A BOOK WITHOUT A TITLE.  
HAving long observed the folly of this Nation to be taken most with highest Titles, and lowest Matters, in all weekly Transactions; and much pitying the People in this Delusion, could find no other way herein for their future prevention, then to present them with A Sheet without a Title: And as it may seem strange to some [though not so strangeas true] because not usual: so it will appear honest to all in speaking truth without fear to every Interest for undeceiving the people, [which others dare not do] though never so prejudicial.  
I shall begin with the Act this day published for setting a part a day of Public Thanksgiving; which recites, How God hath appeared in the Cause of the Parliament and People against the Common Enemy since the first beginning of these late Wars: [God is still put in the Van, to maintain and support the unjust Causes of all people under the Sun as the Scripture is to prove all Religion's best and sonndest.] But why the People's Cause? [They are not the Original of your Authority, and therefore you nor any other, can pretend to hold out their Cause, unless entrusted and required by them: But all still must go in the name of the People, because there is no other way to ruin and enslave them: But they did well to put the Parliament and People together, though they are very impudent to put Parliament before People; as if the People, the Supreme, were Inferior to a few of their pretended Servants [whom they own not either as to call, or enforcements. They go on and judge of the Cause by success [which is both absurd and ridiculous] against the Common Enemy both of the true Religion and the Liberties of the Nation: [but who so common an Enemy as they that sit by an unjust power (the original whereof being cut off) and style themselves the Supreme Authority of England, Tax, Assess, and Dispose of all the Estates of the Free Commoners without then consent, making them believe they sit for restoring their Freedoms, to give them ease, set up a true Religion, reform all things in Church and 〈◊〉 are, whereas (like cunning Cheats) they sit only to enrich themselves with all the vast Receipts of the Public; upon Excise, Customs, Dean and Chapters, and Bishops Lands, Assessments, Forest Lands, Parks, Chases, King, Queen, and Prince's Revenue, sale of all the Royal Goods, etc. [which though it amount to near a hundred and sifty thousand pounds a mouth] yet they lay greater Assessments upon the people then ever they did before they had these Revenues in their possessions, and continue Fre-Quarte upon them [though all Assessments paid] and yet the whole Charge of the Army and Navy is under the income of their Public Receipt: And doth it not appear by their daily purchasing great Estates, sending over Coffers of Silver beyond Sea, marrying their Children to the greatest for. tunes in the Nation (though most of themselves had but small Estates before) that (with these Public moneys, and the great benefit they have by all the great Places and Offices in the Nation which they have bestowed upon themselves, but aught to be employed for the public good of the Notion) they still sit to Delude the people, and enrich themselves with the ruins of the Nation; and can the people have greater Enemies or sadder Judgements than these Caterpillars that devour all before them? And are they not good preservers of the Liberties of the Nation, when as they destroy all the Laws of the Land which only gives Liberty to the Nation, and Act by Arbitrary Acts and Ordinances whereby no man hath any certainty of his Estate, Life, or Being; mixing the Martial power with the Civil, as in the time of the cursed Conqueror, seizing the Persons and Estates of the people with Soldiers, for pretended Civil offences; and killing the pour Watermen and others with Musketeers for Rowing upon the Sabl●●●, though they had not any Prohibition before for so doing, (yet they willingly allow of Coaches on that day, an offence every ways equal to the former) Examine men upon matter of Fact against themselves, and commit them close Prisoners [without any allowance] only upon suspicion of Treason, and continue them so without Trial or Discharge, contrary to the Law of the Land, and in violation to our chiefest Liberties and Freedoms?  
Then they tell us of another Cloud that threatened a Storm by the list, Summer's Insurrection, the Scors' Invasion, and the Revolt at Sea, [is all which most of themselves by subtle connivance, private assistance, or public action, had as deep a finger therein as the Common Enemy, by wh●●● many of them had both assurance of Pardon and Reward] And yet they say they cannot but transmit the memory of these Mercies to Posterity, that the Generations to come may praise the Lord; [and still the name of the Lord must be used profanely, to make the people believe all their vain Delusions, though they make it their sole work and end of all their Designs to impoverish and enslave them, which is most clear and apparent, if you consider the substance of what L. G. C. lately delivered upon Discourse with other Officers of the Army, viz. That the only way to settle and maintain an Arbitrary Power and Government in this Nation, was, To oppress the People with Assessments and Freequarter, and when they were in a low and poor Condition they should submit to any thing. And if we compare the present proceed of the Army with those of [the things called] the Parliament and Council of State, we shall easily find those Expressions now put in Execution, for the ruining of the Free People of this oppressed Nation.  
Then they tell us, That after all these Deliverances and strange providences of the Almighty carrying on the Parliament in execution of Justice on the chief Author [not the hundredth part so great an Oppressor and cruel Tyrant as themselves] and some of the eminent Instruments of both these Wars [which they did on purpose to exalt themselves into the Throne, and style themselves the Supreme Authority of this Nation, whereby they might the better exercise their Tyranny and cruelty upon the People] And that some hopeful Progress hath been made in settling the Government of this Commonwealth [upon the rotten Foundations of Injustice, Oppression, Self-Interest, Blood, Tyranny, and what not?] in such a way as by God's blessing [well, jest not too long with your hypocrisy, for God will not be mocked] as may secure it from the like Tyranny for the future [not a greater than now we are under] and be a foundation of Happiness and Freedom: [why do you jeer the poor people so often with those most desired words, and never intended things, Freedom and Happiness? You know well their Freedom will be your ruin] And that the Parliament having by these Troubles in England [occasioned only for your own Promotions and Self-Interests, as we now find by woeful expérience] been ●●nterrupted for sending relief to Ireland] What, do you now blow with Hollis and Stapletons' heifer? that when they could not disband the Army under pretence of Ireland, therefore the honest party must be then (as now) ●iled the interrupters of the relief of Ireland, which they then as much ●●tended to relieve, as L.G.C. does now] did now resolve, by God's assistance [which you have little cause to expect] to speed a considerable force or reducing that Land to the obedience of the Parl. of England [But 〈◊〉 by so fast? Do you really intent to reduce it, or is it your old Design to ●●sen the People, to advance moneys upon the purchasing the Deans and Chapters lands, as you did handsomely fool them before, in selling th●● the Rebels lands before they were in your possession, or their person's conquired● It could hardly have been suspected that any, especially such as have professed zeal for God, his Truth, and People (you do not surely mean yourselves) should have retarded so good a work, but rather should have given assistance thereunto (what for? to suppress one enemy, and pla●● anuther; or else to make it a Sanctuary for you to fly to against a Free representative is called; Do you think men will venture lives and estates, rain their wives and families, only to support your Tyrannies and private Interests in that Nation as this, before they have eased the people of 〈◊〉 oppressors and oppressions, and settled a sure foundation of a just Government by an equal Representative?) the security of England, and Religion is self being so much concerned in it. (Are you not ashamed to mention Religion as to a Martial Engagement, or if not, what Religion do you mean! the People's eyes are opened now, you cannot longer cheat them with these specious pretences of Religion, unless yourselves were guilty in some measure of being religious; which if some say you are, yet your works will give them the lie, and disclaim it) Yet at this time a new distemper discovered itself (not marvel, when the whole Body of the Commonwealth is sick even to death, by murders, oppressions cruelties, tyrannies, etc. that distempert shall break out, kindle, and foment) by some turbulent spirits (before whom never any tyranny could yet stand, and by whom you and yours shall fall, such (when none of you durst appear to assert and own the People's freedoms) did, like faithful Patriots, maintain them in times of greatest danger and prosecuted the obstructers thereof, till death had satisfied his indign●ri●● upon them) acted by Jesuitical Counsels and Principles (and those 〈◊〉 your own! I am sure none have more right to patronise those bruts of Rome then yourselves) destructive to Government (You dare ●ut say destructive to Just Government, but only to your usurped Tyranny  you call Government) who disliking every thing whereof themselves might not have the honour (when as they never yet propounded any thing for honour or profit to themselves (though you do all for both) but such 〈◊〉 may be essentially good for all the Free people of the Nation) did design 〈◊〉 pluck up all that bath been planted (you mean all the weeds or tries th●● bring forth bad fruit, which ought not only to be plucked up, but cast 〈◊〉 the fire) to bring the Nation into consusion; (what? by relieving the distressed, easing the People of their burdens and Oppressors!] destroy 〈◊〉 Propriety (not by declaring this Nation a Commonwealth, as you have lately done, which must of necessity destroy all interests, if you understand it as it is really, and not nominally; for the best Authors define it, a wo●●● equally common to all the Inhabitants of that Land which holds forth that Government: But besides, Do you not find the greatest Provision made in their Agreement, for preserving Interest and Propriety? how then can you but blush to mention it?) Eradicate the Law, and true Liberty at once; (All that they stand for, as the maintenance of the Laws of the Land, and destruction of your Arbitrary power against Law; but surely Mr Prideaux meant in stead of Law and Liberty, they would have destroyed the benefit of his Two Places of Attorney General for the State, and Master of the Post and Currcers, which run him in 10000 l. per annum profit, although he never did the Nation 10000 pence benefit:) and obstruct the Relief of Ireland, [you are resolved I see to wear this old and false aspersion thread bare before you leave it] which by this might otherwise have been sent thither: And to that end by traducing the Actions of Parliament in the things which before they were done, themselves Petitioned for; (what were those? are you afraid to name them, or shall I do it for you, and tell your meaning, viz. The taking off the King's head and the Lords? but were they ever against taking them off without Law, and legal proceed, if they were, did not they expect thereby to be made a Pray People by having the Normand yoke taken off, the Land eased of their burdens, and a new and equal Representative soon after called, an Act of Oblivion past, and Account given of all the spent Treasure, etc. and not to lie under greater oppressions and misery then formerly?) And upon unjust scandals of some chief Officers of the Army, the General himself being not exempted, whom God had made Instrumental in so many Victories and preservations of the whole Nation; Why so much fawning and clawing upon his Excellency? you love him as well as a Leveller, and both as one: But speak really, are not you ashamed to mention what these scandals were, for fear this (with the rest) should have been disproved? or did you only flourish these generals to beg a belief in the people, having no particulars to mention) and by holding such specious pretences of Liberty and benefit to the People (as you have done for eight years together) had seduced some few of the Infirior Officers of the Army, and a considerable number of the Soldiery to decline the Service of Ireland, (till this Nation was settled upon Foundations of Justice and Freedom) and wrought a disaffection thereunto in many of those who were designed to that work: How dangerous that Design was in itself, and how deeply laid, to the apparent hazard of Ireland, (What again!) and the embroiling this Nation in a f●●ther and most desperate War; (for the recovery of their Lives, Liberties, and Estates which are now daily taken from them, and which only is the just Ground of any Martial Engagement) The Parliament of England being very sensible, and considering the special providence of God in the timely discovery of it, (and why must God still be thus profaned in his Providence, as if some secret discovery was made by it, when as all the Nation knows the Engagement was public and open, and the just grounds thereof several times published in Print to the view of all) and the seasonableness of the Mercy, in crushing the Serpent in the Egg; (or rather the unseasonableness of this Judgement in murdering and pouring out the precious Blood of so many of God's dear children and true assertors of England's Freedoms) and by his good hand (which doubtless will in time be avenged of these bloody enemies to their shame and confusion) upon the Forces under the General, suppressing that Rebellion and Insurrection; (so could the Conqueror brand the People with Infamy and Rebellion after Conquest, though himself was the greatest Tyrant and archest Robel (from whence the present pretended Parliament had successively their first Institution) that ever lived in this Nation) and so preventing the sad and fearful Consequence which it might have produced (not question it had been a sad and fearful Consequence to you, in dissolving your pretended power, but the happiest consequence that ever befell this Nation, by having you called to an Account for all the millions of Public Treasury which you have bestowed upon yourselves and Creatures; for easing the people of all their pressing and unsupportable burdens, for making us really, and not verbally, a Free Nation, but not Commonwealth, for settling a just Representative, and redressing all the People's grievances, disposing of your great Places and Offices for the good of the Nation, etc. all which to you would have been of sad Consequence, and therefore you have just cause to complain) held themselves in duty bound to acknowledge God's goodness therein, (still Gods goodness must be (as it hath always been) abused, to cover over all Traitorous and devilish Designs) and to look upon it as a pledge of future Mercies to this poor and unworthy Nation: (which may in time be enriched again out of those  Estates which yourselves have stolen from it, and then it may retort your jeer upon yourselves, and call you poor unworthy Oppressers) and of his willingness to heal it, it we will be healed. (well, jeer on?) And therefore the Parliament do Enact and Ordain, and be it Enacted and Ordained, that a day of public rejoicing (Sure they mean public feasting) and Thanksgiving to our gracious God (who says he will not hear the prayers of the wicked, and their Sacrifices are an abomination unto him) for this wonderful and singular mercy (was it a wonderful morcy in that 3000 Horse and Foot well armed and accommodated, should take 300 naked men in their beds! or was it not a greater wonder and mercy that 400 should escape out of their beds, though 3000 armed men had surrounded them? If truth was known, this was surely the cause of their thanksgiving and Feasting, or should be so at least wise) be observed on Thursday the 7. of June 1649. in all Churches and Chapels within the City of London, Westminster, and the late Lines of Communication, and Weekly Bills of Mortality (but we find most of them had more grace and honesty then to be so profane to rejoice at so great a judgement) and in all other Churches and Chapels within England and Wales, on Thursday the 28 of the same month (what, for murdering and butchering the People of God away for shame, and blush at this great blasphemy, and unheard of cruelty!) They require the said days to be solemnly and religiously observed, that God be not provoked and dishonoured thereby (as if they knew God was not much provoked and dishonoured by some of their Gluttenies, Drunkenness, and (as I was credibly informed) Whoredoms on that day; and will not God be revenged on such ae blasphemous people, who call his infinite Majesty to patronise all their Tyranny, Oppression, Murders, and Cruelties, by their Solemn, Hypocritical, and Vainglorious days of ? I profess my heart doth melt to think of God's heavy judgements that will ere long, I fear, be executed on them.  
4. June. A motion was made against M. Case, and others, that prayed for Charles the second; The crutelties of all other Tyrants are mercies to these. The Quorum for relieving persons grieved in Articles, ordered to be 9 because they may never meet; 9 years time would not get 9 of a Committee together, unless they were seasted (as in the business of the 〈…〉 almost daily) The Prisoners of Dobt petitioned the 〈◊〉 passing their Ordinance (which is now so altered by the C●●●pillars, the long-robe men of the House, that it will little or ●●thing avail them when past) Many Members this day ad●●●●, There is a necessity for it, because else they could not ba●●● a House. Ninteen thousand pounds of the Speakers own money in the Rolls, borrowed by some in nec●lity; none are grieved it it, because got so unjustly: 15000 l. ordered for supplies of shipping provisions; and when their present stock is exhausted, then C. will pray and weep again, to be reconciled to those called Leveilers. Capt. Bishop ordered 100 l. per. Annum for himself, and and 12 d. per diem a piece for his Deputy Catchpoles, to serze all those called Levellers, as dis-affected persons to the present Tyrannical proceed of the Juncto and their Council of Chea●●. 3000 l. ordered Mrs Blaikeston in respect of her late husband's losses, which were never 300 l. he lately purchased 7000 l. in the Bishoptick, but never worth the seventh part of that sum: 4000 l. per annum to be settled on the General; you are very free of the People's Revenues; Did the people ever give you power thus to dispose of the Treasury of the Nation to on●● yourselves and your creatures? Do not many of the meaner far: sell their clothes from their backs to pay Assessments, and must the rich swallow it up at your pleasures? Think you not we expect an account from you? The Sword of the City to be delivered up to the Speaker when the Juncto comes to rest with their Custard-bellies: a wise City, and well governed. A large Debate about Knighting the Lord Maior, the stinking Alderman, and M. Isaac Bul, because some were cowards, others knaves and fools; these words of course were laid aside. The Lieut. General and his Excellency, the Council of Cheats, and the petty Junct● feasted by the City Loggerheads. The Lieut. General, and the General, had Gold, and Plate besides, presented to them; but all this kindness was more for fear then love. The Army and Juncto feared a surprise by the Levellers, and therefore most of the forces in or near the City must Gu●●d them, under pretence of an honourable Attendance.  
FINIS.