There hath bin a printed paper lately published under the title of a Declaration of Commissary Generall Bhar for his vindication of diverse dishonourable calumnies, which he should have expressed highly to the prejudice of both nations in sundry particulars, the proofe of which, we leave to those honourable persons, whose reputation is of that value, not withstanding the influence of these barbarous lines hath upon them, as scornes to admit any comparison with the basenesse of the subscriber. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A74091 of text R210285 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.10[4]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A74091 Thomason 669.f.10[4] ESTC R210285 99869097 99869097 162545 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A74091) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162545) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f10[4]) There hath bin a printed paper lately published under the title of a Declaration of Commissary Generall Bhar for his vindication of diverse dishonourable calumnies, which he should have expressed highly to the prejudice of both nations in sundry particulars, the proofe of which, we leave to those honourable persons, whose reputation is of that value, not withstanding the influence of these barbarous lines hath upon them, as scornes to admit any comparison with the basenesse of the subscriber. Middleton, John Middleton, Earl of, 1619-1674. Carr, Gilbert. Holbourne, James. Innes, James, Major. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [S.l. : 1644] Signed at end: Colonell John Middleton. Captaine Gilbert Carr. Colonell James Holbourne. Captaine James Innes. Title from first paragraph of text. A reply to: Behr, Hans. The declaration of Commissary Generall Behr, against divers slanders and lies spread abroad against him. Annotation on Thomason copy: "may: 2d. 1644.". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Behr, Hans. -- Declaration of commissary generall Behr, against divers slanders and lies spread abroad against him. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A74091 R210285 (Thomason 669.f.10[4]). civilwar no There hath bin a printed paper lately published under the title of a Declaration of Commissary Generall Bhar, for his vindication of diverse Middleton, John Middleton, Earl of 1644 670 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-06 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Judith Siefring Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Judith Siefring Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THere hath bin a Printed Paper lately published under the Title of a Declaration of Commissary Generall Bhar , for his vindication of diverse dishonourable Calumnies , which he should have expressed , highly to the prejudice of both Nations in sundry particalars , The proofe of which , we leave to those Honourable Persons , whose reputation is of that value , notwithstanding the influence these barbarous lines hath upon them , as scornes to admit any comparison with the basenesse of the subscriber . In which Paper it is to be observed , That Commissary Generall Bhar , [ in all his actions like himselfe ] whereas he should haue vindicated his Honour by his Sword [ my Lord Denbigh having adorned him with all the Ornaments of a Pultrone , as is to be seene under his hand and Seale , did send a Letter of complement to the Earle , thinking his Lordship ( having so prodigally affronted him before , would have returned one Answer sutable to his Letter : but my Lord , truly Noble , perfectly scorn'd it , and made his Major returne him this . Sir , the Earle of Denbigh bid me let you know , that what he spoke or wrote , or shall speake or write , concerning you , he will Justifie , avouch , and maintaine . This Major was neither Peere , nor Parliament man , so that Bhar might have put him to it ; since his pretence was , he could not challenge a Peere of the Land , but it is well knowne , my Lord Denbigh is of such Gallantry , that he would wave any Priviledge what soever , for the reparation of the bleeding Honour of a Gentleman . In the end of his Declaration , he subjoynes as followeth . But of all these Calumnies and Lyes in generall , I am bound to say , that they are invented , forged , and vented by men , ill affected to the common good ; who for sinister ends , endeavour to sowe division , and to rend in sunder the happy union of the two Nations , of which ravelling , some beginnings are already discovered in diverse Commanders , who have laid downe their Commissions , in his Excellencies Army , upon no other ground , but that it standeth not with their Honour , to serve where the robber of their Nations honour is tolerated . Observe ; Bhar would not challenge a Peere , and yet here he renders himselfe so considerable , that those whom he seares would question him guiltie , are sowers of Sedition , and Renters of the Vnion betwixt the two Kingdomes . He accuses some Officers of ravelling , who for just reasons have layd downe their Commissions ; and yet all this time his carriage to these Gentlemen hath been so submissively humble , that it can deserve no other Title but Sycophanticall basenesse . He never had the courage to resent it , otherwise , then by stealing up a thing called a Declaration ( his Person that day being invisible ) thinking thereby to free himselfe of these just Titles , deservedly put upon him in the Earle of Denbighes Letter , where he stands registred upon record , a most notorious Pultrone , a base and unworthy way to cloake his Cowardize : As who would stab a man behind , not daring to make appeare any former resentment . But the Gentleman is wise , he hath chosen the best of two evils ; Not knowing otherwise how to avoyd personall hazard , but by throwing himselfe in the hand of Iustice , where ( hee knowes ) wee must leave him to his merited reward , which we doubt not time will suddenly bring forth . Colonell John Middleton . Colonell James Holburne . Captaine Gilbert Carr. Captaine James Innes .