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             A Discourse shewing in what state the three kingdomes are in at this present
             Milton, John, 1608-1674.
          
           [8] p.
           
             s.n.]
             [London? :
             1641.
          
           
             "By John Milton?" -- Halkett and Laing.
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           Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649 -- Sources.
        
      
    
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             A
             DISCOURSE
          
           Shewing
           In
           what
           state
           THE
           THREE
           KINGDOMES
           Are
           in
           At
           this
           present
           .
        
         
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           yeare
           ,
           1641.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           In
           what
           State
           the
           three
           Kingdomes
           are
           at
           this
           present
           .
        
         
           SIR
           ,
        
         
           AS
           the
           faces
           of
           all
           Britane
           shew
           their
           hearts
           and
           inclinations
           ,
           so
           if
           their
           hearts
           were
           glazed
           with
           a
           Christall
           ,
           they
           would
           appeare
           fearefull
           of
           the
           future
           :
           were
           not
           the
           representative
           body
           of
           the
           State
           carefull
           to
           cure
           the
           present
           malady
           ,
           purge
           the
           distempered
           humours
           and
           save
           the
           much
           gangrend
           body
           ,
           by
           cutting
           some
           rotten
           and
           putrifide
           members
           off
           ;
           which
           infect
           ,
           infest
           and
           invade
           the
           republique
           ;
           this
           makes
           me
           cheerefull
           to
           discover
           the
           conceptions
           of
           the
           wise
           ,
           and
           not
           as
           an
           Orator
           ,
           but
           relate
           their
           opinion
           as
           their
           auditor
           :
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           take
           away
           from
           me
           ostentation
           ,
           and
           trouble
           from
           the
           reader
           even
           to
           give
           ease
           of
           discourse
           .
        
         
           Their
           profound
           sighes
           and
           earnest
           prayers
           might
           quicken
           my
           ingenie
           ,
           better
           then
           the
           sound
           of
           excellent
           instruments
           can
           revive
           the
           spirit
           ;
           to
           present
           this
           with
           all
           obedience
           to
           my
           Soveraigne
           ,
           and
           faith
           to
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           declare
           what
           is
           convenient
           to
           be
           done
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           submitting
           my self
           modestly
           to
           head
           and
           body
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           those
           streame
           of
           teares
           and
           sweet
           perfumes
           ,
           make
           not
           my
           penne
           fruitfull
           and
           odoriferous
           ,
           pardon
           my
           rudenesse
           ,
           and
           consider
           the
           state
           we
           are
           now
           in
           .
        
         
         
           When
           our
           miserable
           condition
           perceived
           (
           before
           the
           accesse
           of
           the
           universall
           body
           )
           by
           the
           wrinckles
           ,
           put
           on
           the
           brow
           of
           ruined
           affaires
           ,
           councell
           weakned
           ,
           and
           reputation
           of
           State
           blasted
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           crie
           out
           against
           such
           instruments
           ;
           what
           miserable
           condition
           are
           wee
           brought
           to
           ?
           Oh
           God!
           suffer
           not
           ill
           Councellors
           to
           be
           as
           a
           bad
           spleene
           ,
           to
           swell
           so
           big
           as
           to
           make
           leane
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           that
           our
           empty
           purses
           bee
           not
           filled
           with
           bloud
           ,
           though
           with
           teares
           :
           wherefore
           I
           humbly
           beseech
           the
           head
           to
           produce
           such
           effect
           ,
           as
           the
           Sunne
           on
           moist
           and
           cold
           grounds
           ,
           to
           reduce
           the
           generall
           capacity
           to
           such
           an
           influence
           of
           Justice
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           Religion
           and
           liberty
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           lieu
           thereof
           ,
           the
           people
           may
           make
           him
           a
           rich
           and
           potent
           King
           .
        
         
           As
           all
           Rivers
           returne
           to
           the
           Ocean
           ,
           so
           shall
           the
           Laborinth
           we
           are
           in
           ,
           be
           by
           the
           helpe
           of
           wise
           Ariadnes
           escaped
           ,
           and
           the
           golden
           fleece
           ,
           continuance
           of
           Gospell
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Peace
           and
           downy
           tranquility
           ,
           with
           helpe
           of
           those
           godly
           
             Medeas
             ,
          
           be
           preserved
           and
           procured
           :
           Therefore
           not
           as
           a
           Lawyer
           ,
           give
           mee
           leave
           as
           a
           welwisher
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           to
           put
           the
           case
           by
           way
           of
           supposition
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           fundamentall
           Lawes
           bee
           quite
           overthrowne
           ,
           Religion
           altered
           ,
           the
           Nobility
           taken
           away
           by
           counsells
           of
           warre
           (
           as
           the
           Lord
           
             Mount
             Noris
          
           should
           have
           beene
           )
           the
           meaner
           sort
           used
           as
           
             Pryn
             ,
             Burton
          
           &
           
             Bastwick
             ;
          
           the
           propriety
           of
           goods
           taken
           away
           from
           the
           subject
           ;
           an
           Army
           force
           an
           Arbitrary
           way
           of
           government
           ,
           and
           justice
           bought
           &
           sold
           ;
           what
           misery
           will
           follow
           ?
           when
           the
           Judges
           shall
           affirm
           it
           legall
           ,
           the
           Clergie
           wrongfully
           in
           their
           Pulpits
           teach
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Cabinet
           Councell
           authorize
           the
           conveniency
           for
           matter
           of
           State
           ;
           therefore
           to
           have
           our
           Lawes
           established
           ,
           Religion
           maintained
           ,
           the
           pride
           of
           
           Prelates
           abased
           ,
           Justice
           administred
           ,
           Liberty
           settled
           ,
           and
           Peace
           continued
           for
           after
           times
           :
           It
           is
           necessary
           the
           King
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           joyne
           in
           a
           most
           severe
           punishment
           ,
           that
           none
           in
           the
           
             Postea
             ,
          
           dare
           to
           enterprise
           the
           surprise
           and
           ruine
           of
           the
           common
           good
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           an
           infallible
           maxime
           ,
           the
           King
           is
           richer
           in
           the
           hearts
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           treasures
           of
           his
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           Surely
           there
           was
           never
           a
           fitter
           time
           ,
           nor
           a
           more
           convenient
           occasion
           then
           now
           ,
           when
           three
           Kingdomes
           unite
           for
           their
           owne
           safety
           ;
           when
           the
           Scot
           hath
           an
           army
           on
           foote
           for
           this
           purpose
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           hath
           promised
           they
           shall
           not
           be
           interrupted
           in
           their
           Counsells
           ,
           and
           God
           requires
           it
           for
           his
           glory
           .
        
         
           Especially
           when
           Ministers
           of
           State
           have
           begun
           to
           act
           this
           fatall
           Tragedy
           ,
           the
           guiltinesse
           by
           so
           many
           lively
           testimonies
           proved
           ,
           and
           the
           treason
           by
           presidents
           &
           weighty
           authority
           assured
           ,
           by
           Law
           maintained
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           the
           Commons
           house
           adjudged
           ,
           who
           have
           power
           by
           25.
           
             Ed.
          
           3.
           and
           when
           it
           is
           brought
           to
           so
           good
           a
           passe
           by
           the
           Lords
           ,
           who
           both
           have
           
             Legislative
          
           power
           ,
           why
           should
           not
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           bring
           it
           to
           perfection
           ;
           that
           the
           King
           signe
           ;
           that
           who
           shall
           dare
           to
           alter
           Religion
           ,
           innovate
           Law
           ,
           or
           take
           away
           liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           be
           condignly
           punished
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           cause
           an
           expresse
           Law
           to
           be
           made
           on
           purpose
           ,
           to
           attaint
           bloud
           ,
           forfeit
           life
           ,
           lands
           and
           goods
           ,
           if
           any
           shall
           assay
           such
           crying
           exorbitances
           .
        
         
           If
           by
           the
           Law
           it
           bee
           high
           treason
           to
           kill
           a
           Commissioner
           of
           Oyer
           and
           Terminer
           ,
           in
           feare
           of
           justice
           ;
           
             à
             majore
          
           to
           confound
           the
           whole
           body
           ,
           when
           a
           Commissioner
           is
           but
           one
           poore
           member
           of
           the
           body
           politique
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           make
           a
           Law
           ,
           none
           be
           capable
           of
           any
           place
           of
           government
           ,
           that
           hath
           or
           shall
           give
           such
           counsell
           ,
           and
           
           leave
           the
           rest
           to
           the
           trienniall
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           not
           graspe
           too
           much
           ,
           lest
           all
           the
           harpies
           flie
           away
           .
        
         
           Likewise
           it
           is
           necessary
           to
           make
           a
           remonstrance
           of
           the
           necessity
           of
           giving
           300000.
           to
           the
           Scots
           ,
           to
           give
           satisfaction
           to
           future
           ages
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           no
           pusilanimity
           ,
           but
           upon
           mature
           deliberation
           ;
           because
           the
           evident
           necessity
           and
           inevitable
           dangers
           cast
           upon
           us
           by
           ill
           counsell
           ,
           justly
           caused
           it
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           purpose
           ,
           the
           house
           of
           Commons
           hath
           done
           wisely
           ,
           to
           endeavour
           to
           clip
           the
           wings
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           fly
           into
           no
           temporall
           place
           ,
           whose
           pens
           and
           tongues
           have
           uttered
           such
           poison
           against
           the
           common
           good
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           pride
           would
           willingly
           adhere
           to
           Rome
           ,
           as
           by
           many
           superstitions
           it
           plainly
           appeares
           ;
           they
           have
           introduced
           some
           Babilonian
           ceremonies
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           bridge
           unto
           the
           Church
           by
           the
           Arminian
           opinion
           ,
           to
           passe
           over
           to
           Popery
           .
        
         
           The
           State
           of
           Venice
           jealous
           of
           any
           their
           members
           ,
           confederating
           with
           enemies
           cause
           them
           to
           bestrangled
           and
           hanged
           up
           betweene
           Columnes
           ,
           confiscate
           their
           goods
           and
           estates
           ,
           bannish
           their
           children
           and
           make
           them
           incapable
           of
           government
           :
           if
           for
           jealousie
           ,
           much
           more
           for
           so
           foule
           acts
           committed
           ,
           ought
           they
           dye
           ,
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           and
           man
           .
        
         
           Among
           the
           Athenians
           ,
           Lacedemonians
           and
           Romans
           ;
           whosoever
           should
           goe
           about
           to
           alter
           the
           forme
           of
           government
           ,
           or
           Lawes
           without
           publique
           consent
           ,
           hath
           been
           ever
           accounted
           the
           highest
           Traitor
           ;
           witnesse
           their
           Ostracisme
           ,
           and
           many
           such
           exemplary
           punishments
           ,
           used
           to
           such
           wretches
           .
        
         
           If
           destroying
           the
           head
           bee
           high
           treason
           ,
           then
           ruining
           the
           state
           of
           the
           body
           must
           be
           ;
           for
           if
           it
           be
           suffocated
           
           with
           grosse
           spirits
           the
           head
           will
           not
           onely
           ake
           ,
           but
           bee
           Apoplecticall
           or
           Lethargicall
           ,
           such
           a
           sympathy
           or
           rather
           relation
           is
           betwixt
           head
           and
           members
           ,
           that
           no
           Rhetorique
           or
           eloquence
           can
           take
           it
           away
           :
           In
           this
           case
           it
           is
           no
           pitty
           ,
           but
           convenient
           to
           destroy
           the
           brood
           of
           such
           vipers
           ,
           and
           by
           our
           Law
           the
           intention
           makes
           it
           treason
           .
           But
           how
           many
           waies
           the
           Lord
           of
           Strafford
           hath
           perpetrated
           this
           intention
           ,
           hath
           been
           often
           proved
           .
        
         
           In
           18.
           and
           21.
           
           
             Iacobi
             ,
          
           The
           whole
           house
           adjudged
           it
           treason
           ,
           to
           alien
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           Subjects
           from
           the
           Soveraigne
           ,
           which
           hath
           beene
           done
           by
           his
           Counsellors
           .
           His
           imprisoning
           without
           Law
           ,
           was
           high
           Treason
           ,
           in
           Sir
           
             Haukin
             
               Hanby
            
          
           25.
           
             E.
          
           3.
           
             Art.
          
           61.
           who
           was
           drawne
           ,
           hanged
           and
           quartered
           .
        
         
           Judge
           
             Thorpe
          
           for
           giving
           such
           an
           oath
           contrary
           to
           Law
           ,
           was
           high
           Treason
           ;
           and
           is
           not
           his
           ?
        
         
           The
           reason
           
             Rich.
          
           2.
           was
           deposed
           (
           plainly
           manifested
           )
           was
           because
           he
           suffered
           divers
           malefactors
           to
           escape
           ,
           (
           condemned
           by
           Parliament
           )
           which
           caused
           the
           oppression
           of
           the
           Subject
           and
           ruine
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           In
           all
           ages
           a
           Lethargy
           in
           Kings
           hath
           caused
           their
           ruine
           :
           witnesse
           
             Ed.
          
           2.
           
             Rich.
          
           2.
           and
           
             H.
          
           6.
           
           (
           I
           humbly
           desire
           God
           to
           blesse
           his
           Majesty
           .
           )
           But
           consider
           wee
           ,
           that
           the
           three
           Kingdomes
           will
           not
           be
           satisfied
           unlesse
           the
           wrong
           received
           be
           expiated
           with
           the
           oblation
           of
           some
           ,
           have
           caused
           a
           heretick
           condition
           .
        
         
           The
           Lord
           of
           Strafford
           hath
           had
           counsell
           in
           case
           of
           treason
           ,
           when
           none
           hath
           had
           the
           like
           since
           the
           Conquest
           .
        
         
           So
           the
           whole
           world
           may
           see
           with
           what
           temper
           ,
           gravity
           and
           patience
           they
           proceed
           .
        
         
           
             Ed.
          
           Earle
           of
           Northumberland
           ,
           in
           the
           8.
           of
           
             Rich.
          
           2.
           
           (
           because
           his
           Deputy
           let
           the
           Scots
           take
           Barwicke
           Castle
           )
           was
           condemned
           of
           high
           Treason
           ,
           and
           yet
           he
           never
           consented
           thereunto
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           done
           without
           his
           privity
           :
           but
           the
           Lord
           of
           Strafford
           writ
           to
           the
           Major
           of
           Newcastle
           to
           let
           in
           the
           Scots
           ,
           and
           caused
           the
           Arms
           to
           be
           taken
           away
           from
           the
           foure
           adjacent
           Counties
           ,
           making
           them
           incapable
           of
           defence
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           it
           is
           visible
           as
           the
           sunne
           ,
           he
           is
           guilty
           ,
           besides
           his
           other
           crimes
           ;
           now
           his
           delay
           of
           punishment
           hath
           kindled
           such
           a
           fire
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           Subjects
           of
           the
           three
           Kingdomes
           are
           on
           a
           flame
           ,
           and
           wil
           not
           be
           satisfied
           :
           
             Ex
             parvis
             magna
             Crescunt
             .
          
        
         
           I
           pray
           God
           divert
           the
           evill
           ,
           and
           give
           us
           true
           repentance
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .