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         Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
      
       
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             A copy of a letter written to Collonell Henry Marten, a member of the House of Commons, by Lieutenant Collonell Lilburne. Iuly 20. 1647.
             Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             s.n.,
             [London :
             1647]
          
           
             Imprint from Wing.
             Signed at end: Iohn Lilburne.
             Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
         eng
      
       
         
           Marten, Henry, 1602-1680 -- Early works to 1800.
           England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Early works to 1800.
           Detention of persons -- England -- Early works to 1800.
           Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
       A88167  R210562  (Thomason 669.f.11[46]).  civilwar no A copy of a letter written to Collonell Henry Marten, a member of the House of Commons, by Lieutenant Collonell Lilburne. Iuly 20. 1647. Lilburne, John 1647    874 6 0 0 0 0 0 69 D  The  rate of 69 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 
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           A
           COPY
           OF
           A
           LETTER
           WRITTEN
           to
           Collonell
           
             Henry
             Marten
             ,
          
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           by
           Lieutenant
           Collonell
           
             Lilburne
             .
          
           
             Iuly
             20.
             1647.
             
          
        
         
           
             SIR
             :
          
        
         
           YOUR
           Delitory
           and
           unjust
           delaying
           to
           make
           my
           Report
           to
           your
           House
           according
           to
           your
           duty
           ,
           hath
           so
           hastened
           forward
           the
           ruine
           and
           destruction
           of
           me
           ,
           my
           wife
           and
           tender
           infants
           ,
           and
           riveted
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           fast
           in
           their
           tyrannicall
           domination
           ,
           
             That
             I
             cannot
             now
             style
             you
             either
             a
             friend
             to
             me
             ,
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             or
             to
             justice
             ,
             truth
             ,
             or
             honesty
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             men
             in
             the
             world
             I
             should
             least
             have
             dreamed
             to
             have
             found
             such
             unworthy
             and
             unjust
             dealing
             from
             you
             ;
          
           But
           yet
           notwithstanding
           by
           reason
           of
           a
           
             Paper
             come
             from
             the
             Army
             ,
          
           a
           copy
           of
           which
           I
           have
           even
           now
           seene
           ,
           (
           
             which
             desires
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             that
             I
             ,
             &c.
             may
             immediately
             ,
             and
             legally
             bee
             tryed
             ,
             or
             if
             the
             great
             Affaires
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             will
             not
             suffer
             them
             to
             debate
             my
             businesse
             at
             present
             ,
             that
             then
             I
             may
             be
             bailed
             ,
          
           )
           I
           therefore
           desire
           you
           to
           acquaint
           the
           House
           ,
           that
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           is
           cleare
           &
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           Lords
           in
           the
           case
           in
           controversie
           betwixt
           us
           ,
           
             have
             no
             jurisdiction
             at
             all
             over
             me
             ,
             or
             any
             Commoner
             of
             England
             whatsoever
             ,
          
           and
           I
           have
           justly
           protested
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           legally
           appealed
           
             *
          
           ▪
           above
           a
           year
           ago
           to
           your
           House
           for
           justice
           against
           their
           insufferable
           usurpations
           &
           incrochments
           ;
           (
           
             the
             injoyments
             of
             which
             is
             principally
             hindred
             by
             your selfe
          
           )
           and
           therefore
           I
           require
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           justice
           ,
           equity
           ,
           conscience
           &
           reason
           ;
           either
           to
           be
           justified
           or
           condemned
           by
           your
           House
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           bail
           I
           wil
           by
           the
           goodnes
           of
           God
           be
           cut
           in
           1000
           peeces
           ,
           before
           I
           wil
           in
           this
           case
           stoope
           the
           breadth
           of
           one
           heire
           ,
           or
           do
           any
           act
           that
           in
           my
           own
           understanding
           shal
           declare
           my
           owning
           of
           their
           
             jurisdiction
             in
             the
             least
             over
             me
             ▪
          
           with
           my
           giving
           baile
           or
           so
           much
           as
           my
           roule
           ,
           would
           doe
           ,
           within
           my
           apprehention
           would
           be
           a
           granting
           that
           their
           most
           divilsh
           tyrannicall
           illegall
           sentensing
           of
           me
           ,
           to
           pay
           4000
           l.
           
             and
             to
             be
             seaven
             yeares
             in
             Prison
             ;
             and
             forever
             to
             bee
             disfranchised
             of
             the
             Liberties
             of
             an
             English
             man
             ,
             were
             just
             and
             legall
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           if
           you
           will
           discharge
           your
           duty
           after
           above
           a
           years
           unjust
           delay
           in
           making
           my
           Report
           to
           your
           house
           
             I
             shal
             yet
             thank
             you
             ,
          
           but
           if
           you
           wil
           not
           ,
           
             the
             blood
             ,
             &
             ruin
             of
             me
             &
             mine
             ▪
             be
             upō
             the
             head
             of
             you
             and
             your
             posterity
             ,
          
           and
           the
           righteous
           and
           just
           God
           of
           heaven
           and
           earth
           ,
           either
           incline
           your
           heart
           to
           make
           my
           Report
           for
           me
           now
           at
           last
           ,
           (
           let
           the
           issue
           be
           what
           will
           I
           care
           not
           ,
           
             as
             I
             fully
             told
             you
             in
             my
             last
             large
             Epistle
             to
             you
             of
             the
             31.
             of
             May
             1647
             now
             in
             print
             pag.
          
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           6.
           )
           or
           else
           speedily
           avenge
           my
           cruill
           sufferings
           ▪
           by
           your
           meanes
           )
           with
           out
           mercy
           or
           compassion
           upon
           you
           and
           yours
           .
           Sir
           in
           shor●
           if
           your
           house
           will
           as
           they
           ought
           give
           me
           my
           Liberty
           ,
           without
           intanglements
           ,
           I
           will
           take
           it
           if
           not
           I
           am
           resolved
           to
           stick
           so
           closse
           to
           my
           just
           cause
           ,
           
             till
             I
             be
             forced
             to
             eate
             my
             owne
             flesh
          
           for
           want
           of
           bread
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           eye
           of
           humaine
           reason
           can
           not
           bee
           long
           ,
           before
           I
           be
           forced
           to
           doe
           it
           ;
           but
           assure
           your selfe
           that
           if
           the
           puting
           forth
           all
           the
           resolution
           in
           a
           man
           that
           for
           this
           ten
           years
           ,
           
             neaver
             feared
             death
             ,
             tortures
             ,
             nor
             torments
             ;
          
           (
           no
           ,
           nor
           yet
           knew
           what
           belong'd
           to
           a
           base
           feare
           ,
           )
           
             wil
             save
             me
             or
             do
             me
             good
             ,
          
           I
           wil
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           God
           leave
           no
           means
           whatsoever
           unattempted
           or
           unassaid
           
             though
             it
             lose
             me
             al
             the
             earthly
             props
             &
             relations
             ,
             I
             have
             in
             the
             world
             ,
          
           &
           I
           advise
           you
           as
           a
           friend
           to
           looke
           well
           to
           your selfe
           and
           do
           not
           continue
           such
           insupportable
           burthens
           upon
           me
           
             by
             your
             delay
             of
             justice
             ,
          
           as
           after
           suffering
           ship-wracke
           of
           my
           estate
           and
           fortunes
           ,
           by
           the
           grand
           tyrannicall
           Tyrants
           of
           England
           ,
           
             for
             above
             ten
             yeares
             together
             ,
          
           as
           I
           am
           not
           able
           longer
           to
           beare
           without
           evident
           destruction
           to
           me
           and
           mine
           ,
           and
           so
           at
           present
           I
           rest
           ,
           and
           wish
           I
           could
           subscribe
           myselfe
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Servant
             IOHN
             LILBURNE
             .
          
           
             
               From
               my
               causlesse
               ,
               and
               most
               uniust
               Captivity
               in
               the
               Tower
               of
               London
               ,
               the
               place
               of
               my
               fixed
               and
               resolved
               resolution
               ,
               to
               spend
               the
               last
               drop
               of
               my
               heart
               blood
               against
               the
               house
               of
               Lords
               Vsurpations
               ,
               over
               the
               Legal
               Rights
               ,
               &
               freedomes
               of
               all
               the
               Commons
               of
               England
               ,
            
             
               this
               
                 20.
                 of
                 Iuly
                 .
              
               1647
               ▪
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A88167e-30
           
             *
             Which
             Appeal
             ,
             you
             may
             read
             in
             the
             freemans
             Freedome
             vindicated
             
               pag.
            
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
        
      
      
  

