FRUITFUL ENGLAND LIKE TO BECOME A Barren Wilderness Through the wickedness of the Inhabitants; AND THE ARMY  
Rebels & Traitors once more for not disbanding, and accordingly punished, as some of them have been already at Sessions, Assizes and otherwise, notwithstanding all their wonderful Victories, faithful and matchless services.  
If the lawful remedies (for prevention) here justly advised, be not discreetly and timely used.  

So should Peace, Trade, and tranquillity abound,  
And this Army in all Ages, be renowned;  
Else, of what Cup they permit to be brewed,  
Themselves shall drink, and cannot eschewed.   DEUT. 30.15. 
Behold, I have set before thine eyes this day, life and good, and death and evil.  
Psal. 107.34. Prov. 28.25. and 29.2. Lam. 1.1. Jer. 5.30.31.  
LONDON, Printed in the Year, 1648.   

FRUITFUL ENGLAND LIKE TO BECOME A Barren. Wilderness, THROUGH The wickedness of the Inhabitants, etc.  
IN these mysterious & dangerous times, we are to take special notice of 3. several parties, working to 3. several ends in this Nation, one party most deceitfully & unjustly giving divers bloody & deadly wounds, another party most innocently and lamentably receiving them, and the third, most faithfully promising and dutifully undertaking to cure them.  
It cannot be justly denied, but the party thus offending, is liable to be censured by the Laws both of God and man, chief if their notorious and grievous facts be proved to be of set purpose, and the party offended, not being able (for a time) to prosecute the matter against the offending party, they being potent adversaries, able to stop the course of justice, yea and in effect both Judges and parties; the party offended do refer their just cause and innocent sufferings to God, unto whom belongeth vengeance, and choose the best and most expert Surgeons they (to their knowledge) could find, to use their best experiments in curing that parties grievous wounds; yea, and for those professors better encouragement therein, and buying of all necessaries for the cure, gave them both ready moneys and other rich presents at the agreement; whereupon, these Surgeons faithfully promised and undertook to discharge an honest duty in all and whatsoever particulars requisite to the complete and absolutecureing of that party so grievously wounded.  
But it came to pass within a little space, that notwithstanding all these Surgeon's great professions, faithful promises, & dutiful undertake, yea and their abundant receipts both of moneys and other gifts, (almost surpassing all account) they spent both their time and labours, far more in the enriching of themselves by those benefits, then in the conscionable performance of their duty, (by careful using of their skill) towards the cureing of the wounded party; so by these deceitful professors negligence in using the lawful ordinary means, those wounds and sores do begin so to corrupt and putrify, that they have brought the offended party to a far more dangerous and desperate condition then at first they found them; for then any ordinary men of that profession, by the use of the ordinary means might possibly have cured such green wounds, but now they are grown so desperate, that nothing but desperate cure can be thereunto applied.  
Now the case being thus stated, a question hereby the way hath need to be resolved before we proceed; whether the offender or the curers were the greatest enemies to the offended, and wounded patients? It can hardly be denied but the curers are the greatest enemies, although the offenders were the first open and deadly enemies, giving the offended such mortal strokes as could not easily be cured, though the best means had been never so timely and carefully used: and therefore the party offending are no wise to be excused, but justly to bear their own blame; yet in regard they professed not to be friends, but rather open enemies, and that they gave these mortal strokes freely without either requiring or receiving any kind of recompense for their pains, and neither professing, undertaking, nor promising to cure them.  
But these Surgeon's most deceitfully professing to be such true, real, and cordial friends to these paients, as if they had been indeed (as they said they were) flesh of their flesh, and bone of their bones, & did faithfully and solemnly undertake, promise, imprecate, vow, swear, protest and receive, as great rewards as ever any Surgeons received since these Wars (yea or the world) begun; and yet notwithstanding all, have proved miserable comforters, yea and as false, corrupt, covetous, and deceitful to those poor objects of pity, the wounded, bloody, needy, and cheated party, as ever any Physicians or Surgeons were to their turmoiled and grieved patients since the world began, leaving that honest party, who recompensed them so liberally, even ready to perish in those putrified & festered wounds, they having far more respect to advance themselves and their posterities on their patient's ruins, than any wise to discharge their duties, according to that trust those patients reposed in them for their recovery: so that if they be not condignly punished and dismissed, to the terror of others, yea, and made to restore that recompense they unjustly received, and better Surgeons chosen in their places, there is no hope neither of those patient's recovery, nor of other patient's safety, but all to be thus cheated and abused continually by deceitful, selfseeking and wicked men.  
All which matters coming to this period, and the cruel party being so fare from repenting, that they have always raged more & more, taking all advantages, and both seeking out and contriving many opportunities, plots, and conspiracies to act more and more mischief, against the same party whom they had thus wronged already; insomuch, that besides all the distressed parties excessive contributions to those deceitful Surgeons to little or no purpose, they were forced not only to spend a great part of their own blood and estates besides; (both wounded and spoiled as they were) but likewise, after they had freely guarded those Surgeons a long time themselves, even to hire divers very chargeable guards for a longer time, almost to as little effect, except only the last guard of all, which proved both faithful and valiant indeed, & did help and assist them against the open cruelty, and unparalelled both plots and violences of those most bloody and unplacable enemies.  
By which powerful means and mutual concurrence, they (by divine providence) through innumerable difficulties conquered, subdued, and captived their greatest enemies; so that both their deceitful curers and malicious destroyers, were brought under the mercy of them and their Guard.  
But yet here standeth the difference, those subtle Surgeons (whom they choosed to be their curers, both of the King's-evil, and all other national and abominable evils, sores and diseases, unto which they (like their forefathers were subject) do presume upon some pretence of privilege, to agree with the violent party without either the patiented parties, or their valorous Guards consent, though all they can do, is but to speak and trea & prate, whereas the other offended party with their victorious Guard, have the power & fortitude to act, & smite and prosecute, howsoever they at present lie lurking, like a Lion in his Den, until they see their own opportunity to catch their prey, prevent them and laugh them to scorn; for though guilty men may bless and make peace, yea and forgive one another, like Newgate birds: now after they have received, destroyed, and murdered the just, yea protected, assisted, and justified the wicked, as being most abominable acts in God's sight, yea and although hand join in hand, yet they shall not escape unpunished in his due time.  
Now the great matters of state now in present difference, being under this simile described, as the Prophet Nathan did David's fault, they are both so plain and evident in our daily sight and hearing, yea & palpable also by out feeling the smart thereof, that they need little or no interpretation, were it not for the plainer sort of people, who love that such needful and remarkable matters in these distracted times, should be expressed in plain terms, having too much woeful experience, how dangerous it is to be deluded and blindfolded, either with whispering in the ear or with dark or Courtlike phrases and vain Compliments.  
The party who gave those grievous wounds, is the King and his Confederates, (even the Papists & rude multitude) the party who received them, is this whole distressed Nation, chief the most free minded and best principled thereof, and the Surgeons who undertook and promised to cure these bloody wounds, is the Parliament, and the Guard which the Nation choosed, is the Army, unto which party whereof, instead of any further illustration, ye may easily join their own part in what hath been briefly spoken.  
Only for their cause, who delight more in plain English, then either in doubtful or mystical speeches, it is to be considered, that the King and his Confederates, have given many cruel and grievous wounds to this bleeding Nation, not only by multitudes of oppressions, enormities, persecutions, taxations, & monopolies always grinding the faces of the poor, grieving the Consciences of the well-affected, before this Parliament, but infinitely by more mortal, cruel, bloody, and destructive Wars, fire and Sword, throughout all these three bleeding Nations ever since, whereof the particulars would fill many Volumes to express, but they are briefly comprehended in that little book, called The Scots Mist, lately come forth.  
The Parliament, though both chosen and trusted by this bleeding Nation, to cure their wounds, and redress their grievances, having received infinite treasures and unspeakable riches for these just and necessary ends, upon their manifold faithful undertake, promises, vows, imprecation, Oaths, Protestations, and Declarations, yet have not in any competent nor correspondent measure, discharged that great and public trust reposed by the whole Commons of England in them; but were more earnest & careful to advance themselves on the people's ruins, than (as they ought) to perform their promise, or discharge their duties, according to the end of their election, trust, and vocation.  
And the Army, though they have been very valiant, constant, courageous, & victorious in all their practices against all the open enemies abroad, yet both themselves & we have felt that they have been negligent, in taking some happy and speedy course, both with those treacherous malignants and deceitful friends when they were quiet at home: so that by their lenity, negligence, pitiful delays, losing many fair occasions, and precious opportunities the last year, even when none in England durst presume to stir nor beat a Drum) they might have been worthy instruments, both having the Sword still in their hands, and as many more in number, than now they are, to have seen justice (without respect of persons) executed, the public treasures accounted, wicked Laws abolished, good Laws established, and the people's freedoms restored.  
But through the Armies failing herein, (though we should much more rejoice in their conversion, than any wise in their confusion) and also by their declining from their faithful Engagement at New market, as was most apparent at their Randevou● near Ware, all these late insurrections have come to pass, these inviterate enemies still intending, and by all possible means seeking to have swallowed up both the Army and all the honest party, (according to that part of the Nationall Covenant, (howsoever they differ from the rest) and that by the craft and stratagems of the Armies deceitful friends in Parliament, who although they failed in their malicious plot of disbanding them wholly, yet they prevailled afterwards in getting the half, both ingratefully and untimely carshired, and that by detaining from them their just wages and Arrears, that they might be necessitated to be burdensome to the Country, by taking free quarter, when no enemy durst any more appear.  
By which deceitful means, those subtle enemies of all goodness proved just like their Master Sathar, first by devising a temptation, next by using indirect means to bring honest hearted people under the power of that temptation, and last, in accusing the parties whom they had thus tempted and snared, to those who have any power to punish them, even for not preventing & overcoming that snare and temptation, though the devising, beginning, proceeding, and ending, came all by those false accusers own means and procurement.  
But since the Army hath not declared, what they intent now after these their last viotories this year, as they did after their first victories the last year; and although they did, in regard they were not so punctual in the pursuance of their Engagement, nor in prosecution of the eleven Members, as they pretended and was expected, they would hardly be trusted in words, without some real performance in deeds, even besides their Martial affairs, wherein (by divine providence) they are victorious, seeing most of all in any authority, have been so deceitful during all these troubles, that scarce any more such trust will be given in haste, to any condition of men in this age, until they bring forth more real and ripe fruits, as well as leaves and blossoms.  
Thus the enslaved people of this Nation, are in a more desperate as well as desolate condition every way, now after this eight years' Parliament than they were 20. years ago, when it was adjudged less than Treason in the highest degree, to mention the very word [Parliament,] so that the cure is become worse than the disease, and the last error worse than the first.  
And moreover, by means and occasion of their corrupt, deceitful and underhand dealing, in not going through with the work for which they were chosen, divers others also are (by their example and permission) become great oppressors and underminers of this Commonwealth; wherefore it will be needful here to express some of the special particulars, wherein at present, each one of them bendeth their chiefest endeavours for self interests, and no wise for advancing, (but altogether for destroying) the public cause which tendeth to the peace, safety, liberty, property, and tranquillity of the people.  
And so by a mutual harmony as brethren in evil, though hating others in most other things, yet like Pilot and Herod are familiar friends, by concurring together for their several sinister ends (ambition, covetousness, or whatsoever else) to the utter ruin of this enflaved Nation, except the Lord of his undeserved mercy provide some speedy remedy, either by this Army, or by such other instruments or means, as he seethe most expedient for his own glory and the people's safety; which special particulars do here follow in order.  
1. The King's deceitful demands and other expresses now in his most extreme need, towards the prosecution of this personal treachery, that by his and his confederates subtle managing of the businesses, and over-witting our wise Parliaments Commissioners, chief to finish this treaty at London, (the place of his chiefest joy) he may recover his wont, and unlimited authority, & so not only revenge, & grow as glorious and great as any Monarch or Monster in Christendom, but prefer all his Cavaliers, and lay on such heavy burdens of taxations and oppressions on all estates, both in Countries and Cities, as may so impoverish, enslave, and disable them and their posterities for ever, from any more rising or taking up Arms in their own defence, according to the tyrannical custom and practice of other Kings over their subjects, or rather slaves, such as Spain and France.  
2. The Parliaments deceitful concurrence with his unjust desires therein, as the case of this Nation is now in a rottering condition, apprehending it much safer, easier, & speedier for saving their lives & estates, & avoiding account of the people's treasures, to make their own particular safe and wel-grounded peace with him alone for all (who is both their prisoner, & guilty also like themselves, (whereas a just Judge would condemn & punish both) then with a multitude of honest people, who have far more accusations against both him and them, than ever he or they will be able to answer.  
3. The people (meaning the rude multitude) having no good nor solid principles whereon to build or settle their resolutions, or to direct or aume their actions, and therefore they being light as the dust in the drought of Summer, are carried aloft, even with eurey small gale of wind, as well as by a great tempest, so that they are sometimes for the King, and sometimes for the Parliament, and sometimes for both, and sometimes for neither of them, yea or scarce for themselves, and not so much as once minding, for less duly considering what's needful or expedient either for their own particular or the public good, but what they have either by a stinted or set form, or by habitual custom or apish imitation of their Landlords, Masters, Friends, or Neighbours; so that such time-serving and inconstant men's endeavours, do tend more to the ruin, then to the good of a Natiou, if they be not under the Government of more wise, discreet, and better experienced men then themselves.  
4 The Priests sitting close at the helm, during all these troubles, as their Masters the Bishops did in former times, who though they could not answer the Parliaments 8. queries, had rather have other 7. years' Wars throughout all the 3. Kingdoms, then to want one years' Tithes.  
5 Landlords, exacting such intolerable rents both for ground, houses, and shops, now beyond all former times, and thereby so grind the faces of the poor, (who are heavy loaded with diversity of burdens otherwise in these sad and troublesome times, both when Trades are decayed, Trading monopolised, and dearth of victuals increased and multiplied) that many Thousands of families, (especially where there are many small Children) are ready either to starve, despair, or run away and leave all, even for want of such course bread, and other necessaires, as Parl men, Committeemen, Priests, and Lawyers, will scarce offer to their Horses and Dogs.  
6. The Lawyers, whereof some being usually Members of Parl, do endeavour not only to frame the Laws so to their own minds and ends, as they may receive divers interpretations, to the great vexation and grief of the people, but by that means and occasion, such tedious and chargeable, yea and sometimes endless Law-suites are at their unlimited wills and insatiable pleasures depending, that they abundantly enrich themselves, and impoverish the Commonwealth: so that now it is thought, yea and approved a more safe, ready, and easy course for any plaintiff, to acquit unto the defendant, the one half of whatsoever debts he justly acclaimeth, provided he get the other half without trouble, fraud, charge or delay, then at such excessive rates, delays and uncertainties to prosecute any such action at Law against him.  
7. The City, at least the turbulent domineering or conspiring party thereof, diligently beholding, and vigilantly attending, whether at last the King, Parl. or the Army shall be victoricus, though not in the Wars, yet by personal treacheries, that they may partake with them, and so be still glorious.  
8. And the Scots, (chief the Royalist Party) like most of the English, choosing rather to destroy the Sectaries with the sword, then convince them by the Word, and to be still slaves and beggars, then either to break their ensnaring Covenant, which the best of themselves, and far less the Papists and Athests whom they forced thereunto, were never able to keep, or to want one Tyrant or Idol to sit on their old worn Throne, whiles Sun and Moon endure in the Firmament. All these be England's chief destroyers.  
But contrary to the practices of all these cruel oppressors, the hope of all true hearted Englishmen, whereof many Thousands (both Londoners and others whom the Malignants call Leavellers) have lately presented a Petition to the Parl. for impartial justice and true freedom is, that God will either by this Army; or some other instruments or means (according to his wont mercies in all ages) preserve his people and destroy his enemies.  
Upon the Parliaments receipt of the aforesaid Petition (meaning only the Commons house, not knowing more than ignorant and runagate School boys, what to say, or how to answer their lessons) perceiving by the scope of the Petition, that the multitude of Petitioners were the very same persons in City and Country, whose former Petitions the last year for England's just Freedoms, by their misorder of Parl. the common Hangman had burned, and that doubtless those considerate and wel-principled people, (who knew both their own due and the Parliaments duty) would importune them now as they did then, for a just and real answer, and not rest upon their unjust sentence, or determination, but still present Petition after Petition, to make them more and more ashamed to the world, (if they were not hardened with sin and shame) they were forced out of mere policy after much dispute and debate, to adjourn for four days.  
Surely this did show as great wisdom in our wise, discreet, brave, and grave Parliament, now as when they were forced not long age, both to take down their second Excise house (which they built in Smithfield, and to quite their Excise of flesh there, after the Butchers had both burned down the first house, and would pay no more Excise to their Officers, notwithstanding all their high Orders, Ordinances, threaten, and penalties, but rather pay themselves when they saw convenient time, as they and many Thousands of others also, were in as good postuae, even to pay the Parl. mens pates, as they were to knock fat Oxen on the heads.  
And it is no wonder that the Parl. of England, were so fearful of the Butchers of London, because they had good reason so to be, for is there any sort, degree, or condition of men, yea Soldiers themselves (who are esteemed most expert in killing) more desperate, bloody, aed dangerous than Butchers are, their hands being for the most part in blood, whereas Soldiers will rest many weeks and months without shedding of blood? and besides, Butchers do surpass Soldiers in these other most remarkable things, for as they are most perfect in knocking down, and beating out the brains, and letting of blood, so they are most skilful in driving all away, cleaving a sunder, hanging up, quartering, drawing, slaying off the skin, and so in disposing of every thing in its own due order, time and season, as it becometh wise, able and discreet men.  
So in all the oppressions and desolations that this rich Parl. have made, since they left both selling of Lands in Ireland, and by cunning adulation and affectation, even fair & flattering speeches, obtained both the multitudes of Plate and Contributions, and began to force and squize out more and more by foul actions, they never met with their match (in the way of resistance) until they began to vex the Butchers of London, because the Butchers scorned to be enslaved, extorted, or have the gain of their toilsome labours taken from them by the idle Parl. but as they were moved and occasioned, so they powerfully and courageously stood in their own defence against the Parl. so that neither the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, nor trained bands of London could appease them, until they had both burned the Excise house, terrified the Parl. and fought themselves free, like brave fellows from paying any more Excise.  
Only the Army are to be excepted (in this and many other things) who at that time had engaged, but had not declared, when the Butchers had thus opposed, and began most excellently both to refuse disbanding contrary to all high Votes and Ordinances, and to purge the Parl. until they saw some difficulties in the way, which now they have passed over, and doubtless (if they be either wise, punctual or provident) will accomplish their work, both for their own safety and the freedom of this Nation, according to their Engagements, Proposals, and Declarations.  
Now the reason wherefore the Parl. did adjourn for 4. days at the receiving of the aforesaid Petition, may be easily discerned, even to be the great & remarkable trial they were put to at unawares, considering their rottering condition, being so hated of the people for their unjust dealing; and therefore they were necessitated to take 4. days, having 4 as special matters to debate and resolve upon in that limited space, as they have had these 8. years (except in 4. of their great and golden days, when they were in the greatest hate of parting and disposing the people's Treasures, Plate, Taxes, Sequestrations, and Estates amongst themselves, their friends and relations; so that they wisely proportioned the number of the days, according to the number of their most urgent private affairs, what ever should become of the public.  
The first day, how they might proceed wisely and warily with the Treaty personally, though neither really nor actually at the Bar of Justice, but how the King may acquit them and they him, and so deceive and enslave the poor between them.  
The second day, how to preserve their own lives, apprehending their own guiltiness, and how far short their practices came of the scope of that Petition, which tends to the just freedom of the people, for which main end they were chosen, trusted, maintained, and defended against all whom they made us think were their deadly enemies, but it seems, will be their friends when they both please to enslave the people.  
The third day, how to secure their ill gotten Estates, & whether to adventure their late received moneys beyond the Seas with the former, or to put it in hazard with their lives at home, they being in danger every day to be questioned, called to account, and tried, even by those whom they esteem their Servants, but may happily and speedily appear (as they are indeed) their Ma●●●●….  
And the fourth day, whether to give a satisfactory or delatery answer to the Petitioners, knowing by experience their ingenuity and importunity to be such, that no congratulatory nor complementary, yea nor usual Parliamentary answer would be acceptable to them; and therefore (doubtless) these grave Senators handsomely considered, that it was better to give them no answer, but keep them in hope of an answer, until they have finished their personal treachery with the King, then certainly they would not spare to tell them another thing.  
Object. It may be objected, according to the Parl. own declared tenant to the same Petitioners the last year, in answer to one of the burned Petitions (which are all contained in that little book entitled, Gold tried in the fire,) that all the people are to rest satisfied in the Parliaments determination, sentence, sense or answer, in what matters soever, or to this effect;  
Answ. And it's also answered, that these men told the Parl. withal convenient speed by another Petition, that they would not rest satisfied in what the Parl. pleaseth to determine, any further than their determination, sentence, sense, or answer, shall be right and just, according to the true end, intent, and meaning of their election, vocation and trust, chief the people's freedom and safety, and so always for their weal, but never for their woe; for otherwise why should they be either chosen, called, trusted, or assembled, except it were only to be dissembled, as their deeds witness against them?  
Quest. But could not some Parl. men, like some of those who were accused by the Army the last year, kick, threat, beat, and imprison some of those Petitioners now as they did then, even for presenting the like Petition, yea and both vote and order the Hangman to burn their Petition too?  
Answ. No indeed, for at that time the Army had not yet engaged nor declared unanimously, to stand or fall together, for the just freedom of this Nation, but at that time, were taking these and the like unjust practices of Parl. into consideration, & preparing themselves to take the best and speediest course, both for their own and all their friends preservation, not being fully persuaded before that the whole house should so suddenly vote them Rebels and Traitors, without either consideration or commemoration of all their former victories, faithful and remarkable services, for not presently disbanding, but that their only enemies had been the King and his party, whom they had so lately & powerfully subdued, conquered and imprisoned.  
So that the Parliament were but then in hopes, that the Army would disband, so soon as they were commanded, but now having undoubted proof and experience of the contrary, they dare not presume to meddle any more with any, who are, or seem to be of the Armies principles, lest they own both them and their cause, as well now as they did then, yea and revenge their quarrel too, not only by more strict accusing those 11 Members, but the most part of the house, if not the whole house, and so put them all to the flight, for they are too lap-winged, they having sitten 7 years too long, to advance themselves and impoverish the Nation, that they may be more capable to be slaves to them, as both the same Parliament-men and the rest of the people have been to the King.  
For had these Representatives been as faithful, real and cordial to their representers, as they seemed and pretended to be at the first, when they relieved prisoners, abolished Bishops and divers unjust Courts and Monopolies, brought home the Banished, and made many element Speeches to gain the people's affections, that they might obtain their rich oblations, persons and estates to defend them in these wars, they might have abolished more wicked laws, and established more good laws, yea and prevented, or at least shortened these bloody & destructive wars, & unspeakable both losses & expenses, to the Common wealth, punished evil doers, and rewarded them that do well, more in one year than they have done in all these grievous 8 years.  
And therefore, seeing there is no grapes to be expected on thorns, nor figs on thistles, it is high time that the Army who (through God have done so valiantly, & is the present and apparent safeguard of all the honest party in this distressed Nation) would make a more wise, happy and speedy use of this worthy opportunity, which God is pleased once more again to grant them, than they did the last year; for he hath made them his happy instruments of as great victories as ever he, hath made any others before them since the days of Gidion, who only by 300, destroyed many thousands of the Midianites, or of joshuah, who by the sound of Rams horns threw down the walls of Isrech, and before whom, both the inhabitants of Canaan and the Kings of the Nations ●●●dering about, whom God hath ordained to destruction, were but as stubble before the fire, or dust before the wind.  
Therefore, in consideration of the present case of this distressed Nation, the Armies best, easiest, and speediest course (saving better advise) is, to use that power which God (in much mercy) hath put and reserved into their hands.  
1. After they have declared their just reasons, desires, and resolutions to the whole Nation, concerning their duties in all public affairs as the case now stands, even to dissolve this present Parl. lest to be free from present trial themselves, of all their unjust and double deal, they involve both you and us all, in a greater gulf of misery and slavery, than ever you or any other Army after you can either comfort us in, or deliver us from, whiles the world stands: can it be justly denied but that they (at present) having the Sword, may upon far better grounds of the people's safety (being the chief of all Laws) dissolve this deceitful Parl. who have been 8 years surfeited; glutted, and fattened with all the best things that this Nation could afford, either without giving any account of the people's treasures, or acting any thing towards their freedoms,) than he or his Father had, to break up many good Parliaments, merely for their own prerogatives, ambitious, and covetous ends, to the ruin, misery, and slavery of the people.  
2. According to the Armies Proposals, there may be not only a set time appointed for the beginning and ending of Parliaments every year of their own accord, after the people's election, with certain limitations therein for avoiding of Malignants (as in Parl. there be too many at this time) but forthwith, to call a just Parl. to a strict account of all the oceans of the people's blood, and multitudes of their treasures that have been spilt and spent in all these long cruel and destructive Wars, as both many thousands of faithful witnesses, and many ten thousands of pitiful complaints will be produced from all places.  
That justice now at last, without respect either of persons or states, being administered the cruel sting of Norman bondage removed, & an exact account of all the blood, treasures, estates, revenues, assessments, oblations, alienations, contributions, sequest rations, compositions, and taxations made, than the public debts may be paid, all kind of Taxes discharged, the Army and all public charges by subsidues maintained, the people's freedoms restored, wicked Laws abolished, and good laws established.  
Otherwise, as the Parl. accused the King of many odious and heinous crimes, & did not prosecute their charge, & though the Army accused the 11 members of divers treacherous acts, & did not prosecute their charge; & though Lieut. Gen. Cromwell accused Manchester for many treacherous acts, and did not prosecute his charge, & though Mr. Lenthall the Speaker of the House, and his brother Sir john were accused, for heinous crimes against the Commonwealth, and their charge not prosecuted, but as it seems all did forbear one another, for ends best known to God and their own Consciences, yet it is neither feared nor doubted, but God knoweth very well how to reach both the height and deepness of men's policies, treacheries, and confederacies, and how to catch them in the midst of their sins, when they are ripe for his judgements, but we hope better things of the Army, though little of the chief Officers.  
FINIS.