A letter from Mr. Edward Whitaker to the Protestant joyner upon his bill being sent to Oxford Whitaker, Edward. 1681 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A65681 Wing W1704 ESTC R22742 12622305 ocm 12622305 64551 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. A65681) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 64551) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 969:15) A letter from Mr. Edward Whitaker to the Protestant joyner upon his bill being sent to Oxford Whitaker, Edward. Colledge, Stephen, 1635?-1681. 1 sheet (2 p.) Printed for N.T., London : 1681. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. The "Protestant joyner" was Stephen Colledge. Broadside. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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My true Friend , I Cannot but with grief consider the approaching danger that attends upon your Bill being sent to Oxford , where it 's too much to be fear'd the Tory and Tantivy Parties prevail against the Interest of our true Bromingham Friends , and for that reason give you these Cautions , considering our Friends have not been so careful to have good Sheriffs and good Mayors in all the Corporations of England ; which neglect I fear will prove fatal . Nay , most of our Temple-bar Friends may feel the sad Effects of so great an oversight ; for the making of such provision in one place signifies nothing , unless they had don 't every where . But they took the Government upon 'em , and it 's no matter if they smart for their carelessness : You know well enough that I had no ill Design in causing the L. H. of E. to be apprehended , if I could in any case but have been secure ; But the Gossips my Mrs. GilsLurt and Mrs. Fitz-Harris must be tatling that which it had been better they had not ; and I did no more then bare necessity forc'd me to , which is well known to all our honest Friends . I was not a little raised in Spirit t'other day when I heard the good tidings Mr. Ignoramus brought to our Garrison , and the Applause he met with from all the young Squires of the Black Gown , besides some of our Friends Foot-boys , who ( as with one Fum ) did it so exactly , that it might well be compar'd with the best of our Discipline ; and at the same time my Joy was not without Sorrow for our dear Friend S — y , who broke his Arm in endeavouring to speak to an honest Friend of the Jury , before they went out upon your Bill ; and indeed had I not been Confin'd , I did intend to that my self , and would take care of your Oxford Jury , if I could possible any ways find the way thither ; but you knowing of my Condition , I hope you will have me favourably excused to our Friends that will be sent thither . My Friend , be chearful , for I can assure you you 're not forsaken ; for upon your Case hangs all our Cases , and if you hang , it 's much to be fear'd we shall few of us escape better . And , by the way take these following Directions : When you come upon your Trial Be sure to except against all the Tory and Tantivy - men that shall be Impannell'd ; for it 's impossible to perswade any single man of that Party to move a quarter of an inch from the true meaning of the Law of the Land ; and by keeping to that Rule some of our Bromingham Friends will chop in at last upon your Trial for Life and Death ; and you may well guess the men , ( Friends will be there to give you the watch-word , ) and they cannot want encouragement to be honest ; and so far fear not , and bear up manfully as you have hitherto done in despite of 'em all . I could recommend our Agents to an Alehouse-keeper that lives near the Theatre ; he is a very honest man , as I may say , and has had the King's-Head-Letter ever since the beginning of the Plot ; that 's a man that may be confided in , and will give you notice of all our true Friends that live in those Parts , which at this season may be of great use to your Deliverance , ( as you know how ) and I am well assur'd the good People will not be sparing in their Labour , if they can any ways be inducted to serve you , and if they be careful of inquiring among 'em , you will find that some of 'em will lend you a hard word or two , ( you know what I mean , ) and 't will be better taken then to bring any of our batter'd London-faces to a place where they are so generally known . But if none of the foremention'd shifts take place , and you must after all be found Guilty upon your last Plea , tell 'em you have something of Importance to declare in private , and in troth if it comes to that tell all , for I 'm resolv'd to do 't my self , but that I keep as my last stake , and if you observe that , you will easily judge how much you may be a saver by the Bargain , and let them dance that have all along paid the Piper , for they have more Money and Wit to defend themselves than we . And besides , it 's almost morally impossible , if there was as many Witnesses against 'em as standing one upon another would reach to the top of the Monument near London-Bridge , they would hardly be discern'd as the Cause is here secur'd , and so far they are secure from being beholding to their Peers , unless the Oxford trick be put upon them ; for if they have been tatling there , ( as 't is too much to be fear'd they have ) we have brought our Hogs to a fair Market : I am plain , you need no Clavis to know what is meant . Honest Kisstel does intend to attend at his own Coffee-House near you for the more secure entertainment of Friends : Indeed Richard should have done it upon the stock-publick , but in this stress of business he cannot be spar'd from home ; for you know our Friends will not trust every one with the place where they go , and will not be so publick as they have been , except in the Stationers Shops , Committees , or so ; for if they do not keep up their Reputation there , the Cause will never be retriev'd . A good Journey , and as good a come off , is the wishes of Your true Friend E. W. LONDON : Printed for N. T. 1681.