The Mad Dog REBELLION, wormed and muzzl'd. With some Reasons why a personal Tre●ty with his Majesty is a●l yea why held in doubt or suspense and why never like to be, if some can withstand it.  
IT is an exceeding joy, and cause of continual thankfulness to God, of and for all loyal Subjects, for having the happiness to have so much grace given them from above, as not to be Rebells; but( in bad time be it spoken) England is now, and hath been a long time plagued with them as the Egyptians were with innum●rable Frogs, Lice, and caterpillars, &c. As they are Englishmen they are to be loved, and pitied, but as they are Rebells they are to be abhorred; they are to be grieved for( as B●eth●en) but they are to be opposed as the worst of Enemies: as we ought to require them to a loyal peace; so also we should desire them to be all hanged if they continue obstinate, bloody Rebells.  
Let us examine and confer a little with ourselves, could any, or all the foreign enemies we have, ever have done this once famous and Renowned kingdom so much mischief as we have done and suff●ed more then 7 yeares? These barbarous Vi●laines do know that they were never called of God, a●d they know also they were never sent by the King; they further know that by their rebellion they have resisted God, offended the King, and ruined the kingdom; and all this th●y have done under the pretence of Reformation, and under the colour or pretence of Gods cause, and the K●ngs honour, and their Countreys good, Kim Kam, against all Law and order of God and man: are they Kings to ●use and govern? Let us know how, and by whose permission: Are they the Kings Officers, or Ministers: it were good that they would show their commission, if they be( as they brag and boast) called of God; we are desirous to see some signs or good tokens of it in their better behaviour, it were not amiss if they would let us know what Moses, or what Aaron either called, or caused them to rise; if for the Protestant Religion▪ we had it, and it was a glorious Church here, and an illustrious splendour to all Christian Nations, and might, and would have remained with us continually, if they( like bruit Bores) had not violently torn down the hedges of our fruitful and flourishing vineyard, devoured her Grapes, rooted up her Vines, and broken down the Walls of our peaceful Sion, whereby they have made Gods houses of Prayer the devils dens of Thieves. They had forgot( or else they never remembered) that Christ commanded them to flee from persecution, not to fight for Religion; but here was no persecution to flee from, or any Protestant Religion to fight for, for, we had it in quiet use, practise, and possession; the Rule of Christian● is to s●ffer as Martyrs, and not to murder as Tyrants; whereby may be plainly perceived that the Rebells, and holy, wicked, devout, ungodly Sain●s, and Army have neither followed the counsel of Christ, the constancy of the Martyrs, nor the peaceable known Laws of the kingdom: these are the fruits of their faiths, this is the regard they have of their own souls; for they hold i● no sin to be perjured; the Citizens of London, and all other Cities, towns, and Corporations in England all of them( who are free of any Trades) did take oaths in this manner.  
I do swear to be true to our Sovoraigne Lord, King James, ( in whose reign there are many men alive, when they were bound apprentices) but the like, and the same bond and Oath hath been taken by two many perjured Rebells; since the reign of our sovereign Lord King Charles, and to his lawful heires and successors; it were good that every Citizen, Tradesman, or any Subjects whatsoever, to consider what, and to whom they have sworn, and to remember who it is that will call them to an account for their perjury in the breach of their oaths, by an unnatural and accursed rebellion; but it may be objected that all the Nobility and Gentry in his Majesties Dominions have taken the same Oath, and that every Member of Parliament of both Houses, peers and Commons have taken the said Oath, and the most of them have made such slender account of the said Oath that they have broken the said Oath, and all the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, fidelity, and Loyalty, in raising and making Warres again their sovereign, whom they are sworn to obey, and by and from whom they have and hold their honours and great estates, many of them being his Majesties own household sworn servants; therefore seeing our betters have led us( poor Citizens and tradesman) into perjury by our following their example, and if it do happen that we fall into perdition with them, this is like to be our best comfort, that we have right Honourable, and rich worshipful company and companions.  
Thus hath the devil robbed you of your integrity, and Loyalty, which you owed to a gracious King, and you have basely bestowed all your obedience upon an imposture, a monstrous idol, a thing without a head, a headles thing, by fools and knaves honoured and called a Parliament.  
The loving Independent who would have all things in a parity or equality, no superority, no inferiority, no man in better or worse estate then another; this is a hard matter to bring to pass, but yet it may and will be done, if the Rebells do go on as they have hitherto; the business must be done by killing and murder( as they are old excellent at it) the fools must kill all the wisemen, the knaves must kill all the honest men, the deformed must kill all that are handsome, the rude must kill all the eloquent, the ignorant must kill all that have knowledge, the young must kill all the old, the poor must kill all the rich, and this is the way to make all even, and lay all level.  
Thus by ambition they would reign over all, and by Avarice they would every whit; these are our earthly mortal Lucifers, these are the aspiring Phaetons, these are they that do scorn good counsel; for indeed there is no persuasion where Treason masters reason; they had rather run the hazzerd to endure the miseries of hunger, could, halter, and Hell, then to recant, repent, or return into the pale or compass of obedience, wherein their whole safety consists, both in this life and in a better; yet for all that hath been, or can be written or said, they are inwardly bent against Peace, ar a Personalll thing called a Treaty: It would be accounted a strange boldness, and arrogancy in a mans heel to presume( not onely to counsel but command his Head) it is Treason to vilify the King in words or writing, and good King Charles hath had more then his share both those ways: it it is worse Treason to raise Arms without his commission, or to fight against him, but it is the worst and highest Treason to take him, to cast him into prison, to debar him of all earthly comforts, to allow him no servant or friend to converse with him, to attempt by dive●s ways to murder him, this is somewhat more then Rebellion, and the highest pitch that Treason can mount to, except the Gallows.  
Is there no other way to quench the thirst of Traytors but the blood royal, and loyal? my hope is better, though many true Subjects are ruined and undone in his M●j●sti●s name, yet let those who pretend to keep the laws( by robbing the people) look into all Histories, and they shall find that all Rebells have come to such fearful ends, as may terrify all such as are in the same condition as they were; they may consider that the King hath often offered more in mercy, then then they could by any means have escaped by justice; for never was so good a King so badly used, never King did offer Subjects more( or the like gracious ●ff●rs) and never did any ungracious Subj●cts so slight and abuse such gracious favours, which because they were so scornfully refused, they will hardly get them again with much entreaty.  
Therefore look what you have done Rebells, you have( by murder) half unmanned a kingdom; for there is left at the most but one Male for 5 Females; and half those men are old, blind, lame, or made beggars by you or your good means, as you have brought death with the sword, so you have caused dearth by famine and scarcity, which will bring diseases; the spoils which you have made in 3 kingdoms will not, cannot be repaired in 50 yeares. turn and repent, the King is merciful on Land, and the Navy blocks you in by Sea; so that Rebells shall shortly have no safe staying here without submission, nor any fleeing hence without destruction.  
The Parliament made a selfe-denying Ordinance, which was, that no places of Office or profit which any of them( of either House) had by any Vote, Order, Grant, Gift or purchase, of goods, or Lands, that none of these, or any Interests of their own( either general or particular) should be any impediment, or Let to hinder a personal Treaty with his Maj sty; and now there are none in the Houses but such men as have places, Offices, and profits, who do oppose a personal Treaty, for fear they should be forced to su●render, and be outed of their misgotten gains: as a Master of the Chanceries place is 3000. l. a year: A postmasters place of England worth 3000. l. a year, another hath some Office in the customhouse, or some are Auditors for his Majewies Revenues, some Committeemen, and ( omnium gatherum) the Offices and places of value to some of them thousands, and to the meanest of them hundreds of pounds, per annum.  
These men are the strongest, and prevailing party in the House, or Houses, the chief of them being the Lord Say, and the wisest the earl of Pembroke, vain, Mildmay, Ma●tin, Prideaux, chaloner, and consequently all the pack of ●h●m who are nominated to treat( upon the Even or Vigill) of Saint never come whose names are as followeth, earls of Northumberland, suffolk, Kent, Stamford, lincoln,( Pembroke, and Say before name) these are the wealthiest and most politic of the House of peers, who are picked out of the whole bunch to be Treaters.  
For the House of Commons, they have cul'd out and appointed these following birds of the like kind, ( v●z) Sir Walter earl, Sir Hairebraine( or Harbottle Grimstone) Sir William Lewis, Sir John pots, Sir Robert Onslow, Sir Gilbert Gerard, Saint Robert Harly, Mr. Prideaux, Mr. Swinfen, Mr. Maynard, Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Lisle, Mr. Perpoynt, cum multis aliis.  
These are the names of some of the Treaters, divers of whom, went to tamper with the Common counsel of the City, and finding the Citizens( for the most and better part) very much given to Loyalty to their sovereign, and to a personal Treaty with his Majesty( which consequently will be the City and kingdoms peace) which liking and good inclination in the Cit●zens did not relish well in palates of the Parliament men there present, who( to invade and shuffle of a Treaty for ever) began to make some mention of time, and place, when, and where this long looked for, wish● for, and often promised Treaty should, or shall be: thus in the scales of balance, of quando and ubi is to be weighed, the happiness or infelicity of our Church, of our King, of out laws, Lives, Liberties, and freedom.  
But we must never expect this happiness as long as this mighty selfe-interested, and selfe-partiall party( I might have said selfe-guilty too) are so prevalent and powerful that they can, and do overpower all the best affencted in both the Houses; for you must understand there are many amongst them who do love the King and the kingdoms Peace, who would be glad to be at home in quiet; but these men are used but as younger Brothers, they have received no portions, they do sit in the Houses onely to fill up the seats, and as the figure of 1 with a cipher added to it doth make the number 10; so the Grandees( or Bashawes) though they are the fewer in ●mber, yet they are the stronger and most powerful by fo ce and usurpation, and withall are very loathe and unwill ●g to let go their hold fast of what they have, or out of fe e, shane, and self guiltiness for their perfidiousness to their King, and breach of trust to those persons and places for whom they were entrusted; for these considerations, they( by the addition of the ciphers) do seem to be the whole number of both the Houses, and these are they that never will, nor never dare give a cordial consent to a Pe●sonall Treaty; nay, though they had sworn they would have one, and prefixed whe●e and when, yet no man of sense or reason will believe them; for now they have another feat or knack out of the budget of the reverend Hocus Pocus, which is that great numbers of hands are gathered, and to be gathered from many careless Ignorants, desperate factionists, blind zealous separatists, Sect●rious and godless Atheists,( besides cut throat Farfaxians) these are all incited and invited to bring in a Petition to the House of Commons against a personal Treaty, the said Petition( being penned by some of the wittiest of the wickedest of the Members) is shortly to be presented, and( no doubt) will be graciously received and accepted by the most high and most mighty amongst the State Rebells, and this willbe one of the flim flams that shall uphold their tottering greatness, and cast down all hope of a personal Treaty with his Majesty.  
And surely it is not impertinent, or much out of the way of Loyalty to ask or be a little inquisitive whether the King be in health or sick, or alive or dead; howsoever we can neither hear from him, or have admittance to see him, or sand, or receive any thing to or from him( this is harder usage then ever any Rogue or traitor suffered) besides we have not heard of him a great while; and it is too well known that he hath not one friend to attend him, nor any one that loves him can be suffered to come nere him; his life hath been attempted to be taken away by the two damnable, and speeding means of Pistol and poison, which though( by the mercy and favour of God) he hath happily escaped; yet is he in daily and hourly danger to be murdered by machinatious, assassinations, and devilish practices; his royal Person is immured under as hard, as close, and as traitorous a restraint as ever he was( if he be living) and the same villains that kept him close do keep him still; and his good God( in whom he puts his whole trust and confidence) as he hath with his Mighty providence and power defended him, so he will( in his own good time) as he hath comforted him in all his afflictions, likewise give him deliverance( by his Almighty grace and favour) out of all his trou●les: And to conclude this point, it is the bound duty of all loyal Subjects to pray for his M●jesties life, honour, and safety, and to do their best endeavours for h●s freedom, and a personal Treaty whereby this kingdom may be blessed with Peace and tranquillity.  
If the Cit zens of London do love his Majesty, their own Peace and the Kingdom●s, Let them not suffer the Trained Bands to guard a kennel of Traytors every day; is it not a wonder that those Souldiers( under a pretence of se ving the King) do every day and night lie in wait to take them, and violently hale and drag them to Prison? in which doings they are worse then the Hangman; for he( by Law) torments or executes none but Malefactors, Traytors, Thieves, and Murderers; but these Trained band men do molest and trouble none but such as are true Subj●cts to his Majesty, or such as are suspected to fear God, in honouring and serving the King; therefore it were good that these men would give over this base kind of guarding and defending of his Majesties worst and dispightful enemies, and also that they would desist( or be more sparing) in the doing continual mischief to his friends; for the Proverb saith, Love me, and love my Dog.  
To do as we should be done unto, is an excellent rule from the most excellent schoolmaster; now if all those Miscreant Recreants, would but take into their cursed considerations, what they have done to the King, and how they have dealt with him, and let them then speak truly whether any of them would be contented to be unjustly( by his own servants) thrown out of his inheritance of goods, lands, possessions, treasure, and liberty, to be deprived of the comfort and company of wife, children, friend, household seruant to attend, physician for the bodies preserving, or D●vine for the souls solace; to haue his name blurred with calumnious and bitter slanders, to be libeled against and reviled, and to be restrain●d from writing or speaking in his own defence. show me the man that hath suff●ed this much, and thrice as much more; yet that man is as much inferior to King Charles in his sufferings, as beneath him in Royalty of Birth, Birthright, Dignity, Piery, Constancy, Christian Patience, Invincible Fortitude, and most heroic Mag●●nimity.  
FINIS.