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             The plagiary exposed, or, An old answer to a newly revived calumny against the memory of King Charles I being a reply to a book intitled King Charles's case, formerly written by John Cook of Grays Inn, Barrister, and since copied out under the title of Collonel Ludlow's letter / written by Mr. Butler, the author of Hudibras.
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           THE
           PLAGIARY
           EXPOSED
           :
           OR
           AN
           Old
           Answer
           TO
           A
           Newly
           revived
           Calumny
           Against
           the
           MEMORY
           of
           King
           CHARLES
           I.
           
        
         
           Being
           a
           REPLY
           To
           a
           BOOK
           intitled
           King
           
           Charles's
           CASE
           ,
           Formerly
           written
           by
           
             Iohn
             Cook
          
           of
           Grays
           Inn
           ,
           Barrister
           ;
           and
           since
           Copied
           out
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           Collonel
           
           Ludlow's
           LETTER
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           Mr.
           Butler
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           Hudibras
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Tho.
             Bennet
          
           at
           the
           Half-Moon
           in
           S.
           Pauls
           Churchyard
           .
           M
           DC
           XCI
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           PREFACE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           THE
           Publisher
           of
           this
           following
           Discourse
           has
           thought
           fit
           to
           oblige
           the
           World
           with
           a
           piece
           of
           Curiosity
           :
           it
           was
           penn'd
           above
           forty
           years
           since
           by
           the
           ingenious
           and
           celebrated
           Author
           of
           Hudibras
           .
           The
           Libel
           ,
           which
           he
           answers
           ,
           was
           the
           Labour
           of
           one
           
             John
             Cook
          
           ,
           Barrister
           of
           
             Grays
             Inn
          
           ,
           formerly
           a
           great
           pains-taker
           in
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           Rebellion
           .
           To
           give
           you
           the
           original
           of
           it
           ,
           't
           was
           a
           studied
           Invective
           against
           the
           Person
           of
           King
           
             Charles
             I.
          
           before
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           Iustice
           (
           so
           called
           )
           of
           infamous
           memory
           ;
           but
           upon
           the
           non-pleading
           of
           the
           Royal
           Martyr
           ,
           't
           was
           afterwards
           metamorphos'd
           into
           a
           Pamphlet
           ,
           with
           the
           specious
           Title
           of
           King
           Charles
           '
           
             s
             Case
             ;
             or
             an
             Appeal
             to
             all
             rational
             Men
             concerning
             his
             Tryal
             .
          
           How
           rational
           this
           Appeal
           was
           ,
           may
           be
           easily
           discover'd
           from
           those
           numerous
           Fallacies
           and
           notori●us
           Falshoods
           which
           our
           Author
           has
           detected
           in
           him
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           to
           what
           concerns
           plain
           matter
           of
           fact
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           the
           Pamphleteer's
           pretended
           way
           of
           reasoning
           ,
           false
           Logick
           ,
           and
           worse
           Law.
           I
           shall
           not
           enter
           into
           the
           merits
           of
           the
           Cause
           ;
           for
           I
           suppose
           the
           more
           rational
           part
           of
           Mankind
           is
           abundantly
           satisfied
           in
           the
           Innocency
           of
           that
           Great
           Man
           as
           to
           any
           thing
           that
           was
           laid
           to
           his
           charge
           ;
           and
           upon
           that
           account
           indeed
           these
           would
           have
           been
           little
           occasion
           at
           this
           time
           of
           day
           to
           produce
           so
           great
           an
           Advocate
           for
           his
           Memory
           ,
           but
           that
           there
           is
           risen
           amongst
           us
           a
           new
           
           Race
           of
           the
           old
           Republican
           Stamp
           ,
           who
           have
           reviv'd
           the
           Quarrel
           ,
           and
           copied
           out
           the
           obsolete
           and
           almost
           forgotten
           Scandal
           of
           our
           Libeller
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           their
           own
           .
           The
           Author
           of
           
           Ludlow's
           Letter
           may
           be
           reckon'd
           amongst
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           one
           that
           always
           sat
           up
           for
           a
           Patron
           of
           Faction
           ,
           and
           a
           Promoter
           of
           the
           
             Good
             Old
             Cause
          
           ,
           but
           shew'd
           himself
           most
           in
           that
           famous
           year
           when
           he
           was
           one
           of
           the
           Tribunes
           of
           the
           People
           .
           I
           should
           not
           have
           made
           such
           a
           Digression
           upon
           this
           worthy
           Patriot
           .
           but
           that
           I
           find
           him
           to
           intrude
           amongst
           his
           Friends
           Mr.
           Milton
           and
           our
           Libeller
           ,
           and
           seems
           to
           be
           the
           very
           copy
           of
           their
           Malice
           at
           least
           ,
           tho
           not
           their
           Wit
           ;
           and
           for
           that
           reason
           I
           must
           confess
           he
           seems
           to
           be
           least
           pointed
           at
           by
           our
           Answerer
           .
           I
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           of
           him
           at
           present
           ,
           but
           pass
           him
           by
           with
           the
           same
           Contempt
           as
           the
           Government
           has
           wisely
           done
           ;
           't
           is
           but
           unseasonable
           quarrelling
           with
           a
           Man
           that
           is
           arm'd
           with
           so
           much
           dirt
           ,
           you
           'll
           be
           sure
           of
           that
           if
           you
           have
           nothing
           else
           .
        
         
           I
           need
           not
           trouble
           the
           Reader
           with
           any
           Harangue
           upon
           our
           Author
           or
           his
           Book
           ;
           I
           suppose
           he
           is
           no
           stranger
           to
           the
           honester
           and
           more
           learned
           part
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           the
           rest
           ,
           't
           was
           their
           best
           security
           they
           were
           not
           knwon
           by
           him
           .
           I
           shall
           only
           add
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           Mr.
           
           Butler's
           design
           to
           Print
           the
           Discourse
           himself
           ,
           had
           not
           Death
           prevented
           him
           ;
           and
           since
           it
           has
           fell
           into
           the
           Editor's
           hands
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           a
           piece
           of
           Iustice
           to
           his
           Memory
           to
           let
           the
           World
           make
           their
           Advantage
           of
           it
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             Mr.
             COOKE
             ,
          
        
         
           HAVING
           lately
           seen
           a
           Book
           of
           yours
           ,
           which
           you
           are
           pleased
           to
           call
           King
           CHARLES
           
             his
             Case
             ,
             or
             an
             Appeal
             to
             all
             Rational
             Men
             concerning
             his
             Tryal
          
           ;
           I
           was
           much
           invited
           to
           read
           it
           ,
           by
           the
           Ingenuity
           promised
           in
           your
           Title
           .
           For
           having
           heard
           you
           Stile
           your self
           Solicitor
           General
           for
           the
           Kings
           Dread
           Sovereign
           ,
           and
           your
           own
           Honourable
           Client
           ,
           the
           People
           ;
           I
           was
           much
           taken
           with
           your
           impartiality
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           exempts
           all
           Rational
           Men
           from
           being
           your
           Clients
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           in
           making
           them
           by
           your
           Appeal
           your
           Judges
           :
           for
           no
           Man
           you
           know
           can
           be
           Judge
           in
           his
           own
           Case
           ,
           but
           acknowledge
           your
           High
           Court
           from
           which
           your
           Appeal
           to
           all
           Rational
           Men
           to
           consist
           of
           no
           such
           :
           But
           indeed
           I
           had
           not
           read
           many
           lines
           before
           I
           found
           mine
           own
           Error
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           yours
           ,
           and
           your
           Proceedings
           nothing
           agreeable
           to
           the
           plain
           dealing
           I
           expected
           from
           you
           ;
           for
           you
           presently
           fall
           to
           insult
           upon
           the
           unhappiness
           of
           your
           undeserved
           Adversary
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           so
           little
           moderation
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           strove
           to
           make
           it
           a
           question
           whether
           his
           incomparable
           Patience
           ,
           or
           your
           own
           ungoverned
           Passion
           should
           be
           the
           greater
           wonder
           of
           Men
           ,
           preposterously
           concluding
           him
           Guilty
           ,
           before
           with
           one
           Syllable
           you
           had
           proved
           him
           so
           :
           A
           strange
           way
           of
           doing
           Justice
           ,
           which
           you
           endeavour
           to
           make
           good
           by
           a
           strange
           insolent
           Railing
           ,
           and
           more
           insolent
           proceeding
           to
           the
           secret
           Counsel
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           from
           whence
           you
           presume
           to
           give
           Sentence
           on
           him
           :
           a
           boldness
           ,
           no
           less
           impious
           than
           unjust
           in
           you
           were
           it
           true
           ,
           since
           you
           can
           never
           know
           it
           to
           be
           so
           .
        
         
           But
           indeed
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           say
           whether
           you
           have
           shewn
           more
           Malice
           or
           Vanity
           in
           this
           notable
           Declaration
           of
           yours
           ;
           for
           he
           that
           considers
           the
           Affectation
           and
           fantastique
           Lightness
           of
           
           your
           Language
           ,
           (
           such
           as
           Ireland
           ,
           a
           Land
           of
           Ire
           ;
           Bite-Sheep
           for
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           other
           such
           ingenious
           Elegancies
           of
           quibble
           ;
           )
           must
           needs
           confess
           it
           an
           Oratory
           more
           becoming
           a
           Fool
           in
           a
           Play
           ,
           or
           Peters
           before
           the
           Rabble
           ,
           than
           the
           Patron
           of
           his
           Sovereigns
           Sovereign
           ,
           or
           the
           gravity
           of
           that
           Court
           ,
           which
           you
           say
           right
           wisely
           ,
           shall
           be
           admired
           at
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           .
           And
           therefore
           you
           do
           ill
           to
           accuse
           him
           of
           reading
           Iohnsons
           and
           Shakespears
           Plays
           ,
           which
           should
           seem
           you
           have
           been
           more
           in
           your self
           to
           much
           worse
           purpose
           ,
           else
           you
           had
           never
           hit
           so
           right
           upon
           the
           very
           Dialect
           of
           their
           railing
           Advocates
           ,
           in
           which
           (
           believe
           me
           )
           you
           have
           really
           out
           acted
           all
           that
           they
           could
           fansie
           of
           passionate
           and
           ridiculous
           Outrage
           .
        
         
           For
           certainly
           Sir
           I
           am
           so
           charitable
           to
           believe
           it
           was
           your
           Passion
           that
           imposed
           upon
           your
           Understanding
           ;
           else
           as
           a
           Gentleman
           you
           could
           have
           never
           descended
           to
           such
           peasantry
           of
           Language
           ,
           especially
           against
           such
           a
           Person
           ,
           to
           whom
           (
           had
           he
           never
           been
           your
           Prince
           )
           no
           Law
           enjoyns
           (
           whatsoever
           his
           Offences
           were
           )
           the
           punishment
           of
           Ribaldry
           .
           And
           for
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           they
           absolutely
           condemn
           it
           ;
           of
           which
           I
           wonder
           you
           that
           pretend
           so
           much
           to
           be
           of
           his
           Counsel
           ,
           should
           be
           either
           so
           ignorant
           or
           forgetful
           .
        
         
           Calamity
           is
           the
           Visitation
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           Preachers
           tell
           us
           )
           a
           favour
           he
           does
           to
           those
           he
           loves
           ;
           where-ever
           it
           falls
           it
           is
           the
           work
           of
           his
           Hand
           ,
           and
           should
           become
           our
           Pity
           ,
           not
           our
           Insolence
           .
           This
           the
           Antient
           Heathen
           knew
           ,
           who
           believing
           Thunder
           came
           from
           the
           Arm
           of
           God
           ,
           reverence
           the
           very
           Trees
           it
           lighted
           on
           .
        
         
           But
           your
           Passion
           hath
           not
           only
           misled
           you
           against
           Civility
           ,
           and
           Christian
           Charity
           ,
           but
           Common
           Sense
           also
           ;
           else
           you
           would
           never
           have
           driven
           your
           Chariot
           of
           Reason
           (
           as
           you
           call
           it
           )
           so
           far
           out
           of
           the
           Road
           ,
           that
           you
           forget
           whither
           you
           are
           going
           ,
           and
           run
           over
           every
           thing
           that
           stands
           in
           your
           way
           ;
           I
           mean
           ,
           your
           unusual
           way
           of
           Argument
           ,
           not
           only
           against
           Reason
           ,
           but
           your Self
           ,
           as
           you
           do
           it
           at
           the
           first
           sally
           ;
           for
           after
           your
           fit
           of
           saving
           as
           over
           ,
           you
           bestow
           much
           pains
           to
           prove
           it
           one
           of
           the
           Fundamentals
           of
           Law.
           That
           the
           King
           is
           not
           above
           the
           Law
           ,
           but
           the
           Law
           above
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           this
           you
           deraign
           ,
           
           as
           you
           call
           it
           ,
           so
           far
           that
           at
           length
           you
           say
           ,
           the
           King
           hath
           not
           by
           Law
           so
           much
           Power
           as
           a
           Justice
           of
           Peace
           to
           commit
           any
           Man
           to
           prison
           ;
           which
           you
           would
           never
           have
           done
           ,
           if
           you
           had
           considered
           from
           whom
           the
           Justice
           derives
           his
           Power
           ,
           or
           in
           whose
           Name
           his
           Warrants
           run
           ,
           else
           you
           may
           as
           well
           say
           ,
           a
           Man
           may
           give
           that
           which
           he
           hath
           not
           ,
           or
           prove
           the
           Moon
           hath
           more
           Light
           than
           the
           Sun
           ,
           because
           he
           cannot
           shine
           by
           night
           as
           the
           Moon
           doth
           .
           But
           you
           needed
           not
           have
           strained
           so
           hard
           ,
           for
           this
           will
           serve
           you
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           but
           to
           prove
           that
           which
           was
           never
           denied
           by
           the
           King
           himself
           ;
           for
           if
           you
           had
           not
           a
           much
           worse
           Memory
           than
           Men
           of
           your
           Condition
           should
           have
           ,
           you
           could
           not
           so
           soon
           have
           forgotten
           ,
           that
           immediately
           after
           the
           reading
           of
           that
           Charge
           ,
           the
           King
           demanded
           of
           your
           High
           Court
           ,
           by
           what
           Law
           they
           could
           sit
           to
           judge
           Him
           ;
           (
           as
           offering
           to
           submit
           if
           they
           could
           produce
           any
           ,
           )
           but
           then
           silence
           or
           interruption
           were
           thought
           the
           best
           ways
           of
           confessing
           there
           was
           no
           such
           thing
           :
           And
           when
           he
           undertook
           to
           shew
           them
           both
           Law
           and
           Reason
           too
           ,
           why
           they
           could
           not
           do
           it
           :
           The
           Righteous
           President
           told
           him
           plainly
           he
           must
           have
           neither
           Law
           nor
           Reason
           ,
           which
           was
           certainly
           (
           as
           you
           have
           it
           very
           finely
           )
           the
           most
           comprehensive
           ,
           impartial
           ,
           and
           glorious
           Piece
           of
           Justice
           that
           ever
           was
           played
           on
           the
           Theater
           of
           England
           ;
           for
           what
           could
           any
           Court
           do
           more
           than
           rather
           condemn
           it self
           than
           injure
           Truth
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           had
           better
           have
           left
           this
           whole
           Business
           of
           the
           Law
           out
           of
           your
           Appeal
           to
           all
           Rational
           Men
           who
           can
           make
           no
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           against
           your self
           :
           for
           if
           the
           Law
           be
           above
           the
           King
           ,
           much
           more
           is
           it
           above
           the
           Subject
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           so
           heinous
           a
           Crime
           in
           a
           King
           to
           endeavor
           to
           set
           himself
           above
           Law
           ,
           it
           is
           much
           more
           heinous
           for
           Subjects
           to
           set
           themselves
           above
           King
           and
           Law
           both
           .
           Thus
           like
           right
           Mountebanks
           ,
           you
           are
           fain
           to
           wound
           and
           poison
           your selves
           to
           cheat
           others
           ,
           who
           cannot
           but
           wonder
           at
           the
           confidence
           of
           your
           imposture
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           ashamed
           to
           magnifie
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Law
           while
           you
           violate
           it
           ,
           and
           confess
           you
           set
           your selves
           really
           above
           the
           Law
           to
           condemn
           the
           King
           for
           but
           intending
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           Intentions
           and
           Designs
           are
           the
           most
           considerable
           part
           both
           of
           your
           Accusations
           and
           Proofs
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           
           you
           are
           fain
           to
           fetch
           a
           great
           way
           off
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           his
           Coronation
           Oath
           ,
           which
           you
           next
           say
           He
           or
           the
           Archbishops
           by
           his
           order
           emasculated
           ,
           and
           left
           out
           very
           material
           Words
           (
           which
           the
           People
           shall
           choose
           )
           which
           is
           most
           false
           ;
           for
           these
           Words
           were
           not
           left
           out
           ,
           but
           rendred
           with
           more
           sence
           (
           which
           the
           Commonalty
           have
           )
           and
           if
           you
           consider
           what
           they
           relate
           to
           (
           Customs
           )
           you
           will
           find
           you
           cannot
           without
           open
           injury
           interpret
           (
           elegerit
           in
           the
           Latin
           Oath
           )
           shall
           choose
           not
           hath
           chosen
           ;
           for
           if
           you
           will
           have
           
             consuetudines
             quas
             vulgas
             elegrit
          
           ,
           to
           mean
           Customs
           which
           are
           to
           be
           not
           only
           use
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           often
           repeated
           before
           it
           become
           a
           Custom
           ,
           but
           choice
           which
           necessarily
           preceeds
           use
           .
        
         
           But
           suppose
           it
           were
           as
           you
           would
           have
           it
           ,
           I
           cannot
           see
           with
           what
           reason
           you
           can
           presume
           it
           to
           be
           a
           design
           to
           subvert
           the
           Laws
           ,
           since
           you
           know
           he
           had
           sworn
           to
           defend
           them
           before
           in
           the
           first
           Article
           of
           the
           Oath
           ,
           from
           which
           I
           wonder
           how
           you
           can
           suppose
           that
           so
           wise
           a
           Prince
           (
           as
           you
           acknowledge
           him
           to
           be
           )
           could
           be
           so
           irrational
           to
           believe
           himself
           absolute
           by
           this
           omission
           .
           But
           you
           are
           not
           without
           further
           contradiction
           yet
           ,
           for
           if
           he
           were
           so
           prefidious
           a
           Violater
           of
           Oaths
           as
           you
           would
           have
           the
           World
           believe
           ,
           what
           reason
           had
           he
           to
           be
           so
           conscientious
           of
           taking
           them
           ,
           certainly
           he
           hath
           little
           cause
           to
           be
           nice
           what
           Oaths
           he
           takes
           ,
           that
           hath
           no
           regard
           what
           Oaths
           he
           breaks
           .
        
         
           Nor
           can
           I
           possibly
           understand
           your
           other
           construction
           of
           his
           refusal
           to
           take
           the
           Oath
           ,
           as
           his
           Predecessors
           had
           done
           ,
           which
           you
           will
           have
           a
           design
           to
           refuse
           his
           assent
           to
           such
           good
           Laws
           rather
           than
           bad
           Ones
           ,
           as
           the
           Parliament
           should
           tender
           ;
           for
           besides
           the
           absurd
           conceipts
           that
           he
           must
           still
           like
           the
           bad
           better
           than
           the
           good
           ,
           if
           you
           consider
           what
           you
           say
           afterwards
           the
           charitable
           sence
           will
           appear
           by
           your
           own
           Words
           to
           be
           truest
           ,
           for
           you
           confess
           he
           gave
           his
           assent
           to
           any
           bad
           one
           ,
           else
           you
           had
           not
           been
           fain
           for
           want
           of
           such
           to
           accuse
           him
           of
           a
           few
           good
           ones
           as
           you
           do
           there
           ;
           which
           of
           these
           is
           most
           profitable
           let
           every
           rational
           Christian
           judge
           .
        
         
           Your
           next
           Argument
           to
           prove
           the
           King's
           design
           to
           destroy
           the
           Law
           is
           thus
           ordered
           .
           Those
           Knights
           that
           were
           by
           an
           old
           
           Statute
           to
           attend
           at
           the
           King's
           Coronation
           ,
           being
           promised
           by
           his
           Proclamation
           (
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           Infection
           then
           spread
           through
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           a
           Dispensation
           for
           their
           absence
           ,
           were
           after
           found
           at
           the
           Council
           Table
           ;
           no
           doubt
           by
           the
           procurement
           of
           some
           of
           your
           own
           Tribe
           ,
           where
           they
           pleading
           the
           Proclamation
           for
           their
           Indemnity
           were
           answered
           :
           That
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           was
           above
           any
           Proclamation
           :
           Your
           Conclusion
           is
           therefore
           ,
           The
           King
           had
           a
           design
           to
           subvert
           the
           Laws
           :
           sure
           there
           is
           no
           Man
           in
           his
           Wits
           but
           would
           conclude
           the
           contrary
           ;
           such
           Arguments
           as
           these
           are
           much
           like
           the
           Ropes
           that
           Oaenus
           twisted
           only
           for
           Asses
           to
           devour
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           this
           should
           fail
           you
           know
           you
           were
           provided
           for
           another
           not
           less
           substantial
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           his
           alteration
           of
           the
           Judges
           Commissions
           ,
           who
           heretofore
           had
           their
           Places
           granted
           to
           them
           during
           their
           Good
           Behaviour
           ,
           but
           he
           made
           them
           but
           during
           Pleasure
           ,
           of
           this
           you
           make
           a
           sad
           Business
           of
           a
           very
           evil
           imaginary
           Consequence
           ;
           but
           if
           you
           had
           considered
           before
           ,
           what
           you
           say
           presently
           after
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           and
           not
           the
           Judges
           is
           to
           be
           accountable
           for
           the
           injustice
           and
           oppression
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           &c.
           you
           would
           have
           found
           it
           very
           just
           that
           he
           should
           use
           his
           Pleasure
           in
           their
           dismission
           as
           well
           as
           choice
           :
           For
           Men
           of
           your
           Profession
           that
           have
           lived
           long
           enough
           to
           be
           Judges
           ,
           are
           not
           such
           Puisnes
           in
           cunning
           to
           play
           their
           feats
           of
           Iniquity
           above-board
           :
           and
           if
           they
           may
           sit
           still
           they
           can
           be
           proved
           to
           have
           misbehaved
           themselves
           ;
           the
           Prince
           that
           is
           to
           give
           account
           for
           all
           ,
           may
           sooner
           know
           he
           is
           abused
           ,
           than
           know
           how
           to
           help
           himself
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           inconveniency
           which
           you
           can
           fansie
           possible
           to
           ensue
           it
           ,
           is
           only
           to
           such
           bad
           Judges
           as
           buy
           their
           Places
           ;
           of
           whose
           Condition
           and
           Loss
           you
           are
           very
           sensible
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           too
           hard
           a
           Bargain
           of
           Injustice
           ,
           and
           believe
           they
           may
           have
           reason
           enough
           to
           give
           unjust
           Judgment
           ,
           rather
           than
           lose
           their
           Places
           and
           their
           Money
           too
           ,
           if
           they
           shall
           receive
           such
           intimation
           from
           the
           King.
           But
           you
           forgot
           you
           self
           when
           you
           put
           this
           in
           your
           Appeal
           to
           all
           Rational
           Men
           ;
           for
           they
           will
           tell
           you
           this
           was
           a
           bold
           affront
           done
           to
           your
           High
           Court
           of
           Justice
           ;
           for
           if
           it
           were
           potential
           Tyranny
           (
           as
           you
           will
           have
           it
           )
           in
           the
           King
           to
           have
           but
           a
           design
           to
           indure
           the
           Judges
           to
           give
           Sentence
           
           against
           the
           Law
           ,
           which
           you
           say
           brings
           the
           People
           the
           very
           next
           step
           to
           Slavery
           :
           what
           is
           it
           in
           those
           who
           presume
           to
           give
           Sentence
           themselves
           not
           only
           contrary
           to
           Law
           ,
           but
           the
           declared
           Opinion
           of
           all
           the
           Judges
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           their
           choosing
           too
           .
           And
           (
           I
           beseech
           you
           )
           whither
           by
           your
           own
           Doctrine
           does
           this
           bring
           the
           People
           that
           submit
           to
           it
           ?
           Certainly
           if
           you
           that
           can
           accuse
           the
           King
           of
           this
           had
           been
           a
           Jew
           heretofore
           ,
           you
           would
           not
           only
           have
           stoned
           your
           Fellows
           ,
           but
           your
           Saviour
           too
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           all
           your
           Arguments
           should
           miscarry
           ,
           you
           have
           a
           reserve
           left
           that
           does
           (
           as
           you
           say
           )
           irrefragably
           prove
           the
           design
           ,
           what
           's
           that
           !
           is
           he
           restless
           to
           destroy
           Parliament
           or
           make
           them
           useless
           .
           Believe
           me
           ,
           this
           is
           right
           
             Ignotum
             per
             ignotius
          
           ,
           excellent
           consequence
           to
           prove
           his
           Design
           by
           his
           Desires
           ;
           you
           should
           have
           proved
           his
           Desires
           first
           (
           if
           you
           would
           prove
           his
           Thoughts
           by
           his
           Thoughts
           )
           for
           certainly
           if
           ever
           he
           designed
           it
           ,
           he
           desired
           it
           first
           .
           You
           had
           better
           have
           concluded
           plainly
           he
           did
           it
           because
           he
           designed
           it
           ,
           for
           that
           is
           all
           one
           in
           Sence
           :
           But
           if
           I
           might
           be
           but
           half
           so
           bold
           with
           your
           Designs
           ,
           I
           should
           with
           more
           reason
           guess
           you
           have
           one
           to
           make
           us
           believe
           your
           familiar
           Acquaintance
           with
           the
           secret
           Counsels
           of
           God
           (
           which
           you
           so
           often
           pretended
           to
           )
           else
           certainly
           he
           has
           given
           the
           desires
           of
           Man
           so
           private
           a
           Lodging
           ,
           that
           without
           his
           own
           discovery
           (
           which
           you
           can
           give
           us
           no
           account
           of
           )
           you
           have
           no
           other
           way
           to
           know
           them
           .
           You
           do
           well
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           may
           advise
           you
           ,
           you
           shall
           give
           over
           this
           unlucky
           thing
           called
           Reason
           ,
           and
           betake
           your self
           wholly
           to
           Revelations
           .
        
         
           How
           these
           Arguments
           might
           prevail
           with
           your
           High
           Court
           of
           Justice
           I
           cannot
           tell
           ;
           but
           in
           my
           opinion
           ,
           they
           had
           little
           reason
           to
           thank
           you
           for
           this
           last
           ,
           for
           while
           you
           make
           the
           King
           a
           Traytor
           ,
           and
           prove
           his
           meer
           desire
           to
           destroy
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           make
           it
           useless
           ,
           a
           purpose
           to
           subvert
           the
           Laws
           ;
           you
           do
           but
           tell
           them
           what
           they
           are
           that
           have
           already
           done
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           what
           a
           deal
           of
           Law
           they
           are
           to
           expect
           hereafter
           .
           All
           you
           can
           justly
           in
           your
           own
           sence
           accuse
           the
           King
           of
           ,
           is
           but
           Discontinuance
           ,
           or
           untimely
           dissolution
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           which
           I
           wonder
           with
           what
           sense
           you
           can
           interpret
           a
           Design
           
           to
           destroy
           the
           Parliaments
           ,
           since
           all
           the
           World
           knows
           when
           he
           parted
           with
           his
           Power
           to
           dissolve
           the
           Parliament
           too
           .
           But
           see
           how
           doubly
           unjust
           you
           are
           ,
           you
           accuse
           him
           for
           not
           calling
           Parliaments
           so
           often
           as
           he
           was
           bound
           to
           do
           by
           the
           Law
           once
           a
           Year
           (
           as
           you
           say
           )
           or
           oftner
           ,
           but
           never
           consider
           how
           that
           is
           impossible
           to
           be
           done
           without
           dissolving
           them
           as
           often
           ,
           for
           doing
           which
           notwithstanding
           with
           so
           much
           Clamor
           you
           condemn
           him
           .
           Thus
           you
           charge
           him
           with
           inconsistencies
           ,
           and
           may
           with
           much
           more
           reason
           accuse
           him
           for
           calling
           Parliaments
           ,
           because
           if
           he
           had
           not
           called
           them
           ,
           he
           could
           never
           have
           dissolved
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           like
           your
           way
           of
           Argument
           .
        
         
           But
           much
           better
           than
           you
           commonly
           use
           for
           your
           next
           (
           to
           remove
           an
           Objection
           out
           of
           your
           way
           )
           is
           thus
           managed
           ;
           The
           King
           and
           not
           the
           Judges
           and
           evil
           Counsellors
           ought
           to
           be
           accountable
           for
           the
           Male
           ▪
           Administrations
           ,
           Injustices
           and
           oppressions
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           your
           Reasons
           are
           ,
           because
           he
           made
           such
           wicked
           and
           corrupt
           Judges
           :
           were
           they
           not
           his
           own
           Creatures
           ;
           and
           ought
           not
           every
           Man
           to
           be
           acountable
           for
           the
           Work
           of
           his
           own
           Hands
           ;
           believe
           me
           this
           were
           something
           if
           you
           could
           prove
           he
           made
           them
           wicked
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Judges
           .
           But
           if
           this
           Plea
           hold
           ,
           you
           have
           argued
           well
           for
           your
           honourable
           Clients
           ,
           the
           People
           ;
           for
           if
           they
           made
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           you
           say
           they
           did
           ,
           you
           have
           cleared
           him
           of
           all
           such
           horrid
           Crimes
           ,
           Murders
           and
           Massacres
           ,
           which
           you
           take
           so
           much
           pains
           to
           no
           purpose
           to
           accuse
           him
           of
           ;
           and
           like
           a
           right
           Man
           of
           Law
           have
           undone
           your
           Clients
           ,
           upon
           whose
           score
           you
           set
           them
           :
           Your
           next
           Business
           will
           be
           to
           prove
           God
           Guilty
           of
           the
           Sins
           of
           Wicked
           Men
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           the
           Work
           of
           his
           Hands
           ,
           I
           take
           it
           .
           But
           this
           is
           your
           perpetual
           method
           of
           doing
           him
           right
           ,
           to
           make
           him
           sole
           Author
           and
           Owner
           of
           all
           his
           ill
           ordered
           or
           unhappy
           Actions
           ,
           and
           not
           allow
           him
           a
           share
           in
           any
           good
           Deed
           or
           act
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
           And
           these
           are
           the
           Fundamentals
           of
           the
           Charge
           ,
           only
           suppositions
           of
           Intentions
           and
           Designs
           ,
           which
           how
           far
           you
           have
           proved
           just
           or
           profitable
           ,
           any
           Man
           but
           your self
           judge
           :
           The
           Course
           you
           take
           afterwards
           is
           much
           worse
           in
           my
           Opinion
           ;
           
             for
          
           you
           make
           your
           own
           Grounds
           ,
           and
           either
           not
           prove
           them
           
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           (
           which
           is
           worse
           )
           prove
           them
           upon
           their
           own
           bottom
           ,
           as
           when
           you
           take
           upon
           you
           to
           state
           the
           Ground
           of
           your
           Wars
           ,
           and
           prove
           the
           King
           to
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           it
           ,
           you
           do
           it
           thus
           :
        
         
           The
           King
           (
           you
           say
           )
           set
           up
           his
           Standard
           of
           War
           for
           the
           advancement
           and
           upholding
           of
           his
           Personal
           Interest
           ,
           Power
           ,
           and
           pretended
           Prerogative
           ,
           against
           the
           Publick
           Interest
           of
           Common
           Right
           ,
           Peace
           and
           Safety
           ,
           How
           do
           you
           prove
           this
           ?
           Because
           he
           fought
           for
           the
           Militia
           ,
           for
           a
           Power
           to
           call
           and
           dissolve
           Parliaments
           ,
           a
           negative
           Voice
           ,
           to
           make
           Judges
           ,
           confer
           Honours
           ,
           grant
           Pardons
           ,
           make
           Corporations
           inhance
           or
           debase
           Money
           ,
           and
           avoid
           his
           own
           Grants
           .
           These
           you
           call
           his
           Personal
           Interest
           ,
           Power
           and
           Prerogative
           ,
           which
           you
           say
           he
           fought
           for
           ;
           now
           put
           the
           Position
           and
           Proof
           together
           ,
           and
           see
           what
           sence
           it
           will
           make
           :
           truly
           none
           but
           this
           ;
           That
           he
           made
           War
           for
           his
           Prerogative
           ,
           because
           he
           fought
           for
           his
           Prerogative
           :
           is
           not
           this
           fine
           Logick
           ;
           but
           suppose
           it
           were
           sence
           ,
           how
           do
           you
           prove
           he
           fought
           for
           his
           Prerogative
           ?
           to
           this
           you
           have
           not
           one
           Word
           to
           say
           :
           and
           why
           then
           should
           we
           rather
           take
           your
           Word
           than
           the
           Kings
           ,
           who
           protested
           he
           took
           Arms
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           Privileges
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           Laws
           of
           England
           ?
           Certainly
           there
           is
           no
           Man
           in
           his
           Wits
           but
           would
           rather
           believe
           his
           Words
           ,
           than
           your
           Arguments
           ,
           if
           he
           does
           but
           consider
           that
           the
           most
           improbable
           part
           of
           all
           ,
           [
           he
           protested
           to
           fight
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           Privileges
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           ]
           is
           found
           by
           experience
           to
           be
           no
           Paradox
           :
           how
           true
           the
           rest
           is
           ,
           time
           will
           instruct
           you
           .
           But
           yet
           I
           cannot
           see
           why
           we
           should
           not
           rather
           believe
           them
           ,
           than
           the
           pretences
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           were
           more
           to
           fight
           in
           defence
           of
           his
           Person
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Privileges
           ,
           which
           how
           they
           have
           performed
           your self
           can
           tell
           ;
           but
           all
           this
           while
           you
           have
           mistaken
           your
           own
           Question
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           the
           right
           of
           Cause
           ;
           but
           the
           Cause
           ,
           or
           (
           as
           you
           have
           it
           )
           the
           occasion
           of
           the
           War
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           had
           a
           purpose
           to
           know
           that
           ,
           Actions
           had
           been
           the
           only
           guide
           of
           your
           Inquiry
           ;
           for
           Intentions
           and
           Words
           are
           uncertain
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           make
           no
           Assaults
           in
           private
           Quarrels
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           why
           they
           should
           in
           publick
           ;
           and
           therefore
           since
           we
           can
           never
           agree
           about
           the
           Truth
           of
           more
           remote
           Causes
           ,
           't
           is
           most
           just
           for
           us
           to
           place
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           War
           where
           we
           
           find
           the
           first
           Breach
           of
           the
           Peace
           .
           Now
           that
           the
           King
           was
           cleared
           of
           this
           ,
           all
           indifferent
           Men
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           unhappiness
           to
           be
           acquainted
           with
           the
           method
           of
           their
           own
           undoing
           ,
           can
           very
           well
           testifie
           .
           And
           if
           the
           Parliament
           should
           deny
           it
           ,
           their
           own
           Votes
           would
           contradict
           them
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Actions
           ;
           for
           when
           they
           first
           raised
           Horse
           and
           Arms
           ,
           they
           pretended
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           because
           it
           appeared
           the
           King
           seduced
           by
           wicked
           Counsel
           intended
           to
           make
           Wa●
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           whereby
           they
           confess
           he
           had
           not
           then
           done
           it
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           so
           little
           ground
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           he
           ever
           would
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           fain
           to
           usurp
           the
           right
           of
           his
           Cause
           to
           justifie
           their
           own
           ;
           And
           they
           say
           took
           Arms
           for
           the
           Defence
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           if
           we
           grant
           ,
           it
           must
           follow
           they
           first
           made
           War
           against
           him
           ;
           for
           no
           body
           else
           ever
           did
           ,
           against
           whom
           they
           could
           possibly
           defend
           Him
           ;
           nor
           did
           their
           Actions
           in
           offering
           the
           first
           violence
           less
           declare
           who
           began
           the
           War
           ,
           when
           having
           an
           Army
           ready
           to
           invade
           him
           ,
           before
           he
           set
           up
           his
           Standard
           ,
           they
           both
           followed
           and
           set
           upon
           him
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           at
           
             Edge
             Hill.
          
           Go
           as
           far
           as
           you
           can
           ,
           you
           will
           still
           find
           the
           Scots
           (
           whose
           Quarrel
           the
           Parliament
           took
           up
           at
           the
           second
           Hand
           as
           well
           as
           they
           followed
           their
           Examples
           )
           were
           the
           first
           beginners
           of
           all
           .
        
         
           This
           being
           granted
           ,
           how
           the
           King
           could
           afterwards
           do
           less
           than
           he
           did
           ,
           I
           cannot
           understand
           :
           First
           he
           was
           bound
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           (
           which
           you
           say
           is
           Legislative
           ,
           and
           hath
           a
           Suspensive
           Power
           over
           all
           Humane
           Laws
           )
           to
           defend
           himself
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           by
           his
           Coronation
           Oath
           ,
           which
           he
           took
           to
           keep
           the
           Peace
           ;
           and
           how
           could
           he
           do
           that
           ,
           but
           by
           his
           raising
           Power
           to
           suppress
           those
           who
           had
           already
           broken
           it
           ?
           Thirdly
           ,
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           which
           you
           say
           trusted
           him
           with
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Sword
           ,
           and
           how
           could
           he
           preserve
           that
           Trust
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           sate
           still
           and
           suffered
           others
           not
           only
           to
           take
           it
           from
           him
           ,
           but
           to
           use
           it
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           most
           probable
           that
           he
           never
           intended
           it
           ,
           else
           he
           was
           very
           unwise
           to
           let
           them
           be
           before-hand
           with
           him
           ,
           in
           seising
           upon
           his
           Castles
           ,
           Magazines
           and
           Ships
           ;
           for
           which
           there
           can
           be
           no
           reason
           imagin'd
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           was
           loth
           to
           give
           them
           any
           occasion
           (
           in
           securing
           them
           )
           to
           suspect
           he
           did
           but
           intend
           a
           War.
           And
           by
           all
           this
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           it
           appears
           plain
           enough
           
           to
           all
           Rational
           Men
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           so
           far
           from
           being
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           War
           ,
           that
           he
           rather
           fell
           into
           it
           by
           avoiding
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           avoided
           it
           so
           long
           ,
           till
           he
           was
           fain
           to
           take
           Arms
           at
           so
           great
           a
           disadvantage
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           almost
           as
           good
           have
           sate
           still
           ,
           and
           suffered
           .
           And
           in
           this
           you
           have
           used
           the
           King
           with
           the
           same
           Justice
           the
           Christians
           received
           from
           Nero
           ;
           who
           having
           set
           Rome
           on
           fire
           himself
           ,
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           his
           own
           wicked
           Genius
           ,
           laid
           the
           Odium
           of
           it
           on
           the
           Christians
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           to
           death
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           way
           you
           found
           too
           fair
           and
           open
           for
           your
           purpose
           ,
           and
           therefore
           declined
           it
           ,
           for
           having
           proved
           his
           Intentions
           by
           his
           Desires
           ,
           and
           his
           Actions
           by
           his
           Intentions
           ,
           you
           attempt
           a
           more
           preposterous
           way
           yet
           ,
           to
           prove
           both
           ;
           by
           what
           might
           have
           been
           his
           Intentions
           :
           And
           to
           this
           purpose
           you
           have
           the
           Confidence
           (
           in
           spight
           of
           Sense
           )
           to
           make
           Contingencies
           the
           final
           cause
           of
           Things
           ;
           And
           impollitick
           Accidental
           ,
           possible
           Inconveniences
           (
           which
           all
           the
           Wit
           of
           Man
           can
           never
           avoid
           )
           the
           intended
           Reasons
           of
           State.
           As
           when
           you
           will
           have
           the
           King
           fight
           for
           the
           Militia
           ,
           only
           to
           command
           the
           Purse
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           for
           a
           Power
           to
           make
           Judges
           ,
           only
           to
           wrest
           the
           Laws
           ,
           to
           grant
           Pardons
           ,
           that
           publick
           spirited
           Men
           (
           as
           you
           call
           them
           )
           may
           be
           made
           away
           ,
           and
           the
           Murderers
           pardoned
           ,
           &c.
           
           All
           which
           being
           Creatures
           of
           your
           own
           Fansie
           ,
           and
           Malice
           ,
           and
           no
           part
           of
           his
           Quarrel
           ,
           )
           you
           are
           so
           far
           from
           proving
           he
           fought
           for
           that
           when
           you
           have
           strained
           your
           Abillity
           ,
           all
           you
           can
           say
           is
           ,
           but
           this
           in
           your
           own
           sense
           ,
           That
           he
           fought
           for
           a
           Power
           to
           do
           that
           which
           he
           never
           would
           do
           when
           it
           was
           in
           his
           Power
           :
           But
           if
           you
           take
           this
           Liberty
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           how
           you
           would
           bestir
           you
           self
           if
           you
           could
           but
           get
           your
           God
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           done
           your
           King
           ,
           before
           such
           an
           impartial
           High
           Court
           of
           Justice
           as
           this
           ;
           how
           would
           you
           charge
           him
           with
           his
           mis-government
           in
           Nature
           ,
           for
           which
           by
           the
           very
           same
           Logick
           you
           may
           prove
           he
           made
           us
           all
           Slaves
           ,
           in
           causing
           the
           Weaker
           to
           hold
           his
           Life
           at
           the
           pleasure
           of
           the
           Stronger
           ;
           that
           he
           set
           up
           a
           Sun
           to
           dazle
           our
           Eyes
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           not
           see
           ,
           and
           to
           kindle
           Feavers
           in
           our
           Veins
           ;
           made
           Fire
           to
           burn
           us
           ,
           Water
           to
           drown
           us
           ,
           and
           Air
           to
           poison
           us
           ,
           and
           then
           demand
           Justice
           against
           him
           ,
           all
           which
           you
           may
           easily
           do
           ,
           now
           you
           have
           the
           trick
           on
           't
           ,
           for
           the
           very
           same
           Reason
           will
           serve
           again
           ,
           and
           with
           much
           more
           probability
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           
           easier
           to
           prove
           that
           Men
           have
           been
           Burnt
           and
           Drowned
           ,
           and
           died
           of
           the
           Plague
           ,
           than
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           the
           King
           ever
           used
           your
           finer
           device
           to
           remove
           publick
           spirited
           Men
           ,
           or
           can
           you
           without
           extream
           Injustice
           suppose
           he
           ever
           would
           ?
           for
           't
           is
           so
           much
           as
           very
           well
           known
           he
           highly
           favoured
           and
           advanced
           his
           greatest
           Opposers
           ,
           (
           for
           such
           you
           mean
           I
           know
           )
           whom
           he
           found
           owners
           of
           any
           eminent
           desert
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           the
           Earl
           of
           Strafford
           ,
           and
           the
           Attorny
           General
           Noy
           ,
           (
           and
           for
           other
           honest
           Men
           as
           you
           will
           have
           them
           )
           whom
           Frenzy
           or
           Sedition
           set
           against
           him
           ,
           by
           your
           own
           confession
           he
           did
           not
           suffer
           those
           black
           Stars
           (
           very
           Strange
           ones
           )
           to
           slit
           their
           Noses
           ,
           and
           crop
           their
           Ears
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           I
           think
           of
           these
           honest
           publick
           spirited
           Men
           ,
           certainly
           some
           of
           them
           have
           not
           so
           good
           an
           opinion
           of
           the
           honesty
           of
           your
           publick
           Proceedings
           ,
           but
           they
           would
           willingly
           venture
           not
           only
           their
           Ears
           again
           (
           if
           they
           had
           them
           )
           but
           their
           Heads
           too
           in
           defiance
           of
           your
           most
           comprehensive
           piece
           of
           Justice
           ,
           whose
           Cause
           while
           you
           take
           upon
           you
           to
           plead
           against
           their
           consent
           as
           you
           have
           done
           your
           Honourable
           Clients
           the
           People
           ,
           you
           deserve
           in
           reason
           to
           be
           thrown
           over
           the
           Bar
           by
           your
           own
           Party
           for
           you
           ;
           but
           confess
           your
           own
           injustice
           while
           you
           acknowledge
           the
           publick
           honesty
           of
           those
           that
           most
           oppose
           it
           .
        
         
           How
           solid
           or
           pertinent
           those
           Arguments
           of
           yours
           have
           been
           ,
           let
           any
           Man
           that
           is
           sober
           judge
           :
           but
           you
           are
           resolved
           right
           or
           wrong
           they
           shall
           pass
           ,
           to
           let
           us
           know
           how
           easily
           he
           that
           has
           the
           unhappiness
           to
           be
           judged
           by
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           is
           found
           guilty
           of
           any
           thing
           they
           please
           to
           lay
           to
           his
           Charge
           ;
           and
           therefore
           satisfied
           with
           your
           own
           Evidence
           ,
           you
           proceed
           to
           sentence
           ,
           and
           condemn
           the
           King
           with
           much
           formality
           ,
           by
           the
           fundamental
           Laws
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           by
           the
           general
           Law
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           and
           the
           unanimous
           consent
           of
           all
           Rational
           Men
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           for
           imploying
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Sword
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           intrusted
           him
           for
           their
           own
           protection
           .
           How
           you
           got
           the
           consent
           of
           Rational
           Men
           to
           this
           Sentence
           ,
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           :
           for
           't
           is
           most
           certain
           (
           by
           your
           own
           confession
           )
           that
           he
           never
           imployed
           the
           Sword
           ,
           but
           against
           those
           who
           first
           fought
           to
           deprive
           him
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           very
           Act
           declared
           they
           did
           not
           trust
           him
           ,
           and
           consequently
           absolved
           him
           both
           from
           the
           obligation
           that
           he
           had
           to
           protect
           them
           ,
           
           and
           the
           possibility
           too
           ;
           for
           no
           Man
           can
           defend
           another
           longer
           than
           he
           defends
           himself
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           you
           will
           have
           your
           Sentence
           to
           be
           just
           ,
           you
           must
           confess
           it
           to
           be
           non-sence
           ;
           for
           you
           must
           not
           only
           prove
           that
           those
           who
           fought
           against
           him
           were
           the
           People
           that
           trusted
           him
           ,
           not
           those
           who
           fought
           for
           him
           ,
           but
           the
           lesser
           ,
           or
           less
           considerable
           part
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           the
           People
           (
           as
           you
           have
           the
           confidence
           to
           call
           your
           honourable
           Clients
           )
           being
           not
           the
           twentieth
           Part
           of
           the
           very
           Rabble
           ,
           which
           if
           you
           can
           do
           ,
           you
           are
           much
           wiser
           than
           Solomon
           :
           for
           it
           is
           easier
           to
           divide
           a
           Child
           into
           two
           parts
           ,
           than
           to
           make
           one
           of
           those
           two
           parts
           a
           whole
           Child
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           have
           the
           trick
           on
           't
           ,
           you
           shall
           be
           next
           allowed
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           ,
           take
           four
           out
           of
           six
           there
           remains
           six
           :
           Nor
           is
           there
           more
           Justice
           or
           reason
           in
           the
           Sentence
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           course
           you
           take
           to
           up-hold
           it
           ;
           for
           while
           you
           deny
           the
           old
           Maxim
           of
           Law
           ,
           That
           the
           King
           can
           do
           no
           wrong
           ,
           you
           maintain
           a
           new
           one
           much
           worse
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           suffer
           any
           ;
           and
           having
           limited
           his
           Power
           to
           act
           only
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           expose
           him
           to
           suffer
           ,
           not
           only
           without
           ,
           but
           against
           Law
           :
           Truly
           it
           is
           hard
           measure
           ;
           but
           rather
           than
           fail
           of
           your
           purpose
           ,
           you
           will
           make
           as
           bold
           with
           Scriptures
           as
           you
           have
           done
           with
           Reason
           ,
           if
           it
           stand
           in
           your
           way
           :
           as
           you
           do
           when
           you
           interpret
           that
           place
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           where
           no
           Law
           is
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Transgression
           ,
           to
           mean
           where
           there
           is
           neither
           Law
           of
           God
           nor
           Nature
           ,
           nor
           positive
           Law
           :
           I
           wonder
           where
           that
           is
           ,
           certainly
           you
           had
           better
           undertake
           to
           find
           out
           a
           Plantation
           for
           Archimedes
           his
           Engins
           to
           move
           the
           Earth
           ,
           than
           but
           fansie
           where
           that
           can
           be
           ,
           which
           you
           must
           do
           before
           you
           can
           make
           this
           Scripture
           to
           be
           understood
           to
           your
           purpose
           ,
           and
           I
           cannot
           but
           smile
           to
           think
           how
           hard
           a
           task
           that
           will
           be
           for
           such
           a
           strong
           fancy
           as
           yours
           that
           cannot
           conceive
           what
           your self
           affirm
           ;
           for
           when
           you
           deny
           it
           possible
           to
           suppose
           two
           Supream
           Powers
           in
           one
           Nation
           ,
           you
           forget
           that
           you
           had
           acknowledged
           much
           more
           before
           ,
           for
           you
           confess
           the
           King
           to
           be
           Supreme
           ,
           when
           you
           say
           very
           elegantly
           he
           made
           Head
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           who
           acknowledged
           him
           to
           be
           the
           Head
           thereof
           ,
           and
           yet
           you
           say
           the
           Parliament
           is
           the
           Supreme
           Authority
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           Thus
           you
           affirm
           that
           really
           to
           be
           ,
           which
           you
           think
           is
           impossible
           to
           imagine
           .
        
         
           But
           such
           lucky
           contradictons
           of
           your self
           as
           well
           as
           sence
           ,
           are
           as
           familiar
           with
           you
           as
           railing
           ,
           for
           besides
           the
           many
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           and
           your
           common
           incongruities
           of
           Speech
           ,
           
           as
           far
           from
           construction
           ,
           as
           the
           purpose
           ;
           there
           are
           others
           ,
           which
           for
           your
           encouragement
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           omitted
           ;
           and
           when
           you
           would
           prove
           the
           King
           the
           most
           abominable
           Tyrant
           that
           ever
           People
           suffered
           under
           ,
           yet
           you
           say
           he
           was
           beloved
           of
           some
           ,
           and
           feared
           abroad
           :
           His
           Judges
           you
           compared
           to
           the
           Saints
           sitting
           in
           Judgment
           at
           the
           last
           day
           ,
           and
           yet
           by
           your
           own
           Doctrine
           ,
           they
           are
           more
           like
           Bears
           and
           Wolves
           ,
           in
           sitting
           by
           a
           Commission
           of
           force
           ,
           their
           High
           Court
           is
           a
           Royal
           Palace
           of
           the
           Principles
           of
           Freedom
           ,
           and
           yet
           till
           the
           People
           voluntarily
           submit
           to
           a
           Government
           (
           which
           they
           never
           did
           to
           the
           authority
           of
           that
           )
           they
           were
           but
           Slaves
           .
           The
           Parliament
           (
           you
           say
           )
           petitioned
           the
           King
           as
           good
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           yet
           immediately
           after
           you
           make
           them
           his
           Lords
           ,
           and
           himself
           Servant
           ,
           so
           they
           give
           him
           the
           Honour
           of
           his
           own
           Royal
           Assent
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           often
           petitioned
           him
           for
           it
           .
           His
           Tryal
           you
           call
           most
           impartial
           ,
           and
           yet
           cannot
           deny
           all
           his
           Judges
           to
           be
           Parties
           ,
           and
           his
           profest
           Enemies
           .
           But
           you
           hit
           prety
           right
           well
           when
           you
           say
           he
           caused
           more
           Protestant
           Blood
           to
           be
           shed
           ,
           than
           ever
           was
           spilt
           either
           by
           Rome
           ,
           Heathen
           or
           Antichristian
           ,
           for
           grant
           that
           partly
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           confess
           as
           much
           Protestant
           Blood
           as
           ever
           was
           spilt
           by
           the
           Heathen
           Romans
           ,
           unless
           they
           could
           kill
           Protestants
           eight
           hundred
           Years
           before
           there
           were
           any
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           which
           eloquent
           piece
           of
           Non-sence
           we
           must
           impute
           to
           your
           ignorance
           in
           Chronology
           ,
           or
           confusion
           of
           Notions
           ,
           which
           you
           please
           .
           Nor
           are
           those
           Riddles
           of
           Contradiction
           only
           in
           your
           Words
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           your
           Proceedings
           ,
           for
           you
           never
           do
           the
           King
           any
           right
           ,
           but
           where
           you
           do
           him
           the
           greatest
           wrong
           :
           and
           are
           there
           only
           rational
           ,
           where
           you
           are
           most
           inhuman
           ,
           as
           in
           your
           additional
           Accusations
           ,
           since
           his
           Death
           ,
           for
           there
           you
           undertake
           to
           prove
           some
           thing
           ,
           and
           give
           your
           Reasons
           (
           such
           as
           they
           are
           )
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           ,
           which
           were
           fair
           Play
           ,
           if
           you
           do
           not
           take
           an
           advantage
           too
           unreasonable
           ,
           to
           argue
           with
           the
           Dead
           .
           But
           your
           other
           Impeachments
           consist
           only
           of
           Generals
           ,
           prove
           nothing
           ,
           or
           Intentions
           which
           can
           neither
           be
           proved
           ,
           or
           your
           own
           forc'd
           Constructions
           of
           Actions
           ,
           or
           what
           might
           have
           been
           Actions
           ,
           but
           never
           were
           ;
           all
           which
           you
           only
           aggravate
           with
           Impertinency
           ,
           and
           foul
           Language
           ,
           but
           never
           undertake
           to
           prove
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           should
           grant
           all
           you
           would
           say
           ,
           and
           suppose
           you
           said
           it
           in
           sence
           or
           order
           ,
           it
           would
           serve
           you
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           unless
           you
           have
           by
           
           Proof
           or
           Argument
           applied
           it
           to
           him
           ,
           which
           you
           never
           went
           about
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           this
           were
           the
           worst
           ,
           you
           might
           be
           born
           with
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           more
           becoming
           the
           Contempt
           ,
           than
           the
           anger
           of
           Men
           ;
           but
           who
           can
           preserve
           any
           Patience
           ,
           that
           does
           but
           think
           upon
           that
           prodigy
           of
           your
           Injustice
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Inhumanity
           ,
           to
           accuse
           the
           King
           after
           his
           Death
           ,
           for
           what
           you
           were
           ashamed
           to
           charge
           him
           with
           alive
           your self
           ,
           for
           what
           you
           say
           concerning
           the
           Death
           of
           King
           Iames
           ,
           you
           will
           become
           the
           Storm
           of
           your
           own
           Party
           ,
           for
           they
           never
           used
           it
           further
           than
           they
           found
           it
           of
           advantage
           to
           some
           Design
           they
           had
           in
           hand
           ;
           as
           when
           they
           would
           move
           the
           King
           to
           grant
           their
           Propositions
           ,
           they
           made
           it
           serve
           for
           an
           Argument
           to
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           would
           sign
           he
           should
           be
           still
           their
           gracious
           King
           ,
           if
           not
           he
           killed
           his
           Father
           :
           But
           when
           they
           found
           he
           would
           not
           be
           convinced
           with
           such
           Logick
           ,
           they
           laid
           it
           utterly
           aside
           ,
           for
           (
           without
           doubt
           )
           they
           had
           not
           lost
           an
           advantage
           so
           useful
           as
           they
           might
           have
           made
           it
           in
           the
           Charge
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           known
           it
           would
           have
           cost
           them
           more
           Impudence
           to
           maintain
           ,
           than
           they
           should
           need
           to
           use
           in
           proceeding
           without
           it
           ,
           but
           let
           us
           consider
           your
           Students
           Might
           with
           which
           you
           first
           say
           you
           are
           satisfied
           ,
           and
           yet
           after
           have
           it
           as
           a
           Riddle
           .
           First
           he
           was
           observed
           to
           hate
           the
           Duke
           ,
           but
           instantly
           upon
           the
           Death
           of
           King
           Iames
           ,
           took
           him
           into
           his
           special
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           ,
           of
           which
           you
           conceive
           this
           Art
           must
           be
           the
           cause
           .
           Believe
           me
           ,
           your
           Conjecture
           is
           contrary
           to
           all
           Experience
           ,
           and
           the
           common
           manner
           of
           Princes
           ,
           who
           use
           to
           love
           the
           Treason
           ,
           but
           hate
           the
           Traitor
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           had
           been
           so
           politick
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           as
           you
           would
           describe
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           never
           believe
           his
           Life
           safe
           ,
           nor
           his
           Kingdom
           his
           own
           ,
           while
           any
           Man
           lived
           ,
           (
           much
           less
           his
           Enemy
           ,
           whom
           such
           a
           King
           would
           never
           trust
           )
           of
           whose
           gift
           and
           secresie
           he
           held
           them
           both
           ;
           nor
           is
           it
           likely
           that
           he
           who
           would
           not
           spare
           the
           Life
           of
           his
           Father
           to
           gain
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           should
           spare
           the
           Life
           of
           his
           Enemy
           to
           secure
           it
           .
           As
           for
           his
           dissolving
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           I
           believe
           not
           only
           all
           Wise
           Men
           ,
           but
           all
           that
           ever
           heard
           of
           this
           will
           acquit
           him
           ,
           whether
           he
           did
           it
           to
           avoid
           the
           Dukes
           Impeachment
           you
           cannot
           prove
           ,
           but
           if
           you
           could
           ,
           you
           must
           consider
           that
           in
           such
           cases
           Princes
           may
           as
           well
           protect
           their
           Favourites
           from
           Injury
           as
           Justice
           ,
           since
           no
           innocence
           can
           serve
           
           them
           if
           they
           lie
           as
           open
           to
           the
           question
           ,
           as
           they
           do
           to
           the
           envy
           of
           Men.
           
        
         
           But
           for
           the
           better
           satisfaction
           of
           those
           you
           appeal
           to
           ,
           I
           shall
           add
           this
           :
           It
           is
           most
           certain
           that
           this
           Humour
           of
           Innovation
           began
           to
           stir
           in
           the
           first
           Parliament
           of
           this
           King
           ,
           and
           grew
           to
           an
           Itch
           in
           the
           Commons
           at
           the
           alteration
           of
           Government
           ,
           to
           which
           end
           they
           first
           resolved
           to
           pull
           down
           the
           chief
           Instrument
           thereof
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           Buckingham
           :
           But
           having
           then
           no
           Scotch
           Army
           ,
           nor
           Act
           of
           Continuance
           to
           assure
           their
           sitting
           ,
           all
           the
           Wit
           of
           Malice
           could
           never
           invent
           a
           more
           politick
           Course
           than
           to
           impeach
           him
           ,
           and
           put
           this
           Article
           (
           true
           or
           false
           )
           into
           his
           Charge
           ,
           for
           thus
           they
           were
           not
           only
           sure
           of
           the
           affections
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           who
           out
           of
           the
           common
           Fate
           of
           Favourites
           ,
           generally
           hated
           the
           Duke
           ,
           and
           are
           always
           pleased
           with
           the
           ruin
           of
           their
           Superiors
           ,
           but
           secured
           from
           the
           King's
           interposition
           ,
           whom
           they
           believed
           by
           this
           means
           bound
           up
           from
           protecting
           the
           Duke
           (
           though
           he
           knew
           his
           innocency
           )
           lest
           the
           envy
           and
           fancy
           of
           all
           should
           fall
           upon
           himself
           ;
           but
           the
           King
           who
           understood
           their
           meaning
           ,
           and
           knew
           this
           was
           but
           in
           order
           to
           their
           further
           attempts
           (
           which
           always
           begin
           with
           such
           Sacrifices
           )
           suddenly
           dissolved
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           Wisdom
           and
           Policy
           kept
           that
           Calamity
           sixteen
           Years
           after
           from
           the
           People
           ,
           which
           the
           very
           same
           Courses
           and
           Fate
           of
           these
           unhappy
           Times
           ,
           have
           since
           brought
           upon
           them
           .
           But
           you
           have
           taken
           more
           pains
           to
           prove
           him
           guilty
           since
           his
           Death
           of
           the
           Rebellion
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           although
           with
           as
           little
           Reason
           or
           Ingenuity
           ;
           only
           you
           deal
           fairly
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           and
           tell
           us
           what
           Judgment
           and
           Conscience
           we
           are
           to
           expect
           from
           you
           ,
           when
           you
           say
           as
           a
           ground
           for
           all
           your
           Proofs
           ;
           If
           you
           meet
           a
           Man
           running
           down
           Stairs
           with
           a
           bloody
           Sword
           in
           his
           Hand
           ,
           and
           find
           a
           Man
           stabbed
           in
           the
           Chamber
           ,
           though
           you
           did
           not
           see
           this
           Man
           run
           into
           the
           Body
           by
           that
           Man
           which
           you
           met
           ;
           yet
           if
           you
           were
           of
           the
           Jury
           you
           durst
           not
           but
           find
           him
           Guilty
           of
           the
           Murther
           ,
           I
           hope
           not
           before
           you
           know
           whether
           the
           Man
           killed
           were
           sent
           by
           the
           King
           to
           fetch
           the
           Man
           you
           met
           ,
           for
           then
           you
           may
           say
           it
           must
           be
           in
           his
           own
           Defence
           :
           Truly
           you
           are
           a
           subtil
           Enquirer
           ,
           but
           let
           us
           hear
           some
           of
           the
           clear
           Proofs
           ;
           First
           ▪
           he
           durst
           never
           deny
           it
           absolutely
           :
           besides
           the
           notorious
           falshood
           of
           that
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           senceless
           to
           imagine
           that
           he
           who
           
           had
           wickedness
           enough
           to
           commit
           so
           horrid
           an
           Act
           ,
           should
           have
           the
           innocent
           modesty
           not
           to
           deny
           it
           ,
           when
           he
           durst
           not
           own
           it
           .
           He
           sent
           Thanks
           to
           Muskerry
           and
           Plunket
           by
           Ormond
           ,
           which
           you
           are
           confident
           his
           height
           of
           Spirit
           would
           never
           have
           done
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           been
           as
           guilty
           as
           themselves
           ;
           and
           may
           not
           Ormond
           that
           carried
           the
           Thanks
           be
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           as
           well
           proved
           guilty
           as
           the
           King
           ?
           What
           's
           next
           ,
           If
           he
           had
           not
           been
           guilty
           he
           would
           have
           made
           a
           thousand
           Declarations
           ,
           and
           have
           sent
           to
           all
           Princes
           in
           the
           World
           for
           assistance
           against
           such
           Hell-Hounds
           ,
           and
           Blood-Hounds
           ,
           &c.
           
           That
           was
           impossible
           to
           be
           done
           without
           sending
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           then
           you
           would
           have
           proved
           it
           clearly
           indeed
           .
           But
           the
           Copy
           of
           his
           Commission
           to
           the
           Irish
           Rebels
           is
           in
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           Parliament
           .
           'T
           is
           most
           certain
           they
           never
           believed
           it
           themselves
           ,
           else
           it
           had
           not
           been
           omitted
           in
           the
           Charge
           .
           But
           now
           for
           an
           Argument
           to
           the
           Purpose
           ,
           After
           the
           Irish
           were
           proclaimed
           Traitors
           and
           Rebels
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           their
           General
           Council
           made
           an
           Oath
           to
           bear
           true
           and
           faithful
           Allegiance
           to
           King
           Charles
           ;
           and
           by
           all
           means
           to
           maintain
           his
           Royal
           Prerogative
           against
           the
           Puritans
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           they
           would
           never
           have
           done
           unless
           he
           had
           commanded
           or
           consented
           to
           the
           Rebellion
           :
           But
           observe
           then
           what
           will
           follow
           ;
           After
           the
           two
           Houses
           at
           Westminster
           were
           proclaimed
           Rebels
           and
           Traitors
           by
           the
           King
           :
           They
           made
           a
           solemn
           Covenant
           to
           defend
           his
           Royal
           Person
           ,
           Rights
           and
           Dignities
           against
           all
           Opposers
           whatsoever
           ,
           and
           therefore
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           he
           did
           command
           or
           consent
           to
           the
           War
           raised
           by
           the
           Parliament
           against
           himself
           .
           But
           did
           they
           not
           say
           they
           had
           his
           Commission
           ,
           and
           call
           themselves
           the
           King
           and
           Queens
           Armies
           ?
           But
           then
           ,
           you
           forgot
           who
           they
           were
           that
           said
           so
           ,
           Hell-Hounds
           and
           Blood-Hounds
           Feinds
           and
           Firebrands
           ,
           and
           Bloody
           Devils
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           named
           without
           Fire
           and
           Brimstone
           ,
           do
           you
           think
           such
           are
           not
           to
           be
           believed
           ,
           (
           especially
           when
           they
           speak
           for
           their
           own
           advantage
           )
           ,
           rather
           than
           the
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           faithful
           of
           the
           Land
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           who
           likewise
           when
           they
           raised
           Forces
           ,
           said
           they
           did
           it
           for
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           .
           Can
           any
           Man
           in
           his
           Wits
           deny
           but
           the
           King
           is
           to
           be
           believed
           before
           either
           of
           these
           ?
           And
           yet
           you
           cannot
           be
           perswaded
           ,
           but
           his
           offer
           to
           go
           in
           Person
           to
           suppress
           the
           Rebellion
           ,
           was
           a
           design
           to
           return
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           twenty
           or
           thirty
           thousand
           Rebels
           to
           have
           destroyed
           
           this
           Nation
           ;
           that
           's
           very
           strange
           ;
           but
           first
           how
           shall
           we
           believe
           what
           you
           say
           before
           ,
           (
           to
           shew
           your
           breeding
           ?
           )
           never
           was
           Boar
           so
           unwillingly
           brought
           to
           the
           stake
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           to
           declare
           against
           the
           Rebels
           ,
           if
           he
           offered
           to
           adventure
           his
           person
           to
           suppress
           them
           ;
           when
           you
           have
           made
           this
           agree
           in
           sense
           ,
           let
           us
           know
           how
           you
           can
           suppose
           the
           same
           person
           ,
           the
           wisest
           King
           in
           Christendom
           ,
           and
           yet
           so
           foolish
           to
           study
           his
           own
           destruction
           ;
           for
           who
           could
           suffer
           so
           much
           in
           the
           ruin
           of
           this
           Nation
           as
           himself
           ?
           For
           his
           hindring
           the
           Earl
           of
           
           Leicester's
           going
           into
           Ireland
           ,
           he
           had
           much
           more
           reason
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           than
           the
           Parliament
           had
           to
           hinder
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           you
           may
           as
           well
           conclude
           them
           guilty
           ,
           as
           him
           ,
           of
           the
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           That
           he
           sold
           or
           exchang'd
           for
           Arms
           and
           Ammunition
           the
           Cloath
           and
           Provisions
           sent
           by
           the
           Parliament
           to
           the
           Protestants
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           you
           must
           either
           accuse
           the
           Parliament
           which
           seiz'd
           upon
           his
           Arms
           first
           and
           used
           them
           against
           him
           ,
           as
           prove
           them
           above
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           believe
           you
           had
           rather
           do
           )
           that
           commands
           every
           Man
           to
           defend
           himself
           .
           But
           the
           Rebels
           in
           Ireland
           gave
           Letters
           of
           mark
           for
           taking
           the
           Parliaments
           Ships
           ,
           but
           freed
           the
           Kings
           as
           their
           very
           good
           friends
           .
           I
           see
           you
           are
           not
           such
           a
           Wizard
           at
           Designs
           as
           you
           pretend
           to
           be
           ;
           for
           if
           this
           be
           the
           deepest
           reach
           of
           your
           subtilty
           ,
           had
           you
           been
           a
           Senator
           in
           Rome
           when
           Hannibal
           invaded
           Italy
           and
           burn'd
           all
           the
           Country
           of
           the
           Roman
           Dictator
           ,
           you
           would
           have
           spared
           no
           longer
           to
           have
           proved
           him
           Confederate
           with
           the
           Enemy
           .
           But
           I
           fear
           I
           may
           seem
           as
           vain
           as
           your self
           in
           repeating
           your
           impertinencies
           :
           There
           is
           one
           Argument
           that
           would
           have
           serv'd
           instead
           of
           all
           ,
           to
           convince
           you
           of
           Wickedness
           and
           Folly
           in
           this
           business
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           silence
           of
           the
           Charge
           ,
           which
           by
           your
           own
           rule
           ought
           to
           be
           taken
           
             pro
             confesso
          
           )
           there
           was
           never
           any
           such
           thing
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           trouble
           my self
           nor
           any
           body
           with
           your
           French
           Legend
           ,
           as
           being
           too
           inconsiderable
           to
           deserve
           any
           serious
           notice
           ,
           built
           only
           upon
           Relations
           and
           Hearsays
           ,
           and
           proved
           with
           your
           own
           Conjectures
           ,
           which
           how
           far
           we
           are
           to
           credit
           from
           a
           man
           of
           so
           much
           byass
           ,
           and
           Mistakes
           ,
           any
           of
           those
           you
           appeal
           to
           shall
           determine
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           shall
           say
           but
           this
           ,
           that
           you
           do
           but
           acknowledge
           the
           injustice
           of
           the
           Sentence
           ,
           while
           you
           strove
           to
           make
           it
           good
           ,
           with
           such
           additions
           ;
           for
           if
           you
           had
           not
           believed
           
           it
           very
           bad
           ,
           you
           would
           never
           have
           taken
           so
           much
           pains
           to
           mend
           it
           .
           And
           I
           hope
           your
           High
           Court
           will
           punish
           you
           for
           it
           ,
           whose
           Reputation
           your
           officious
           Indiscretion
           hath
           much
           impaired
           to
           no
           purpose
           :
           for
           though
           we
           should
           grant
           all
           your
           Additions
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           as
           you
           would
           have
           it
           ,
           it
           does
           not
           at
           all
           justifie
           the
           King's
           death
           ,
           since
           he
           did
           not
           dye
           in
           relation
           to
           any
           thing
           there
           objected
           ,
           and
           all
           you
           can
           possibly
           aim
           at
           by
           this
           pitiful
           Argument
           ,
           is
           but
           to
           prove
           him
           guilty
           because
           he
           was
           punished
           ,
           for
           you
           can
           never
           prove
           him
           punished
           because
           he
           was
           guilty
           .
        
         
           For
           your
           Epilogue
           ,
           I
           have
           so
           much
           charity
           to
           believe
           it
           ,
           being
           of
           a
           different
           thread
           of
           Language
           ,
           none
           of
           your
           own
           ;
           but
           either
           penned
           for
           you
           by
           your
           Mussoe
           Peeters
           ,
           or
           else
           you
           writ
           Short-hand
           very
           well
           to
           copy
           after
           the
           Speech
           of
           his
           Tongue
           .
           However
           you
           came
           by
           it
           ,
           sure
           I
           am
           it
           could
           come
           from
           no
           body
           else
           :
           and
           having
           said
           so
           ,
           I
           hope
           I
           shall
           need
           to
           say
           no
           more
           ;
           for
           I
           shall
           be
           loath
           to
           commit
           the
           sin
           of
           repeating
           any
           of
           it
           :
           but
           since
           't
           is
           but
           a
           frippery
           of
           common
           places
           of
           Pulpit
           Railing
           ,
           ill
           put
           together
           ,
           that
           pretend
           only
           to
           Passion
           ,
           I
           am
           content
           you
           should
           use
           them
           your self
           ,
           and
           be
           allowed
           to
           say
           any
           thing
           with
           as
           little
           regard
           as
           if
           you
           wore
           your
           Priviledge
           :
           yet
           lest
           you
           should
           grow
           so
           conceited
           as
           to
           believe
           your self
           ,
           I
           will
           take
           
           Solomon's
           Advice
           ,
           and
           answer
           you
           not
           in
           your
           own
           way
           of
           railing
           or
           falshood
           ,
           but
           in
           doing
           some
           right
           to
           Truth
           and
           the
           memory
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           equally
           injured
           .
        
         
           That
           he
           was
           a
           Prince
           of
           incomparable
           Vertues
           ,
           his
           very
           Enemies
           cannot
           deny
           ,
           (
           only
           they
           were
           not
           for
           their
           purpose
           )
           and
           those
           so
           unblemish'd
           with
           any
           personal
           Vice
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           fain
           to
           abuse
           the
           security
           of
           his
           Innocence
           both
           to
           accuse
           and
           ruin
           him
           .
           His
           Moderation
           (
           which
           he
           preserved
           equal
           in
           the
           extremity
           of
           both
           fortunes
           )
           they
           made
           a
           common
           disguise
           for
           their
           contrary
           Impalations
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           occasion
           to
           miscall
           it
           ,
           either
           an
           Easiness
           to
           be
           inflicted
           by
           others
           ,
           or
           Obstinacy
           to
           rule
           by
           his
           own
           Will
           :
           this
           temper
           of
           his
           was
           so
           admirable
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           highest
           of
           Temptations
           ,
           Adoration
           and
           Flattery
           ,
           nor
           the
           lowest
           of
           Misery
           ,
           Injuries
           ,
           the
           Insolency
           of
           Fools
           ,
           could
           move
           him
           .
           His
           constancy
           to
           his
           own
           Vertues
           was
           no
           mean
           cause
           of
           his
           undoing
           ;
           for
           if
           he
           had
           not
           stated
           
           the
           Principles
           of
           Government
           upon
           unalterable
           Right
           ,
           but
           could
           have
           shifted
           his
           Sails
           to
           catch
           the
           popular
           Air
           when
           it
           grew
           high
           (
           as
           his
           Enemies
           did
           )
           they
           had
           never
           undone
           him
           with
           empty
           pretendings
           to
           what
           he
           really
           meant
           .
           His
           Wisdom
           and
           Knowledge
           were
           of
           so
           noble
           a
           capacity
           ,
           that
           nothing
           lay
           so
           much
           out
           of
           his
           reach
           as
           the
           profound
           Wickedness
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           which
           his
           own
           Goodness
           would
           neither
           give
           him
           leave
           to
           suspect
           ,
           nor
           his
           Experience
           power
           to
           discover
           ;
           for
           they
           managed
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           his
           ruine
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           the
           last
           act
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           disguise
           ,
           else
           so
           great
           a
           Wit
           as
           his
           had
           never
           been
           circumvented
           by
           the
           Treachery
           and
           Cheat
           rather
           than
           Policy
           of
           ignorant
           persons
           .
           All
           he
           wanted
           of
           a
           King
           was
           ,
           he
           knew
           not
           how
           to
           dissemble
           ,
           unless
           concealing
           his
           own
           Perfections
           were
           so
           ;
           in
           which
           he
           only
           deceived
           his
           People
           ,
           who
           never
           understood
           his
           great
           Abilities
           ,
           till
           their
           Sins
           were
           punish'd
           with
           the
           loss
           of
           him
           .
           In
           his
           death
           he
           not
           only
           out-did
           the
           high
           Resolutions
           of
           the
           antient
           Romans
           ,
           but
           the
           humble
           Patience
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Martyrs
           ;
           so
           far
           from
           the
           manners
           of
           Tyrants
           who
           use
           to
           wish
           all
           the
           World
           their
           Funeral
           Pile
           ,
           that
           he
           employed
           the
           care
           of
           his
           last
           Thoughts
           about
           the
           safety
           of
           his
           very
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           died
           not
           only
           consulting
           ,
           but
           praying
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           those
           whom
           he
           knew
           resolved
           to
           have
           none
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           built
           upon
           their
           own
           Destruction
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           ,
           the
           justice
           of
           Posterity
           (
           when
           Faction
           and
           Concernment
           are
           removed
           )
           will
           acknowledge
           to
           be
           more
           true
           of
           him
           than
           any
           of
           those
           Slanders
           you
           (
           or
           the
           mad
           wickedness
           of
           this
           Age
           )
           have
           thrown
           upon
           his
           Memory
           ,
           which
           shall
           then
           ,
           like
           dung
           cast
           at
           the
           roots
           of
           trees
           ,
           but
           make
           his
           Name
           more
           flourishing
           and
           glorious
           ;
           when
           all
           those
           monuments
           of
           Infamy
           you
           have
           raised
           shall
           become
           the
           Trophies
           of
           his
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           your
           own
           shame
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           ti●●
           ,
           as
           your
           own
           Conscience
           ,
           or
           the
           expectation
           of
           divine
           Vengeance
           shall
           call
           upon
           you
           ,
           you
           will
           see
           what
           you
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           find
           there
           is
           no
           Murther
           so
           horrid
           as
           that
           which
           is
           committed
           with
           the
           Sword
           of
           Justice
           ,
           nor
           any
           Injustice
           so
           notorious
           as
           that
           which
           takes
           advantage
           both
           of
           the
           first
           silence
           of
           the
           living
           and
           that
           of
           the
           dead
           In
           this
           last
           you
           have
           been
           very
           sinful
           ,
           and
           in
           accusing
           the
           dead
           have
           not
           behaved
           your self
           so
           like
           a
           Saint
           at
           the
           day
           of
           J●dgment
           ,
           as
           the
           Devil
           ,
           whose
           Office
           is
           to
           be
           S●llicitor
           
           General
           in
           such
           cases
           .
           I
           will
           not
           judge
           you
           lest
           I
           shou'd
           do
           worse
           ,
           imitate
           you
           .
           But
           certainly
           you
           will
           find
           it
           the
           worst
           kind
           of
           Witchcraft
           to
           raise
           the
           Devil
           by
           sacrificing
           to
           your
           own
           Malice
           ,
           especially
           to
           so
           bad
           a
           purpose
           as
           you
           have
           done
           ,
           that
           you
           might
           invade
           the
           Judgment
           seat
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           usurp
           his
           Jurisdiction
           before
           his
           coming
           ;
           which
           you
           have
           presumed
           to
           do
           with
           more
           rudeness
           than
           Hackett
           used
           ,
           and
           less
           formality
           in
           not
           sending
           your
           Forerunner
           to
           proclaim
           (
           in
           a
           Turnip
           Cart
           )
           your
           coming
           to
           Judgment
           .
           But
           the
           worst
           of
           all
           is
           ,
           you
           seem
           to
           glory
           in
           your
           sins
           and
           assert
           the
           Martyrdom
           of
           your
           Wickedness
           ,
           for
           having
           supposed
           a
           possibility
           you
           may
           fall
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           Violence
           ;
           you
           arm
           your self
           with
           a
           forc'd
           Resolution
           which
           you
           may
           be
           confident
           you
           will
           never
           have
           need
           of
           ,
           for
           you
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           think
           any
           man
           can
           believe
           you
           have
           deserved
           a
           violent
           death
           ;
           no
           ,
           you
           have
           deserved
           rather
           to
           live
           long
           :
           so
           long
           ,
           till
           you
           see
           your self
           become
           the
           Controversie
           of
           wild
           Beasts
           ,
           and
           be
           fain
           to
           prove
           our
           Scarecrow
           .
           Unless
           you
           shall
           think
           it
           just
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           been
           condemned
           out
           of
           your
           own
           mouth
           ,
           so
           you
           should
           fall
           by
           your
           own
           hand
           :
           indeed
           there
           was
           no
           Hangman
           bad
           enough
           for
           Iudas
           but
           himself
           ;
           and
           when
           you
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           do
           your self
           so
           much
           right
           ,
           you
           shall
           be
           your
           own
           Soothsayer
           ,
           and
           fall
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           a
           Raviliack
           ,
           to
           whom
           with
           more
           likeness
           compare
           your self
           than
           to
           Henry
           the
           Fourth
           ,
           for
           you
           are
           no
           King.
           What
           Raviliack
           was
           ,
           is
           very
           well
           known
           ;
           what
           you
           are
           ,
           I
           leave
           to
           your
           own
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

