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*7’ o hefbrejcm We mvez-7‘e,e like ‘Shot, wot ;f45'ezreé{,

all felt) aw/z’ o'om'e ezymjozo. To the upright in

‘Cohflder ohm .6} or “pr-cvaricating ‘nu-rn”ber of
Gfandi:€$,ee1r  Principles are ozltereol; our
v A 4 .o A Religion into Schifme,_mz.dHypocriticaol proe.
faneneffe ; _.T?¢/E37’/'¢»'»£€'l9 that the Lords Szopper 235 now, ozlmofl ever}
where difco'1¢tim¢eo1,fio7‘ want of I @0127 not whatfimagihavy ’Uto}7ia2¢~
holihefle. T he Creed, Lord: i7°m]er,oemcz’Te2¢ Comzomezdemeeotx,  the

A ‘ihflmmefltx of Faith, Hope,Chm'r£e, teaching Omnia crede-noda,fpc~

randhafic facienda) lcfi om‘ of the ifioekihorj. Thee: much firr Religion.

V Our known Lawes (heing “t-he o;fcc0:eide‘oPri11c‘i'ple hem am: to other ‘

People 5] the Nhtiomz/Z fovehmet, and ?7ZoZFZJ’ Declamtiosoyj e are the;
reed ieito Arbitrary, enmergentgaind up-fltart Orders and Ordinances
of Pezriinment ; erver} ole} rifz';eg , and heave:-gy oh} withering like
Mnfhromes. So that we are 340237 governed ]u1‘e vago 85 ooinceerto, hy
ez leozden Leshieiéz amaze, Io which we ammo: fayozere oozero eo2heo.’2'w2o'e ozezd
efliom, hoot ?7Zflfi.fl_'/Z'o*2.j’eZ'1..[11“hJl?‘G'7”a>l‘f¢d£’o€3‘ that gozizie the Legfiflutive ‘pa.-
wer of‘Pezrli:zme:et  2£ppli0ozti0fi¢*0fth€fi¢«‘f0 om‘ afiiohx. A great
mg'fl*rie.e$ V A 7 ~ e L‘

V Thehthifdhintiple is“ our Libfi-'-:rtwi‘es¢ What  heeome ofthem, this
Iitt‘1e,‘T7*'eoztzfev5£’fZ3te!!_yo;o, eomlfl: of our . Properties; J5’-m‘ flog}! ! me

othiezkslheozre menfqy‘, theztotheholhmozzr ezmlhdmgero mmtiniezg are the M

Tdrlzkzmeht oloore rhcfi rm’ lezfl weelgfr‘, heath whemzhled our Gmmficjex,

hatred meale them flee/Q the Lorolwith Fafiiillg. a11d~P1'aye1f. I .:mfia’e;*,

let me telljaotiixehmtfleceeeoleoloio-2 the? of Commoozxg 137/3872 .42 Let-
ih‘erooahelh‘It)L eolezreoticm frohMh”eh_1€2'rmjo éeeieg »te2oohed toehe o7<*e.¢zr/.75, fime of
z‘heh(_'_V§'1?.§?z;¢olee:2t77fi:ve7“eai*l; That  fhoedolh reozelie e thofi: elemmoh, they
flight ‘eehdhtee oo  them oofthgze ezeatzere, .45 the] com heft/oer we/J
jzoflice olezoy them, nor wzrbhmazar gmht them, heeemfe it name not ho-5
hohmhlefor rhemhfo doe their deny Z9/P076-’ admonition of the£re.zJ;oe{y,
&Eifl‘g'»5”2.'-.tt“th;?¢é?T fhrwznzir, etfl5l3§7pfit1oifc1'U0%V ofc‘om[7e.*-lfiah. To ]}7"€'2'J_£‘72Z
z.‘1:»zi.vi,f’ “they re,~’5!7’redo2‘~o :e@io£;aea kcenfidemeioxo fieeeéy meal  rl.,.=eir ozawee

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°:'-02¢ that are h_y.o' me with felfe-"-refpefls Iweite Ah

-heafirt, «though ‘mif-led in j'udgemeenot,Ij}ae.rz@'., he

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' A .I5cram’eI5e Grievances ma;eefimeez;z.ee:ee people.T;ée7Weee tfiéere-4  

fore z¢}2rm 3 Head: : 1r'.Th‘e {elf-crienying O”rdi_na11cc:*. T/P022 Waie/9} 
‘ » they l7otm'(r.J tbejfezii 5]‘ ex Preparatory‘ Vote oniefy T/mt ell Mere-

éer: V/gelding ear} Ofiieex; Greznte, or lace: éj cogf;cefl?o;¢_ oft/ye ‘]34zr[z'...
emcee,‘/lm/Z ezceozmtfar , and page in 5:126 profit: A1:/aereofre rice earm

famirzzittee of '}i7qc'azerzt;._ T/oi: I-cmceive (ze;¢e2._’Le7%_;f§z%fz/c2;a:r% eftke Greta; A

eieeex; *ievk6.'po tkefl: pl:zce.r,ezrzd cefetrie/eel’ t7az§*Vote).Tto 5e .92 ifieerei%

deleg/er] Order; Farw}:a arm éeliezre t/get flee/j fe/f—fi'ek_i2g_gf7?;ere_;, A 45 .
all mm: kgeowt};-em to ée, ‘mi/Z rexecwe L‘/aéfl’ Ofice; fo:r.A:{1orl2iiz‘g,meei pee}
in to the ufl: aft/ye. State their profitxr. efidex,  fiery

firraient‘ to t}1ej[2=_ Grezmdee: ,' ; their‘ ro,:r2ze§ eerezztzeriéxfig fo77§}72z't‘ee““”6")“
Avcozmtsflzzre. A  “   V   A, A , »_ -  e. ‘V e V ' A
2. They Voted ,. That 720- more] /aereefter jlzezeld ée given to em}
;Z’»/Ieméer in compenfation or recompenc‘er of his ioflés , mm‘/I zélae
~‘~L7’I¢zl2l.£:]z«ze fleéteée paid. [Here z‘be%,Gremelee:. were in eezrne_fl‘,éec:azefé.
their law}: tier:/ze: are already fereied ,m¢d the (off? rand iecomrenierzee.‘

eftlaeét V are fie/1.rAo;¢e{ye uparzit/ae mete}: cozetemned Middle or-Mcdergte

J Members. A ~ .

3. T/aegyazppointed 92 Committee MA ccmzcler /new to tpzlge of the

Griewmce urifingfromfm:/9 Meméer: M‘-.» aéujfzeg "t£ge_Priz2£{ed_ge_ of A

Tarliameht refufe to pay their deétx. % _ % % _
' “Proh:Superi _.,quant:.um mortalia pe&<_)ra.caecx; A
Nofléis habent;-Ipfe fceleris molimine Tereus
Creditur efl?-: pins; laudemque ea crimine fumit, % "
Let not the Gremdee: ée offended V, that I a.’zfi‘o'z/er t/cafe fiekneflex

A ew/951%! the} A meow» fa ewer ; Ante morbo;s_, neceffc ,e£%,recogmtosre,fTc,

quart-1 rcmedia comm... God anal} can ea t/are Aifculapiush ezeedeflre
them. But I am afiwziaf they defire mt/oer zzfligktftgppurating , rlaen 4!
gerfec‘?eyre;vand that tl2e_}+[pre_zyA rather to hide, t/oer: hell; their ew’l.r.. 
Da fallcre, da jufium,fan&umq;._videri, A 4 A V \‘ A : ‘ A
A Noétem peccatis fraudibus objicenubemg‘ 4 , 
Jfftloie ea t/aeir e-merge, quos perdere v%u1t_]rru%piter , hos;d'¢i[n”en-4
tat;quos tueri vuJt,ifufcitat:.I have dam? my duty, even int/aé: gezzem-3'

A rim, quando dicere quod no'lo miferum,Aquod volo 8:. debeo perig-

cu1ofum..Ile.ee/e the./i¢cee'[fe»Io Gad,refh'ng',. A V 

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 Parliament language) Firfi: ‘Media/ided. themfelvtis lll11E0tw0ifi2&10223

  The ]\_./lyite-tie of nhefltwo   l‘unto’s*,. A  
    Trexlb/te7i‘i422‘atadjtnc/epeiaalezzt.A V

' e ' ‘He Kingdolme being ®VC1’»gfQWn€.W'itl1 Prero_r,gwa~: TV
.7. ' ~ rive, forrtaptiasz, a11dl5%Em§>jf£tion, ( the fruits Aofas

v long and lazie peace) by a-long. ‘difcontinuance: .i_

, " ofPa1‘eliamenilts~;?AtlafibyProvid<:nceA I-lisA.IM'3.-e

 I i jcfiy was neceffitated, toicall aLPar.liame'nt,liitheA
 ~ i / onelyi Colledge oft Pliyfitiansy to purge the mncAh.i
diftempered body. ofthe Com_mon--wea'ltl1..i- r A j ~ _ A A

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In Ath‘is*Parl1a.rnent a iconte-it hetweene the  - Prero_'gv:zti*3e- 3-A.,.A,
and the People: Lawn and Liéertie.rAAib?egat  Wa r. Thee ?7.i'vir2e;rOn<
both fides out of their Pulpits founding Aiarnnzitheretol 3 and not
onely Se?mm.r;., but 7Deblm.*zztio:¢.r ofP&zrl£i2mL*nr7, and ~t}.2¢:* 1i7\(_g.v.t£oA;«, vs 7’
glwen-am: (holding forth to i the peopAA1eA the d€f€nC€f;.Of Religion,
Lawes, Liberties, and Properties ) inflamed the people to A tAhcA
rage of hattell, as the Elephant is inriiged at the l71ght, of.:Ked.I“‘his 
War ‘oeca.fioned:e:it;*ao“rdinar?y; Taxes and _Le.vf1es Aofi_i:mone§*,Ai1i'.AAch.  l   i. 
asiwerelnevet heardofby Ouf.AUC€&OUrS5V and Aweroj;jalApI;»;*itpz;5¢e;a:.oz  _ ' A
malartzm,the nurfe of out Corruptionst . i. a 4 ‘ Ai  -  A   l A j   A 
s Thisincentive working upon thehumane frailty of ,l?l1G ~Ipe_ak.- 3,. V

 
   

4 ing and leadingmembers of the I-Ioufes, .caufed'TtAhetn  toApinA+ .G’m::oice:. 

nerv_veave.»,thei.ri particular? ixiterefiss iandl anjihitioil1s= xviihfthpe pub;
fliqgaeg.andrlaftlyltopreferrethembeforethx;publAiqt1esaV" ,5 A ::

Wherefoire the faidp_Lezzdi;zg mm are Gm}-¢d'1:=¢: 5 (for {tvhatis now _
or ]"~w2to.r’.t.Pre.:é)'t2ri.¢z;¢.r,.and‘Imieptiadvznrgr ::;feemingA IQ l."oA€>jl{ lonely Fflfimmm
upon the Church, but i ( Religion having the ...firong&’§  ope ration
upon the fpiritofi mean)» involved the.iintelr.efisi A of.,thei— “Common;

l Wealth. 4’

 v The Cornmon  peopleof the tWoAhoufes lfollolwing AiA (w;itihaAxL1 5%
implicite faith and blind obedienoce)the example of theirelaadens, ‘
‘divided themfelyes alfcir into the fa“id.»Dichot:0my; Whichtheyv did
with moreaferiolnfnefl'e,.ithen theirleaders; L as? not petceivixzg any
thing of defigne i therein : But according» to the divcrrfity of their
' judgements, or rather fancyes and confidings (£52: £~01'efigne a
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'inansj'udgement to the opinion of another man is but a filly trufi

and confidence) fitidied the upholding of their parties with ear-_-»
neftnefle; whilit the Grandees of each party‘ in private cioie togg‘.

A their for their owne advancem ent, ferving one anothers turn. A
The Gmrzdee:s(1niailpubl1’que debates) feemejasreall in thei 

reciprocal} oppofitions, as thofe fill-y_org1e5, 
whereby they tcheriih the zeaele of-their   A 5
them fiiil divided, Divide ejv impem is the devils   ii A
amufe them, and take them off from iooking after o,t;he«ri;in§t2e1?fi1;'-5 r~

 

-in which :(wTere they eonjoyned) they might ‘fhaife; 

 

deeds themfelves :. and for the better contentnrieriltilrof 

Confidents as looite too iintenitively after their ownc gain, the

‘Graedees of each jlmto conferre fomthing ~ofadva;'r-itaget upon
thofe that are 1f.1i)fCt‘V1@ntftOt theme as five pounds a week, or Ifoine

pettyimployment.  is d    ,   .   or 
':'1“=:heefeedioif thefe faéiionso fpread ethemfelves intoethe. Com-

“ mon-wealth 6: Armies : as Rheume .doif’ciles from the}-lead into all

the body.   ,

faith,j‘1¢mrez°n *2/eréoz Migé/iri, _ to  their opinions upon 

 fleeves; ‘I-‘hey beegiin to advance .theirvprojet"cs of Monopolizing
  A thefp1rofitls,iprefermeentsdiian/ewower of the Kingdome Lin. three}:-1

felvzess To; whic.hpi1rpofe,‘r th.hgh:tthe leaderso-of eachitparty deem
to maintain a hotio'ppofition,yeet.-whenanyrprofit;oh:prefermem
is to be reached at, Itris obferved 'ith‘a‘t. ia'poWerfi1iIlr,indepe1id-dnt

or iefpeeially moves «foere a Presbyterian ;, or a leading oPresbyteiria‘z1

‘for-an Ifndepcndantirrdc. feldome doth ionezoppiofefloxrfpeaki agdinfi

 ihntdther: i1;1fiiche”cdfes)mizfiierfometghing“ofepear.tii:uiaEr”iifpieene or

~Cotnpe'tit?iorr icomef  iazhicihiecatifeth;them?’.'ototi’%breake;:the

 common Ruvie. By this meanes the Grandecs of fieachiffatftidhifele
=d;otne=i :1niflfe»iit*h“eire m;atit,: i"finCE"I3.I.1 Inde.pendgant movingtrforr has 1i?1"eI3-

L x‘-;'.b".'}VA7iiIi‘\‘3I"3i—§’.{*:i‘1‘,i»“’it’i1'iS tteputetiionmrries ‘r..theeibt1f1neiTe deare with-4-their Indes-

pendent party a:  the .;,i’§t?";i‘db:'3;r:itc1'.ia1<1sf  ’t2o:t.oip”po£e  alieidiiig
  on * titeiei owne  fide;  By this amecerme 
fidtetfh are the -.Com;meor.»‘weaith ‘betweenathemzi ‘aiieinotv 
come i proud, do;mineei+ingiRehobam§1 (:even~ew:ereztinre  off their
~.  .  :. e ow

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~ 2% Thusitheleadingtmen tor Beii,-Wethers heivingfimfmingb A
t%c’mfilve:,ii and rihaivifig Jcmlgy zlividgedtlae rHo#fi:,r:_and:-éemptivaefed V
mm’ their r-eifpeétifve parties judgement, teaehingathem. by an Igmepltieite i

  ’<s>  

  fefiewi emeeiiziéers, eVceetem6y;eeo 13i’b€}‘E§jZ of I9;ae:"L‘ which cemfifts:
.AeineeeaAne.eeq;Ia}i=t-y)»éhat wereeVf0rmfe:wIy‘e fawmng*ambeeiti011s.A;bfi11oms.: ' e

5! ?7There. hath Beene‘ lateiyh - given away" to»memberse erpenlyi ( be-~
fieleseiniuiugrzjerasble and iaacfiimable  private ch eates mutually‘ cor.-—
;1iv£=:cI"a;t)* fit leaPc;eoQ‘Qo.l; inmoneygbefides rich offices, Im-~
p1eym‘en;s—Aen monfgay €emmitt:-ees,; esequefiratibnes A and wocheir ada
va~n1§2iges-.A%‘ A7*.A:nd‘th-ofe%AmAembe12s§wh0Ahave?*flo weelli Afe1‘v:%d t:Ahem.3
faves under celAoAuv eof’fervAing* the pubIiquee,1are A‘ (for t?he“moePt:I

pa;r~_t:)’ old €9.17nv"-aférs Féflians wfioeehave fer: idlely and fafely in.

A tee-H~oufeA A wfatehingrlieir advantages to con-fouAn%d. eb11%fin.cfl‘es,; andi;
L 1tF1e1AAeaA1'd;es5w‘mt67~ mialieee etheir" "Town “game; when/Aeo.rh'e ;rs that:
e}’§avee?Ave1&tured: eheirperf'éns~abroad;lhbeure’diin» the publiquee work:

flicieilfnaelites under tAhefeAAEgy’ptiantaisbmaflersg Aa11‘de1g<l3'Pc their ea»

Veflatesg areflleft? to fizerve, _uneillAAthey> finde reliefe in that empty

Be”g,« caHed;by~f'0%o«AIes fldE=;puAéAlZ?m byiwife men.fia‘wp:um‘m. A And:

menowA1ebkedAeupen; ingthe Hm.1fef~ fupAe*rcil1Ai0u_fl:yV, like umvel- . e

game“ =  (fer it~iskAnown*hc?>WA ma1ig1ian7t:1y~ andhow jugiingly

 Writs efo;JneweI¢&ions were gr:=,n_t«ed" andmecutedje eindAcaHeci::

jomxger Aérathem,’é;nd4“1ikegyeungerbdrtlaxers-they a%re‘?ufec-i :their'

éi-A1de?r.t brothers -have flipped» Ainto th€‘W0r-id. before them, anclig

2tnticipated”t:he inheritan%ceA;;- They hetjve br0ken=fir£’tA into the coma-

monfie1’g!,ahd fliutfthcr cioor t o~pA.re:v1ent“ Lafcerecommers even frorné. A
A gleaming after their fu11‘AhaArvefi;‘ F01‘7?tfie better efl‘e&ing whereof

they«haveeeA"noviz morgaged‘i% €in=efi'e'&.)allthemeanes t:hey%have ‘to’
ra4ifei*‘V_rnone}i,unt0 {he (Jity.i And“ being tfieeemefelves-fat and full:
with the *publiqu€jTi'6afiJf@t07“= <ex~prefTe- rar:he=r their fcomthen“

V C-aAre)A~A They aregrmeaking4an Ord~inance t11at:‘noAmoremoney {halt

be given» to  4memeers A:fAnd yetto «fhew hdfxv carefull eethiey
are 652.11 fuehAAias»~ha?ve? cliemfedifihe Common~wealthAAm¢der them (I
wilAlA’Anot‘fé,){eA t/gem) he'yAhaveAtaken advantageof the petition;

__ eofezhe flrmye: w1_1eArein~they«deefined Indempnitie for all afls done

inAARelatiGn~AA to t-~h;ewa‘r1'~eA.* AeAnd;1aave~ pafied an Ordi’nanc?eTof<In-
d€mApniEi‘€f for aI~1—fuch,~ as have afled éjazm‘/3ari{)'A &Afoi~ thefiwice

of thePd£1iament,whereiAn4 (under great penaltiegandwith an ap— 1 A

131;-eaA}e»atlaf’c_ fifiemhtheAA]udges ofAtheAI.avveto a Committee of Pa r--
l;a;t_ne¢nr)A‘ fu¢11;;;eas:haveegone beyondthe a:uth0ritieA given by Pete

liament, and 51' eqI;efiredT men Au?njuPtIy,' and fo withheld theiregoods A

unéer _ p1*eten’ce thereefli and‘ {itch asl.have leeavyede -taxes three or

four 

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Afourttimes dyer, are qt1iet~frdmuprivate taélions ; andlthebencficcy

oflLaW Mandalay-jufiice takerl, fromgthc Opprelled,” to yfeycure realm-Q‘:
t‘re_=y Committees’, Seqzrq[fmtar:_ and others, (not prerogative, but
Legzfjlzztive)  T/zcéemr; contrary t0~~Zl!azg:z.¢z = ['/ggzrra, whxth fafiyesi

in [ii negaéimzar, rm1l£“d;fi”eremw jafliriam, azayctl rrfimmeg  will d_¢..._;y
any nor defer jullicetlafld right I10 {lormrafl-e« Oh lPf0d1g‘10us a(Syts,7ant1ll
of greatyer tyranny then any 4 Kxng   ‘ever durfi  adventure auRg~_,;;_j;: (I

What is become Of,01n’l7\Qztion.¢/Z Car». and t_heyParlian1ents rnany;
Decélmitim for defence of Lawes and ;L1berty? Or have we

fought our‘liberty~int0 flavcryy? By thefevdevices they /aqflq/f”z1zi4[a:{[e'e1‘,

mm ofc1a,e.h.<;2u1”c=‘   (WhQf‘»‘ rc0nfC'i€nC¢s»Wi1l1~~:net let thctr1‘;.i<:2Yi1~
any faétion, to render ltheCommon-vvealthinfunder) are cut of;
all poflibiliftie of repair, and made contemptible y as wellbytheir

own wants, as the pride ofthe Grandees: and in the end, _tl1;ir t
a poverty” will inforce tyhemto leave thefoley pofléflignyyolfrthq heufey
to theft‘ thriving }°-zmtwa men, who do beleaguerl tl=1C1IlllthCr¢in,V"m"3--V

king i them .(for~fart~her ?addition to their loflésj pay all taxes,

from which the thriving men go free : {'0 that the peorer : part of l V
the Houfe payes tribute to the richer. Nay it is further whifp_ered,l

that at lafi the jlmra men will quit the Parliament privileclge of
not being afued, purpofelyto l_€aV’Cl‘”§TIh6flfCWjoélflgbrffifat/:§e71J"t0,_thdy

mercy of their C1‘C€l_itl0,1j5, antltlifablefthem to fitin theiryfloufe.  t
A 7 An other ambitious ayme—of"thofe fzmto mm,'is their devife of
referring all bufinefieslof moment to~C'omm£ttm. For the_a&i§/c;;'

fpeaking {amen by mutuall acreement naming one anothere of E9»

vezr-ylCorIimitt¢e; tt,(oruat lea  their confidentMiniflerslltmdo theme-9

byfizre-—fl all and yintercepr tghel bufinc-jflcs ,ofq;the  , 3  under
co_lour of examining and preparing; matters , they report ytherny

it to ‘tl1ee"Il-Ioyufe with what gloI%es,addiltions,d ctraéfionse,’ and adv3n¢-

l rages they pleafe; whereby they}-Iqufc l(ju¢;lging accordingto y1:;h_e,i;f .
1;‘_t‘RQI‘C) ~Q£FCl?l?l,¥ll¢5 Inifiudgttll s named? A ilfrit  ybufincfi’ «theyl« are ‘
L~*illi:ng to fmoltliery, chef.Cornmitteeshavcn infinitc: «.ya;ftificial:lyt lde- l
layes. to put it o_rfl-7 ,:l and lteep itlfroymla hearing,  More atleafi fronjl, _

rtpyo1ti‘ng.y By this meaneslthey remainingllpyartrrof the I-Io;1f¢lare,r

but cyphers to Value, and Suffragans ttiyyratifiewhat is fQfC—jl¢1C_lgC_d-=- l

by the {aid Co tmnittec-s. Tl'.lis‘ilu{L;rpatig5n til.’ tl1e_i*rys.is much ¢helpedj
W li@;5Pi1lS:1hi¢rld’0QY5 of ‘£316/1f:‘30l1Fl'1¥%litl%€€ foomcs Ilium  zmdtdxi?-l‘

lpatclring all a;ffa;'resl privately Vlanclliny, the dark. 'yWliereas' Jluftitew

A delights

T Thefe CommilLlLtee.»men are

‘ The like m

  C?)  

d¢1'ights in the lighgand ought to be as publique as {he camlmala
airc,it lbeingggalnfi _
zhqobfervatxoxja of eye, are cars Wl['nEm‘i'$. A   4 .

Parts of thxs proyefi we may well call the Lfllulzxpltazgy of

H mm, Cammitnm, as Goldfmizhesha.11, Habcrdafhers hall, the
lfllammitteelofthe Kings rcvenuesfiommltterz ofthr Army 8m.

Where every ma-nsprofil: and lpcwver is acrcurdling to his culming
and conllzience; Herebytheyldraw 21 generall dependency aficr
lmhem , fist hethatlcommlands thelmcm:-.y,commandstlhe men :2
folpovverfizlltbalt they oversaawe and
mer«- powerl their fellow members , contrary m the nature of a

its namreto be chambred up and léept from %

% I T. ,
/Wl:92m;7
Cc» )".?'3s'?‘}’£2'$’4’-‘1f’:5“~3“.fL,,

free Parliament :: whcreilnlthe cqizallilty cf thl‘: members mull‘.  

Fmaintaim‘-: the freedoms and tint.eg;rizy [~l.'l€I*&O‘f, and iilxpprcfle

fa6l‘i0ns.l _ I‘ ‘A 4 ll

ay  faild loffuch ma:mc5rr:aJ (in {corn of the §2.<_’;"’»
d:é:7z.z%ag:Ordi::m2bes baid ofifaaxléygnft or canizrmcasolf the I-"ar‘n-
liamem:eil:hlera;;;m’; in their own n¢arnle,o: Serrattjr in rh<=: name
of lbme friend.. Tlheirlofilcesinablilng them to do courtefies and

,difE:odmte{ies. Aiadlalthough £ht'.1:c hathbeen a Co'mm.itm=:e apm d

I 2 .
ff/:z’r:*  £9 .<:r,r

.7
'3)’ ' I '
;_v.'9l.«,.z/zg ofifw-_

Cc’7.S'  Cd.

pointed to certific: alllpenfions, Sequeflrations,:lofl‘icels, ilmp1oy- .d .

mentsofadvan-tage and profits leonferrcd by the Parligtr1enlt~u:p»
on any thgnr members, In which Commitme,Mr Sm:-ds holds rim

the chair ; yet is this mcerly a lformallvity to lblindthc feyles of lclae  

world, and fool the expc.&atirmoE‘ fame Lloofing me1iubez:s', who

were “then refolute to know whoalhad already re::eived.fatis-

faficion for their lolfli-‘:5 , and how lfarre they had out-érun mi:

‘fellow-members therein.. Yet thisACommlits:ee is n0W1Btfa11,l

no reports demanded of Mr Smwd: *: and when any is zdolmadle,

they, are 11Ut.du~npmvided of ameanes to lrnlalkeit fruil;lefl‘e 1, by A

putting every particular to debate: well knowing that no'man> A A

will be vvdillipg to argue tagainfl me_ paniculalr perfons and merits

of his» Fe1lolvl~members , and zlzcreby heap envie upon his own A

head; befides the delay ofa pmicullawr dfibatfi. d

_ l A How frequently thcllcawmrq ‘Camfifittetf alfi cecmcrary to the‘
  Laws ofthe Land :  they trample Afazgnam Céwrralunlder mi:

feet , llhow‘ boldly and avowedlyfthfey 't'1“én7fgr€fil2 all Ordcrslllandl

I rm. ‘
J

l C-:l:mz‘s+-¢=]
€'o,;xmtmm

0 rdinancesof ?ar1iam«eTnt ; and break our Solemn League and .

Covcnam:,hovv they‘ ordinarily turn well affeéled men om: of
   A “ A A A‘ dmi:

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‘rsheir iieeaholds and g 
one any known charge, etecnlerfr or wrtnels agestarliti1em.Hoiv fre—--

quently they leavy one taxe three or {onto times over, and conti.

one their leavies after the Orclinances expire. How cmeny they
mile the twentiethandfifrh part upon the weliaFFer?ted;exereifing

1 anill'egall arbitrary tyrannicall power over their»iifello’w: fnbjcfis

ii ‘ eftheir rapines; to whom they facrifiee. A

A onion Commiflioners. 

farre higher than ever Smzfml or C;z:2rere5m»};.dur(?c advife the
King to. How ignorantly and unjnlilyl rtheyreexereifearpowerro
lmr-re and determine (or rather to determine without hearing, or

lheare Without tmderlianding) pricier: dantratocrfler pf Q/"ileum 6"" l A

s, irnpriibn and; beer rheirfoeriionmit-.h~4

?':mm,far a'rérr, trefjnzflir, my title nndepafléflim of-lmad,withom; t
_n either formality or knowledge of the Lamnot having vv1t,rna-ta»

tiers norbteeding enough (as being choien for the greateflt part,
out of the bafeli of the people, for bale ends) to fatisfy men with

an-outlide,torcomplement“ofjuPti‘r:e: Infomueh that nothing is 

now more common, then an Acenfértion without ian.Accul’er, a-
zlentence W1l.i‘lOflt~a judge,‘ . and-a condemnation’ W1th0l.'lt a heare-
iing. Ifany-‘man, I lay, be fo deafas not to «heare the loud umvct:-

fail outcrying ofthe people ; fogreat a Pcranger in our Iliael as not i
t to know this truth, let him perufe M._Ednmrd King: Dilizovery

K of the arbitrary aéiions of the Com. or Lizrcalne, printed 1647. T

where he may fee thefc things briefly epitomifed ; but tO_‘hiii0£ilZ3 r

them -atllar er would require a volume as bigas the book of Man-
yrs: % The e Committeeslare excellent . fpnnges to fuek mon

fromstltheapeople , A andto ferve not only their owne, but alfo the i
A iCove‘tous, Malicious, Arnbitiouséendsi of thofe that raked them

out of the dunghill for that employment, an.d~'to defend them in
their opprellions. A Who is foblind as not to feethat thefe men
have their proteéiors? their Damon: to whom they offer up 931;!
  ocmlm /polio‘, c§‘pl.’:¢ra: dc.pd.cewl:2"i r2'z1wp5a.r.«.~ A ‘ e ’

if there bciany intention to reflore our Laws 8t Liberties, and
flee us from Arbitrary Government;..it is fit the-fc Committees
endsall Afi”ociations,beei laid down, having no enemy to aliociate
againfi, andthat theold form of'Governtnient by Sht=i<:fFes,. Irr-
flioes of l the Peace,azebeirreeeflabliflieeii : andithc Militia in each
County ‘ffitlfidctasib€f.0I€,iI1-LkVE,Cn3l'.lIS,3DdDCQUIIY Lievtenants,

Noe. ,

(9)     i

a to ~ Net is it a {mall attyific-.‘e‘to irail'e*moneyi‘by {omen}-fitvemifdwf

it confitfid T axcx. Whereas one or two wayes orderlyuled and

well~husbanded,would have done the work. 1. Royallssubfidie

  of4ooooo.l. 2. Pole money. g.The free Loanes and C.ont4ti-

butions upon the Pub1iqueFaith amounted to a van incredible

fumme in Money;Plate,Hotfe, Atrnes,&;e. 4. The Irifh Advent “A

. it-I-Ire fora faleof Lands the firfl and tecond time. 5. The'wee-klyi

Meals. 6-The City Loaneafter the tateof 5o.*Subfidies. 7.The
Aifefiement for bringing ingthe Scots. .8. They. and~zo..patt;

i 9. The weekly Afi‘eflemcnt for my I..Genetals Army. 10. The l
weeklytfore-Monthly)Afiefiement for Sir Tho, Fairfax Army. a
1 I‘. The Weekly Afleffement for the Scotifla Army. 11 2. The

l weekly Afiieliement-fotthe Britifh Army in Ireland. 13; The

weekly Afleflement for my L.ofMm1n/im Army. 14”. Free-"vi

i "quartet (atleafi) connived at by the State, beeaufe the 50u1di¢~f3

7 having for-a time fubfifience that way, are the lefl‘e~.ctavi-ng for
their pay wvheteby theirgtktteares growing Hale; will, at 133:6!"

thetbe fi-ufl‘r~ated by a tedious Cotnmittee of Accounts, or for-'
gotten. In theitnean time, the Grand Committee of Accounts -

difcount it out of the C otnmandets Arrears, whereby E113 SW3

- fives it. 15. The Kings Revenue. ~16. Sequeflrations andPlun-l-

det by Committees, which if well anfwl:eted~»to«the State would
havecatryed on the work : Whifihllthus I demonPtrate,=One halfe

' A a of all the goods and chattels , and (at leafi) one halfe =Of all the

Lands, Rents, and-Revenues of the Kingdome; have been Se-
quefited. And who can imagine that onehalfe of the profits and
goods: of the Land<vvill»not tnaintaine any Forces that can be

i keptand fed inlEng14ad for-the defenae thereof P‘ 17. Excife

s avaRiiTreafnry, and fo excefiive as nothing but a

inpon all things. This alone if wellvmanaged,~would=maintain the
Warre. The Low-r Countreys make it almofl their only fupport‘.
1 3. Fortification money, am. By theft: feVeral1.‘W.a): es and rams

about 4o yzwlliam inmoney and-money. worth have been milked _‘
from the people : and the Parliament (as the Pope did onceymay
call Englandfummz inax/muflum; yet is now almoti drawn dry;  l

long peaee could

. import ; and nothing but much fraud and many {o11;¢5a¢ou1d

~   difl~ipate..And we ought not to wonderyifit be accounted :'a:cr~ar-— - ~

’ A 215.‘ A
.A'ccem::,sj__, A

  <‘w>A

a,-mmna.w2fl?»:iA Impaféi ‘£056 a1;wayesmakingtA,ye:. never fiiwi:£E£fii7ng'w

A an .aAccount thereofi; A A

‘And as they have a§t1ificiaAlIy;:anfauAmdedathraactcompmsbyIayg
ing onA'muItip«1ici:y_Ao£ Taxes ; 10 (four the fame reafom) l:hc_y1e;:.
the money rum; in 10 many muddy, obfcure:ci:2anAne1sA, thronghifai

% many Commit tees axgd 7Qfl3cersrfingez§,b_o§h fa:ca11cé1ing,m¢ei.. ,
viFnAg, iffuing a‘nd._ payAiAnAg1:t forzh;,nhAa: *1: 1sA1mp9fl§b1se:Aton1a1;e Eff! ,
2 ‘ba11aAn::eAarn:y pubhjque account there of : and: an chA.eA:1eaI’z one;AhAalfe

thegeof jg: Lmown to beg dcv‘aured: by Committees and; OéH€ce1zss,;‘
and theft thatfor Iucre%pra;eé3; them. By theft mmmes as eheyv

_make;many.mm parmers wiah ghem, in: the; puike fpoyles, fat:

they mm-&:h flrcngtm-‘:nAand iAnaqreaAfc- th.ei~rA=pam:yA s‘VVF1E1'€‘by mzalti-.

rm pA::xm.;ztiAz¢m zfallit paemw. A \ A

x  If theft: thfiags wen: not purppf*c1ydone,1..<mr TaAxesAAwou1Ad@

Abe: féwser in;number; and more inef-‘r"c“&.. 2%.,T%hay~womle1:be;pm g_Ao;,
A:;:um1eAmA c:>m<:;:chva1ane11A, undex the finge:1:1ngA:of few~erAI—I<arpies,
 A perfp1cuons,and true» Enmes made: of a‘-I11: recexpus. and dif-A

Aburfemenmmhiich wouid be: puhlique: to carnm<mva'fcwV4and eme-

- rm%ina.tion.T he Exc:heque~1.' W ay ofAccomp:As; ische exaéieffigancig.

A mantel}; ,I A a*1;1:d;b£'fl’c know  way: of account of Ezmglam, .a.nd¢ meg
fi‘€‘€A"‘ Elem ricceic :: W’h~iah is =aImm:€c* cmnfei-£':dd¢AA féffia, whm (Lo 
%ma.Akr.e nhc;KiAngs.ARe.vAm:xur: moreéobmoxious t%0:z11Aeir%dzefi.res) they

A mtpk in am: of the Exichequer vm5,;,(contAnary to:,:heFund'ame2;.< Iv

AA\mi1: Laws of _:he:I;a17d ; for both Lhe,Hi;ghcI'3c Le>wAer Exccheqauép , A

 are a1s;m1cien;a%anc1;funda1x1sentai1?as&% any Csaurfn in Eng[;._:md,);:A ami

pm,-t i.u~.r;Am’e.gr a Com.naiLVme6s%.Lwi1idiA(am al LA<xd'1e1:“ Czémmit Vt:ee*s« dm

V'{%il‘1+.r€13dEr mg.accoum.oAf’thciAx:‘fl€eWaxdfl1ip.a;£A°tAhc%_1:«:‘n:erday.;.InA:_%  

thre: meahe LimAe.Adiv€rsA. OE “.:h.aAt AComAmiAtI:ee‘ buy it: old fl“e~§epiAn‘g

f %Pe:n.firo;nA.s which ti'reyA pay rhemfc*1vcssfi'om;Ax:he fi.1.'~fi0frheiArA at-~’
1'fi'f31?€;’$:‘.:yA€tA other men that haAveAdisbu3:itd%%%% Amone7y::"ouA: of their 

”pur;I%_*Asfm: eke Kings.t,2:‘ e1:via:e,c ar2(V1<e¢,c_eiu:e.noépayz for any» many laid .

Afbrth 1: "are fl%;fz}cr@s1ve[:mzz&T€3trz3*gIA 554i 3;, bacame (fi31?fO0I~i‘)v}2whA6A£~1‘~  e L .

wCommiA:%teAe firf’c tooiq charge of rhcuflqc veAm1eA;.‘% hwrkze rnem time

‘A1Ll_1e KingsATenantsAa%1qd:Debtorsare hdfiprfiéflddfthfi‘bfinfififti ofchar
LawsA and? Lib‘crtVieAsA ofthe Smbje, w:hir:hA.bc fore they enjoyad :5; _

all D ebus-and MAonies' beingAn"ow%ra§{edV by the wrroxt c>fAzhe} Pup.

fmii *am:s aAmd?M‘c’flE ng€1ts,wt2@i%'E Commigi I:w_1?J,$jA<Aa:Are A4%@“x“aA1{yAno‘;difl;raAi¢_.,t

t and .h:‘VT)r’,,&€. whey ' A A
Procei-'s,ar;d the Tenant or Debtor had hhetty to pleadto it re

 pet-fo~r-as ith ploy

t  a p03)" 
teas fO1*fl?1{:’r1.y«.y[hC Exchequerqfents out Iegaldld

a his owne defence,.if he thought himfelfehrrongedy; but how N ew‘
tLords,M_new Lawes, and to countenance V their doings, the

Corr»-
tnittee have gotten an addition offotne Lords to them. 3. If

there were faire play above board ,, for many M?emhers_ of both  

Hottfes would not he amhitioutfofi the trouble and elamonr, that e
a'Et€I“1dS_'T&dSRr1VI3.fl'.€fS-,‘PL1bd«1C&1TiS,. and fuch finners as fit at the re—

peeispttof Cuftome, being nopart of the hufinefle, for which the

writ fummons, s or the people choofe or truft them,_ and wherehy

Eter and pt*ivi:1edge of Parliament upon! them ,, ywillbe lefle able to

d to proteefli thernfehzes ands their agehtsrfrom givsing puhlique accounts»

of their receipts and d'tsb.urfemeat's , and from putting affronts
 delayes upon the Committee of Accomspts,as (.’ it is wel known)
fome of them have d—011e.LaPtly,itris fcandalousr that the fame mat
fl“10.l*1*td.‘ he C(D1XCiYiL1€(dirf0 11ong;i.n their ‘money imiployments, becaufe
Di_z»srzarai2w:f c’-3“ fi)1it!a5§0~coVrump%72t Imperiag and by long contim-1-A
ante and experience they grow fo hardened , fo eunnirag ‘in. their
way,and fo backed with dependencies, that it is almoftimpoflible
to trace them. And although (when we look upon“. the _tnany
ed )4: r. we. dcannot fay there is fm.’ata'do. perflm.am7:~'¢‘5
yetwhem we confider ‘t11a't\ by at long; partnerfhip ,in their itnploy» <r
thentsttheyt are ahyed together in one common interePc ;they are ;
to he ePtet-med but as one rfi~an_., for a Corporation‘ of men is but
 2* men j€}}7I~‘1<id..C40b A
{marge one and the farneend or ittterefl. t
' And though we have M a generall Committeeof Acycotnpts, yet 1
they were 1‘10§I1in~avte by thofe A Members a that ought to give Ac
compts : and it mufitneeds herfufpitiousar forehand Accomptant tr. e
ehoofe thofeperfonst before whotn he fhalt1,acComp‘t;s ‘AH-t1d«\W“3 flat
(afterfotlongra timearoftheir fiI:t~ing)_nQ fruit thereof. V d Whereas
the people did hope, _that after fo much money fpent, and fuch
great debts and atreares left to pay, (whereby they are thre»ath.ed
wjithwpeoritinuantepyof their Isaxes) That a fulal and exaft getlerall

whether a;s;onepmasn,_a—nd with onetpmindy pup» r.

A they are diverted from the bufinefle of r the Hotufe: but would  
leave that imployment to other men, who not having the chara- 4"

in

 ommrltrea.

mg‘. 0eeaa2a'£;r; 

agqqdmpt .ot;fa11d Recat=ipts.tat3d Dififl-lffetnentswould haveabecn pub~ -
at '   at B3 ._ ‘ it 111.}-'}‘€:CE.\. 

1

  on  

Alil’hed"int Pitinti for their farisfafiiona as is ufually donein the l
I.ovv-Countries, and as was loncedone by this Parliament;

Anna’ 1642. by a Declaration of the accounts of the kingdome.
b By Athefe exorbitant conrfes,though they have drayned4o;Mil-

t ‘Fri’/"dirt: oftlae lions. fitomtghc people, ‘yet (as SPlaz'lip of Macedon was laid robe
‘Terliammt, Inter gaatidiarm rapimrfimpar inept) they are faln to inch rrdi-—
l and how 06- eulous wamcand beggery, that they have lately gpawned alrnofl

. aafiarxad.

all thefeenrityy they have for zooooo. 1. todisband the Army,

»and gntef upomhe /rzfla itnployment.Theyhave flit G oldfmiths
. ~Hallin fundenand given one ride thereof to the City, and kept-

‘the other halfe thereof to themfelves, andthat already charged
a. with 200000. 1. at leafi. So that if any fuddenoecafion happen,
[they have put their purfe into the hands of the ttneircnmcifed
~ Jews of the City,and cannot raife one ypeny but by nevv taxes up-«» i
  on the people.It was worth obfervtng to_fee how ofiicroufly fomc
v of the old Stagers took leave of thepublrke Purfe, before it came

into~I-lnekflerjs hands. Alderman Pmningtozuhad a debt of 3000.],

v A he owed to Sir 301»: Pemzingtaa forgiven him, ( he never aired‘
a  forgivenelle of hisfins 1:0 heartily) and goon. 1. more given him
 oiit ofi Goldfrniths Hall 1n tour-feffhe realon~of'th1s bountyrwas

forked or two-fold:
1. Bec:aul'e- he had got enough a’bel'ore.

2. Tocomfort-his heart , for b Wng left out of the City ‘Mi.

,.

5.’ Iitia. But'ti‘l€°m0fl: obfervable thing was, to fee thisold Parlia-
e_~_flZI'I£nt like a young Prodigal], take up money upon difficult
;;termAes and -intangle all‘ they had fora feenrity. l A

  1:-T hey gave way to the City to hedge in an old debtgbeing

maloane of money after the rate of Subfidiesz and -~0thCI old

A ‘debts. A ' t

2.. Whereas 2ooooo.I. only Wasthe liamme to be borrowed ;

. the City enjoyned ti'lt"m* to take up zgtooco. L whereof the
; the odde 30000.1. to**belbe’Pww<Ed for relief-“e of decayed oe-
h cupiers of the City: So that (upon the matter) the Parliament A w
l  payes 3oooo.l.Broal<age. A

g..That the City may not trufl the greatefl unthtifts ofChri..

. l‘tendome_.,vvith laying out their own money ;they put upon them”

3W0 Treafuters of the City to retain and disbnrieit -for -the fer.
‘‘ t vice

V‘     C13)  

A vitae For which it was horroweci. So ye Fee they have MW ,,e;E;,ert

{ A credit, money, not a putfe to put it in. ;

So that the modaff Lflfeméerr who have been more. forward H Ig; R

n yhtohelp their Counttey thenithemi”eIves»,are.a1ef't inthelureh for Mad,.aA my
* the1t.Zofl‘es,and expoiedtothe laughter of their Elder Brothers, ,,,;dd;;;;3e:%g~~ ,

the old-famtameny, and fafiious leaders or the Hohfe 3 waailibaino. 5 . '1
now morgsagedrto the Leméardr of‘ the City. The zéarioiag" mm?‘ "L
her: hope their younger brothers will continue as maaaa as they. ‘A
have been, and digeii all with patience. Buf: others (and thoif:
neither fools not knaves) hope all themadefl and mud]; W oflthe ‘

  Houfe-s (finch as areingaged in no faéiion )'AvviHbe provoked here- A

by to draw. into at third party or jamta” to moderate the exceffetof ‘
theother twowhen any thing prejudicial! to theCommeonweaIth« i
is eagitatedii; and to callthe old jamta rnen,tho fe land pyrats, to ac; A
count,‘-making themcafi up what they have fwallovved, and brine;
itto aC0mm0I1dz'*vid€hd. .Nor let them be difeouraged with the "
foppofed difiiculty hereof, Iintie 20.. or go. men holding together» V
and bftrvingy the ctofie debates, and different fvttay of each party, a
mayeafily make-=-themI'e1ves moderators oftheit differences; Aand? ‘

:3

A turn the {tales f01‘~'thf: bet’: advantage of the ‘eommon,:.Aw.hith way

they pleafe to cat’: in theirtvotes, -fince it is very rare tohave anyt
quefliontattted-by more then eight or.ten..voyces. or .
Moi’: of theft: Gramlm haye For tbairRctreat,hott fies in the Lover  19

 Countries, tic-zhlyifurnifhed with feqttefired Plate, Linnen,-iand Grarader-t;A‘*

Stuffe ; and great 1-“cote of money in bank For their flieIter,agai_nPc pr0'Ul:]géifj';Atg  

7 iiteh Pcortnes as their Rapine, Tyranny, and Ignorance may hgply /gm. ,;,W,, -
A rayfe here amongfl us. A In thofe their re titernents, thefe Authors ft-gm-, ,t "

of ourymifeties will enjoy theitfinnes,andotir{'poy1es inyfecuttityy ~
attending an opportunity toypurthafe their peace at lat’: , and“
betray our Safeties and Libéfties to the enraged, mince and Pie?) . t
iple.Thisis.ca1led robbing, the Egyptians; And truly thefe ambit. A
tieus State» Mountebanks have brought us into a datkneifeaworfe t

‘ then Egyptian. The. tent fayth; the JEg'yptians rafe not: from-A ‘

their places in threepdayes : They yet knew where they were gt ;

‘ which is more then we do, every. man being out of his place and"> *-

rankt yThe+fervant inplace ofhis.MaHer5 the it Bieggeri in; Aplaee f _
of the King,,.thc'fo01e in plagze of the Counfellourw, theyllheefet »
v   ..     .  t ., y 

~ in place of the judge, the Cheater in place of the Tteafuter, the

V   Clowne in place oftheGentlett1an ,; none but God alone can play
  ‘Daaazm part, and give us aClue to leaél us out of this labyrinthi \

: into which thefe unpdlittiqueiifzrqcaza Tocaj]"exhave brought us.Thefef
it-nskilftsll workmen that have built up Babel, andi puilled clewne
  Sion. Othets are faitl to prepare Foirraigne iPlanta:tions for Re-«

treat; To peoplewhich, children are ravilhecl~fr0m their parents a
armes, and Shipped away 5 an f;1l)0mlfla‘tl0I11‘lOl:% knownein Eng-i

lanclhefoi‘e, and therefore nocompetent Law made agaihft it ;
no more then in ancient Rome agaxnll Parricitles. 4

By what hath been already faid», you fee what 'th@_i'Q3—’WP‘}‘.4Z[l!; and V

G.M::}6;'” ‘:jihat_th%e caazjqyazed intereflx ofthefe main fylzaatax at tF«2££C?io~;«.z: , Tree» ‘.
their/wemfi >;jzer.za;z% and Iiadefexdetat are. Let us rioww confic_let__ where {hear
_£mWe/I,‘ Md. eerertafifl/rilraagrla. lyes. The Iizaiepeflalaaat gteundeth ~l*‘tlvS_fiZ$.‘€3~l‘3g'~’€l‘l ttpezii A
Jgfigm aw the warm}, which If he can klelepe up, he hopee to give the  ts‘.
flréxgwfi all ;i and to produce that great ;Chym~aera, Lziéeerzjl ofCp:4fcae;ace : V‘ t

% flOCCO.l1l‘lClCl'l‘l'lg_. thatthe cohfufion andlilcentioufnefie of futha l

libeitty will Adeltrey it felfe, Liéeriaia Liéertate perit. t The i7’9~.:=*.:'.l')'-i- l

2'a:v*zIa;2:i have three Pi/Z417”! to fupportlthem, 1. ‘T105. 621:}! is tlteit

“ , ~.:;l3€lf€ foundatien,with which theykeepe a l’cti%c‘l’ec eor1*efponclencie, 

and tlayly communication efCouaeells; Upeh?thi«s C0f'.tllCl:€I“ati;.
on,the_y have lately put the Parliament Purfe into theCities Poc-

  litill as aforefaid; fetled and inlarged the City Militia. W7ll€%t‘€~
as all theCountryes (of England (being more ohneaious to injuries

A  thenlthe Citie) fuffer much fotwant of fetling their Militia ,-;the’
Parliament not t1'ultin;q, A them with aimes, lb mueh as ‘£01’ their

 ewne defence :“An evident figne, there is a fzmher eldigne «then 

dishancling this Army.‘ And becaufe the Citie   Militia, can oelyt
l(€€p€ ii‘: awe the adjacent South and Ball‘: Countiles ofthe King:

dome‘; therefore to fupprefle the 3‘f€mQtl3l.';"p3Tt5, and li1afot'ee V

7% there tolobedienee, they keepe up vlfome 287:»-?Zaz:«25.l Gazrriijaasr, and
Thavea Geaem:/I ‘Poyzra: fzzpemazmaerarieforcex f01'th~e N*0“r~tl3. And in

la-Eva lW;‘=/2* (under ‘colour of ‘fencling menifor I“1‘ClafiCl>ltl1€y,—l{€Ep€l:.,
upon ftteequarter and pay of the C()11I'lt1‘y,§??.cta::§)ffliperfifiwerarie fie»-V >
gmcara  wTroo%ps,V —m0ll: Cavalietrs ; at leaf: live t’1{"9I’l€‘S'3*S many as

ltheyli 1-ea%1i;riacena to tiaiifport. Thefe aretalwayes going‘, hat Anew

fvetgone :il.ll{€:'. SaaintlGeorgie, alwayes him his failddle, lnea/ei"ion his

  away.

v  C15’); '   

way. “Something ever is and fhall be wanting untill; ~.S’ir Tiaamm 
F4yrfax’s Army be difbandedgand then(it is thought)the difguifc W  «

A wrillafall iofl‘; and thefe fupernumeraries fhall appeare at new rno-a-»

delledAhrmy1‘-Inder Presbyterian; commanders 1, yourinay be fure: lo

iandfuch vfvhofe? confeiencesafhall notagbefoorlean theirllwri£sr:=a where r .  A i b"

any matter of gain alppearethe ; If this be not their ayme» ~,h ; Why ;
did they notldisband thefe lewd Supernurneraries beforellafil
winter ,fince they might: hzweraifed as many men the fpring fol- a,
lowing for half the charge thelrvery free quarters cofi? And ”

l molfofi thefe fweare theywill not gone for Ireland ,; vQwirngjthey~

willcut thethroats -of the Ronndséfleades. \ ~  A A  n A i 
 The countreyis amazed ,fearing thefe Cavaileelrslare kept on

freequarter by at Cavaleerifh lpartyfi for fo me Cavaleerilh Defignea; .\
Secondly, why didtheynot rather divide Sr. T/yam»; Fa rfax; r
ihtfolltlwlo pan?:s,one tolgo for Ireland , the_,ot_her to {gay in
Englmeal; being already tnodelled, excellently difciplined, andha-gr;
ving the vifible marksrof Gods favour upon their afiionsa? But to V it
take afewifor Ireland, a few for England , and leave a Coare in;
the rmiddlelto be? plucked forthl and disbanded, r was the way to
difco"nt"ent% them, ahd put then} into mutiny : and thereby. necell-1‘
fitateithei‘Parliame?nt to disband them all: and givean opportu-r
nitie-totherh&rthrat_;feek it,to new frnodelllr another army out of the
afoirefaid Suprernumeraries, l more plyable tor the defires of“ the
Presbyterian» =§’fm1z‘0‘ : Addelhereunto  the ecaui'lefl'e exafperating
fpeechesiand afperfionse caffupon” molt. of the army ‘- plarpofely, as 
moderate men think,to difeonternta;then1.l Thi;rd‘ly,If they have no ;
intentrito keep up an army. uponl the people , why have *theyacon;. or
tiindedthe military charge"Arforl another year; and inlarged it from
5-aooo to 6ooooCl.; a monahla -    ’ r l r ‘

 ‘ Thus the “C.r‘£§y,\Ii¢ldn.l’:Z_ GM zfz3m',: andl-Supemflmemrie fame:  '2 L
madellcglm are‘e1il{e‘toprove‘the.ithieerfl:ringed"whipsfwherewithr tah‘e; ¢P,,e_,g],m._
I5reesby‘1eria'Cn} Phaetonsk lvvill adrive "Jtheir;,> it ryurnph ant” Charioélt 
they prevailed; To whichmay befadded ‘the P2-r=.ré_yrem4 ;;themfealve]s,l
who by overawingl ‘met-is Confciences withltheirl doch?rrinea,h will.
fiabdue andxjvork mens minds like wax:toreceiv,e any imprefiion
ofbcsndage ‘that*"tyrai1_.my j and ; olpprfeffionlacalx fet fiPOn‘t1;e‘1]1;} I as
they do]intSc0tland»:[The Clergy  allltimes and places ;have T evei r

lo on

A-u....~&

tl.2e‘’‘7’r:m2§,’Z-:'.

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field‘ with {lie I?l‘ziAgl1.tiej;er‘9£s'tl1e jacleo  {iilli with ;itl1ei;Lio;n"}e.;o 

A pelrtalke of his? prey;    ii i 

é   } M 'I7laedpremifesiconfidered; Iilflmllipropounditi1el°ef.ezafui‘ng  “
'%¢,!‘¢7'jg3.‘1,3,§g,;g rim to thoféthat‘alfflfbfittfi1‘lr‘j'I1Cl.€._{Cl‘flCI1l; thenmy felf.   e   *

   ; ggrmrhyche titleiandl rpu:;mmx-genteofMa1ignan:s,‘1s::m:n~ ."ff“

th;er?!a11d fuch well .2£fl'e&ed as h,aVe»o p pofed Tyrarmyi  one kind-,, I
will not admit of it in another? ~—‘Wl1y i’s1it;no.W~jaecounted ia~n0t:Efi

of maligtiity and idifaf’fec*°cion (to: endeavour the putringdownre of

Arbitrary Government, arid re—e{’cablif-hing our“L:i?W.esr, liberties; A
and properties;wheretoi.rhe .Parliament1by their many Declara1zi- j
ons and their Natioin-al~le~Co.vena=nt are bound  Lay this to, hear;

ilandeoniider Whether they haveinot changled thefe; theirfirfi. prin’--

ciplesgand eorifequently whether tl1ey:a“re not "deifirrousl‘ to Ch31§gC};»"

their old friendsriwho refolutely adhere to the {aid principles.

v 2. Ifrhe Kinggrant the 'epnopofi:ions ;-or if heiclenie them,amd~d .
thepredominam: glmm (for both joints’; joynedirx one (forithis~

. is lprobable). toidriveronl one~com'mon* 15nterePr)L”;ie£iablil}1 the-mic

‘A litary and .civill .power without him ,acco*rdIing (‘go-_their,'defires,and   
inorder to their aymes.. ;Qw.e whether the fair:lleacli;ng men fet-5%;

do led in their pofirrres vvith their confident gL1=ar<;ls.about them ,.,may;[~ _

- non draw"after,thcmfo~manyof theirrparmias 11p®fnl.;afn‘.‘?im,P;fici't{¢:_/

-fa=ith»w i-ll rfollorvthem’  and filitksir up" ; E116: lli:rur1;1l>s~ of-me ii,;2I;;b;nli’q11¢E: ’
fpoiles;under the‘ir"Tabl-eszlz» 'e;rpe"lrlirng ior;dil%zbliing_.:   {as4aforefaid);r

rhe difingagedi imembers, and by this policy makelehemfel-yes per-f-5»

petuall Dic°cators, incorporating wland ,ingro{liflgr1~ to the,rnfelves§

lborlr the lC:C')l‘IfL‘l4llEiV€',r»..Dif€&LlVC,eaI'1d“"MlflifiC§i3,1l‘ _pQW‘¢f§- éwiofifiie‘

 Kiiigdo  a’ll:aeirufesirC_ivil‘ ind» *Milité~rie,{eteing ;ulp‘jayn Qiéggzfcfsjt,
i or Popular '§3r.razgn'iee irfleado o.fa.iRegall¥ i As 3 me .«i4:hi:trieeillylrgxrxcsg

i of Athens diidi In orrclcr ivheretinto;;ithey:ralredd§,A d;eclare,~,  A

an ®r.d.inan ce of¢Pa:rlia-m em. witzhouti the rKings; Royall oAfsent,", is
eqrxdllltoamfiwc ofI?arliamenr;.~ 2. That and Ord?ir;a5ncleAis ‘above
a‘*Laxe;_by:a2ez%rue of:the1r*rLegiflativepowenuporn 1rghicl1rflpref1«;miA ngr
in their rdinzmee of =Enadeempnit}7¢,§b€37rrhave grdnt‘ed~e;ao5Agipealei
frosm the judges of the Law. ro 31 Committee of Parliament.

See she Ordinance e<.x’i«.€I:v:y 21. 1:34-7. 3.iThatthey are theI1*fi—

r   voca e

fiared"fr*om the ”(:32lvaiec~;rs,v.~;vl:1oi;.f«::§t1ghtf forfiegall Tyranny; againiicy 
the Pa'rl;." and laid upon ithofe that fought—‘againlir’ Regall 'I*‘y'f§U‘1‘{"l'fl
nie.fo’rrrrthe Pa1'liamr.-rrIs_it' not becaufe ithofe Cavaliers thatrihavei
foughtw for one'Tyrar_mi;e, will not be fcrupulous .. to fight for anou   “   

mwu-«mm as-am-m «a

A fiionéwhich he is provided to qualifie with  difiin:fl:ioe11  or  ry
' ' A A . “ ir:

 07>

vocabie Trnfimbf the P609165; 1%W€5s»“b¢fti€5 and Proeertics.
eb"W’it110%fit ae:ecoum;: with other prificiplerprepazrrtriexee to”, _7:}*rgz22;gy. “

 ,e £343 ,gWhy Arbitrary and Barbarous‘ AGoverr1mentby

Committees and other Illegall proceedirggs Cwbich ih time of war
were ufed bup*oneReal1 or pretendednecefl1t1e,a1}dbWere then only

excufabIe4 , Ab eeaufeinec‘ef/TWA etoflit Légem) A abr€.[mfii’Ilr Continued. 119011

us now in ‘tirneof pea’ce_b, no enemies trobueblring ourquietfi , and
wiethont afiy Further pretence of neeeffiue, Contrary to their Na.

i'.iona‘11’%Coevena,nt ,and a1lteheir%DeClaratri"ons? Isitnot, to inure A

the :Peop"1ee to fervigude gandlever ufe their patience?

A4. ‘_—,*Zz:¢ere,Whé;ther _th"ePrédigious oppreHIonsofCommittees,r

‘Sequefirators 8zcf.' andbioffreebquarter’ be not purpofsly cdtlmtei-4
nanced*~to neceflitate the people to rife in tumbults, that thence“
i occétfion may be taken to keepin.-land Garrifonsband Armies?

 r 5. Qmere; Whether our Lawes, liberties; and properties are

nornow as Iyable to an invafion from the Legz):-kzrive power, as

Mformerly from theb"Z’rero’g;iti'«v'eecenfidering thatL.th6f€ \Vh0 like
  ambitious‘ Abfizlam courted and rwooédr the people in the begin-«

ning of troubles; ”,” now 4; like haughtie 'Reboz’2oazm.r”‘ care net

fthoughethe p‘eepIe7complai_ne ; Their little finger is heafrierrethen
j:1;¢ eloynesrof the King;'Ifherbco1i§ro7V.erfie between the &;t_\I§;o’r}p:;z:%qf.;:

f'beingnAo mo:e,:her; whofeibiai/eSXvee’bfk1all be.

e  “ Ifthe middle .424 dg/,7; regimen in tI»1eTHo,uf°ee doe ha: rgaeédily
"unite thernfelves into apartyor fmétb ,asbthe fafltiotxs have done,

fand C0fIlI'n1iniGat_eetheirbcoutifels; They Wil be azrezagz’/z'2ze,‘r:zlce,IO0jI‘e
fandefilfipated by every breath: and nexther fervieeable for rheme
"felves nor their countrey. Whereas if they unite; twenty or rthfire

A jty rnayebecome Moderators arid Uampeers between berth parties;

‘(ashath been already faid,) Let the moderate. "men but confider

“ bhowbfad and‘ diflaonerable a thingit is to fee nothing -almoft of

flfidafli. mi
Mode7‘a!e

IV./eméerr 425-

gains.

“great and publique concernment come intogthe Houfe , bur %xvIiat 7

ilxathibinbefare b.'md,contrived, de5azte.a[,k£n5l dzgffied in one ieorbothb

jo‘f_th_'e twe flmztpv attheir private Tmeétings: and put intc roerero1;‘
‘V661 aend prejhdicate a wayand: method of J difpatch, that every

* ‘man is appointedhis ‘part or Cue before-;han’d:OneA mzmto {peak

#0‘ mm Parr oftheareumerm anobrhertor anotherb part :‘3I_1,0th§Ty5;'L
To keep hrmfelfe to t“heyl:;(f’cf for referve ,[ and {pea}; toe.thWe fi}f1€:

4; .

C; _

V 334*
[33«¢o‘lfizfi9fl
wirhfime
complaintx.

(18)

 A»%it,gifheefi:ided'i:*dTii=fimIcto‘pe{1%. 'musa11pub1%zque are

me;£ifufed4byiprivate refp%e&s; whereby it:"appears,_ that as;frcqg¢e;;;-

fPi.¢z::l. are gaodpéyfigk: fo continua1lPar1. are éadfaad ; 48; the pea, V

pk: maymmplaxn, that,qui medic: *z}i'vz7t,mzf:‘re %wivit;’ParHqmcn§s
are B¢fl¢’P8ViwV4; they ¢=ann‘0-*- K6169 lmg Wlthaéut Corruptlomna

-A  perpetuity fimboldcns the members, ‘*byV;:akixigfrona them

ail feare%ofbeiAng ca1lAed to account %: Efp¢cfiak41y%'if “ they getwrheir

‘fonnes into the Houfe as well as themfelves (as many “have done N

this Parliaméflt :a.r:d gnpre endeavour to do) whereby they %hav;=;~

 ~--wan cfiate in !.f1:1€i}:' placesjfor tyvo‘orAthx%e¢ *«1\ivc_s»; Moreover by long

fitting th¢V*颢orhs;Af0familiarjwith on: 5<l1’10?her5 Perfons %andVd¢-

fi8n€sast0f¢t*V¢4onc aneth46rs‘“wrn€S: ‘=0.   .5iT3t¢f€1*S4?and»to  
draw * into farfhons; Hedi: mihfi, cm»: tiéé N If you andA}y@ur party A

will he1pe‘rz:¢::tQda-yr,Ztandmy friend wil1Vhe1pc ‘you to may.
 crime A  l3€j?2=  Jwperii, %papa1ivdifq;%erdé-

éz:;*ca;»,g€£€£a;¢zz»;»jZ2:d£;£;5. What Afha11*4we&%fayf?4**%  “ V

I 9x 140 dz‘ Aconiia tetm;-- erd»zxit‘mjz" em ? 

* 'Sha ‘s1xvecom%plgine to God? God “hath” %a‘.cont‘r0v_€rfie:With

us. ’O:‘wh;Omflra1&.WecoInp1éiin%¢?“Of firft
reforme ourfelves =  that t3k€jt}P;0I%  

Comm o_n-wealth.  We »&comp1ai;:eN of put fxhnés ? a$%k¢«%thc -
    grace ofrcpéntance firfi ;andfo% askethat weimay obtainc; Shall

we complaine of our puniihments‘? let us firff riepJent,[

   f14n§Jfi1?stc%ufedfl1¢n1e“%% 1$¢‘$¥;§ .5¥~&.R1“€5$f05
A  trifle; Gvéwrfiffieshrwgh  fa‘nta%iiI“§;a§#I% 

w§1o*iAsa11fW§fd%ome,gnd‘a11T:uth, will notb€*d§ce1v%ed.. ‘,1f ‘we .
talke%}ike%Ch%rifl:i%{ans , rand five ‘lij1§eTurks, Chr1ff’c. wi1lnQt"{4o$w::,e "

 Tcfdfiifor at day, and hang ®uz*h€afis 1i1si<i;13”:ilrufl§¢s,;T,%xazikl; %nc3;

  reconcile as. W: mufitfafi Roma   

A   p‘rerfi”on,~and notddVFink:2;e»:Aears‘ Ofthe poGfr*¢f  ;s2.v;f‘%{1

We complafine WithVt‘h€Pi'pphet; That j <>_ z:;r  é11fé% 

% Theeves? that was he;-etofore*oM;.:;; cOInplaiiig31;”QW' we 

V€rtViF»?.“d “Ya %Thatv01irIh’€eV¢SL%%V{rI1€éLr1¢pmfplé) mam

B€c0m¢‘?r%nces-L We 3:r¢%fiek3ver>r fi’c%f$?ii¢1i%s    %
God §2_;‘I‘V;e:r1}ttS a?Pffyfit1.:;:;V‘ infhis wrgath 1; gjaj   “what gag   \

é A  fnow,

      09>  

~«fnow,~fitter»to.i11fe&~then cure us.   prew A

A « l ffctibe? Poyfon. ‘What dyer? Stonessinllteadalofbread,’ Scorpions
inftead of fiihes, hard fareféforthem thatformerilyfedfo dainti

-Before I ycon_clude,l1etlme g?iV.'.§‘y-Qt! the V pedeg1*ee of our Miieries,
and of the1rlRemedies.““A long¢Peacer begat ‘l?ielntyl,;‘l Plenty hiegayc.

lPride_,_iand herfifier "Riot; l Pride ?be“gotlAmbilti1on,* Ambition he-

got ,Fa&ion,5Fa&i.onIbegot ~Civili Warre : And (ir‘om: evilsfhe not:

i _incu,rable,ifWe1vbe not »fa‘lnc-i;¢~ia' ltemporzkl qua area aerial m/Era‘, me‘

comm remqdiafirre pojjiamaa) our Warrelwiifl he-g'et'Poverty, Po», i

verty Humiiity, Hurnility 1 Peace .againe,, ;;S‘:ib warm wearer-te1ezia’5§.=w'

-viciém ammlw raertimr Tqfiticua. l  Thetdetiliinings -rfpolake of the
wheele will rife againe. ‘But’ we are " not yet fufficientily humbled 3;
we have ynotirepeinted with Nineveh VVeweare Silks andVel-
vets infiead of 1ack—c?loath j and arihes (even the mv.J€;1‘I1eft’.u§3...fiart‘

« hath [his thefts writupon hislbaeke 4by7his;Taylaor,io proud-Chaa
‘raétets »of]Gold late); We have not wfa—tere.dr .am~ couch; with hour
a Teares, but with adulterous ”fw:eatLl: ’Loloi£1ei’t-o “it. ltherefore lye
{irate Inméi, that by anirlceftuous (copulation have begot l plenty

upgon arre, and filledyouruhoufc‘s wirh»thefpoile~ andzepllhmderl

of your dear Country‘ ;; an sslihundation of blood ; landzof themears

of the oprefied will swalh away the foundationfsllof your houfes dz;
And peace will he farre from you in this world, but efpecially’
that peace which the World cannot give : And becaufe Salaman-
d£r—-like you delight in the fire of contention 5 an unquenchable’
fire will be your lot hereafter. And though you efcape all ac-

A counts "here, yet upon thegteat day of account when you flaall:

receive your fentenceof condemnation ;7‘?thofe , your children for y

y wh-ofe preferment you fell your foules, your God for go.ld,ifhall

not fhew fo much ‘thankfulnefle or pitty towards you, as to fay,
alas our father E But your hearts are hardned with yPbamolJ,?I
leave you therefore to‘P/Jame/as defiiny, to be drowned in your
owne Red Sea, as he was in his. a l it

Thus farre I adventured to vindicate our Religion, I.awes:and'4
Liberties with my pen 5 in difcharge of my Confcience, and put-.

M 
Rtfifutiafi 6"‘

fuance of our National! Covenant which obligeth us to defend pope gftkg

them againlt whofoever to our power; neither knowing not ca»
ring whether in to wicked an age (wherein vice is-ho%nouredL,a.nd
s r ' i vertue

Ca

c}fr¢t/707...,

  C103    

wrertueii contemnedil) I. may be _,thOI;1gl}t wojrthy ofypuniyflnment for‘
“being more righteous—then my fupertours. Iknow . an honel-pt! man

dsxvondered at like a monfiegyand the ianoccncy iofhis lifejandi 
eonverfation fufpeélted as a Ltbell agamfi: the State, yet if I perifh V

I periih; 65' perezmalam iazi=1iciti:.i Nor aml leffe provided of apfafe
a retreat then‘ our Grandees. My iygrave is « open for me.., and one
foot in it alreadie. [antempfitt omzzex ille gm’ mamm prim-. He
-that contemnes death , {comes both Hope and Feare ; which are

the only afieftions that make Knaves ,_Foolesear1d‘ Coward: of

I 'La1th;e‘w’O_r1dO iThe,world is a gooclly.Th_eater,we the at‘tors,God is
both Poet and cheife fpeétator.  We «mull not choofe our‘own
;:parts, that is at Gods appointment;One man he i appoints to play
the Kiing, another the Beggeigone a Comick , another a Tragickc

_ apart : Whatfoever part God hath appointed for me in this re.
mainder of my life, I Willhavea care to perfonate itingenuoufly

and aptly: Note doubting but m;y,l'hal1he aecorn pained with A

it an applaufe into my tyring Booms , my Tombe 5 not i will lI-arc... A
fufe the meanefi: part that may draw a plaudit from re» excellent at ,
ifpeéirator , but will prepare my felfe for the worft of evills,in this

worft of times; and to pray to God to reforprne out Refer-;

imerst y i xfmm.

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