THE ARRAIGNMENT and Impeachment of Major General massy, Sir William Waller, Col. Poyntz, Sir Philip Stapleton, Sir john Maynard, Ant▪ Nichols, and one Cheisty, the Scotch Secretary, (lately taken at Sea by the Vice-admiral) with dives other surreptitious Members of the Commons in Parliament, the Court of Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of London; as namely Col. Sutton, Major Banes, Cap. Cox, now in safe custody, and other Citizens of meaner rank and quality of the Presbyterian Faction.  
Wi●h a fresh discovery of their late treasonous plots, and horrid designs against the Parliament, the Army, the Famous City of London, and consequently of the whole Kingdom, in engaging them in a second cruel and bloody War.  
Wherein the Conspirators are arraigned, convicted, and condemned, according to their several crimes.  
Also a thankful Remembrance of the late success it hath pleased the Almighty to confer upon our ever Renowned General, Sir Thomas Fairfax, and his Council of War, against that Viperous brood of rigid Presbyters.  
Printed in the Year, 1647. Aug: 23.   

The Arraignment, etc.  
ALthough I know it is no safe way in a time like this, to write truth of men or manners, especially those who are the known Authors of Bloody Tragedies, and other horrid treacheries, acted on the dismal Theatre of a languishing Kingdom, yet in compassion to my abused Country, and in a professed hate to all the enemies thereof, I have adventured once more to present to your views, a Mirror or looking glass, wherein you may see the crafty devices of divers Shimeys, Rabshakeys, Ishmaels', Achitophel's, with all their M●chiavilian plots and policies, hammered out, and contrvied in the Devil's fencing School, where that Hydra-headed crew of stigmatic furies, the Prinists, Massites, and Wallites, meant to play their master prize.  

The Charge.  
The first weapon they play withal, is a Cudgel, to cudgel into the people's heads, that the Independents, Anabaptists, Sectaries, Heretics, Schismatics, and the like (names better befitting the Presbyters, than so faithful a people) were many of them in places of public trust and power, and of the Common counsel, and must speedily be removed (if they intent to thrive in their treasonable designs) therefore with much urgeney, they persuaded the Parliament speedy to slight all such Garrisons where any such faithful men were placed, and to newmould the Common counsel of the City, else they could proceed no further, but must cross their Cudgels, and give over: and if they effected the same, they resolved to introduce into their places, debauched and dissolute persons, the better to drive on their own treasonable designs, which they speedily effected, and procured an Ord. for the same. Yet this would not carry it, unless they could invent a way to make odious the Army, to the Parliament and people, and consequently cause them to disband, and break into pieces, without any consideration of arrears, only a months pay, even whilst they themselves went about to raise or form a new force, under presence of the service of Ireland, when indeed it was to serve their own treasonous designs in England. This plot, though carried on with much cunning, was no sooner discovered by the faithfulness of the Army, bu● as speedily communicated to the Parliament, who speedily joined with them in the suspension of many corrupt Members, guilty of the treasonous delighes before mentioned: who consequently were impeached, and testrained from sitting in the House, as Judges in their own came, or ex●●cising their power in Committees, till th●ir cause's should be tried. After which (at the City's request) the Army withdrew at a distance from the City: in the mean while, these impeached Members, pretending to av●●d ●ny disturbance or interruption in retarding the public affairs of the Kingdom, obtained Passes to travel, though the Army presumed of the ca●e of the Houses for their forth coming to be tried, when the weighty affairs of the Kingdom were settled.  
Yet as men loath to give over, when they had taken such pains to advance their plots, they instead of travelling (taking the advantage of the distance of the Army) traveled and brought forth a new device, which was to contrive and set a foot a secret combination, in a mischievous and desperate vow and engagement, under the notion of a Petition to the Major and Aldermen &c. consisting of a factious party of Citizens. Commanders, Officers, Young men, Apprentices, with a solemn engagement annexed thereto: This grist was carried to the Miller, by the servant one Bellamy a Bookseller, at the Old Exchange, where it was ground and moulded into a form, with a space left to every sheet for the setting their hands: great numbers of them were Printed and dispersed all over the City with all speed, under a feigned 
* Religion a pretence for all treasons, rebellions, etc.  pretence of the Preservation of Religion, his Majesty's honour, the Privileges of Parliament, the Liberties of the Subject, all in great danger, and like to be destroyed for rather than these fatheaded Citizens, Apprentices, and others, would let them want destroying, they resolved to destroy one of them themselves; viz. the Privileges of Parliament which they roundly went about to do, and did effect; and resolved to destroy the rest, so soon as possibly they could: but the great obstacle is, They cannot get the King to London, without nearer approach of the Army,— else they could hardly make use of him and his party, to lay the foundation of a new war, even upon the ruins of the common interest of the Kingdom. Soon after July 23. the Lords and Commons did adjudge and declare, the said engagers, and all that should promote or abet the said engagement, to be guilty of high treason: three days after, a Petition was brought to the Parliament by the Shiriffeses, some Aldermen, and Common counsel men, in the name of the City of London, to recall the said Declaration, and to return the Militia into those hands in which it was put by Ordinance of the fourth of May; which Petition was presently followed and backed by a tumultuous confluence of Apprentices, and divers other dissolute, desperate, and riotous persons, who committed most horrid and unheard of violence, upon both Houses, forcing them to Vote what they pleased; and yet no order taken by the 
* They were sent to, and had notice thereof.  Major, Shiriffeses, or Authority of the City, to suppress the said tumultuous rout, (or relieve the Parliament from their violence) by which means both Speakers, with most of the Lords, and faithful Commons, were feign to fly to the Army for refuge and protection,  
In the mean time these tumultuous routs backed by the impeached Members, chose new Speakers, and caused themselves again to be voted into the service of the House, and to set up a Committee for safety, for the most part of the very men impeached, appointed to join with the pretended City Militia, whose power was obtained by the tumultuous force and violence aforesaid, who assumed powers to vote as they pleased, to appoint Chief Commanders, and Officers, and to lift and raise Soldiers, both horse and foot to levy a new war in prosecution and maintenance of the aforesaid treasonable engagement; likewise the City Declaration, approved of by the said Committee to be published and read in Churches, to exhort the people to take up Arms to oppose the advance of the Army towards London, though they come only for restitution of the Speakers, and other Members of both Houses, lately driven away, and in pursuance of their just Privileges and Freedoms, and to prevent a new war in the Kingdom against the Parliament and their Army, for the destruction of them both, which may more evidently appear, considering that the chief Actors and Promoters of this treasonous engagement ●●●e the very men that were most active, and most trusty, and employed in these treacherous preparations for levying a new war.  
What sayest thou Major General Massey, art thou guilty or not guilty of this charge exhibited against thee, and the rest of thy impeached brethren? If thou art (as 'tis most likely) thou wilt much eclipse and darken thy former valour, lately expressed in an hyperbulous, and thin witted paper-pellet (entitled Virtue and valour vindicated, fathered by R.C. upon I.H.) thy noble (or 105) friend, who writes as followeth, page 3, What had become of Parliament, Kingdom, Religion, Laws, Liberties, all, hadst not thou (Renowned Imp of war) taken Mars himself by the beard, and stopped that Imperial Army in their full career, whose vast bulk covered the declining West, and stroke terror at a distance to the uttermost corners of the Kingdom? Who was he that like St. George preserved that Virgin City Gloucester from the al-devouring paunch of Dragon Mynne? Was it not Massey that dismantled nine Royal Garrisons in storm of fire condenced with leaden hail, the loss of one of which did make his 
* As dutiful as Absalon, oson.  King shed tears? Was it not Massey whose thunderbolt did break the ice of Winter's frozen fury in the Danish Forests; that gored great goring body thorrow and thorrow, and with his Myrmidons routed the proud Hoptonian powers, and thunder-hunted his proud insulting foes in warlike sport like fearful Partridges o'er the Mountains: The very same man? Was it not victorious Sir William, that from his very enemies purchased (through blood and sweat) that glorious Title, of William the Conqueror? and can these brave Heroës be ru●●●●f ●uc● cu●se● crimes? surely it cannot be, though 〈…〉 shrewd suspicion of some such 〈…〉? Who drew his all conquering sword, and slow an unarmed aged man, was is not Pointz, one of these valiant Reformadoes, since run away with the rest lest deserved justice should promote them for such brave atchivements? Who was it that so providently provided for his journey before hand and sirkind up a mass of gold, and plundered jewels? Was not it my Lady what dye call her, or her Will. some are not afraid to whisper so.  
How many times have men of your condition untimely miscarried (as the hotham's) Carew, and others, even before your faces, and still you remain unmoved; divers able and active men great wrestlers, and as cunning gamesters as yourselves, such as were seldom foiled whilst they used fair play, now of late taking a wrong hold, by a slip had their necks broke (to the grief of all that knew them) who might have lived still, and lived well, had they been well affected; we cannot deny but many of you have purchased honour, and might still have maintained the same, had you not been perverse against reason, against sense, against the light of your own consciences, and the judgements of all honest and understanding Christians, you had questionless shunned the infamy and ruin that now attends and follows you, from which you cannot fly. But since you have proceeded thus fare in mischief, it is high time for the Parliamant, and Army, to look about them, and use all the means, they can, (as I hope they will not be backward) to charm such pestilent vipers, which If not done in time will make all our hearts to ache, and when too late, to blame our own selves: God's cause must and will prevail, maugre the malice of all that oppose it, or such a judgement will overtake this Land, that will cause all our ears to tingle, and make us a byword and reproach to all Nations. Vale.   

Postscript.  
Now let me instead of a Postscript take up the words of the children of Israel in the like case to ours; If the Lord had not been on our sides, how had they swallowed us up, and with us our chiefest glory? How hath the Lord strengthened the hands of our renowned General Sir Thomas Fairefax, what success hath continually waited upon that ever Honourable Commander Lieu. General Crumwell, in all his ●chivements since the beginning of these wars, and it is the Lord of Hosts that hath done all this for us, and not the sinful arm of flesh, and doubtless will do greater things than these for us? O therefore let us show ourselves thankful unto him, and praise his holy name who with his all-seeing eye hath brought to light, and confounded all the devices, and hell-hatched plots and conspiracies contrived against us, this Kingdom, and City, by these cruel enemies to peace and truth, who thought nothing less, then to make themselves happy by the ruins of others.    
FINIS.