A letter to Dr. E. Hyde in answer to one of his occasioned by the late insurrection at Salisbury.
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             A letter to Dr. E. Hyde in answer to one of his occasioned by the late insurrection at Salisbury.
             Ley, John, 1583-1662.
             Hyde, Edward, 1607-1659.
          
           16, [1] p.
           
             s.n.,
             [London :
             1655]
          
           
             Reproduction of original in Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.
             Attributed to John Ley. cf. NUC pre-1956.
             Caption title.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Insurgency -- Great Britain -- Sources.
           Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660.
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           A
           Letter
           to
           Dr.
           E.
           Hyde
           ,
           in
           answer
           to
           one
           of
           his
           ,
           occasioned
           by
           the
           late
           Insurrection
           at
           Salisbury
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           was
           my
           resolution
           a
           good
           while
           ago
           (
           of
           which
           I
           am
           able
           to
           give
           a
           good
           account
           ,
           though
           I
           do
           not
           to
           you
           )
           never
           to
           deale
           with
           you
           in
           a
           private
           way
           of
           writing
           under
           Seal
           ,
           but
           to
           maintain
           a
           publique
           contestatiō
           with
           you
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           differences
           betwixt
           us
           in
           a
           fairer
           Character
           then
           either
           you
           or
           I
           can
           write
           ,
           &
           to
           make
           all
           conscientions
           and
           rationall
           Readers
           judges
           of
           the
           right
           we
           claim
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           wrong
           we
           charge
           upon
           each
           other
           :
           And
           your
           last
           Letter
           of
           
             March
          
           29.
           rather
           fully
           confirms
           me
           in
           this
           course
           ,
           then
           any
           way
           diverts
           me
           from
           it
           ,
           because
           (
           as
           I
           shall
           prove
           before
           I
           conclude
           mine
           exceptions
           against
           it
           )
           it
           referreth
           to
           now
           publique
           affairs
           ,
           (
           though
           a
           little
           before
           secretly
           carryed
           in
           the
           way
           of
           a
           Plot
           )
           both
           for
           the
           motive
           which
           induced
           you
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           end
           you
           aimed
           at
           in
           it
           .
           Before
           I
           come
           to
           examination
           and
           answer
           of
           the
           parts
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           will
           premise
           my
           generall
           censure
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           which
           is
           this
           .
           In
           the
           Letter
           you
           have
           shewed
           such
           boldnesse
           ,
           in
           asserting
           that
           against
           me
           which
           is
           untrue
           ,
           such
           eagernesse
           (
           in
           exacting
           of
           me
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           unjust
           )
           that
           I
           may
           well
           thinke
           when
           you
           wrote
           it
           ,
           you
           set
           aside
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           sincerity
           of
           a
           Divine
           ,
           but
           the
           charity
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           and
           the
           ingenuity
           of
           a
           Scholar
           .
           Now
           to
           the
           particulars
           ,
           It
           beginneth
           thus
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               
                 Dr.
              
               H.
               
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 ,
              
            
             
               you
               may
               easily
               remember
               how
               much
               I
               have
               receded
               from
               my
               Wives
               Right
               of
               Fifts
               ,
               hitherto
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             ,
          
           Sir
           ,
           Remembrance
           is
           of
           a
           thing
           that
           hath
           or
           had
           a
           being
           ,
           and
           easie
           remembrance
           of
           that
           which
           by
           its
           evidence
           and
           importance
           maketh
           a
           strong
           impression
           upon
           the
           memory
           :
           Your
           Wives
           right
           of
           Fifths
           out
           of
           the
           Rectory
           of
           
             Brightwell
          
           (
           as
           you
           require
           them
           )
           is
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           but
           a
           
             Non
             ens
             ,
          
           a
           meer
           nothing
           .
           
           I
           will
           not
           say
           but
           you
           may
           imagine
           some
           appearance
           of
           a
           right
           ,
           for
           if
           (
           as
           some
           do
           )
           you
           lodge
           phantasie
           and
           memory
           both
           in
           one
           bed
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           the
           parents
           of
           such
           a
           phantasme
           .
           But
           I
           may
           rather
           say
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           You
           may
           easily
           remember
           that
           I
           have
           proved
           your
           wife
           hath
           no
           such
           right
           at
           all
           to
           fifths
           ;
           as
           you
           claim
           in
           her
           name
           ,
           because
           I
           have
           given
           you
           reasons
           in
           print
           against
           it
           ,
           which
           (
           I
           doubt
           not
           )
           will
           be
           acknowledged
           valid
           ,
           and
           sufficient
           (
           either
           to
           satisfie
           or
           silence
           you
           )
           by
           all
           unpartiall
           Judges
           ,
           who
           shall
           read
           them
           ,
           as
           by
           many
           such
           they
           have
           been
           already
           ;
           whereas
           you
           neither
           do
           ,
           nor
           can
           give
           any
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           which
           may
           with
           any
           colour
           of
           truth
           be
           brought
           both
           to
           oppose
           or
           over-poise
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           not
           my
           conceit
           alone
           ,
           but
           his
           judgement
           likewise
           ,
           whose
           great
           parts
           have
           deservedly
           advanced
           him
           to
           high
           prelations
           of
           dignity
           and
           authority
           above
           other
           men
           .
           For
           when
           (
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           
             March
          
           last
           )
           I
           told
           him
           I
           had
           not
           received
           a
           word
           from
           you
           ,
           in
           answer
           to
           my
           Book
           sent
           you
           about
           the
           11th
           .
           of
           the
           last
           
             November
             .
          
           Nor
           ever
           shall
           do
           (
           said
           he
           )
           intimating
           (
           as
           then
           I
           understood
           his
           meaning
           )
           that
           you
           were
           convinced
           by
           it
           (
           and
           therefore
           made
           no
           exceptions
           against
           it
           ,
           for
           then
           he
           knew
           nothing
           (
           though
           he
           be
           a
           very
           knowing
           &
           eminently
           learned
           man
           )
           of
           that
           mystery
           of
           iniquity
           (
           since
           revealed
           )
           whereof
           you
           are
           thought
           to
           have
           been
           both
           sooner
           and
           more
           confidingly
           acquainted
           ,
           then
           a
           true
           hearted
           English
           Patriot
           should
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           whereby
           you
           might
           be
           not
           only
           moved
           ,
           but
           much
           heartned
           &
           heightned
           in
           your
           spirit
           ,
           to
           act
           by
           Mr.
           
           
             D.
          
           &
           to
           write
           to
           me
           your selfe
           ,
           as
           of
           late
           you
           did
           .
        
         
           
             
               D.
               
                 H.
                 
              
            
             
               And
               how
               much
               you
               have
               receded
               from
               your
               severall
               promises
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           Just
           so
           much
           ,
           neither
           more
           nor
           lesse
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           never
           a
           whit
           ,
           either
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           constantly
           been
           so
           punctuall
           in
           performance
           of
           my
           promises
           (
           though
           to
           my
           great
           disadvantage
           ,
           as
           those
           who
           best
           know
           me
           ,
           will
           testifie
           for
           me
           )
           that
           I
           have
           lost
           more
           ,
           meerly
           to
           keepe
           my
           word
           ,
           then
           somebody
           (
           I
           say
           not
           Dr.
           
             H.
          
           )
           would
           have
           done
           to
           keepe
           his
           Oath
           :
           If
           you
           will
           not
           believe
           me
           ,
           believe
           your selfe
           ,
           and
           then
           you
           will
           not
           be
           so
           forward
           to
           impute
           unto
           me
           the
           breach
           of
           promise
           with
           you
           ,
           which
           hitherto
           I
           have
           not
           made
           .
           You
           are
           my
           witnesse
           ,
           that
           to
           keepe
           my
           word
           with
           my
           Parishioners
           ,
           (
           without
           any
           likelihood
           of
           benefit
           ,
           or
           rather
           with
           apparent
           probability
           of
           damage
           to
           my selfe
           ,
           from
           which
           I
           might
           have
           been
           freed
           within
           a
           few
           houres
           )
           I
           refused
           an
           hundred
           pound
           in
           hand
           for
           the
           first
           payment
           of
           a
           years
           rent
           ,
           which
           I
           thought
           fully
           enough
           for
           the
           Rectory
           of
           
             Brightwell
             .
          
           And
           in
           your
           Letter
           of
           the
           17.
           of
           
             November
          
           1653.
           wherein
           you
           acknowledge
           the
           receit
           of
           moneys
           from
           me
           :
           You
           say
           in
           your
           next
           words
           ,
           
             For
             which
             I
             kindely
             thank
             you
             ,
             for
             really
             it
             is
             now
             a
             great
             courtesie
             for
             a
             man
             to
             keepe
             his
             word
             ,
             though
             I
             cannot
             say
             but
             you
             have
             carefully
             kept
             yours
             .
          
           Since
           that
           time
           ,
           what
           breach
           of
           promise
           can
           you
           charge
           me
           with
           ?
           I
           wish
           you
           had
           given
           me
           just
           cause
           to
           commend
           your
           constancie
           in
           the
           like
           kinde
           ,
           but
           instead
           thereof
           ,
           you
           put
           me
           to
           complain
           of
           your
           levity
           and
           unfaithfulnesse
           ,
           in
           that
           you
           promised
           you
           would
           not
           expect
           the
           payment
           of
           Fifths
           above
           two
           years
           ,
           for
           as
           you
           said
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           shewed
           (
           page
           16
           of
           my
           Book
           )
           you
           should
           not
           need
           them
           any
           longer
           ,
           and
           now
           (
           after
           four
           years
           receit
           of
           them
           )
           you
           are
           (
           as
           if
           you
           were
           distempered
           with
           an
           hydropical
           thirst
           of
           covetousnesse
           )
           no
           lesse
           
             Pecuniarum
             petax
             ,
          
           but
           rather
           more
           then
           you
           were
           at
           first
           .
           You
           say
           in
           the
           same
           line
           :
        
         
           
             
               Dr.
               
                 H.
                 
              
            
             
               And
               now
               at
               last
               you
               seeke
               to
               recede
               from
               your
               agreement
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           An
           agreement
           is
           a
           promise
           and
           somewhat
           more
           ,
           and
           therefore
           to
           recede
           from
           it
           ,
           is
           worse
           then
           to
           recede
           from
           a
           single
           promise
           ;
           so
           worse
           and
           worse
           on
           your
           part
           ,
           for
           this
           is
           the
           third
           stumble
           you
           take
           at
           the
           threshold
           ,
           the
           four
           first
           lines
           of
           
           your
           Letter
           contains
           three
           untruths
           ,
           and
           this
           last
           is
           not
           the
           least
           ,
           but
           so
           much
           the
           greater
           as
           it
           is
           more
           expresly
           confuted
           ,
           
             pag.
          
           24
           ,
           25
           ,
           26
           ,
           of
           my
           printed
           Book
           .
           That
           I
           may
           not
           take
           it
           too
           tenderly
           ,
           that
           you
           thus
           accuse
           me
           ,
           you
           presently
           bring
           in
           an
           accusation
           against
           your selfe
           ,
           saying
           .
        
         
           
             
               Dr.
               
                 H.
                 
              
            
             
               It
               was
               the
               sin
               of
               my
               civility
               (
               because
               you
               complained
               of
               being
               raised
               in
               the
               contribution
               )
               to
               let
               Mr.
               
               
                 D.
              
               offer
               you
               but
               280
               li.
               but
               yet
               in
               effect
               to
               give
               you
               as
               good
               as
               300
               li.
            
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           For
           your
           sinne
           of
           civility
           (
           if
           it
           were
           so
           )
           he
           that
           would
           not
           pardon
           you
           (
           so
           seldome
           offending
           on
           that
           hand
           )
           hath
           an
           harder
           heart
           towards
           you
           then
           I
           have
           .
           But
           wherein
           shewed
           you
           your
           civility
           ?
           you
           say
           in
           letting
           Mr.
           
           
             D.
          
           offer
           but
           280
           
             li.
          
           in
           money
           :
           why
           Sir
           ,
           was
           Mr.
           
           
             D.
          
           to
           be
           directed
           by
           you
           what
           he
           should
           offer
           ?
           and
           had
           you
           the
           disposall
           of
           his
           tongue
           and
           hand
           ,
           to
           promise
           so
           much
           by
           word
           and
           writing
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           purpose
           for
           performance
           of
           what
           he
           so
           promised
           ?
           He
           is
           (
           surely
           too
           wise
           to
           take
           his
           rate
           from
           your
           direction
           ,
           whose
           interest
           was
           (
           as
           he
           and
           you
           conceived
           )
           wraped
           up
           in
           mine
           ,
           if
           the
           treaty
           were
           seriously
           and
           sincerely
           intendped
           on
           his
           part
           .
           But
           when
           I
           expressed
           my
           conceit
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           set
           on
           by
           you
           ,
           to
           make
           me
           an
           offer
           ,
           and
           but
           an
           offer
           ,
           and
           that
           only
           for
           your
           advantage
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           then
           own
           it
           ,
           with
           any
           relation
           unto
           you
           ,
           either
           as
           an
           efficient
           or
           finall
           cause
           of
           any
           motion
           toward
           a
           contract
           betwixt
           us
           :
           nor
           did
           he
           (
           in
           effect
           as
           you
           suggest
           )
           give
           me
           (
           you
           would
           say
           bid
           me
           ,
           for
           he
           gave
           me
           nothing
           )
           as
           good
           as
           300
           
             li.
          
           And
           for
           the
           reason
           you
           render
           of
           being
           raised
           in
           the
           contribution
           ,
           that
           might
           have
           ,
           and
           in
           probability
           had
           ,
           no
           farther
           operation
           upon
           you
           ,
           then
           was
           commensurate
           with
           your
           concupiscence
           ,
           after
           a
           large
           portion
           of
           the
           parsonage
           ,
           which
           made
           you
           fear
           the
           fifths
           claimed
           by
           you
           would
           be
           so
           much
           the
           lesse
           ,
           as
           the
           charge
           was
           the
           greater
           upon
           the
           whole
           .
           It
           was
           not
           (
           then
           )
           the
           sin
           of
           your
           civility
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           
           
             Day
          
           made
           such
           an
           offer
           at
           
             that
             time
             ,
          
           but
           your
           sin
           of
           hypocrisie
           ,
           
             now
             ,
          
           in
           pretending
           it
           was
           done
           to
           gratifie
           me
           .
        
         
           
             
               Dr.
               
                 H.
                 
              
            
             
               Truth
               is
               ,
               I
               should
               have
               been
               contented
               with
               Fifths
               
               (
               after
               that
               proportion
               )
               and
               had
               rather
               have
               lost
               my
               share
               of
               20
               li.
               
                 per
                 annum
                 ,
              
               then
               have
               given
               the
               Parishoners
               occasion
               of
               exacting
               upon
               you
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           Truth
           is
           ,
           It
           is
           weil
           Sir
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           some
           truth
           in
           your
           Letter
           ,
           though
           but
           a
           word
           ,
           yet
           is
           not
           that
           word
           so
           truly
           brought
           in
           by
           you
           as
           it
           should
           be
           ,
           for
           it
           leadeth
           in
           a
           sentence
           which
           no
           discreet
           man
           (
           who
           knoweth
           you
           )
           will
           believe
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           that
           you
           had
           rather
           lose
           about
           4
           
             livre.
          
           a
           year
           ,
           then
           that
           I
           should
           be
           raised
           but
           the
           eighth
           part
           of
           that
           sum
           in
           the
           Military
           Assesment
           .
           If
           you
           looke
           to
           be
           believed
           (
           while
           you
           so
           lavishly
           bely
           your selfe
           )
           that
           you
           may
           be
           mistaken
           for
           a
           moderate
           man
           ,
           you
           must
           finde
           out
           an
           example
           for
           
             Solomons
          
           Aphorisme
           
             Prov.
             14.
             15.
             
             The
             simple
             believeth
             every
             word
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Dr.
               
                 H.
                 
              
            
             
               But
               now
               (
               you
               say
               )
               since
               I
               make
               so
               ill
               use
               of
               all
               that
               I
               can
               do
               ,
               only
               to
               try
               how
               much
               I
               am
               content
               to
               suffer
               ,
               it
               is
               high
               time
               for
               me
               to
               send
               this
               letter
               of
               demand
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
             But
             now
             .
             &c.
          
           I
           must
           therefore
           henceforth
           expect
           you
           will
           be
           more
           curst
           then
           you
           have
           been
           ,
           because
           you
           conceive
           you
           have
           been
           too
           kinde
           heretofore
           ,
           yet
           must
           I
           not
           think
           the
           worse
           of
           you
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           because
           you
           give
           two
           reasons
           for
           the
           change
           of
           your
           dealing
           with
           me
           .
           1.
           
           That
           you
           have
           done
           all
           you
           can
           to
           give
           me
           content
           ,
           that
           's
           your
           meaning
           (
           if
           you
           write
           sense
           )
           though
           your
           form
           of
           words
           reach
           not
           so
           far
           .
           2.
           
           That
           I
           have
           abused
           your
           goodnesse
           by
           ungratefull
           returns
           ,
           only
           
             to
             try
             the
             extent
             of
             your
             patience
             .
          
           He
           is
           well
           worthy
           (
           I
           confes
           )
           to
           be
           visited
           with
           the
           Rod
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           be
           won
           by
           the
           spirit
           of
           meeknesse
           ,
           
           and
           supposing
           me
           such
           an
           one
           ,
           you
           come
           to
           this
           resolution
           ,
           
             It
             is
             high
             time
             for
             you
             to
             send
             this
             letter
             to
             demand
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           For
           your
           first
           reason
           ,
           
             that
             you
             have
             done
             all
             you
             can
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           you
           have
           done
           all
           you
           can
           to
           get
           all
           you
           could
           from
           me
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           much
           to
           my
           discontent
           and
           damage
           ,
           and
           this
           I
           can
           aver
           upon
           4
           years
           deare
           bought
           experience
           ,
           of
           such
           an
           inordinate
           desire
           in
           you
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           calleth
           ,
           
             The
             root
             of
             all
             evill
             .
          
           1
           Tim.
           6.
           10.
           
        
         
           Your
           second
           reason
           is
           ,
           
             That
             I
             have
             made
             ill
             use
             of
             your
             
             favourable
             usage
             of
             me
             ,
             only
             to
             try
             how
             much
             you
             are
             content
             to
             suffer
             .
          
           You
           mean
           this
           because
           of
           my
           Book
           against
           the
           payment
           of
           a
           fifth
           part
           ,
           wherein
           I
           give
           reasons
           why
           I
           resolve
           to
           give
           it
           over
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           pay
           that
           unrighteous
           Tribute
           any
           more
           .
        
         
           But
           why
           do
           you
           say
           it
           is
           only
           to
           try
           how
           much
           you
           are
           content
           to
           suffer
           ,
           what
           needeth
           that
           ?
           when
           I
           know
           (
           almost
           ever
           since
           I
           knew
           you
           )
           you
           were
           not
           content
           to
           suffer
           the
           losse
           of
           a
           Groat
           ,
           which
           you
           might
           either
           gain
           or
           save
           by
           any
           pretence
           of
           right
           :
           may
           I
           not
           (
           upon
           just
           cause
           )
           conceive
           so
           of
           you
           ,
           when
           being
           to
           pay
           you
           
             19
             livre.
             12
             s.
             2
             d.
          
           upon
           very
           dear
           rates
           for
           over-worne
           utensils
           ,
           the
           first
           year
           of
           my
           comming
           to
           
             Br.
          
           you
           tooke
           the
           whole
           summe
           ,
           not
           abating
           so
           much
           as
           the
           odde
           two-pence
           of
           so
           hard
           a
           bargain
           ?
           and
           you
           know
           well
           enough
           by
           my
           Book
           ,
           that
           I
           refused
           to
           pay
           fifths
           ,
           not
           to
           try
           your
           patience
           ,
           but
           to
           free
           my selfe
           from
           your
           oppression
           .
           And
           why
           do
           you
           say
           ,
           
             Now
             since
             you
             make
             so
             ill
             use
             of
             all
             that
             I
             can
             do
             :
          
           Did
           I
           make
           any
           ill
           use
           of
           your
           pretended
           kindnesse
           in
           
             March
          
           last
           ,
           when
           your
           Letter
           beareth
           date
           ,
           or
           in
           
             November
          
           the
           last
           year
           ,
           when
           I
           sent
           you
           my
           printed
           Acquittance
           the
           next
           day
           after
           I
           received
           it
           from
           
             London
             ?
          
           That
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           is
           the
           ill
           use
           you
           mean
           .
           If
           so
           ,
           why
           did
           you
           not
           write
           unto
           me
           until
           four
           moneths
           after
           ?
           Why
           were
           you
           so
           silent
           so
           long
           ,
           when
           that
           which
           so
           much
           offended
           you
           came
           to
           your
           notice
           so
           soon
           ?
           Why
           was
           it
           high
           time
           toward
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           
             March
             ,
          
           and
           no
           sooner
           ?
        
         
           Sir
           (
           to
           deal
           plainly
           with
           you
           )
           not
           my self
           onely
           ,
           but
           all
           who
           well
           know
           you
           ,
           and
           are
           best
           able
           to
           judge
           of
           you
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           men
           of
           sound
           judgement
           ,
           not
           swayed
           by
           partiality
           or
           passion
           ,
           (
           to
           whom
           I
           have
           imparted
           the
           substance
           and
           circumstance
           of
           Mr.
           
           
             Day
          
           his
           offer
           ,
           and
           your
           demand
           by
           letter
           ,
           for
           their
           opinion
           on
           them
           both
           )
           unanimously
           conceive
           ,
           and
           confidently
           say
           ,
           that
           your
           
             Now
             and
             high
             time
             ,
          
           point
           (
           like
           the
           finger
           of
           a
           Dial
           )
           to
           the
           high
           affronts
           of
           publick
           authority
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Cavaliers
          
           at
           
             Salisbury-Assizies
             ,
          
           and
           their
           high
           hopes
           of
           a
           general
           Insurrection
           of
           the
           people
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           the
           Invasion
           of
           great
           forces
           from
           Princes
           abroad
           ;
           whereof
           if
           I
           should
           say
           ,
           
           it
           is
           very
           probable
           you
           were
           not
           ignorant
           (
           before
           the
           Plot
           brake
           out
           into
           open
           Rebellion
           )
           I
           could
           render
           reasons
           ,
           which
           (
           by
           judicious
           men
           )
           will
           not
           be
           thought
           either
           feigned
           or
           frivolous
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           not
           be
           your
           wisdome
           to
           urge
           me
           to
           prove
           the
           presumption
           against
           you
           .
           And
           though
           you
           may
           haply
           say
           (
           that
           which
           you
           do
           not
           think
           )
           it
           is
           but
           my
           uncharitable
           misconceit
           of
           you
           :
           I
           can
           truly
           testifie
           that
           a
           man
           of
           worth
           and
           note
           (
           in
           both
           Counties
           where
           you
           and
           I
           live
           )
           told
           me
           ,
           you
           were
           under
           such
           suspicion
           of
           disloyalty
           to
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           that
           you
           were
           to
           have
           been
           secured
           ,
           if
           some
           ill
           news
           (
           which
           at
           that
           time
           made
           the
           greatest
           noise
           )
           had
           proved
           true
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           the
           time
           of
           plotting
           ,
           acting
           ,
           and
           giving
           out
           hopeful
           expectations
           ,
           of
           happy
           success
           to
           the
           destructive
           designe
           of
           your
           discontented
           party
           (
           against
           the
           Lord
           Protector
           )
           and
           all
           those
           who
           (
           in
           conscience
           as
           well
           as
           in
           affection
           were
           engaged
           with
           him
           in
           the
           same
           common
           cause
           )
           was
           the
           time
           when
           you
           were
           animated
           to
           resume
           your
           project
           upon
           me
           by
           Mr.
           
           
             D.
          
           his
           mediation
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           have
           no
           minde
           to
           say
           any
           more
           then
           his
           relation
           to
           you
           extorteth
           from
           me
           ,
           and
           presently
           upon
           that
           to
           send
           me
           the
           letter
           ,
           to
           which
           I
           now
           addresse
           an
           answer
           ,
           may
           thus
           appear
           .
        
         
           
             Vpon
             Monday
             morning
             the
          
           12th
           .
           
             of
             March
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             Ioseph
             Wagstaffe
          
           Collonel
           
             Penruddock
             ,
             &c.
          
           seised
           on
           the
           Judges
           at
           
             Salisbury
             ,
          
           took
           away
           their
           Commission
           ,
           and
           carryed
           the
           High
           Sheriffe
           prisoner
           with
           them
           to
           
             Blanford
             .
          
           By
           the
           way
           (
           Sir
           )
           I
           do
           not
           write
           this
           as
           a
           parcell
           of
           news
           to
           you
           ,
           for
           I
           will
           not
           take
           upon
           me
           to
           be
           your
           intelligencer
           ,
           for
           such
           matters
           as
           you
           may
           know
           by
           prophecy
           ,
           and
           I
           but
           by
           History
           ,
           or
           hearsay
           :
           I
           only
           touch
           that
           here
           as
           a
           Chronologicall
           note
           of
           conformity
           betwixt
           their
           high
           attempts
           and
           your
           high
           demands
           .
        
         
           
             Vpon
             Tuesday
             morning
             the
          
           13th
           .
           
             of
             March
             ,
          
           came
           Mr.
           
           
             D.
          
           to
           me
           ,
           with
           another
           Gentleman
           ,
           whom
           I
           forbear
           to
           name
           ,
           I
           supposed
           them
           (
           as
           soon
           as
           I
           saw
           them
           )
           sent
           by
           you
           (
           for
           no
           good
           to
           me
           )
           and
           therefore
           I
           told
           them
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           speak
           with
           them
           both
           together
           ,
           but
           apart
           .
           So
           the
           other
           Gentleman
           withdrawing
           ,
           Mr.
           
           
             D.
          
           stayed
           and
           told
           me
           he
           came
           to
           offer
           me
           
           300
           
             li.
          
           a
           year
           for
           the
           Rectory
           of
           
             Brightwell
             ;
          
           and
           on
           Friday
           morning
           
             March
          
           the
           16th
           .
           he
           sent
           me
           a
           letter
           (
           dated
           the
           same
           day
           )
           wherein
           he
           offered
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           named
           sureties
           ,
           for
           performance
           of
           that
           he
           offered
           ,
           both
           in
           that
           writing
           and
           in
           conference
           ,
           when
           (
           a
           few
           dayes
           before
           )
           he
           came
           unto
           me
           .
        
         
           I
           took
           time
           ,
           until
           the
           next
           week
           ,
           to
           consider
           of
           an
           answer
           to
           his
           proposal
           ,
           being
           doubtful
           ,
           whether
           I
           had
           not
           promised
           to
           some
           of
           my
           chiefe
           Parishioners
           (
           upon
           his
           falling
           from
           his
           own
           offer
           the
           year
           before
           )
           not
           to
           let
           it
           to
           any
           one
           ,
           but
           to
           keep
           it
           in
           mine
           own
           hands
           :
           and
           when
           such
           a
           promise
           ,
           was
           remembred
           and
           claimed
           by
           them
           ,
           I
           told
           Mr.
           
             D.
          
           I
           was
           not
           free
           to
           accept
           of
           his
           offer
           :
           but
           if
           I
           were
           ,
           I
           knew
           not
           any
           man
           who
           would
           bid
           so
           much
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           well
           able
           to
           make
           good
           his
           word
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           .
        
         
           It
           seemed
           very
           strange
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           he
           ,
           who
           had
           refused
           to
           be
           Farmer
           of
           the
           Parsonage
           ,
           the
           last
           year
           ,
           upon
           easier
           termes
           ,
           yea
           who
           would
           not
           deale
           with
           me
           for
           it
           ,
           upon
           any
           termes
           (
           as
           he
           wrote
           to
           me
           
             “
          
           the
           9th
           .
           of
           
             Iune
          
           )
           should
           (
           about
           8
           Moneths
           after
           )
           come
           of
           his
           own
           accord
           ,
           to
           bid
           me
           more
           for
           it
           ,
           than
           ever
           I
           asked
           .
           He
           told
           me
           ,
           it
           was
           because
           I
           had
           taxed
           him
           with
           breach
           of
           promise
           in
           Print
           :
           But
           why
           then
           did
           he
           not
           tender
           his
           Motion
           ,
           and
           tell
           me
           his
           reason
           till
           
             March
          
           13.
           when
           that
           I
           printed
           ,
           came
           to
           your
           hands
           4
           Moneths
           before
           ,
           and
           from
           you
           the
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           was
           brought
           very
           neer
           Mr.
           
           
             D.
          
           within
           a
           while
           after
           :
           and
           it
           is
           like
           so
           intimate
           a
           friend
           as
           he
           ,
           should
           be
           informed
           assoone
           as
           any
           ,
           especially
           since
           he
           was
           concerned
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           your self
           ,
           though
           not
           so
           much
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           time
           of
           this
           last
           offer
           ,
           I
           suppose
           it
           was
           rather
           of
           your
           choice
           ,
           than
           his
           ,
           as
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           might
           be
           better
           known
           to
           you
           than
           to
           him
           .
           When
           I
           had
           given
           my
           negative
           answer
           to
           Mr.
           
           
             Day
             ,
          
           the
           next
           week
           after
           I
           received
           your
           letter
           of
           the
           29th
           .
           of
           
             March
             ,
          
           )
           in
           due
           order
           of
           time
           both
           inrespect
           of
           the
           publique
           proceedings
           of
           your
           party
           ,
           &
           of
           your
           own
           private
           negotiation
           ,
           for
           
             Brightwell
             .
          
        
         
           For
           1
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           seemed
           on
           the
           suddaine
           to
           be
           strangely
           changed
           ,
           (
           even
           to
           astonishment
           )
           in
           that
           so
           small
           a
           number
           of
           Cavaliers
           ,
           at
           
             Salish
             :
          
           durst
           raise
           their
           insurrection
           ,
           to
           such
           an
           height
           as
           there
           they
           did
           ,
           when
           the
           solemne
           
           Assembly
           of
           the
           Judges
           ,
           High
           Sheriff
           ,
           with
           his
           armed
           attendants
           ,
           Justicee
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           Grand
           Jury
           ,
           &c.
           were
           to
           cast
           an
           awe
           upon
           the
           whole
           County
           ,
           then
           and
           there
           for
           such
           as
           they
           (
           so
           few
           )
           to
           affront
           and
           outface
           that
           venerable
           Authority
           ,
           and
           to
           bear
           themselves
           as
           a
           triumphant
           Army
           ,
           before
           they
           had
           been
           a
           militant
           troop
           ,
           was
           a
           prodigie
           of
           presumption
           ,
           which
           might
           amaze
           the
           people
           (
           as
           it
           seems
           it
           did
           )
           into
           a
           fear
           both
           of
           resistance
           and
           defence
           .
        
         
           2
           It
           was
           not
           probable
           they
           durst
           have
           been
           so
           rampant
           ,
           but
           that
           (
           as
           hath
           been
           partly
           touched
           before
           )
           they
           had
           strong
           hopes
           .
        
         
           
             1
             That
             other
             Counties
             would
             turn
             Royallists
             and
             rise
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             2
             That
             the
             Antiroyallists
             were
             so
             divided
             among
             themselves
             ,
             that
             enow
             of
             them
             would
             not
             unite
             ,
             to
             make
             head
             against
             them
             .
          
           
             3
             That
             Forreign
             Forces
             would
             come
             into
             their
             assistance
             .
          
           
             4
             That
             our
             wooden
             walls
             were
             so
             far
             distant
             ,
             from
             our
             own
             Coasts
             ,
             that
             they
             could
             not
             stop
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Sutable
           to
           such
           general
           conjectures
           ,
           they
           gave
           out
           particular
           reports
           as
           Col.
           
             Penrudduck
          
           did
           ,
           encouraging
           others
           to
           embody
           in
           that
           Rebellion
           ,
           by
           telling
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           
             Fairfax
          
           had
           8000
           ,
           Sir
           
             William
             Waller
          
           4000
           (
           in
           
             London
          
           )
           ready
           for
           the
           Kings
           service
           ,
           with
           many
           more
           ,
           some
           more
           probable
           ,
           others
           but
           possible
           ,
           but
           if
           impossible
           ,
           you
           have
           a
           phansie
           and
           a
           faith
           of
           as
           vast
           a
           compass
           ,
           as
           your
           
             *
          
           desires
           for
           the
           Ruine
           of
           —
           and
           for
           the
           
             Restauration
          
           of
           —
           else
           you
           would
           not
           have
           believed
           (
           as
           you
           said
           to
           some
           body
           about
           six
           weeks
           after
           your
           party
           was
           routed
           at
           
             Worcester
          
           )
           that
           40000
           
             Swedes
          
           were
           up
           in
           arms
           for
           
             Charles
          
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           in
           the
           head
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           the
           late
           Plot
           (
           which
           is
           our
           Theme
           at
           present
           )
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           confidently
           conceived
           ,
           it
           would
           proceed
           so
           prosperously
           ,
           that
           your
           hopes
           and
           my
           fears
           would
           grow
           apace
           ,
           up
           to
           their
           
             Achme
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           face
           of
           publike
           affairs
           ,
           (
           like
           a
           
           picture
           on
           a
           furrowed
           table
           )
           would
           so
           frown
           upon
           me
           ,
           while
           it
           smiled
           upon
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           be
           afraid
           to
           make
           any
           long
           aboad
           at
           
             Brightwell
             ,
          
           and
           so
           would
           soone
           run
           away
           and
           make
           you
           room
           ,
           and
           opportunity
           for
           you
           thither
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           would
           be
           no
           matter
           how
           much
           was
           bidden
           for
           the
           Parsonage
           ,
           nor
           what
           bonds
           were
           given
           ,
           for
           I
           durst
           not
           stay
           to
           claim
           the
           one
           ,
           nor
           must
           be
           allowed
           (
           in
           case
           of
           forfeiture
           )
           to
           sue
           for
           the
           other
           .
           In
           your
           prevailing
           this
           way
           (
           but
           God
           forbid
           you
           should
           do
           so
           )
           I
           could
           not
           but
           account
           all
           my
           temporall
           livelyhood
           (
           if
           not
           my
           life
           )
           as
           utterly
           lost
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           only
           one
           fifth
           part
           of
           the
           P.
           of
           
             Br.
          
           but
           all
           five
           would
           be
           yours
           again
           .
           Howsoever
           (
           Sir
           )
           if
           that
           (
           which
           was
           your
           chiefe
           end
           )
           were
           not
           attained
           Mr.
           
           
             D.
          
           his
           offer
           then
           (
           which
           at
           another
           time
           would
           have
           been
           too
           much
           )
           might
           serve
           you
           for
           a
           fair
           colour
           to
           exact
           the
           fifths
           (
           with
           rigour
           )
           according
           to
           his
           rate
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           a
           secondary
           end
           you
           aimed
           at
           ,
           if
           you
           were
           disappointed
           of
           the
           principall
           which
           you
           discovered
           by
           your
           letter
           ,
           so
           soon
           as
           seasonably
           you
           could
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           next
           week
           after
           I
           had
           given
           my
           negative
           answer
           to
           Mr.
           
           
             Day
             :
          
           For
           then
           you
           wrote
           and
           sent
           your
           letter
           of
           demand
           for
           fifths
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           proportion
           of
           his
           promise
           .
           All
           this
           sorts
           well
           with
           your
           
             high
             time
          
           in
           that
           notion
           which
           symbolizeth
           with
           the
           designe
           and
           doings
           of
           Sir
           
             Io.
             Wag.
          
           at
           
             Salisbury
             .
          
           Your
           next
           words
           are
           screwed
           up
           to
           an
           unreasonable
           height
           ,
           by
           the
           like
           contemporary
           influence
           and
           aspect
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           H.
           It
           is
           high
           time
           (
           say
           you
           )
           to
           send
           this
           letter
           to
           demand
           what
           remains
           still
           due
           upon
           your
           account
           for
           the
           year
           1653
           ,
           as
           also
           for
           some
           reckonings
           of
           the
           years
           before
           .
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           If
           you
           had
           not
           been
           too
           high
           in
           your
           hopes
           of
           more
           then
           your
           right
           ,
           in
           a
           way
           of
           violence
           ,
           you
           would
           not
           have
           made
           a
           demand
           so
           contrary
           to
           all
           reason
           and
           conscience
           ,
           as
           to
           require
           an
           account
           of
           me
           for
           arrears
           of
           the
           year
           1653
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           years
           precedent
           to
           that
           ,
           when
           you
           do
           or
           should
           remember
           that
           for
           those
           years
           even
           to
           the
           year
           beginning
           ,
           
             Aprill
          
           11
           ,
           1653
           ,
           and
           ending
           
             Aprill
          
           11
           ,
           1654
           ,
           I
           have
           made
           
           an
           account
           unto
           you
           (
           and
           that
           so
           exactly
           as
           if
           I
           had
           been
           to
           passe
           it
           upon
           my
           Oath
           )
           and
           have
           received
           acquittances
           from
           you
           under
           your
           own
           hand
           ,
           in
           full
           discharge
           of
           each
           whole
           year
           severally
           ,
           which
           (
           if
           you
           deny
           )
           I
           can
           produce
           to
           convince
           you
           of
           untruth
           .
           By
           this
           unjust
           demand
           you
           manifestly
           shew
           ,
           that
           if
           your
           party
           had
           been
           predominant
           ,
           and
           I
           forced
           to
           sodain
           flight
           from
           my
           present
           habitation
           ,
           you
           might
           ,
           and
           meant
           ,
           to
           make
           my
           Books
           and
           other
           goods
           (
           which
           I
           could
           not
           carry
           with
           me
           )
           lyable
           to
           any
           demand
           or
           charge
           you
           would
           please
           to
           put
           upon
           them
           in
           my
           name
           .
        
         
           
             
               Dr.
               
                 H.
                 
              
            
             
               But
               for
               this
               year
               1654
               ,
               I
               know
               the
               proportion
               I
               have
               reason
               to
               expect
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               after
               300
               li.
               
                 per
                 annum
                 .
              
               for
               so
               much
               you
               may
               have
               for
               the
               living
               by
               Mr.
               
               
                 Day
                 ,
              
               and
               such
               security
               as
               you
               can
               not
               but
               approve
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           If
           I
           confessed
           a
           right
           of
           fifths
           ,
           due
           to
           you
           or
           yours
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           be
           unwilling
           to
           pay
           them
           in
           a
           due
           proportion
           ;
           but
           you
           know
           Sir
           ,
           I
           resolutely
           deny
           it
           ,
           and
           have
           rendred
           reasons
           of
           my
           deniall
           ,
           whereof
           you
           seem
           to
           take
           no
           notice
           ,
           because
           you
           have
           no
           minde
           to
           meddle
           with
           them
           ,
           if
           you
           have
           ,
           and
           please
           to
           make
           an
           answer
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           I
           cannot
           confute
           it
           ,
           I
           will
           either
           fairly
           part
           with
           
             Br.
          
           or
           freely
           pay
           a
           fifth
           part
           to
           you
           ,
           according
           as
           the
           profits
           of
           it
           come
           into
           me
           ,
           but
           not
           after
           the
           proportion
           of
           300
           
             li.
             per
             annum
             .
          
           Because
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           this
           is
           more
           (
           by
           above
           a
           fourth
           part
           )
           then
           (
           
             communibus
             annis
             &
             computatis
             computandis
          
           )
           I
           can
           make
           of
           it
           ,
           whereof
           in
           a
           letter
           to
           an
           eminent
           person
           (
           whom
           you
           know
           )
           I
           have
           shewed
           such
           reasons
           ,
           as
           any
           intelligent
           and
           indifferent
           Judge
           will
           acknowledge
           both
           for
           just
           and
           weighty
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           though
           you
           and
           Mr.
           
           
             D.
          
           or
           you
           by
           Mr.
           
           
             D
             ,
          
           raise
           the
           rate
           of
           the
           Parsonage
           ,
           the
           new
           Farmers
           bring
           it
           down
           ,
           abating
           no
           lesse
           then
           4
           
             li.
          
           of
           14
           
             li.
          
           a
           year
           ,
           for
           the
           Tithes
           and
           other
           rights
           of
           the
           Parson
           ,
           not
           taken
           in
           kinde
           of
           the
           Farm
           of
           
             Brightwell
             :
          
           for
           which
           abatement
           they
           plead
           by
           such
           reasons
           ,
           as
           I
           and
           my
           friend
           (
           who
           in
           such
           matters
           hath
           ten
           times
           more
           knowledge
           then
           my selfe
           )
           cannot
           readily
           answer
           .
        
         
         
           3
           Mr.
           
             D.
          
           his
           offer
           was
           but
           the
           acting
           of
           your
           device
           upon
           me
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           already
           shewed
           ,
           wherein
           he
           gave
           evidence
           of
           his
           good
           will
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           you
           did
           of
           your
           love
           to
           your self
           ,
           and
           of
           your
           ill
           minde
           towards
           me
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           had
           bin
           taken
           at
           his
           word
           and
           made
           to
           keep
           it
           ,
           he
           might
           well
           have
           accounted
           you
           his
           dear
           friend
           ,
           for
           he
           must
           needs
           have
           lost
           a
           great
           deal
           ,
           for
           your
           sake
           ,
           had
           he
           been
           as
           punctual
           in
           his
           performance
           ;
           (
           whether
           with
           or
           against
           his
           will
           )
           as
           he
           was
           prodigall
           in
           his
           promise
           .
           But
           you
           thought
           it
           more
           likely
           that
           I
           should
           lose
           all
           ,
           than
           he
           any
           thing
           ,
           by
           his
           undertaking
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           it
           was
           no
           more
           your
           meaning
           ,
           really
           to
           ingage
           so
           good
           a
           friend
           ,
           than
           it
           was
           his
           to
           be
           so
           far
           ingaged
           ,
           to
           his
           prejudice
           ,
           but
           to
           entitle
           your self
           to
           a
           demand
           ,
           and
           to
           entangle
           me
           to
           the
           payment
           of
           a
           fourth
           part
           in
           stead
           of
           a
           fift
           .
        
         
           Having
           followed
           you
           thus
           far
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           leave
           you
           ,
           until
           you
           come
           to
           your
           final
           period
           ,
           and
           now
           you
           draw
           neer
           unto
           it
           ,
           in
           your
           next
           words
           ,
           which
           are
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Dr.
               
                 H.
                 
              
            
             
               Therefore
               having
               performed
               my
               part
               of
               the
               agreement
               ,
               I
               expect
               yours
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           I
           shall
           answer
           you
           here
           with
           a
           question
           or
           two
           ,
           What
           agreement
           Sir
           ,
           do
           you
           mean
           ?
           and
           when
           was
           it
           made
           ?
           If
           you
           mean
           that
           of
           the
           19th
           .
           of
           
             October
          
           at
           
             Reading
             ,
          
           or
           that
           of
           
             Iune
          
           the
           13th
           .
           at
           
             Wallingford
             ,
          
           you
           have
           an
           answer
           to
           them
           both
           in
           the
           three
           last
           pages
           of
           the
           Book
           I
           sent
           you
           :
           if
           any
           of
           later
           date
           ,
           say
           what
           it
           was
           ,
           when
           and
           where
           it
           was
           made
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           have
           mine
           assent
           unto
           it
           in
           word
           and
           deed
           ,
           or
           just
           reasons
           of
           my
           refusall
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           You
           conclude
           with
           some
           good
           counsell
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           that
           consists
           of
           two
           particulars
           .
           First
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Dr.
               
                 H.
                 
              
            
             
               Follow
               that
               Rule
               of
               Do
               as
               you
               would
               be
               done
               by
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           That
           Rule
           (
           I
           grant
           )
           is
           a
           most
           righteous
           Rule
           ,
           given
           by
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           himself
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           7.
           12.
           and
           a
           most
           just
           standard
           ,
           (
           if
           rightly
           understood
           )
           whereby
           we
           must
           measure
           our
           mindes
           and
           dealings
           towards
           others
           (
           I
           say
           )
           if
           rightly
           understood
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           the
           understanding
           is
           truly
           informed
           ,
           
           and
           the
           will
           and
           desire
           rightly
           ,
           ordered
           ,
           otherwise
           ,
           the
           application
           of
           it
           to
           practise
           may
           prove
           unjust
           and
           absurd
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Unjust
           ,
           as
           when
           a
           Judge
           on
           the
           Bench
           will
           not
           passe
           sentence
           upon
           a
           Malefactor
           at
           the
           Bar
           ,
           because
           he
           loveth
           himself
           too
           well
           ,
           to
           be
           content
           to
           be
           condemned
           ,
           or
           when
           a
           man
           hath
           a
           faulty
           friend
           ,
           who
           deserveth
           to
           be
           punished
           ,
           and
           he
           intercedes
           for
           favour
           for
           him
           ,
           to
           free
           him
           from
           the
           stroke
           of
           Justice
           ,
           as
           
             Agesilaus
          
           did
           ,
           (
           when
           as
           
             “
          
           
             Plutarch
          
           reporteth
           )
           he
           wrote
           to
           a
           great
           Lord
           or
           Potentate
           for
           one
           
             Nicias
          
           in
           this
           manner
           .
           
             If
             he
             have
             not
             transgressed
             deliver
             him
             for
             justice
             sake
             :
             If
             he
             have
             ,
             deliver
             him
             for
             my
             sake
             :
             but
             howsoever
             deliver
             him
             .
          
           So
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           been
           dealt
           withall
           himself
           (
           had
           he
           been
           in
           the
           offenders
           case
           )
           but
           so
           it
           was
           not
           lawfull
           for
           him
           to
           do
           by
           another
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Absurd
           ,
           as
           thus
           ,
           A
           Master
           (
           as
           our
           great
           Master
           Christ
           Jesus
           maketh
           the
           comparison
           )
           when
           his
           servant
           commeth
           from
           the
           field
           ,
           will
           say
           unto
           him
           ,
           
             Make
             ready
             wherewith
             I
             may
             sup
             ,
             and
             gird
             thy selfe
             ,
             and
             serve
             me
             till
             I
             have
             eaten
             and
             drunken
             ,
             afterward
             thou
             shalt
             eat
             and
             drinke
             :
             Luke
          
           17.
           7
           ,
           8.
           because
           he
           would
           have
           his
           servant
           so
           obsequious
           unto
           him
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           very
           absurd
           if
           he
           should
           receive
           the
           like
           command
           from
           his
           servant
           ,
           and
           submit
           unto
           it
           ?
        
         
           
             But
             ,
             to
             take
             and
             apply
             the
             Rule
             as
             you
             would
             have
             me
             ,
             the
             meaning
             of
             it
             ,
             according
             to
             your
             minde
             will
             be
             this
             :
          
           
             Doe
             as
             you
             would
             be
             done
             by
             (
             that
             is
             )
             Pay
             the
             fifths
             of
             the
             Rectory
             of
             
               Brithwell
               ,
            
             to
             Dr.
             
               H.
            
             for
             the
             use
             of
             his
             wife
             and
             children
             ,
             and
             pay
             them
             freely
             and
             fully
             ,
             as
             you
             would
             have
             him
             do
             to
             you
             ,
             were
             you
             in
             his
             case
             .
          
        
         
           I
           will
           answer
           you
           not
           in
           your
           way
           of
           protestation
           (
           1
           )
           
             in
             verbo
             Sacerdotis
             ,
          
           but
           on
           the
           faith
           of
           an
           Evangelicall
           Minister
           ,
           and
           (
           if
           you
           could
           see
           into
           mine
           heart
           )
           you
           should
           not
           see
           there
           a
           syllable
           or
           a
           letter
           contrary
           to
           what
           I
           now
           professe
           (
           as
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Omniscient
           God
           )
           
             viz.
          
           that
           knowing
           what
           I
           do
           of
           your
           state
           and
           mine
           own
           ,
           and
           of
           both
           our
           relations
           to
           
             Brightwell
             ,
          
           I
           durst
           not
           (
           out
           of
           conscience
           )
           require
           at
           fifth
           
           part
           of
           the
           Parsonage
           of
           you
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           ingenuous
           civility
           (
           if
           I
           had
           not
           a
           nobler
           principle
           of
           operation
           in
           me
           then
           that
           )
           I
           would
           scorne
           to
           presse
           you
           with
           such
           undue
           demands
           as
           you
           do
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           you
           to
           the
           triall
           of
           the
           rule
           you
           bring
           to
           me
           ;
           would
           you
           ,
           were
           your
           condition
           such
           (
           as
           I
           have
           sincerely
           set
           down
           mine
           
             à
             pag.
             16.
             ad
          
           22.
           of
           my
           printed
           Acquittance
           )
           be
           content
           to
           pay
           a
           fifth
           part
           (
           as
           you
           would
           have
           it
           )
           to
           any
           one
           who
           needeth
           it
           no
           more
           then
           you
           do
           ?
           you
           know
           you
           would
           not
           ,
           
             Do
             then
          
           but
           
             as
             you
             would
             be
             done
             by
             :
          
           And
           you
           would
           do
           as
           I
           do
           ,
           if
           you
           had
           no
           higher
           thoughts
           of
           the
           Parsonage
           of
           
             Br.
          
           then
           I
           have
           .
           For
           though
           you
           very
           much
           advance
           the
           value
           of
           the
           Benefice
           (
           as
           you
           call
           it
           )
           the
           Pastorall
           charge
           as
           I
           finde
           it
           ,
           is
           so
           little
           beneficiall
           to
           me
           ,
           all
           receits
           and
           disbursments
           rightly
           calculated
           ,
           that
           weighing
           the
           benefit
           and
           burthen
           in
           all
           kindes
           together
           ,
           I
           had
           just
           cause
           to
           write
           thus
           to
           Mr.
           Vicechancellor
           of
           
             Oxon.
          
           November
           22.
           1654.
           
        
         
           I
           will
           say
           thus
           much
           ,
           and
           will
           make
           my
           word
           good
           ;
           by
           my
           deed
           ,
           if
           I
           be
           put
           to
           the
           triall
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           so
           far
           short
           of
           competent
           contentment
           ,
           in
           that
           condition
           wherein
           I
           am
           at
           
             Br.
          
           (
           chiefly
           through
           what
           I
           have
           suffered
           by
           you
           ,
           and
           your
           most
           and
           worst
           affected
           followers
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           be
           very
           willing
           to
           do
           service
           to
           any
           good
           people
           elsewhere
           (
           though
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           lesse
           wages
           then
           I
           am
           thought
           to
           have
           here
           ,
           but
           have
           not
           )
           if
           I
           may
           have
           a
           fair
           call
           to
           another
           place
           ,
           and
           a
           conscionable
           discharge
           from
           this
           where
           I
           am
           .
        
         
           And
           (
           which
           may
           be
           more
           to
           your
           satisfaction
           ,
           if
           you
           want
           not
           faith
           to
           believe
           the
           truth
           )
           I
           have
           made
           offer
           of
           all
           mine
           interest
           in
           
             Brightwell
          
           (
           without
           any
           capitulation
           at
           all
           )
           to
           a
           man
           of
           as
           excellent
           parts
           ,
           and
           as
           potent
           friends
           as
           any
           I
           know
           ,
           who
           (
           if
           he
           accept
           it
           )
           will
           easily
           acquit
           himselfe
           from
           your
           unrighteous
           and
           unreasonable
           exaction
           .
        
         
           Howsoever
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           (
           according
           to
           the
           conditions
           promised
           )
           resolve
           to
           leave
           
             Brightwell
             ,
          
           then
           still
           to
           worke
           under
           such
           a
           rigorous
           Taske-master
           as
           I
           have
           found
           and
           felt
           you
           for
           four
           years
           together
           ,
        
         
         
           The
           other
           part
           of
           your
           counsell
           to
           me
           (
           wherewith
           you
           close
           up
           your
           Letter
           )
           is
           :
        
         
           
             
               Dr.
               
                 H.
                 
              
            
             
               Not
               to
               give
               any
               occasion
               of
               breach
               ,
               or
               quarrell
               to
               him
               ,
               who
               desireth
               to
               expresse
               himselfe
               :
            
             
               
                 Your
                 affectionate
                 Friend
                 to
                 serve
                 you
                 .
                 
                   Ed.
                   Hyde
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           If
           a
           breach
           and
           quarrel
           be
           not
           yet
           made
           by
           your
           unjust
           demand
           ,
           and
           my
           just
           deniall
           of
           fifths
           ,
           with
           reasons
           for
           it
           ,
           in
           print
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           give
           you
           any
           greater
           occasion
           of
           it
           then
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           for
           (
           for
           that
           ●●tter
           )
           I
           shall
           but
           deny
           to
           pay
           them
           still
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           the
           same
           grounds
           .
           But
           if
           a
           breach
           and
           quarrel
           be
           made
           already
           ,
           (
           and
           I
           believe
           you
           take
           it
           so
           )
           your
           counsell
           commeth
           too
           late
           ,
           and
           you
           should
           rather
           have
           proposed
           some
           means
           to
           make
           up
           the
           breach
           ,
           to
           take
           up
           the
           quarrel
           :
           you
           would
           seeme
           to
           be
           peaceably
           disposed
           .
           when
           you
           professe
           a
           desire
           to
           expresse
           your selfe
           mine
           affectionate
           friend
           to
           serve
           me
           .
           But
           
             how
             feeble
             is
             your
             affection
          
           if
           it
           be
           true
           ?
           for
           it
           is
           but
           a
           desire
           ,
           a
           desire
           but
           to
           expresse
           (
           that
           is
           so
           to
           shew
           ,
           and
           declare
           your selfe
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           appear
           such
           a
           friend
           )
           
             how
             false
             your
             profession
             ,
          
           if
           you
           act
           contrary
           to
           it
           .
           And
           how
           should
           I
           think
           otherwise
           ,
           when
           you
           pretend
           love
           ,
           and
           intend
           Law
           :
           For
           having
           heretofore
           used
           to
           send
           to
           me
           by
           your
           friends
           ,
           Mr.
           
             H.
          
           and
           Mr.
           
           
             Wh.
          
           you
           sent
           me
           this
           last
           Letter
           by
           a
           professed
           Lawyer
           ;
           as
           though
           thereby
           you
           meant
           to
           tell
           me
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           will
           not
           be
           lead
           by
           your
           Letter
           to
           do
           what
           you
           would
           have
           me
           ,
           you
           would
           compell
           me
           by
           Law
           to
           conformity
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           for
           that
           Sir
           ,
           you
           may
           take
           your
           course
           ,
           and
           when
           you
           take
           up
           
           the
           Sword
           ,
           you
           shall
           not
           (
           God
           willing
           )
           finde
           me
           unready
           to
           betake
           me
           to
           my
           Buckler
           :
           And
           so
           I
           subscribe
           my selfe
           ,
        
         
           
             Yours
             to
             serve
             you
             (
             at
             the
             Bar
             of
             any
             Court
             of
             Iustice
             or
             Equity
             ,
             when
             you
             serve
             me
             with
             Processe
             to
             attend
             you
             there
             .
             )
             
               John
               Ley.
               
            
          
           
             
               Brightwell
               ,
            
             
               April
               6.
               1655.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           Page
           8.
           line
           3.
           read
           
             the
             same
             summe
             .
          
           p.
           10.
           l.
           4.
           r.
           
             for
             your
             return
             thither
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           Postscript
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           YOV
           have
           (
           since
           I
           wrote
           this
           Letter
           )
           turned
           my
           suspicion
           of
           your
           professed
           friendship
           ,
           into
           undoubted
           assurance
           of
           your
           dissembling
           with
           me
           :
           By
           sending
           a
           Bailiffe
           on
           Saturday
           ,
           (
           
             May
          
           12.
           )
           to
           attach
           me
           ,
           or
           to
           take
           Bond
           for
           my
           appearance
           ,
           on
           Monday
           
             May
          
           14.
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Common
           Pleas
           ,
           Which
           sodain
           warning
           was
           not
           by
           his
           choice
           but
           yours
           ,
           as
           the
           date
           of
           your
           Letter
           of
           direction
           to
           him
           (
           for
           serving
           the
           Sheriffes
           Warrant
           upon
           〈◊〉
           )
           sheweth
           .
           Hereby
           he
           that
           hath
           but
           halfe
           an
           eye
           may
           see
           ,
           you
           meant
           (
           not
           like
           a
           good
           Minister
           )
           to
           disturbe
           my
           preparations
           for
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           unlike
           a
           good
           Christian
           )
           to
           distresse
           me
           by
           want
           of
           time
           to
           take
           Counsell
           ,
           how
           to
           apply
           my selfe
           for
           my
           just
           defence
           in
           the
           Suit
           commenced
           by
           you
           .
           I
           would
           not
           ,
           I
           did
           not
           ,
           serve
           you
           so
           ,
           when
           I
           sent
           you
           my
           Book
           against
           you
           (
           by
           a
           Messenger
           of
           purpose
           )
           the
           next
           day
           after
           Ireceived
           it
           from
           
             London
             ,
          
           that
           you
           might
           have
           as
           timely
           intelligence
           of
           the
           publishing
           of
           it
           as
           I
           could
           give
           you
           .
           Howsoever
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           you
           may
           perceive
           my
           readiness
           to
           perform
           my
           promise
           to
           you
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           
             To
             serve
             you
             at
             the
             bar
             of
             any
             Court
             of
             Justice
             or
             equity
             ,
             when
             you
             serve
             me
             with
             Processe
             to
             attend
             you
             there
             )
          
           for
           
             that
             day
             (
             viz.
          
           Monday
           forementioned
           ,
           though
           your
           summons
           were
           so
           short
           )
           I
           came
           to
           
             Westminster
          
           where
           you
           had
           put
           (
           into
           the
           Court
           )
           no
           Declaration
           against
           me
           .
           So
           forward
           were
           you
           to
           shew
           your
           teeth
           ,
           before
           you
           could
           bite
           ;
           which
           may
           give
           occasion
           of
           caution
           ,
           and
           (
           that
           may
           be
           also
           )
           some
           cause
           of
           security
           to
           him
           who
           sincerely
           subscribing
           to
           the
           Christian
           sentence
           of
           
             “
          
           
             “
             Amicos
             deligere
             omnium
             est
             inimicos
             solorum
             Christianorum
             
               Tertul.
               ad
               Scapul
               .
               Tom.
               2.
               p.
               162.
               item
               .
            
          
           
             Tertullian
          
           had
           rather
           (
           notwithstanding
           your
           harsh
           and
           hasty
           dealing
           with
           him
           )
           entitle
           himselfe
           your
           Respondent
           ,
           
           
             Christianus
             nullius
             cst
             hostis
             .
             
               Ibid.
               
            
          
           or
           Defendant
           ,
           then
           your
           Adversarie
        
         
           
             J.
             Ley.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A48313e-30
           
             Colleg.
             Conimbricens
             .
             in
             lib.
             
               Aristot.
            
             de
             memoria
             &
             Reminiscentia
             c.
             10.
             col
             .
             18.
             
             §.
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             4.
             21.
             
          
           
             “
             The
             copie
             of
             this
             Letter
             is
             in
             the
             last
             page
             of
             mine
             Acquittance
             .
          
           
             *
             Quod
             val●e
             volumus
             ,
             facile
             credimus
             .
          
           
             “
             
               Plutarch
            
             in
             his
             precepts
             of
             policie
             ,
             p.
             300.
             of
             his
             Morals
             .