- , 1wv. .~ -- ,» —a- v _v' “.1'vsvvj"'§-VI'."¢‘-7-——-—vV. ,. _Mr- V» , ~ _ , . '. 3 ‘V! _ . D‘ , _ lfl“; ‘L’ 4'9‘ « .';|,,.',.‘~‘ _ " .V . '- I ’ ' 3' ' .I_.' ‘r ..\ 1 . If ‘ . , - . V A . * ’\.,. ’ \ ” t " I . ‘ '1 ‘:1 fr. ’ lg‘ _ - ._1_’'"-?- ‘T ,-,' 0‘, «."' ' 5. wt“ :%“~‘*" ' A/1:’-A " '2‘, - .. . e . cg t.e»*-we 'é~:‘~:-“¢ ' ~93? »*‘«-"3. ~ ‘*3. - ‘ <.-T2 3 ‘ ANDMOST A I’R.OP ERR L A I K To A L % I 3 35 PINTED AND PVLISHED, under His eflkfaje/Zie:Name , 3 e 73’eceml>er , 8. mended agafnfl: ‘an Ordinance Of P arliarnexn‘ for Affefsing. e % V But indeed a11iemati=eng% an d encoeuraging the Malignant:-S,.2md [)C]inql:l€flES',i.fl their vielent courfes fer thce.maintcnanccofthemfelvcs-,and their Malignant Army. eaem»‘a;~2m%zae;>‘xe%e~“"*"°;f ‘ the Committee of examinations ,. is all-.'l}l1t‘L‘t[J fo noto- rious and corp:-‘lent, that it is to be Wqndrccl how tire Scribe of this DcClarati0n,- ihmlti have aniignorame. or maliee.hi.gg.e enough to conceix oanclt‘:ring;it forth. Efpc-~« 3:-irillty fince ~fb.m:=ny.Maligt1ants from which he miglzt have had better intelligence, have pail through that.Committee.,..who wantmgg at"»1el‘t-C doore,.ywh1le Counlells were taking Oifi’-:‘t'l1€it' C2UfC3*,. rniglfat well lanow 2.113 olzferve, that the Membersof the - Houic, were not excluded from being prelent at thofe Couniells... And yet upon this . éitineziaccufartion , is.-grounded atragicall, and dole full exclamation. As if r all -l"arli;=~- -.§3€iltS were utterly deiiro5«'¢d,bcca.~nfe a Siomlnitteedoth exclude. theMembers of the ; H9Bf€ 015C ommons, w hich indcediare not excludcd.. Neither doth it follow asa neccflarytruth that becanfe men ..are. to be im-prifonel l hythe C ommittec , therefore they ihalibe feparated from their Wi\'es and C hil-e drew... For though thefe are to be removed front Lom.’m.fand Wcflmi:n_.[§:r»., , the Snén . - wit: and.C0ut:m'es adiacent ,..yet, the husbartdsr being {cut to prifons remote from. Laanianarid Hfeffmiévflmi the «£:eéur£_u.r.at1d Counties.ad)’:;;cet1t, they all livery . w ell . metre. certainly it». may._.well lzethought that the Pmliament bath at leaft as» grctatzcaufe to remove far the Malignants and there Families,the difealc ofma1ig\p2ncy; .,ggmmQ1aly.in this cafe moi‘-_r.afl7;6tir1g‘the Herd, and thence Bowing- into the bddykt: fl . ~ ‘- x,‘ ._ thelfimndhy.lhmtbcitforeverrtfiannaibylynxdsflgpitflhdgunuaJuudqnndht«ndI13nas» ny,cobani4h meni-mo revnaotellands, ardby Pulnmcnt to tests ihefit ; ’ friends, Wives and children from . . And here agasine liowts from this Writer, ahugc tideef palfion. Emfiasticlw of: to turnc) may not this tidethu: return»: upon him"? Is there now my liberty left, but to thofe that would dellroy the Parlia mm: , and thcrmvitb wpeaace , liberty, prom-ty,and Religion? 15 notlai,vio-lence offered to menus Confrictgces, whenthey \ are terrilyed by proclamations of'Tre.9fon , extremities of W; rre, For keeping their \ proteftation whereby they have vowed to defend the pri\ iledges of Par.1iament , and thofe that defend them? And is it any way contrary to the Oaths of Supremacy, -All’€gi3ll(-«EC, or the protellation, to defend the Parli-;;ment againft thofe that would dellroy it?" or by force to hring Deli:nqu<:nts,to Parliamentary Ju{flC€., and to leade cagtive thofe , that lreade His Miajeflzy ca;-stivb, and ftrive to ieparaite the Headfrom the body , to the mine of both ? How many perfons of Honour, Ckality , and Re- j putation of the leverall Countiefs‘ of E reg/az-d hm e beef.-he turned out of their Ofiices, l ’ places, houfes, goods, and lives 3‘ hour many are now in-prifon ohelylor their Ftithw ..lul:nefle to the I1’arlisment and hingdome ? How rmny {id-'—I’éa11.tl,all Ci‘tizensofLa‘m l Adm have heenefeduced to let hands to pttttlons of dancgerous elonfcquence, and to .r ‘many p-spills , l‘>l;d'pl1emers, and men of tief;-‘erste fortunes, are met in the Armies W,itl‘.d'r aw their hands from affifling the defence '; f Parlirunentand kingdome? How‘ :3’: t that light zrgainfl the Parliament, yea: how or-.1 ny papills in tl“!'c-the tin-‘l€3"0f‘VVé—rre, are authorized againfl Law by his Maj c:§Hes( omrniflion to huy,and take up Armes1,w~hen e: as the Prorellantsin divers Counties have been: totally dtilarmed ,.. and their Armes. J tlalccn away, notwithflanding their progierty in them 5’ Howmzrmyo godly, piotisvaenda ii‘ p.'.iI..full Divines ,. are now rob-he-J, and plimdered, their l3'OC>l{'(‘S and .wr4ting3? fpoi lei‘ T3 ~an.l defaced, and themfelves di ivcn to L 7.-‘dc-'/J , as to a City of refuge ?yrAnd witlialli how many of thofc Mii*:ifier*s that preach -againil the Parliament‘ are fourzrd robe the‘: faxrezhat were heretofore qnellioned by the Varliainenr, For fcandalous, vxtious, and‘ ‘K. al:ominablelix'ts:? And (none gut fronilsoxdsm over ha iily istherc not a cauie‘ to fecure dangerous pufons in London, and tl]’c1ttl‘Of€0fL0?:’dr771llZCultl be forced to! (efcnt'l Lrndcn, when 3S-F’-€316.35 L nx’an wa-ya to "But: crd, lo nrare (in Clealc pro- l‘I.l'O]l1{lE$) was Loxrdanvtotlze llatc of.72’rmf'ard E‘. For isic robe thought that the" Cavaliers would have cliangcdtlieir minds in the riding of eight miles; and that cs uelry of ignmford would have up ned into mercy in Losvdcn? would ll1tyl1a\’c~l‘par€Lf'i othci.l11b;lant5all Cmzens at Landon , who did I ot a e the very Brggers at ’ra»flrd‘.<" won-ld they have asked the Rich men at Landon whcther they were for the Kifiggw who made no loch quellion to the Beggers at ?r4nford P-Surelxe it is mall likelie that as now Lands» mayhe.feene~in /fgranfbrd, lb the‘:-1 Branfard vvotthl have her nee lifer.‘-C‘ 1&1 * Lox dam. * Ncitheris it unwortly of: the name of ytrhlicke Faith , that is given by theft ll13tC‘ r€p*elenI: the publicke body of the kingdome. And whztlbevet leave will b€tgl\'ext: to the Word (;.pub3ikc it is enough forrthe l'ecurity', if the Faith be found and {of-° ficicnt fwrepay-ment. And (i to fpeakc onelie Of"tlT€‘HOH;5€ of€or'1_-"lmons.) it is oer»- tazne that hon-1}: is troll ed with rhewhole ellare of the Commons — of England; Andi Iillfife the Commons of England wrll havrenough to pay‘ therclcbrs c'n.Cr‘2€fecl* 7 for the defenrc of the Commons.» But in the meme time what Faith is -giren for the‘ -"£é:k€SR‘I1Ll monet»hlie payjncnts imppfed on Oxfnrmire and the Weflcrm pguts , toga-_ L ‘ "*7 “ " “r " “ Ar 33 i “ ‘§.'_l‘ V. _ I 14,-;-\.«:_v5' ..;'\L'>‘ " ~vr'c'uh1.g__.' ‘ . 9‘ in — lo‘ 7. v- -A - ' 4 k',_ _.4’... * Ilibonai-iiioii 'of'Si_r"3{4lph Hapt’en?_Aendr.ev‘ent-this Declaration. l1ere_aFtei leakage}: aledgeth that the Ifing has parted from his Iewells and ljlate, (which it 13 pitty fhould have bin turned into the price of the blend of l1l‘ad5ub]=£'&.5) {e that evill Councellors ' have reduced him to that Loiwnelfe, that whenfnever he returnes to a flare,-lulire, of Majefly and glory, by a right (that is a Parliamentary) way, it mufi be by their faith- s -fglnt fie and fupply, whofe Faith is now thusz flighted and (lCfpifc‘d_. And it is eafily be. lieved that our bretheen of Scotland will not be difpleafed with the word of publike faitlt, and 1 Willi it were as fit to be believed, that they haveno: canfe to be diipleafed i _ With thofi: that by a war raifed againft the Parliament, endeavour to make the reality a isgfthtat word, lefl'e,;it‘ nrotiwholly ineffefiuall. ' l I Neither is it for Want of {peaking butof bearing that thefe menheare..nothing of " fundamentall Lawes. i It hath beene laid that it is mofi fundatnentall to a {tare to pre- ' y fe‘rv‘e' it felfe, And that theILotds and Commons in Parliament may defend themfe-lves and their priviledges agajn{tDelinquents, Malignants, and their adherents, that feeke to defiroy them : That thecorntmns are tntrutied with the eltates of the Commons; and the Lords; of the Lords and both joyning together in difpofingtl1etn,if the .Ki7¢g, vuithhold His Allent, which fhould bee given for the prefervationof the king. dometsperilh for want of this aiient P much leffe fhould it be turned into an ob 1' e6‘tion_ againlt the Lords and Commons as a_ fault of theirs, That the I('z°;zg will not allent. t Butt if this been neither fpoken not heard, are thefe men fit to demand tundamentall I.a\}\,{e3efor; the Parliaments difpoling of a Twentieth part, who can alleage themfelveg e no lhadow of any law for exafiing two and twenty parts out of Twenty .2 ~ For fueh a rnonfler both of Arithmetick and opprefiion have thefe men lately engendred : Not to fpeake of . breaking the funda-mentall. lawes taking his goods, in whom the I-loufe Of Commons is in’ for-nee fort contraétcd and reprefented, what fundatnentall Law have they for laying ataxe of foure pound a wceke on ninefcore pounds yearelyrent of the Speaker of the Houfe of Commons '? Vyhat have theft: men to doe to talk: of funda- mcntall Ifawes, tliat by La lawlelle, tandsfenfcleffe oppreflion, undermitne andsdigge mp e I eflzates even below their foundations; and like efigyptiam Taiskemafters will enforce the briclte to be made beyond thcaltraw ? i l ’ And ifextraordinarys‘ meanes of maintaining an undertaking prove it unlawfull,‘ a what an extremitie cf unlawfulnelfe is therein their undertakings, who by thefe lu- e petaextremities ofexaoftion maintaine their undertakings ?_%As for Maliet Pym: fpeech ‘ which they call excellent, it would inalte them excellent too, if they would {ouow it. For it is too manifell, that following the Lawes of luft, Ambition, _a11d~tl}¢]ike vices have brought us to this prefent eonfulion. r Neither isit fo liranget that in 3 fime of Warre againft , the Parliament — dangerous perlonsl {hould bee more fifely fecured from maintaining this warre, norlthat Mernberseof ‘eitl1er—iI-Ioufe giving caufc of full pition by viewing workes of d«. Fence or otl1erwi.ie,i'»lhould be commi-: ted with .the con- tfent or approbation of/either houle 5! not fo firange by much, As that live Members of ' l :a houfé, fhould bee drawne forth from the houfe ( to prifon and death as it leemes b‘ -the charge) by force and violence. And f01‘Hit/1,, the prefent good ufe of tNezv- C4fl;'g to admit Armes and Sou‘diers For. the maintenance of this unnaturall warre, ’ salotud to jultifie Sir Io/we Hat/mm: keeping of "Hull byorder of Parliament;;, ,NPtiiihiefi _» J Tonnage or ipotindage impofed by Ifarligunent 5 ' and.is_x_1g_t Tonnage and pgundaoc W4 I051}: semplaiatant as New-tfl/ti * i " 7” 7‘ ° - Bat the Piarliifiehit is Eve‘-iibr e J an i three “i ’ 1? i the whole matter my‘;- ‘'5 9; " Pcroy it by pulling away five firft (and how many lives after no ma e an Army-at Bffl7¢f07"d"I1OW-’ it muli: be overthrown by paper—Bullets and by untrue tel- ling of Twenties. Buticiertainly their A6’: of numbring Failes , as well as their vertue : of truth , and fincerity. For even in this inoneth oi" Deceméer, when the Lord _/Ila-... jar was in the Houfe of Corrimoiis at prayer (whereof a part , isa part of Common Prayer, by whichtoken he may be knowne not to be_a' f8ronmi[i‘ , nor a reviler of ‘ Gammon prayer) it is certainly reported there were eight [core in the I-Ioufe; and not manic lcffe the famevwee/Fie when the Houfe confidered the propofitions for peace; And thefe men cannot but know that Fourty do make a Houfe of Commons; fo that their own number aiickiiowledgeth it to be more,‘ then an houfe ofneceflity requires. Yet there are alfo computed about an hun .lred abfent in the Army for defence of the — it Parliament; or in the defence of their 0 N1] Counties; in Ireland, or for fome fpeciall , occafions oftheir owne. And thofe that are prefent, and iuch others as are thus ab- fent, com plainingof no Feare it is a worke offupercrogatory charity , that thefe Erk”. diters ihould make, or faine afearfullcomplaint for them. True it is , that there are about three {core calt out of the Houfe of Commons For fighting againlt the Hou{e,or ~ for-neother great ofiences , neither needs anieone to be afrayd of commiiig to the ; Houfg, bit thofc whom their owue guilt makes aH?ay’d of cenlure and puniflirnent; . Neither are clinic that are pretent-awed with an Army or Tumults, but defended and fecllred by an Army and the goods of the City and Suburbs; and it might pafl"e for 21 fpeciall peece ofcraft ifthefe men could make the Parliament lb Foolifbly credulous * V . as to be afraydsof their own fecurity. It were tobe wil1ied,That his Malclitleswere as‘ , free from caufe offeare from his Army and Cavaliers, who are much wronged by re»- Ports igthey ham’ not put threats upon him , and upon his going from them to his t; . . T . . Pairiiidnricl-ixt to the Parliament, they are angry with the City of London, for being ai f . to the Parliament. And whereas this paper is fo often {potted with r ihgticzgdiliggimédptifft 8c Zronmzfl: For their power in the government or actions--V epthat City, if they believe themfelves, it were good they did make others to believe. tl‘lCm 'c1l{0 9, this power 3 33 t Arm . ' h h L d M ,2 w th a faction told the houfes that they will have . _ liclthfiiiiaotdaiidii (iii: peacfleigut ivitli the bheritfsand Aldermen hath advanced and it ;‘1l%P£Cc§:. Petition to i-lis Maijeiiie for peace. True it is they defire a found and durable ;~ Pcacc, accompalncd with Truth and piety; neither can they be much blamed, if they, feare prctences of . 13t¢1y appeared at 37‘éZ?2f9'/'01.. B -t fee”:-l8.t‘hc notes were taken infhort hand which were font to this writer con-= is iiltirlic, Sir 5,'a';,q /14m;zmg,~ae,-fo~i'if the {tory had been written in words at length «S: a cer . p _ -. - e r ,. . r 3 d_cC1ared,_1tm1ghtl1avc been known, ThatSit Sidney Mounri/age: » befidfls refufing the Oath (if it mufl: be lb calleci ) of Allociation, drew forth a Decla-. ration, and vouche the houfe which hadentred that Aa%Ciati0fl n lrnowes) by naming fome particular Anaéaptifis and Browniffr that exercife} he Parliament bath named the Pap;/it which command in the Kings ., peace that may cover fuch defigncs_ of rnilchiefe and mafliacry as I dthe authority ofit , for calling them Traytors that had taken the g: T C - ' — T‘ 1 e 7!? atieiice that ~ .. i n ud cwhetheritwere anypart or_th€ vertu.,o p -_ fl‘mc'And ‘it thefc me J g {hould indure the word Fraytor e , - 4 ' . ta more comme1idable.vcrrueoE tg be §§Q:_ uP0;1Eh,§ fast 9*." mt rvlrthér It YY.‘:’F_$‘?. I33- i : ' gmcfyf J$W- A .1 .-r.‘ ' _., "‘ . i . I. "l '=Féfiim#£eéwyeerfTmYWs- i ‘ ‘ a s Arédnowfiolloxv fomémiitaken figures ofrhetoriclc which fhould run on this many; g net. Theleare the men tliatlmie {eat to the llates, to create withthetn, that they i ,- .3; .. A-var permit not Stouldiers and Armcs to come. from their provinces ,ro make and maintaine‘ wrar againlt the Ihirl-iament of England . "F hefe are the men that have lent into Scot-t oilmzd, where Mxrrgr is labouring to kindle a fire. to confume this Nation, to caPc water upon that fires; and Withall to intice our Brethren of'lS‘ co tland: now.-y he papilla are up in Armes to {cake thepaace of this Kingdome , and the {safety oER.e11 ion agreab-lie to , the Act efpacifieation. And not only for that Aét, but for their own iecurity it being :Did not S 27 Fmmw H701‘! 'cy draw bi: S ward. ‘the: 6 mid U)‘, for tbi‘ KjI2g,fi1I' #95 Ifiiflgo Bsdz'rz_aie ., lair},/:5 3. an unquefiionahle Truth, That if Ireland be the breakfalt of the papills, and E nglaaa‘ their Dinner. .S'ca:I.an.a' is likelytobe thair fupper. In a worduthefe are they thatihave made a preferring Ordinance, to fave the Parliament, Relig-ion, Lawes and Liberty, which were in danger to be devoured by ill cge—l=lCornmiIlions of Array, as illcgall Sheriffs, Armies ofpapifis, and other ill afleéted, perfons. But the words which follow,that an Army was firlt rayfed by the Parliament, are fo manifell-ly untrue_.that it is ftrange,how they could leave of the lelt remnant oFCon- icience to utter them,and oliltoyalt-yteo utter them uncler His Ma jelkies Name. it is pol‘-. {ible they may have heard ofa Bible,and therin of one Daw'd,that like the Parliament was accufed of rebelling againlt the Kingsand thefe were hunted like a Part riafgeg But that which I wouli fay to them is according to the fgeech o_l that D-43/id-to .e/:{é2:er:l ye-erare worthy to dy becauie yee have notrkepte the King neither his life not honour. The life of the King‘ha.th beenexpofe-do to dangenby bringing. him: into the Ba,t:te1l;anid his honour,by marking his Name a cover to notorious falli-t-ies. For were not the begin- nings of an Army rayfod in Tank: 3 and did not as papill: there come forth and fay let the fword,try it,beFore the Parliament either made Votes,‘.T/ml t/we Kingfed1tc.ed,!2} will (‘awzaell iuim*)*dea,War againfi the Par liawcnr, which Votes were alfo before the beginning of the Army of the Earle oFE J. x? And yet in the Parliamcnthad ray- rfed ,Forces,that may beare the name of an Army tohring Delinqutmtsstto Iuliace, who can lay any blame. upon the Parliamesnnor who can thence gather arcafon, why the King may juitly rayfe an Army-agiaiinlt the Parliament ? r i ' Yet is the tayfing, of this Amny,F0r- deF:nCe«.of the Parrliame-nt,or of the Power and authority ofit over delinqu:nts,more then once in the laft leafe termed a Rebel-lion.To this, {will fetch an anfwer, out 0fBodini. Rodin having written much in favour of’ Kingsthough degenerated into Tyrants, and lo much that he confefieth he was tax'd for it, yet at lalt , lights on this flory anj thereupon gave his fcntenee . The Earle of Flmderi defieged‘ his fuhjeéls in-Gmzt, withtan-Army offourty th0u{and,znen.The Ar- my within the City was but fine thou ‘and. Upon thi-s-difadvantage, they humbly fund. for Pardon. The Earle anfwred them, tlaeymuft come forth with halters about their xneckes and then he would tell them -his mind, Hereupon, not having any a{furance of mercy.they'ifl'ucde£orth, anddefeatetl hisrgreat Army, with a litlc one; ;.nd the Earle was Forced for hisownc fafty, to hide himfelfe under the Bed 0,53, poo,-re WOm3D,Wh0 {cut him forth in a {hape laribelow his degree. 13w; hcreupofl this Authorsinlerrs 5, 'ThGiil.djd,it appeare,That-there is not hing more va‘»liant thena liabieét hrouglmt to dei- parrenot any warmore,;‘;ufl,the.n that which is,neceffary.I only acid e, ifthe 1’ ar1ia.mcnt w~ar~be, neceiiary, andmisceflary Wat: in jail certainly: a jufi W3: . .C4im1ot. be t-tailed altcbellion. a P I N I S. 4 .._..1.-i-~ " DA 412 .1642. . .G44. _ .G7 ImmumIlfiififiififijjflfiflifigmmmumum University of Missouri Libraries University of Missouri——Co1umbia Eng1ish Short Tit1e Cata1og Loca1 identifier Capture information Date captured Scanner manufacturer Scanner mode1 Scanning software Optica1 reso1ution Co1or settings Fi1e types Source information Format Content type Source ID Notes AModerateRep1y1643 7 June 2018 Ricoh MP C4503 600 dpi co1or, 24 bit TIFF Book Text Barcode page at end of text. 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