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Endeavoredto be%n1ainta&ineci againi

    ‘tI1eClairnofthc    
fl % Scettifll dC0n[1mifsioners.

 reéiifie, notto upbraid you: You have
for divem years togcchcrbcen very well

AA   emreatcby us‘ of Tthis Nation , and
“ th:€;“ri'. hem a Vvillingfcfs Awe ever had, as

 

upon all occafions, To particularly in your pen
‘fons ,. W mAanxfm’%A t-he‘ brotherly‘ rcfpefi we bear

towards“ them who {em you: Upon the famcac-5

‘comm many formerBo§d;;e_{Tcs and Pmvocations
of yourai have been wvznki-sci at by the Pa‘rixamc:m,, as
A ("I am <:»oxq;fidcnt)ria1s1afl nfwer wouid  be,

d.5.dVyc>u%n0: therein Feem whavc  here f0

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it was no pzirt of yew: firfi bufiineié (whatever {up-3

VA piemenml Commiffions may iincehave been pm~ A
W curesi fora further exercxfe of ycvur patience among

uza) zoifettlc Religion, not to make a Pmce in mg»

4 Lmd; {o as all zhofeidcvouc-1ik*r: and amicabic.iiEin+
*'de;1vorsfor Wh1chyom:hmI<.*cobcthmkeci, were;

“not” ‘onelfri Irltruiions  imto *iiM:u:tars‘i uncomrerning

you, but {'0 many iviezifions from performing, I

as you augyht, what iWasii%prop;r1y“icommittcdm
‘you. i A  i A A

‘  for our RcligioMnm,i%iVfinée the zéai of yoiuv
Cquntreymenflwould needs carry-their care thereof‘

1 lb far from home, m%&‘.?:hinks their D.ivi*nc.s,iii_inowA

fittingwizh ours at VVeflminfZer, ii mighai cxcufe your 

‘trouble in this parcicurar, or at Icafi might teach

I ymtby cheirpgafiicci, Théigt yoizri Advice-~~ fherein

to} Jthépairiiamcnt is go be but aim‘ iAd\rice,,arid»thafi
an humble (mm A A

  As for the ‘otiiier pgartieular of I3»éace,%itiisiitt%iIie,i
 that 'G.bOL1t three ywars agent: here‘ were A.mba17-
fa»do:*sfr0:n§0iu~r Nieigh-b0rs_0i theLmv~CMmrey:, A
   who having found that King aimofl: weary o‘fiiPighc-

ing, made Me of ‘their Priviledge, anddid his Er--A

 mnd (in Read of their Ma£iers)4whic_h was with  
A  big words to bega Peace.   A

‘Aifcer that, when thcrKings_ Caufe had n0th.in_g

 iefc"t”fi‘1ca‘i1 upon, but the Treachery of our faife 

  Friendisand Servants , an Ambaii:2do~r from iour
K, .N::ighbors of Frmm did (an pgfllzzat) make acertain

overture of Accord betwixt the ‘Crown’ andthci V
;: Htzizfi. Buty0uz*emp1oymcmhcre from ourN.§~xgh- A "

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hora of Scatlmid had (‘oi little lrelatiou to Peace-4,;

that your Onely work was to, joyn Counfels with
a Committee of outsg In orclering and difpofing

dafueh Auxiliary Forces as that Kingdom. {hould
' fend imzothis for carrying on the VVar.

As to the-~'iDelays i you chargeaupott the Parlia-
ment, in that they Amfwer your Papeiwometirnaes
lategancl fometimes not at alityet require peremptory

andfpetdy Relolutions from youeas if their dealings A i

were unequal towards you, I hope you willgive
over making fuch Confiruéiions, when you {hall

iconficierhow much more bufinelkl lies upon their

hands,‘ then upon yours; and how much flower
progrc:-I3 the lame Affairs muii needs finde , in

— pafiing both E-Ioufes, theriif they were to be dif«

patched onelybyifour or five Commifiioners.

A ‘Werenot I confiious to this truth, and to the

abundantcivilitytheyi have always for you in their

tmdelayed reading , prefent referring , and defitc
of complying with what youleud them, fo faras

might econififi with their A Duty ttothis Com mom-A
wealth, and that they wanit nothing but time to
fay F0, I fhould. never have ptcfumed to trufi fo
great a Caufe‘ upon the Patronage of: To rude a Pen:

Neitherindeed is it left there, my defign being to  

_lettheworldi—imagine, how’ Pcrong a -ftream oi Ju-
fliceruns on our fide, when Idare oppofe the Rea;
Fons of my fingle barque, againfi all the advantages

4 of Number, Abilities, and Counteuance that you

can meet me with. A A A , at ‘I I
 A Pororders fake, I fltall takethe pains to let the
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Eody of your Difcourfe as upz~§gAh%z as E may {‘fé§

proiixity and perplexity confidercd) %;1pm1 tW0 ,

One is, The Claim W mm 1533 éazwgr ef we
Kissgdam :9)’ Scotland, M Ma ififfiefiiam af mam’ swam-

A %é2’z"m in tfmmr of am‘ Laws, dared at/Be c‘a.»~za’;£;‘».~t’w:;' 9}’

am? pm.  V   5  

Thfi Omar Cmiflrakihgthc  for €v§r;c;ed)§$._,‘
fmr tefiiyzg as what yaut.~’7az'mlv ff: , am’ what wsfiz‘,
ficnm ta efhélz;/7: 27%» war C;3:m'!§ mid S‘-me, %va;~m"w£.»;z%w%
may yw camairva m::y’25% gwper far 95;;-ziazéag agf 4 mge

H iééeméxt I/Je Kz’.z2g”am’ mg, %;m,_»;g*atlzer wit/2 the Frsmfi

7:50:13. %

iwberewisb you feek In fétm?/z"e, gm fewral Wopi-+1

«to hold Difputc with youupozm EM‘! fec«:md«.5

It would giveyour Lfirf’cf0Oz%tO0*n1},zCh ground,‘  

~thervefo:«2 %fi2':;:¢ 3? man may fee by_}?our'"fom.vai‘d¥ ] A
ncfi in prznmig Aan%d pubhihmg both thafe and

9 other yam‘ Tmnfé&ions" with the ‘H0‘ufe/L. that A

your Arguinents (liké the Kings in ms Mefiagcs)

are not framed fo much m £é*£:isfi'e thfi Parlia-;

" rnem, asm biegetjin Lthe Peep}: a d§f4f3tisfa&i~oti A

cmva;rd4s. me Parliament :1 wili (4G0djcnabIing me)
mke :1 time 3pm :0 undeceive my *C%mmtV4reymezi
concem5.ngbo:h theKing azndf you, by»Iéay?:2g~th¢
Hcmkas o~p$n.as the Bait in ali yam: fi”i‘“37€§;“ And

    for’::*he%%prcfenzapp1y myfifif finely E0; we {I1ewL~in  
ymx, Thai when you flaali haw oi¥£md your (loam wt  

maczezs concerning .£’£‘1i«s Kingdena onc41y,%th<mgh

{cl :0 zhcVPari§amenr af Eséglgzxdj’ (as for ought
I know any one man may do unm another%v)4in

the

  rh«s.* nioff whoI;fom* Vcounfid that ever waof oru taxi

be gisvcuu , and. the Pa:r1i%amen_t flaaulléo not a<pprovo
i"E,fllL'1‘l*01’~fO mucouh as a: Conufereoce»uL1pooo oir,u.i.ris no
t“fuo;re maooors in yOu,utu??hC’!'1~it‘ woulfdobein thefarue
uoumhoroof Aspoarxiiardsg Indiiaos, or of thc‘m’ofi rc-

urdcyw Region of the Earth, to prcfsuuoizagain, to im-

fific upon it , -and to proe:;laim your uofaitisfafiion
in it; % ‘u ' A u “ u
‘ Let us (with your favor) confide: your pre-
ocnces: fuzz gzmyzu Aym (asoyourfelvcsprofcfsincho
fccondof Poaraguraff of your fourth page ) at flaw»-

mg in our Rig/3:5 , Laws nor Liberties , but in
wl:Ie+r zmamrs, viz. fit:/7 ms ueitber in weir own
.2\"3‘4:~:4r-6, or by Campzzéi‘, are commm to oath I<‘ing-
ogiaims guwhich lake the more notice of, beoaufc one
wo‘u}d fugspofe you to be grown Icindcronow then
you were the other day, when you“ went aboutzoi

“make: u3bc1iéve,. that nothing ino our Laws did

pi'oper1y’oe:1ong to us 3 buttho formand mancr of
prAocoed.ing therein, the matter of them being held
iuc*oz"_nmon with the Kingdom of Srotlmdg and
therefore‘, and for‘ their poifibiluizy of" containing.
fomcthing prejudicial to that Kingdom, to bereu
vifisd by you  beforc» they receive. their perfe-
éiiom “ .' “  w~ '
B:utthct‘ruth is: you are {hill where you w“ereAs7
ouciy the Pooplosuears are by this time {o habizu--
au=.d”co othe*Do€:riuocs you frequently fowamonogf
them , thofo ADo<£’triues {'0 improved by your Sc-

mina::~%ics, who finale their own Intercft interwoven
4 y é  ' - . 0 é
unto you-;su,\ and ghe Parliament feemxng but a

lookcr

Iooker on; that you “er{'wade yourfeivcs any

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  y_ thing willpafs that you (11311 fez: yourS'z:amp on,‘

otherwife you would certainly‘ have been ama-

med to difavow the bufyirig your felves with our A

RIGHTS, L .4r1/.5 ‘and L 13 £12 TIES, and
with the fame breath to difputc our Rights, correfi
.ourLaws, andinfringe our Liberties. A

(Nay, contrary to that moderate conceffion of
yours, youdouin this Anfwer intrench upon the

very form and mm-ser of V our;BiHs and pI'0POfi£iOn§;- ,
and asif the marfhalling them, the putting them.   

intoyrankfland file,% were to be byyour order, you

A take ufipon you to appointwhich of our De-fires (hall,

edition. A  4

havcfhe Van, and which the Rere ‘in this Ex-

0 And (which is the %mofi pleaftme part ofnythe

  ‘Stor *,‘if it. would cm-,o as truly fuch a thing—mig;he
~ e have done, vghenyyouyanyd we were fiefit acquaint-

ed) though the Parliament of Bung/mm’ (easel mylyduyu
youevenuow) would not order the motions of the
Scottifla Army that ferved us in our Counrrey, and
for‘ourPay, but by Conjun-fiionu of Counfels

with Commiifioners of that Kyiungdoymyau eyeryou»

(as you could no; forbear ymediinygwizh our Army A

when it was in modeiling, fo) doin thisuP3pe1; com-A

tiuueeh.e Office-.(you put your {elves into) of Diif-y,
pofin,q,y Disbanding, Difmembring, Catechizinge
and Revilingythis Army of O!.'!T5,,Eh€_4gT€a£‘t‘3fiT.BU}-‘
work ,.um:'1’er God, of our Liberties, :.uh:s.eyyet
had proved ineffeéirualey if your Counfeis had been
foljowed, or your Importuuizies regzucded. 1

V Since  ‘

‘Since then your varay ofaclvifing ms n<'>z fit‘: *a

%*§modé{%or fubnaizting ms:ann;er;5u4t as ifyou mean: )

t:0Ap%i-nne §muradv§ce upm: us whether 3% Wm

~ Gr :10; give «me leave, I prayVjmu3 toé:::tmine~

gzafz fi;!;¢ci:§%5 premifing you %?;a,izh£"uiiy for my

part; that whenfmessxzer yam {h-aE§%rir1gthe matm

A ters~contef%ed f0ri§m&w;§.:hia1 zhrq ruées of j70um.Wn
V fearing d0Wn&,ths;%@4*§% eéiifier in swims, orf éyq

.Com:.m22t3  éy  35:2 _/3.9  :;f as; mixed new
cewvweszt 5* I   deny you a jlymt

. .£r2m-efi in tmtm , Ur acknowledge my !°eifia- to» ,

have no more iacmw mm confiéeace in A mee, 
than he maybe faid to have, wrhobeing etz--%
A ~truPceci for hi%sC0u‘mrey, give:~3up the1rde2».~1'ef’c.

Without {'0 much as a‘rguing%the pflim'r.w4%  

 A Y?Qur?3rgumexats 4 (byvmy computation) are

N me, and (if I Lmderflandthem) fp4eaVkthx;zs.

A /Iirg. 1. we flrizecowmorz zzazerefi 25pm Wlrich

Riwghts mg: the next flranger that demands them

Cotland Away i2z'z2itea’ ma’ engaged irzw fire warn’

agmglat ta 5e?‘»[cowir1¢£ea!]% (fol read you, and% nm  

iproved%%, that being a Wilde exprefl'iouA,A 9.nd#

*afeaching neither you% not {know Whether) 2'22
.?a;g»4I{iazgtl1epedce. V     M ~ A  " * A    '

For   anfwcr ; thereunto ,, fhould A I % adm%i«t it, the

—word [imm"ted]V4 putsvyou1* inw minde that you3:’%

<3 om-1screy..men came not C6 the warre ‘befo1feA“
they were‘ca1Ied~, keep youths fame methrxd in

aaccederzdo dd cmfilim:«v,and%We=£ha1IVfii‘ll be%fi'iends.~%

 Bur  ¢annmr figbfczribe to Ehi5'.pfiti’0fl3 far I be--
‘i§eeve%, it was a duty% that the, pe*Up1*eof smzamd  A
did owe unm Vrhemfe1vs4to% g&ve-aws:chefir*% afiifiance

(1.0)

”iheAthe=I‘arervarre, though they hadnotbeen i"rIvi=é=-4 I
red; yer d0thit~I10t follow from rhence that? ~

when the warreis ended (as your ofren fey iris,
and ye: meft'-ri—ddIing1;y take huge paynes A for‘

Peace) they arebormd to mi,ng¥e with us invourr 1 V
(~3*pur1cels,,r no-r help us to ferrle our Own King-—
do”rne,rr wh'ich.we r»-hinke our {elves _abZe to {eerie 

w%ell-enough wirheur them , at leafr vvir.hout*

‘ their prejudice to whom a gr:rodPeece are badfo‘
  ass-irbe a Peace is the—iémerhing;F~or inPrance,the'

Law efthis-Land that gives me ieave to p-u11—doWn' ‘

my neighbours htmfe when A  is-on fire, in order‘
to the rquenchingerof it-:” for  the r ufscuring ~01’ 
oWn,r- wiiimet au‘ther‘irze me argainfl his xvii! , to fear

_ my foerwvirhira his th‘£'E:Q101d5 when the fire is one;

though I make it my errand to direér him ire‘
the rehuildingof his hon fe,ana' ‘pretend the reach--A

A i-mg him ~ re to ’corrrriive r his Chimneyes as may irr

all *prQbabi1§ryprevenr for*rhe’fi1rrJre atlikre lore

A to him, a like d-aUg€I':CO my felfe. A

‘ Arga .r-You demand the fa me ~conj'r1nv&ioneof'in-er

terefis to7 begive-n you ,2 that mgr had, of you. A‘

There Ijoyne iffue wrirhyoug, r  and profelfe ‘, A that
if ever the Parliament of Emgleed'*or any aurho?-=~

A r-icy derived r therefrom did ' 0-f‘Fer_zro‘ put a finger
imo therproper afFaires?‘vr‘of‘eeSverl4ea‘tr, em in to the .
Go'vernment, €‘i'vi!I'e‘, Ecciefiaflicelfi, or Military“

er’ thar'Kingdorneer,V and being ence A required eta?‘
(1669: ", ‘did notwithfianding Aprofecute their ftitlee
Qfadvifing -e*oZér2rz'é:;I flelefltifiw, I" H1311 real‘? 1713*‘ {O

_ 'fa:rr‘e~rrasAr*r,ineme lyes , ‘gran't*y'ou to haveef“rhaedrre~

r ‘withe uein i:he%emanagingr0f:thisfiingdome, and‘ A  

  ehe geveemment therece.   3. ‘Your

f(u“)

!2£rg."3.You e«ffirm_thAa:t the Covenant-entreéfintos

‘be—twixtAus makes you co-partners wi:h:us~in eve-A

oy thing there mentioned, by_wh'2‘che reckoning
neither this .Na:1on,~enor~eh;'at of smzm hath an-.
ny right law -or»libe~rI~y whxch excher-can properly L

and deifilinfily can its own , but borh7iote,rePcs are

‘jnmbled together, and the two Kingdornes are ‘

not confederate , but inr:rporated Concerning

the Covenant therefore 1’ whichmyfelfe, among 1
'~0th.€fS ~con~fide1‘~ing iron-firfl: asweilas «I could )

Aehaven t»ak“be;n )I{«ha=11Afh0ft1y‘give -you my feocein A

relaAtioAn+to the point; before us.  A  

 Firi’cA, -I donor cronceiv-e the ~panc-ies to that

-‘League -intended thereby to be everlafiingly

bound each-towotber , the grounds'boFn£h‘ikingic

ebeizngmeerly occafionall «forthe ajoyning -in a war*~ «  

mo fupprefie an-common enemy,.accordx.ng!y we d id

A ~-joyn, theenerny is (ifwe benwi{e)fi1ppreffed, and  

e V the warreA3( as you fay ) ended , e xvhaz fhould the
vcnovegantodo, but hke an Almanak ofthe Iafi year

4 fhew A-us ratherwhato   wehave already done , then A

Aivhat we be now—to do.

' f  Secondly, w—hacw-boulditdo, were.itrenewed
and. made perpetual! ? . Thus much it faith in: . No

my opinion A, éndnnonmore. Whenfoever yon

{bell be violently ehindenredéoethefexecution of A V
thatfleligione y.6L1 had arnongfi you at the;rimeof- be A

the engagement , and fhall require our eflifiance,

A wemuft afford it you, for the removailoffhat vi-A
H olence. In like manner., Whenfoever we (ball A
be {'0 hinderedin the exercife of that Religion n  

wnhieh we ac:c:o.rdi.ng no that Covenant {ball efla»
A A V V B 2   A _ ‘  A:bl~i*{h

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ENE here, upon rciqfiefi “to” you"Amadej° A fbr t?.ia¢A L

ei-’Ee&, 457011 are tycd no aflifis us; ~And (0
t-hmughout.a1l the A other A claufes refpeétive~

  ly and equatly ,A carrying th«is%aIon;gf wim you% 
vmare herebyobliiged to the reciprccall defenc:=eA4'

afane.«amo;:I32er—accm&Vin.Vg4to~theDe c«ia¢a'atir<:>nA~of me!
part .' ywrongefl  »“any% V of Aiphe %particu!¢a§s~ them
com prifid, without bang caviléad at  or fcsrtzplecié
y the party i=nv0*ke‘e% ,, wheflzer your F¢eE§g%i0n be’

44 tdhefame it was, or cars the fame itflncouid be,,

whether nhe%bo1x¢nd=s’0f your liberties or ours be
not enlarged beyond their then¢lAir1e ,[ %w%he;I1e1'§:

. ycxur elinfquentswor u1'sTTI:ive;jx::(i‘c‘I‘yMorin;.? ‘F013,,

the native rights of +bot%h:peGp1es-VbeingV the min»

"cip;a§§;,,ViF:1t>t:heneiythi«ngWe1e0kedAcn, whemV '

We fwore 5.   we 60 not keep~0u&*~&Vo“athy ifl ?preAfervi_t1g*

  tflt}iT{)i‘é‘*:'viii“g¥E!tg.fV’  és%mtallow4%this~mafcer-righ :3, A

to e?ac:.h ’feve«raI£ 4pe*op1e, {w%n‘a=zA:;1e1?;?»=,AL %%?z:~o?Jbe%?4o1e »§%aeiges%i
wiihin~‘tAhemfe1ves¢What Religfan ~th'ey w%iI1f33t ups

whét kind of Lawesthey Awili have ,   what fizeg, ‘

what number “ref Mag§fi~§a:es— §4hey hoid  weiiéw
cute zhasfe Lewes, a¥1€i‘W~haEV0fi?ené€7rS%tO be tryed

by them.  'H%re+u pon'yo’u knaw we ~Ad4id'A'AnjoVt en-» %

fqrmée at.é‘H 1'3'£)W’ ‘1'*thoadox~ your  eiigion was be...

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e A so Farre 15 the plainetextof th1s%C.oveenamAfr0mV
  confounding interefts A that it cleer1y~fe::tEeAs and

confirmes them Aupor'1 Athée fevemll Abafes where it

“found them. A And it would not beeueaworrhy of “

yen totakeheedleflA—this Covenant tarpcm which
you feem ta fee fo high a me, be not as eafiiy vio-

j Rated as flandered, fince the A moff deadly warres

havebeenéfiaid’ at-A1eaAft to begin eWie:h% meie!3under-
fiandings. A  ‘A AA   A A A

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  in the condir¢io;1AsAo?FoAurPeace, and c:en~{equenAtly
1 insxthe mfat-ter»e of cur Lawes ( evvherxthey remte to

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_Were Afem ); ‘is grounded upzm a Very great: mi??-
  t:ake.o£rheeighth-articleA‘in the Am-ea-my, Athe words

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'a:x1d‘:zhe5VAartic’IeVitAfeiffzix rational] ._, To drdi_naary , {Q A.
.. necefiaryin all warres joined ‘in *by two States,

that Iido aTm0i’c‘wonder as muchwhat need there

wasvmhaveeinIe1fted;i[t,f as Ido A how it is fpcffibiee

for yo‘ufto1meifia!<Ae1it.IAt fiends briefly thus .OneAef

'you(‘forthe pnrpoAfié)8.c I('pardm1‘if=Ayou pleafe the
famiieiaricy of the infiance): have ifolemnly enga-

ged our {E-:ivesA each mother for oeurmucuan aid V a»-
gainffa third perfon, Abecau{éAAwe conceived him

we ftrong for either ofusfingle, or becaAufeAAoi1eAAcxf’

u‘sA dubted he might have dAraWm5hAe7? ‘ oth*erV of us

to his party,; if ‘nor’p1*e-engaged againfi him ,_ ‘but’
which foever ofus was firfi in the qu,arrell3GrWhal:‘

ever was the reafijn Aof1theAorhersecor:iinge4Ain,~We are ~
Weengagedg 8: though therewereee~n0wri‘t_it1¢gsA thriawne
ebetweixt Aues, noAterms%_Aexpre1Ted, were not I‘ ther

veriw;

.%:<!«4-J   V

+verie{’c .5¢k.éeIwth3t everlooked ma:1A-inrhe face A    

iii flmuid fhake hands with% the common }adverfa~ 
.ryand.1eave youfighting?%*%_againPc fuch aipiecAeV$;of   
I:>a!%nes{f3ppofing it be1fxke.tcf:>:b*e innaturéjchis Air--T
tide pmvid¢s,,¢andfaies~that fince thefetwo E{'ing-.
dome were content to_§oyn.i;na war which without  
Gods great: mrercyw migh%§4hafv;6V;;provedafaralito %
    Eth’€m.bvOtm73‘;_flei£’h‘¢r  rizemflaali be fu&‘ered to
make fitspeace apart 5. {E asjif the Parlian-en: of
scortanduponconfifisrarionof’ reafoqsoccurring
‘Gil to themfe1ves%fl10u?d 0.fF€r t0%r¢3dmitJ rhezfiksg -in»
wnhatiKin%gdomV (I:faywnot f‘/Vithx honour,fr~ee-
  d0me:4anAd%fafe:y butlinwceavh¢Par1iamen%t  
V   fifiglmd m5ghtVr1’t%€Pin and% forbidthe ban6s,tel~  
}ingtVhe:;n.we are . netrfatisfyed .t:hat an agreement
4,£1:1ou5d yetbe-made, fimz’/5:324, ifthisfarliamenx
»wou1djdcom¢«t0 M96366  him .1? by Bins or
§Pr0PGfi=ion9a &A0?bY%What  
.icall?their plaifiersgyou may ( being foaguthorizedg»   
in name of? that,&.Kir1gdome V~'o1: {he *.ParIiamem.,
~:there<Jfint¢rveneaand 0PP¢f7€ate1ii:1gA%us 
 aregourA% feIIow~Cbir~urgfionss 4 meerly  in4
%V,Iaun%cingofth4e ibre, are wnctw fatigficd in .che%itim‘a
A _ for »4thehea1i»z1gof irup. V Bfl~CfQIfyQI.~1fO read Ia
”  V¢;%,Le§curew;o.us uponAourNmedicamems and their _i n;-r
V :gr"e*dign:s, {IQtake%:mEafi1f€%%O.f%Q§J1f’VJOUndS,LV9;E1d% tgc; ‘
Aprefer-7*”fA%& V~.t,meafur<: beA£or¢1t4h4a:% of cut own za-
ek-ing4 was n%AreamtAOn bythe Framers ofrwhis
   Here it may perha  emémded ;;1»a;oufgI;Ves1o-c%

  

   

“bY4Wh¢rher CiaCC<irdin%; téme ofrhe    
" ;treaty,%tymg¢.;u»p bothiixngdams tEJ?¢3.%§§3nf5eI3.t in me
   L A     mt,  

(“Its >

VFJia;*, not‘ in the gzgalzk fuerit ofPeace) if'one*   V
fhqulci be obfiinatmy bent tohang ofi‘, the other

he neceifitaxed:mveZte1=everlaffinglyin blood ~
for want} of fuch a coancu-rrence.<%I anfwer, yes-,s

for ,thef‘sV.reai”onsA. A A A

 FirPc,~a Wm: man will Fore-fee Ainconveniencesg’

wbefore he make his bargains, » and an honefi: mm‘
will Hand: to his bargame. n0+tsv»1x.hi7canding all in-»

conveniences.      A .‘  A ‘
Secondly, ‘there wiflbe no great encourage-

  rflnenc forLan'§7 obfiirzacy Ofthat kindewhen itfhall
berem.em&br—ed that the party obfl;_rué°c"£Ang the peace’

magi“: cominuero“ joyne imhe wa*rreA, A and is 1y--
abhs: to all. the confequences therecf. A

A Thirdly, there is anothefand Aairnore nafuralls

wayxo peace andto the ending~ofa~V wa-rre than by

agrcemenrgnamely Aby4con"queflr. I think he ” that"
ap1Aayesdut his {Eat at Tenmsullhe winic, makes

as-AAfurAe an endofir, andA?more fair , A then her: that

throwes up hisR:acket,When he wantsbu’taI’rroke'_ A W
of up, havingno othfm way to rook A thofeAAof7their»
money _that*b*et:: of-“his fide... A If I am trufied to

foilow; a fair in Law-for friends .AAconceAmAed therew-
in, together With my felfe, 1 anddaube Aupa rotten

~campromi{é with my adverfary, my fellowes not: A

confi31ted%,V%A :Ab=ur defiring the fuit fhould Afiil1Ago22

011;», it is not fit they {hould be bound ph’ereby5 but; -
if AI: continuetoAdoe my duty-% and bring the Acaufié:  
to hearing to a:*verdi€’c thereupon, and tojudge-w

IAnx‘3nr-r.x 1p4on 1 Vthatg, : A fuqh   an end of the quarrel! I;

 

h @,IVm2}:mak«e without their leave .m~a%ndAif the V 
A  ‘ ‘ “ A tr'y,aU_~ A A

 ‘T553 %

sméyaii went With’me%, wc~§ertain}y_ witiwut their.  V I

fence.   -

‘Toreturne to the nature -of’con£ederaci7es%, Ts

fh‘eéwa;rre« wherein”we~arerjz;»yned an i%avafom%froVm
without? any oneman of either fide if hehava.

firength endugh, hath authority enough :0; end it

by repellmg theAinAvadAer , is is a rebeilicm from V 4-
within ? tltwesie Bcrange to thmk.rhat any Law or ’ %

~engager“nent {humid hinder a fingle mangfrom em!-A %

ingi+t,ifhe be able byfupprefling ofthe rebe§5=r:.The
:unW0r%thyfriehd in the fab1e,whm h""is Acziampani-¢

on and~hemet.a V bear in thewood,% xmighr have  

      been allowedwto kill her himrexse, but he fl1€I)L‘t.ldl€l<;  
not have fough"t4hisfafetyin%' a tree, without ca~:_

~king;his& friend alodng with him.    T
One thing more E {hall adds to jruftifie thereaq

*fQnofthis,8. ArticIc,.:fuchAas might (for itsrclear-~: A
neflé   of basing imp1yfed~  Vhév=£:#A%: e‘xcm{%d; I 4 i»;_ss; *be.~,: T

sing jliflced among the re&. Never did%anypeoi-»%AL

  pk: that jayned inarmes with a. neigh%bou»r-nae-4  
rich patch up a peace apart; W1th_m0I'6 d7i{hO;-n~"‘ A 

  4 epen%;%cne1:r1yg, 4 %  

Amour to it::(’e1fe, then: %eitherAo%fVusc1uId do,% if
we [cc2u1d% imagine, our fe1~ves~:~%; to~b¢ {‘okvi1e'v.-5 for “

The cammon enemy in this%Warre isnotra f£rm...%-«  

 A. A iger unto Vei?thVer¢ Kingflome, but the: King} 

  fo as which fcxever. ‘of the t»voi%cIb1?:th%L

         ere
fha1~1»AcIofur&e ,. dath not ozzely wi::h-»
draw‘ from théA’m:h¢r thofe aides; it fliould con--Ii
tribute ,= but of a A AfwQm;e% ‘ Brother A V.bemAmev5 ¢ Aa{m;j%

 

Her‘: 71 mufi ofiferire 5

tI1at iaSyouii put :.—iniii*in~tor3  

» pifemtiionupon this Article, whiqh iciwiinot bear,an‘d% A
A from the power youhawthercby ofhindering us. fromi V
agreeing withwzhe Kingat all; would €f).3,.b1€~y(){1r
feivesto pry into thepaiticuiars ofiour Agroemelm. '

fo you do not once glaunce at the point which 7was the

[true geimiiize fcope of the Article .- You do not iprow

‘weft agiinii ofir making mace with this man 3», and give
fuch reafiyns as 3 Adiid»,i upon iefs   occa {ion :g You}
do moi: V‘¥‘€3i“IIT(i«Er‘Wi13;£'COf}fi’Ci€i’:C€ wefcan repofe in him.
after xiii this experience of himu and beforei fo imuch as

  a promife of :2nyamendmenr'ifrom him 3 you%.do~ noti

warn. us, by the exampieof your C oum:ry~ men, wihata»i.
broken need we fhai lean upon whenvxvc make a» paci:-+:f

 Vfication with him You do HOE’1'Em.&fI}‘b€I‘;1iS~Wi1Ei1.

what horror the Aflembly. of your: C«:i1m"C§J  look
izpouhis mifdoiiigs 3 nor what fence both, Kingdoms
had (not: of a reconciiement with hirmbut) offufi‘ering%i
him to cotmneer the Pawammt if Ezsrgiaizaé :.u«nti'l*.i.fa".."
éigfafijon were .ig§_.v@n fartbei 5190.5! wbicfi kiei fma’ £153.22 mat-»

  fedta ée [kiwi  ilie times Ifiogdams. IQ Afi;-lg, ‘Ygc,y_1~&{)i

’   but iii} afferting thei iiama,   cauié .wh.ici1 We imoc been»

not fay ( for you oeed~ioot give us your roafionsi that you

vi-i1’makei no e3:€o»wir11‘th::Kin  ~i;i1i&ra::2i:"c;ri=:i\ti7vi“se oujggm: W M
 not.» but you~do«“aS b££d’i’£S_ fay sch at yifilit‘ ‘i‘m.i;?‘ei Hi."-.'4Z&~‘.‘.'§I -yiom-4

peacealreadyg ‘ audio ithat moi: oz‘:iy w:ii%i1oi2t»oiii7 iroiiicizt
(oiiidefpire ofrhe Article i7‘J};)l.i’i.".2i1_yCJ!3:!  iigaisrz iis}
but without ur privityg viihaii jgsjism   i;3%di§g'ireei
beyionti eifng ftiendsiivithii i  sioiraiiioatos fr hiom,

not in meldiatiogtiiat his iiiiaini fl’3i§.'§“i§i‘ be «?§iCC€P""'f V

  rod, his crimes obliitermecifi aziiciitiiieir iiiiargr ffifnittifdg

aii

  A that Kingdom of the two where he isnONat§ve, 2 ma- .
nifefilineeneiary. But there wt} be tzme enough to do 

allthislwhile confuting with our fvvqtcls, the lime
caufe,which,\v”hat Engliflr In an or Scotxfh-man loever

A (ha! have endeavored tomaintainin Arm, ista declas-

red Traytor to his Country, iflby his tongueor pen in

your errand into 5565339233 afirerl have proved England
to be ah N~oun,Snbfiantive. againft which you haven
lTh€'fi'1:Qd£OW 0% one Argument left (til.   A   

   Ar. A; .h The I11-engthof your lafi Reafon is this. Our

Parliament. hath formerly communicated untofyou the’
matter of the1rPr0&p0fit10ns, and oftbeit BiIS:3:Il order " l

  to Peace,andgenerallyindeedtwhatever hath pallet!

betwixt the King   and ltusgl. fince the conjnnétion of

the ltwo Kingdoms ag.2in"f’e hitn.l  Thereupon you have 

offered us your Adv..€ce’concerning the Particulars fo
commnntcatedgand We have reconfidered them upen

your Advice, {otnetimescomplying therexvtitlnleother   t Q

A t»imes4 making It appear to you why wecould not;

that com:mun1cat.ion.of connl'els,fay you,we woulci
never have f"uf-feted; If we had not been bound to it,
which if we ever were; we R11 are. A

  C ufiom and cénltant ufage (I aeknovgledg) doth
com irnonly obtain the nameof Law : but the late pra-
éfilenof fome four orfive years.» hath not an afpet%
teverendlenongh tordefetve the name of C uflom ;. it is ,
as old (you*imi,eel<fay) as elannfage ean bethat is grounded
A upon a. treaty of:the‘£ame age, and (ha! be fu Hicientlto
fignifie how the parltieslto the Treaty did underfland A
their ow :1 meaning. tfhould not denyl this “

prete ggce of yours to be more then 4 ¢o1omb;e;=

.-.., V ’

(19)

A if you could prove that our trranifaétions vyiththe  i
 were imparted to you in relation to that Engagement, r

nayif I could not fhew you upon what other ground

we did it,and that we could not reafonablybe imagined

to do it upon that.

FiI'i‘i:tO ptovcawlnat theParIiament had in their inten-?'~

tions_.,when they advifed xyith you,ibeJeeve you veil not
undertake, efpectaliy this being the fir-it time, to my

remembrance, that this point came in quefiionbetwixt _
us. Ifbal therefore endeavor to tel you, as meet as. I

can, ihavingbeen an attentive witnefir to mofl: of their
Debates” upon that fubjeft) what It was that moved

them togive your challenge fo much probability of A i

advantage as this amounts unto. Tau aw “ti/Mt mun,
wirbauty éezizzgr zmfwared.» mzvbz'cfJ you were yzvoizt to [unwary
without as.(~z°r.ag.y You were log and that‘ from thefe
two ROOCS: i One was the extraordinary care the Par-
liament hadto omit. “T10 aét, no circumflzance, of civi=-
litytowards you, y.w'i1icheemigi1texpreih or preferve the

i “ amity and oorrcfpondence betwixt them and your M a-A

Iiersy, though they were not ignorant what extrearn

H prejudice courteousand good natured men have often .
drawn upon themfelves rntherr dealing Wltil perfons of 4

A acontrary difpofition.  Another was; iince both King-

doms have been imbarqued in the fame c:au{'e,,as men of *

War, and were afterwards refoived to trade for peace,
fince thetcommoditxes of both were to be flowed in the

f1mebottom,andbounci for the fame Port3w‘eti1ougi1t t
it but an ordin:-lrypieee of ririendfhip, for us. who ‘could
. make no markets, when we fhouldbe arrived without
A your allo vvance to open and let you fee before we Iaun.-5»

C2 ryyched

(   2.6 ) %

?c*Ti"e<i7‘‘oz*1Ei94 f'e\%efaI‘ p§rc’eIs% and infi'ru8:iOn§ tfofiiféfning
what wve would %expor::and%wh;1t bring ho me  not vthat ‘
we mean: to confult you what kmd of *Men:hand1ze~

  you thbught firtefl: for uni) deal in, which q**.2e~P:ion%1efi

is better known at rhe 15'x€$5&i2g'8. men at Ediszéurgb, 

nor%t=0fo1lo w%jfuc11iadx*ice4t?h e2{ei~ni#2s.you rhouzci“ give us

vvirhoizt as%king 3133’ furczm   men %weA%11k~=ed l.£t 3 and {'0 
falrthe ba“&VM7m:hant i4§1VE%%9i2i30fl i‘s?c<:»I::tvS-m: m be rulecl 
by the A Svvabber of l’h£s%fl1ip:bL1t%%%2r1e»f:fl§? to theAend,”*
ymx ~mighz (~i¥fyo”uA¢:’p1eafed)from 01tr‘~%exam-=g>EAa§an~:§ from 
y~0urAap%robati@nof the ‘vane: ~w3 nvere-%re%fnf::¢& :9 deaiii.
in,» fur::2i{h that ?i£ingéom% (w1:ofe¢«Fem3:ors jf0z1:wav:;e':*e)%

‘A with Merchandize (3~f’tfie fame%kih%d,'3Vr2df f;:>r evidence’

thaé tAhe*vFreec10m Wéufed*‘ty@4w2?:&$~:% you was {A16 orher~%
wifeziader£%0od by you, you did aétukaliy %fur:der« w;ri'm A4
divers of our Bils of Lacling in thefsfiilables  . TI2%e;*lz£'e=‘¥

 1: re:-nainsro bemeweehew 
flmuld fancy tc)yoi1t {elves  a ground‘—’of the %ParIi.a-4

meats former opennefs to you,-as you ‘firivcw»to‘VVfather

upon thern»   For, %fir&‘,V If they had Vcommuni<:a‘ted{

their%1?r0po fitionsrto% you as”conceiviug JtIieA§vQtdAA ‘L4...
greemwt] In the exghth Arrzcle to comprehend"}*a1J1 the

  preparationsto,materials of,44and circumflances in an

‘Agreement,4they~wc§uId no~tb;ave adhered (as many‘

% tirnesfl hm-:y»1did) unto theif own refolutions not=.2vith--
 ¢.   _ . . , . - . . an ' A = p w
flanchng  arejxterated dxfllzrxsfaélxon» 2&gj%:2zn, 

they hr-1d'€0ncei‘§réd‘ tfiemf elves bound toany fuEhVthing
by i:h’is%A‘r:.'i%’:1f.f;virou%MMthey not have “*th0ug$ht~«the‘%L

A Kingdom of S’cor1:m~5?a“smi§2di%bound fdr their pms;

ShrQu1d§ve not have bcen as diligent VinAfpe€c0~rs and A ca-- 4

  (2.1)

mg tors of your Propofitions as you I1‘av‘eVmade‘your'fio

{elves of ours? ~ A V  A Q
K/Vhen you (ha! ask me, farting the point of duty

afide, oand granting all that hath bin done by us in this‘
kind to have been voluntary ;   VVhy‘w*=ey‘do not obferveAo
the fame forwayrdnes {in communicating om matters to f
you, the fame patience iooxpeficing your concuyrrence %

with us, and theyfameeafinefsoyf admitting your Ha-
mzogxzes" and Difputations amongfi us,which you have}

A heretofore trafied at our hzmclr-V‘, and- how We are be-9

comelefsfriendly t.he:nwe were. I have this to fay.

A Thereis fome alteration in the condition of affairs :;
So long as we needed the ayffifcance of,your_ C0unt_:yry-41
men my? the Fxcfld: we mArght have occafi on togive you ;

meetings at 13ew5_y‘I-Iozzlir, and nowoo:amd‘”thenyyin% the

Poaiz2te¢z’vCi('mméer',y it*beiogi£¥:eIy that thc-3Kingdoom of

Scotlmvzdmight thcoharve afoE1ow~fe—eIinyg with yous o“fthe”
\whoIefomnef§” or peroiciyoufnefs of oyour counfelsg
whereas now fince we areable (by Gods blefliyng) to

ptotecft ourlélves, we may furely (with his ,.holy dire-% V
fizion) be {u fiicient to teach our {elves how’ to go about A

our own bufinefs, at Ieafl without your tutoring; who

A have nothing in youryconfiderationos toylook upongbut

either your ypzzrticular advantage, or that of the King’-
dom when-Ce you are. And as there 15 fome alteration

yinafi'airs,yyfootI1ore is verymyuchyinpeyrfons, I mean in  ‘

your‘ felves, unlefs being indeody the fame qty fi'ri’t which

now vére find yoju, you onlyvgranted an opportunity to _A   g
appear; ybutwhether you be change—do”‘1f difcovered;

what Eng1i{h~m.an foever {I131 perufey the Papers that A
you have {hot intoAborh Houfesyy of‘Par1ian-rent, yefpcé

ciaolly intyo the Houfe ofCom‘mons4 *thef:': two Iafloyearg
 A4    (     ha.

    (22,)    
had as Iieve take advice frotnthe King as from you, St if
3 fitznget fhould read thetmhe would Ixrle fufpefi the

writets for Ftiends,or ounfellerghut for .P£eadets,fo1: ‘
Expofiulators, for. Seekers:ofaquarte1,aud thatflvhich  

isthe tnoflz bitter weed in thehpot) in the behalf, not fo
much ofthem: who did employ you: as of him againfl:
whom you were ernplc-yed,t ‘and againflt whom, if you

were ScottiIh;:tuen,e nature would teachyou to-employ  

your felves.   l   A \    
By this time Lhope you fee we have greater eaufe to
repent; that we hive kept fuch thornes thue long in
our fielesuzhen to return with the dogto thefame vomit,
and with the Inzy.Sow,fca_teec1en fed ofherfortner xval-
lowing to bemn-e urfelves again. I hefiow a IittIe§
the moreinkupon this point, becaufe I would prevent
the”h1&ieke claim hereafter, and have it left to the liberty
of this nationghnexrth A time they {hall he invaded or op-h
prefied, thoughthey did once call in their Brethren of

§tat?umito their a~ide,whethettheytvi1 dofd any more ‘
A  30- _ L "

1H gving gene through your 5 Argumentsut the end of

  your do‘zenCommandetuents (fo 1 call defireés‘ tbdthmujf

not ée‘/Zzzgbteul ozgpuin qf £i2cu:rrz'7gg vt/an g}.zit%  of’ fviolatkir.-zgh
.Ez2gagen2e.ez‘"s,. a:uc!of’fnr£v dwgerytd as mnyenfne tberezap.
o2z_){ dbfetve one engine you u{'e;whereon.you lay more

weightthen upon all you fay hefi~de.;, It begins with A

a:floutifl10“Eorato1'y befpeaking at fair Interpteta-  

twioncffyjout meaning, though your motion he tn take
the right eye out of every” one ofour heads 5 then you
think to make your defites Iegitnnate with fathering

them upon a Kiezgdanganci put us in mind ’how_we1 that  
1Cf?3g4'07§3 hath deferyed to 1'3.lgVI1heé)VC1f§ih_1'§g   For to the

offer‘;

<23)

' ofliering of defires, as de{ires,there needs no meritfnrej
but Ii nee your op1n1on,(that the advantages ofhonor. Lie;

all on that fide, and that Obligations ofrhis fort have
not been asrecrprocall between borI1Nationr,as thofe of‘
Leagues and Treaties,) wrl force my pen ppon thisSub-

 jeé}. I {hall Iez: you know that forne whatrnay be laid

(whenmodefiy gives leave, on this fide too 5 and yet ail

the kindnefles we have received from Sror/mt/J {hail
(bymy confent) not only be payd fonbut acknowledg-

ed: and I can becontent to iivgb.r.>ieeve, that out Neigh-
bours did not know how iii we were, tiilgwewere ai-
moft pafi: Cure, and therefore came flowly to us;

 that they did not know ho .v we! we were in a year after

we had nothing for them ‘to do. and therefore Went

 flowlyfrornirusi. ‘On1yIwo"uid haveit confeffed, that

thefire we talk of, was ofyoureCountry'rnans kindling,
began to burnat youthougfe, robe quenched at 0urs,and
by our hands. R1 But admit this Nation had been meeriy

r ipaffivie in this War, and did owe their deliverance out
  ofthe Kings Taions wholly to the Scotri(hNation, if

the refcuer become a ravifher, if they have protefted
their own prey, they have merited only from them-
felves, and have their reward intheir hands. What

it have ‘we gotten by the bargain § i VV hat have we-faved 3 i

_What have we notlofc 9 For if onceyou come to fetch
away my Liberty from me, Iifhalrnot ask you what 0-

  ther thing you wii leave me : and the Liberty of a pee:
  pie“ governed by Laws confifis in living under   fuch

L aws as themfeives or thofe whom they depute forthat
purpofem fhal make choice of To give outordersis the

part of a Commander 3  to give the Laew,of a Conqne-- .

A to:

A_-   <24)  _  
*“~‘tor 3 atltltou-3&1 our Norman chd not thmk fit {'0 to ex-

ercife hisrigltat of Conqueflj-,Nay our conziitiontwtoutld A
belower and more contemptible, if we fhould {After Q
you to have your W111 of us in thts parttcularg then 15

we had let the Kinghave his. I

3' ‘

  A King is ‘butone MaPtet,% angl therefore  

-liltely to fit Iightettuhpon outfllouldets the-nae;
whole Kingdom, ‘and if he fhould gtowfo

heavy as cannot Wel be‘bo1:n,h hetnay be foo-« ~

1M1ergotthet1 ofi°theentthey.§Youtfha1fE:ea Mounf-

ours horfe govery proudly under a fingle man; A

Ta carflhdauble ut¥<t0be C/76Z?’g  Crouppg , 
which nature made 2. mulétfor,  nature ‘find:
~a muleat all. h A A  

2:»

V The King never pretended tothe framing ‘
  ‘attdimpofing ofLaWs upon us as youdo5 he 

would havebeen content with firtch a negative

jr*oyc4:e-therein, as we allow you in the making  

30f our peace with thimt- did We fight rather

thena&“o:dh:mtot muéhg rhoughecmtelv  

  derived  

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4 fieritved un-to iaintfrom 'hisP’tec5iece{§0 tsizthéhflt t

  we tamely give yot1ttmhre?Give you thattvhich
yqur Anceilots never yet chztft ask, ‘of ours’;

Léflzl , it had been far mote t0h‘3mb1Cf‘Ot‘ 
the King,then for any Potraigny Natiton to have

at Ih2ii1'c1n the making of ourL2t5t7s, becaufe he
V57381i»km€1y;,»EO»P3.‘i'Ca1<C,€1nd that largely ta the be.
ncfit of them, ifgoodiiu the in~conveniences,tj4f

4 had; % which fl:tangersare.not: nayfcontratily, V

-it is matter of envy {and jealoufie betwutt

f 1.1,,cjgthbOu1‘s”t0fee eachother in 3. hfipurifhing
veflatc. so as the proper end oFLaws, being to

advatlce the people,  fl:>r Whom they are made
intwealthtand Ihength, to the ‘uttermoft 5   they
are the mof’c incompetentjudges ofthofe Laws

% ih the World, Whofe iI1Mt_€1‘CfJ£ it is to hihderthat
gicople fitom gtowin g extreamly rich or Pctong%.M

bcobligcd byrtaréemencfigt 
     D 

By What hath been a';1te3.dy‘{2id, handby a.»

Word brtwo ofcloilyit wil (I hope) appear, w

that the claim you make to the Vdting_withT us
inftthe matter of~oureLa;ws,and- the conditiens
ofohrtp a[de;eeas7afhing whereunto we flmuldh

1?‘

(£6)  

%'l.

Mifiakenin tnatterofFa&:, there beingtrm

 engagement on either fide.
  

llnrcafonable for the con.fiderationsab=ove

mentionediand for bcingdefiruétive to the ve--.

ty ptinciglcs ofptoperty.

N     Unequal (notwithfianding the reciprocati;  4

on)‘morethen Cyrus, his childifhjudgrnent ~

~ Waginmaking the little boy ehangeeoats with V

the great one» becaufe hiswas long %anc1t11eo-é-

‘ th ers flaort: for 0111:‘ boats are eeenotflonlflongere‘ A

than yours, but as fit for us that do wear them 31 V

as for you thatwou1d‘..  

M ‘4n.y

  llmlfilal, thercbcing no Prcfidenttifott%it;r;e
=h=!t1®u1d ¢?"3r.¥S‘%<1;;9F hear0f;.. n},-(;ax]‘.dv.»y»-fit‘
haje been leagues h_etwixt.flates ofa?  4

aiee

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hién then this betwixt us, a  ' offen"fi§%e_iincl dc-_-1

fenfivcy onrsenlydefcnfive.

 lln£tf'e,for thc ikeep.in.gup nlofhcdgcgbnundaa 
ties and cgliilinétionstt l7(Ittne;ani réall andeiuxifdia
éjtive ones, not perfonal and titulary) f[is_;a finer
Way to prcfervtc §¢acc.amQang..neighb ;Ql.1;1'S.,:§thcrily;
the throwing allopen. And a every;sm~gn byces
not admitted wiie enough to do his own bufi-
. nels H’) whoever hath the longcft {W 0rd will

quickly be the wifeflc ~myan, and dif-inherit all
his neighbours for Fools. t 

6.

Impoflible to be made good to you, if it had
been agreed : For the P atliamcnt itfelf, A from
Whom you claim,hath not in my humble opi-
nion authority enough? to fgrevélz another autho-
gity equal to it (elf; e

As for your exhortations to piety and loyal-

ty, whercwithsyou=concl~ud~e.~ i\WhCn yO1‘1lhaV€*
_a mind to oil}: Sacrifice to your God, and Tr:-»

D a  bate

gag)

?b1;:cc~to9  Emperour <fince am one »vi1;n5£

 mockd‘ 5   and fih€« ether    you%  
may dowdto doii:‘%‘of‘ your  Qand com;
mcmbvcr, that chelatcunnaturall war with 21E 
%thc4Calzmities that hagvecnfiied thcrepn,   took

ics rife   z3nmtura11%c:i¢hrdachn:ent%s4 11? on

t1ic1Evcjra1lRights‘[ andLibercics%of&two Natimi

mus, refolved it féemsto hold their ‘own with

the hazard ofiwar, and all the Calamities that
mu : cfflfflfi thcrecm. A 

 

  

 

Mien,  Al;