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         Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
      
       
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             A discourse betwixt Lieutenant Colonel Iohn Lilburn close prisoner in the Tower of London, and Mr Hugh Peter: upon May 25. 1649. Published by a friend, for the publick benefit
             Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
             Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660.
          
           8 p.
           
             [s.n.],
             London :
             printed in the year 1649.
          
           
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           A
           DISCOVRSE
           
             Betwixt
          
           LIEUTENANT
           COLONEL
           IOHN
           LILBURN
           Close
           Prisoner
           in
           the
           Tower
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           AND
           Mr
           HUGH
           PETER
           :
           Upon
           
             May
          
           25.
           1649.
           
        
         
           Published
           by
           a
           friend
           ,
           for
           the
           Publick
           benefit
           .
        
         
           MAT.
           7.
           15
           ,
           16.
           
        
         
           
             Beware
             of
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             which
             come
             to
             you
             in
             Sheeps
             clothing
             ,
             but
             inwardly
             they
             are
             ravening
             Wolves
             .
          
           
             Ye
             shall
             know
             them
             by
             their
             fruits
             :
             Do
             men
             gather
             grapes
             of
             thorns
             ,
             or
             figs
             of
             thistles
             ?
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Yeer
           1649.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           DISCOURSE
           betwixt
           Lieut.
           Col.
           JOHN
           LILBURN
           ,
           close
           prisoner
           in
           the
           Tower
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           Mr
           HUGH
           PETER
           ;
           upon
           Friday
           May
           25
           ,
           1649.
           
        
         
           THis
           present
           Friday
           Mr.
           
           
             Peters
             ,
          
           with
           one
           Doctor
           
             Maysey
          
           of
           
             Kingston
             ,
          
           and
           a
           Captain
           of
           M.
           
             Burton's
          
           Congregation
           that
           I
           have
           known
           formerly
           in
           Major
           General
           
             Craford's
          
           Regiment
           of
           Foot
           ,
           with
           the
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Tower
           ,
           and
           my
           Keeper
           ,
           came
           into
           my
           Lodging
           ,
           where
           they
           found
           my
           wife
           and
           my self
           at
           dinner
           ;
           and
           after
           salutes
           of
           each
           other
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Peter
          
           told
           me
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           at
           or
           neer
           the
           Custome
           house
           ,
           received
           an
           affront
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           came
           to
           the
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Tower
           for
           reparation
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           resolved
           to
           see
           me
           ,
           being
           here
           ,
           and
           kill
           two
           birds
           with
           one
           stone
           ;
           and
           being
           newly
           come
           from
           sea
           ,
           and
           hearing
           I
           was
           here
           ,
           he
           meerly
           came
           to
           give
           me
           a
           visit
           ,
           out
           of
           no
           other
           designe
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           meerly
           a
           bare
           visit
           .
           I
           replyed
           to
           this
           purpose
           ;
           Mr.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           I
           know
           you
           well
           enough
           ,
           and
           you
           know
           that
           I
           know
           you
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           setting-dogs
           ,
           or
           stalking-horses
           of
           the
           great
           men
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           with
           fair
           and
           plausible
           pretences
           to
           insinuate
           into
           men
           when
           they
           have
           done
           them
           wrong
           ,
           and
           to
           work
           out
           their
           designes
           when
           they
           are
           in
           a
           strait
           ,
           and
           cover
           over
           their
           blots
           that
           they
           have
           made
           ,
           when
           they
           grow
           so
           visible
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           well
           be
           hid
           ,
           but
           will
           appear
           to
           their
           shame
           .
        
         
           He
           wondering
           that
           I
           entertain'd
           him
           with
           such
           a
           guage
           for
           his
           friendly
           visiting
           me
           (
           as
           he
           call'd
           it
           )
           I
           told
           him
           in
           effect
           ,
           it
           was
           no
           halting
           before
           a
           creeple
           ,
           for
           I
           knew
           him
           well
           enough
           ,
           and
           those
           to
           whom
           he
           belonged
           .
        
         
           But
           he
           sate
           him
           down
           and
           ate
           and
           drunk
           with
           me
           ,
           and
           fell
           a wondering
           at
           all
           the
           stirs
           here
           ,
           and
           what
           should
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           late
           bloud
           that
           was
           shed
           .
           I
           told
           him
           in
           effect
           ,
           his
           great
           Masters
           could
           better
           inform
           him
           of
           that
           then
           I
           .
           Said
           he
           ,
           
             They
             say
             ,
             Your
             bustling
             hath
             occasioned
             it
             .
          
           Truly
           Sir
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           their
           injustice
           ,
           oppression
           and
           tyranny
           hath
           done
           it
           :
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           I
           fetch'd
           not
           them
           out
           of
           White-hall
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           
           of
           their
           Lodgings
           ;
           but
           they
           fetch'd
           me
           out
           of
           
             Winchester-house
             ,
          
           out
           of
           my
           bed
           and
           habitation
           ,
           from
           my
           wife
           and
           children
           ,
           and
           carried
           me
           to
           their
           thing
           called
           a
           Councel
           of
           State
           ,
           who
           (
           like
           a
           company
           of
           righteous
           Judges
           ,
           the
           clean
           contrary
           way
           )
           committed
           me
           to
           prison
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           Traytor
           ,
           before
           ever
           they
           let
           me
           see
           accuser
           ,
           accusation
           ,
           prosecutor
           ,
           or
           witnesse
           ,
           or
           any
           due
           processe
           of
           Law
           :
           and
           yet
           time
           was
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           impeached
           
             Kimbolton
          
           and
           the
           five
           Members
           ,
           and
           preferred
           a
           Charge
           of
           seven
           Articles
           against
           them
           of
           high-treason
           in
           the
           highest
           nature
           ,
           recorded
           
             1.
             
             Part
             Book
             Decl.
             pag.
          
           35.
           and
           onely
           failed
           in
           a
           single
           punctilio
           of
           due
           Process
           of
           Law
           ,
           that
           they
           cryed
           out
           ,
           it
           was
           such
           an
           invasion
           of
           the
           peoples
           Liberty
           ,
           that
           four
           or
           five
           
             peccavies
          
           and
           recantations
           from
           him
           ,
           recorded
           in
           their
           own
           Declarations
           ,
           would
           never
           serve
           their
           turn
           :
           but
           yet
           forty
           times
           more
           illegalitie
           exercised
           by
           themselves
           upon
           me
           ,
           must
           be
           legall
           ,
           just
           ,
           and
           right
           in
           your
           great
           ,
           just
           and
           righteous
           Masters
           ,
           that
           now
           have
           a
           prerogative
           and
           priviledge
           ,
           they
           can
           neither
           say
           ,
           do
           ,
           nor
           act
           evill
           ,
           although
           they
           commit
           me
           to
           prison
           without
           any
           crime
           pretended
           ,
           or
           without
           ever
           letting
           me
           see
           accuser
           ,
           or
           accusation
           ,
           prosecutor
           or
           charge
           ;
           and
           yet
           into
           the
           bargain
           ,
           deal
           worse
           with
           me
           then
           ever
           the
           Heathen
           and
           Pagan
           Romans
           dealt
           with
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           who
           had
           nothing
           but
           the
           depraved
           light
           of
           Nature
           to
           guide
           them
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           all
           his
           imprisonment
           never
           forbad
           or
           hindered
           any
           of
           his
           friends
           to
           visit
           or
           relieve
           him
           ,
           although
           he
           were
           accused
           for
           a
           pestilent
           fellow
           ,
           and
           a
           turner
           of
           the
           world
           up
           side
           down
           :
           but
           they
           lock
           me
           up
           in
           a
           close
           room
           ,
           with
           centinels
           at
           my
           door
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           so
           much
           as
           at
           a
           distance
           let
           me
           speak
           with
           my
           friends
           ;
           nay
           ,
           and
           for
           severall
           days
           would
           not
           so
           much
           as
           let
           me
           see
           my
           wife
           :
           And
           yet
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           these
           are
           your
           religious
           ,
           godly
           ,
           consciencious
           Masters
           .
           And
           if
           this
           be
           the
           fruits
           of
           their
           saint-ship
           and
           religion
           ,
           I
           do
           assure
           you
           ,
           the
           Divel
           is
           as
           good
           ,
           if
           not
           a
           better
           Saint
           :
           for
           he
           beleeves
           and
           trembles
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           then
           I
           think
           they
           do
           :
           and
           if
           the
           Sun
           shining
           upon
           the
           dunghill
           ,
           make
           it
           stink
           ,
           whether
           is
           the
           fault
           in
           the
           Sun
           or
           the
           dunghill
           ?
        
         
           So
           ,
           being
           at
           dinner
           with
           a
           Summers
           diet
           ,
           the
           Lieut.
           of
           the
           Tower
           told
           me
           ,
           I
           fared
           sutable
           to
           my
           allowance
           .
           
             What
             ?
          
           saith
           Mr.
           
             Peter
             ,
             Do
             they
             give
             him
             allowance
             ?
          
           I
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lieutenant
           ,
           they
           would
           allow
           him
           twenty
           shillings
           a
           week
           ,
           and
           he
           refuseth
           it
           .
           Sa●d
           I
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           forty
           shillings
           a
           week
           (
           as
           diet
           is
           now
           )
           will
           not
           provide
           me
           such
           meat
           :
           and
           besides
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           do
           your
           great
           Masters
           think
           ,
           that
           my
           captivitie
           shall
           make
           me
           value
           my self
           at
           the
           rate
           of
           such
           a
           scoundrell
           fellow
           (
           having
           been
           a
           Lieutenant
           Colonel
           in
           their
           Service
           )
           as
           to
           accept
           of
           twenty
           shillings
           a
           week
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           (
           whom
           they
           beheaded
           for
           a
           Tyrant
           )
           allowed
           to
           the
           meanest
           ordinary
           man
           that
           ever
           he
           sent
           hither
           ,
           three
           pound
           
           a
           week
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           they
           have
           five
           times
           the
           Kings
           Revenue
           ,
           and
           things
           are
           twice
           as
           dear
           as
           they
           used
           to
           be
           :
           And
           if
           they
           will
           imitate
           him
           in
           all
           his
           basenesse
           ,
           nay
           ,
           and
           far
           out
           strip
           him
           ,
           I
           will
           hold
           them
           to
           it
           a
           little
           ,
           to
           imitate
           him
           in
           some
           of
           his
           vertues
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           will
           allow
           me
           the
           allowance
           that
           is
           the
           custome
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           I
           will
           have
           none
           of
           it
           :
           and
           you
           may
           tell
           them
           from
           me
           ,
           I
           scorn
           to
           be
           fed
           by
           them
           with
           a
           bit
           and
           a
           knock
           .
        
         
           
             A
             little
             after
             ,
             Mr
          
           Peter
           
             casting
             his
             eye
             upon
             my
             Law-books
             ,
             takes
             up
             one
             of
          
           Cook's
           Institutes
           ,
           
             and
             professed
             ,
          
           I
           was
           meerly
           gull'd
           in
           reading
           or
           trusting
           to
           these
           Books
           ,
           for
           there
           was
           no
           Laws
           in
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           I
           answered
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           That
           I
           did
           beleeve
           what
           he
           said
           ;
           for
           they
           (
           meaning
           his
           great
           Masters
           ,
           
             Cromwel
             ,
             Fairfax
             ,
          
           &c.
           )
           had
           destroyed
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           
             saith
             he
             ,
          
           I
           tell
           you
           ,
           there
           never
           was
           any
           in
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           No
           (
           said
           I
           )
           ?
           and
           taking
           up
           my
           Statute-book
           ,
           I
           turned
           him
           to
           the
           Petition
           of
           Right
           ,
           and
           asked
           him
           whether
           that
           be
           a
           Law
           or
           no
           ?
        
         
           No
           ,
           
             saith
             he
             ,
          
           it
           is
           none
           :
           and
           I
           would
           fain
           have
           you
           to
           define
           what
           Law
           is
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           said
           I
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           take
           upon
           me
           to
           define
           what
           Law
           is
           in
           your
           sense
           ,
           or
           in
           my
           own
           ;
           but
           I
           will
           turn
           you
           to
           a
           definition
           in
           the
           Parliaments
           sense
           in
           their
           own
           book
           of
           Declarations
           ;
           which
           I
           read
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           followeth
           :
           
             The
             Law
             is
             that
             which
             puts
             a
             difference
             between
             good
             and
             evill
             ,
             betwixt
             just
             and
             unjust
             :
             If
             you
             take
             away
             the
             Law
             ,
             all
             things
             will
             fall
             into
             confusion
             ,
             every
             man
             will
             become
             a
             law
             unto
             himself
             ;
             which
             in
             the
             depraved
             condition
             of
             humane
             nature
             ,
             must
             needs
             produce
             many
             great
             enormities
             :
             Lust
             wil
             become
             a
             law
             ,
             and
             Envie
             will
             become
             a
             law
             ,
             covetousnesse
             and
             ambition
             will
             become
             laws
             ;
             and
             what
             dictates
             ,
             what
             decisions
             such
             laws
             will
             produce
             ,
             may
             easily
             be
             discerned
             .
          
           So
           ,
           Mr
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           here
           is
           a
           definition
           of
           Law
           by
           the
           Parliament
           in
           the
           days
           of
           their
           primitive
           puritie
           ,
           before
           they
           had
           corrupted
           themselves
           with
           the
           Common-wealths
           money
           .
           And
           elsewhere
           it
           is
           their
           language
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Law
             is
             the
             safeguard
             ,
             the
             custodie
             of
             all
             private
             interests
             ;
             your
             Honours
             ,
             your
             Lives
             ,
             your
             Liberties
             and
             Estates
             are
             all
             in
             the
             keeping
             of
             the
             Law
             :
          
           without
           this
           every
           man
           hath
           a
           like
           right
           to
           any
           thing
           .
           And
           elsewhere
           the
           Law
           is
           called
           
             that
             right
             line
             that
             discovereth
             that
             which
             is
             tort
             crooked
             ,
             or
             wrong
             ;
             the
             Law
             is
             that
             right
             line
             that
             measures
             it self
             and
             a
             croked
             line
             :
          
           the
           Law
           is
           the
           best
           birth-right
           the
           Subject
           hath
           ;
           for
           thereby
           his
           Goods
           ,
           Lands
           ,
           Wife
           ,
           Children
           ,
           his
           Bodie
           ,
           Life
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Estimation
           are
           protected
           from
           injury
           and
           wrong
           ,
           
             being
             the
             surest
             sanctuarie
             that
             a
             man
             can
             take
             ,
             and
             the
             strongest
             fortresse
             to
             protect
             the
             weakest
             of
             all
             .
          
           To
           every
           one
           of
           us
           there
           comes
           a
           greater
           inheritance
           by
           right
           
           and
           the
           Law
           ,
           then
           by
           our
           Parents
           .
           Yea
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           further
           said
           by
           their
           Oracle
           ,
           
             It
             is
             a
             miserable
             servitude
             or
             bondage
             where
             the
             Law
             is
             uncertain
             ,
             or
             unknown
             .
          
        
         
           
             He
             answers
             to
             this
             effect
             ,
             I
             tell
             you
             saith
             he
             ,
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             Law
             in
             this
             Nation
             ,
             but
             the
             sword
             ,
             and
             what
             it
             gives
             ;
             neither
             was
             there
             any
             Law
             or
             Government
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             but
             what
             the
             Sword
             gave
             and
             set
             up
             .
          
        
         
           Unto
           which
           I
           Replyed
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           Mr
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           I
           look
           upon
           you
           as
           one
           of
           the
           principall
           Guids
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           a
           man
           that
           doth
           from
           time
           to
           time
           speak
           very
           much
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           Leaders
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           being
           you
           lie
           in
           their
           bosomes
           ,
           and
           know
           their
           secrets
           ,
           and
           is
           much
           used
           by
           them
           ,
           to
           trumpet
           abroad
           their
           Principles
           and
           Tenents
           ;
           But
           Sir
           ,
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           withall
           ,
           if
           your
           reasoning
           be
           sound
           and
           good
           ,
           then
           if
           six
           Theeves
           meet
           three
           ,
           or
           four
           honest
           men
           ,
           and
           because
           they
           are
           stronger
           then
           they
           ,
           rob
           them
           ,
           that
           act
           is
           righteous
           ,
           sound
           and
           good
           ,
           because
           their
           swords
           are
           stronger
           then
           the
           others
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           Power
           be
           a
           just
           Power
           that
           is
           uppermost
           because
           it
           is
           up
           ,
           I
           wonder
           how
           you
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           they
           of
           the
           Parliament
           can
           acquit
           your selves
           of
           being
           Rebels
           and
           Traytors
           before
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           in
           resisting
           and
           fighting
           against
           a
           just
           Power
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           Power
           up
           ,
           &
           fenced
           about
           with
           abundance
           of
           Laws
           so
           reputed
           in
           the
           common
           acceptation
           of
           
             English
          
           men
           ,
           by
           the
           expresse
           Letter
           of
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           of
           it
           ,
           all
           those
           who
           ever
           they
           be
           that
           shall
           rise
           in
           Armes
           against
           him
           ,
           are
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           Traytors
           ;
           and
           I
           would
           faine
           know
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           that
           holds
           out
           the
           peoples
           Liberties
           &
           Freedomes
           ,
           that
           the
           Parliament
           and
           Army
           engaged
           in
           Theirs
           ,
           against
           the
           King
           a
           just
           Power
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           up
           upon
           your
           own
           grounds
           ;
           what
           can
           you
           or
           any
           other
           make
           rationally
           to
           be
           the
           ground
           of
           the
           the
           Wars
           ?
           But
           Sir
           ,
           in
           short
           and
           in
           plain
           English
           ,
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           if
           there
           be
           now
           no
           Law
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           nor
           never
           was
           ,
           that
           then
           you
           and
           your
           great
           Masters
           ,
           
             Cromwell
             ,
             Fairfax
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           are
           a
           pack
           of
           arrant
           bloody
           Rogues
           and
           Villaines
           ,
           in
           setting
           the
           people
           together
           by
           the
           ears
           ,
           to
           fight
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           their
           Laws
           ,
           in
           which
           their
           Libertie
           is
           contained
           (
           which
           is
           the
           principall
           declared
           cause
           of
           the
           Warre
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           War
           never
           )
           if
           there
           were
           no
           such
           thing
           in
           being
           as
           Law
           in
           
             England
             :
          
           At
           which
           Mr
           
             Peter
          
           was
           much
           startled
           ,
           and
           much
           condemned
           my
           harsh
           language
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           farre
           short
           of
           what
           Christ
           himselfe
           used
           to
           his
           
             (
             viz.
          
           Mr
           
             Peters
             )
          
           brothers
           ,
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           ,
           upon
           the
           like
           occasion
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           23.
           14.
           where
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Wo
             unto
             you
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisees
             ,
             Hypocrites
             ;
             for
             yee
             devoure
             widowes
             houses
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             pretence
             make
             long
             prayer
             ;
             therefore
             yee
             shall
             receive
             the
             greater
             damnation
             :
          
           and
           in
           
           Verse
           ,
           23
           ,
           24
           ,
           25
           ,
           26
           ,
           27
           ,
           28
           ,
           29
           ,
           30
           ,
           31
           ,
           31
           ,
           32
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Wo
             unto
             you
             ,
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisees
             ,
             hypocrites
             ;
             for
             ye
             pay
             tithe
             of
             mint
             ,
             and
             anise
             ,
             and
             cummin
             ,
             and
             have
             omitted
             the
             weighty
             matters
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             judgment
             ,
             mercy
             ,
             and
             faith
             :
             these
             ought
             ye
             to
             have
             done
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             leave
             the
             other
             undone
             .
             Ye
             blind
             guids
             ,
             which
             strain
             at
             a
             gnat
             ,
             and
             swallow
             a
             camel
             .
             Wo
             unto
             you
             ,
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisees
             ,
             hypocrites
             ;
             for
             ye
             make
             clean
             the
             outside
             of
             the
             cup
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             platter
             ,
             but
             within
             they
             are
             full
             of
             extortion
             and
             excesse
             .
             Thou
             blind
             Pharisee
             ,
             cleanse
             first
             that
             which
             is
             within
             the
             cup
             and
             platter
             ,
             that
             the
             out-side
             of
             them
             may
             be
             clean
             also
             .
             Wo
             unto
             you
             ,
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisees
             ,
             hypocrites
             ;
             for
             ye
             are
             like
             unto
             whited
             sepulchers
             ,
             which
             indeed
             appear
             beautifull
             outward
             ,
             but
             are
             within
             full
             of
             dead
             mens
             bones
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             uncleannesse
             .
             Even
             so
             ye
             also
             outwardly
             appear
             righteous
             unto
             men
             ,
             but
             within
             ye
             are
             full
             of
             hypocr●sie
             and
             iniquitie
             .
             Wo
             unto
             you
             ,
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisees
             ,
             hypocrites
             ;
             because
             ye
             build
             the
             tombs
             of
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             garnish
             the
             Sepulchers
             of
             the
             righteous
             ,
             and
             say
             .
             If
             we
             had
             been
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             our
             Fathers
             we
             would
             not
             have
             been
             partakers
             with
             them
             in
             the
             blood
             of
             the
             Prophets
             .
             Wherefore
             ye
             be
             witnesses
             unto
             your selves
             ,
             that
             ye
             are
             the
             children
             of
             them
             which
             killed
             the
             Prophets
             .
             Fill
             ye
             up
             then
             the
             measure
             of
             your
             Fathers
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           8th
           of
           
             John
             ,
          
           when
           the
           Jews
           in
           their
           works
           and
           actions
           denyed
           
             Abraham
          
           and
           God
           to
           be
           their
           Father
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           words
           owned
           them
           both
           for
           their
           Father
           ,
           verse
           39.
           41.
           
           Christ
           in
           the
           44
           verse
           ,
           tels
           them
           plainly
           ,
           
             Ye
             are
             of
             your
             father
             the
             devill
             ,
             and
             the
             lusts
             of
             your
             father
             ye
             will
             do
             :
             he
             was
             a
             murtherer
             from
             the
             beginning
             ,
             and
             aboade
             not
             in
             the
             truth
             ,
             because
             there
             is
             no
             truth
             in
             him
             .
             Wh●n
             h●
             speaketh
             a
             lie
             ,
             he
             speaketh
             of
             his
             own
             :
             for
             he
             is
             a
             liar
             ,
             and
             the
             father
             of
             it
             .
          
           And
           the
           Apostle
           
             Paul's
          
           Exhortation
           to
           his
           Followers
           ,
           is
           to
           reprove
           such
           notorious
           hypocriticall
           workers
           of
           iniquitie
           sharply
           .
        
         
           But
           after
           he
           had
           sufficiently
           condemned
           my
           language
           in
           speaking
           plain
           English
           ,
           which
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           the
           whole
           current
           of
           the
           Scripture
           to
           incorrigible
           dissembling
           men
           as
           they
           are
           :
           he
           again
           and
           again
           protested
           and
           desired
           the
           Company
           to
           beare
           Witnesse
           ,
           that
           he
           in
           saying
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           Law
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           did
           not
           speak
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           but
           his
           own
           proper
           opinion
           ,
           and
           also
           protested
           ,
           he
           had
           no
           design
           in
           comming
           to
           me
           ,
           but
           a
           bare
           visit
           ;
           and
           wondered
           I
           would
           be
           so
           hot
           at
           him
           for
           his
           love
           ;
           and
           he
           was
           farre
           enough
           from
           any
           of
           their
           Designs
           :
           I
           Replyed
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           Mr
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           You
           know
           I
           know
           you
           well
           enough
           ,
           and
           I
           tell
           you
           ,
           in
           a
           Play
           ,
           every
           Player
           hath
           his
           part
           ,
           yea
           even
           the
           seeming
           Fool
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           they
           Act
           with
           a
           seeming
           violence
           ,
           and
           against
           one
           another
           ;
           but
           they
           all
           Center
           in
           this
           end
           to
           get
           the
           Spectators
           money
           from
           them
           ;
           I
           leave
           you
           to
           make
           Application
           :
           And
           I
           tell
           you
           moreover
           ,
           the
           last
           year
           ,
           when
           the
           stirs
           began
           ,
           when
           Sir
           
             John
             Maynard
             ,
          
           and
           the
           four
           Aldermen
           were
           prisoners
           here
           at
           the
           
           Tower
           ,
           You
           came
           and
           took
           up
           your
           lodging
           at
           Col.
           
             Whits
             ,
          
           under
           pretence
           of
           reposing
           your selfe
           ,
           and
           being
           nigh
           your
           businesses
           ,
           being
           bound
           in
           all
           haste
           to
           
             New-England
          
           as
           you
           said
           ,
           although
           you
           never
           intended
           it
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           least
           ,
           but
           meerly
           came
           hither
           upon
           a
           Design
           finely
           coloured
           over
           ,
           to
           work
           a
           complyance
           in
           Sir
           
             John
             Maynard
             ,
          
           and
           the
           four
           Aldermen
           to
           your
           great
           Masters
           ,
           that
           so
           seeing
           the
           City
           baffled
           of
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           they
           might
           come
           off
           with
           as
           little
           losse
           of
           Reputation
           in
           their
           deliverance
           as
           might
           be
           ;
           and
           I
           believe
           some
           such
           thing
           if
           not
           worse
           in
           the
           bottom
           of
           your
           visiting
           of
           me
           at
           this
           time
           :
           But
           he
           Replyed
           very
           bitterly
           and
           earnestly
           ,
           againe
           and
           againe
           ,
           calling
           God
           to
           witnesse
           ,
           he
           had
           no
           design
           the
           last
           year
           upon
           Sir
           
             John
             Maynard
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Aldermen
           ,
           in
           his
           comming
           to
           the
           Tower
           ,
           nor
           upon
           me
           in
           his
           comming
           to
           visit
           me
           ;
           and
           told
           me
           ,
           
             I
             need
             not
             be
             so
             passionate
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             feare
             of
             the
             losse
             of
             my
             life
             :
          
           To
           which
           I
           Replyed
           ,
           to
           this
           effect
           ;
           Sir
           ,
           I
           know
           you
           ,
           and
           your
           Masters
           so
           well
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           have
           so
           couzoned
           and
           cheated
           all
           Parties
           and
           Interests
           that
           ever
           you
           dealt
           with
           ,
           so
           visibly
           and
           evidently
           ,
           never
           keeping
           either
           faith
           ,
           promise
           ,
           or
           engagements
           with
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           longer
           then
           it
           served
           your
           present
           turns
           ;
           it
           being
           beyond
           a
           maxime
           long
           since
           amongst
           some
           of
           you
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           that
           I
           doe
           protest
           unto
           you
           ,
           both
           for
           you
           and
           them
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           believe
           one
           word
           yee
           say
           ,
           swear
           ,
           or
           protest
           ,
           but
           the
           more
           earnest
           you
           or
           they
           are
           in
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           more
           jealous
           I
           will
           be
           of
           you
           ;
           and
           therefore
           know
           this
           for
           hereafter
           ,
           that
           where
           ever
           I
           meet
           your
           Masters
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           their
           under
           depending
           tribe
           ,
           I
           will
           be
           upon
           my
           Guard
           ,
           as
           though
           I
           were
           amongst
           a
           company
           of
           the
           arrentest
           cheaters
           and
           deceivers
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           by
           whom
           I
           hope
           I
           shall
           never
           be
           cozoned
           any
           more
           with
           credulity
           and
           honesty
           ;
           for
           I
           will
           never
           hereafter
           believe
           you
           ,
           though
           I
           should
           bee
           glad
           you
           would
           deceive
           me
           once
           againe
           in
           doing
           good
           to
           the
           poore
           Nation
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           easily
           in
           you
           power
           ;
           but
           I
           believe
           you
           will
           never
           doe
           it
           ;
           and
           for
           my
           life
           ,
           if
           I
           were
           to
           lay
           it
           down
           to
           morrow
           ,
           I
           would
           scorn
           to
           beg
           or
           intreat
           for
           it
           ,
           from
           any
           of
           your
           Masters
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           be
           in
           no
           danger
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           thanks
           to
           them
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           confidently
           perswaded
           in
           my
           very
           heart
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           mine
           an
           hour
           longer
           ,
           then
           they
           dare
           take
           it
           away
           ,
           either
           by
           hook
           or
           crook
           ,
           but
           it
           may
           prove
           a
           choak
           pear
           to
           them
           ,
           when
           ever
           they
           goe
           about
           it
           .
           But
           Sir
           ,
           said
           I
           ,
           I
           thought
           I
           had
           been
           safe
           enough
           ,
           when
           I
           squared
           my
           actions
           by
           the
           Rules
           of
           those
           Laws
           that
           they
           have
           often
           sworn
           ,
           declared
           ,
           and
           promised
           year
           after
           year
           ,
           and
           month
           after
           month
           to
           maintain
           and
           defend
           ;
           and
           make
           as
           the
           standard
           or
           touchstone
           betwixt
           them
           and
           the
           people
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           with
           the
           Petition
           of
           Right
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           but
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             I
             will
             shew
             you
             your
             great
             mistake
             in
             that
             particular
             ,
             and
             that
             your
             safety
             ●●es
             not
             therein
             :
          
           so
           I
           longed
           to
           hear
           that
           .
           
             Well
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             their
             mindes
             may
             change
             ,
             and
             
             then
             where
             are
             you
             ?
          
           I
           but
           Sir
           ,
           said
           I
           ,
           I
           cannot
           take
           notice
           of
           what
           is
           in
           their
           mindes
           to
           obey
           that
           ;
           but
           the
           constant
           Declaration
           of
           their
           mindes
           ,
           (
           without
           ever
           so
           much
           as
           in
           any
           one
           Declaration
           contradicting
           it
           )
           as
           that
           they
           will
           maintain
           the
           Petition
           of
           RIGHT
           ,
           and
           the
           Liberties
           therein
           contained
           ,
           must
           bee
           the
           rule
           of
           my
           obedience
           :
           And
           the
           Petition
           of
           RIGHT
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           constant
           Declarations
           to
           preserve
           it
           ,
           I
           make
           the
           rule
           of
           my
           obedience
           and
           actings
           amongst
           men
           ,
           and
           think
           I
           shall
           be
           safe
           thereby
           :
           but
           when
           they
           shall
           publiquely
           declare
           ,
           They
           scorn
           the
           Petition
           of
           RIGHT
           ,
           and
           will
           neither
           maintain
           that
           nor
           any
           other
           Laws
           or
           compacts
           amongst
           the
           men
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           but
           what
           flows
           daily
           from
           their
           wils
           and
           pleasures
           ;
           I
           shall
           alter
           my
           minde
           ,
           and
           expect
           no
           benefit
           by
           the
           Petition
           of
           RIGHT
           ;
           but
           when
           that
           is
           ,
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           I
           shall
           rather
           desire
           to
           live
           in
           Turkie
           under
           the
           great
           Turk
           ,
           then
           in
           
             England
          
           under
           your
           Religious
           Masters
           at
           White-hall
           and
           Westminster
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           no
           such
           Tyrant
           or
           persecuter
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           an
           Apostate
           ,
           that
           one
           turns
           his
           back
           of
           Justice
           ,
           Righteousness
           and
           truth
           :
           But
           Mr.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           as
           for
           things
           at
           present
           ,
           tell
           your
           Masters
           from
           me
           ,
           That
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           for
           me
           now
           to
           chuse
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           chuse
           to
           live
           seven
           years
           under
           old
           King
           
             Charls
          
           his
           government
           ,
           (
           nothwithstanding
           their
           beheading
           him
           as
           a
           Tyrant
           for
           it
           )
           when
           it
           was
           at
           the
           worst
           before
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           then
           live
           one
           year
           under
           their
           present
           Government
           that
           now
           rule
           :
           nay
           ,
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           If
           they
           go
           on
           with
           that
           tyranny
           they
           are
           in
           ,
           they
           will
           make
           Prince
           
             Charl●
          
           have
           friends
           enow
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           cry
           him
           up
           ,
           but
           also
           really
           to
           fight
           for
           him
           to
           bring
           him
           into
           his
           Fathers
           Throne
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           have
           their
           just
           desires
           of
           perfidious
           cruel
           bloody
           Tyrants
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           of
           the
           Land
           some
           ease
           and
           rest
           from
           their
           insupportable
           burthens
           and
           oppressions
           :
           Yea
           ,
           and
           for
           my
           particular
           ,
           I
           must
           aver
           unto
           you
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           by
           many
           degrees
           chuse
           to
           live
           under
           a
           regulated
           and
           wel-bounded
           King
           without
           tyrannie
           ,
           then
           under
           any
           Government
           with
           Tyranny
           .
           Here
           is
           the
           substance
           of
           my
           discourse
           with
           Mr.
           PETER
           ,
           saving
           I
           pinched
           him
           a
           little
           particularly
           upon
           his
           great
           Masters
           large
           fingering
           of
           the
           Common-wealths
           money
           ,
           which
           was
           no
           better
           then
           Theft
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           State-Robbery
           in
           the
           highest
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           told
           him
           .
           )
           
             I
             but
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             ●reton
             hath
             got
             none
             :
          
           Then
           ,
           said
           I
           ,
           former
           Reports
           are
           false
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           if
           he
           have
           not
           ,
           what
           need
           he
           ,
           when
           his
           Father-in-law
           gets
           so
           much
           for
           them
           both
           ,
           as
           3
           or
           4000
           
             l.
             per
             annum
          
           at
           one
           clap
           ;
           with
           well-nigh
           twenty
           thousand
           pounds
           worth
           of
           wood
           upon
           it
           ,
           if
           Parliament
           mens
           relations
           may
           be
           beleeved
           :
           besides
           ,
           the
           People
           that
           know
           them
           ,
           know
           the
           Father
           and
           Son
           piss
           both
           in
           one
           gullie
           ;
           though
           they
           seem
           somtime
           to
           go
           one
           against
           another
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           but
           that
           they
           may
           the
           more
           easily
           and
           throughly
           drive
           on
           the
           main
           design
           of
           them
           both
           :
           viz.
           
             To
             make
             the
             People
             slaves
             .
          
           And
           so
           farewell
           Mr.
           
             Peter
             .
          
        
         
           Finis
           .
        
      
    
    

