A brief and true RELATION  
Of the great disorders and riot attempted and committed upon the House and Good of THOMAS HUBBERT Esquire, (one of His MAJESTY'S Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex) in moorfield's on the 21. day of March last, (being the Lord's day.)  
And of the chief Passages and Occurrences Concerning the same, set forth and published by the said Justice, for the better satisfying of misinformed people.  
And vindicating the City Apprentices from that scandalous aspersion cast upon them, of being either the first promoters of it, or chief actors in it.  
April 9th LONDON Printed by I. C. and are to be sold by Henry Overton, at his Shop in Popeshead-Alley. 1647.   

A brief and true RELATION Of the great disorders and riot, attempted and committed upon the house and goods of Thomas Hubbert Esquire, (one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace, for the County of Middlesex) in moorfield's on the 21. day of march last, (being the Lord's day.) etc.  
NOthing doth sooner take the hearts and mouths of the people than same, especially when it is popular, & report is of such a diffusive nature that it ever gathers in its flying: wherefore that I many clip the wing of false report, & extend & add feathers to the wing of Truth, and that I may disgorge the bitterness of falsehood, where it is already suck in, and infuse and settle in that mind the sweetness of truth, and take of all present misdeeming and misprissoners, and prent future, in and amongst the people concerning the aforesaid riot, I thought good to employ some endeavours truly to anatomize the whole body of their Monster, and to publish and set it forth to the view of such as are desirous to be truly informed therein.  
Upon the said 21. day of March last, as I and my family were repairing home from the afternoon Sermon at Shoreditch Church, we unexpectedly met with a great confluence of people congregated at and before the door of the Ship Alehouse, near the six Windmills in moorfield's, in so much that the common high way and passage was much obstructed by the throung, which was occasioned by the apprehension of several persons that were found tippling in the said Alehouse; by the High Constable and other Officers of Shoreditch; who upon their entrance in, and apprehending of the tiplers, whereby them opposed and repelled, and the doors were shut upon them; yet nevertheless, the Officers maintained their Guard about the house, expecting the coming forth of the Company that were within, until such time as I came by, who perceiving the multitude of people, immediately wished the High Constable and the rest, to desist and departed for that time, and only to take an Account of their names that were drinking there; yet for all that, the High Constable did charge two Carmen, being then and there present to aid and assist him in the fetching out of the offenders that were in the Alehouse, and they affronting and abusing the High Constable, and peremptorily refusing to obey his charge (the effendours in the interim making there escape) were forthwith taken hold of and (with no small hurt, and detriment to the officers) were brought before me, which Officers were pursued by an unruly and unreasonable crew; who forthwith (upon the bringing in of the two (Carmen) complotted and contrived the assaulting, and demolishing of my walls and House, without any the least instigation or demerrit of mine; and did causelessly, and violently throw Stones, and Brickbats at the Windows of my House. Whereupon I gave present Order to the Officers, to discharge the two Carmen convented before me; who accordingly did forthwith conduct them out at the Gate, they themselves openly Proclaiming, and Declaring unto them all, that the Justice had freely enlarged them.  
Yet nevertheless the inveterate malice, and barbarous violence of the rude multitude, could not in the least manner be appeased; but still they persisted to break down the Wall, and Windows of my house: And then and not till then: some friends of mine that were within the house, did advise to discharge some small hail shot out at the Windows; thinking thereby to disperse the tumult (whereupon it was generally bruited abroad that there were four or five killed, which hath since been found, and evidently made known to be most untrue, some of them having since been seen and spoken with by divers in the City; only having received some small hurt upon some part of their body) but still they coutinued their onset, and invesion more and more upon the house, until such time as they had made themselves forcible possessors thereof. Where they mercilessly ransaked, and took away divers goods with them; and forced the people of the house, and others that were with them to fly for their lives, and leave the house, and goods to their merciless piety.  
And forasmuch as there are divers scandalous untruths fomented, and spread abroad, that the City Apprentices were the chief actors in this tragedy; I have solemnly, and primarily engaged myself, to put in Print this Relation, somewhat to vindicate their aspersion herein; my own conscience bearing me witness, and I experimentally knowing by the discovery, and examination of such as are apprehended, and in durance, that the City Apprentices had the least hand in this high offence, (only some few that were provoaked, and set on by the multitude) and I shall endeavour for the general satisfaction of all men to give you a just account of the quality of the chief of the offenders; who (as it hath since appeared aswell by several Informations upon oath of divers as were then present, as by some of their own examinations, and confessions) were idle, lose, and profane livers masterless men, and such as have been out in the Warts, and Housekeepers that have spent and consumed their fortunes in sinful and it religious courses, and such as have neither the fear of God nor man before their eyes; And these and such as these were the principal Ringleaders, abetters, and maintainers of the said tumultuous riot.  
Thus in discharge of my solemn engagement, and for the fully satisfying of the misinformed, I have endeavoured faithfully to impart my real knowledge concerning the premises, confidently assuring the inquisitive Reader, that he may build upon the truth of this Relation; and what other soever he hath already entertained, that he decline as false and erroneous. Desiring him with myself, and all other well affected people always to pray for, Study and maintain the establishment of the Laws of the Realm, the Majestracy and Civil Government of this Kingdom, and the happy Union, Peace, and tranquillity of the same.  Quaerite Justitiam cuncti, pacemque probate.  
FINIS.