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,  ncit dcfire . is to keep a good undcrftanding bea-
twcen your fclfe and me I icannot but congra-
W , i -, /’, aflate your happinctfc that breath in fo irec an-v
7"r2i’?,/./5,’/W’ ’* a yrs ,   wherein it is Law iul-1 to hcarc anci fpealm‘
;r;¢tb:*O"T’1"tlt’1, Sacred fZ“imb,: whether art thou fi’c'di?i"1fa! _
' oxford did not give hcr entertainment I know not Whcrft {he
Woum find a place of aboad , f<')r'i1C!'C' ag Lzmdazgwg I_-‘omfic a-
ainfi 11:3; -to keep herout : Nay-with us i in the City: it 18 come to 
ghati afic that it 255 nilrhaffm da-ngéarom to ffigafitrutb M i‘I.a've“t/99"“
kg” P; ~ yciu know how faméus we have biccn here for pubiiflaixzg "
aqdfiinting Lyes , . he that will notiilyc to advantage the grgar 
iéaufc in hand, is‘ not amongfi us though‘: fir‘ to havc acccflc either "
to the Puipit or the » Prcfie. A_nd therefore wh_cn I was fitiifct on "
Work :0 (jdmmunicatc Iimeillgcnce go the Kxmgdomico 11_1d'ear; 
m A (g]F1jQthC['n that impioycd me ,, I ‘played my partwrcaionablc‘
will I Lycd my fli'a1‘c;but atlafi admoniim-ad by oL1y_Br-otlmz Am.»-
A I,-,¢.,,M:3nd mconicffc to you,‘ touched a littlcm conicxcnce,1 begrmr
by degrccg to take gfi‘:‘my_ {elf from that unwarrantab1¢“.i¢9nrfe. 
and did here andw.th?me. rpnnhle aA1“§““‘h? 4 yet vcry~.fmr**n1g1£
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 fhotlldhelthoughtyyto-lthreturncd Mdltgnént Or, Cazrzdlérml
A but;asliltrle_asAit Was, ytic’-wasldilltafilnll: for1hereuponM*r' Pim and,
the Remainder ofthcfive M:m5er:,aIfilled by M!’ Marty H, illite-

rate S;-rjant Wild,iPerm’:1(that hath lelle Law if it be pofllble then

the tSerjlant ,) and fome others their have fworne never to z'nclure.»_

truthagain, fince they have thrrvenlo well by Lyes, mov'eclar the

«Clofc Committee to have me filenced: yet to blind the world,
as»if their aymewerenor at me alone , theyrnvolve othersin the A

lame doome, and for Lntellyrjgencers , by an Order. rheybunge up '

allour mouthes at once ': dyer knowing how muehitconcerned
them thatxthe old rradewent on, though {ince they have permit...

4 red another to make ufe of myname, yet at firlt they gave arrtahoo-we

rity to one man only to lye for all the refi .: him they call the Pm-.. e

limrzent Scam‘ , not Bulmore the :Scout that owasllarine at Wloerle.

bridge neere you at Oxfird, I meanc not him,yet if you look into
his weekly Pamphlets’ ,'“ you would fyvearfle that hehad no more
Fbraines in his head,then Zmlmore had when they were (hot: out.

" T-his manindeed tels you fome truths,but fueh antiquated ones
thatrthey were [tale ncwes ahovea Thoufand yeares fince, as that

on the borders of Scotland, there dwelt aPeoplewhom they calla-

led 7°ifi:, thar:<rhere~'wasl a Waltl built between -Emglayd and Jcotw
land ,~ and the like: while he keeps at this dillarree and comes no
nearer , "he never’ needs l Feare that theheeles ofrhetimesettmay

l chance dalh our hisreerh: the may wrfire on‘! but if once he come

to publilh-anylx/Ioderne truths, to asthzft his Excellency clurll come
no nearer Oxford then T/Mme , that Fzrirfpzrv is beaten in the
Nmjrh,and FV;:l[er and.I«Vm*wzTc'k in the Wrell, or the like, t he were
belilook rohimfelfe , he 111:ayr§ad~hi_3f‘atcinfus: Thele new Rea
formers Willnever Brooke it, ‘ V r y A
Since there Fore we are here i nflaved either to Lyes or Silencer
that the world may notforll ever bekept hoodwinkt, goe on ( ‘I
pray )as you have begun to lerherfee the Mifericysunder which
+fhe dayly"fufl"ers. But me thinks it would be alwork well tworrhy
4yourendc‘avour,to let the Country fee not only their miferiesr but
to point them ourtthefounrain and fonrce from whence they flow:
‘T hisdifcovery hath been within me aS‘~‘m'ne that East}: no 11mt,rM-
49} taéurfl like new bottle: , yet as full as I am, I dare notvenr rn ~

gthoughti ‘bor1ce1‘rrringth-isécrc ,_ buthaye c.ho{'e r_ather.to tWh1Tpe.r

them

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A'?hem rayon  for ‘this in*viaineAto difl’embIeit ,e your {ad flfbrieé ‘obi? »
the-Rurine and §dC'V3fl3CiQn ‘of A the Country r tireiecch/cred?" in,ouAr "
’Srreet,s,andA though we beareitoutiinaAVauntihgAway; as ifthcfii
things concerned‘ not us .1 yet I aflure you there taremanyfoules 
fihat mournein private , (A forin publique we imuii be-aswrr'naddAaAs*
the refi; , or elfe we fiufier as Maligmanrr A) as;%1<en0Wip{;hoiw{ juQ]y g
we ftandcharged with ail thofe Calamities, “wAhich the fwordidf i

_ Ag ‘V V Rebellion hath broughruponiyou: I njcverheare that of the7’ra.

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 at read, Woe to tbeféload] [it], it zZ¢fztllafL}c.-.r and Roééerfibutf
- I cannot choofe but think of London . . A . A A   I
It is too too manii'i’efi,nor can it beideniedbut that all your Sui;
“ferings have been derived from us : when Common-Prayer was
in Life amongfi us , I rememberfuch a Query in oneoi the Pra.
phat: , 13 there an} evil! ' in the City amt’ the Lord imtlé not daneeit”?
But you may askeds there any evill in the Camarr}/A, and theC£t;
hath not done it? You have made us Richzmii Popu1ous,and we in
feule Ingratitude have .prodiga11iyvpowred out both out Wealth K
and Strength to make you and our felveé wretched;  A ‘ AA A .r , ‘V
Well might the Incendia ies of this prcfenr Rebe1Iion( {'0 I
dare caii it to ryoughough I dare not ipeak fo plain here 3 bring~Avi—-
oiem: afieéiions , eager endeavours to fet: this flqurifhing Church,
and Ifingdam in Combuiiiombutaias imall this had fignified little or
.nothing.had they not gained our eonient, and we rcfigned up out
I iperfoneand eiiates to ‘their .d'ifp0féil to be made the bafetinPcru-
it ments to compafle thelr mo1’t,T rayrerous defignes: Could S4} or
mm, and their begger1y_ Confederates have found moneys to Lee
‘ vie an’ Army agairrit their Leigc Lord, that had not money to ay
their owne Debtsghadrnot we furniihedithemi?» If Wei {hall wrgzhg
our pattiaiityt eonfider the" ieverallr ‘helps which this City hath
Contributed to this Rebellion , we tnuiiconieii-CM/tttéot/9':1‘be6e—
- gizmizzg and cominmmca qftlnlv mamzmmll VI‘/mfre may 6: afcriécd
to am: So that in all E-nglaz nd there is but one Reéej/1,86 that is Lon»
tdon”.To rcflecfta little -'3: look back on thofei times Whé this Reb-ei-V
 4 non was but an E mério, or cife did. begin tofcreep into -the wtorild.
" :( For we may not think that this» Moniier was afBAratt of‘ ha {utidain
birth) though it were COY1CClVCCi (fame Sn} ) nearcifianéuvmand

flgavped in Grajx. ?m:e.Lame,where the undertakers for tvhewilflteoiif
w p,~om'alcnce‘did meet and piott It, yet you know it was pntou: tq .

Nutce to Londairt. ‘ A 3 e . For

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 my well remember when the PM-{tam  ditr

1 3; much albominatcl theimlitarja-y4rJ,Or Aftilldrja Garden,” Pa.» I

ré-GaI°‘dm:.:i"t. fell‘: they -would not mingle With the Prophanc: but “
at lafigwhlen it was inflill’d imathenn , that the bl efled R~eFo:'-ma-

tion intended could not be effefled but b yathe fword, theft: placea...
ware. ilnfiantly; ‘filled — with few or nonebut men ofthat Fa flilon: :

We were. Wonltiyou knowto «make very merry at-their T rayning, ,

fame ofthem in two yea:-es praéticc. could notbebroughta to dif-

ehargjea Mamskereewithontl WiflkingtaVVedid lllittlcimagineathen;

that they were ever likelyate gl‘_0Wl formidable #0 flit! SEER?» 01;‘ ad-

vance to that Strength, as to. bc"ab1c to givetlieKingBétt1e, b ut :
after awhile they beganln e. to afl'e&,l“" yea and ' Compgalfe the chief ~"
‘aces offlom mand,fo that when anyaprimc Comnlanders dyed...
newmen were c.leé'tcd',.. wholy devoted to that Faélion ; and x't~.:
bbclcatme a Genetall Emulation .aamongv[l*them who {hould buy_~thc;~.~

m*oll:,,‘and thebefi Arme»‘sl.ll..   a

Second@*‘, that they might fill all places of -ahtlitority with fix ch 2

as {houldaclva me the dcfigne, allcare is takcnxo fill} the Bl’2nch*of7

A-ltlormefnl, .. and:.tthe com mom-Councejll , with'emle.n dijfafllcaed tq .
the Govcrnmc:nt,~bothlECtlefial’ticall, and Civill.Tb lthl: purpofe : V
if Eondmdid ltnoavlalford men bad enough; they would call them
from  Corporations, as Alderman Aikkrrl fr-om Nomitab and .
thdlike:—ebut ii-“he had fcen Afirflérdam or had been an Adxicnmrer ’
to New Engldndgor been the hull of the fill.-ncc-d‘zMimflEr:,Ahe was am
Iewcl}: Nay fume will tell you,and I am much of their Opinion, A,
that the Fiafiion hav-c hadllllfo great a Care of this‘, that they have V
éhofeti fom‘e.m;t:n to places ofthe bell cfiecmc inlthe ’ Cit y. whofe ,-
eftates Werenot ~ablc,to deffay the Changes, _h*ur.-» have been {up-» .

  portedlbiyaa “Common: Purfe, and if you have not forgotten it, there. .;

was a Motionllyou know mad c,That -Ham;/I‘ ‘»-m:,{a they call th*ema

l fclves,n1ight beare the Magiflrapjg and the Citty beam the Ex»-

' mcgl at, Junl;el_le the Qlcrgxdid A ¢onfpit:c.wit

pmcmfomcxmen thought that this pmpofall had el'peciall*Rcla.

tion tothofctwobeggcrlygcaptaines,,Ven«and Manxrin , who.

havlngnot-hinglei«ahcr within or A-without them ttnender-t "exn fit

fbr government, lyetin. this Rebellious City, were thoughtmafl‘ " . 

,fi;t, bceaufe mofl-‘war/esfro.m what wasby I:-aw Cfla-blifhed.

tTbz'rdlf;s becaufe all thisztcould not Cbmgalfe the end they ay-V .

themanci cuntributee. l  
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'-‘théirihcip, antibecan"-fe the
‘here In theeCitt:y, (exceptl Gmyg’/!,>eM. Inwhefm, Vutienflimvm,
<‘W4lker,and «atveryfiew more) Comp1iant~"wirh_ their indewonrg
«they laboured be -al:limeanespofiib1e., no introdncenthac~C,‘iMm or
2 cxcreflwnv} ,0fthe Clergy cd1ilie:d"" Zovilarw-A.r over their Parocbiuill
.J1d’z'm:fl~tn;r heads», whoiemaintenance being dependent .(‘y¢m
‘fpotftion by double ileafes and otherfiacralegions ideviees flolne
‘from their owne - Parfens,  {'0 that the barrenimeuntaincs?-of-'Wala:
r/afford notifo many poore, “anti as Sir Benjamin» “liudjer w.as~.wom
10 call them.,fcandalous‘%Livinge together, as are to befoundvwithin
the Walls of‘1‘Janblan..) mu[’¢§Preach fuch Doflrineag .mgy mmiem;
;difl'oya1cy,_ and infiilil fimh Principles ‘*in€o'their Auditors as may
"fil'I:i:d"ifpofc zrhem‘ Mandi aftetj ingngesthemsiu Rebellion, “when
things wei'e~ri'pe, orelfe theyfhalliwantwbread torpru~«I:"inte

, gjieads: The Truth is ,3Brother 'Rnft‘£cm,, chef: "Military nprcparatj,

[ ” Qittanecs were.a11_oygg_d go ;he elneumbcnga, ihoys; thq»ro%’d ‘Pa-

ans had cffefled %3~I.it»t1c ,% had -n9tV the {ire «been ,; given -from the

* “ "nchbeedufe they Taw‘ihow‘Succeffefull’this'Cou1:fe’“WM«s» 
‘What Ptrange efleétsit wrought-in our City, a Fourth defigne was,
:10 placefomn-:of their 'Emi{Tariesin a1in~*Co»xpom¢5om (theft Nurem-

%)'fou   d «very few «if the iS‘et’len."c‘la;g9. 2

lies of Sc;-hifme and Rebellion) andin themoft eminent of »

=.~the”Kingdnm; Qfor this purpefe a mofhfpccious and pious prcre me
his ~he1*d“out tovthe'~W'tn*ld,*fhe buvyin§ in sf nimproprmiaus: Feafim
rare appointed‘, men ofpublique Cali inga, has Olergywmqn, *15anryer.r,
vand fittiizenl, jwhofe -imployments mufi needs render them
iknowne to many. nndmen of noted izealc in t>heOpin»ion of the
”:Worl'd,’ ffuch asit~was thereby’ n?t~o~ gnine th€’l‘cpl1tati0n of":Re1«i..
:§ion to theunciertzkingie thcleflznrers (iindmhevetoo) diecc-ivcd

5 y the outfide-of this ‘Praic&.., ‘fiirre ‘upthe -Ric‘h~*a'nid‘*We1l afie.
&~ed to‘Contrihute1;ibera]1y to this fo reiigiounsnan Aft, -%~of'redee-
=ming'the '=I.ordhs“«portionn out of ‘Lay-hands, and amongfi ‘the Jail:
=Counfe1]s" given to the dying ( and then community they
ndieepefbimpreeiiion ‘) This was ‘never forgotten A: by-thiemeanec
rgreaffljummes were advanced“, and the Worlcf flood at gaze tqfee
ihe great return: which would‘ ‘be madeto the chumchnfitlddr
which Sacraledge had made a L4}-Fae: after any vwcre  §  ~» V —«-"e~

n ‘how long the revenues were held =in“the’Fec5fi“eens “lmwdsy 

  

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tar to pa)» ‘Pam’, and efiabiiihed a Letfmre perhaps in fomeiavrzzifii   W

with the Tith ofa Parfonagc in ?Tork?fl’ira5’0r thc.1ikc,apperta»ines
‘name my prefentpurpotfe. _ I   A e V
The thing that I (hall ob,ierve unto you is , the great care and

tart ufcdiu fitting men for thoirfervicee, . and then ditjaofingéanad

fecuring them in .their~Imp1oyme__nt, From any Moleftarion of En.
clefiafiicalrl Ccniutes. To this end,Fir§Z, they account it nccelffary.
to plant two Scmimriers, M the A "an Initiar]; Senximny, to this
purpofe they projeft the,b,uying.of a Hcadfbip in oneotthc Um‘,-
wrfitkxr f'or"fdm.e eminentt man oftheirowne party, under Whofe
Influence their Novice: mightbe-trained upin their inzwzgraex:
though fome hon {es in both Vaaiverfities were notioriousi enough
in thiskind‘ before, and might: have faved them this I.abour,‘ as

Magdalino Hall and Ni‘»"2v.- Inner in 0xfard,and Em4nm!l_ Co/ledge” 

and Kat/aerineeilzfa/l Caézzéridge;

 Thcfttwd ‘Wasa‘[.iiiPmE?£que Senzinarjf} ahdthat was at.S¢.e/{mi

Ibo/im: here in Iondongand did in Spsrimaliém anfwt.-1': to the A1,-..

xi./er)» Garden, being a place to mine upitheir young 8mzflar'z'g;,ii%

i where they might. take an Efl"ay of their affeflions and abilities,”
and by I:hcbCW1tChmcnts' of gain: and popular applaufadecply,
ingago them in their Fatflion.-o and from this Sensing?) wcrgiiigntoug”
of their new boughttlmpropriations filil’d.i And as theyhad their-..
Salary flow fo they were iubordinate to a Claflix or C‘lera.[,;ic,,/,3_
Konfifiar}. who had pow er to tranfplant their mofi hopeful] I m pg’,

eitherinto their purchafed Impropriatiofis, or elfeiintora.tLe&iurei.'
imfome of theimoft po.pu»1ousplaces of the Kingdoms, mainttainedv A A

by;Vat;borrowe,dtportion from an I mpropriation elfcwherc: yctthis
Gopfifiorfii did not in their choyce, flriéliy tye themfelves to the
piévntfs oi,r‘their+oWne Nurceries, but if any man had been a Pfmda...

. M9fl?‘l”}f*':f"E'}r.:hhCit caufe, or hadeibeen fentenced by the high Com-j
miffifoufor. Non-.C0n foflmtya or by fame Notorious undehrtakimx .

t :2

M hadrevidenced and dcciaredihii.mferlf’c, andirrevocably without".

apparant not.<:.o£ Infamy and Levity (ifhe retraeftcdj ingagcd him...
{eife tortheir pavrt;r:t~,ot‘l1ad Letters Teflimoniail   from pmma
White of D0’ 5545"’? a.M" C to’ ’ 0” OFB 9/5-071,01‘ the like, ( for C4149»):

 oandqjllar/baIl,~were,not,as iris {aid of’D::tlaan and Aéimm, as yet
fiznsam imbe Cangrcgatapnge, This rnanawafls ha c:hoicc,p1“amand 5‘;

for Lthcir ;So.yIe£ W  V _

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V '3'ét0nai{j, being iplanteiid abroadithcif fCCdfld C31‘€"ii;W.35 ;‘ fhfitl V

whatfoever they Pre‘ached,though never fo derogatory to em
Governmyenteither Eqclejiafiiaall or CsruuV,yet they might be free
from molelliation. and Preach on, without danger of loofing their

‘ maintenance by Ecclefiafticall cenfure.» To this purpofe they “at-

s decree .

tempt the buying a7Commifl‘aries place flaere, wbaretheyp inten-
ded to make any lfpceiall pltantatron: who being after their own

hearts , might twinke at their irregularities, and though the
Church-wardens Ihould by chance ibevfo honefl: to regard their

03:555.», and prefentthem, yet by the purchafed or bribed »Com- ’

Iniflglry they may fecure them from the dangerof the=@oun, i  

l Lafily; for feareleafiany oi thCitfyCrC3t‘Dl‘.CS flaould‘ fall from
them, anddefertllthe Caurc, as Tome hadidone, when theyhad
got What they looked for; wifely theysprovidc, that their «main-
tenance {hall be dependent, on the pleafure of thcll.‘ good‘Ma&c1-5
the Feotfees, alterable by , addition, orrapfubfliraéiiclnaaccording to:
their merits, or demerits , and their perfons fubierft to b'e'~§;’a“L.
fiheered if they Preach not to the advancement of their holy
eaufe, and according to the directions fem unto them from the‘
Conclave oftherr Elders at London : ‘That {o as much ashumane
Policy could invet-'rt,the-y might ( to ufe M’ Foxlie: own words
fpleakingin this argument) Eflaélrfi I/76' G06‘]5elllé}ia perpetual

A When all things were now ready ,_ their Emighrie: shaving
prepared the hearts of the people to Rebellion .. hrli alienating
them, by frequent (lain-dring the footflzeps of Gods annoyntedg,

decrying the {Government both of Church and State-,‘ Fomenting   »

the cauieleile difcontents,and aggravating the nee-: flities ofstateg
with the odious names of Tyranny, Aréitmr} power, violation
Of tilt: Strbjeéis Liézrtj, and Profcrtj,-~and likcwife pofleflied the
credulous thultitude,tha.t the conformeable Clergyhad made};

Revolt from the Praia/[amt Religion, and had an earn'el‘tintenti... 

on to introduce Paper] ; at lal} ‘was Fulfilled that Prophecyof 

dicious M . Haalggr, towards the end of the ‘Preface to fhat incomt. l a
parable work of Eceleflgfiicafl To/2%, T/Mt after "the ‘Puritan? l

/2406 fir]? refalrved t/Mt arttmapt: for iffipline are l4‘nvfull,1'a 723221

‘follow in the next place to ée differed", what we 5: zzittdmpteda at.

gdinfl Superior: which will -not ~/M?/c the Seep: er aftbat a'zfi‘ip/znet
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ride .

P (so

irate drier hhtm? * Whiéh Prophet]  fee éltafily ; fulfilled in our 

dayes, for the Puritans havingfirll rebelled by a Praxey, they then

thought it feafonablc. to take an ellay what eixtertainmenrlthe
doflrine for taking up e/Irma: dgainfir the King would find a-~

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mongfi their Diiciples.

  : To this purpofe Doflor Downingga man fitted For any ha fer im-

ployment, and one that ( what in ever he counterfeitedj ever a

looked awry on the Church,i;r-1 which (being fetled and in peace]
he could never hope to advan-cerfarther then Vicar of Hackgngy,

'_ was to feele thePulfe- of the.Citty : »-while therefore di-{contents

runne highrin the Zvartb, the Scot: having in a hofiile manner en-

tered the Kfmgdome, the People every W-here,efpecially in Lane»
dam, {l;rrr’d Hp by tome agents to Petition the King for this Parlia-  

menr,‘ D. Do':a7m'7zg_ Preaehin to the Brotherhood of thevdrtile.
r] rG4erf4ien.po.iitivelylaffirme , t/aéttfor defence offleligian and Re.

firmatian o_('tlpe (barre, its was lawful! to take up arms: again}? 5

 . He havingthus K indled the fire in the City, for Fear: of being ;
queliioned ( for as yet it was not law full to Preach Treafon) are- W
tired privatelyyto the Earle oi'I»I/arraricksphoufe in Ejf2e.r,rl1le com- 

mop Randevouz.;ofrall Schyfmraricall Preachers. this Sermon in el-

very place adminillring matter ofldifcourfe, People cenfured it,~
as they floodlaffeéled, which gave occafion to the Ringleaders of r
this fat°t1on to enter upon a ferrous examination,» and Pcud y of this at  

cafe of Confcilencre: «and itfeems, coniulting the Iefuites on the

one {idea and the Rigid Puritans on ,theother,p or indeed, becauiez. -
t;.a,i:rhout,p,adm1ttr{ng this docftrme , all their a former endeavours .

V;£f§iuiCii_. _vanil7ninto fmoak,- they flood doubtfull no longer , burr
cl“a;i7¢£i;;§a;t§1‘th thefe two contrary Fa€hons,yet fhaking hands in this

i r pqyne,oE;Btebelrlion,and. fuh§:ribcrd_ to_D,»D o2rm°ngr_do&rin.e, as ~.

’ ggnf Eva,ngle_licalllltr.utl1;= -.

W . r.

’r1»,r:.Andrthi"_saEig3athisl may.not be thought to «fpealt P as if I were 
',;Par1iamentvmtel;llgencerfiill, forthe truthrof this; i I appeale to r

 .StcpIg:u Marfigilhirn felfe, whobeing preiled by M. ‘Sivan-711,
tzhatyheretofote»he.w.aasof another opinionnngenuoufliy confefled ~

r itybtrt Withalla&31l4l3l§¢§5ia.r.£hat,0n,  Downing; }Se1',nwn, .'having a 
thingy given themy,y,theypp§B;r;ethren did enter upon anreagamiination of 
_1h;;_rypg¢l;rrn¢;and_»upon: examtaat19ln.lound.rrt;_truye;~,Though the  

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tryuthis, they whifpercd this dofirinelongibeforein their C_on«-1 7

ventieles,but never durft proclaime it in their Pulpits, before

they faw an army in the bowellsof the Kingdom to make it good W

by the iword, and aFat‘tio_n in a Parliament comeing on , that

Would Authorize Rebellion under this pretence, by~th€irrV¢t¢$ l

1' and Ordinances. ' i

i and then avowed by

After it was once owned as a Truth, and a Truth, firlt fcann’d,' it
Mar/Z-all, Galam}, Downing, and to Colonel] i

Carm-[ma Emtger, and the relt of their Elders. T/mt for 1%: 6'49/3

i ofRe!1:gian it rm»: lmrfzallfivr the Suéjcéi.‘ to Mk; zip cw/Irma: agdinfi

I913 Lmavfnll Saveraignc, good God‘! how violently did the Peofi

pie 0fLondon rufh into Rebellion? how plyable did‘ the Faétion

in Parliament find them,to raife Tumults ? make outeries for )'u- A

(lice? call for innocent blood? fubfcribe and preferre Petitions a-is
gainit the holy Lyturgy ? and the Hierarchy, Root and branch, if
Doétot ‘Barge: did but hold up his finger to this Mz'rm£a'ans? or
Captain Um {end his fummonis by hisWifel, to alfemblc the Z :3
lot: of the City 3’ p l i

But becaufe all other attempts had been to little purpoleg
while the power ofthe {word remained in His hands,into which
God had put it, the Heads of 4 this Rebellion confider, that it was
more feazable by fecret praftiles , to render the King unable to
withliand them. then for them openly to op pofe the King; there.
fore their main indeavout is towrelt the power‘ of the Militia
out of the Kings hands by degrees, and to put it time,” aw/acre they

i might place the greatelt confide~nCe.

But this wasa work not eafily’ efifecfied, great Changes could
notbe ufhered in but by great preparations to make we for
them; hereupon the Fafhon in Parliament make it their firfl: work

to make this City wholly tlnairx, that one fouls as it Vverg might
“ animate both reprefilntntive éodie.r,That ofthc‘ I("imgdome,and this
of the City: knowing thatit was in vaine fiat the Farftion in Parlia;

ment to Comriwunleffe the Faflion in the Common- Councell in

Londonwould execute : for though there were fome flourifhesi

made from BM€é5flg,b4m~=f77ire in the behal Fe of‘Mr. Hamfrdm, and
from Lcicefierv;/hire in the behaife of Sir Arthur Haflerfggc a stand

-the like, yet the {landing Gua-rd,and power ofthe Faftion in Par-e

iiament, onwhich they relied, to affront the King,and {ave them
A -3 ~59» -[elven

.t     new

felves i from the 1'.ulticeofth¢.L1w,es , was; that fixed’ here-Aim
.I.qn4{0rz.. T e — A ~ g
And beeaufewhere feare doth»pofl'e{l'e the multitude, it7mak-ck;
them work not likeagcnts,but like inltruments,and moulds them~;
to a T-empenfit to reee'iv.c impreflioflsa from thofe, in whofe will’

doms or Loves they repofe them felves, making them pliable to

alldVite_<‘tions-tan:i Counfells, whichlhallub-e giver-1 b‘y-tl7%!m,1v};‘g;,,., ,

they elteeme Patriot: of‘ the Common.wealth,and Aflértox; of
the Liéerticrh and fhfetylaf the People, alllpofliblc aft'.Wta5,ufcd to:
pofleffe the Kingdome. but efpeetallyt theC1ty with_;lh-angc 1,4.

‘l,_&IIjt'e:Jand,Fe4reJ,and therefore befides the oftefn-gineulcating the ~

fainedintcntion of introducing- Popery, greatvpteparattions in;
I-'r4z'¢cc,and Denmark; to invade the Kingdome , to inable the a
King to goveme Arbitraril y.,.' to thepfubverfion   of the fundamen.
tall Lgnw: of the Kingdomhtogetbcr‘With-the Liéertj and Pro.
p:,rt_y.t of the;pSubie&_-:; ( The:_ames.th~at did continually poffcfle
both the Pztlpit and the Prefl}, which how true, though mofl; jm-
pudentl y affitme<1,the World now lees.-) each day did produce a:
difcovery..of fome ne.wT_reafon, and to indeare the City ghc mom.

; itmult begfo -contrived, Thatain thefe monllrous fi&ions'. you fl-tall“

continual-ly.filnd the Barliamfifi and .63!) {aimed to be involved in 2

the fame danger».

To . poffelfe the Kingdom how mortally the Px'zrlz"am-mtand‘x

C‘1't}e.( the two vitall parts of‘.:th.e Kingdom: as P/rmcalls them):
were threatned; in the.time.of-the Reccfle they-stake oppo‘rtuni~ty«--
oftheBetitiondeliverede by the Troopers fromwthe North, anci-
b.yl;a.n.oetdetfroml the .Committee, they appoynt flronga “watches to. ,
he kept in all high-wayes Villages, and Townes within twenty ~
mil.-es offlqmdan, that Travellers ainto all parts-of’ the Kingdom,

paffi-ng;thtough thefe Guards. might report when thcycamc-» A

lsiomedu hommueh danger thc*;.P-23r.'li4ment' and Giglwerc for:
ttheirfil<'es.. , L’ i “
And that tlie-Ci‘;ed'nlous People might not think”-but that this».
was done on good grounds, 3 Letter is ~ written from -the Parliaa -l
ment Coznmillionetsin ..S‘c.a:land,~‘ Mt Hampdeu, M, Ficrmcx «ands
the.rel.ltto M: P}rEw.:and«-the. clef}-Committee here , toinForm~
them ofa {trange confpiraeytdifcovered in Edaméxfcrg/9,“ to feize on 1

A lthcpyrlons ofth¢.444rqz¢a1[,é Hdfllfltvfband the E‘¢xl’J.of:drgil€;'_ ‘

211d ‘:3

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and'L»zm-“rz'c/{e : "the Committee wifely confidering that it was no
Itrange thing fbrjlireafon to makC_ at 735?. 0”‘ 0f 5"”l4”dTflf0 Ehg-+2
land, infiantly provided againft it . C it16al’t_fo they would be

thought)» by pnbliihing an Order commanding the Iufhees of"
Peace of‘/I/Iialélle/éx, Swrrej‘, and 5”"’I’ ””"k" " to fccurfi 315 City V

and the places adjo mingfrom 2'11 déngcr 1’? “T0133 glmdss W611 i

.

‘armed;and_ give thié reaion for their Order’, hfiecmg/E I/Ia‘ /74'];

akieviamt dcflgxex and oonjfziracitx I432? ‘Q./0096794" in Si'otld7¢d.7
againflfome Principal! and great we are , 5}’ f0?!” of :13: , Pa-
pzfl F afhan, give: fzzfl»oc‘mfion tofufiita; f/M1‘. ‘bit-J flM}~m4intnir.Ir
aarrlsflvanaiency/were andprafiiflf {'75 10%? .'”‘,f‘,’’_‘’fi’- ' j‘ A    
Pr: fently upon the neck ofthts M- 17! -‘MC  t° thcgreat d€-'-
triment.oi:the Kingdom and Nation)’ 1_s 1fld3"€¢"¢d by _a Contaglé
ous plai{‘ter- of'Plague-fore, wrapt u‘pgtn_a letter and dtreéted to 2
him: but God be thanked, the in eéhon d1d not_tal<e,' though’:
throwing away the tilaifter only, he put the letter In his Pocket:
he being rcferved for another" manner of death {we hope ) then
to dye privately in his bed, witha fewt Tp€&3‘°l'3t *0 563!‘ ’w1.t-g-_~
nefieofhisend’. _ ,i   t , .
Thenecomes a Tailor out of ’ a ditch in lftrzséurj fields, having:
miraculoufly e{caped,being runnemine-mm-._r befides the body,
Cfor 1ike'a.wi(e Tailor,wherc{oevcr*hctmadfill0th01ۤ, he would
be {me to make none in his own skinne, though to gain credit to e
the1'elat'ion:) and he tells arfirangel difeovery ofa. Treafon; which i

 he overheard two men talkinglofi 3 C°“fPi"3‘CY 3§%3i"P‘ ‘ht? W6 of

the Lord Saygand fome of the chic f.1VlcmbCl's of both Houfes: Al
thing foimprobable ,. indeed fo Ridiculous , that had they not
thoughtthat the world ii00Ci‘pl'Cfltfll'.Cd towrccenve anyhthing-g for‘
truth which came from them , ‘was a wonder how they; durft

own it, And now Ihave named-a Taylor’ it puts mein mind of"

I"crl;_im my Lord Say: T‘a)/107: who at 3 Com m@n"C°,unCCn pr?‘
ducted acopytofa Letter from an I i know not Whfit lrxfli Lord m i
Tart}, to {itch an other" Iriih Lord in London», mttmatmg fame l
{lrangc dcfi.gneag;ainfi the City, which took as »pafIionarely with

..the People; as if*it had been certified from M..5‘7t2_fim{¢-/a:nclhis.
’ worihip h'imfelf‘e,. Eméajfadar ifotsthc two Houies unto the‘

pi-

S~tates.General:l ofthe united Provinces . But the molt monflroue
of all the. reft; and that Whichif thc'iBP'¢0Pl¢~ had’ 3°‘ bccnm “fed!
~  ‘ t  3 ' . .. ‘ 

cu.

to believe Lies; was theinvifible Army quar_tercd under ground
at Raglaml Cajfle, difcovered by 701m 734%‘. fetvant to Milhtis

r Law} an Inna.-kccpcrac Rafllsyto Alderman .r‘i'Z?o7¢.r Coachman:

exceptthe blowing up the ‘I hames with Gtmpowderto drowne
the City , one of the moli: dangerous Plots that ever aflrigh ted

. London.

‘And as by their own fiéizions they etndcatvoured to poiiefierthe

“ People with Iealoufiea,fo whatfoever the King did never wan»

ted a flnilter inter};rCtation,‘glofl‘ed to the multitude, to traduce

  His a&ions,~ as if in them there were everiiame evill intended to

the City and Parliament. WhCl]'th¢ King removed Be/f72rc from
the Lieutcnancy of the Tower, and placed Sir Téomaza Lam-fivra!
in that charge, the Citizens and their Wives could notflee-p
quietlyintheirbedds, for feare of having their houfes ‘beaten
down about their eares. Tofittiafy their filamours , though no-
thing wereobieéted againfi him,‘ the King realliimes the Truli,
and prcfently clepofites it with Sir Io/am Bjrort: the Faétion were
as ill fatisfied in him,yetit was not eafy what to objeét againlt
him: my it was a Query that did nota little trouble them in
What to quarrell him .- at lalt Lieutenant Hooker the Aqua?/ire
man, and Cl\[g'c/Jo/fan the (handler, complain in the Common-
Councelhthat Iincesir Io/an‘ By-on came to be Lieutenant of the
Tower, the Mint‘_( to the great prejudice and dilhotzour of the
Kingdome) flood liill. Thoie that knew what trade thefe‘ men
drove, by the poor retaile pt Broomes, Candles, 8: Muliard, their «
thiefmerchandize, to improve bralie farthings into -Groats and

'1 “Sixpenees, accounted the Objeétion as inconfiderable as the Au-
o thors thatalleadged it, yet as mean and falfe as it was , it ferved

fome mena turnes toflander the King to His People‘, and raife a

, Qiamor. The King out of the abundant goodnefie of His Nature,

hoping to winne them by fome condefcendments, ( which now
the world fees -is impollible: Puritans being of another manner of

"Temper then to be overcome with kindneflej removes Sir Ialm

Byron, and conferres this great truft on Sir Ia/an [‘om'er.r. a man of T
whom the'FaEh'on it fecms conceived better. hopes, and indeed

-hithettoif you confider his cxaétions upon the Kings friends in his
a cuftody, or retaining the name of Lieutenant, but refignmg the

. po w_/Er contrary to his exprefle oath, and that on his own Petition

tuo .

Q     (I 3)

to the Train bands‘ ofthe City, he hath not given" thtéilll‘ obcafio a
on to repent them of their acquicltence in im. , in «- ~  A  lj

It were cndlciitaliratber Rnflirtmto relate all the means ufcd
to heighten the fears of this miferable City, and by eonlequgncg
ofthe Kingdome : eipecially after the Faétion in Parliament, had
fhewnlthem the way by publifhing that great Buggbeare to af-
gight the People, the Remzmjirancc of the flatter of the K ing-

am: . _

At lafi to make experiment what good efl"e& all thefe arts had
produced, the main Engineeres refolve on Twelfe night to fee 1641}
what parree they hid in the City,and whatiafiiilance they might
expeét ( if occafion ferved ) bygivinga falfe Allarlne. To this
purpofe in the nighta Rumour is divulged and fuddenly difpcr.
fed through the City, That the King and C4-zmlecre: with fifrcen
hundred horfe were coming to {urprize the City : you would
wonder to contider how this report prevailed, infomuchthat in
an infiant London wasin Armeg, noleiie then soooo or 60900
i men ready provided to incounter they knew not what: the W0.
men ( who as M:'EPeters did infiruét the in the Pulpit,have hugg'd  
their Husbands into this Rebellion) provide hot viiater (befidcs ~
what they Vfprinkled for fcare) to throw on the Cavaleere: -.-, .
ioynt-itoolosnfoormes, and empty tubbeslare thrown into the
Streets tointcrcept the Horfe. Had you been at the LordiMaiors .
that night,as I was, you might upon the Aldermens coming to i
him, to conlult againlt the common dangetgeafily perceive which I

of the Aldermen were privy to this defigne, and who were not
thought {it to be i rztruitede with fo great a MyPc"ery;: i; fame ofphcm .
( and when time ferves I can tell you the-ir -namesjeame Io neat “

i A as if the y had {pent the whole day to betrimrne at midnighmheir '

beards put into a fealiing polture , not a haire awry , a clearede.
mionitration that they hat! not confulted their Pillowes that nigzght: '
Their Ruffes {eras compleatlyiars if they had: = : been to dine :gWit;h« 
the Mailers of their Compariies, or were prepared to beare a part  '
in my Lord Majors {hew : butthe reft thatfleptinthe fimplicxty 
of theirtaheartsi, and went to bed, fo farre from mifconceiving -,
rheirgratiousSove-raigne to have any evill intention againftthe .
City, that they thought themfelves fafet under his Proteétibn, ‘
theft: came ina a‘atre~diff6rent gatbe, one came inhistn.igh_teap and

r   forge: 2:

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nfotiigot his Hat," anothethad his fHat,bu-it did not remember to take 

this Rufi'e,one trots along in his flippers,another for halt: not nay.
ingito garter hisiiockings, had lofi: the-m had not ‘his {hooes been

..on.- Io that’twas eafy to diitinguilh who were ( anfiding'/I/dc'r-- I

mm, as tsheyeall them,and who Malzgxnntx.
And as‘-by degrees they wrought the people to this height of
~Iealou{ie,fo by degrees too,proportionab1e to tl1Cll‘ Iealoufies did
We they difarme the King , and Arme themfelves. Aat fir!-t they did
only wrefl; the Sword out of the Kings Hand, but as theirparty
lgrew Pcronger, r they turned the poynt upon him. Wlhen their
zfieavres were but young, the Faétion of the City defired no more,

«butafirong guard of the Train-Bands, and thlfl they called The’

Safigr oft/ave Cit], when their Feares grew Stronger , then in a
«Common» Councell they move for The Paflw-e of defim-a,which
was the E g gm‘ of which afterwards; was hatched that Cackfltrit:
ofthe Militia. ‘ A .  

C But becauie it was impoflible to difarme the King , as long
as the Lord Maj-or Pcood firme in his Loyalty , and invelled in his
powergtheirmaine work therefore was, fitii, to pack a Com-

mon-‘Councellof‘men‘ohtheir own Faétion, and then by advan. «

cing thepower of their Common-Councell (by the afiiltance of
thc_HoufE of Commons) above the Lord Major: , to draw the;

‘’ Voting of all Queryes, and the Refolution of all doubts, or mat-

terse under debate, unto the dccifionof 4/llaiarpart; and if any

a0b[l:ac1elay in their way to thefe ends, which was not in their »

power to remove, prefcntly at a dead lift, Peningtan or Vm or
Va :11: bring an order from the Haufi of [’ ommom, which nevgf
fat ed to determine all things, For their own Creatures. And be.

caufe the Praétices of thefe men deferve not to be buried in Si-  hi

lence , ].fhal'l give you a [hurt account, how the power of the
Milittia ofthe City,Came to be taken out of the Lord Maior,
and C curt of dldermmt hands, and featcd in a Meier part of the
scammam; In which you {hall fee how a Faétion in the City cam-
fpiredwitha Faétion in the Parliament, and this Faétiaon in the
Parliament with that in the Cit},untill between both, the King
was inforced; for fear of their tumults,and Infoleneies, to with;
draw himfel Fe into the Country. M y , W

The time oFElet‘tion of Common-Couneell men eomming

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t'@n,“at'St Tivanms day r641,whcn thefe fcarcse and Icloulicihaii

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in dillraéled the City, It was no diflicult matter, for this a&ive fafliu
- . u I __ ' ‘ ' ‘ .3
so on, to mPr1ll1nto'the1r iellow Gmzens how much It Concerned

‘them to tnakeehoyee of Godl] men (fo they mifcall themfelvcfi '
and {Each as would oppofe the Pap:/7: Tart], under which Notion,

they Com prehend all fuch as (land well afleéted to the Govern.
ment ellahlifhed, whether Eoclcjirzffirall, or (will. They accufc

the 0ld“Common-Councell-men, as men not Zelous for Religi»-n

on , Ready to com ply with the Court for loanes of Monyes, and-
which was; worfe, many had not only fet their hands 'to,but were
acftive in promoiing the Intended ‘Petition, for Epafcapmz, and
the book of Cammm.Pra]e~r, Thele Objeftions ( which d-ul .
oonfidcred had been fo many convincing arguments for them) o
prevailed, with thefe filly men,( who thought all to be in danger,
lunlelle the government were put into new hands) that in mofl
Wards, the old C0mn1on~Councell~men were turned out,and.
new chofen in, wholy devoted tothe Puritan ffffion ; eiiaecial.
'ly in thofe Wards, where their L-/fldermcav inclined that way: at-
rnongil thefsr, the mofl: remarkable weft /1 tldm , ‘Wallmcflona,
 George G carrat the Draper, War-dm-r, and Towfé. Now outgoe all

‘the grave, difcreet,Well.a&’e<?ced Citizens, as S!‘ George ‘.Bm}on,

  "‘.Town- Clark. and a Warrant is fu ed girth ifromthe -Lord Majvr.y

M.Druk,c, M, Roger efllarhe, M. Roger y_C/‘atralner, ‘Deputy Wi-_
«rm/nrx, A¢{..,6'4rtwrig/:t,and others, and in their (lead are chofen
Fork; 1‘/9e'.Tr_a]tor, R}/c “the fqueckiug flanlyexamatlgr, Perkin‘:
the Taylor, Normintoh his Cutler, younsz’ beardlefle foulfan l the
°Dyer,Gill the VVine~«Cooper, and Inpc the llntenwman in ‘Crook,
.cd~Lume,Beadlo of the Ward , int.h«;: plaCe:of‘~Depm‘} P7_/:1.‘/gcr;,_
So that a man would «Meat, they meant to lnllfill, what a wile
Lard IO.-cpcrtonce {pake to a Recorder,oFLvmlonf, cl yning with
him, upon occafion oFa'WooaY Coo ~37’): hrraug-glut to the Table,
with the heads looking out ofvthe Lid, N1‘ «Rcc:aw»€er,_ya;mr: ml.
-‘comma u Gommor2aCa:mc¢ll. V ' 7'
Thefe new men, though cltoien on  7'/soma4'> tiny, are never:
returned, by the Con{’cant cullome ofthe City, be."bre the Mun~
day after 7_‘1r.elfe- J4}: not have power to {it in - the Common.

=€'ouncell,~or,conenrre in doing any aft, before the Inclentnrca of i ,

their Elc6tionlb‘e returned from the Wardmore Inqucll to ‘the

$9.

  V’ (A ‘:6  

 TtbthetS'eriéantlof'the’Chamber,l to Summon them} Yet in tlie: A

Year: 1 641%. the (mall {pace of time between 5- Thomas? day,and

the day 0 F this Retume, was a- verylafli 22: time: and that which ;
-layd the Ground«work, of that Revoltof this Cit «, from glqm
I_~;oyalty to Rebellion, which prefentl y fbllowed. herefore I m .. ,

patient to Pcayr the time of their ordinary calling, and lrnowing
the Necelfity of their prelence for the advancement of the worlt
in»hancl, when the King ,. gave order tothe Lard /llaior , for
calling that Common-Councell held Dee-eméer, 3 .1. I64. I , when

the Lord N:-zvéurg: was that from the K in , to give the city no. I
race of the late Tumults at VVcflmim'i‘er, an I/I//sire. Hall, and to ,
l‘f'C0mm€Iid unto theme the Care ofpreventing the like diibrdcrs, )

for the time to come. To this Common. Couneell, comes Fowér
D

and with him, all the Tribe of this new choyce,ancl mingle with t

the old; which being an Intrufioza Withot1t.prefident , was (‘.2112-
neftly. oppofed by them, that lovecl the ancient order, and honeur

of the City; and fbteiiaw the Innundation breaking in upcm them ,
yet out of‘ liefpeft to it the Ifingx Melfige, and that Lord Ilia?
brought it, the com rovetfie fer the prefent was hufhed up , and f A

generally,, they applyed themfelves to ive difpatch to the A 1;.

liver, which they were torerumeto t eKing, which wggac,-.tt
«t:ordingly_done,.:mdl the Anfwer prelently after puimfhsd ,1-nth

Print. .

50; 0“ W? 5' - "F 0”“”"“"]a being; the dayafter the Kiizg Went

to the I~I:>uie of Commons to ciemancl the Five /I/Iemém-,‘ :1 Com.

mom Couneell being called bv the Kings dircfiion to the Lordf

J

jIxIm'ar,,.ttu which himfelfe in Perfbn came, to impart unto them
the reafom that induced him t0 zgoe to the Hoz.;{f;g;1-Kg» day before’
“i 2

and te at;<lmoni,(_l1 them, not to harbour or proteét tl‘lL’3i'GII1<in'1'i1 the ~ 

City“; Tzlzather came owke and his new Elecfted, but net admit-v
ted Btethtrem. I‘owz@ having prepared a Saucy, Iz][0I‘1cnt space}, A
to make unto the Kmg, concerning Fa.«zrc:,and lie/mflex, touching A

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flit -.A46w£'?!".3' ElCCfl{CCl,  ‘7)?‘i?/1'16/Ive: of [’4r/iflmfiflt ., and the-E":

theyixniglitnot.be.tryed butina.l’ariigmg;;;r,g} way, The K5,, E

   admired: pfltieflcfi 3 ‘ gnd..vgh§[~E'{5 fbdifloyan ex. .
pre1nens,lultly delerved hie Royall Indignatiomto have fenthim :

to I\7¢'1:v'gat:; Or.fBrga'é-am/Z-5' {eihecially interpofing intlxat Rfipre- .
f€WWV‘-‘-" bod)’, Of Which'D..?Sl'Xat: hewas no} 1nexnbere.)tThe King 
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“taIily«1?€‘tm'fl€'d this lhott , gracious Anfwher,biddiln‘gh.im and they 6

r€li,l" f0'd]T#?“e tlaemfelwt, ‘That they _/Iaattldlmw 4 [Itffl Trlya/A “_l

lcordinq to the Lame: oft/J: Lam’; adding, that they were titzngcraw

-2. V , h ‘
mm, am’ that neither 19:, mar tI5Jc}',c.att[d6r.t mfztfct}, at long .1; :19;-fie.
mm were permitted to go on in tbeizr tam].

It was obitrvcd by tome, very wile men, there prcfent , that A

the King at; His cumming to the .Cotnmon~ Councell, aw astccci-‘
ved Withloy, and acclamations; not E1‘li!Ci1l.tll'iil“iOL!l' to theft," at
His entrance into the City, on His return: from‘ Scatlantl. But 25- A
‘tcit the reafon ofilflis comming was known, and the Puritan

  Part} had iniiillcl into the peoples licads, that the great ‘Patriot:
oftha: Kingdoms were in danger, to he‘ called to a Legal] Trial],
‘for T reafon, at His I‘CIll!'fl';.‘. , there was a new face on tl1t?‘Multi- 
tunic, and inflead of Godfizve t/ye King,tl1er€ was nothing eccho.

edin Hiseares, but I’m'*z2i!cclge.r of Pm~[i'ammt, Priviledgex qf
7Jfl7(£flm€7'7t1GTq#tI;1 Dinrmofntlze Ephefimax. was nevet roared
louder. The King dined that day at~Sh€rif"I'c :Garrct:,and the
Faéiion of the ScEtariea,Browni{ts,and Anabaptifis having time

10 affemblc, after dinner, the houfe was befct, anchtlzc fircets

leading unto it thtongczd with people, Thoufands of them flocks
ing from all parts of the City: and the clamour {till was ‘Privilcd.
gel‘ of P arlinmmt; which ct] firti taken up that day, and t/aat,with
11:) good fucceiie, ncvct fail-::rd tobc Objettcd to the K ing.ancl in-
cnlcated to the People, even unto this day, in all their appcalcs

~un'o them.

T.i'if.iS ’1‘umult{i.w:l’t;l to that llfiigifat, that the King in His rc-
turntt was in great dangxzr, the pciople in :14 moii untiutilitll man-
nm-, ptcrffing upnn, l00l<.i.ngi”I1~tu,li’51v<:l laying hold on H35 Coach:
n1:w,i:1 defiance of-‘His fasted Pc~‘:1'Inn3 and 'Anthority'," that fcditi.
ou‘.;;P;ti‘11phl€:t(>l VI/A//qcr:,Ta}aur T3721‘: 0 1/Me/l, was tlnown
airliner into, or very ncar His Coach: Infomuch, that thofc few
fric:nds,which t.l’N: King had in the tilfity, were hartily glad when
they hazard that the K mg was liafclyatrivcd at VI//site HM: for I

l afliwc you, Hisiafti friends here in the City, has the ncvertcnough

honouredfiit Ric/mid _C]m*m=},and Eli!‘ Tlanmtu Gttrtlrzer the Recor-
der ware in great danger, being purfucd with olutcrycs, asR:-
meméer the Prat'e§"t‘tttio;¢ ,fwother5’ calling them ‘/m{fie ‘Prattfltrt,

._ . g ._C 3 A % i i._ A Nay,

.4,” ‘ -V‘ w_v~,,,u. .;;W.M ‘ w

my cl;c Lard Maiar had his Chainctomcl from his neck by_a Z‘: .4

lens Sifler, . r % ~ _
This very day, the new  (‘es (the leadetrg In both’) thinking
tlaemfelves unfafe :31: P752/I'M”?/%ér33flfr1ghCC(’l with their xpwn an 5,’

1-clblve to rake S:mf;fua:ry in Lanalm,.l<nowi:1g,th;l=c whatlrevemhe 1 l

heel done,ox:ever Qwul‘-zi deft’, though never fo- demgatcry go the
Kl£1g;nevee£E2 contm-y4to Law, yet the %.Rm:itan Faetion in {be
(jf{ty;W<)iJlef3. taffinrd them mt only prm:e&ion, but: power and 3f.
fillanee. Bwtlw ‘l-Iegaufestherelore ad;ourn,*.um1ll the

‘Hall, or Grmcerx-H35;

To the CZom.m ittee at Grocer: ball,‘ come the Five Alénzih-r: in ,
3reat:T'rimtnph, gusucded, and attended by. the Trainwbands, and a  

{lrong guard {etto {ecu re the: place of their fitting, Now, if ever,
was the fiatalll conlpirataon of7Time and '?lace , for Cdyning new
dunlheard of Priviledges of" Parliament,
the perfons of Traitors ,bu: lllullifying Treafbn it fell’: .- For here
was ( before this day) the unheard of A Priviledge of Parliament

declared, I54: no /I/Iemécr afP4r1i-fiment ought to 5: arr:/feldéy 
any warrant .wk4:_/72'wer, with out cjqmfemn of that Hduf}, av/lercafém -

:44 Meméer, and by the fame Ordinance i t was declared , That

they tnlmt /$41/arrcfl t/yafe Meméer: an mimic:-to t/at Stat: .: with t

fie: liéertygrmrtcdfar 4/lpcrfam to harder or cart?/nfi with them :-
Tn all WhlCh,+_lt is.evident~,that the power and ll:reng;tl1of' Lomim
weremladcme firfi obll:m<"tion of thellee courle of Iuflice, and‘
th8Q:if,y=t{D3dC the A/ylm, and Sanétuary-.otl ‘ltthafe, whom thcj

ilfingllgltd iullly declared Traytors-

A.tad;flow, Bhaving undeubted experience nf'"the aH?:"c‘Hon of ~
the Eit’y,,3a.l,l‘eyes being turned fgom Wlain-»Ha/Z, to grocers H}:/i",4“'
whc.rc,;l1‘e -§D."i¢zfl.1'ng.o'» of the People were pomponlly fealled,and ;

fawninglyecourledg on Saturday the eightloflam 1 64 x . the Com» «.

mittee confLtl£*s#hoW~ .the.aecu{ed Memaers xnight come-to W:-fly

' apinfln-3;heTuefdaylfollowing, and without any long debate, it»

was refolved upon’ the quelliom That 26:: ‘S/2».-"ri;_fz‘c: of 'Lo‘ndm
@0314, and migbt'rAtfi1*kg.aArd ofrl:e~Tr4in:~ému:l:=,fi:i» t/ya deflmce

oftbe-Kiiag and *~Pdrli;'Im‘em;:»- And»:/rat tbq might zvtrranué/2-x'y' t

gmrrchaut oftlacir Li15er»im:;;and that you may feerhatv the Scene

:§gqa;tight layd, there wemetfomctveadey Jat. rhatlinfianc. to make a :
t_;ndcr- 7

‘ M A Tum/4} fol. . .
% lawmg, and eaflr themlelvles Into a Commu:tee.to meet at gtiilal 

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tender; of the aflillance of the Smmmand zllarinerj-,Iw[1of¢ p,W_;   M  .._
Cr fhould guard them by Water, as ‘the VTrailn..bands by Land_  
Next daybeing Sunday, every pulpit that was at their devotion \ 
founded nothing but the praife 0fKim5olt0n’~ and the Fir“: Myra: V 
dim: inciting the People to {land up in the defence of thcfe war.
thin: elfe it they permitted the King to take away thefe to day '
ht? might goe on to feize on as manymorc-to Morrow‘, until] he:
had left the Parliament naked of all g ood€P4m'ot.r, and Z «lam
afliertorr of Religion, the Law es,and Liberties of the Kingdom.
On Mundayfithe tenth oflan. :64: . the King hearing of thgfc
great Preparationsnane Army by Land, and a Navy by Sea , which
was tocall anereagainil White-Hdll,fuddenly, (and certainly gui;
ded by an immediat providencc,which in a peculiar mariner Watt.
ched over Kings) refolved with his ever glorious f)\a.«,-m, the
Prince, and the Duke of Turk, to withdraw to Hampton (‘mm
which accordingly He did : not leavin (though well he mightfi
His cm-fie behind him uponzLo.nd:m, as an:-J, the third of Fmu  
did on Parzégfowl y provoked in-th“e like manner ;’who flying from ;
the Cit] and the Hal} League the Parallell of this Treaiion here, at  e
(,‘balio,~,tLirning towards it,faid ,1 iv: the: my (lm-fci,Aifla all, and The

 

ingmtcfnr/I Ctr} ~, A it} vsvbic/9 I we 4/‘Wait! /manure‘ with by h
crmtimmll ahead, 4 [izjwbicb I have inric/mi more than an] of my ££,Znc.t30 
I radcce_fi"or:,.[ jlmll never i enter within the comwpaflir oftbj .;,.,¢[1;’5,,,_ -P. S.
.6} the ruin: of '4 great and Memorable dram“/9.“ l
The King, now, no better then fled from London, and the ap__-A .
arent dangers there, the whole ftrength of the City remained L

at the diipolall ola Faélion of Puritans in {the Ptzr[id;))g_;¢t 5 and 3 
Faétion ofPn’ritans in the Cit]; That very aM»'ud.¢],/on which V
the King for his faiety frrnnthefe Tumultc, withdrew llimfglfg
(and ‘visa wonder that any man {hould be‘ 12) firomtleffe to deny, ' ..
that for that reafon, and that teaion only, he withdn: ctr him‘{&:lfe)
was thereturne made ol the Inclentures of" the Eleélion of the " A
O'o'mmon councell-m<;n and if" any eleétion ' was quellioned, as‘ »
fomewete,and that molljuilly, ‘twat; truly obierved , tllatithg‘
decifion,‘ never fiaileei rogoe on their (icle, who were laiit eleélcd a
whether it wereright , or wrong: for Whereas formcr]y“a1},3Qn:i .
troverfies of Il1lS'NL1ti.l1‘C were fubmitted to ‘theedeterniiriatioineof 
the,La,ral Major and ear; ofAlalermm onlytnow by trfe ‘irnpe- ~

 ;- tuoiilnefle 3

 .    A»  _   t to      " M    '

:cuoufncfl'c,anbd.C;lamour ofFowaQe , T and his adherents. it muflfbt:
mfg“-ed to a Committee of the Cfomm onacouncell , the fame
Commimo which was forth’ Wfitj . the firfl lfep whiz:-hthc

Pnritamoumade towards the flfflotia.
Havingthusputthe King tOfllght9 and by molt 1ndireét‘un-

‘warrantablefrafiices, tamed moi} of the difcreet able men of the
City, out of the Common-councc-ll‘, they beginne to put the city .4
into a Tm: po_/i‘urctofRoéo/lion, which they Called, the ‘7’aflm'c of

“‘2).;fl»noo, and was the Sooonol Rep to the ficliliria .- and fhr the
Committee of this ‘Poflaro of D efiénoa, they nominate Six Az'o’or- .
»m.:n,.a;;nd twolroc C‘-ommonoro, moftof themybeing of this Iafl ele-

fliono. And to have a leader for the intentied Rebellion , upoh
?U€n’.r Recommendation; Széipposo for has Councc-"13, and advice, is

added as an Appendix to the ('o-omoiotoo. And though a great debt

lay on the Chamber of L0ndC’n'»V-7hiCh was often (‘otnpltined ofl}
butnéircr paid, yet Serjoomt fl4;Jjor Gworot/I S/(ippotz, ( ft) many
affithe Syllables ofhis new honotzrs) is ordered by a& of com.
omon-counceh, to have 300121 ycasmout of the Treafitty for Or-
phans,during his life, if he fhould fo long continue in the City
fervicc, T  ‘ -  A A

Aflrong Pattyfibeing thus made, they beginne to make all
manner of Vvatlike Preparations, and provide Ammunition of all
forts: they incteafe the number of the Train-hancis, from fixc , to
eight Thoufand, and appoyht over them fixe e/flolormerz, to be
Co/om-/J5, each (‘alone/I to have his Captains,O1hce'rs , Colours,
Aandkegiment, to be afligned him by the Coxmnittce for the Po.
_/luro of Defence: and yctas ital} this had been to no purpofe, an-
leffe they can make the Lam’ Afozjor (21 flmiwd mbbe in the wayj
a meet Ciphcr;gnd reduce their Gooornor, to fo mean: atCondit1'-
on, as to be only their inflmmmt, they ittttench upon his power,
and invade it many wayes. A

 Fir.s‘?,tI1€1‘CfbrC', whereas the power offummoning Comma 11.; V

councells, rcfided only in the Lord /74/£107‘, who, with the adv‘!-C‘¢
eoffome Aldermen, was to judge of the Reafbns inducing hi tn

to affemble this Reprefemxttive body, now by Orders from :11;
Houfe of ['ommom',at: the infiancc of Pomzmgron, Jim, 5, «y,,j];,]‘/J.’
the Lord Major is not left to his ownjudgement, when to can or

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not to calla Commouicouncell; but malt doe i’t,a§ oft ah the-
of this Faction {hall command -him: which ufurp’d power, both W

Van and Fawkes have ufed with thatinfolencya,‘ that when they

 

have reqnired Sit Ric/mrdGurngwca]1a C0mm0ln.CounCeH’ % V

and he hath demanded a reafon, they have vouchfafed him no 0‘-

ther anfwer, thenthis faucy_ one, that when /9‘: came thirhor'£r‘w

j_%o:::/dknow. ‘4 '

Second/jsas the power ofcalling Common conncells Was ntrufledn
bytheir [barter 66* Long‘ prefcriprioogwithothe Lord Major,{b the

power of cl/ij]‘o!»m'ng thcm,was put Into the lime hands, he might

rife? in the m.iddel’c ofa debate,& difmifle the afleInbly,.&'yct wast

not bound to give them an account, why he did fol; but nowtpart-
Ily by violence, and partlyby pretended orders from the Houfe of

['ommazz:,he1sfitflnedtohisfeat, there he mull; fit, nntill ‘Um’

and Fon:~l{.f.r and the roll have no farther ufe of him.

‘lTlaircll},l'1eretofi3re,when a Common-councell was called ,n0....
thing could be put to the Qucllion, or propofed as the Sub fgft of.

their deliberation. but what the Lord Major hyllthc Recorder did

offer unto them; but now, when they could not prevaile with the-

Mojor to command the Recorder, not with the Recorder without

v‘ v

the Lord/l4.<z}'or: con1ent,to ptopofe what the Faélion pleafcd,

hy the Ounnipotcnlcy ofan order, from the Houfe of‘ Commons,

v

they make the dam!» to flea}, what Von and the tell: will have

main: or elfe‘ the Lord zwojor and the Recorder mull anfwere itat.

a i£I'Lommittee .

Laf,-’l},l whereas the Lord Zlfaior and ldldoitmw {it ‘apart, fiom 

the Commo1is,ax1d are Covered: when theothers are %;é;zrob;=:&.

4 616,1 ,am1 haven egative ’Uoyco,, the itch of incorplotationg two ~

in one, hath been as great in the (‘it]_A, as ever it wasat Wojfmin-
/fer, and ‘t&Zltl1blC?tt(fI‘lL3'CC€‘l€lt‘.‘; for the f.»s&§on /.7c’ra_*~ ("upon the

pgym) mv-.-.:-; call; all into a common huddle, ‘lend_Ving the Ccwrt of“
gozmmm with th=:;: Commons: ‘Upper; and Lotzwr, founcllas harfhly l

izorcgas Iéro moral’: And thoughin outward a;:»pcntanct;,ithey arc.-
'2’t:3ll‘i two dil’til‘1.Fl Members, or one bod yg yC‘l'sii‘1 powet,tl1eyha1ve 0
m wade hoth,’,lLe-vol/, Involnixwg the Votes of the ./‘l«I.of-or and Alida.-r-
mm in the major part ofthe Commons. A o _  L l 
The Pixrifmh Fzzfiionv, by the ailiflance oflthf: Hmfc of C“omm'o'7é:,,

l having thus gotten the p‘ow’or to call Commoncottrxecllsszwwer to ~

continua '

_«;Eo_fit;}1'-IlathCa1;,Pdw?7'tO.’Pflf to the ,2ucy$iou what‘ they pleaferf
andpawcr to rdatervninc all ‘O y a Majarpart, my Lord Ma 1' or ha-
ying no more {way then -Perkin: t/re Taylor, R yr) the ’3odye.r am-
.ker, or Nic/salfmrbe (handler, they ma.y difpole of the Wealth

and Power ofthe City as they pleale: now the two Faéhons on

.pcnl.y Communicate -(’:G=llni:illS ,  hand.in hand, that ’twas a

.quefiion, which was the Parliament, that at «Weflmmfiar, or mi;

at Guile-Hall. _  

Towards the end of fmmarj 1 64 I . the Commons .“hou{e Pe-'

-titiorfd the King touching the Tower, the F»-am, and the /Militia,

‘anti as two firings» let. to the fame tune , though on two leverall
7'iall:,ataconvenientoliilance, if you touch one, the other by
content rend vfrs the fatzitfi foui1ti,lf0, the Houfc of com-mam, and

#1116 Common» ‘comzcell of thiaCi.ty, were now grown to . fuch a
Sym athy‘,thatt:he.motiorla, and rendeavours of one , wererhe.

W01‘ ofbcrth : that youwould {weave , Fawkes was as much 3,

~Parliat1tent mtm. here, as ‘Um at I/’ V cffminflert fbr before Faéruaa

4} was team: dafes old, tlmre w as a flommou» councell held, in

V .5prefent,i not-piercing into the reafono

-which many thingswere debated: the Court was continued

long. till near one oft-hecloek: at 1aPc,.tiI'Cd'0llt with long fitting, ‘

and willing tosrife ; 70¢-:2, takeing.ad*¢antage of theprefent indifl
pofitiort ofthe Court, to {it longer, ready to admitte propofalls,
without any lhriét fcanning, ( elpecially {Knee Whatibever pail.
.fed that Comrnonmouncell. was to.undc.-rgoea ‘feeond eonfidera-
tioh at the next, as their conflant cullome is) produce th an, Order:
from the Houfc0£Cammam, by whichgthey were defired to re.
turnefuch mens names, with Whom the City tltoughtrfit tointrufl;
» the Militjyggof London.
The Couit, {urprized with founexyeficd r a Meflage ‘for the
it,.nor trunderllanding that
the Houfes werein forgreat Forwardnelle uto fettlethe Militia,
(as afterwards theyifoundathey were, nor-imagining that the men,
whofe names they returned,.{lnould';have abfolure power to ex ct
 cute any thing of themfc1ves,but only as a Committee to eon'l'ult,'
and prepare, and report tothe Common councell, as the limited
rpovver ofall Committees is, and, confidering that the Pq/Farr of
Definct, and the new Mil:'tia, though two names. werein elfca
but one and thefame thing, Ordered that the names-ofrhe cm:

:«1m'tt:e

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~m*ittce, For the pq/larch of D cfenw, ihotild hefelfi to the Houfe iri

returne to their orde~r.§ The Intention of ithe A oufe, ( as {ome-
*thinke)ain this Meflage, (though for mypatt, ifl were put to my

 

oath I dare nottfweare it J was, to ittdeare the City, and to Iayatt «

_0hligat_ion upon them by giving them power to nominate their
ownemen: But I/en‘ finftmétedrby fome, thathad more -wit,’

Mliut as little honefiy aé himfeifeji-his purpofe in the carriage of

this bufinefle was, to make the Lord Maiar , the S/.:cr:fi‘Is-x and

~Com-2: ofdldcrmtm, by their dwne volufttary, but Inconfiderate
aft, to renounce (as itwere) their owne Int€'l'el‘t,and'fo,to place
this great power oifthe Militia on the Committee for the Poflmre

of D efmce , whereof the Major part, if not allg, were ofhis
«owne Faéytion. e V 7 V y ya

‘\ Many dayeathad not paffed, beforeit was ‘generallyiknowne,

to the great Regret of all ‘Loyall difcreetmen, That the Militia
‘of London, was putin thehands of the (‘o-mmittee for the P oflure
of D efmce. Not Iofig after, at common-Councell wasealled, at
which. when the orders made the lat’: meeting, (as the Cufiome

dis) weretead, at this, many men feeing the fnare, into which
unwittingly they had caft thetnfelves, ibeganne to retrafl, and
ipeake againfitthat otdenwhereby the c‘ommittee for the ‘Poflm-c

of ‘Defence were iuvefted with the Power of the /Militia: nay,

Iomeof the Aldermen, whofenames were returned, for the new i

Militia, utterly protefted againit it: attirming, that when they

r :pafl"e-d that‘Order, they had not the Ieafi. In tention,.to exclude the .

Lord /Maiar , from having power over the /Militia, nor had any
thought, to placefo ahiolute power in their Committee, as (they
Found ) thetwo Houfes had done: and hercupon, by;fomc that
flood well affefted to the honour, and peace of the C-it_j',it was eur-
wnelfti y moved, that the Houfes might be Petitionetd to reverie
theirOrder: but all in vaine, the Faétion in the eommon..C‘.oun-
cell being initrttéted by their Leaders, at What advantage they

‘had the City,werc:teIolved, motto I.ooI‘ei't, by giving way to V

fueh a Motion: but on the Contrary,to make all fure, Va» prociu.
ceth another order from the Hemfc of commons, That Séippon,
whom the Committee for the Poflure of ‘Defence had affociated
totbem for his advice, and afiiftance, fhould, by their Affent, be
added to the fame C-omtnitteforlghe Militia: {which was no foo-

V A ' net

'vyCen£ureii1 PaIli3‘iIi.Cl1l:, In which sentence, the World

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not moved, then ,_afl"entcd unto, the Major part of the Common-

Cgunccll (Who now rule the rofl) will have it ft),
l'1“h¢ Court of Aldermen finding ( but too toolatc) that this
fc.gt1cm.cntQf;h(: Militia, would be no fmall derogation to the
Mgiralgr in particular, and the Government ofthc City in gene-
miz; apd being out of all hope to find the Coutmoris ready to
Ioyne with them, in inch a Petition, reiolve (without them) to
Petticiozh that this Otdernoffo dangerous Confequenee, might be
5-,¢'¢g11,’dy,_ andghfi Maiqr and Sbarijfa: be nominated of the atom-
mititeeau To this end, Petitions are framed, afld d*€l.1‘V€|’ Cd, but to

no purpoie, the Lord Maiors Legal!) was too Well known, to be

admitted, to have any {la-are in r at power which was intended to
be imployed againlt the King.

Ngpwitltlianding this Rcpulfe, divers Cittizens, vet y Confi-
dfctyahiefortthcier nfiiflétta lburr-T’m0fC confidetahle for their Qtaliq
ahd aéilz't£.as, out of a fenfe of that great Contempt, and preju-
dice, which this would bring upon that ancient government, un-
der which their City had To long flouriflned, ioynt: in a Petition
in their owue naunes, to the two Houfes, to the fame effefl, but
width wotfe St1eoeߤ:;_fQr the Howie of Commons, having Infbr .

tnatipn what vvas in agitation in the City , fend Wat: Long cow

feize on the Pttit.ion,anol the Subfcriptions,by which mcanes,the
Names oithe Subferibers being lmowne, there wanted not arts
to maltetitetn rettaaéit their owne voluntary aét: fome by per-
fwalions, and privatefollieitations,others intimidated by threats,
and Menaces, are Compeil’d to recant, and beeaufe it was a Note
of Levity, if not worfe, fo fuddenly to proteli againfi their ownc
voltztttayrygiet, therefore thefDc*co} tobringon the Refi, tofb
hafe,iot1nwotthy a Revolt, was Lmtfimk’ the Speaker: Brother,
which Example: (he having broke the Ice) was followed by

many, that Loved an Ignoble quietnefie, before Fteedome with l .

Trouble. a . ‘J

This lafi Petition was that which they call (Banyan: Partition,
and indeed Sit gaorge Banyan was (and he needs not he aihamed
ofir) aFram€r , Alida ohiele promoter of that moi’: rtafonablc,
moft equitable Petition: whichnotwithiianding was made that
great crime, that afterwatds drew on his Impeachment, an-id hea.
may
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i7::€,;.Wi1at groffe Injufiice, and partialify wasufédr by‘ tlym , that
would be angry, not robe thou-ghtt'h‘etmo(tup1*igh€. unbilerniflaed
In/iitiaricx in the wor1d».The”CbriflmnfiE before (which We HOW‘
miafi call Nazivit. Tide“) the Lord M'a)'ot”‘, arid the Recorded
were eonventedt efbrc a Committee for ob[’tru«f’ci<ng the Ap-
prenuzes Petittion, a~“g;1in§t EpiI5cep‘acy, and l=earn'ed ‘Y’edrd( why;
hat~h:m:> more Lawithenzwhat» wasmade this Piarliiiarnent) fittirrg‘
in the Cha yte, w1d«them¥, that§,i it 7?M&"3 again}? the]?-‘edolarbie and Li;
éerty qft/5:9 3”»/éjc&,.21aa*t fa permit tbenvi (without any Let er lam»;
r:wptio;a)te}:ra/énta tlwirgriezzanae: in paper to the parliament .Na ,
foififearc they fhould Want: work,there wasan order pubiiihed in
Print by the Hotafe of Eommbnwt fie tvhattvaery fiutpofe; ye! Sir‘
G eorge for mak-itngtufe“ of rfi~e‘fat’fie Z_3ifiert§r,Whiel1"ffiewfelvesthadu
prociaime~d*, is; fentenced Thus: Firff, fined in three Thoufand
pounds. Secondl], disfranchized. utteriy deprivedrof the Privi-
ledges of the Ciity-. Thirdy, never to beare any office in the
Kingdome. Foarwq, to be Vc:o‘mmitt"ed»* Prifonor to (‘ole/gaffer
Gaple For two yeares; and Luff/j, at the expiration of that terme,
to giveSecurity=for‘the good beb4vioz¢r,fucb, as   the Parliament
(ifthey then fate) {hou1d.thinkefitting , and incafe the Parlia-
ment were di1To1ves:l,fuc'ts as’ the Lord Keeper, for the time being;
fhould approve off: how will this Sentence , for ever Iufiifie the
feveteft, that were €V€t"giv'et1,~ eiitiier imhc Sum Cbmthr, or
High. Cammiflicm, That did doome a man to mine, for no other
fault , then what themfelves had authorized", and Iudged‘ it
againii the Liberty of the Subje<E’c, to oppofe it; even by their
own: Order? A. AA _
The Committee for the ‘Y°"0/hm’ of 776“f6it£‘e , being by thefe
d;{h,:f:«n“€9: prafiiees made Lorclstof‘:/7’:“Mi[£t£:1, " and”oei§1"g“arfnca
with as much piower, asiwtili”, toiervteethe moii defperate, 'Ireafo-
nabie aieiigraee, which either S4], or ‘J33-mfhordd fuggeft, they
now gee on without checke, or Controule, and beare downe ail
before t11em,thar i’tant:l“in‘thei‘r way; On Trivial! preterfcesg or
for neceffaryobedienee to the Kings Iufl:”Command"s'. they re-
xnovethotiefi Sir Ric/uni Germ} “ ( whofcrnamc in after Chroniifi
eies will outfhine famous I4’al1v‘0‘rt/9:, and upbraid this Rebelli-
oua City to all pol’terity) from the government of theCity,, and
in his p1acefubB:itute;Littl: Ifamz,-k;. teiefiing the ’0l:'w, and ad-
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y i irancingyy that Bmmfile, out ofwhich, I leare, will come that fii-e,7

Whichwill confume this feditious City . Nowthc People are
authorized by Ordinances of both H Jufiis . and Incouraged and

tprelfed even in pointof Confcienze, bYth¢irBouteFeau Leela»

rers, to Lift horfes in More-fitldr , ‘fendin money and plate to
Guild-Ha/l.For the fervice of the Kwg, and Pm‘/Mmmt; and be-

caufe. they would be {hire to; have an Omtar in every Pulpit to 

quicken the people, to poure out their wealth Liberally, to fur.

ther the Rebellionintended , They caufe therverydregs, and‘

icumme of every Parifh to Petitionagainft the Orthodox i Cler-

gy: who being imprifoned, or fled. they;fequePcer their Livings,.

for the ufc of their owne Levites: {'0 that at this day. there is not
a true Or:/zadax Minilter left , Freely {peaking hisiconfciience;

and exercifing his Minillery, in the whole City:; fo that whatfo-«

ever they pretend , that they take up Armes for the defence of
the Proteflanr Rreligian, if they meane the ‘Pratcflmrt Religion as
itis by aft of Parliament eltablifhed in the C/mrc/3 of E ngloznd, I

allure you, Brat/Jar, were you here, you could no more fee at

face of the Church of Englmm’, then on can at Amflerdam.

l T hey have not only banilhed all ecencj, andl0f&1a'rl,i together ~l

with theeltablilhed Lymrgy, out of our Churches, but inflead

_ of i the Gofpell our new. Preachers entertaine their Auditories
with flCWC9:(Wl1lCh upon examination prove but fiehons and

Lyes to blind the People, ) or elf: with bitter inveétives againll:

the King and His; Governmentz. an l as for Faith,‘ C/aim‘: , and
.R¢pe:ztzmce, they are laid alide as impertment arguments , all:

theirliexhortations now, are to Trjsafin and Rcéei/lion: So that {as

i in rh,eyyHal7~iLeagzz: offlrance, as myAuthor, Speakes) our Fulpim .

are Zifleme the hairerof fuglcrs: Nay, \".he very Sacraments C(3-
cape not their Blafphemy and prophanation to theft: vile purpor-

fees: I doubt not but you have heard of M. (‘aw/3*‘ his Invitation of :
the Congregation to the Lords Table, who inllead olynu that due  

truly and earn:/t’l!j_ repent] oz: ofjroxarflnrzer , mm’ /53 in Law, and
charity 'l37litb}'0fixril\Lc’£;Q'bé0fltr.f, arm! mtcmz’ to la-azdy 4 new Lift; cfi-c,

befpa e them thus: ford-that /.uiz':/efiecl] am! /iéarn/I} ("antriéutcd

to the Parliament, f:¢§~;tér: dtjflwc: ofad: 6‘aZfi.{/5' and the Gosjfie//1,
draw zzmrfe. To there{t.he,,threatned Darnxnrtion , as commin

.&lEl'WOtCilil_y~ to the holy’ Siicramem:-j. it were euclloelleto Write

'é«2;__ ll’,fl.tOl U-

r dz/lefl beafls that ever peep’d over a P:¢!piz:whi

....._...,,,

-V v- —-.7 ..r.. - ......n,..-_,,W

unto you, (it cleferves fome mans Labour in particular) to

1 quaint you, and the Kingdome,With the .3‘/51.3?/.ItIi}1'A:.r,‘ p;~qP;M__

3-Mtiorzs‘, and Aéfurditimwliich he and his Bretbrmin Eiwlifi yen;
evety day in their Extemporary P'rayer_s,and Sermons; ’ T . l
3 et were all this Treafon F et out m1x’d with wit, W or did they

4 preach Rebellion adVantag’d, by the alluring helpes of azrxiand

Elaqxa e14ce,~~iI1 might perfwade fome amongfl us not to turne Re-
eufants from their Affemblies : but they are the 45- cf?’ and ma
1 A , _
_ _" lethefe remlaine
in the City, Rot/Jemm the Leéiaremnever needs feare tobo heard"
In his depreeation,§ that we mightnever fee fueh a Famine here in

London, aswas once in Samaria , where an Aflie'.r lama? mz:fml,1~'

fbr fmrefvarc pi-are-.r oflSiZ'z/er, Thankes to-him and the rcfiyj Wc

have great plenty here, and while we have {'0 many, -there is ugh

fesre that they will ever rife to {o high a price.
But when people are difpofed to Rebellion, {mall helpes Wm
ferve their Turne, a Ramm’: /some, is as good as 326:5»/ai’:lTru;n.~.

pet : yet they have oneart ( and I may not forget it 1; .f s- V
takes muchwith the people)‘ and it is this, you fha,lI' hggaehofiéfno

and the fame argument, pofie fie moi} of out Pulpits, onthe fame

day, the fame matter, isthe Subieét, eitherlggtheir rayfingl-man

veftives, or Rebellious Exhortations. The undifc_erningmu1ti_

rude, not «piercing into this Isnpoflure, fondly are perfwaded,

that this is no lefle then the Infpirarim of the H bl} C;/7.,/2, when
God knowes, this is no more, then an intimation given from the.
head; of the Faéiion to [Islam], and the Izmta that meet at his

houfe, from whom their Emzjjiarics receive direélions, what .
cmcersnes the ptefent opportunity, and is~neeefl”arye to be prca...

ched, unto the people; _
By thefe and the like Arts, ’tis a wonder to fee, what Forces

have been mifecl, what fa mmes have been advanced, and Poured 

out, to Further this Rebellion; Itis theOp1nion of very wjfjg

men amongfl; us l“Ic‘:E‘tt3, that have obierved the feverall Iaelpcg,

which this City of L‘()3¢::i022i1Rtl‘} Contributed to th1slptelerxtuln-
naturall Warre, than they hav<:fhpplyed the Tteafuryl oi‘ the Km
bells, with nolefie, then ‘3"iJr:c" _/Milianx of monev, Raid their ‘h At;
my with t/arccj?0re»Tboxz_/3:92:21 men,‘ fii'&r21ifi31g,tl1€n 1‘«;erei,x;-m,P,_

their manglecl , beaten llegiiiietitsg at%f‘a‘grmt 1?xp¢;;e5.,;,m.903(_o.

it

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V Tttmfiare and 314905! /Mtb t/stir Pfozm’ zmtbdrzégefull Cit} éww, to v

if/lbrone t/ac’ K mg, and ruin: the Kingd’0W-

" j Andthatthcymightnotwwaat fupplics of men, to lostsp this

Rebellion an font, they havc cant:c.ltl.c:d, or difpetlftd with all the
Ofiligatiam and,i_2"}:.v of Religion, Nature, and Lmrex; They have
givcnth-c some power not only wit/sour, but contrary to the Pa.
rem commands to Lift himicltc, and take Gntcrtalmxnrsm ill? their
Army, the fittnc liberty they have given to at/2'fprc;mfi: , and

Scjrzmntx, to tako Attmsg not only wit/amt , but contrary to the -

gpmmggdoftthgfi fljgflgry and.  . HOW many ;p‘Cr£xm' Pan.
tcnts, how many pootc TTadC5'f mcjn, nay.-. him mgny poor W1d~
dowcs, and thtir d«ll_lI‘:«"3fl"Cd~' Orphans, lat: hero to this Car _‘y‘.Jl1:l~l'-=l3a‘Cl

no other Sméflflzzzacc but what: was ha:-ally earned, by tllfilr Civil. t
.;lrc;z, or ./Ipprmit-.ifc:induftry,and laboutgare no W all lil(€ to llarve,

or are ncccflitated toflyotothceaflmrdtofthc PM/5' ( though the
poorestflockitfclfc he invaded and fpent in this Warre) while
thol°c3 that fed them, are loft in this unnatural] Ra-bcsllion P Nay
howmany difconiolatc Parents have you in the Country , that

fcnt‘th;cir Clliilldren hither to th-is Cit], andgavc great» fimomcs to

with them, to bind-them Appmstifc: to 'Trad€?9: <3: Manuf‘at‘lurcs.
hoping that_.;hereafte’n they mightlivc like mcn,nay,pcrhaps {omc
»ofthcirMother«s,out-ofan ovetwcaning opinion, might fizncy to
themfelves, hopes, that they mtiglnt livc to fees: their Sonnes Lord
Majors of Lander}, ( and whynot?) that., now fit mourning, and
wrincing thcirhands, and curfe» thC daynot only in which they
fcntthexn hithcr,but in which they were borncmot bccaufis they
havclofl: a Leggc orlan eflrma, or returned tnaymed, fo that all
theyocan hope for is to have entertainment  an Hofpitall, and
that nolongcr ncithenthtn till the Kings maimxzd Souldicts, {hall
come, and tcllthcm, that, that Charaity was never provided for
men délabled by fightingagainll their King,but be-ataufc they have
loll their/i?2e.r,anc_‘i not Ollly tllcir-1172:: ,but tlwir preriam flmlcnr
too, dying ittagrievous fim1c,in the 'v'€_.l'y3C'} of Rebellion ? me
thinks you in the Country, ( if their be any bowels of compafiion,
ycarningdtovcrthc fruitofyout bo;:’ies,if them: be an y fizz/e of that
atermi/Z condition that doth attend them after this life, if there be
any hope of the foyer of Hctavcn , or feats of the Tarmmt: of

Hell) § {hould be: vctyufcnfibla of this.
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And rlamgla God hath tnanifeflzly fought ctgairfi thcm,farthc“

King, giving him vicflzory in many Battailes , when all humane

helpes, and advantageswere on the Rebells fide, tlzongbfiody l

hath miraeuloufly, and beyond the hope of man rellored unto
Him» the heart: ofthe People, (which the heads of this Rebel-

lion, by {landcrs had fiolne from Him:) though from fmall , land.
contetnprible beginnings in thecyes of Hi-s enemies /Few. or

none (landing for him,but G od and the 1' ulliceof His Caufej God
hath profpered Him into many mighty Armiegwhich render him

formidable to the proudeft, and {toutcll of the Rebells; tlbauglo _

every 2?*'z‘E?br} hath been feconded by a tender of§Pcm:c, and
with an overture of Tacéficarian, fo that as himfelfe {peaks inithat
Declaration Publiflied 1211,30. 1642 . be corllal not praéaél} fax?’

finder the Sczzndatlaw im warrior: which /mt/v zrfxmlly Attmdcd:

HQ Atfcflagcr of Pmce, 2' at the} proceed flow I/ye uvealqgrejjle of
H13‘ Power not love‘ of Hit People. Lallly, though like an indul-5;
gent Father ofRebel]ious Children He hath camrml this C:'t},and
I/Vooea’it,by many lPard_ons, many, and often repeated Aéts of
Grape and Favour to recall us to our former Loyalty , ( if ever we
were LOy.'ill,) yet, ineonfiderate,tmthanl<full wretches as we are,
we 0VC!“lO0l{€, or {leight all thefe invitations, for in-{lead of to-»
turning, we have addedthis, as the com plement of our other Re.
bellions, that ( wbethermore unthankfully or unclutifnlly I can-
not tell ) we have cal’: dirt in our Soveraignes face, and (landered

t/zcfoorflepx ofG‘ad.r Amoynred, as if he were guilty of all thofe‘
Miferies, which at this time threaten the fubver [ion of this Nztti.

‘on: we will no longer wound the King Secretlj , through the-
{icles of‘His ev ill Comnfiliars, or C:zzmZeir:,butcl1arge him dircfl-“

tjr , and payzr élcztr/<32 , as in that tnofl {editions Declaration, or‘
what ever you will call it, prefented by Sir David Vlfizt/{£22}, and
tl'l3tl3I‘(>l<f;‘n CltlZ'E‘fi_-, otr: at elbowes, called Sarmz Szlmte, to the
Com nirm cotmtell, and by them to the remaind-::r of the Lower.

‘ Hnufi; if it be not breach of'Priviledge to call it fo.

Haw xvi/ling have wcobeyecl every Conimandemetrtt except»
Gad, and the iiinggs? Haw_form2n:l hnvewe been,» to imploythe
large Revenues oi our {overall Compétniesy and Broth‘e“rhoodls,
(' I1S’l1€l‘C3t0l'0I'<3 to exicefle, and gsluttony, fo now) to fupport this,

‘ Rebellion? bow mm}, even beyond ourAbilities,ltavelw‘e been,

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to fubmit ea Eyety T4322, and illegal! [mpg/itim, titan to the hon. V

dage, andfl*avery.of.Excife, by which we are not {omuch pra-
pric-mries of our owne, as Stewards, or Ca,/éeerer-1 to the heads of
the Rebellion : and all this, to noother end butto keep up the
Rebellion: Wehave not only pro teél ed,and fu pported theKings
Martel’ Enemies, hutaa much as i n us lay, have per-fecutcd all His

Fricndx, or, .ifbut fufpeéted to {land Well affeéled to Him, and .

the Iullice of his can-fie; not {paring the efl"nfion.of'Imso¢-cm é/a-ad,

i as that offM. Tamkimr, and M. Clm/war, which like the blood of
. Aéel, calls loud to Heaven for vengeance, on this bloody City,

l and AQuellionle{Tc will in time be heard; For not Contentto ~

buy thefe mens bloods with great fommea of monye-s which

could not be advanced but on this C«.>ndition, that .M. Y"omkg7m',.
and M. (baloner, be delivered up to their pleafure, and murrhe- '
red for allrange ("amjfiimcy called Oéedicpc-e to the I('z'ag, but be. a.

ing dead , in an unheard ofl' barbaroufne{l'e they prefle into the
houfes, Where their dead bod yes lay,.before their_Funeralls, and
thinking they could never be fim: enough , of to great a gm’/rt,

they willnot beleeve that they are dead , unlelle they force the l

houfes to fee the bodies of them whom themfelves had -murthe-

red; Infbmuch, that to avoyd further violence and rage of the
H‘ Citizens, they were fame to fetopen the doores Where their bo-

dies lay, and expofe them to the view of all, that {o they lm1°g‘h.t

glut themfelves with beholding tl1at'fadfpeElacle which them- '_

{elves had made. y .

That the Kings Gratious offers of Peace have been fleighted,
and reieéted, with fcome, and Contempt, and His Meflengers
that hrotlglat tl1em,[c:ont'rary to the Law oFArmea, and Nations"
Itmpr~ifoned;'7‘[m»t thofe miferable ciillraé’ci0ns,which have ren t,
and tome this flourivlhing'Kingdome, are fo farre from being Clo-

fed, that they are rather made wider; T/mt the-{word of Warwre,

folomg devouring, is not yet lheathed, exceptin one anothm;
‘bowells, That this Kingdomeis flill made, the Scene of Muré
zhers, Rapines, =Oppreflion, and ‘Plunclerings, and, wherccm all
the horrid aétsof rage, and I nljullice are every day atflecl, and the
Nation put almofi out of hope,‘ ever toinfoyaher fbrmer Peace,
and plenty, is our fault and cam: wholly: Had not the heads of

"this Rebellion been animated by this City, and Incouraged by

promifes

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 which as «it,evidentI‘y 11-xewca _ . _% V.
“ Peace,~~foit isthemoft defperate’ dzvehih (lander, that ever yet:

_._-. _., ._

A ‘fhfitomifesbf moi-'c"f7upp’lyes of ~ men, and Monieéji They—had‘Ion’§ V ’

before this, laid downe their A rmes,a nd comewith halters about
thcirnecks, andtafi: thetnfeivcs at the Kings Feet, fubmiflel y beg.

 t ging thofe Pardons. which they have prefumptnoufly re1"e<fE',>:d.~ n
Tirne was,‘when the" two Hanfl;-I gave a. Law to gthe Cir}, nowjgg '

iscome to that ‘pafle. that the (‘try prefcribe to the Relzquer ofthe,
two Houfes’; T hey muff not Conclude of Waive or”Peace, with.»
out confulting the J City, if theyudoe;
Hoflce. « 3 J . , ‘ _ i

 =Nay,—though Fairfax beuttetiyrouted in the. North, and W51.
liam, once firnamed a‘ Conqueror, be totally defeated in the Lfigfi,

n . yet they can neither be perfmzdea.’ —, norémrm into thonghtsoif‘
 Peace: on the 2o*-hofIul}“1a1‘r,’ ' J I
-t (fag 1-_h¢-pfintgd--.Patp€I~’ telils yon)_preferred a Petition to the Houfe i

no longer agoe, many Thorxfaxid

ofCommons , pre-fenced by? M. N oréary of th'ea‘Curfi.to“rsdotficc,
andfoim Hanan Atturuey of g;"z4i16l-1‘_7T.é3r’¢’ ; both pernicious men:
thelr Obfiinate av“er-fion from

durli iooke the”VVorld in the Face; for tirrvfi theyhtell the Hotlfe
of Commons, and in them, the World, That -the Ifing tpixiam

» any touch of C anfciencc, and in defiance of God, bat/2 r'azj”ed an Ar. A

V.

. m} afpdpijfn omlawes, and T-mitor.r,_. for I/96.11‘ aééing, Burnigg,

Murthkring ,“ dnd"‘dcfz‘fo}-’i;g‘g ofVH/13 "Réltgiom, ffariefl, and we'll

-* meaning ‘1’°eo)>le,'?And thenknnwinginot on,1ytheirnInte’refl"£;¢,

. ‘but thtiit‘ panver

war the Houfc of Commons , ‘theyjdoe not {'0'
much Petition, as Command them toacceptfiof their affiftance,

' for the raifinga new Army, and in expreffe Termes prefcribe un-

to ti1Ct‘n,”¢md linait-itthemto a Commitm of their owne naénz'm;;;.

 tan , forfthe feizing-and receivingbf {i1ch'§nrnm~es; _as'the willing
' :fl<.a1ltthinke«fit to offer -, or they {halt thinke fit to'cxtort from the
  unwilling for tthislervice: And that you may [udge of the whole

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a -Brunch, by fome , --they "name Tcnnmgton “the pretended Ldrd
ti ,Major, ’S’i'ro:m", --one of  the five Memmbersh, ‘Hairy ‘Z1/Iazrtinz
" rPIundcfo;ni;1fl-_.er.Geqvéfaii 9 and §‘Dent;t ‘Bond Btlfgéflfi of”ZDar.
 wire-fier, M

and Patriarch V}>’laire: ‘own difcipie, to a'at11anroaf_Va'dou;
.b1e Capacity to beta Rebel} ,and finding themielvesj more ;~:.io‘m- in

o 2 jtheie undertakings then they did imagine,iik§:1deTper'ate:i'raitors;~
t   t-they callon the who1e'tK1ngdpm€. ‘at one man .acqor_dmg to the

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they reckon Without their

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intent ofthclat e Covenant, to ioyne wicrhrthcm inthis “ RcB?cHié' i 
on. And having: thus mk en a _,_couric to raifc new Forcr:s,on Saturn 
day the 29.05 fu/].at1aC0mm0~n. Hall, tbciy Voted Sir I/P’i/Ziamro 
I‘/'Vfz[!er, Cjenem[l"o:f't31rcfir new imcndfd Army, whom to indcarc r 
trlmmore, they interrcfi h-1’;1n.irn the Gro«v.ernmenor ofthc City , ho- .—
ping that being as mad as his Ladiy,he W;ir11h0.ld...up,thc RebcIlion,. II
asflong a~s'hccan, and thenbo oneof thc§];a(1 to runne away: I .

mean notrfroom ‘I3";zttt/4', Eoij in that he hath {he wed hirmfclfco as for-

’ ‘ward as the forcrn3oPr,bu,tnfro1n juflirtg. anod the due reward 01” his ~ -

diflnoyahy. By all whi¢hoi=t~isrmo1§t cv’idocrnr,r.that thié Languxfiing
Eeficllion-1]3d»b€F0rC this day-rrgafp’d its ;la’Pcorrand given up ch:

Ghoihhad not this Reéelliom‘ Liizjo by. its owe-41:55 and,_fl /{fl]t4itfl'a'¢J, o_ 

fotnented Ziraand given it Iifc.

If therefore Pvs‘3‘erit]r{‘}+za1r1.asI<rc, who ‘broke Tdowne thcdor 

bounds ,to tho fc Pcrca msof blood , thrarrahavc Pcaincd th‘is_,carth,-
if t_hey.»as.ke., who made Lxbcrzy captwc, 'I'*“ruch—-- criminal]

ch ad R€b£Uion,Vvi}:l1thC fpccious ‘pretence of defence ofLawcs,r
andLibc:rti.crs; Warrc wi-t~h_ the dcfireof an eftablifhcd Peace, Sa-
cralcdgo and Prophnanation,‘ with the flacw of Zctalfe, and A-=Refor..
mation : I.aPcIy, if they aske whoawould have puullgd the Crown:

from the ICing:11”cad,r taken the government otfche bindges, dif-
folvcd /Maamrc/9], inflavcd the L.4wm.~,r~and ruined their‘ Camztr ,,

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;ind_VArmcs dcfccnding from the Head‘ .C‘r't},*and Metrapolzb ofrhc

Kingdomc, may notforcvcr dij]"alw rhcnorvcs, and lmmtethc A 

Sincwcs. ofthhs admira blc: coznpofod Government: itrwill high-
I" concern: this Nation, to look aboutnthcm. toundcccive them-
Iilvesmnd to confult their own peace and flt_f}t}; by foyning with
their Gratious rSovcrai§2,nc, in cémflizing :_Ch€‘f€ rcbc1}ious~infoIcn...

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let not ( good73r-other) the name Ru/Ham neit . y
(as ifvzt were :1 S0/ecz"flm') to Tell the Marti en, Roéécrt

dcrf.:":g:, and othczr outrage: - committed in the Cit}, nor dfipfivet

us tfa hamifull of faithfull Subjeéls in comparifon of the Rcbclls,
the Pm-inmx, ‘73ro'mm'(lJ' and Amz5aptijl‘.r,_) of (0 great an Oper-

tunity, to iultify our Innocence. Let the Country know, that we’

have been at the cha;-ges,to undoe, not’ only them, but our {elves

tea, the C0/!’a[f‘ewhiCh We have built, is liallcn on the éuildcrx, ‘

the Fire which we have ltindlcd, dcvoures the éellaw: which

ilirll 5/0wc.'d' it up, fomc ofus repent of out fond Credrd/it] to be de... 1
ccivcd, and fooltd by the empty name ofa Pqrlmnenr, God “
grauntitbc nnttoolatc; yet how ever, let Poflerit} know this ”

too, that thelfiyzg hath his Martyr: in London,‘ all are not in the
Country; And to make this gootlfecretly (as much asthc clofc
obfhjuflions of the wayes of conveyance Willtpcrmitf) you [hall
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