AN ALARM TO THE HEADQUARTERS.  
FRIENDS,  
you of the Cabinet Counsel, we wish you all Jewels to your Country, that when the work is done, that the Comonalty, ●he Key of the Kingdom have looked at your hands, th●y may lock you into their own bosoms and affections; where you may be safe, where you may be indemnified without the concurrence of any, against all, or any that shall demand of you what you have done. But we pray God you do not prove thorns in the sides, & blocks in the way of those that have and shall declare and stand up to their first solemn engagements, never to lay down the sword, till they have thrown down to the ground, all oppositions and tyrannies whatsoever, and in whomsoever they find th●m. When we consider how highly and hotly you have contended with that Indian Deity, the King (whom you yet own) what affronts, oppositions by Pen and Sword have been made against him, what running? What hunting after him? What means have been used, and after what a manner, to bring him on his knees (notwithstanding you laid the fault on his evil Councillors) and to give him that fatal blow, ●o cut off his force, power, and domineering greatensse over us, that would be free Commoners of England; whereby you might acquiesse, and cry, victory, victory: And we had thought to have the sound thereof run through our streets, and into our houses; but behold the face of War! we hear the noise thereof, and shall truly feel the s●art thereof, except ye afore hand take this Alarm, and stand to your guard, see Sentinels in every quarter of your Army, and of the whole Kingdom, and go out and meet it in the very face, for it comes upon you unawares, and sweeps you away both root and branch. We had once thought that he that was feign to flee for his guilty conscience, as being a afraid of what his whole 16. years' reign of cruelty and tyranny would produce upon him if he did not betake himself first to maintain (Vi et Armis) by force and power, what he had unjusty, illegally and tyrannically manopolized (from the people) into his own most cruel and bloody hands; which he thought to have kept, no● only by right of succession; which is as much as to say, by right of conquest, or by right of donation; which is as much as to call us fools, and slaves, to give away our birthrights and inheritance, into the hands of him that shall use it against us: but also to settle it upon himself and his posterity, by Charter and Act of his own (if that would serve) such was his confidence in us, King-ridden & Priest ridden fools; we say, we had thought that the whole sixteen year's Reign, was declared by the Parliament, to be one continued act of cruel oppression and tyranny; and thereupon was by their Declarations, engagements and promise●, to aid, assist, help and stick close to, to live and die together with the Commons of England, who first called them forth, & drew us out both in person and estates, lives and fortunes, to free ourselves, not only from his said cruelty, oppression and tyranny, but also from his insolent insulting Title over us, or any thing enjoyed by us and belonging to us; and therefore we were invited, and called forth to use all means possible, not (verbis byss●…is) in silken words to court him, but by soul means, that is, by means of the Sword, and force of Arms to bring him down, and proc●●●me him CHARLES no King, neither by the grace, or any concurrence of God, or the election of us free Commoners; defenders of his insulting, Title of usurping conquest over us, by tyranny and blood: An enemy to the faith, to good men, and to goodness itself &c.  
We had thought that we should not need this deal of do, this striving contending; and sending again and again to our conquered enemy. We did not expect that we should have been beholding to him, when once we had brought him on his knees. To send propositions, to pass an act for our Indemnity, and I know not what: Is this according to the law of Arms? According to the law of conquest? Is this the liberty of the Commons? We pray next send a Proposition, for him to pass for our Arrears, & next for out ears, to keep them on our heads, if that be the worst, declare, if he be not yet conquered but still must usurp that insolent Right and title, to the power of a negative Voice: Why do we thus sit picking of straws? How dare we then to send Propositions, or contend with him, for ungranted, unlicensed privileges; ay but he is in durance, truly so much the worse: Do ye not know what word he sent you from Holdenby? Is he in durance, and not conquered? Or if conquered, and yet must retain that power of a negative voice: This is children's play! This is fine sport indeed: If you had at first intended this, you or the Parliament, you might have told us so; you might have put it in one of your mellifluous Declarations, whereby ye drew us Commoners forth, and said thus much; Sirs, you see what the King is, what he intends, no good to us, but blood and misery; what he hath been from his first years reign to this time: you see now that thereupon, he being fearful that he shall be called to an account, i● gone away; raised war against us, to the utter ruin of us, our families and posterities after u▪ If we do not make timely resistance, 〈◊〉 stand up ●n our own defence, and seek by all means to quell, abate, bring down, and utterly exticipate his power and malice, for if we do not he will curb us to some purpose: handle us without mittinds; demand any of our persons when he please, and for what he please; violently wrist a way our rights and estate●, and do w●●t seemeth best in his own eyes, and according to hi● own malicious humour and passion; therefore look to yourselves every one of you, and betake you not only to resist, but cut off his power, force & greatness, & when you have conquered him, and subdued all your enemies, yet you must retain his in solent heathenish laws, usages & customs, that he hath violently introduced upon us (which if we do, he may undeniably & unquestionably, from those his own Normand laws; sue and recover what he had (though) forfeited and lost) yet notwithstanding all this we say and declare, that you must have an act of Indemnity from him, and must come cap in hand, and on your knees, to as● him forgiveness, and pray him to pass an act thereto; do you think such a Declaration as this would not have relished and taken well with the People? I warrant you it would to some purpose, taken away their affection's and stomocks to fight with him, who though conquered, yet must ask him forgiveness; you should have gone hoop for Soldiers for us, and for many others too, that now have done the work, yet ha●e a new one now to begin; and when it will be at an end, the wifest know not; except ye juggle together with the King; you and the Parliament make a compact, to send the Propositions, that will easily down, when he has a hood for his swelling stomach and malice, you may be sure they will easily take, when he sees their is no other help for him; but we believe they will prove broken Reeds, run into the side of those that lean thereon.  
Gentlemen, and dear friends, whom we prise as the apple of our eye, who have preserved us from the raging insolent swelling waves of a prerogative negative voice, by the power of which, we and our estates might have gone to stake, if you had not stood in the way, to curb, cut off, and throw it down to the ground.  
Concious, and confident we are of your integrity, uprightness and valour, but let us tell you that the standers by may often times, perceive more than the gamesters, not but that we honour your wisdoms and watchfulness for our good: but surely all is not at it should be; some viser than some; some more vigerous than some; as some of you to your everlasting honour be it spoken, have witnessed of those men who now appear, and stand up for common rights and freedom, in the Remonstrance of the CA●E OF THE ARMY, truly stated by the Agents of sieve Regiments; but let not your joining with them, he a hindrance to their proceed; do not go about to undermine or abstruct the work that is begun; rouse up your spirits, and do not give yourselves u … nor the Kingdom, the rights ●nd liber●ie● thereof, unto the sweeping power of a negative voice, to deny the passing an act for our good: If this most stand, and ye yield up this, yeil up all; make us free now for ever, or absolute slaves, villains and vassals.  
What will you ma●● yourselves to be? Or what will your actions in contesting with such a Prince of your own, prove you to be, but, Rebels and Traitors, that have forfeited your lives and estates? What will this Army be what will the Parliament be, but a rebellious Army, a rebellious and traitorous Parliament, and accordingly such shall be their reward? Or do you intent to make your peace with him whom ye have overcome and brought in subjection, by making our liberties and privileges to be of the Court fashion, and to have the royal stamp? And that we shall give up and resign the whole ware house of our liberties, with all the locks and keys, into the power of a negative voice; what do ye mean else by this your delatory and slow proceed? What one good deed have you done, since your march through the City of London? Show us if you can; the people cry none, now you have removed those that were in your way, and clockt near the City? You would make us believe the work is done; and as a fore you went a King catching, now ye will go a King courting; is this fair play? This must not be, you will ruin us, yourselves and families and the whole Kingdom: Do but you your duty, remove all oppressions, ease the Country, down with all monopolies, and tyrannous oppressions; draw up a Declaration fully to the People, and Remonstrate that this ye will do for them, this ye will have, this ye have fought for, this you will maintain, live and die, for resolvedly: we'll warrant you hobnails and clouted shoes will give you hearty thanks and help and assist you: You need not fear them, ease them of their oppressions, pity their cries, redress their grievances, and the work is done for them; for what say people, do something or nothing; and if ye will not do it, tell the people so, if ye be faint-hearted after all your worthy, and honourable courage and valour for your Country, tell the people so; if it be so, give way, let others come in, whose firm resolutions will stand, to engage for common right and freedom, for liberty and for justice unto blood, do not therefore hinder others, those that now appear, and those who shall join with them, but suffer us to free ourselves, and the whole commonalty of the Kingdom, from such an intolerable burden and slavery; to shake and tumble down that mountain of dishonour and oppression, that this Kingdom for so long time hath groaned under; which the flattery of succeeding times, and the servile slavishness of our times Have attributed to those grand usurpers, our Kings, and their domineering progenitors or successors: as though the Right, Title and power over us free Commoners, did run along in the veins, in the loin, and in the blood, of our insolent usurpers and taskmasters: Is this liberty? nothing more insufferable to free Denizens, and to such as would be accounted other than the progeny of Cham: Therefore we say, if you do not wholly free us from, and take him off from this his insolent domination, and usurpation, and degrade him and his posterity, of that pretended usurping name, Right, power and Title, that he insultingly lays claim to, and that he hath so many years together truly executed; you shall find and feel, he'll shake it as a Rod over your heads one day; he will cry quit with you, and recover damages of you to some purpose: Therefore we profess seriously from our hearts; we cannot own you, nor your proceed, nor should never have assisted you with so vast an expense of our treasure and blood, if you were resolved to keep up this Dagon amongst us and over us: For how can we cordially receive or embrace him, or any of his posterity, that shall lay claim to us after such a way and manner of usurpation, and domineering? How can we love or fight for those laws, which are imprisoned in the barbarous language of our enemies, and are ours only by our enemy's introduction, and are our disgrace instead of honour, tokens and badges of servile slavery and subjectednesse to our exatick, exorbitant prerogative Lords and Taskmasters, and as little heart have we also to pray or wish for the safety and preservation of others, more sound and wholesome, more reasonable, suitable, and consonant to the commonalty of England, until that grand, and yet neglected grievance and oppression of Normand, prerogative negative Voice, of our usurping Lord, be removed and wholly taken away; and what if it be pleased that power is alone residing in him to pass or not pass, to consent: or not consent, to the good things agreed on by the Commons, and that it is inherent in him, by virtue of succession (that is, by a pretended right of conquest over us) for so argues the negative voice; and all are Kings since the death of that perjured bastard, Duke William of Normand: r●●kon the time of their reign, not from the time of their coronation, but death of their predecessors, and the prerogative royal Title, is attended with a POST CONQUESTUM, as if dishonour, mischief, oppression and slavery, were to be invincibly entailed upon us and our posterities, by a law, even by this law of their own making, and forcing it upon us: Yet let me tell you, his domination over us, is not such, as against the right & equity whereof there is no pleading, yea, but there is much pleading; for first, consider, (Vinci humanum est) no people but may be overcome, that may be born withal but (sub virtoria aquiessere, to lie snoring in a captive and servile condition, as though we were perpetual slaves, eare-board slaves: Now we have after so vast an expense of blood and treasure regained our liberties, from of our his cruel & bloodthirsty cluthes, now we have conquered him; subdued all the visible enemies in the Kingdom, and reduce● that power to it's proper centre that at first was originally, naturally and legally inherent and residing in us the free Commoners of this Nation, & yet not withstanding we must still keep up the usurper, and his usurpers power and greatness over us, and must be beholding to his negative Voice, pray beseech and obsecrate for its concurrence in an act of Indemnity, which is as much as to cry PECCAVI, and to come on your knees to him so conquered, and ask him forgiveness, that he may grant and give you a pardon for what you have done, as though ye could not indemp●ify yourselves, and save yourselves harmless, but must be beholding to the conquered, to an enemy, to one that could eat your flesh; & drink your blood to a usurpor to indemnity you, we thank you for nothing; you have brought your hogs to a farre market have you not? And if he doth pass this Proposition to indempnify you, and to give free and full power to the representative body of the Commonalty to make Laws, and repeal Laws, (which he is as willing to part with, as his eyes; witness his stiff standing out still) We are then much bound to him, are we not? He doth but give us a pig of our own Sow; he gives us that which we never yet forfeited or lost, but hath been violently wrested from us; or if we did, we have since regained it, and therefore are no longer under the pleasure or displeasure of the conquered; and therefore choose him whether he be willing to part with it yea, or no, we will no longer stand to his courtesy, we have the best end of the Staff, and he must be forced to let go, when we knock off his fingers: Therefore declare unto the People, this you have gained, this you will keep.  
Secondly, admit he were a conqueror of us, and that his right and Title was good by virtue of the Law of conquest, and consequently by the same Law, he had power in him to overtop all the powers and wills of his Subjects, and to stop all proceed and that what he passes in the affirmitive, are but acts of mere grace and favour, revokable at pleasure, and what he passeth in the negative must stand for a law, yet what is that now to us? We know him not, the case is altered now, there is now no pleading for that, but you are taken off, with a VICTUM EST, he is conquered and over come, and so subject unto us; and therefore our sending Propositions, ask an act of Indemnity, etc. is but superfluous, more than we need do; & is but an argument of our clemency and goodness towards him, acts of our mere grace and favour: we had almost said, an argument of our willing mindedness to slavery still, or of our own selfe-guikinesse: And profess we unto you Gentlemen, that if that Right and Title (which is but pretended and usurped at the best) must stand & remain in him or any of his consanguinians▪ 〈◊〉 we so again receive him; we look to see ourselves, you, and every honest man in the Kingdom, that is resolved to put himself in the gap, to stand up for common right and freedom, to fall and moulder away like dirt; and he is a novice too, if he do not in time cry quit with you, for what ye have thus many years together done towards him: I'll warrant you, he will think upon all, your carriages towards him, and bring you in such a bill of Items that shall break your backs, and yet no●e of you be sensible of it, or know by whom it is done, but as you may guess: and let us deal truly with you, what can ye expect less? Or how can ye gain say or contradict it, or in the least know how to help it? Or if you do go about to free yourselves and the Nation, as you have already pretendedly done, what will you prove yourselves to be, but Rebels and Traitors? And besides what will all your Propositions, and his passing of them, avail you, if that insolent, insulting, usurping Title and power that is claimed must stand? What good will his act of oblivion? Your act of Indemnity do you? What, send propositions to a conqueror, who dares do it? What, to be your own carvers and choosers, and hourly lie at the mercy of your enemy and conqueror that has the prerogative power of a negative voice? Monstrum horrendum. No, no, he may make you smart for this your boldness & presumption; be content, you are vassals, villen●, slaves, ear-bored slaves, uncapable of enjoying any thing that is properly your own, in as much as it is at the dispose of your prerogative Taskmaster; uncapable of enjoying freehold land, though you purchase never so much, it belongs to your absolute Lord, and conqueror, and his prerogative Creatures. Witness, the transplantation of colonies in other Countries.  
If this usurping power of a negative voice must yet stand (notwithstanding the incapability thereof as ●eing conquered) what have we● fought for ●ll this while, and so hotly contested with him, If we must still stand to his pleasure or displeasure, and stand or fall to his mercy, and act of grace, in passing in the aff●rmitive, or denying in the negative, by this his tyrannical prerogaive voice? Consider into what a predicament, and miserable condition we have cast ourselves; such as makes us uncapable of acquiring, demanding, or ask any thing at his hands tending to our peace, welfare, liberties and freedoms, and for 〈◊〉 disenabling us to stan● in our own defence, to contest with him, either by word 〈◊〉 sword, for any justice or freedom, or any thing else whatsoever, though in nearest relations to us, for as much as we contend with him, and so have, done all this while, for un-granted privileges; things that we have no right to, either to sue for, ask or demand, seeing that his negative voice must stand, by virtue of that insolent usurping right and Title, that he pretends to us and over us, and we lie at his mercy and favour, insomuch as but for the mere and only ask or begging of a common boon, tending to the Kingdom, to ourselves, or families, it may pass in the negative, and so we shall be checked, controlled affronted, abused, fined; imprisoned, and what not! and at last, have no remedy for this, or any where to go for help; seeing we ask we know not what, things that belong not unto us; for ourselves and all th●t belong unto us are at the disposing of him, and his creatures; and if he be graciously pleased so fare to condescend and demean himself, as to extend his grace and favour towards us, in passing any proposition for our good, it is more than he needs do, or you can acquire, and moreover this, it is revocable at his pleasure, and but for durance, or gracious permittance for season, for so are all acts of grace that proceed from the prerogative power of a negative voice; which things should have been abundantly proved: but that this was intended chief for an Alarm, to awaken the drowsy spirits of you, and those that ly● snoring under the overtoping, insolent, swelling, and overgrown usurping power of a negative Voice, and therefore in a word, never talk of getting honour in regaining your and our Country's libertyes, except ye first unconquer yourselves. a word to the intelligent man is sufficient.   
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