
           M.
           
             Case
          
           so
           perverted
           all
           Texts
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           Sergeant
           
             Wild
             ,
          
           and
           M.
           
             Glyn
          
           so
           confounded
           all
           Rules
           of
           Law
           ,
           that
           your
           Consciences
           are
           grown
           so
           dead
           to
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           your
           Vnderstandings
           so
           dull
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           that
           in
           plain
           English
           you
           promise
           God
           Almighty
           to
           assist
           any body
           to
           kill
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           set
           up
           new
           Covenants
           of
           your
           owne
           ,
           
           poynt
           blank
           against
           your
           Oathes
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Supremacy
           ,
           and
           publish
           all
           this
           to
           the
           People
           as
           the
           Articles
           of
           your
           new
           Creed
           ?
           And
           yet
           that
           your
           Lordship
           should
           tell
           me
           that
           your
           Affection
           and
           Duty
           to
           the
           King
           continues
           still
           the
           same
           you
           have
           pretended
           it
           ;
           that
           you
           have
           still
           not
           only
           the
           same
           desire
           ,
           but
           the
           same
           hope
           of
           Peace
           ;
           and
           that
           you
           are
           confident
           that
           the
           Anabaptists
           and
           Brownists
           (
           whom
           me thinks
           you
           have
           sworn
           to
           defend
           )
           will
           shortly
           ship
           themselves
           for
           another
           Climate
           ,
           is
           so
           strange
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           Amazement
           it self
           is
           not
           more
           confounding
           .
           You
           tell
           me
           of
           a
           trick
           your
           Lordships
           have
           found
           out
           ,
           to
           save
           you
           harmlesse
           from
           any
           obligation
           by
           this
           Oath
           ,
           a
           
             Salvo
          
           to
           all
           your
           other
           Oathes
           Lawfully
           taken
           ,
           and
           those
           being
           in
           a
           Diameter
           contrary
           to
           this
           ,
           you
           have
           upon
           the
           matter
           engaged
           your selves
           to
           nothing
           by
           this
           new
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           so
           have
           cunningly
           evaded
           the
           designe
           of
           the
           Contrivers
           :
           Oh
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           can
           you
           please
           your selves
           with
           these
           shifts
           ?
           Is
           this
           the
           Wisdome
           ,
           Vigilance
           ,
           Integrity
           ,
           and
           Courage
           of
           the
           Highest
           Court
           of
           Iudicature
           (
           for
           so
           the
           House
           of
           Peeres
           in
           Parliament
           is
           )
           to
           lead
           the
           People
           by
           their
           Example
           to
           so
           solemne
           an
           Act
           as
           a
           Covenant
           with
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           which
           at
           the
           instant
           you
           took
           it
           you
           intended
           should
           signify
           nothing
           ?
           Will
           the
           poor
           People
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           whereof
           it
           may
           be
           too
           many
           have
           looked
           upon
           your
           example
           with
           Reverence
           ,
           and
           thought
           many
           things
           fit
           or
           lawfull
           only
           because
           you
           did
           them
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           find
           that
           you
           have
           
             vowed
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             the
             searcher
             of
             all
             hearts
             ,
             as
             you
             shall
             answer
             at
             the
             great
             Day
             ,
             when
             the
             secrets
             of
             all
             hearts
             shall
             be
             disclosed
             ,
             that
             you
             will
             ,
             according
             to
             your
             power
             ,
             assist
             the
             Forces
             raised
             and
             continued
             by
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             against
             the
             Forces
             raised
             by
             the
             King
             ;
          
           will
           they
           (
           I
           say
           )
           think
           that
           your
           Lordship
           intended
           nothing
           by
           this
           Vow
           ,
           but
           what
           you
           were
           obliged
           to
           by
           your
           Oathes
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Supremacy
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             to
             defend
             the
             King
             to
             the
             utmost
             of
             your
             Power
             ,
             against
             all
             Conspiracies
             and
             attempts
             whatsoever
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             made
             against
             His
             Person
             ,
             His
             Crown
             and
             Dignity
             ,
             and
             to
             doe
             your
             best
             endeavour
             to
             disclose
             and
             make
             known
             to
             Him
             all
             Treasons
             and
             Conspiracies
             which
             shall
             be
             against
             Him
             ,
             to
             your
             power
             to
             assist
             all
             Iurisdictions
             ,
             Priviledges
             ,
             Preheminences
             and
             Authority
             belonging
             to
             Him
             ,
             or
             united
             to
             the
             Imperiall
             Crown
             of
             this
             Realme
             ;
          
           and
           indeed
           to
           doe
           all
           things
           which
           by
           this
           your
           new
           sacred
           Vow
           you
           have
           sorsworn
           
           to
           doe
           ?
           Will
           this
           
             Salvo
          
           reconcile
           all
           those
           contradictions
           ?
           &
           is
           this
           subtilty
           the
           first
           fruits
           of
           your
           
             Humility
             and
             Reverence
             of
             the
             Divine
             Majesty
             ,
             your
             hearty
             sorrow
             for
             your
             own
             sinnes
             and
             the
             sinnes
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             your
             true
             intention
             to
             endeavour
             the
             amendment
             of
             your
             own
             wayes
             ?
          
           For
           Gods
           sake
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           talk
           not
           of
           preserving
           the
           true
           reformed
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           opposing
           Papists
           and
           Popery
           ,
           when
           your
           Actions
           destroy
           the
           Elements
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           admit
           a
           latitude
           to
           your
           Conscience
           to
           introduce
           Atheisme
           ,
           &
           Rules
           ,
           which
           the
           Turkes
           in
           pure
           naturall
           honesty
           abhorre
           and
           detest
           .
           Get
           your self
           to
           an
           opinion
           and
           avow
           it
           boldly
           ,
           see
           what
           you
           hazard
           ,
           and
           play
           your
           game
           out
           above
           board
           ,
           be
           a
           desperate
           Gamester
           ,
           if
           you
           cannot
           be
           a
           skilfull
           one
           ,
           &
           so
           be
           capable
           of
           advantage
           by
           good
           luck
           ;
           but
           to
           be
           cozened
           and
           cheated
           to
           serve
           other
           mens
           turnes
           ,
           and
           to
           help
           to
           cozen
           your selfe
           by
           little
           shifts
           and
           evasions
           ,
           makes
           you
           be
           hated
           by
           them
           you
           serve
           ,
           despised
           by
           us
           ,
           and
           will
           make
           you
           be
           laught
           at
           when
           you
           are
           dead
           .
        
         
           But
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           admit
           you
           were
           indeed
           too
           hard
           for
           them
           by
           this
           
             Salvo
             ,
          
           and
           by
           the
           interposition
           of
           three
           or
           foure
           other
           words
           (
           
             in
             order
             to
             the
             security
             &
             preservation
             of
             the
             true
             Reformed
             Protestant
             Religion
             &c.
             according
             to
             your
             power
             and
             vocation
             &c.
          
           )
           had
           notably
           reserved
           a
           liberty
           to
           your selves
           of
           complying
           with
           your
           former
           Oathes
           ;
           That
           Oathes
           were
           to
           be
           interpreted
           according
           to
           the
           Intention
           of
           the
           Person
           that
           takes
           them
           ,
           (
           which
           being
           an
           instrument
           between
           God
           and
           us
           ,
           and
           so
           every
           Covenant
           being
           to
           be
           taken
           strongest
           against
           our selves
           ,
           cannot
           be
           admitted
           ;
           )
           yet
           if
           another
           man
           who
           hath
           taken
           this
           vow
           believes
           himselfe
           obliged
           by
           it
           ,
           to
           the
           utmost
           Act
           even
           against
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           hath
           not
           he
           reason
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           bound
           your selfe
           to
           assist
           that
           Person
           in
           what
           he
           shall
           doe
           in
           pursuance
           of
           that
           Oath
           ?
           I
           would
           I
           were
           able
           to
           make
           an
           answer
           for
           you
           ;
           but
           admit
           farther
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           the
           promisory
           part
           which
           containes
           what
           you
           will
           doe
           ,
           or
           what
           you
           will
           not
           doe
           ,
           that
           you
           were
           safe
           and
           had
           engaged
           your selfe
           to
           doe
           no
           more
           or
           no
           lesse
           then
           your
           Duty
           :
           pray
           consider
           the
           positive
           part
           ,
           what
           
             Salvo
          
           have
           you
           for
           that
           ?
           you
           doe
           
             believe
             that
             there
             hath
             been
             &
             now
             is
             a
             Popish
             &
             Traiterous
             Plot
             for
             the
             subversion
             of
             the
             true
             reformed
             Protestant
             Religion
             and
             the
             Liberty
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             pursuance
             thereof
             a
             Popish
             Army
             hath
             been
             raised
             ,
             &
             is
             now
             on
             foot
             in
             diverse
          
           
           
             parts
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ;
          
           which
           Army
           you
           imply
           to
           be
           the
           Army
           raised
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           therefore
           you
           promise
           to
           assist
           against
           it
           .
           Now
           it
           seems
           your
           Lordship
           doth
           not
           beleeve
           the
           Preamble
           to
           be
           considerable
           ,
           or
           any
           part
           of
           the
           Oath
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           sure
           you
           cannot
           beleeve
           any
           Popish
           or
           Traiterous
           Plot
           to
           be
           on
           this
           side
           ;
           where
           the
           Treason
           is
           the
           Law
           will
           judge
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           Papists
           are
           will
           best
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Muster-Rolls
           of
           both
           Armies
           ;
           you
           have
           had
           whole
           Troopes
           of
           that
           Profession
           and
           no
           fault
           found
           with
           their
           Religion
           ,
           till
           they
           have
           given
           over
           being
           Rebells
           ;
           whilest
           they
           are
           with
           you
           ,
           they
           defend
           the
           true
           Reformed
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           revolt
           to
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           they
           are
           Papists
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           disbanded
           ;
           indeed
           you
           take
           the
           course
           to
           compell
           the
           King
           to
           doe
           His
           duty
           ,
           by
           driving
           them
           to
           Him
           for
           Protection
           ,
           which
           he
           cannot
           deny
           to
           His
           Subjects
           ,
           but
           you
           keep
           them
           from
           performing
           their
           duty
           in
           assisting
           their
           Prince
           ,
           by
           stripping
           &
           Plundring
           ,
           and
           leaving
           them
           naked
           to
           the
           World
           .
           In
           good
           faith
           (
           I
           ask
           pardon
           of
           Discretion
           and
           Truth
           for
           being
           startled
           )
           your
           consident
           discourses
           of
           Popish
           Armies
           and
           Supplies
           from
           Papists
           made
           me
           once
           imagine
           the
           King
           might
           in
           truth
           receive
           some
           notable
           Supplies
           from
           the
           persons
           of
           that
           profession
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           not
           hard
           for
           me
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           that
           that
           party
           which
           felt
           so
           much
           rigour
           &
           cruelty
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           were
           sure
           to
           suffer
           an
           utter
           extirpation
           ,
           if
           you
           prevailed
           ,
           should
           willingly
           sacrifice
           all
           they
           had
           to
           that
           Soveraigne
           Power
           which
           might
           mercifully
           allay
           that
           fury
           ,
           and
           preserve
           them
           still
           in
           the
           number
           of
           His
           Subjects
           ;
           but
           I
           find
           there
           is
           a
           narrownesse
           ,
           a
           vulgar
           spiritednesse
           ,
           and
           a
           scandalous
           parsimony
           in
           all
           Religions
           ,
           even
           these
           men
           will
           have
           the
           comfort
           of
           being
           starved
           with
           Mony
           in
           their
           Purses
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           assured
           by
           those
           who
           are
           conversant
           with
           those
           Accounts
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Mony
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           received
           from
           all
           the
           Papists
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           since
           He
           hath
           been
           put
           to
           raise
           and
           continue
           these
           Forces
           ,
           is
           not
           halfe
           so
           much
           as
           is
           in
           truth
           due
           to
           Him
           by
           the
           Law
           upon
           those
           moderate
           Compositions
           made
           with
           them
           ;
           And
           for
           any
           Assistance
           He
           hath
           by
           their
           personall
           service
           ,
           you
           have
           long
           agoe
           heared
           (
           and
           I
           have
           reason
           enough
           to
           beleeve
           )
           that
           the
           Papists
           in
           all
           His
           Armies
           will
           not
           make
           one
           Regiment
           :
           how
           many
           more
           you
           have
           ,
           and
           how
           many
           more
           you
           would
           be
           glad
           to
           have
           ,
           your
           Lordship
           can
           better
           judge
           then
           I.
           
        
         
         
           Well
           ,
           there
           hath
           been
           
             a
             treacherous
             and
             horrid
             design
             lately
             discovered
             ,
             to
             surprize
             the
             Cities
             of
             London
             and
             Westminster
             ,
          
           and
           God
           knowes
           what
           ;
           and
           
             you
             doe
             abhorre
             and
             detest
             that
             wicked
             and
             treacherous
             Designe
             .
          
           'T
           is
           well
           done
           whether
           you
           know
           it
           or
           not
           :
           but
           what
           may
           this
           treacherous
           Designe
           be
           ,
           that
           ,
           Mr
           
             Pym
          
           sayes
           ,
           would
           
             have
             destroyed
             the
             City
             and
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             Ruines
             have
             buried
             Religion
             and
             Liberty
             ?
          
           another
           Gunpowder
           Treason
           ,
           like
           that
           of
           the
           Protestation
           against
           the
           first
           Remonstrance
           ?
           The
           King
           hath
           sent
           a
           Commission
           (
           for
           now
           't
           is
           printed
           all
           the
           World
           knowes
           what
           it
           is
           )
           to
           certain
           persons
           to
           use
           their
           utmost
           power
           to
           suppresse
           those
           who
           are
           in
           Rebellion
           against
           Him
           ,
           and
           assist
           those
           who
           are
           oppressed
           by
           them
           .
           Is
           there
           one
           Popish
           or
           Popishly
           affected
           person
           in
           that
           Commission
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           imployed
           in
           the
           whole
           Design
           ?
           Is
           there
           one
           Clause
           in
           it
           on
           the
           behalfe
           of
           Papists
           ,
           or
           against
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ?
           Indeed
           it
           may
           seem
           strange
           that
           the
           King
           should
           so
           much
           consider
           that
           Apostate
           City
           (
           where
           the
           Rage
           of
           some
           ,
           and
           the
           Tamenesse
           of
           others
           have
           made
           up
           one
           generall
           Guilt
           )
           as
           to
           offer
           them
           any
           countenance
           to
           releeve
           themselves
           ;
           but
           that
           it
           should
           be
           a
           horrid
           &
           treacherous
           Design
           ,
           (
           when
           you
           have
           in
           all
           the
           Counties
           of
           
             England
          
           Commanders
           of
           your
           
             Militia
          
           and
           Commissioners
           ,
           even
           at
           this
           present
           ,
           to
           assesse
           ,
           rate
           ,
           and
           collect
           Money
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           your
           Rebellious
           Army
           )
           for
           the
           King
           to
           be
           willing
           to
           have
           an
           Army
           in
           
             London
          
           or
           
             Middlesex
             ,
          
           whereby
           all
           other
           Armies
           ,
           and
           that
           too
           ,
           might
           be
           speedily
           disbanded
           ,
           will
           need
           an
           Orator
           no
           lesse
           powerfull
           then
           M.
           
             Pym
             ,
          
           or
           his
           Excellency
           himselfe
           (
           who
           in
           these
           nice
           Arguments
           is
           the
           better
           Orator
           )
           to
           make
           evident
           to
           the
           World
           .
           Beleeve
           it
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           whilst
           there
           is
           one
           honest
           man
           left
           in
           that
           City
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           alwayes
           a
           Plot
           to
           reduce
           it
           to
           its
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           this
           wicked
           Rebellion
           :
           neither
           will
           that
           unparallell'd
           Act
           of
           Inhumanity
           ,
           executed
           upon
           the
           two
           famous
           Citizens
           of
           
             Bristoll
          
           (
           who
           will
           live
           gloriously
           in
           the
           Annalls
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           as
           the
           stout
           Champions
           and
           Martyrs
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           when
           the
           name
           of
           their
           Murtherer
           (
           
             Fiennes
          
           )
           shall
           not
           be
           mentioned
           but
           with
           Infamy
           )
           so
           farre
           fright
           good
           men
           from
           their
           Duty
           ,
           that
           your
           wild
           fury
           will
           rage
           long
           uncontrouled
           .
        
         
           Another
           of
           your
           propositions
           is
           ,
           that
           
             you
             doe
             beleeve
             in
             your
             Conscience
             ,
             that
             the
             Forces
             raised
             by
             the
             two
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           
           
             are
             raised
             and
             continued
             for
             their
             just
             defence
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             defence
             of
             the
             true
             Protestant
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Liberty
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             against
             the
             Forces
             raised
             by
             the
             King
             ;
          
           does
           your
           Lordship
           in
           truth
           beleeve
           this
           ?
           take
           it
           in
           peeces
           .
           The
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           being
           convened
           by
           the
           Kings
           sole
           Writ
           to
           advise
           with
           Him
           about
           the
           great
           Affaires
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           formed
           their
           Counsells
           with
           such
           successe
           ,
           that
           in
           above
           fifteen
           Moneths
           (
           time
           enough
           to
           have
           reformed
           and
           repaired
           all
           former
           mistakes
           and
           irregularities
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           )
           they
           never
           found
           the
           least
           nonconcurrence
           with
           them
           from
           His
           Majesty
           in
           any
           particular
           proposed
           ,
           for
           the
           ease
           or
           benefit
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ;
           what
           was
           ,
           during
           that
           time
           ,
           done
           by
           His
           singular
           Iustice
           and
           excesse
           of
           Bounty
           ,
           is
           so
           well
           and
           so
           particularly
           known
           to
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           if
           your
           Treason
           and
           Rebellion
           were
           away
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           ingratitude
           enough
           left
           to
           make
           you
           odious
           to
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           infamous
           to
           succeeding
           Ages
           .
           When
           did
           the
           first
           Act
           of
           your
           defence
           begin
           ?
           not
           till
           you
           came
           to
           
             Edge
             .
             hill
             ;
          
           then
           I
           must
           confesse
           you
           were
           put
           to
           it
           ,
           for
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           ,
           the
           King
           went
           eight
           Miles
           out
           of
           His
           way
           to
           find
           you
           ;
           from
           thence
           you
           took
           your
           stile
           of
           defensive
           Armes
           ;
           except
           you
           will
           needs
           date
           them
           from
           the
           tenth
           of
           
             Ianuary
             ,
          
           when
           you
           had
           been
           overrun
           by
           the
           Law
           ,
           if
           that
           defensive
           Army
           of
           the
           City
           had
           not
           been
           raised
           to
           rescue
           and
           preserve
           the
           good
           Lord
           of
           
             Kimbolton
             ,
          
           &
           his
           five
           pretious
           Members
           from
           a
           legall
           proceeding
           .
           In
           this
           sense
           you
           have
           ,
           I
           confesse
           ,
           been
           much
           upon
           the
           defensive
           part
           ,
           otherwise
           you
           never
           pretended
           ground
           or
           Argument
           for
           your
           taking
           Armes
           ,
           but
           Feares
           and
           Iealousies
           ,
           no
           danger
           of
           an
           assault
           from
           an
           active
           Enemy
           ,
           except
           some
           few
           Papists
           under
           ground
           ,
           whom
           your
           vigilancy
           hath
           kept
           still
           there
           .
           When
           you
           first
           voted
           your
           great
           Generall
           ,
           and
           raised
           your
           wanton
           Army
           ,
           't
           was
           to
           fetch
           up
           the
           King
           to
           you
           from
           
             Yorke
             ,
          
           not
           to
           defend
           your selves
           against
           Him
           ;
           and
           you
           cannot
           but
           know
           you
           were
           so
           farre
           from
           being
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           assaulted
           ,
           that
           setting
           aside
           your
           acts
           of
           Hostility
           in
           your
           Votes
           and
           Ordinances
           ,
           by
           which
           you
           had
           surprized
           Forts
           ,
           Townes
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Navy
           ,
           when
           you
           had
           a
           formed
           Army
           of
           Horse
           and
           Foot
           (
           I
           believe
           much
           greater
           then
           you
           have
           now
           )
           the
           King
           had
           not
           so
           many
           Muskets
           as
           you
           had
           Cannon
           ,
           nor
           so
           many
           Swords
           as
           you
           had
           Companies
           ;
           and
           on
           my
           Conscience
           (
           I
           will
           so
           
           farre
           excuse
           you
           from
           intending
           it
           should
           come
           to
           this
           )
           if
           you
           had
           thought
           He
           could
           have
           got
           any
           ,
           your
           Lordship
           and
           many
           more
           of
           your
           good
           friends
           ,
           who
           for
           quietnesse
           sake
           have
           done
           much
           mischiefe
           ,
           would
           have
           prevented
           these
           troubles
           .
           But
           why
           are
           you
           lesse
           ashamed
           to
           be
           couzened
           still
           ,
           then
           to
           confesse
           you
           have
           bin
           so
           ;
           you
           expressed
           well
           in
           your
           own
           honest
           Speech
           ,
           how
           much
           you
           have
           been
           deceived
           ;
           trust
           them
           no
           more
           that
           deceived
           you
           ,
           much
           of
           that
           is
           fallen
           out
           you
           then
           foresaw
           ,
           the
           rest
           will
           follow
           ;
           '
           is
           a
           misery
           to
           foresee
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           prevent
           ,
           at
           least
           bearing
           a
           part
           in
           doing
           the
           mischiefe
           which
           you
           foresee
           must
           destroy
           the
           Doers
           .
           Remember
           you
           were
           told
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           Designe
           against
           Bishops
           to
           alter
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           you
           see
           they
           are
           now
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           Protestant
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           and
           a
           new
           way
           must
           be
           found
           out
           of
           Government
           ;
           and
           then
           as
           M.
           
             Martin
             ,
          
           and
           M.
           
             Morly
          
           use
           you
           now
           ,
           M.
           
             Case
          
           and
           M.
           
             Calamy
          
           will
           use
           you
           then
           ,
           between
           both
           ,
           you
           will
           be
           a
           great
           Lord
           .
           Remember
           you
           were
           promised
           when
           this
           Army
           was
           first
           raised
           ,
           there
           should
           be
           no
           fighting
           ,
           no
           Resistance
           (
           and
           in
           truth
           when
           you
           saw
           Votes
           could
           enable
           you
           to
           raise
           Armies
           ,
           who
           had
           no
           power
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           wonder
           you
           believed
           they
           could
           keep
           the
           King
           from
           raising
           any
           who
           had
           Power
           )
           that
           the
           King
           should
           be
           brought
           gently
           up
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           you
           should
           have
           what
           Places
           you
           pleased
           .
           There
           hath
           been
           fighting
           and
           resistance
           ;
           the
           King
           is
           not
           yet
           broughtup
           to
           you
           ,
           &
           I
           do
           not
           find
           the
           Places
           are
           like
           to
           be
           disposed
           as
           you
           desire
           .
           You
           were
           assured
           all
           possible
           regard
           was
           to
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           &
           you
           were
           your self
           required
           by
           your
           Protestation
           to
           promise
           to
           defend
           His
           Person
           ,
           you
           have
           since
           been
           assured
           in
           what
           danger
           His
           Person
           hath
           been
           ,
           by
           the
           assault
           of
           your
           Army
           ,
           and
           you
           are
           now
           compelled
           to
           sweare
           you
           will
           assist
           that
           Army
           against
           Him
           .
           When
           will
           you
           think
           your selfe
           conzened
           enough
           to
           abhorre
           these
           men
           ?
           do
           you
           not
           yet
           apprehend
           that
           these
           men
           every
           day
           ,
           whilest
           they
           perswade
           you
           they
           intend
           a
           Peace
           ,
           doe
           somewhat
           to
           make
           Peace
           impossible
           ?
           Is
           the
           imprisoning
           the
           Kings
           Messengers
           who
           come
           to
           move
           you
           to
           Peace
           ;
           the
           accusing
           the
           Queen
           of
           high
           Treason
           for
           loving
           Her
           Husband
           ,
           and
           for
           doing
           that
           for
           which
           the
           present
           Age
           must
           reverence
           ,
           and
           posterity
           will
           envy
           Her
           ;
           the
           Murthering
           the
           two
           good
           men
           of
           
             Bristoll
          
           in
           cold
           Blood
           (
           a
           Murther
           that
           will
           call
           for
           Vengeance
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           Iustice
           
           from
           the
           King
           till
           a
           full
           expiation
           )
           and
           this
           new
           sacred
           Vow
           ,
           excellent
           ingredients
           towards
           a
           Peace
           ?
           Are
           you
           awake
           ,
           and
           doe
           not
           see
           those
           things
           throwne
           in
           only
           to
           make
           Peace
           impossible
           ,
           but
           content
           your selfe
           with
           a
           Vote
           that
           yout
           Armes
           are
           defensive
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           distractions
           and
           all
           the
           Violence
           throughout
           the
           Kingdome
           are
           the
           effects
           of
           those
           Armes
           ?
        
         
           The
           next
           Article
           of
           your
           Creed
           is
           ,
           that
           these
           godly
           Forces
           of
           yours
           are
           for
           the
           defense
           of
           the
           true
           Protestant
           reformed
           Religion
           .
           This
           indeed
           hath
           alwayes
           been
           your
           care
           ,
           and
           your
           Reputation
           ;
           but
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           tell
           your
           Lordship
           I
           much
           feare
           you
           rather
           hate
           that
           which
           is
           not
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           then
           love
           that
           which
           is
           .
           I
           will
           not
           grieve
           your
           memory
           by
           representing
           to
           you
           the
           happy
           flourishing
           State
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           till
           your
           Counsells
           disturbed
           and
           endeavoured
           to
           deface
           it
           .
           Let
           Vs
           only
           consider
           what
           you
           have
           acted
           and
           what
           you
           have
           designed
           towards
           this
           defence
           ,
           and
           to
           use
           your
           owne
           phrase
           of
           your
           Covenant
           
             in
             order
             to
             the
             Security
             and
             preservation
             of
             this
             Religion
             .
          
           There
           is
           not
           a
           Godly
           ,
           Learned
           ,
           Orthodox
           Divine
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           whom
           you
           have
           not
           traduced
           ,
           imprisoned
           ,
           or
           eminently
           reproached
           and
           discountenanced
           ,
           even
           those
           whose
           Learning
           and
           Integrity
           first
           gave
           credit
           and
           reputation
           to
           your
           great
           Reformers
           ;
           you
           have
           not
           only
           disused
           and
           suppressed
           that
           Excellent
           Book
           of
           Common-Prayer
           (
           the
           first
           and
           glorious
           instance
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           of
           the
           true
           Reformed
           Protestant
           Religion
           )
           but
           scurrilously
           and
           prophanely
           reviled
           and
           scoffed
           at
           it
           to
           the
           scandall
           of
           Christianity
           ;
           you
           have
           carried
           your selves
           with
           such
           impious
           and
           debosh
           behaviour
           in
           Churches
           and
           Consecrated
           places
           ,
           committing
           such
           horrid
           and
           Beastly
           outrages
           that
           the
           Heathen
           themselves
           would
           tremble
           at
           the
           mention
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           out
           of
           
             pure
             zeale
             to
             the
             true
             Reformed
             Protestant
             Religion
             .
          
           This
           you
           will
           say
           is
           done
           without
           your
           consents
           by
           the
           disorderly
           Souldiers
           ,
           whom
           you
           cannot
           restrain
           .
           By
           your
           Lordships
           favour
           you
           have
           very
           pretty
           Votes
           of
           one
           or
           both
           Houses
           ,
           which
           directly
           encourage
           those
           Souldiers
           to
           most
           of
           this
           .
           What
           Remedy
           have
           you
           provided
           for
           these
           disorders
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           concurred
           with
           you
           in
           all
           you
           propose
           to
           your selves
           ?
           you
           have
           presented
           Him
           a
           Bill
           to
           pull
           downe
           the
           whole
           Fabrick
           of
           Church
           Government
           ,
           to
           leave
           Heresie
           ,
           Incest
           ,
           Blasphemy
           ,
           
           and
           Adultery
           ,
           as
           unpunishable
           as
           any
           other
           Acts
           of
           good
           fellowship
           ,
           to
           take
           away
           His
           Supremacy
           ,
           and
           so
           cancell
           the
           Oath
           you
           have
           all
           taken
           to
           Him
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           away
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           so
           cancell
           the
           Oath
           He
           hath
           taken
           at
           His
           Coronation
           to
           defend
           and
           protect
           them
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           yet
           so
           much
           as
           fancyed
           amongst
           your selves
           into
           what
           shape
           you
           will
           lick
           that
           monstrous
           
             Chaos
          
           you
           would
           produce
           ;
           this
           you
           leave
           to
           your
           Synod
           ,
           of
           such
           men
           ,
           as
           most
           of
           them
           no
           Schooles
           or
           Nurseries
           of
           Learning
           ever
           knew
           ,
           men
           never
           knowne
           or
           heard
           of
           but
           by
           their
           Faction
           ,
           Treason
           ,
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           such
           who
           never
           had
           title
           or
           subsistance
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           till
           your
           Votes
           ,
           as
           Patron
           and
           Ordinary
           ,
           imposed
           them
           upon
           Parishes
           ,
           and
           over
           Cures
           in
           the
           places
           of
           those
           ,
           whose
           Religion
           was
           not
           Rebellion
           .
           Oh
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           can
           you
           forget
           the
           excellent
           times
           in
           which
           you
           were
           borne
           ,
           and
           the
           happy
           times
           in
           which
           you
           have
           since
           lived
           ,
           the
           flourishing
           State
           of
           Religion
           here
           in
           Doctrine
           and
           Discipline
           ,
           in
           the
           Lives
           and
           Learning
           of
           so
           many
           Reverend
           Divines
           famous
           throughout
           Christendome
           ,
           can
           you
           so
           much
           forget
           this
           ,
           to
           beleeve
           these
           courses
           the
           way
           to
           defend
           the
           true
           Reformed
           Protestant
           Religion
           ?
           If
           you
           were
           a
           Protestant
           two
           yeares
           since
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           are
           none
           whose
           directions
           you
           now
           follow
           ;
           Is
           the
           countenancing
           and
           joyning
           with
           Anabaptists
           ,
           and
           Brownists
           ,
           (
           names
           as
           odious
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           so
           mentioned
           by
           you
           even
           in
           your
           last
           Letter
           ,
           as
           the
           Papists
           )
           to
           advance
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ?
           But
           't
           is
           no
           wonder
           when
           you
           take
           your
           Rules
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Fidelity
           from
           Traitors
           and
           Rebells
           ,
           that
           you
           should
           take
           your
           directions
           of
           Religion
           from
           Hypocrites
           and
           Schismatiques
           .
           I
           doe
           not
           know
           your
           face
           better
           then
           your
           heart
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           you
           are
           no
           more
           of
           my
           Lord
           
             Sayes
          
           mind
           in
           Religion
           ,
           then
           Bishop
           
             Wren
          
           is
           ;
           when
           you
           have
           recovered
           the
           Courage
           to
           love
           Truth
           againe
           ,
           this
           Clause
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           nothing
           else
           in
           your
           Covenant
           ,
           will
           take
           your
           Sleep
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           leave
           you
           no
           comfort
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Charity
           of
           those
           you
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           destroy
           .
        
         
           A
           word
           now
           of
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           the
           last
           pretence
           of
           your
           Army
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           done
           .
           In
           so
           sad
           an
           Argument
           I
           should
           not
           be
           merry
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           that
           by
           this
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           you
           meane
           Liberty
           in
           every
           Subject
           ,
           to
           doe
           what
           he
           list
           ,
           which
           indeed
           seemes
           to
           be
           the
           proper
           businesse
           of
           your
           Army
           ;
           and
           yet
           I
           
           would
           you
           would
           leave
           men
           this
           liberty
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           not
           compell
           them
           to
           be
           worse
           then
           they
           have
           a
           mind
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           you
           would
           be
           contented
           to
           absolve
           them
           from
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           trust
           them
           with
           their
           owne
           Inclinations
           ;
           though
           you
           pull
           downe
           the
           Inclosures
           ,
           use
           no
           violence
           to
           hunt
           them
           from
           their
           knowne
           Pathes
           ;
           let
           their
           owne
           love
           of
           Liberty
           lead
           them
           ,
           without
           being
           driven
           by
           your
           fury
           .
           Consider
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           before
           you
           found
           out
           this
           device
           to
           defend
           it
           ;
           how
           strongly
           was
           it
           guarded
           and
           fenced
           by
           knowne
           ,
           cleere
           ,
           excellent
           Lawes
           ,
           not
           capable
           of
           any
           dammage
           or
           inconvenience
           ,
           to
           which
           there
           was
           not
           a
           proper
           reparation
           &
           remedy
           prepared
           ;
           if
           any
           little
           breaches
           had
           been
           made
           in
           this
           Fence
           (
           for
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           gappes
           you
           have
           since
           made
           in
           it
           in
           one
           hower
           ,
           what
           was
           done
           in
           16.
           yeares
           before
           was
           but
           little
           )
           with
           what
           diligence
           ,
           Industry
           and
           Bounty
           did
           His
           Majesty
           comply
           with
           you
           to
           make
           them
           up
           ,
           and
           so
           finished
           the
           Worke
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           had
           not
           taken
           all
           this
           monstrous
           paines
           to
           destroy
           it
           ,
           your
           Country
           now
           had
           been
           the
           wonder
           and
           Envy
           of
           Christendome
           ,
           in
           Peace
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Ornaments
           of
           Beauty
           ,
           Plenty
           ,
           and
           Lustre
           which
           Peace
           desires
           to
           be
           adorned
           with
           .
           What
           pressure
           or
           violation
           was
           offered
           to
           this
           Liberty
           ,
           when
           you
           first
           took
           up
           your
           defensive
           Armes
           ?
           See
           now
           to
           what
           degree
           you
           have
           advanced
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           reference
           to
           our
           Goods
           and
           Estates
           ,
           your
           Ordinances
           of
           sequestration
           ,
           your
           weekly
           Assessements
           ,
           and
           your
           Order
           for
           the
           20th
           part
           ,
           abundantly
           expresses
           your
           Care
           ;
           as
           it
           hath
           reference
           to
           Our
           Persons
           ,
           the
           full
           Gaoles
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           many
           Houses
           you
           have
           turned
           into
           Gaoles
           for
           the
           safe
           keeping
           of
           Our
           Liberty
           ,
           will
           be
           Rare
           Monuments
           to
           Posterity
           ;
           as
           it
           concernes
           Our
           Conscience
           ,
           you
           need
           no
           other
           Evidence
           (
           though
           you
           have
           store
           )
           then
           this
           
             your
             sacred
             Vow
             and
             Covenant
             .
          
           If
           this
           be
           your
           course
           to
           defend
           Liberty
           ,
           I
           would
           you
           would
           for
           variety
           sake
           practise
           some
           way
           to
           destroy
           it
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           it
           might
           prove
           the
           more
           Soveraigne
           Remedy
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
           'T
           is
           Mr
           
             Pyms
          
           third
           Observation
           
             of
             the
             evill
             Conscience
             of
             those
             who
             were
             in
             the
             late
             Plot
             ,
             they
             that
             pretended
             to
             take
             Armes
             to
             defend
             their
             owne
             Property
             ,
             obtained
             a
             Commission
             to
             violate
             the
             Property
             of
             others
             ,
             they
             would
             take
             the
             Assertion
             of
             the
             Lawes
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             but
             assumed
             to
             them
             such
             a
             power
             ,
             as
             was
             most
             contrary
             to
             that
             Law
             ,
             to
             seize
             upon
             their
             Persons
             without
             due
             processe
             ,
          
           
           
             to
             impose
             upon
             their
             Estates
             without
             Consent
             ,
             to
             take
             away
             some
             lives
             by
             the
             Law
             Martiall
             ;
          
           this
           is
           a
           Text
           I
           hope
           your
           Lordship
           will
           beleeve
           ,
           and
           is
           so
           truly
           an
           instance
           of
           evill
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           if
           His
           Majesty
           had
           used
           these
           words
           in
           any
           of
           His
           Messages
           or
           Declarations
           they
           had
           been
           Voted
           at
           least
           an
           imputation
           upon
           both
           Houses
           ,
           and
           a
           Censure
           of
           their
           Proceedings
           .
           But
           Mr
           
             Pym
          
           may
           Libell
           against
           you
           (
           and
           in
           earnest
           you
           will
           find
           most
           of
           his
           speeches
           to
           be
           such
           )
           without
           breach
           of
           Priviledge
           ,
           he
           hath
           found
           out
           too
           new
           Conservators
           of
           our
           Liberty
           which
           we
           never
           heard
           of
           till
           now
           ,
           instead
           of
           King
           ,
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           
             The
             Parliament
             ,
          
           (
           that
           is
           the
           Close
           Committee
           )
           
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             the
             Army
             are
             the
             three
             vitall
             parts
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             in
             which
          
           (
           he
           saies
           )
           
             not
             only
             the
             well
             being
             ,
             but
             the
             very
             life
             and
             being
             of
             it
             doth
             consist
             ;
          
           and
           yet
           they
           perswade
           your
           Lordship
           they
           are
           willing
           to
           disband
           this
           Army
           .
           You
           will
           say
           these
           Invasions
           upon
           Liberty
           are
           the
           effects
           of
           these
           distempers
           ,
           which
           't
           is
           your
           businesse
           to
           suppresse
           ,
           which
           being
           done
           the
           Subject
           shall
           have
           no
           more
           cause
           to
           complaine
           .
           But
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           We
           that
           live
           at
           a
           distance
           have
           well
           observed
           that
           the
           principles
           and
           foundations
           for
           all
           this
           mischiefe
           were
           laid
           ,
           long
           before
           your
           Mistresse
           Necessity
           was
           owned
           by
           you
           ,
           long
           before
           your
           Armies
           were
           raised
           ;
           all
           your
           Rapines
           ,
           all
           your
           Plunderings
           &
           Imprisonings
           are
           not
           more
           destructive
           to
           the
           liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           then
           your
           Votes
           of
           the
           15th
           of
           
             March
             ;
          
           your
           assuming
           power
           so
           to
           declare
           Law
           ,
           that
           what
           you
           said
           or
           did
           ,
           was
           therefore
           Law
           because
           't
           was
           yours
           .
           How
           many
           men
           were
           imprisoned
           and
           undone
           by
           you
           ,
           expresly
           against
           the
           Law
           and
           the
           Petition
           of
           Right
           ?
           How
           many
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           suspended
           and
           Actions
           done
           by
           you
           in
           a
           Diameter
           contrary
           to
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           :
           so
           that
           in
           truth
           all
           yout
           excesses
           since
           which
           you
           excuse
           by
           imputing
           them
           to
           your
           Army
           ,
           and
           the
           raising
           that
           Army
           ,
           are
           but
           superstructures
           upon
           the
           foundations
           you
           laid
           in
           your
           calmest
           and
           most
           undisturbed
           Government
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           nothing
           that
           you
           of
           the
           moderate
           Party
           have
           since
           refused
           to
           consent
           to
           ,
           which
           might
           not
           very
           well
           have
           followed
           from
           some
           of
           those
           propositions
           which
           even
           your selves
           have
           before
           admitted
           ,
           defended
           ,
           and
           contrived
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           troubled
           your
           Lordship
           longer
           in
           this
           Argument
           then
           I
           meant
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           vanity
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           that
           your
           often
           reading
           this
           
           over
           ,
           thought
           it
           be
           no
           more
           then
           you
           knew
           before
           ,
           may
           make
           some
           impression
           in
           you
           ,
           doe
           not
           think
           that
           which
           is
           in
           it selfe
           simply
           ill
           can
           be
           made
           good
           by
           a
           Vote
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           word
           Parliament
           can
           give
           Reputation
           to
           Actions
           absolutely
           wicked
           in
           themselves
           :
           M.
           
             Pym
          
           tells
           you
           in
           this
           goodly
           Speech
           of
           his
           ,
           
             that
             a
             Parliament
             is
             but
             a
             Carkase
             when
             the
             freedome
             of
             it
             is
             suppressed
             ,
             that
             if
             it
             be
             deprived
             of
             its
             own
             Liberty
             ,
             it
             is
             left
             without
             life
             or
             power
             to
             keep
             the
             Liberty
             of
             others
             ;
          
           Alas
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           though
           you
           will
           answer
           no
           other
           part
           of
           my
           Letter
           ,
           tell
           me
           upon
           your
           Honour
           ,
           would
           you
           have
           taken
           this
           last
           Covenant
           ,
           if
           you
           had
           had
           liberty
           to
           have
           refused
           it
           ;
           if
           you
           had
           not
           ,
           where
           is
           your
           freedom
           of
           Parliament
           ?
           can
           you
           yet
           look
           upon
           that
           Assembly
           with
           reverence
           ?
           think
           of
           your
           number
           ,
           think
           of
           their
           quality
           ,
           think
           sadly
           of
           their
           Actions
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           easily
           find
           a
           way
           (
           and
           there
           is
           but
           one
           that
           I
           know
           )
           to
           evade
           your
           Covenant
           .
           It
           was
           unjustly
           ,
           impiously
           imposed
           upon
           you
           ,
           rashly
           ,
           unlawfully
           (
           to
           say
           no
           worse
           )
           taken
           by
           you
           ,
           you
           ought
           not
           ,
           you
           must
           not
           keep
           it
           .
           But
           that
           's
           not
           enough
           ,
           winde
           your self
           out
           of
           this
           Labyrinth
           with
           Courage
           and
           Magnanimity
           ,
           and
           in
           your
           Evening
           doe
           somewhat
           that
           may
           redeem
           the
           faults
           of
           the
           day
           .
           Consider
           that
           these
           men
           who
           by
           your
           Assistance
           prosper
           in
           their
           bad
           wayes
           ,
           are
           doing
           their
           own
           businesse
           ,
           and
           every
           day
           make
           a
           Progresse
           to
           their
           own
           ends
           .
           My
           Lord
           
             Say
          
           since
           all
           honest
           men
           have
           been
           undoing
           ,
           hath
           bettered
           his
           own
           Estate
           above
           twenty
           thousand
           pounds
           ,
           besides
           advancing
           his
           younger
           Sonnes
           to
           full
           and
           ample
           Revenues
           .
           M.
           
             Pym
          
           hath
           swet
           to
           purpose
           ,
           and
           hath
           thrived
           so
           well
           in
           two
           years
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           your
           equall
           atleast
           .
           They
           who
           abhorre
           Bishops
           revenge
           themselves
           at
           your
           charge
           ,
           and
           every
           Action
           that
           advances
           that
           Designe
           is
           more
           pleasant
           to
           them
           then
           life
           .
           Your
           great
           Generall
           hath
           the
           Soveraign
           delight
           of
           opposing
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           having
           his
           Health
           drank
           with
           lowd
           Musique
           .
           
             Pennington
             ,
             Ven
             ,
             Fulk
             ,
          
           and
           
             Manwaring
          
           are
           from
           broken
           ,
           beggerly
           ,
           contemptible
           Varlets
           ,
           become
           your
           fellow
           Peeres
           ,
           &
           no
           doubt
           when
           they
           have
           reconciled
           your
           Lordships
           &
           the
           Cōmons
           into
           one
           House
           ,
           will
           have
           the
           negative
           voyce
           ,
           (
           which
           you
           two
           have
           snatched
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           )
           deposited
           in
           their
           hands
           .
           That
           vitall
           part
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           City
           ,
           will
           never
           be
           trusted
           in
           your
           Custody
           who
           have
           managed
           all
           the
           rest
           so
           ill
           .
           If
           any
           Accident
           should
           happen
           ,
           Providence
           or
           Victory
           to
           defeat
           them
           ,
           these
           men
           
           have
           been
           good
           and
           wary
           Husbands
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           fortitude
           to
           love
           any
           Country
           equall
           to
           their
           own
           .
           Is
           your
           Lordship
           of
           a
           constitution
           fit
           to
           mingle
           with
           these
           men
           ?
           Is
           your
           Revenue
           improved
           ,
           or
           Exchequer
           inlarged
           since
           these
           troubles
           ?
           Is
           any
           one
           designe
           of
           yours
           satisfied
           by
           your
           concurrence
           ,
           or
           can
           you
           be
           content
           to
           dye
           a
           Peere
           of
           
             New-England
             ,
          
           or
           the
           Isle
           of
           
             Providence
             ?
          
           Is
           not
           your
           Reputation
           and
           Interest
           with
           all
           good
           men
           lost
           ,
           and
           have
           you
           one
           friend
           left
           whose
           face
           you
           knew
           a
           year
           before
           this
           Parliament
           ?
           These
           are
           Melancholique
           considerations
           ,
           but
           you
           must
           passe
           through
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           if
           some
           Noble
           ,
           at
           least
           honest
           resolution
           doe
           not
           possesse
           you
           ,
           resolve
           to
           dye
           the
           last
           of
           your
           name
           ,
           and
           to
           leave
           this
           Character
           behind
           you
           ,
           That
           notwithstanding
           all
           your
           discourse
           and
           pretence
           of
           Religion
           ,
           you
           would
           have
           turned
           Turke
           ,
           if
           the
           Major
           part
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           and
           the
           stronger
           part
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           had
           required
           you
           to
           take
           a
           Covenant
           to
           that
           purpose
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .