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         Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
      
       
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             A salva libertate sent to Colonell Francis West of the Tower of London, on Fryday the fourteenth of September 1649. by Lieutenant Collonell John Lilburne, vnjustly, and illegally imprisoned, in the said Tower, ever since the 28. of March, 1649. Occasioned by the receipt of a verball command (which in law is nothing, nor signefies nothing) whereby the said leiut. was seemingly authorized, to carry the said John Lilburne before Mr. Prideaux the nicknamed, and falsly so called Atturney General on Fryday 14. Sept. 1649.
             Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
          
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             1648]
          
           
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           A
           Salva
           Libertate
           ,
           Sent
           to
           Collonell
           
             FRANCIS
             WEST
          
           Leiutenant
           of
           the
           
             TOWER
          
           of
           LONDON
           ,
           on
           Fryday
           the
           fourteenth
           of
           September
           1649.
           by
           Leiutenant
           Collonell
           
             John
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           vnjustly
           ,
           and
           illegally
           imprisoned
           ,
           in
           the
           said
           
             Tower
             ,
          
           ever
           since
           the
           28.
           of
           
             March
             ,
          
           1649.
           
           Occasioned
           by
           the
           receipt
           of
           a
           Verball
           Command
           (
           which
           in
           Law
           is
           nothing
           ,
           nor
           signefies
           nothing
           )
           whereby
           the
           said
           Leiut.
           was
           seemingly
           authorized
           ,
           to
           carry
           the
           said
           
             John
             Lilburne
          
           before
           Mr.
           
             Prideaux
          
           the
           nicknamed
           ,
           and
           falsly
           so
           called
           Atturney
           Generall
           on
           
             Fryday
             14.
             
             Sept.
          
           1649
        
         
           
             SIR
             .
          
        
         
           BEtwixt
           eight
           and
           nine
           a
           clock
           last
           night
           you
           sent
           your
           servant
           to
           me
           ,
           who
           desired
           me
           in
           your
           name
           to
           come
           and
           speak
           with
           you
           ,
           which
           I
           accordingly
           did
           ,
           and
           you
           told
           me
           to
           his
           effect
           ,
           That
           you
           being
           out
           of
           Town
           in
           your
           absence
           the
           Atturney
           Generall
           had
           sent
           to
           you
           :
           to
           bring
           me
           up
           to
           him
           to
           the
           Temple
           in
           the
           morning
           by
           eight
           a
           clock
           ,
           which
           you
           thought
           good
           to
           acquaint
           me
           with
           ;
           and
           to
           know
           of
           me
           whether
           I
           would
           go
           or
           no
           ,
           and
           you
           would
           go
           with
           me
           your selfe
           .
        
         
           Vnto-which
           I
           answered
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           Alas
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           go
           with
           you
           ?
           I
           must
           ,
           for
           I
           know
           ,
           if
           I
           refuse
           ,
           you
           can
           compell
           me
           by
           your
           Guards
           and
           therefore
           I
           must
           ▪
           
             nolens
             ,
             volens
          
           go
           ,
           which
           I
           would
           not
           do
           ,
           were
           I
           rationably
           able
           to
           resiist
           you
           ;
           but
           being
           I
           am
           not
           I
           shall
           go
           ,
           but
           this
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           aforehand
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           no
           such
           man
           as
           Mr.
           
           Atturney
           Generall
           ,
           neither
           when
           I
           come
           before
           him
           shall
           I
           so
           much
           as
           put
           off
           my
           hatt
           unto
           him
           ,
           or
           give
           him
           any
           reverence
           or
           respect
           ;
           but
           slight
           him
           ,
           and
           contemne
           him
           with
           the
           greatest
           scorne
           I
           can
           imagine
           .
           And
           withall
           I
           gave
           unto
           you
           a
           new
           book
           of
           mine
           not
           then
           published
           to
           the
           view
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           though
           the
           cheefest
           part
           of
           it
           was
           pen'd
           many
           weeks
           agoe
           ,
           which
           I
           read
           to
           Sir
           
             Arthur
             Has●eriggs
          
           one
           Leiut.
           Collonell
           
             Paul
             Hobson
             ,
          
           at
           his
           Inne
           at
           the
           Bull
           in
           Bishopsgate-streete
           divers
           weeks
           ago
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             A
             preparative
             to
             an
             Hue
             and
             Cry
             after
             Sir
          
           Arthur
           Has●erigge
           ,
           
             for
             his
             severall
             waies
             attempting
             to
             murther
             and
             by
             base
             plots
             ,
             conspiracyes
             ,
             and
             false
             witnesse
             to
             take
             away
             the
             life
             of
             Leiut.
             Col
          
           John
           Lilburn
           .
           VVhich
           book
           I
           entreated
           you
           seriously
           to
           read
           ,
           because
           there
           was
           somthing
           in
           it
           which
           did
           a
           little
           concerne
           you
           .
           And
           in
           the
           way
           as
           I
           came
           from
           you
           ,
           I
           was
           musing
           upon
           the
           frame
           of
           a
           
             Salva
             Libertate
          
           to
           send
           to
           you
           ,
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           my
           
             quondam
          
           fellow
           prisoners
           .
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Minard
             ,
          
           Alderman
           
             Adams
             ,
          
           Alderman
           
             Langham
             ,
          
           and
           Alderman
           
             Bunch
             ,
          
           their
           
             Salva
             Libertate
          
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           unjust
           dealing
           with
           them
           in
           summoning
           them
           up
           to
           their
           Barre
           ,
           which
           they
           sent
           to
           your
           late
           predecessour
           Col.
           
             Tichburne
             ,
          
           whose
           said
           
             Salva's
          
           are
           Recorded
           in
           Sit
           
             Iohn
             Maynards
          
           Case
           truly
           stated
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             The
             Laws
             subversion
             .
             pag.
          
           36.
           37.
           and
           in
           the
           Aldermans
           printed
           and
           excilent
           Petition
           presented
           to
           the
           Lords
           ,
           25.
           of
           
             Aprill
          
           1649.
           
           But
           before
           I
           got
           up
           into
           my
           Chamber
           ,
           I
           came
           back
           and
           told
           you
           ,
           I
           had
           forgot
           to
           demand
           of
           you
           a
           sight
           of
           the
           VVarrant
           by
           vertue
           of
           which
           you
           were
           to
           carry
           me
           up
           ,
           and
           you
           told
           me
           ,
           you
           had
           received
           none
           in
           writing
           ,
           but
           only
           there
           was
           sent
           unto
           you
           a
           verball
           command
           ,
           unto
           which
           I
           answered
           ,
           That
           was
           higher
           then
           the
           Kings
           own
           practises
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           vissibly
           imperious
           ,
           and
           arbitrary
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           not
           but
           scorne
           to
           be
           such
           a
           scounderill
           as
           to
           stoop
           unto
           ,
           or
           obey
           any
           such
           command
           ,
           although
           I
           apparantly
           hazarded
           my
           life
           in
           resisting
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           told
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           have
           me
           go
           upon
           them
           tearms
           ,
           you
           should
           carry
           me
           by
           the
           neck
           and
           heeles
           ,
           for
           I
           would
           find
           no
           leggs
           to
           go
           ;
           but
           if
           you
           would
           produce
           unto
           me
           a
           written
           warrant
           ,
           which
           had
           some
           more
           face
           of
           legall
           Majestracy
           in
           it
           then
           verball
           commands
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           my
           Right
           and
           Priviledge
           let
           me
           read
           it
           ,
           I
           would
           go
           with
           you
           either
           by
           land
           or
           water
           as
           you
           pleased
           ;
           because
           I
           was
           in
           no
           capacity
           to
           resist
           you
           ,
           although
           I
           then
           told
           you
           I
           judged
           a
           paper
           warrant
           (
           although
           in
           words
           never
           so
           formall
           )
           coming
           from
           any
           pretended
           power
           or
           Authority
           in
           
             England
          
           now
           vissible
           ,
           to
           be
           altogether
           illegall
           ,
           because
           the
           intruding
           Generall
           
             Fairfax
          
           and
           his
           forces
           ,
           had
           broak
           and
           annhilated
           all
           the
           formall
           and
           Legall
           Magestracy
           ,
           of
           
             England
          
           yea
           the
           very
           Parliament
           it self
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           will
           and
           sword
           (
           absolute
           conqueror
           like
           )
           had
           most
           tyrannically
           erected
           and
           set
           up
           ,
           and
           imposed
           upon
           the
           free
           people
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           a
           Juncto
           ●o
           Mock
           powersitting
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           and
           his
           associates
           call
           a
           Parliament
           ;
           who
           like
           so
           many
           Armed
           theeves
           ,
           and
           robbers
           upon
           the
           high-way
           ,
           assume
           a
           power
           by
           their
           own
           will
           most
           traterously
           to
           do
           what
           they
           like
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           to
           fill
           the
           land
           with
           their
           mock
           ,
           or
           pretended
           Magestrates
           ,
           amongst
           the
           number
           of
           which
           is
           the
           pretended
           Atturnney
           Generall
           ,
           in
           perfect
           opposition
           of
           whom
           ,
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           my
           might
           ,
           power
           and
           strength
           ,
           I
           am
           resolved
           by
           Gods
           gracious
           assistance
           ,
           to
           spend
           my
           blood
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           in
           the
           world
           is
           deare
           unto
           me
           ,
           supposing
           him
           not
           really
           and
           substantially
           worth
           the
           name
           of
           an
           
             English
          
           Free-man
           ,
           that
           in
           some
           measure
           in
           this
           particular
           is
           not
           of
           my
           mind
           .
        
         
           But
           upon
           my
           fore-going
           Answer
           to
           you
           ,
           you
           were
           pleased
           to
           tell
           me
           ,
           upon
           a
           verball
           command
           you
           would
           not
           force
           me
           ;
           but
           you
           would
           acquaint
           the
           Atturny
           Generall
           with
           my
           Answer
           which
           I
           intreated
           you
           to
           do
           ,
           conceiving
           your
           practise
           therein
           abundantly
           every
           way
           more
           safe
           for
           your self
           ,
           then
           to
           execute
           verball
           commands
           ,
           as
           is
           legally
           illustrarted
           in
           the
           16.
           
             pag.
          
           of
           my
           forementioned
           book
           I
           gave
           unto
           your
           hands
           .
        
         
           And
           Sir
           ,
           accidentally
           ,
           seeing
           you
           betwixt
           11.
           and
           12.
           a
           clock
           to
           day
           ,
           I
           desired
           to
           know
           if
           you
           heard
           any
           more
           of
           the
           busines
           ,
           and
           you
           shewed
           me
           a
           pretended
           warrant
           the
           Copy
           of
           which
           thus
           ,
           followeth
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           to
           will
           and
           requite
           you
           to
           bring
           before
           me
           at
           my
           Chamber
           in
           the
           Inner
           Temple
           ,
           this
           present
           day
           at
           3.
           of
           the
           clock
           in
           the
           afternoone
           ,
           the
           body
           of
           Col.
           
             Iohn
             Lilburne
             ,
          
           to
           answer
           to
           all
           such
           matters
           as
           shall
           be
           objected
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           hereof
           you
           are
           not
           to
           faile
           .
           
             Given
             under
             my
             hand
             this
             14.
             day
             of
             Sept.
          
           1649.
           
        
         
           
             
               To
               
                 Francis
                 VVest
              
               Esq.
               Leiutenant
               of
               the
               Tower
               of
               
                 London
                 .
              
               Edmond
               Prideaux
               .
            
             
               VVhich
               said
               pretended
               warrant
               is
               not
               only
               illegall
               in
               him
               that
               makes
               it
               ,
               who
               is
               no
               Atturney
               Generall
               either
               in
               Law
               ,
               or
               Reason
               ;
               but
               if
               he
               were
               Atturney
               Generall
               ,
               I
               am
               sure
               he
               hath
               no
               power
               in
               Law
               to
               send
               his
               warrant
               for
               me
               ,
               or
               any
               man
               in
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               to
               answer
               to
               all
               such
               things
               as
               shall
               be
               objected
               against
               me
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               am
               constrained
               ,
               to
               inform
               you
               hereby
               ,
               that
               my
               person
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               hurried
               to
               and
               fro
               ,
               or
               disturbed
               at
               the
               pleasure
               of
               any
               man
               ,
               neither
               can
               I
               yeeld
               obedience
               to
               the
               commands
               of
               any
               which
               are
               not
               just
               and
               Legall
               ;
               and
               therefore
               in
               case
               you
               disturb
               me
               by
               such
               an
               illegall
               warrant
               ,
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               though
               I
               should
               in
               a
               sudden
               perish
               (
               which
               as
               to
               this
               life
               ,
               I
               doe
               herby
               acquaint
               you
               ,
               I
               shortly
               expect
               )
               but
               some
               well
               wisher
               to
               
                 Englands
              
               Freedoms
               ,
               will
               hereafter
               call
               you
               to
               a
               strict
               account
               for
               your
               illegall
               dealings
               with
               me
               ;
               for
               I
               must
               let
               you
               know
               hereby
               ,
               I
               cannot
               voluntarily
               go
               to
               the
               Inner
               Temple
               to
               the
               pretended
               Atturney
               Generall
               ,
               but
               shall
               suffer
               you
               to
               carry
               me
               if
               you
               shall
               send
               force
               which
               I
               cannot
               resist
               ;
               And
               be-cause
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               ever
               I
               shall
               have
               opportunity
               to
               write
               another
               line
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               blody
               unsatiable
               rage
               of
               my
               tyrannicall
               adversaries
               after
               the
               last
               drop
               of
               my
               bloud
               .
            
             
               I
               can
               not
               chuse
               but
               acquaint
               you
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               long
               since
               drawn
               ,
               and
               published
               my
               plea
               against
               the
               present
               power
               ,
               in
               my
               2.
               
               Edition
               of
               my
               book
               of
               the
               8
               of
               
                 Iune
              
               1649.
               intituled
               ,
               
                 The
                 Legall
                 Fundamentall
                 Liberties
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 revived
                 ,
                 asserted
                 ,
                 and
                 vindicated
                 ,
              
               which
               you
               may
               in
               an
               especiall
               manner
               read
               in
               the
               43.
               44.
               45.
               to
               the
               59.
               pag.
               which
               by
               the
               strength
               of
               the
               Lord
               .
               God
               Omnipotent
               ,
               my
               large
               experienced
               ,
               help
               in
               time
               of
               neede
               I
               will
               seale
               with
               the
               last
               drop
               of
               my
               blood
               :
               so
               being
               in
               Post
               hast
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               shortnesse
               of
               time
               that
               I
               have
               had
               knowledg
               of
               your
               pretended
               warrant
               ,
               I
               rest
               ,
            
             
               
                 As
                 much
                 a
                 Christian
                 and
                 an
                 Englishman
                 as
                 ever
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 From
                 my
                 Chamber
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Tower
                
                 of
                 
                   London
                
                 
                   this
                   14.
                   of
                   
                     Sept.
                  
                   1649.
                   
                
              
               
                 JOHN
                 LILBVRNE
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
    
    

