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           THE
           Protestants
           Remonstrance
           AGAINST
           POPE
           AND
           PRESBYTER
           :
           In
           an
           Impartial
           Essay
           upon
           the
           TIMES
           ,
           Or
           PLEA
           for
           MODERATION
           .
        
         
           By
           PHILANGLUS
           .
        
         
           Bonum
           Publicum
           simulitantes
           ,
           pro
           sua
           Potentiae
           certant
           .
           
             Salust
             .
             Catil
             .
             Conjurat
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             N.
             T.
          
           for
           
             Walter
             Davis
          
           living
           in
           Amen-Corner
           ,
           at
           the
           lower
           end
           of
           Pater-Noster-Row
           .
           1681.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Protestants
           Remonstrance
           AGAINST
           Pope
           and
           Presbyter
           ,
        
         
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           AS
           the
           Tranquility
           and
           Welfare
           of
           Old
           England
           is
           a
           thing
           of
           universal
           Concern
           to
           all
           
             True
             Protestants
          
           ,
           so
           should
           our
           endeavour
           to
           preserve
           it
           ,
           be
           the
           same
           :
           If
           the
           Danger
           be
           general
           and
           publick
           ,
           so
           let
           the
           Care
           also
           ;
           since
           the
           ignorant
           Passenger
           may
           as
           well
           expect
           to
           survive
           the
           sinking
           Ship
           and
           drowned
           Pilot
           ,
           as
           any
           man
           of
           an
           Estate
           (
           how
           little
           soever
           it
           be
           )
           to
           prosper
           under
           the
           Ruines
           of
           a
           
             Civil
             War
          
           ,
           and
           downfal
           of
           Monarchy
           ,
           Rebellion
           and
           Gaming
           being
           only
           fit
           for
           men
           that
           have
           nothing
           to
           lose
           ;
           'T
           is
           a
           meer
           
             Lottery
             of
             State
          
           ,
           wherein
           are
           an
           hundred
           Blanks
           to
           one
           Prize
           .
           For
           the
           miseries
           of
           a
           
             Civil
             War
          
           ,
           we
           need
           not
           any
           Information
           from
           the
           Histories
           of
           ancient
           Rome
           under
           
             Tiberius
             Gracchus
             ,
             Marius
          
           ,
           and
           
             Sylla
             ,
             Pompey
          
           and
           Caesar
           ,
           the
           
             Triumvirate
             ,
             &c.
          
           
           Nor
           from
           the
           Dissentions
           in
           Florence
           ,
           begun
           by
           the
           Guelf
           and
           Ghibiline
           Factions
           ;
           Nor
           from
           the
           Discords
           of
           France
           ,
           under
           the
           Tumultuous
           Reigns
           of
           Henry
           III.
           and
           Henry
           IV.
           No
           ,
           we
           have
           too
           fresh
           ,
           and
           too
           sad
           an
           Example
           of
           our
           own
           late
           Intestine
           Broils
           ,
           which
           rendred
           this
           unhappy
           Nation
           little
           better
           then
           a
           Den
           of
           Thieves
           and
           Murderers
           ,
           for
           almost
           the
           space
           of
           20
           years
           ;
           when
           under
           the
           disguise
           of
           Religion
           ,
           they
           committed
           the
           greatest
           Impiety
           ;
           and
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           defending
           their
           Countries
           Liberty
           ,
           enslaved
           it
           :
           only
           with
           this
           difference
           ,
           that
           instead
           of
           
             one
             good
             King
          
           ,
           they
           set
           over
           us
           
             many
             Tyrants
          
           .
           What
           Prince
           ,
           nay
           what
           Tyrant
           ever
           perpetrated
           the
           thousandth
           part
           of
           those
           outrages
           upon
           a
           People
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           ?
           till
           at
           length
           ,
           out
           of
           an
           unsatiable
           ▪
           Ravenous
           humour
           ,
           like
           Beasts
           of
           Prey
           ,
           they
           fell
           to
           seclude
           and
           devour
           one
           another
           ▪
           What
           Landlord
           was
           then
           Master
           of
           his
           own
           H●use
           ?
           What
           Tenant
           secure
           of
           the
           Stock
           upon
           his
           Groun●
           ?
           What
           
           House-keeper
           could
           call
           his
           Furniture
           his
           own
           ,
           without
           being
           every
           hour
           in
           danger
           of
           having
           his
           very
           Bed
           taken
           from
           under
           him
           ?
           What
           Gentleman
           secure
           of
           his
           Horses
           ▪
           without
           having
           them
           by
           violence
           ▪
           forced
           out
           of
           his
           Stable
           ,
           nay
           even
           out
           of
           his
           very
           Coach
           ?
           Who
           could
           Ride
           in
           safety
           upon
           the
           Road
           without
           eminent
           danger
           of
           his
           Person
           ?
           who
           could
           follow
           his
           Lawful
           vocation
           ,
           or
           what
           Trades-man
           his
           Trade
           ,
           without
           the
           hazzard
           of
           an
           assault
           ?
           What
           Gentleman
           was
           Master
           of
           his
           own
           Child
           or
           Servant
           ?
           or
           what
           Shop-keeper
           of
           his
           Prentice
           ?
           when
           the
           Parliaments
           Army
           was
           ready
           to
           receive
           ,
           and
           reward
           them
           for
           their
           Disloyalty
           ?
           Nay
           what
           security
           had
           any
           man
           of
           his
           own
           Life
           ,
           Family
           and
           Estate
           without
           being
           in
           danger
           of
           Hanging
           ,
           Plundering
           ,
           Sequestring
           and
           the
           like
           ?
           Now
           who
           were
           the
           Authors
           of
           these
           mischiefs
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           presume
           to
           determine
           ,
           only
           this
           I
           am
           sure
           of
           ,
           that
           the
           Fanaticks
           were
           no
           less
           guilty
           then
           the
           Papists
           :
           nor
           can
           any
           moderate
           Person
           think
           of
           the
           30
           th
           .
           of
           January
           ,
           with
           less
           Horrour
           then
           the
           5
           th
           .
           of
           November
           ,
           They
           are
           both
           equally
           enemies
           to
           the
           Government
           ;
           and
           so
           alike
           declared
           by
           act
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           they
           had
           both
           the
           same
           need
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           most
           gracious
           
             Act
             of
             Oblivion
          
           ;
           Neither
           were
           the
           Acts
           of
           one
           ,
           less
           cruel
           then
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           many
           who
           writ
           of
           ,
           or
           lived
           in
           those
           times
           inform
           us
           .
           I
           need
           not
           here
           acquaint
           you
           with
           the
           Papists
           murther
           of
           Henry
           the
           III.
           and
           Henry
           the
           VI.
           of
           France
           ,
           their
           St.
           
           Bartholomew's
           Massacre
           ,
           their
           Cicilian
           Vesper's
           ,
           their
           
             Irish
             Massacre
          
           ,
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           their
           several
           Plots
           against
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           and
           King
           James
           ;
           The
           Gunpowder-Treason
           ,
           and
           how
           great
           ,
           a
           share
           they
           had
           in
           our
           late
           Civil
           Wars
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           their
           present
           inhumanity
           against
           the
           distressed
           
             French
             Hugonites
          
           ;
           No
           ,
           there
           are
           so
           many
           Tracts
           written
           of
           this
           Subject
           ,
           and
           people
           are
           already
           so
           well
           acquainted
           with
           their
           barbarous
           ,
           and
           cruel
           Principles
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           be
           but
           time
           lost
           here
           to
           repeat
           them
           ;
           Wherefore
           I
           shall
           wholly
           apply
           this
           discourse
           to
           their
           Brethren
           in
           iniquity
           ,
           the
           Fanaticks
           ,
           Who
           are
           no
           less
           Culpable
           ,
           though
           less
           discovered
           to
           the
           World
           ;
           wherefore
           to
           take
           off
           their
           Holy
           Mask
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           out
           of
           a
           small
           Treatise
           (
           called
           
             Mercurius
             Rusticus
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Countries
             Complaint
          
           )
           to
           Epitomize
           to
           you
           some
           few
           Barbarous
           proceedings
           of
           these
           Sectaries
           ,
           which
           were
           Executed
           upon
           the
           most
           Loyal
           Protestants
           by
           special
           order
           of
           Parliament
           .
           
           As
           for
           example
           :
           How
           Barbarously
           were
           Sir
           
             Jorn
             Lucas
          
           and
           Mr.
           Newcomen
           ,
           a
           Minister
           used
           by
           the
           Brownists
           ,
           
           and
           Anabaptists
           of
           Colchester
           ,
           ?
           Sir
           
           John's
           House
           Plundered
           ,
           his
           Mother
           ,
           Lady
           ,
           and
           Sister
           Committed
           to
           the
           Common
           Goal
           ?
        
         
           The
           inhumane
           usage
           of
           Sir
           
             William
             B●teler
          
           in
           Kent
           ,
           
           his
           House
           Plundered
           ,
           and
           Servants
           put
           to
           exquisite
           torture
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Parliament
             Dragoons
          
           ?
        
         
           The
           same
           Party
           went
           on
           ,
           and
           Plundered
           Sir
           Hen.
           Audley's
           House
           in
           Essex
           as
           also
           Mr.
           
             Erazmus
             Lau'd
          
           ,
           a
           poor
           Minister
           ,
           
           of
           all
           his
           Money
           ,
           Cattel
           ,
           his
           own
           ,
           and
           his
           Wives
           wearing
           Apparel
           :
           also
           Mr.
           Hongfield
           a
           Batchellor
           in
           Divinity
           near
           70
           ▪
           years
           old
           ,
           of
           all
           his
           Furniture
           ,
           Cloaths
           ,
           Bonds
           ,
           Bills
           ,
           and
           Evidences
           ,
           and
           Imprisoned
           his
           Person
           ;
           Also
           Mr.
           Stephens
           ,
           Parson
           of
           Southamfeild
           in
           Essex
           ,
           of
           all
           his
           Plate
           and
           Goods
           ,
           beating
           out
           the
           brains
           of
           a
           Woman
           that
           hid
           them
           for
           him
           ;
           Also
           Imprisoned
           Mr.
           
             Edward
             Symmons
          
           ,
           Parson
           of
           Rayn
           in
           Essex
           ,
           and
           bestowed
           his
           Living
           upon
           one
           
             Lemuel
             Tuke
          
           ,
           by
           education
           a
           Weaver
           ;
           which
           the
           Parliament
           did
           ,
           for
           that
           Mr.
           Symmons
           had
           Preached
           a
           Sermon
           against
           Rebellion
           ,
           Lastly
           the
           said
           Dragoons
           Plundered
           the
           Countess
           of
           Rivers
           House
           at
           Osyth
           ,
           to
           the
           value
           in
           Goods
           ,
           and
           Money
           ,
           of
           an
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           ,
           as
           also
           threatened
           to
           take
           away
           her
           Life
           ,
           had
           they
           found
           her
           .
        
         
           How
           inhumanely
           did
           the
           Brownist
           and
           Anibaptists
           of
           Chelmford
           use
           Mr.
           Michelson
           ,
           the
           Parson
           of
           that
           Town
           ,
           
           and
           a
           man
           of
           great
           worth
           and
           Learning
           ;
           how
           many
           Attempts
           did
           they
           make
           upon
           his
           Life
           ?
           how
           did
           they
           Plunder
           him
           of
           all
           he
           had
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           put
           him
           to
           flight
           ,
           leaving
           behind
           him
           ,
           his
           Wife
           and
           eight
           small
           Children
           to
           perish
           ?
           The
           same
           Godly
           Reformers
           also
           Plundered
           Mr.
           Cornelius
           ,
           Parson
           of
           Peldon
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           County
           of
           Essex
           ,
           taking
           from
           him
           400
           l
           in
           Money
           ,
           besides
           all
           his
           Goods
           and
           Child-bed-linnen
           of
           his
           Wives
           ,
           who
           look'd
           every
           hour
           ,
           —
           yet
           had
           not
           wherewith
           to
           Cloath
           her
           Nakedness
           left
           her
           ;
           and
           when
           these
           Criminals
           were
           taken
           ;
           and
           indicted
           for
           the
           Theft
           ,
           an
           
             Ignoramus
             Jury
          
           (
           though
           they
           confessed
           the
           fact
           ▪
           )
           acquitted
           them
           ;
           for
           that
           the
           Criminals
           were
           of
           the
           Brotherhood
           ,
           and
           Goods
           stollen
           ,
           belonged
           to
           a
           Delinquent
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           only
           reason
           they
           gave
           to
           the
           Judge
           ,
           Who
           bound
           them
           over
           to
           answer
           their
           Perjured
           Verdict
           at
           the
           next
           Assizes
           :
           Wonder
           not
           therefore
           at
           
             Colledges
             Ignoramus
             Jury
          
           of
           the
           Brotherhoods
           .
           On
           
             August
             Thursday
          
           18
           th
           .
           1642
           ,
           The
           Lord
           
             B
             —
             s
          
           then
           Plunders
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Minshells
          
           House
           at
           Bourton
           in
           Buckinghamshire
           ,
           
           destroying
           
           a
           prodigious
           quantity
           of
           Rich
           Furniture
           ,
           killing
           and
           selling
           all
           the
           Cattel
           on
           his
           ground
           ,
           burning
           his
           Corn
           and
           Hay-Ricks
           ,
           tearing
           and
           consuming
           all
           his
           ●ooks
           ,
           Bonds
           ,
           and
           Evidences
           ,
           Clapping
           a
           strong
           Guard
           on
           his
           Lady
           ,
           and
           denying
           her
           a
           Bed
           to
           lie
           on
           ;
           all
           which
           they
           did
           ,
           for
           that
           her
           Husband
           was
           then
           waiting
           on
           the
           King
           ;
           They
           cut
           down
           his
           Woods
           ,
           destroyed
           his
           Ponds
           ,
           and
           left
           no
           piece
           of
           Revenge
           unfinished
           .
        
         
           
           At
           
             Kings
             Harbour
          
           near
           Hownslow-heath
           ,
           a
           Party
           of
           the
           Lord
           
           Wh's
           Souldiers
           set
           fire
           on
           an
           Inne
           ;
           for
           that
           the
           people
           of
           the
           House
           began
           the
           
             Kings
             Health
          
           ,
           telling
           the
           Hostess
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           teach
           her
           the
           Irish
           way
           to
           fire
           Houses
           .
        
         
           
           At
           Pelmarsh
           in
           Essex
           ,
           Mr.
           Wilborow
           the
           Parson
           ,
           was
           assaulted
           in
           his
           Pulpit
           ,
           having
           all
           his
           Cloaths
           torn
           off
           him
           ,
           and
           very
           hardly
           escaped
           with
           life
           ,
           his
           Bible
           and
           Common-Prayer-book
           torn
           in
           an
           hundred
           pieces
           ,
           which
           they
           stuck
           on
           their
           Pike-heads
           .
        
         
           
           The
           Earl
           of
           E
           —
           left
           behind
           him
           at
           Reading
           a
           Committee
           of
           City
           Captains
           ,
           and
           Trades-men
           ,
           who
           Amerced
           and
           Fined
           men
           at
           their
           pleasures
           ,
           In
           Marlow
           ,
           they
           assested
           one
           Mr.
           Druce
           at
           1000
           l.
           and
           imprisoned
           him
           till
           he
           paid
           300
           l.
           of
           it
           ;
           they
           also
           Fined
           Mr.
           Harepool
           200
           l.
           Mr.
           Chace
           (
           a
           man
           Plundered
           before
           )
           40
           
             l.
             Elliatt
          
           a
           Butcher
           ,
           they
           Fined
           100
           l.
           and
           imprisoned
           him
           also
           ;
           One
           Cock
           a
           Baker
           20
           l.
           Mr.
           Furnace
           ,
           The
           Vicar
           10
           
             l.
             John
             Langley
          
           100
           
             l.
             Thomas
             Langley
          
           20
           
             l.
             William
             Langley
          
           5
           l.
           and
           Willmot
           his
           Servant
           5
           
             l.
             John
             More
          
           80
           
             l.
             Hopkins
          
           a
           Shooemaker
           ,
           5
           
             l.
             Canne
          
           an
           Inn
           keeper
           ,
           7
           l.
           and
           many
           more
           they
           Fined
           in
           this
           illegal
           manner
           .
        
         
           
           Mr.
           
             Giles
             Thorn
          
           Minister
           of
           St.
           Cuberts
           in
           Bedford
           ,
           upon
           a
           Sunday
           after
           having
           Preached
           3
           Sermons
           ;
           was
           Barbarously
           assualted
           by
           the
           Parliament
           Troops
           ,
           then
           carried
           up
           to
           London
           ,
           and
           there
           kept
           close
           Prisoner
           without
           any
           other
           cause
           being
           ever
           alledged
           against
           him
           ,
           save
           only
           that
           he
           was
           too
           well
           beloved
           of
           his
           Parishioners
           ;
           although
           the
           true
           reason
           was
           ,
           a
           private
           picque
           of
           Sir
           
             S.
             Lukes
          
           against
           him
           ,
           which
           Sir
           Samuel
           made
           use
           of
           his
           Interest
           amongst
           the
           Parliament
           to
           be
           revenged
           this
           way
           .
        
         
           
           
             Warder
             Castle
          
           being
           by
           the
           Lady
           Arundel
           (
           in
           the
           absence
           of
           my
           Lord
           her
           Husband
           )
           Surrendred
           upon
           Articles
           to
           Sir
           
             Edw
             ▪
             H.
          
           and
           his
           Parliament
           Troops
           ,
           How
           did
           they
           break
           all
           their
           Articles
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           were
           entered
           ,
           Plundering
           all
           those
           Goods
           ,
           Defacing
           that
           whole
           Castle
           ,
           Cutting
           down
           all
           those
           Timber-Trees
           ,
           destroying
           all
           those
           Cattel
           ,
           Deer-Parks
           and
           ●ish-Ponds
           ,
           
           which
           by
           their
           Articles
           they
           were
           bound
           to
           spare
           ,
           neither
           did
           this
           attone
           their
           Malice
           ,
           but
           they
           must
           also
           carry
           their
           Ladies
           and
           their
           young
           Children
           Prisoners
           to
           Dorchester
           ,
           which
           place
           was
           then
           much
           infected
           with
           the
           
             Small
             Pox
          
           ,
           and
           Plague
           ;
           Nay
           (
           and
           what
           was
           more
           Cruel
           )
           did
           afterwards
           snatch
           the
           young
           Infants
           out
           of
           their
           Mothers
           Arms
           ,
           and
           carry
           them
           alone
           Captive
           to
           Bath
           ,
           which
           was
           full
           of
           the
           same
           Infection
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           21
           th
           .
           of
           May
           ;
           1643.
           
           One
           Mr.
           
             John
             Bykar
          
           (
           Son
           to
           the
           Vicar
           of
           Dunchurch
           )
           was
           run
           through
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           kill'd
           in
           Coventry
           ;
           by
           the
           Rebels
           without
           any
           offence
           ,
           but
           his
           being
           a
           Parsons
           Son.
           
        
         
           What
           Havock
           did
           the
           Parliamentarians
           at
           Wellingborough
           in
           Northamptonshire
           ,
           without
           any
           resistance
           ,
           
           they
           murthered
           Mr.
           Flint
           Curate
           of
           Harraden
           ,
           Plundered
           Wellingborough
           ,
           and
           carried
           away
           Prisoners
           to
           Northampton
           ▪
           Mr.
           Grey
           ,
           Mr.
           Neal
           ,
           and
           above
           forty
           more
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Vicar
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           one
           Mr.
           Jones
           a
           Grave
           Learned
           man
           ,
           and
           very
           Ancient
           ,
           whom
           for
           scorn
           they
           made
           ride
           along
           with
           them
           upon
           a
           Bear
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           taken
           from
           a
           Barber
           of
           Wellingborough
           ,
           whom
           they
           had
           murthered
           ;
           at
           length
           being
           Imprisoned
           at
           Northampton
           ,
           they
           Starved
           him
           to
           death
           ,
           without
           ever
           suffering
           his
           Wife
           or
           his
           Friends
           to
           come
           at
           him
           .
           Wonder
           not
           therefore
           if
           the
           Clergy
           so
           much
           inveigh
           against
           Presbytery
           !
        
         
           On
           the
           28
           th
           .
           of
           January
           1642
           ,
           the
           Castle
           of
           Sudley
           was
           surrendred
           to
           the
           Rebels
           upon
           Articles
           ,
           
           which
           were
           no
           sooner
           made
           ,
           but
           broken
           ;
           for
           they
           not
           only
           Plundered
           the
           Castle
           and
           Seat
           of
           the
           Lord
           Shandois
           &
           Winchcomb
           ,
           a
           Neighbou●ing
           Village
           ,
           but
           also
           God's
           Service
           (
           as
           they
           call
           it
           )
           abused
           his
           Church
           ,
           a
           stately
           Fabrick
           within
           the
           Castle
           digging
           up
           the
           Graves
           ,
           breaking
           down
           the
           Monuments
           of
           the
           Shandoises
           ,
           mak●ng
           the
           lower
           part
           of
           it
           a
           Stable
           ,
           the
           Chancel
           a
           Slaughter
           house
           ▪
           the
           Communion
           Table
           a
           Chopping-block
           for
           meat
           ,
           &
           the
           Vault
           where
           the
           Family
           of
           the
           Shandoise's
           lay
           ,
           they
           filled
           with
           the
           Guts
           ,
           and
           Garbage
           o●
           Beasts
           ;
           so
           piously
           did
           these
           Sectaries
           fight
           the
           Lord's
           Battel
           ,
           The
           same
           Barbarity
           was
           likewise
           used
           upon
           that
           Beautiful
           piece
           of
           Antiquity
           St.
           
             Maries
             Church
          
           in
           Warwick
           ,
           wherein
           were
           destroyed
           the
           Famous
           and
           Ancient
           Monuments
           of
           the
           Earls
           of
           Beauchamp
           ,
           by
           the
           Lord
           B
           —
           ,
           and
           Coll.
           Puresoys
           Party
           .
        
         
           How
           Barbarously
           did
           the
           Rebels
           of
           Exeter
           use
           
             Doctor
             Cox
          
           ,
           
           who
           came
           with
           a
           Trumpeter
           ,
           and
           a
           Party
           to
           them
           ,
           from
           Sir
           
             Ralph
             Hopton
          
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesties
           Forces
           ,
           Wounding
           ,
           Abusing
           ,
           
           and
           Imprisoning
           him
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           Arms
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           they
           both
           Vomited
           ,
           and
           Purged
           him
           for
           many
           days
           together
           ,
           thinking
           to
           make
           him
           voy'd
           those
           
             Papers
             of
             Intelligence
          
           ,
           which
           they
           distrusted
           he
           had
           Swallowed
           ,
           because
           they
           once
           saw
           him
           put
           his
           hand
           to
           his
           Mouth
           ,
           only
           to
           pick
           his
           Teeth
           .
        
         
           How
           inhumanely
           did
           the
           Lord
           G.
           of
           Gs.
           Party
           deal
           with
           Mr.
           Nowel
           of
           Rutlandshire
           ,
           
           Firing
           his
           Tennants
           Houses
           ,
           in
           one
           of
           which
           was
           a
           poor
           Woman
           in
           Labour
           ;
           also
           taking
           Prisoner
           Mr.
           Nowel
           himself
           ;
           Plundering
           his
           House
           ;
           defacing
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           in
           it
           his
           Wives
           Monument
           ;
           all
           which
           they
           did
           contrary
           to
           the
           Articles
           ,
           upon
           the
           which
           he
           had
           Surrendred
           .
        
         
           With
           what
           Brutality
           did
           the
           Rebels
           under
           
             Coll.
             S
             —
             s
          
           in
           Kent
           enter
           ,
           
           ●r
           .
           Bargraves
           ,
           the
           Dean
           of
           Canterbury's
           House
           ,
           Plundering
           all
           they
           met
           with
           ,
           Imprisoning
           the
           Son
           in
           his
           Fathers
           absence
           ;
           and
           horridly
           abusing
           the
           Deans
           Wife
           ,
           and
           Mother
           ,
           an
           old
           Gentlewoman
           above
           eighty
           years
           of
           Age
           ;
           After
           which
           the
           Dean
           himself
           returning
           ,
           they
           soon
           committed
           him
           to
           the
           Fleet
           at
           London
           ,
           where
           I
           think
           he
           dyed
           with
           grief
           in
           Prison
           .
        
         
           
           
             Brown
             ,
             Waller
          
           ,
           and
           others
           in
           their
           March
           from
           Aylsbury
           ,
           to
           Windsor
           ,
           and
           thence
           by
           Newbury
           to
           Winchester
           ,
           Plundered
           every
           Minister
           within
           five
           Miles
           of
           the
           Road
           ,
           without
           distinction
           ,
           whether
           their
           Friends
           or
           Foes
           .
        
         
           
           How
           many
           poor
           Wretches
           were
           starved
           to
           death
           under
           the
           Imprisonment
           of
           Captain
           Ven
           a
           Citizen
           ,
           and
           made
           Governour
           of
           
             Windsor
             Castle
          
           .
        
         
           
           Mr.
           Chaldwell
           of
           Thorngonby
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Lincoln
           
             Esq
             ;
          
           and
           a
           Justice
           of
           Peace
           ,
           was
           for
           his
           Loyalty
           ,
           both
           himself
           and
           his
           Wife
           ,
           two
           Ancient
           people
           put
           in
           the
           Dungeon
           of
           Lincoln
           Gaol
           ,
           where
           receiving
           the
           ill
           news
           ;
           for
           the
           Rebels
           had
           Plundered
           his
           House
           ,
           destroying
           all
           his
           Estate
           ,
           and
           muthered
           one
           of
           his
           most
           faithful
           Servants
           ,
           he
           ended
           his
           days
           with
           grief
           ,
        
         
           Mr
           :
           Wright
           a
           Minister
           of
           Wemslow
           in
           Cheshire
           ,
           and
           a
           pious
           ,
           Learned
           man
           80
           years
           old
           ,
           was
           Plundered
           of
           his
           All
           ,
           by
           the
           Parliament
           Troops
           having
           two
           of
           his
           Maid-Servants
           murthered
           ,
           and
           others
           in
           his
           House
           wounded
           ;
           nor
           had
           escaped
           with
           his
           own
           life
           ,
           had
           not
           his
           Neighbours
           received
           his
           venerable
           old
           age
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             Anthony
             Tyrringham
          
           Minister
           of
           Tyringham
           in
           Bucks
           ,
           being
           first
           robbed
           of
           his
           All
           ,
           was
           afterwards
           miserably
           abused
           and
           wounded
           ,
           having
           his
           Arm
           cut
           off
           ,
           and
           then
           carried
           away
           to
           Aylsbury
           Gaol
           .
        
         
         
           Mr.
           Bar●lets
           House
           at
           Castle-morton
           in
           Worcestershire
           was
           five
           times
           Plundred
           by
           these
           Rebels
           ;
           Insomuch
           as
           they
           boasted
           they
           had
           not
           left
           him
           worth
           a
           Groat
           ,
           his
           Wife
           and
           Children
           abused
           ,
           and
           himself
           Imprisoned
           .
        
         
           How
           Barbarously
           were
           Mr
           :
           
             Robert
             Yeomans
          
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             George
             Boucher
          
           ,
           Gentlemen
           of
           Bristol
           murthered
           ?
           as
           also
           Sir
           
             Charles
             Lucas
          
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             George
             Lisle
          
           Shot
           to
           death
           in
           cold
           bloud
           at
           Colchester
           by
           the
           Parliaments
           Court
           of
           Injustice
           ?
        
         
           The
           Cathedral
           Churches
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
             Worcester
          
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           the
           other
           Cathedrals
           in
           England
           ,
           were
           miserably
           defaced
           and
           demolished
           by
           these
           pious
           Rebels
           .
        
         
           In
           October
           1642.
           
           When
           the
           Earl
           of
           Stams
           .
           was
           in
           Herefordshire
           ;
           
           Captain
           Kirl's
           Troops
           (
           in
           the
           ahsence
           of
           Parson
           Swift
           of
           Goodwich
           in
           the
           same
           County
           ,
           )
           Plundered
           his
           House
           by
           the
           order
           of
           the
           said
           Earl
           and
           Captain
           ;
           they
           took
           away
           all
           his
           Provision
           of
           Victuals
           ,
           Corn
           and
           Household
           Stuff
           ,
           which
           were
           not
           conveyed
           away
           before
           they
           emptied
           his
           Bed
           ,
           and
           filled
           the
           Ticks
           with
           Mault
           ;
           they
           Rob'd
           him
           of
           his
           Cart
           ,
           and
           six
           Horses
           and
           make
           this
           part
           of
           their
           Theft
           the
           means
           to
           convey
           away
           the
           rest
           ,
           Mrs.
           Swift
           much
           affrightened
           thereat
           ,
           Taking
           up
           a
           young
           Child
           in
           her
           Arms
           ,
           thought
           it
           best
           to
           secure
           her self
           by
           flight
           ,
           which
           one
           of
           the
           Troopers
           perceiving
           ,
           he
           commanded
           her
           to
           stay
           ,
           (
           or
           holding
           a
           Pistol
           to
           her
           breast
           )
           threatned
           to
           Shoot
           her
           dead
           in
           this
           Condition
           ;
           and
           haveing
           her
           House
           thus
           Rifled
           ,
           next
           morning
           early
           she
           goes
           to
           Hereford
           ,
           and
           Petitions
           the
           Earl
           to
           have
           compassion
           ,
           if
           not
           on
           her self
           ,
           yet
           on
           her
           Ten
           little
           Infants
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           cause
           some
           of
           her
           Goods
           ,
           and
           Horses
           to
           be
           restored
           ;
           but
           the
           Earl
           would
           not
           vouchsafe
           so
           much
           as
           to
           read
           her
           Petition
           :
           hereupon
           she
           Addresses
           to
           Captain
           Kirl
           ,
           who
           grants
           her
           no
           Restitution
           ,
           but
           only
           a
           protection
           for
           what
           was
           left
           ,
           and
           that
           too
           cost
           her
           thirty
           Shillings
           ;
           And
           now
           thinking
           her self
           secure
           ,
           she
           returns
           home
           in
           hopes
           to
           enjoy
           quietly
           what
           was
           left
           ;
           She
           had
           not
           been
           long
           at
           home
           but
           Captain
           Kirl
           sends
           her
           word
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           pleased
           her
           she
           might
           buy
           4
           of
           her
           6.
           
           Horses
           again
           ,
           assuring
           her
           that
           she
           should
           never
           be
           Plundred
           more
           by
           their
           Forces
           ,
           en●ouraged
           hereby
           ,
           she
           bought
           4
           of
           her
           Horses
           for
           8
           pounds
           10
           Shillings
           ,
           and
           with
           this
           security
           brought
           home
           the
           remainder
           of
           those
           few
           Goods
           she
           had
           hid
           at
           her
           Neighbours
           Houses
           :
           but
           soon
           after
           Captain
           Kirl
           sent
           to
           her
           for
           some
           Vessels
           of
           Cyder
           ,
           which
           having
           tasted
           ,
           and
           not
           liking
           ,
           instead
           thereof
           ,
           Demanded
           
           ten
           Bushels
           of
           Oates
           ,
           which
           not
           having
           of
           her
           own
           ,
           she
           sent
           him
           40
           s.
           to
           buy
           Oates
           ▪
           Suddenly
           after
           ,
           another
           Captain
           of
           the
           Earls
           sends
           to
           this
           Mrs.
           Swift
           for
           Victuals
           and
           Corn
           ,
           who
           shewing
           him
           her
           Protection
           ,
           he
           also
           shewed
           her
           his
           Warrant
           ,
           and
           so
           Condemning
           her
           Protection
           ,
           Seizeth
           upon
           what
           Provision
           and
           Syder
           was
           in
           the
           House
           :
           Hereupon
           Mrs.
           Swift
           Complains
           to
           Captain
           Kirle
           ,
           who
           said
           ,
           
             He
             disapproved
             of
             what
             they
             did
             ,
          
           but
           would
           not
           relieve
           her
           one
           jot
           ;
           and
           withal
           sends
           to
           her
           for
           more
           Oates
           ,
           which
           she
           not
           being
           able
           to
           send
           him
           ,
           Captain
           
             Kirl's
             Lieutenant
          
           ,
           two
           hours
           before
           ,
           on
           the
           third
           of
           December
           ,
           comes
           with
           a
           Party
           of
           Dragoons
           to
           Mr.
           Swifts
           House
           ,
           and
           demanded
           entrance
           ,
           but
           the
           doors
           being
           shut
           ,
           they
           forced
           them
           open
           ,
           and
           entred
           ▪
           with
           Pistols
           cockt
           in
           their
           hands
           ▪
           and
           Swords
           drawn
           ;
           Being
           thus
           entred
           ,
           they
           took
           all
           Mr.
           Swifts
           and
           his
           Wives
           wearing
           Cloaths
           ,
           his
           Books
           ,
           and
           his
           Childrens
           Cloaths
           ,
           they
           being
           in
           Bed
           ,
           and
           poor
           Children
           hanging
           by
           their
           Cloaths
           ,
           as
           unwilling
           to
           part
           with
           them
           ,
           they
           swung
           about
           ,
           until
           (
           their
           hold-fasts
           failing
           )
           they
           dashed
           them
           against
           the
           walls
           .
           They
           also
           took
           away
           all
           his
           Servants
           Cloaths
           ,
           leaving
           none
           of
           them
           a
           Shirt
           to
           cover
           their
           Nakedness
           ;
           They
           Robbed
           also
           one
           of
           her
           little
           Infants
           lying
           in
           a
           Cradle
           ,
           nor
           leaving
           it
           a
           rag
           to
           preserve
           it
           from
           the
           cold
           ,
           They
           took
           away
           all
           the
           Linnen
           ;
           Iron
           ,
           Pewter
           ,
           and
           Brass
           ,
           and
           a
           fair
           Cupboard
           of
           Glass
           ,
           which
           they
           could
           not
           carry
           away
           ,
           they
           broke
           ;
           The
           Horses
           lately
           redeem'd
           ,
           they
           also
           laid
           hold
           on
           ;
           and
           threatned
           to
           carry
           away
           to
           Prison
           Mrs.
           Swift
           and
           her
           three
           Maids
           ;
           and
           to
           plunder
           all
           under
           their
           Peticoats
           ,
           as
           they
           said
           .
           Whereupon
           she
           fled
           to
           the
           place
           where
           her
           Husband
           was
           Concealed
           ;
           in
           whose
           absence
           they
           fell
           a
           packing
           up
           all
           their
           plunder
           :
           When
           amongst
           other
           things
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Batch
           of
           Bread
           in
           the
           Oven
           ,
           this
           they
           Seized
           upon
           ,
           the
           ten
           small
           Children
           on
           their
           knees
           ,
           intreated
           but
           for
           one
           Loaf
           ,
           which
           they
           Refused
           ,
           not
           leaving
           one
           morsel
           to
           satisfie
           their
           Hunger
           :
           Nay
           finding
           a
           small
           Pewter-dish
           which
           the
           drie
           Nurse
           had
           hid
           for
           the
           use
           of
           the
           poor
           Infant
           in
           the
           Cradle
           ,
           the
           Mother
           which
           Suckled
           it
           being
           fled
           :
           Though
           the
           Nurse
           begg'd
           for
           it
           on
           her
           knees
           ,
           and
           the
           Child
           lay
           crying
           for
           hunger
           ,
           yet
           did
           they
           throw
           it
           to
           the
           Dogs
           ,
           and
           took
           away
           the
           Dish
           :
           Nay
           ▪
           they
           commanded
           upon
           pain
           of
           Death
           ,
           that
           the
           Miller
           should
           Grind
           them
           no
           Corn
           ,
           nor
           any
           of
           their
           Neighbours
           relieve
           them
           :
           And
           all
           the
           revenge
           was
           acted
           ,
           only
           because
           at
           Ross
           ,
           th●ir
           Fa●her
           Preached
           a
           Sermon
           upon
           this
           Text
           ,
           
             Give
             unto
          
           Caesar
           
             the
             things
             
             that
             are
          
           Caesar's
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             Nulla
             Salus
             Bello
             pacem
             le
             possimus
             omnes
             :
          
           Virgil.
           II.
           lib.
           Aeneid
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           not
           the
           thousandth
           part
           of
           those
           Barbarities
           ,
           and
           Cruelties
           ,
           which
           in
           all
           Counties
           of
           England
           were
           acted
           by
           those
           Bloody
           and
           
             Merciless
             Sectaries
          
           ,
           who
           pretended
           to
           fight
           the
           
             Lords
             Battle
          
           ;
           and
           whose
           chief
           Reformation
           consisted
           in
           turning
           Churches
           into
           Stables
           ,
           and
           Barns
           into
           Churches
           ;
           In
           plucking
           down
           Learned
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           setting
           up
           Illiteral
           Coblers
           and
           
             Tinkers
             ,
             to
             Preach
             Gods
             Holy
             Word
             in
             their
             stead
          
           ;
           How
           were
           the
           
             Churches
             Violated
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Vniversities
             turned
             Topsie-Turvy
          
           ?
           who
           (
           not
           being
           a
           Sectary
           )
           was
           not
           then
           esteemed
           a
           Papist
           ?
           or
           (
           not
           being
           a
           
             Rebel
             to
             the
             King
          
           ,
           )
           was
           not
           accounted
           a
           
             Betrayer
             of
             his
             Countrey
          
           ?
        
         
           Now
           these
           tasts
           of
           
             Calvenistical
             Cruelties
          
           may
           be
           sufficient
           to
           deter
           any
           but
           Mad-men
           ,
           or
           Fools
           ,
           from
           splitting
           twice
           upon
           the
           same
           Rock
           ,
           unless
           we
           desire
           to
           have
           the
           same
           Murthers
           ,
           the
           same
           Roberies
           ,
           the
           same
           Sequestrations
           ,
           the
           same
           Compounding
           for
           our
           own
           Estates
           many
           times
           over
           ,
           the
           same
           waiting
           at
           
             Committees
             Doors
          
           ,
           the
           same
           
             Free
             Quarter
          
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           
             Parliament
             Tyrannie
          
           ,
           then
           which
           never
           any
           was
           greater
           :
           Every
           little
           member
           of
           which
           long
           Parliament
           ,
           being
           a
           greater
           and
           more
           absolute
           Tyrant
           ,
           then
           any
           Bashaw
           belonging
           to
           the
           Turk
           :
           only
           with
           this
           Difference
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           member
           could
           Ruin
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           but
           not
           assist
           his
           Friend
           .
           The
           Taxes
           more
           heavy
           ,
           and
           Burthensome
           ,
           then
           ever
           any
           before
           :
           Most
           of
           which
           publique
           Moneys
           were
           spent
           in
           Private
           uses
           ,
           and
           divided
           amongst
           themselves
           :
           Whilst
           thousands
           of
           Widows
           ,
           and
           Orphans
           ,
           who
           were
           Ruined
           by
           their
           Sequestrations
           ,
           and
           Plunderings
           ,
           wanted
           Bread
           to
           put
           into
           their
           Mouths
           .
           Thus
           (
           besides
           other
           times
           )
           they
           at
           once
           voted
           this
           Division
           amongst
           themselves
           ,
           of
           these
           several
           Sums
           out
           of
           the
           
             Publick
             Stock
          
           ,
           (
           viz
           ▪
           )
           
             
               
                 
                   To
                   the
                   Lord
                
                 Say.
                 
              
               
                 1000
                 l.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   To
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                
                 Northumberland
                 .
              
               
                 1000
                 l.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   To
                   Mr.
                
                 Vassall
                 .
              
               
                 1000
                 l.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   To
                   Mr.
                
                 Henry
                 Martin
                 .
              
               
                 1000
                 l.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   To
                   Sir
                
                 Rowland
                 Wanford
                 .
              
               
                 5000
                 l.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   To
                   Mr.
                
                 Bacon
                 .
              
               
                 3000
                 l.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   To
                   Mr.
                
                 Selden
                 .
              
               
                 5000
                 l.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   To
                   Sir
                
                 William
                 Strode's
                 Family
              
               
                 5000
                 l.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   To
                   Mr.
                
                 Peter
                 Hammond's
                 Successors
                 .
              
               
                 5000
                 l.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                 
                   To
                   Sir
                
                 Miles
                 Hubbard
                 .
              
               
                 5000
                 l.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   To
                   Mr.
                
                 Hampden's
                 Children
                 .
              
               
                 5000
                 l.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   To
                   Sir
                
                 Benjamin
                 Rudyard
                 .
              
               
                 6000
                 l.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   To
                   Sir
                
                 John
                 Elliot's
                 Children
                 .
              
               
                 5000
                 l.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   To
                   Mr.
                
                 Benjamin
                 Valentine
                 .
              
               
                 5000
                 l.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   To
                   Mr.
                
                 Walter
                 Long.
                 
              
               
                 5000
                 l.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 To
                 Denzile
                 Hollis
                 Esquire
                 .
              
               
                 5020
                 l.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 In
                 Toto
                 .
              
               
                 99000
                 l.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           SO
           that
           first
           this
           long
           Parliament
           miss-pent
           the
           
             Nations
             Treasure
          
           :
           When
           (
           besides
           the
           voluntary
           Contributions
           of
           
             Silver
             Thimbles
          
           from
           the
           
             Seamstresses
             ,
             Bodkins
          
           from
           the
           
             Chambermaids
             ,
             Silver
             Spoons
          
           from
           the
           
             Cooks
             ,
             Silver
             Bowls
          
           from
           the
           Vintners
           ,
           and
           Rings
           and
           Ear-Rings
           from
           the
           Sister-hood
           ,
           for
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           this
           
             Holy
             War
          
           ,
           )
           they
           made
           an
           Ordinance
           in
           March
           1642.
           for
           the
           Levying
           of
           33000
           l.
           a
           Week
           ,
           which
           comes
           to
           above
           ,
           2700000
           l.
           a
           year
           ,
           over
           and
           above
           all
           the
           
             Kings
             Lands
          
           ,
           and
           Woods
           ,
           with
           whatsoever
           was
           remaining
           unpaid
           of
           any
           Subsidy
           formerly
           granted
           him
           ;
           Together
           with
           Tunnage
           and
           Poundage
           usually
           received
           by
           the
           King
           :
           And
           also
           the
           Profit
           of
           Sequestration
           of
           
             Great
             Persons
          
           ,
           whom
           they
           pleased
           to
           vote
           Delinquents
           ,
           and
           the
           Profit
           of
           
             Bishops
             Lands
          
           ,
           which
           they
           all
           
             Peaceably
             enjoyed
          
           :
           Again
           the
           Rump
           of
           this
           same
           Parliament
           in
           1652
           :
           to
           
             Maintain
             War
          
           with
           the
           
             Dutch
             ,
             Levied
          
           a
           
             new
             Tax
          
           upon
           the
           People
           ,
           of
           120000
           
             l.
             per
             mensem
          
           ,
           to
           continue
           a
           year
           ;
           Which
           shews
           that
           this
           Democratical
           ,
           and
           
             Parliamentary
             Government
          
           ,
           or
           rather
           this
           Olygarchy
           ,
           and
           Rump
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           was
           no
           less
           Burthensom
           and
           Chargeable
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           even
           then
           a
           
             French
             Monarchy
          
           :
           And
           after
           this
           ,
           again
           was
           another
           Six
           Months
           Tax
           of
           an
           100000
           
             l.
             per
             mensem
          
           .
           But
           what
           was
           most
           unjust
           of
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           shews
           how
           Dangerous
           it
           has
           sometimes
           been
           for
           an
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           to
           have
           any
           great
           sum
           of
           Money
           ready
           raised
           and
           deposited
           in
           their
           own
           hands
           ,
           was
           ,
           their
           imploying
           all
           that
           Money
           which
           had
           been
           Collected
           by
           Charity
           (
           for
           the
           relief
           of
           the
           distressed
           Irish
           ,
           )
           towards
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           a
           War
           against
           the
           King
           :
           Whilst
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           the
           
             Poor
             Irish
             Protestants
          
           were
           Perished
           by
           Sword
           ,
           and
           Famine
           for
           want
           of
           this
           Relief
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           this
           Parliamentary
           Dominion
           ,
           was
           no
           less
           Bloudy
           ,
           and
           Tyranical
           then
           the
           most
           absolute
           Monarchy
           of
           France
           or
           Turkey
           ,
           witness
           their
           
             High
             Court
          
           of
           Justice
           ,
           which
           murthered
           
           the
           King
           ,
           Duke
           Hamilton
           ,
           Earl
           of
           Holland
           ,
           Lord
           Capel
           ,
           and
           other
           Loyalists
           ,
           nay
           ,
           their
           own
           Friends
           the
           two
           Sir
           
             John
             Hothams
          
           ,
           whom
           upon
           a
           vain
           Suspition
           they
           ungratefully
           Sentenced
           to
           death
           ;
           but
           what
           was
           an
           Inhumanity
           equal
           to
           any
           thing
           in
           Popery
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Godly
             Sectaries
          
           once
           put
           it
           to
           the
           Vote
           ,
           whether
           they
           should
           Massacre
           all
           the
           Royallists
           or
           no
           ,
           which
           was
           carried
           in
           the
           Negative
           ,
           but
           by
           two
           Voices
           ;
           And
           had
           it
           once
           pass'd
           ,
           there
           are
           few
           but
           know
           ,
           that
           Lambert
           and
           his
           Levelling
           Party
           had
           designed
           to
           destroy
           all
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           Gentry
           of
           England
           ,
           cutting
           their
           Throats
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Loyallists
           ,
           whether
           they
           were
           so
           ,
           or
           no
           ;
           As
           for
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           ,
           that
           Parliament
           which
           put
           the
           King
           to
           Death
           ,
           likewise
           presently
           Voted
           them
           useless
           ,
           Whereby
           we
           may
           observe
           ,
           how
           entirely
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           depend
           upon
           the
           King's
           Prosperity
           ;
           Who
           was
           no
           sooner
           Dethroned
           ,
           but
           presently
           the
           Lords
           are
           turned
           out
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           Gentry
           designed
           to
           be
           Massacred
           .
           So
           that
           of
           all
           Tyranies
           ,
           God
           deliver
           us
           from
           a
           perpetual
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           Governments
           ,
           from
           that
           of
           
             Geneva
             Fetters
          
           which
           consists
           of
           many
           Links
           ,
           being
           more
           troublesom
           then
           those
           of
           one
           .
           But
           to
           argue
           upon
           the
           square
           ,
           pray
           let
           me
           ask
           any
           of
           these
           Rumpers
           ,
           why
           the
           King
           might
           not
           then
           as
           well
           
             Levy
             Money
          
           without
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           as
           the
           Commons
           without
           King
           and
           Lords
           ?
           Why
           the
           King
           might
           not
           then
           interest
           himself
           in
           appointing
           what
           Members
           the
           People
           should
           chuse
           for
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             Cromwels
             Major-General
          
           awed
           the
           Electors
           in
           the
           like
           case
           ?
           And
           why
           the
           King
           might
           not
           then
           Govern
           by
           a
           
             Court
             Rump
             of
             a
             Parliament
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           they
           by
           an
           
             Independent
             Rump
          
           ?
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           think
           them
           alike
           grievances
           ,
           and
           equally
           unlawful
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           Now
           ,
           As
           for
           their
           Hierarchy
           ,
           or
           
             Government
             Ecclesiastick
          
           ,
           it
           was
           more
           Intollerable
           then
           their
           
             Civil
             Jurisdiction
             :
             Elders
             ,
             Deacons
             ,
             Synods
             ,
          
           and
           Assemblies
           ,
           being
           far
           more
           Oppressive
           ,
           and
           Authoritative
           than
           
             Vicar
             ,
             Arch-Deacon
             ,
             Doctor
          
           ,
           or
           
             Spiritual
             Court.
          
           
        
         
           
             Synods
             are
             Whelps
             o'
             th'
             Inquisition
             ,
          
           
             A
             Mungrel
             breed
             ,
             o'
             th'
             like
             Pernition
             .
          
           
             Synods
             are
             Mistical
             Bergardens
             ,
          
           
             Where
             Elders
             ,
             Deputies
             ,
             Church-Wardens
             ,
          
           
             And
             Saints
             themselves
             are
             brought
             to
             Stake
             ,
          
           
             For
             Gospel
             Light
             ,
             and
             Conscience-sake
             :
          
           
           
             And
             then
             set
             Heathen
             Officers
             ,
          
           
             Instead
             of
             Dogs
             ,
             about
             their
             ears
             .
             Hudib
             .
          
        
         
           Every
           little
           Ananias
           ,
           or
           Elder
           ,
           usurping
           as
           much
           power
           over
           his
           respective
           Family
           ,
           and
           Authority
           over
           a
           man's
           Wife
           ;
           and
           Filly
           Foals
           ,
           whether
           Children
           ,
           or
           Servants
           ,
           (
           especially
           if
           they
           be
           handsom
           )
           as
           the
           Pope
           himself
           ;
           nay
           and
           as
           formidable
           to
           the
           Master
           ,
           his
           Patron
           ▪
           He
           must
           be
           first
           served
           with
           the
           best
           meat
           ,
           and
           drink
           ,
           and
           the
           Female
           which
           he
           chooses
           for
           his
           Convert
           is
           ever
           the
           handsomest
           ,
           such
           Fellows
           ,
           and
           Wasps
           ,
           having
           always
           the
           wit
           to
           elect
           the
           choicest
           Fruit
           :
           As
           well
           in
           Presbytery
           ,
           as
           Popery
           ,
           the
           Priests
           of
           both
           kinds
           center
           in
           the
           Petticoat
           ;
           so
           that
           young
           Elders
           ,
           and
           young
           Fryars
           ,
           are
           frequent
           charges
           to
           the
           Parish
           .
           They
           are
           the
           greatest
           of
           Hypocrites
           ,
           when
           by
           their
           long
           Prayers
           they
           conceal
           their
           
             Whoredom
             ,
             Drunkenness
             ,
             Gluttony
          
           ,
           and
           Lying
           :
           by
           their
           severity
           to
           others
           ,
           they
           shadow
           their
           own
           wickedness
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           
             Canting
             Religion
          
           ,
           disguise
           their
           intended
           Rebellion
           ;
           well
           knowing
           that
           flames
           (
           as
           in
           Hay
           ,
           or
           Straw
           )
           may
           be
           kindled
           in
           the
           more
           combustible
           People
           ,
           by
           such
           Foxes
           ,
           as
           shall
           appear
           rather
           to
           carry
           Water
           ,
           then
           Fire
           .
           The
           Presbyterians
           and
           Papists
           began
           the
           War
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           continued
           it
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           brought
           the
           old
           
             King's
             Head
             to
             the
             Block
          
           ;
           where
           the
           Independants
           cutting
           it
           off
           ,
           the
           others
           very
           cunningly
           wash'd
           their
           hands
           of
           it
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           their
           Discipline
           ,
           I
           refer
           you
           to
           Geneva
           ,
           or
           rather
           to
           the
           History
           of
           
             New
             England
          
           ,
           and
           Heylin
           of
           Presbytery
           .
        
         
           
             Presbytery
             does
             but
             translate
          
           
             The
             Papacy
             to
             a
             Free-State
             :
          
           
             A
             Commonwealth
             of
             Popery
             ,
          
           
             Where
             every
             Village
             is
             a
             See
             ,
          
           
             As
             well
             as
             Rome
             ;
             and
             must
             maintain
          
           
             A
             Tyth-Pig-Metropolitan
             :
          
           
             Where
             every
             Presbyter
             ,
             and
             Deacon
             ,
          
           
             Commands
             the
             Keys
             for
             Cheese
             ,
             and
             Bacon
             ;
          
           
             More
             haughty
             ,
             and
             severe
             in
             's
             place
             ,
          
           
             Then
             Gregory
             ,
             or
             Boniface
             .
          
           
             Such
             Church
             must
             surely
             be
             a
             Monster
          
           
             With
             many
             Heads
             :
             for
             if
             we
             conster
          
           
             What
             in
             th'
             Apocalypse
             we
             find
             ,
          
           
             According
             to
             th'
             Apostles
             mind
             ,
          
           
           
             'T
             is
             That
             the
             Whore
             of
             Babylon
          
           
             With
             many
             Heads
             did
             ride
             upon
             :
          
           
             Which
             Heads
             denote
             the
             sinful
             Tribe
          
           
             Of
             
               Deacon
               ,
               Priest
               ,
               Lay-Elder
               ,
               Scribe
               .
            
             Hudib
             .
          
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           as
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           
             Long
             Parliament
          
           ,
           was
           most
           Tyrannical
           and
           wicked
           ,
           so
           also
           was
           the
           Usurpation
           and
           behaviour
           of
           Cromwell
           ,
           if
           rightly
           examined
           ;
           for
           as
           Mr.
           Cowley
           well
           observes
           ,
           
             What
             can
             be
             more
             extraordinarily
             wicked
             ,
             then
             for
             a
             private
             Subject
             to
             endeavour
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             exalt
             himself
             above
             ,
             but
             to
             trample
             upon
             all
             his
             equals
             and
             betters
             ?
             to
             pretend
             freedom
             for
             all
             men
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             help
             of
             that
             pretence
             ,
             to
             make
             all
             men
             his
             Servants
             ?
             to
             take
             Arms
             against
             scarce
             200000
             l.
             a
             year
             ,
             and
             to
             raise
             for
             himself
             above
             two
             Millions
             ?
             to
             quarrel
             for
             the
             loss
             of
             3
             or
             4
             Ears
             ,
             and
             strike
             off
             3
             or
             400
             Heads
             ?
             to
             fight
             against
             an
             imaginary
             suspicion
             of
             2000
             Guards
             to
             be
             fetcht
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             from
             whence
             ,
             and
             to
             keep
             up
             for
             himself
             no
             less
             then
             40000
             ?
             to
             pretend
             the
             defence
             of
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             violently
             to
             dissolve
             all
             ,
             even
             of
             his
             own
             Calling
             ,
             and
             almost
             Choosing
             ?
             to
             undertake
             the
             Reformation
             of
             Religion
             ,
             to
             rob
             it
             even
             to
             the
             very
             Skin
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             expose
             it
             naked
             ,
             to
             the
             Rage
             of
             all
             Sects
             and
             Heresies
             ?
             to
             set
             up
             Councils
             of
             Rapine
             ,
             and
             Courts
             of
             Murther
             ?
             to
             fight
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             under
             a
             Commission
             for
             him
             ?
             to
             take
             him
             forcibly
             out
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             those
             ,
             for
             whom
             he
             had
             conquer'd
             him
             ,
             to
             draw
             him
             into
             his
             Net
             with
             Protestations
             ,
             and
             Vows
             of
             Fidelity
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             had
             caught
             him
             in
             it
             ,
             to
             Butcher
             him
             with
             as
             little
             Shame
             ,
             as
             Conscience
             ,
             or
             Humanity
             ,
             in
             the
             open
             face
             of
             the
             whole
             World
             ?
             to
             receive
             a
             Commission
             for
             King
             and
             Parliament
             ,
             to
             murther
             (
             as
             I
             said
             )
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             destroy
             no
             less
             impudently
             the
             other
             ?
             to
             fight
             against
             Monarchy
             ,
             when
             he
             declared
             for
             it
             ;
             and
             declare
             against
             it
             when
             he
             contrived
             for
             it
             ,
             in
             his
             own
             Person
             ?
             to
             abase
             perfidiously
             ,
             and
             supplant
             ingratefully
             his
             own
             General
             first
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             most
             of
             those
             Officers
             ,
             who
             with
             the
             loss
             of
             their
             Honour
             ,
             and
             hazard
             of
             their
             Souls
             ,
             had
             lifted
             him
             up
             to
             the
             top
             of
             his
             unreasonable
             Ambitions
             ?
             equally
             to
             violate
             his
             Faith
             with
             all
             his
             Friends
             ,
             and
             Enemies
             ?
             to
             make
             no
             less
             frequent
             use
             of
             the
             most
             solemn
             Perjuries
             ,
             then
             the
             looser
             sort
             of
             people
             do
             of
             common
             Oaths
             ?
             to
             usurp
             three
             Kingdoms
             without
             any
             shadow
             of
             the
             least
             Pretensions
             ,
             and
             to
             govern
             
             them
             as
             unjustly
             as
             he
             got
             them
             ?
             to
             seek
             to
             intail
             his
             Usurpation
             upon
             his
             Posterity
             ,
             and
             with
             it
             an
             endless
             War
             upon
             the
             Nations
             ?
             to
             pretend
             ,
             when
             he
             went
             upon
             any
             mischievous
             Consult
             ,
             that
             he
             went
             to
             Seek
             God
             ?
             and
             lastly
             ,
             to
             die
             hardned
             ,
             mad
             ,
             and
             unrepentant
             ,
             with
             the
             Curses
             of
             the
             present
             ,
             and
             detestation
             of
             all
             future
             Ages
             .
          
        
         
           Having
           thus
           now
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           shew'd
           you
           the
           miseries
           of
           our
           late
           
             Civil
             Wars
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           
             Long
             Parliament's
          
           and
           
             Vsurper's
             Tyranny
          
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           unsoundness
           of
           Presbytery
           ,
           I
           hope
           it
           may
           be
           the
           more
           easie
           to
           disswade
           you
           from
           running
           into
           the
           like
           miseries
           again
           ,
           for
           we
           are
           just
           upon
           the
           brink
           of
           them
           ;
           insomuch
           as
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           be●●●●t
           Popery
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           Fanaticism
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           seems
           now
           to
           be
           in
           as
           much
           danger
           ,
           as
           Susanna
           betwixt
           the
           two
           Elders
           ,
           who
           would
           ravish
           her
           both
           of
           her
           Doctrine
           ,
           (
           so
           dear
           to
           her
           Professors
           )
           and
           of
           her
           Lands
           ,
           (
           so
           dear
           to
           her
           Priests
           ;
           )
           or
           like
           Flanders
           betwixt
           France
           and
           Spain
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           Seat
           of
           War
           betwixt
           Popery
           and
           Presbytery
           .
           As
           pretended
           Religion
           hath
           now
           produced
           these
           threatning
           Clouds
           ,
           so
           heretofore
           likewise
           was
           it
           the
           chiefest
           occasion
           of
           those
           Storms
           which
           in
           12
           years
           space
           caused
           such
           a
           Revolution
           of
           the
           Soveraign
           Power
           ,
           from
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           ,
           to
           the
           
             Long
             Parliament
          
           ;
           from
           thence
           ,
           to
           the
           Rump
           ;
           from
           the
           Rump
           ,
           to
           
             Oliver
             Cromwell
          
           ;
           from
           Oliver
           ,
           to
           Richard
           ;
           from
           
             Richard
             Cromwell
          
           ,
           back
           again
           to
           the
           Rump
           ;
           thence
           to
           the
           
             Long
             Parliament
          
           ;
           and
           thence
           to
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           where
           God
           continue
           it
           many
           years
           .
        
         
           Optima
           Libertas
           ubi
           Rex
           cum
           Lege
           gubernat
           .
        
         
           The
           fears
           and
           jealousies
           of
           Popery
           ,
           as
           well
           then
           ,
           as
           now
           ,
           was
           the
           Stock
           on
           which
           the
           Ambitious
           ,
           the
           Covetous
           ,
           and
           the
           Revengeful
           grafted
           all
           their
           
             Treasonable
             designs
          
           ,
           of
           prosecuting
           their
           own
           private
           Intere●●s
           ,
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           the
           Publick
           ;
           and
           let
           any
           impartial
           Judge
           ,
           but
           narrowly
           examine
           the
           Proceedings
           Lives
           ,
           and
           Principles
           of
           our
           hottest
           Anti-Courtiers
           ,
           who
           at
           this
           time
           pretend
           most
           to
           censure
           the
           King
           and
           Government
           ,
           and
           he
           shall
           find
           them
           ,
           either
           
             vain-glorious
             lovers
             of
             Popular
             Applause
          
           ,
           more
           then
           the
           
             real
             good
             of
             their
             Country
          
           ;
           or
           necessitous
           and
           
             beggarly
             persons
          
           ,
           of
           broken
           Fortunes
           ,
           extremely
           in
           Debt
           ,
           and
           men
           run
           out
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           which
           they
           hope
           to
           repair
           by
           Crown
           ,
           or
           
             Church
             Lands
          
           ,
           as
           was
           done
           heretofore
           ;
           or
           men
           full
           of
           Revenge
           to
           see
           others
           preferred
           ,
           and
           themselves
           neglected
           :
           And
           
           all
           these
           generally
           men
           of
           no
           Moral
           honesty
           ,
           or
           Religion
           ,
           let
           them
           pretend
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           but
           Drunkards
           ,
           Whoremasters
           ,
           and
           Atheists
           ;
           men
           of
           the
           worst
           Conversation
           themselves
           ,
           who
           yet
           have
           the
           impudence
           to
           blame
           others
           for
           that
           which
           they
           themselves
           stand
           convict
           of
           .
           If
           a
           Magistrate
           shews
           any
           countenance
           to
           his
           Under-Officers
           ,
           or
           Servants
           ,
           they
           complain
           against
           his
           being
           a
           Slave
           to
           Favourites
           ,
           never
           looking
           into
           their
           own
           private
           Family
           ,
           where
           some
           Favourite
           Steward
           ,
           Waiting-woman
           ,
           or
           
             Valet
             de
             Chambre
          
           cheats
           him
           ,
           and
           makes
           Slaves
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Servants
           .
           If
           a
           Magistrate
           casts
           his
           Eye
           upon
           a
           handsom
           Woman
           ,
           how
           do
           they
           censure
           his
           Effeminacy
           ,
           as
           a
           meer
           Sardanapalus
           ;
           when
           the
           very
           same
           persons
           themselves
           do
           oftentimes
           keep
           Wenches
           to
           domineer
           over
           their
           own
           virtuous
           Wives
           ,
           spend
           their
           whole
           Estates
           upon
           Strumpets
           ,
           and
           supplant
           their
           own
           Legitimate
           Children
           ,
           with
           Bastards
           .
           The
           truest
           pattern
           of
           one
           of
           these
           pretended
           Country
           ▪
           Patriots
           ,
           I
           beheld
           (
           at
           the
           first
           breaking
           out
           of
           this
           Plot
           )
           enter
           into
           a
           Coffee-house
           in
           a
           ragged
           Suit
           ,
           extremely
           drunk
           ,
           and
           swearing
           most
           bloudily
           ,
           
             That
             he
             heard
             there
             was
             a
             design
             to
             introduce
             Popery
             ,
             but
             damn
             him
             and
             sink
             him
             he
             would
             sooner
             part
             with
             his
             Life
             ,
             then
             his
             Religion
          
           :
           Such
           a
           main
           Pillar
           was
           he
           of
           some
           Church
           ,
           though
           of
           what
           ,
           't
           is
           difficult
           to
           know
           .
           His
           Majesty
           is
           most
           happy
           in
           his
           Enemies
           ;
           for
           if
           rational
           men
           would
           but
           seriously
           consider
           ,
           what
           a
           mad
           generation
           they
           were
           ,
           few
           would
           value
           what
           they
           said
           ,
           but
           justly
           suspect
           whatever
           Cause
           they
           espouse
           .
           Men
           of
           the
           same
           stamp
           were
           
           Catiline's
           Associates
           in
           his
           Conspiracy
           ,
           
           for
           so
           the
           Historian
           describes
           them
           :
           
             Catiline
             entertain'd
             a
             Rabble
             of
             most
             wicked
             and
             dangerous
             persons
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             the
             Guard
             of
             his
             own
             Body
             ;
             for
             whatsoever
             Russian
             ,
             Leacher
             ,
             or
             Glutton
             had
             consumed
             his
             Estate
             with
             Gaming
             ,
             Banquetting
             ,
             or
             Whoring
             ;
             whosoever
             was
             deeply
             engaged
             in
             Debt
             for
             redeeming
             some
             punishable
             Offence
             ,
             besides
             all
             Paricides
             ,
             Church-robbers
             ,
             convicted
             persons
             ,
             
             and
             such
             as
             did
             fear
             conviction
             ;
             moreover
             all
             such
             
               whose
               hands
               and
               tongues
               got
               them
               maintenance
               by
               their
               Perjuries
               ,
               and
               Civil
               Bloud-sheddings
            
             ▪
             and
             lastly
             ,
             all
             those
             whom
             wickedness
             ,
             want
             ,
             or
             a
             guilty
             Conscience
             did
             exaspera●e
             ,
             became
             
             Catiline's
             bosom
             Friends
             and
             Familiars
             .
          
           Of
           the
           same
           stamp
           (
           I
           say
           )
           are
           these
           men
           who
           Veil
           their
           malice
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           under
           the
           Reproach
           of
           his
           Councel
           ,
           well
           knowing
           that
           Sedition
           (
           like
           a
           screw'd
           Gun
           ,
           that
           is
           given
           to
           mounting
           upwards
           )
           must
           be
           levell'd
           below
           the
           mark
           they
           
           shoot
           at
           ;
           they
           feed
           upon
           the
           Plot
           ,
           like
           Vermin
           upon
           Carry●●
           ,
           and
           are
           as
           innanimate
           ,
           and
           heartless
           during
           the
           Recess
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           Wasps
           ;
           and
           Hornets
           in
           the
           Winter
           time
           .
        
         
           That
           His
           Majesty
           would
           comply
           with
           His
           Parliament
           in
           what
           may
           be
           for
           the
           good
           of
           both
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           prayers
           of
           every
           true
           
             English
             Protestant
          
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           are
           mine
           ,
           but
           some
           of
           these
           perhaps
           desire
           such
           a
           fatal
           Complyance
           as
           was
           that
           of
           the
           Assyrian
           King
           Ninus
           ,
           to
           his
           Queen
           Semiramis
           ,
           who
           granting
           her
           the
           Regency
           but
           for
           five
           days
           ,
           she
           did
           in
           that
           short
           time
           make
           a
           shift
           to
           destroy
           him
           ;
           or
           as
           his
           Royal
           Fathers
           Condescention
           to
           let
           the
           Parliament
           sit
           during
           their
           own
           pleasure
           ,
           who
           never
           quitted
           their
           own
           Reign
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           ended
           his
           ;
           So
           dangerous
           is
           it
           for
           a
           Prince
           to
           fulfil
           the
           unsatisfied
           desires
           of
           a
           Craving
           Mobile
           ;
           Who
           being
           without
           doors
           ,
           have
           it
           not
           in
           the
           Orb
           of
           their
           understandings
           to
           Comprehend
           or
           Judge
           aright
           of
           the
           proceedings
           of
           a
           King
           and
           Parliament
           .
           These
           are
           the
           Fomenters
           of
           the
           Common
           people
           ,
           Who
           (
           though
           a
           moveable
           Body
           like
           the
           Ocean
           )
           yet
           never
           swell
           ,
           but
           when
           blown
           upon
           by
           such
           intemperate
           winds
           ;
           or
           like
           the
           Swine
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           are
           more
           furiously
           agitated
           by
           the
           discontented
           Spirits
           of
           others
           ,
           than
           their
           own
           ;
           They
           are
           like
           Esop's
           Trumpeter
           ,
           who
           set
           people
           together
           by
           the
           ears
           with
           their
           Libels
           or
           false
           News
           ,
           and
           therefore
           of
           all
           others
           the
           least
           deserve
           Quarter
           .
           And
           as
           heretofore
           by
           the
           names
           of
           Roundhead
           ,
           and
           Cavalier
           ,
           so
           now
           again
           they
           distinguish
           ,
           and
           mark
           out
           for
           destruction
           His
           Majesty's
           Subjects
           by
           those
           Factious
           Epithites
           of
           Whig
           ,
           and
           Tory
           ;
           which
           like
           Rogue
           ,
           Rascal
           ,
           and
           other
           Opprobrious
           terms
           do
           rarely
           pass
           over
           without
           a
           bloudy
           Nose
           ,
           Like
           ill
           Servants
           betwixt
           Husband
           and
           Wife
           ,
           they
           endeavour
           to
           breed
           a
           Jealousy
           and
           mis-understanding
           between
           King
           and
           People
           ,
           hoping
           to
           advantage
           themselves
           by
           the
           quarrel
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           ▪
           use
           their
           utmost
           endeavours
           to
           mis-represent
           his
           mildest
           Actions
           to
           his
           People
           ;
           As
           for
           instance
           ,
           if
           His
           Maiesty
           grants
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           to
           the
           Nonconformists
           ,
           they
           ,
           possess
           the
           people
           it
           is
           done
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Papists
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           if
           he
           suppresses
           them
           ,
           then
           they
           say
           he
           is
           perswaded
           to
           it
           by
           the
           Popish
           Councels
           :
           So
           uncapable
           are
           they
           of
           being
           satisfied
           !
           Again
           ,
           whilst
           he
           desists
           to
           prosecute
           the
           Papists
           ,
           they
           call
           him
           a
           favourer
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           puts
           out
           his
           Proclamation
           against
           them
           ,
           then
           they
           presently
           say
           it
           is
           Sugar-plums
           for
           the
           Parliament
           :
           so
           humoursom
           are
           these
           
           men
           .
           Such
           Enemies
           are
           they
           to
           Monarchy
           ,
           that
           they
           hate
           Addresses
           ,
           for
           the
           same
           reason
           they
           love
           Petitions
           ;
           opposition
           to
           the
           King.
           That
           Petitioning
           for
           a
           Parliament
           is
           lawful
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           oppose
           ;
           but
           to
           Petition
           so
           often
           for
           one
           and
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           and
           that
           too
           after
           his
           Majesty
           has
           shew'd
           his
           dislike
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           (
           I
           am
           sure
           )
           uncivil
           ,
           and
           shews
           as
           if
           hereby
           they
           would
           either
           publish
           to
           the
           World
           their
           distrust
           of
           his
           Majesties
           single
           Government
           ,
           or
           else
           render
           themselves
           and
           their
           Party
           formidable
           to
           the
           Royal
           Authority
           ,
           by
           the
           counterfeit
           number
           of
           their
           Petitioners
           .
           That
           the
           power
           of
           Calling
           and
           Dissolving
           Parliaments
           ,
           is
           solely
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           their
           very
           Act
           of
           Petitioning
           confesses
           ;
           and
           yet
           if
           his
           Majesty
           complies
           not
           with
           them
           at
           a
           minutes
           warning
           ,
           they
           presently
           complain
           of
           Injustice
           .
        
         
           Again
           for
           Addresses
           ,
           they
           are
           absolute
           Abhorrers
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           thinking
           it
           lawful
           to
           give
           our
           thanks
           to
           any
           one
           but
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Parliaments
           themselves
           have
           often
           expressed
           their
           gratitude
           and
           Loyalty
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           Voting
           him
           thanks
           for
           many
           of
           his
           Speeches
           ,
           and
           promising
           to
           stand
           by
           him
           with
           their
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           ,
           against
           all
           his
           Enemies
           whatsoever
           :
           Nay
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Corporations
           ,
           Burroughs
           and
           Counties
           ,
           have
           done
           as
           much
           even
           to
           their
           own
           single
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           Voting
           them
           their
           thanks
           ,
           and
           promising
           to
           stand
           by
           them
           ;
           and
           yet
           these
           men
           would
           deny
           his
           Majesty
           tha●
           small
           respect
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           commonly
           paid
           to
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           which
           as
           well
           to
           Foreigners
           ,
           as
           Natives
           ,
           will
           make
           known
           his
           Majesties
           Interest
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           then
           which
           ,
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           to
           publish
           the
           Kings
           Grandeur
           ,
           and
           Peoples
           Loyalty
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           they
           are
           highly
           offended
           with
           his
           Majesty
           for
           dissolving
           Parliaments
           ,
           but
           not
           so
           much
           at
           that
           ,
           
           as
           because
           his
           Majesty
           would
           shew
           a
           Reason
           why
           he
           dissolved
           them
           ;
           for
           they
           would
           have
           had
           the
           People
           gone
           away
           with
           the
           opinion
           that
           it
           was
           an
           Arbitrary
           unjust
           Action
           ,
           and
           their
           dissolution
           purely
           in
           favour
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           nothing
           else
           :
           Whereas
           his
           Majesty
           in
           a
           Gracious
           and
           voluntary
           manner
           comes
           ▪
           and
           appeals
           to
           his
           own
           People
           how
           just
           his
           proceeding
           was
           in
           that
           ,
           as
           in
           all
           other
           things
           ;
           that
           observing
           the
           differences
           between
           the
           two
           Houses
           ,
           he
           had
           reason
           to
           fear
           the
           ill
           consequence
           thereof
           ,
           and
           therefore
           to
           allay
           those
           heats
           ,
           was
           forced
           to
           send
           them
           home
           :
           yet
           was
           not
           out
           of
           love
           with
           Parliaments
           ,
           but
           would
           nevertheless
           call
           them
           frequently
           ,
           &c.
           
           Which
           reason
           being
           satisfactory
           to
           all
           
           his
           loving
           Subjects
           ,
           was
           therefore
           the
           more
           disapproved
           of
           by
           the
           Factious
           ,
           who
           ,
           by
           this
           means
           ,
           were
           perhaps
           disappointed
           of
           their
           intended
           Tumult
           and
           Insurrection
           ,
           so
           confidently
           expected
           by
           Mr.
           Colledge
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           Factious
           Party
           do
           likewise
           accuse
           his
           Majesty
           of
           having
           a
           design
           ,
           both
           to
           render
           himself
           Absolute
           ,
           and
           to
           introduce
           Popery
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           the
           present
           Doctrine
           that
           they
           preach
           in
           all
           their
           Cabals
           ,
           Libels
           ,
           and
           Pamphlets
           .
           Now
           for
           his
           design
           of
           rendring
           himself
           Absolute
           ,
           let
           any
           rational
           man
           but
           consider
           how
           improbable
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           (
           whom
           his
           very
           Enemies
           accuse
           of
           being
           a
           too
           great
           lover
           of
           his
           ease
           ,
           even
           in
           his
           youth
           )
           should
           now
           when
           he
           grows
           into
           years
           ,
           attempt
           a
           thing
           of
           that
           great
           trouble
           and
           hazard
           :
           At
           his
           first
           Restauration
           ,
           might
           he
           not
           then
           have
           had
           any
           thing
           of
           his
           people
           ?
           were
           not
           his
           Subjects
           at
           that
           time
           so
           tired
           out
           with
           the
           late
           Civil
           War
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           have
           fettered
           them
           as
           he
           pleased
           himself
           〈…〉
           and
           has
           he
           not
           since
           had
           a
           Parliament
           tha●
           supplied
           him
           with
           Monies
           at
           his
           pleasure
           ;
           nay
           ,
           were
           as
           ready
           to
           grant
           ,
           as
           he
           to
           ask
           ;
           and
           did
           the
           King
           let
           go
           all
           these
           opportunities
           (
           do
           you
           think
           )
           to
           undertake
           it
           now
           ?
           Surely
           no
           man
           of
           sence
           can
           harbour
           a
           thought
           so
           ridiculous
           ,
           and
           void
           of
           Reason
           ;
           Besides
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           (
           as
           all
           men
           know
           )
           is
           of
           so
           mild
           and
           peaceable
           a
           disposition
           ,
           that
           no
           person
           upon
           Earth
           can
           be
           more
           averse
           to
           such
           a
           Tyrannical
           and
           bloudy
           undertaking
           ,
           than
           himself
           :
           What
           one
           Act
           of
           severity
           or
           cruelty
           ,
           can
           his
           greatest
           Enemy
           charge
           him
           with
           ,
           throughout
           his
           Reign
           ,
           nay
           in
           his
           whole
           life-time
           ?
           Alas
           ,
           't
           is
           our
           too
           great
           ignorance
           of
           other
           Neighbouring
           Princes
           ,
           makes
           us
           not
           enough
           esteem
           our
           own
           .
        
         
           No
           English
           Monarch
           ,
           even
           King
           James
           ,
           or
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           her self
           ,
           were
           ever
           more
           tender
           of
           ,
           and
           careful
           to
           preserve
           the
           Rights
           and
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           then
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           now
           is
           ;
           Parliaments
           themselves
           were
           never
           handled
           with
           that
           love
           ,
           tenderness
           ,
           and
           caution
           by
           any
           Prince
           ,
           as
           by
           him
           ;
           whose
           chief
           and
           only
           care
           is
           ,
           not
           to
           violate
           their
           Priviledges
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           proceedings
           of
           many
           of
           his
           Predecessors
           ;
           As
           for
           instance
           ,
           in
           the
           23.
           year
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Paul
             Wentworth
          
           moved
           in
           the
           House
           for
           a
           publick
           Fast
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           Sermon
           every
           morning
           at
           seven
           of
           the
           clock
           ,
           before
           the
           House
           sate
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           ordered
           accordingly
           .
           But
           the
           Queen
           being
           informed
           hereof
           ,
           sent
           this
           Message
           to
           the
           House
           by
           her
           Vice.
           Chamberlain
           ;
           
             That
             Her
             Highness
             much
             admired
             the
             Rashness
             
             of
             the
             House
             ,
             in
             committing
             such
             an
             apparent
             Contempt
             of
             her
             express
             Command
             ,
             as
             to
             put
             in
             execution
             such
             an
             Innovation
             ,
             without
             her
             privity
             ,
             or
             pleasure
             first
             known
             .
          
           Whereupon
           the
           House
           acknowledging
           their
           said
           offence
           and
           contempt
           ,
           craving
           her
           pardon
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           promising
           to
           forbear
           the
           like
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           Mr.
           Vice-Chamberlain
           by
           the
           Suffrage
           of
           the
           whole
           House
           did
           accordingly
           carry
           up
           this
           their
           Submission
           to
           the
           Queen
           .
        
         
           Also
           35
           Eliz.
           Mr.
           
             Peter
             Wentworth
          
           and
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Bromley
          
           delivered
           a
           Petition
           to
           the
           Lord
           Keeper
           ,
           desiring
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Upper
           House
           to
           be
           Suppliants
           with
           them
           of
           the
           Lower
           House
           unto
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           entailing
           the
           Succession
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           whereof
           a
           Bill
           was
           ready
           drawn
           .
           The
           Queen
           being
           highly
           displeased
           herewith
           ,
           summoned
           the
           parties
           concern'd
           in
           this
           motion
           before
           her
           Councel
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           Lord
           Keeper
           Buckhurst
           and
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Heneage
          
           commit
           Wentworth
           prisoner
           to
           the
           Tower
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Bromley
           to
           the
           Fleet
           ,
           together
           with
           Mr.
           Stephens
           ,
           and
           one
           Mr.
           Welch
           ,
           Knight
           for
           Worcestershire
           .
           Another
           time
           this
           Queen
           ,
           the
           28
           th
           .
           of
           her
           Reign
           ,
           sent
           a
           severe
           Reprimand
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           for
           choosing
           and
           returning
           Knights
           of
           the
           Shire
           for
           Norfolk
           ;
           a
           thing
           which
           she
           said
           was
           impertinent
           for
           the
           House
           to
           meddle
           withal
           ,
           and
           belong'd
           only
           to
           the
           Office
           and
           care
           of
           her
           Chancellour
           ,
           from
           whom
           the
           Writs
           issue
           ,
           and
           are
           Return'd
           .
           Again
           ,
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           by
           their
           Speaker
           (
           39
           
             Eliz
             ▪
          
           )
           complained
           of
           some
           Monopolies
           :
           whereupon
           the
           Lord
           Keeper
           made
           answer
           in
           her
           Majesties
           Name
           ,
           
             That
             her
             Majesty
             hoped
             her
             dutiful
             and
             loving
             Subjects
             ,
             would
             not
             take
             away
             her
             Prerogative
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             chiefest
             Flower
             in
             her
             Garden
             ,
             the
             principal
             Pearl
             in
             her
             Crown
             and
             Diadem
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             will
             rather
             leave
             that
             to
             her
             own
             disposal
             .
          
        
         
           In
           one
           Parliament
           ,
           when
           Mr.
           Coke
           (
           afterwards
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Coke
          
           ▪
           )
           was
           Speaker
           ,
           the
           Queen
           sent
           a
           Messenger
           or
           Serjeant
           at
           Arms
           into
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           and
           took
           out
           Mr.
           Morris
           a
           Member
           thereof
           ,
           and
           committed
           him
           to
           Prison
           ,
           with
           divers
           others
           ,
           for
           some
           Speeches
           spoken
           in
           the
           House
           .
           Whereupon
           Mr.
           Wroth
           moved
           the
           House
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           be
           humble
           Suiters
           to
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           she
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           enlarge
           those
           Member●
           of
           the
           House
           that
           were
           restrained
           ;
           which
           was
           done
           acco●dingly
           ;
           And
           answer
           was
           sent
           by
           her
           Privy
           Councel
           ,
           
             That
             her
             Majesty
             had
             committed
             them
             for
             cause
             ,
             best
             known
             to
             her
             
             self
             ;
             and
             to
             press
             her
             Highness
             with
             this
             Suit
             ,
             would
             be
             of
             dangerous
             consequence
             ;
             that
             the
             House
             must
             not
             call
             the
             Queen
             to
             account
             for
             what
             she
             doth
             of
             her
             Royal
             Authority
             ;
             that
             the
             causes
             for
             which
             they
             are
             restrained
             ,
             may
             be
             high
             and
             dangerous
             ,
             and
             that
             her
             Majesty
             liketh
             no
             such
             Questions
             ;
             neither
             that
             it
             did
             become
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             to
             search
             into
             matters
             of
             that
             nature
             .
          
           And
           likewise
           (
           in
           the
           39
           th
           .
           of
           Eliz.
           )
           the
           Commons
           were
           told
           ,
           
             that
             their
             Priviledges
             were
             Yea
             ,
             and
             No
          
           ;
           and
           that
           her
           Majesties
           pleasure
           was
           ,
           
             that
             if
             the
             Speaker
             perceived
             any
             idle
             heads
             which
             would
             not
             stick
             to
             hazard
             their
             own
             Estates
             ,
             but
             meddle
             with
             Reforming
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             transforming
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             by
             exhibiting
             Bills
             to
             that
             purpose
             ,
             the
             Speaker
             should
             not
             receive
             them
             till
             they
             were
             viewed
             and
             considered
             by
             those
             who
             were
             fitter
             to
             consider
             of
             such
             things
             ,
             and
             can
             judge
             better
             of
             them
             .
          
           And
           moreover
           ,
           
           the
           Queen
           rejected
           48.
           
           Bills
           ,
           which
           had
           passed
           both
           Houses
           in
           that
           very
           Parliament
           :
           whereas
           I
           have
           not
           heard
           of
           any
           two
           publick
           Bills
           that
           our
           Gracious
           Sovereign
           ever
           yet
           refused
           to
           pass
           ;
           as
           for
           the
           Bill
           of
           Succession
           ,
           that
           has
           never
           yet
           passed
           both
           Houses
           .
           Also
           in
           the
           21
           of
           King
           James
           ,
           a
           Declaration
           was
           sent
           from
           New-Market
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           wherein
           he
           asserts
           ,
           
             That
             most
             Priviledges
             of
             Parliaments
             gr●w
             from
             Precedents
             ,
             which
             shew
             rather
             a
             Toleration
             ,
             then
             an
             Inheritance
             :
             wherefore
             he
             could
             not
             allow
             of
             the
             stile
             they
             used
             to
             him
             ,
             calling
             it
             their
             ancient
             and
             undoubted
             Right
             and
             Inheritance
             ;
             but
             could
             rather
             have
             wished
             they
             had
             said
             ,
             their
             Priviledges
             were
             derived
             from
             the
             grace
             and
             permission
             of
             his
             Ancestors
             ,
             and
             himself
             .
          
           Thereupon
           he
           concludes
           ,
           
             That
             he
             cannot
             with
             patience
             endure
             to
             hear
             his
             Subjects
             to
             use
             such
             Antimonarchical
             words
             concerning
             their
             Liberties
             ,
             except
             they
             had
             subjoyned
             unto
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             granted
             them
             by
             the
             grace
             and
             favour
             of
             his
             Progenitors
             :
             Nevertheless
             he
             promiseth
             to
             be
             careful
             of
             whatsoever
             Priviledges
             they
             enjoy'd
             by
             long
             custom
             ,
             and
             uncontrolled
             lawful
             Precedents
             .
          
           Neither
           were
           the
           Houses
           of
           Commons
           so
           full
           of
           those
           Heats
           and
           Animosities
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           been
           of
           late
           years
           ,
           and
           in
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           his
           Reign
           ;
           but
           as
           all
           things
           were
           carried
           with
           lenity
           and
           Justice
           on
           the
           Kings
           side
           ,
           so
           with
           great
           modesty
           and
           deference
           by
           the
           Commons
           .
           Thus
           in
           the
           13
           th
           .
           of
           Edward
           the
           third
           ,
           a
           Parliament
           was
           called
           to
           consult
           of
           the
           Domestick
           quiet
           ,
           and
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           Marches
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           the
           security
           of
           the
           Seas
           from
           Enemies
           :
           But
           the
           Commons
           humbly
           desired
           ,
           
             not
             to
             be
             put
             to
             consult
             of
             things
             ,
             Queux
             ols
             n'ont
             pas
             cognizance
             ,
             whereof
             they
             had
             no
             cognizance
             .
          
        
         
         
           In
           the
           12
           of
           the
           same
           King
           ,
           the
           Commons
           being
           moved
           for
           their
           advice
           touching
           the
           prosecution
           of
           a
           War
           with
           France
           ,
           after
           four
           days
           for
           Consultation
           by
           an
           Elegant
           Speech
           of
           Justice
           Thorp
           ,
           they
           answered
           
             that
             their
             humble
             desire
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             was
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             be
             advised
             therein
             by
             the
             Lords
             ,
             they
             being
             of
             more
             Experience
             then
             themselves
             in
             such
             Affairs
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           sixth
           year
           of
           Richard
           the
           second
           ,
           a
           Parliament
           was
           called
           to
           consult
           whether
           the
           King
           should
           go
           in
           person
           to
           rescue
           the
           City
           of
           Gaunt
           ,
           or
           send
           an
           Army
           thither
           ,
           Wherein
           the
           Commons
           being
           asked
           their
           advice
           ,
           by
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Puckring
          
           their
           Speaker
           ,
           they
           humbly
           answered
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Councels
             did
             more
             aptly
             belong
             to
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Lords
             .
          
           The
           next
           year
           the
           Commons
           are
           desired
           to
           advise
           of
           the
           Articles
           of
           peace
           with
           France
           ,
           but
           they
           again
           
             modestly
             excuse
             themselves
             ,
             as
             too
             weak
             to
             Councel
             in
             so
             weighty
             matters
          
           :
           And
           being
           a
           second
           time
           press'd
           as
           they
           did
           tender
           the
           repute
           of
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           Right
           of
           their
           King
           ,
           
             they
             humbly
             delivered
             their
             Opinoins
             rather
             for
             Peace
             ,
             then
             War
          
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           and
           touching
           the
           point
           we
           are
           now
           upon
           ,
           of
           naming
           a
           Successor
           ,
           I
           have
           seen
           (
           saith
           a
           late
           Author
           )
           a
           Manuscript
           which
           makes
           mention
           that
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           some
           two
           years
           before
           his
           death
           ,
           Summon'd
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           wherein
           he
           intimated
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           his
           main
           designs
           of
           Confining
           that
           Parliament
           ,
           was
           ,
           
             that
             they
             should
             declare
             a
             Successor
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
          
           but
           the
           Parliament
           with
           much
           modesty
           answered
           ,
           
             that
             touching
             that
             point
             ,
             it
             belonged
             to
             His
             Majesty
             to
             consider
             of
             it
             ,
             And
             consul●
             with
             his
             Learned
             Privy-Councel
             about
             it
             .
             And
             whomsoever
             his
             Majesty
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             n●minate
             in
             his
             last
             Will
             ,
             they
             would
             Confirm
             and
             Ratifie
          
           ;
           Whereupon
           old
           King
           Henry
           made
           a
           formal
           Will
           ,
           which
           was
           afterwards
           enrolled
           in
           Chancery
           ,
           &c.
           for
           such
           was
           the
           Moderation
           ,
           and
           Modesty
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           that
           they
           declined
           the
           Agittation
           and
           Cognizance
           of
           High
           State
           Affairs
           ,
           humbly
           transferring
           them
           to
           their
           Soveraign
           ,
           and
           his
           Privy-Councel
           ;
           a
           Parliament
           man
           then
           thought
           it
           to
           be
           the
           Adaequate
           object
           of
           his
           Duty
           ,
           to
           study
           the
           welfare
           ,
           complain
           of
           grievances
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           defect
           supplyed
           of
           that
           place
           for
           the
           which
           he
           served
           ;
           Thus
           the
           Burgess
           of
           L●nn
           ,
           studied
           to
           find
           out
           somthing
           that
           might
           have
           advanced
           the
           Trade
           of
           Fishing
           ;
           He
           of
           Norwich
           ,
           that
           might
           profit
           the
           making
           of
           Stuff
           ,
           He
           of
           Rye
           what
           might
           preserve
           their
           Harbour
           from
           being
           choaked
           up
           wi●h
           ●he●v●s
           of
           Sand
           ;
           He
           of
           ▪
           Tiverston
           ,
           to
           further
           the
           Manufacture
           
           of
           Kersey's
           ;
           He
           of
           Suffolk
           ,
           what
           produced
           to
           the
           benefit
           of
           Cloathing
           ;
           and
           the
           Members
           of
           Cornwal
           ,
           what
           belong'd
           to
           their
           Stanneries
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           Respective
           Members
           of
           their
           several
           Counties
           ;
           and
           in
           doing
           this
           ,
           they
           thought
           to
           have
           complyed
           and
           discharged
           the
           trusts
           reposed
           in
           them
           ,
           without
           roveing
           at
           Universals
           ,
           prying
           into
           
             Arcana
             Imperii
          
           ,
           and
           bringing
           Religion
           to
           the
           Bar
           ;
           the
           one
           (
           as
           they
           thought
           )
           belonging
           more
           properly
           to
           the
           Chief
           Magistrate
           and
           his
           Councel
           of
           State
           ;
           as
           the
           other
           to
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           Clergy
           .
           Let
           me
           not
           here
           be
           misconstrued
           ,
           or
           censured
           to
           justifie
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           by
           Reflecting
           on
           the
           priviledges
           of
           the
           Commons
           :
           for
           as
           I
           would
           not
           have
           the
           King
           lose
           the
           least
           Tittle
           of
           his
           Prerogative
           ,
           so
           neither
           would
           I
           have
           the
           Commons
           one
           hairs
           breadth
           of
           their
           priviledges
           ;
           nor
           do
           I
           go
           to
           prescribe
           the
           late
           Houses
           by
           the
           Foot-steps
           of
           their
           Predecessors
           ,
           since
           by
           the
           Concession
           ,
           or
           Connivance
           of
           late
           Princes
           ,
           't
           is
           possible
           their
           priviledges
           may
           be
           increased
           ;
           no
           ,
           my
           only
           design
           is
           partly
           to
           satisfie
           the
           World
           that
           no
           King
           of
           England
           ever
           dealt
           more
           Candidly
           with
           a
           Parliament
           then
           our
           present
           Soveraign
           ▪
           no
           not
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           her self
           ,
           who
           is
           so
           much
           the
           peoples
           Darling
           ;
           and
           partly
           ,
           by
           the
           Loyal
           Moderate
           example
           of
           former
           Houses
           ,
           to
           prevent
           any
           heats
           for
           the
           future
           .
           Neither
           for
           such
           a
           factious
           age
           as
           this
           is
           ▪
           can
           any
           Loyal
           Subject
           discharge
           his
           Duty
           bo●h
           to
           King
           and
           Countrey
           ,
           without
           endeavouring
           (
           as
           much
           as
           in
           him
           lies
           )
           to
           silence
           those
           mutineers
           ,
           who
           having
           first
           endeavoured
           to
           exasperate
           the
           Houses
           one
           against
           another
           ,
           and
           both
           against
           the
           Kingdo
           ,
           afterwards
           in
           the
           Lobby
           lye
           waiting
           the
           event
           of
           each
           warm
           debate
           with
           the
           same
           Repacious
           hope
           ,
           as
           herenofore
           did
           ,
           Birds
           of
           Prey
           upon
           a
           Roman
           Army
           ,
           when
           the
           Signal
           to
           Battel
           was
           given
           ;
           for
           the
           enflaming
           the
           two
           Houses
           one
           against
           another
           ,
           they
           make
           use
           of
           the
           Rights
           and
           priviledges
           of
           Conferences
           ,
           asserting
           it
           the
           undoubted
           Rights
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           (
           as
           in
           
             Fitz-Harris
             ▪
             s
          
           Case
           they
           did
           at
           Oxford
           )
           to
           confer
           with
           the
           Lords
           when
           they
           please
           ,
           without
           any
           denyal
           ;
           Which
           whether
           it
           be
           so
           or
           no
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           presume
           to
           determine
           ,
           any
           farther
           then
           to
           acquaint
           you
           with
           a
           Remarkable
           passage
           that
           occurred
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Henry
           the
           fourths
           When
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           Petition'd
           the
           King
           that
           they
           might
           have
           advice
           and
           Communication
           with
           certain
           Lords
           about
           matters
           of
           business
           in
           Parliament
           for
           the
           Common
           good
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           Prayer
           (
           as
           the
           Record
           
           hath
           it
           )
           our
           Lord
           the
           King
           most
           graciously
           granted
           ,
           but
           with
           this
           Protestation
           ,
           
             That
             he
             did
             it
             not
             of
             Duty
             ,
             nor
             of
             Custom
             ,
             but
             of
             his
             special
             Grace
             and
             Favour
             :
          
           So
           our
           Lord
           the
           King
           charged
           the
           Clerk
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           this
           Protest
           should
           be
           entred
           upon
           Record
           in
           the
           Parliament
           Roll.
           This
           the
           King
           made
           known
           to
           them
           by
           the
           Lord
           Say
           ,
           and
           his
           Secretary
           ,
           who
           told
           them
           ,
           
             That
             our
             Lord
             the
             King
             neither
             of
             Due
             ,
             nor
             Custom
             ,
             ought
             to
             grant
             any
             Lords
             to
             enter
             into
             Communication
             with
             them
             of
             matters
             touching
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             but
             by
             his
             special
             Grace
             at
             this
             time
             he
             granted
             their
             request
             in
             this
             particular
             .
          
           And
           the
           said
           Steward
           and
           Secretary
           brought
           the
           King
           word
           back
           from
           the
           Commons
           ,
           
             That
             they
             well
             knew
             they
             could
             not
             have
             any
             such
             Lords
             to
             commune
             with
             them
             about
             any
             business
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             without
             special
             Grace
             and
             Command
             from
             the
             King
             himself
             .
          
           In
           like
           manner
           we
           read
           in
           Appian
           ,
           (
           
             de
             Bell.
             Civ
             ▪
             lib.
          
           1.
           )
           
             That
             the
             creation
             of
             the
             Tribune
             Office
             was
             design'd
             only
             to
             ballance
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Consuls
             ,
             whose
             Election
             then
             depended
             only
             on
             the
             Senate
             ,
             and
             to
             keep
             them
             from
             exercising
             the
             whole
             Authority
             in
             the
             Administration
             of
             their
             Republick
             ;
             but
             yet
             this
             bred
             much
             emulation
             ,
             and
             many
             quarrels
             amongst
             these
             Magistrates
             ,
             the
             one
             seeing
             themselves
             supported
             by
             the
             countenance
             of
             the
             Senate
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             by
             the
             favour
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             each
             party
             thought
             themselves
             robbed
             of
             that
             which
             was
             added
             to
             the
             other
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           as
           about
           these
           and
           the
           like
           Priviledges
           ,
           they
           endeavour
           to
           set
           the
           two
           Houses
           in
           an
           opposite
           flame
           ,
           left
           otherwise
           they
           might
           comply
           with
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           so
           is
           it
           their
           principal
           ●nd
           (
           were
           it
           in
           their
           power
           ,
           which
           God
           Almighty
           prevent
           )
           to
           unite
           both
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           against
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           for
           this
           purpose
           invent
           all
           the
           Calumnies
           imaginable
           wherewithall
           to
           asperse
           him
           .
           Thus
           first
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           his
           Subjects
           believe
           than
           the
           removing
           of
           the
           Parliament
           to
           Oxford
           ,
           was
           an
           in●ustice
           ▪
           not
           to
           be
           parallel'd
           ;
           whereas
           he
           that
           knows
           any
           thing
           ,
           cannot
           be
           ignorant
           how
           often
           Parliaments
           have
           formerly
           been
           summon'd
           to
           meet
           as
           well
           a●
           
             York
             ,
             Oxford
             ▪
          
           and
           very
           many
           other
           places
           ,
           as
           at
           Westminster
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           out
           of
           any
           cause
           of
           Sickne●s
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           but
           meerly
           out
           of
           the
           Kings
           will
           and
           pleasure
           ▪
           ●●
           hath
           power
           by
           his
           Writs
           to
           assign
           their
           meeting
           when
           and
           where
           he
           pleaseth
           .
           Nay
           ,
           so
           hellish
           was
           the
           malice
           of
           some
           〈◊〉
           these
           Commonwealths
           men
           ,
           that
           (
           as
           Colledge
           himself
           confesses
           )
           they
           would
           have
           made
           the
           Members
           believe
           his
           Majesty
           
           brought
           them
           thither
           to
           be
           Murthered
           ,
           a
           report
           so
           incredible
           and
           so
           barbarous
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           wise
           man
           laughs
           at
           it
           ,
           so
           every
           Loyal
           Subject
           abhors
           it
           ;
           That
           a
           Prince
           whose
           greatest
           error
           ,
           is
           his
           Clemency
           ,
           should
           draw
           upon
           himself
           the
           guilt
           of
           a
           whole
           Nations
           bloud
           ;
           But
           now
           as
           that
           appears
           a
           malicious
           story
           ,
           and
           is
           already
           confuted
           by
           its
           not
           happening
           ,
           so
           let
           us
           esteem
           of
           their
           Reports
           for
           the
           future
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           these
           disaffected
           persons
           (
           who
           are
           all
           descended
           from
           the
           right
           
             Forty
             one
          
           breed
           )
           endeavouring
           to
           ●rect
           another
           perpetual
           Parliament
           ,
           insinuate
           into
           the
           Peoples
           ears
           ,
           how
           unnatural
           it
           is
           for
           the
           Government
           to
           go
           hopping
           upon
           one
           Leg
           ,
           whereby
           they
           mean
           the
           King
           ;
           as
           also
           that
           he
           ought
           to
           summon
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           whenever
           two
           or
           three
           of
           the
           
             Houshold
             of
             Faith
          
           desire
           him
           ,
           and
           then
           never
           dissolve
           them
           so
           long
           as
           any
           grievances
           are
           depending
           ;
           when
           (
           if
           so
           )
           they
           shall
           never
           be
           without
           some
           grievance
           or
           other
           to
           perpetuate
           their
           sitting
           ,
           how
           small
           soever
           ;
           and
           for
           this
           very
           reason
           ,
           (
           although
           no
           man
           is
           a
           greater
           lover
           of
           Parliaments
           then
           my self
           )
           that
           expedient
           seem'd
           to
           me
           of
           dangerous
           consequence
           ,
           which
           (
           to
           fetter
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           )
           enabled
           the
           Parliament
           then
           in
           being
           ,
           to
           convene
           and
           fit
           six
           months
           after
           this
           Kings
           death
           ;
           since
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           power
           to
           act
           as
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           they
           could
           do
           us
           no
           good
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           had
           ,
           then
           by
           virtue
           of
           the
           same
           power
           wherewith
           they
           pass'd
           other
           Acts
           ,
           they
           might
           also
           pass
           an
           Act
           to
           perpetuate
           themselves
           ;
           for
           frequent
           ,
           and
           not
           long
           Parliaments
           ,
           must
           render
           this
           Nation
           prosperous
           ;
           old
           Members
           being
           too
           apt
           to
           hunt
           soul
           ,
           after
           they
           have
           run
           many
           Chaces
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           and
           lastly
           ,
           
           these
           Malecontents
           encourage
           the
           most
           hainous
           Criminals
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           have
           more
           personally
           and
           particularly
           offended
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           to
           Petition
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           thereby
           thinking
           either
           to
           force
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           against
           his
           own
           inclinations
           ,
           to
           release
           such
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           or
           else
           to
           put
           him
           upon
           a
           necessity
           of
           disobliging
           the
           House
           by
           his
           denial
           ;
           and
           so
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           they
           (
           too
           often
           )
           excite
           them
           to
           Address
           themselves
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           the
           Removal
           of
           such
           Ministers
           who
           are
           chiefly
           in
           his
           favour
           ;
           as
           if
           it
           were
           a
           thing
           of
           that
           small
           concern
           to
           a
           Prince
           ,
           to
           sacrifice
           his
           most
           intimate
           Friends
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           hath
           unbosomed
           his
           most
           secret
           Councels
           ,
           and
           who
           perhaps
           is
           so
           charged
           only
           ,
           for
           executing
           his
           Masters
           Precepts
           .
           Alas
           !
           let
           every
           man
           but
           make
           it
           his
           own
           Case
           ,
           and
           see
           how
           uneasie
           he
           should
           be
           to
           part
           with
           ,
           or
           give
           credit
           to
           any
           
           evil
           report
           against
           an
           old
           Friend
           ,
           Relation
           or
           Servant
           ,
           without
           some
           convincing
           undeniable
           proof
           made
           out
           against
           him
           :
           Not
           but
           that
           such
           Addresses
           may
           be
           lawful
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           expedient
           ;
           also
           Ministers
           of
           State
           ,
           too
           often
           faulty
           .
           Nevertheless
           ,
           such
           Votes
           and
           Petitions
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           rashly
           undertaken
           ,
           but
           first
           duly
           weigh'd
           and
           considered
           ,
           with
           the
           grounds
           ,
           and
           evidences
           against
           them
           ;
           and
           this
           more
           especially
           now
           ,
           since
           his
           Majesty
           hath
           been
           pleased
           to
           declare
           ,
           as
           he
           will
           not
           govern
           Arbitrarily
           himself
           ,
           so
           neither
           shall
           his
           Subjects
           one
           towards
           another
           .
           Which
           puts
           me
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           story
           of
           the
           two
           Roman
           Embassadors
           ,
           Valerius
           and
           Horatius
           ,
           who
           being
           sent
           by
           the
           Decem-viri
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           to
           enquire
           of
           their
           grievances
           ,
           the
           People
           amongst
           other
           things
           complained
           of
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           the
           Decem-viri
           ,
           desiring
           to
           have
           them
           deliver'd
           up
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           burn
           them
           alive
           :
           But
           the
           Embassadors
           not
           consenting
           to
           their
           demand
           ,
           replyed
           ,
           
             Crudelitatem
             damnatis
             ,
             incrudelitatem
             ruitis
          
           ;
           you
           condemn
           Cruelty
           ,
           and
           practise
           it
           your selves
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           find
           that
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           was
           ever
           Petition'd
           till
           about
           the
           middle
           of
           Henry
           the
           seventh's
           Reign
           ,
           which
           Petition
           is
           inserted
           among
           the
           Statutes
           :
           But
           though
           the
           Petition
           be
           directed
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           in
           its
           Title
           ,
           yet
           the
           Prayer
           of
           the
           Petition
           is
           turn'd
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           the
           Commons
           .
           The
           Petition
           begins
           thus
           ;
           
             To
             the
             Right
             Worshipful
             Commons
             in
             this
             present
             Parliament
             assembled
             ;
             Shews
             to
             your
             discreet
             wisdoms
             ,
             the
             Wardens
             of
             the
             Fellowship
             of
             the
             Craft
             of
             Vpholsterers
             within
          
           London
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           the
           conclusion
           is
           ,
           
             Therefore
             may
             it
             please
             the
             Kings
             Highness
             ,
             by
             the
             Advice
             of
             the
             Lords
             Spiritual
             and
             Temporal
             ,
             and
             his
             Commons
             in
             Parliament
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           Again
           ,
           I
           find
           many
           Examples
           to
           prove
           that
           though
           the
           cognizance
           and
           debating
           of
           great
           State-affairs
           ,
           belong
           to
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           yet
           heretofore
           the
           Lords
           have
           oftentimes
           transmitted
           such
           business
           to
           the
           Kings
           Privy-Council
           ;
           amongst
           others
           let
           this
           suffice
           :
           When
           one
           Mortimer
           ,
           who
           stiled
           himself
           
             Captain
             Mendall
          
           ,
           (
           otherwise
           called
           
             Jack
             Cade
          
           )
           came
           with
           a
           Rabble
           of
           the
           Vulgar
           ,
           with
           a
           Petition
           to
           the
           Lower
           House
           ,
           the
           Commons
           sent
           it
           up
           to
           the
           Lords
           ,
           and
           the
           Lords
           transmitted
           it
           to
           the
           Kings
           Privy-Council
           to
           consider
           of
           .
           But
           to
           conclude
           this
           point
           ,
           the
           difference
           between
           King
           and
           Parliament
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           represents
           God
           ,
           the
           other
           the
           People
           ;
           the
           Consultative
           power
           by
           the
           Kings
           permission
           is
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           but
           the
           Commanding
           
           power
           remains
           inseparable
           in
           him
           ;
           the
           results
           and
           productions
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           at
           best
           are
           but
           Bills
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           Kings
           breath
           makes
           them
           Laws
           ;
           which
           are
           till
           then
           but
           dead
           things
           ,
           they
           are
           like
           Matches
           unfired
           ▪
           't
           is
           the
           King
           that
           gives
           them
           Life
           ,
           and
           Light
           :
           The
           Lords
           advise
           ,
           the
           Commons
           consent
           ,
           but
           the
           King
           ordains
           ;
           they
           mould
           the
           Bills
           ,
           but
           the
           King
           makes
           them
           Laws
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           now
           sufficiently
           vindicated
           our
           most
           Royal
           Soveraign
           ,
           against
           all
           the
           malicious
           aspersions
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           who
           would
           falsly
           and
           treacherously
           charge
           the
           best-natur'd
           Prince
           under
           Heaven
           ,
           with
           having
           a
           design
           to
           introduce
           an
           Arbitrary
           Government
           here
           amongst
           us
           ;
           give
           me
           leave
           in
           the
           next
           place
           to
           speak
           to
           their
           no
           less
           Devillish
           ,
           and
           wicked
           Reproach
           of
           his
           being
           a
           Papist
           ,
           which
           these
           Traytors
           cast
           upon
           him
           in
           Revenge
           ,
           to
           alienate
           (
           were
           such
           a
           thing
           possible
           )
           the
           hearts
           and
           affections
           of
           his
           Loyal
           Subjects
           ,
           from
           that
           Duty
           and
           Allegiance
           they
           owe
           to
           him
           .
           They
           first
           pretended
           his
           Majesty
           to
           be
           in
           a
           Plot
           against
           his
           own
           Life
           ,
           and
           now
           because
           that
           seems
           too
           ridiculous
           ,
           they
           give
           out
           ,
           that
           whereas
           there
           were
           two
           parts
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           ,
           the
           one
           to
           introduce
           Popery
           ,
           the
           other
           to
           
             kill
             the
             King
          
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           was
           made
           acquainted
           only
           with
           the
           former
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           (
           
             viz
             ▪
          
           )
           the
           introducing
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           not
           with
           
             his
             own
             death
          
           .
           But
           here
           let
           any
           Rational
           man
           consider
           ,
           for
           what
           end
           they
           should
           design
           to
           take
           off
           the
           King
           ,
           unless
           it
           were
           that
           he
           would
           not
           aid
           and
           assist
           them
           in
           bringing
           in
           the
           
             Popish
             Religion
          
           into
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           for
           if
           he
           were
           (
           as
           these
           men
           say
           )
           privy
           and
           assisting
           to
           their
           Plot
           of
           subverting
           the
           Government
           ,
           for
           what
           purpose
           should
           they
           then
           conspire
           against
           his
           Person
           ?
           we
           must
           therefore
           either
           suspend
           our
           belief
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           at
           least
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           in
           favour
           to
           the
           Popish
           Party
           they
           would
           make
           the
           world
           believe
           that
           in
           an
           unnatural
           manner
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           should
           for
           his
           Royal
           Brothers
           sake
           ,
           consent
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           his
           own
           natural
           Son
           the
           D.
           of
           M.
           and
           accordingly
           possess
           his
           Grace
           with
           an
           opinion
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           sent
           into
           Flanders
           on
           purpose
           to
           be
           destroyed
           ;
           hoping
           by
           this
           means
           to
           set
           the
           Son
           against
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           render
           him
           like
           that
           worst
           of
           Men
           ,
           Darius
           ,
           who
           together
           with
           Fifty
           of
           his
           Bastard
           Brethren
           Plotted
           against
           the
           Life
           of
           his
           most
           Indulgent
           Father
           Artaxe●xes
           ,
           that
           good
           King
           of
           Persia
           ;
           in
           which
           Conspiracy
           (
           as
           the
           Historian
           says
           ,
           )
           
             it
             was
             prodigious
             ,
             that
             in
             so
             great
             a
             Number
             ▪
             
             Parricide
             could
             not
             only
             be
             contracted
             ,
             but
             concealed
             ,
             and
             that
             amongst
             Fifty
             of
             his
             Children
             ,
             there
             was
             not
             one
             found
             ,
             whom
             neither
             the
             Majesty
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             nor
             the
             reverence
             of
             an
             Ancient
             man
             ,
             nor
             the
             Indulgency
             of
             so
             good
             a
             Father
             ,
             could
             recall
             from
             so
             horrible
             an
             Act.
             
          
           
             Justin
             lib.
          
           10.
           
           We
           read
           how
           Themistocles
           used
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           such
           men
           as
           He
           resembled
           Oaks
           ,
           to
           whom
           men
           come
           for
           shelter
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           need
           of
           them
           in
           Rain
           ,
           and
           desire
           to
           be
           protected
           by
           their
           Boughs
           ▪
           But
           when
           it
           is
           fair
           ,
           they
           come
           to
           them
           to
           strip
           and
           peel
           them
           .
           
             Aelian
             lib.
          
           9.
           ch
           .
           18.
           
           In
           the
           same
           manner
           do
           the
           Brotherhood
           by
           the
           D.
           of
           M.
           make
           all
           their
           present
           Applications
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           thinking
           him
           a
           fit
           Pole
           to
           support
           those
           helpless
           Hops
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           person
           of
           whom
           for
           Quality
           and
           Courage
           they
           may
           make
           use
           as
           a
           General
           against
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           ;
           they
           make
           him
           the
           Claw
           to
           take
           the
           Chesnut
           out
           of
           the
           Fire
           ,
           which
           being
           done
           they
           will
           as
           ignominiously
           cashier
           him
           ,
           their
           design
           being
           undoubtedly
           to
           erect
           a
           Geneva
           Republick
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           :
           Nay
           ,
           did
           they
           yet
           intend
           a
           Monarchy
           ,
           their
           malice
           would
           after
           such
           a
           Rebellion
           reject
           him
           ,
           even
           for
           his
           
             Royal
             Fathers
          
           sake
           ;
           Therefore
           as
           his
           Grace
           must
           draw
           his
           Virtue
           from
           His
           Bloud
           ,
           so
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           e're
           long
           to
           hear
           ▪
           the
           fatted
           Calf
           is
           kill'd
           ,
           especially
           since
           he
           is
           blessed
           with
           so
           merciful
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           so
           indulgent
           a
           Father
           .
        
         
           But
           thirdly
           ,
           Another
           Argument
           which
           they
           urge
           to
           prove
           the
           King
           a
           favourer
           of
           Popery
           ,
           is
           ,
           his
           being
           unwilling
           to
           disinherit
           his
           only
           Brother
           ,
           and
           (
           if
           his
           Majesty
           die
           before
           him
           without
           Issue
           )
           his
           next
           lawful
           Successor
           .
           On
           this
           subject
           out
           of
           
           Doleman's
           Succession
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           (
           though
           a
           
             Popish
             Book
             ▪
          
           )
           they
           steal
           many
           
             Protestant
             Arguments
          
           ,
           which
           (
           to
           be
           thought
           Learned
           men
           ,
           )
           they
           vent
           for
           their
           own
           ;
           as
           indeed
           upon
           all
           other
           subjects
           ,
           their
           Speeches
           are
           nothing
           but
           fragments
           out
           of
           old
           
             Parliament
             Pamphlets
          
           ,
           collected
           ,
           pack'd
           together
           ,
           and
           vented
           for
           their
           own
           ;
           
             Ephemeris
             Parliamentaria
          
           is
           a
           Book
           of
           main
           use
           to
           them
           for
           this
           purpose
           ▪
           But
           to
           return
           to
           our
           subject
           :
           Now
           let
           any
           man
           make
           this
           his
           own
           Case
           ,
           and
           consider
           ,
           whether
           he
           should
           not
           think
           it
           a
           hard
           put
           upon
           him
           ,
           to
           be
           forced
           to
           dis-inherit
           his
           own
           Son
           ,
           (
           the
           objection
           lying
           as
           well
           against
           a
           Son
           ,
           as
           a
           Brother
           )
           only
           for
           his
           changing
           his
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           too
           as
           well
           for
           turning
           
             Presbyterian
             ,
             Anabaptist
          
           ,
           or
           Quaker
           ,
           as
           for
           turning
           Pap●st
           ,
           they
           being
           alike
           Recusants
           ,
           and
           equally
           offenders
           against
           the
           established
           Law
           and
           Government
           of
           this
           
           Land
           ,
           witness
           the
           35
           of
           Eliz.
           Nay
           to
           Sacrifice
           ,
           and
           deliver
           up
           a
           Brother
           ,
           who
           hath
           so
           often
           exposed
           his
           Life
           amongst
           crouds
           of
           Bullets
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           raging
           of
           the
           boisterous
           Seas
           ,
           for
           the
           Security
           and
           Honour
           both
           of
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           ;
           a
           Brother
           who
           was
           an
           equal
           sharer
           with
           him
           in
           all
           his
           late
           Afflictions
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           the
           loss
           of
           a
           Father
           ,
           as
           in
           other
           sad
           effects
           of
           the
           late
           dreadful
           Rebellion
           ,
           this
           must
           be
           no
           small
           violence
           to
           his
           Nature
           ;
           especially
           since
           it
           was
           never
           yet
           made
           appear
           ,
           that
           his
           R.
           H.
           was
           in
           the
           least
           privy
           to
           any
           Plot
           ,
           or
           Conspiracy
           against
           the
           Person
           of
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ;
           nay
           ,
           by
           Dr.
           Oates
           his
           confession
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           these
           bloudy-minded
           Papists
           had
           as
           well
           designed
           to
           take
           away
           the
           Duke's
           Life
           ,
           as
           the
           King
           's
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           found
           him
           fitting
           for
           their
           turn
           ;
           which
           shews
           that
           they
           were
           never
           assured
           of
           his
           Highnesses
           joyning
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           rather
           that
           he
           was
           altogether
           ignorant
           of
           their
           Intrigues
           ,
           which
           ▪
           made
           them
           question
           his
           adherence
           :
           since
           it
           may
           be
           very
           possible
           for
           a
           younger
           Brothers
           Servant
           ,
           to
           conspire
           the
           death
           of
           his
           Masters
           elder
           Brother
           ,
           in
           hopes
           to
           better
           his
           Service
           ,
           without
           ever
           acquainting
           his
           Master
           with
           the
           design
           .
           Which
           things
           considered
           ,
           it
           seems
           to
           me
           very
           unreasonable
           to
           censure
           his
           Majesty
           for
           his
           unwillingness
           to
           dis-inherit
           his
           Brother
           ,
           purely
           upon
           a
           surmise
           ,
           and
           no
           proof
           ;
           also
           to
           argue
           from
           the
           ill
           consequence
           that
           must
           attend
           the
           Dominion
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           ,
           were
           to
           disown
           that
           Precept
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           which
           forbids
           us
           
             to
             do
             evil
             that
             good
             may
             come
             of
             it
             .
          
           Nevertheless
           ,
           as
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           voted
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           the
           unfortunate
           pervertion
           of
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           ,
           may
           have
           been
           a
           great
           encouragement
           of
           that
           Party
           to
           hope
           once
           more
           to
           establish
           their
           Superstitious
           Worship
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           purpose
           they
           may
           ,
           (
           contrary
           to
           his
           Highnesses
           knowledge
           ,
           )
           enter
           into
           Plots
           and
           Conspiracies
           ,
           to
           divide
           and
           set
           us
           altogether
           by
           the
           Ears
           ;
           when
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           like
           the
           Kite
           in
           the
           Fable
           ,
           they
           would
           come
           and
           seize
           upon
           us
           both
           ;
           for
           the
           Consistory
           and
           Jesuits
           maintaining
           throughout
           the
           World
           a
           Traffick
           of
           Sedition
           and
           
             privy
             Conspiracy
          
           ,
           have
           yet
           had
           so
           much
           wit
           ,
           as
           to
           Land
           it
           in
           Presbyterian
           Bottoms
           ,
           (
           fit
           Vessels
           for
           Rebellion
           )
           and
           to
           cover
           their
           disobedience
           to
           Governours
           ,
           under
           the
           Attempts
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           ,
           who
           naturally
           acknowledge
           none
           ;
           so
           that
           to
           ruine
           this
           
             Popish
             Fabrick
          
           ,
           we
           must
           extirpate
           this
           
             Fanatick
             Foundation
          
           .
           Therefore
           I
           could
           heartily
           wish
           ,
           and
           I
           do
           believe
           that
           most
           moderate
           men
           are
           now
           of
           the
           same
           opinion
           ,
           
           that
           if
           the
           Parliament
           had
           embraced
           his
           Majesties
           gracious
           offers
           of
           hampering
           and
           fettering
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           ,
           by
           Laws
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           render
           him
           (
           as
           much
           as
           was
           possible
           )
           uncapable
           of
           Altering
           the
           Government
           either
           in
           Church
           or
           State
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           some
           Parliamentary
           expedient
           they
           had
           taken
           away
           his
           Sting
           ;
           since
           now
           by
           refusing
           to
           accept
           any
           thing
           ,
           because
           we
           cannot
           have
           every
           thing
           ,
           we
           expose
           our selves
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           to
           danger
           ,
           we
           miss
           the
           opportunity
           of
           making
           other
           good
           Laws
           both
           against
           Popery
           and
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           ,
           who
           might
           have
           come
           upon
           us
           in
           this
           Interim
           ,
           when
           we
           had
           no
           Law
           to
           oppose
           Him
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesty
           (
           whom
           we
           daily
           think
           in
           so
           much
           danger
           )
           done
           otherwise
           then
           well
           ,
           also
           for
           fear
           of
           this
           uncertain
           danger
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           ,
           (
           whom
           with
           Gods
           blessing
           his
           Majesty
           may
           survive
           )
           we
           expose
           not
           only
           our selves
           ,
           
           but
           also
           all
           
             Holland
             ,
             Flanders
          
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Protestants
           of
           Christendom
           to
           the
           merciless
           rage
           and
           fury
           of
           the
           French
           King.
           Whereas
           did
           we
           agree
           amongst
           our selves
           ,
           and
           assist
           His
           Majesty
           in
           his
           Alliance
           with
           other
           Protestant
           Princes
           ,
           and
           States
           ,
           we
           might
           happily
           prevent
           the
           effusion
           of
           that
           Protestant
           Bloud
           which
           will
           otherways
           be
           shed
           ,
           as
           the
           Dutch
           Memorial
           Complains
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           excepting
           this
           Bill
           of
           Succession
           ,
           which
           never
           came
           to
           his
           hands
           ,
           what
           other
           Security
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           has
           His
           Majesty
           ever
           denyed
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           has
           he
           not
           offered
           to
           pass
           any
           expedient
           that
           could
           be
           proposed
           ,
           has
           he
           not
           put
           out
           what
           ever
           Proclamations
           they
           desired
           ,
           either
           to
           banish
           the
           Papists
           so
           many
           miles
           ,
           or
           to
           encourage
           more
           Witnesses
           to
           come
           in
           ,
           with
           promises
           of
           Rewards
           ,
           and
           pardon
           !
           In
           Fine
           ,
           what
           has
           he
           left
           undone
           that
           might
           tend
           to
           promote
           further
           Discovery
           ,
           to
           extirpate
           Popery
           ,
           and
           to
           secure
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ?
           Now
           as
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           in
           general
           ,
           to
           subvert
           the
           Government
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           introducing
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           Religion
           into
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           &c.
           is
           a
           thing
           beyond
           all
           possibility
           of
           doubt
           ,
           and
           hath
           already
           been
           so
           declared
           by
           King
           and
           Parliaments
           ,
           Nay
           the
           several
           Circumstances
           belonging
           to
           it
           (
           which
           I
           value
           more
           then
           the
           Credit
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           )
           makes
           it
           as
           visible
           as
           the
           Sun
           at
           noon-day
           ;
           and
           besides
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           (
           who
           are
           certainly
           the
           wickedest
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           m●n
           )
           't
           is
           natural
           for
           all
           persons
           to
           covet
           to
           bring
           over
           Converts
           to
           their
           own
           Opinions
           ,
           in
           Civiel
           ma●ters
           ,
           vain
           glory
           ;
           And
           in
           Sprituals
           ,
           the
           
           Reward
           for
           doing
           an
           Act
           of
           Charity
           prompts
           them
           to
           it
           ,
           for
           if
           either
           Papist
           ,
           or
           Sectary
           believe
           their
           Faith
           to
           be
           the
           only
           saving
           Faith
           ,
           how
           then
           (
           say
           they
           )
           can
           we
           love
           our
           Neighbours
           as
           our selves
           ,
           unless
           we
           endeavour
           to
           draw
           them
           over
           to
           our
           own
           perswasion
           ,
           wherein
           we
           think
           men
           can
           only
           be
           Saved
           ?
           And
           this
           I
           make
           no
           question
           has
           been
           one
           main
           reason
           .
           (
           together
           with
           their
           promise
           of
           Salvation
           to
           the
           Converter
           )
           that
           allured
           many
           of
           the
           most
           vertuous
           sort
           of
           Papists
           into
           this
           Conspiracy
           of
           introducing
           Popery
           amongst
           us
           ;
           Another
           reason
           which
           may
           have
           prompted
           their
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           dissolute
           sort
           of
           Papists
           ,
           to
           this
           undertaking
           ,
           was
           perhaps
           ,
           the
           vast
           Rich
           Abbies
           ,
           and
           Revenues
           which
           did
           heretofore
           belong
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           and
           the
           which
           they
           cannot
           but
           with
           envy
           now
           behold
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ;
           neither
           would
           they
           give
           themselves
           the
           least
           trouble
           for
           our
           Conversion
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           more
           for
           our
           Estates-sake
           then
           for
           our
           Souls
           good
           ;
           Wherefore
           as
           their
           Interest
           why
           there
           should
           be
           a
           Plot
           ,
           is
           one
           argument
           to
           me
           there
           is
           one
           ;
           So
           the
           Plot
           is
           likewise
           another
           argument
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           a
           design
           upon
           Church-Lands
           ;
           for
           which
           reason
           I
           could
           almost
           wish
           that
           all
           the
           Abbies
           in
           England
           had
           been
           demolished
           and
           Levelled
           with
           the
           ground
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           since
           the
           best
           way
           to
           destroy
           Priests
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Crows
           ,
           is
           to
           pluck
           down
           both
           their
           Nests
           .
           Now
           these
           things
           considered
           ,
           do
           fully
           satisfie
           me
           of
           the
           
             Papists
             Plot
          
           ,
           and
           design
           to
           introduce
           Popery
           ,
           and
           with
           that
           Arbitrary
           Government
           ▪
           whereby
           alone
           they
           inspect
           to
           be
           reinstated
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           their
           Church-Revenues
           And
           with
           the
           same
           do
           I
           also
           believe
           that
           the
           heat
           of
           this
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           hath
           brought
           to
           life
           ,
           the
           Dissenting
           Serpents
           ,
           whose
           design
           now
           is
           ,
           to
           sting
           the
           Protestants
           upon
           the
           Papists
           backs
           .
        
         
           
             There
             is
             a
             Machiavelian
             Plot.
          
           
             Though
             eve
             y
             nor
             All-fact
             is
             not
             ;
          
           
             By
             setting
             Brother
             against
             Brother
             ,
          
           
             To
             Claw
             ,
             and
             curry
             one
             another
             ,
          
           
             'T
             is
             Plain
             enough
             to
             him
             that
             knows
          
           
             How
             Saints
             lead
             Brothers
             by
             the
             Nose
             .
             Hudib
             .
          
        
         
           Nevertheless
           now
           ,
           although
           I
           believe
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           in
           general
           ,
           yet
           can
           I
           not
           but
           suspend
           my
           Credit
           of
           many
           particular
           Circumstances
           given
           in
           Evidence
           concerning
           the
           Kings
           death
           :
           
           as
           the
           manner
           of
           Groves
           ,
           and
           Pickerings
           going
           to
           shoot
           the
           King
           with
           silver
           Bullets
           ,
           is
           to
           me
           a
           pill
           of
           Faith
           that
           I
           can
           hardly
           swallow
           ;
           which
           very
           thing
           makes
           many
           incredulous
           persons
           raise
           this
           scruple
           ,
           whether
           some
           men
           perceiving
           the
           designs
           of
           the
           Papists
           to
           introduce
           Popery
           (
           which
           part
           of
           the
           Plot
           is
           undeniable
           even
           by
           their
           own
           party
           )
           did
           not
           (
           to
           represent
           it
           more
           formidable
           to
           the
           common
           people
           forge
           this
           aditional
           Plot
           of
           murthering
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           Buckingham
           ,
           Earl
           of
           Shaftsbury
           ,
           Earl
           of
           Ossery
           ,
           and
           other
           great
           Darlings
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           (
           who
           God
           be
           praised
           have
           none
           of
           them
           been
           yet
           assaulted
           ;
           )
           that
           joyning
           both
           Plots
           together
           ,
           the
           vulgar
           people
           might
           be
           the
           more
           exasperated
           ,
           and
           so
           by
           preventing
           the
           one
           ,
           help
           to
           keep
           out
           the
           other
           ;
           but
           whether
           this
           be
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           or
           no
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           positively
           affirm
           ,
           only
           this
           I
           know
           ,
           that
           since
           Colledges
           Tryal
           ,
           neither
           I
           ,
           nor
           I
           presume
           any
           one
           else
           ,
           can
           have
           that
           esteem
           for
           the
           Popish
           Witnesses
           as
           before
           ,
           where
           if
           you
           believe
           
             Dugdale
             ,
             Turbervil
          
           ,
           and
           Smith
           ,
           what
           must
           you
           think
           of
           Oates's
           Evidence
           ,
           which
           has
           help'd
           towards
           the
           hanging
           so
           many
           ?
           and
           if
           you
           credit
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           what
           will
           your
           opinion
           be
           of
           
             Dugdale
             ,
             Turbervil
          
           and
           Smiths
           Evidences
           ,
           
           which
           have
           cost
           my
           Lord
           Stafford
           and
           so
           many
           others
           their
           Lives
           ?
           'T
           is
           a
           mistery
           which
           nothing
           but
           the
           Gallows
           can
           expound
           ,
           therefore
           let
           him
           that
           best
           deserves
           it
           have
           it
           ,
           only
           this
           I
           can
           say
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           King's
           Evidence
           against
           Colledge
           ,
           that
           I
           my self
           have
           bought
           two
           yards
           of
           
             Popery
             and
             Slavery
             Ribbon
          
           of
           him
           at
           
           Short's
           Coffee-house
           in
           Oxford
           ,
           where
           I
           also
           heard
           him
           speak
           things
           (
           though
           not
           Treasonable
           ,
           yet
           )
           scandalously
           reflecting
           on
           the
           whole
           Royal
           Family
           ;
           also
           one
           of
           those
           
             Treasonable
             Pictures
          
           which
           he
           deny'd
           ever
           to
           have
           dispersed
           ,
           is
           now
           to
           be
           seen
           at
           a
           Smiths
           House
           at
           Fretwel
           in
           Oxfordshire
           ,
           the
           which
           Colledge
           gave
           him
           with
           his
           own
           hands
           ,
           as
           others
           of
           his
           Neighbours
           can
           testifie
           .
           Nay
           ,
           Mr.
           Sheriff
           of
           Oxon
           ,
           and
           other
           Gentlemen
           ,
           can
           testifie
           ,
           that
           the
           day
           before
           his
           death
           he
           acknowledged
           to
           them
           many
           things
           whereof
           he
           was
           convicted
           at
           his
           Tryal
           ,
           the
           which
           he
           again
           denied
           at
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Execution
           ;
           how
           then
           the
           
             London
             Jury
          
           could
           think
           him
           so
           Innocent
           as
           not
           to
           deserve
           to
           be
           brought
           upon
           his
           Tryal
           ,
           is
           a
           Riddle
           ,
           which
           all
           men
           wonder
           they
           have
           not
           yet
           expounded
           ,
           by
           some
           Vindication
           of
           themselves
           to
           the
           world
           ;
           unless
           it
           be
           as
           the
           ingenious
           Hudibras
           says
           :
           
             
             
               That
               Witnesses
               like
               Watches
               go
               ,
            
             
               Just
               as
               they
               're
               set
               ,
               too
               fast
               or
               slow
               ;
            
             
               And
               where
               in
               Conscience
               they
               're
               strait
               lac'd
               ,
            
             
               'T
               is
               ten
               to
               one
               that
               side
               is
               cast
               .
            
             
               Is
               not
               the
               winding
               up
               the
               Witness
               ,
            
             
               And
               nicking
               ,
               more
               than
               half
               the
               business
               ?
            
             
               Do
               not
               your
               Juries
               give
               the
               Verdict
            
             
               As
               if
               they
               felt
               the
               Cause
               ,
               not
               heard
               it
               ;
            
             
               And
               as
               they
               please
               make
               matter
               of
               Fact
            
             
               Run
               all
               on
               one
               side
               ,
               as
               they
               're
               pack'd
               ?
            
             
               Nature
               has
               made
               man's
               Breast
               no
               windows
               ,
            
             
               To
               publish
               what
               he
               does
               within-doors
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               what
               dark
               secrets
               there
               inhabit
               ,
            
             
               Vnless
               his
               own
               rash
               folly
               blab
               it
               .
            
          
           This
           Grand-Ignoramus-Jury
           did
           undoubtedly
           cost
           the
           Prisoner
           his
           life
           ;
           for
           had
           they
           brought
           in
           
             Billa
             vera
          
           ,
           then
           
             a
             pack'd
             Petty-Jury
          
           might
           afterwards
           have
           acquitted
           him
           in
           Middlesex
           ,
           and
           prevented
           his
           
           Oxford-Tryal
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           great
           over-sight
           of
           the
           Brotherhood
           ;
           as
           also
           was
           Dr.
           
           Oates's
           appearing
           so
           violently
           against
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Brother-witnesses
           ,
           whereby
           he
           has
           cast
           no
           small
           blur
           upon
           the
           Plot
           in
           general
           .
           But
           
             two
             of
             a
             Trade
             can
             never
             agree
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           ,
           to
           conclude
           this
           subject
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           only
           to
           acquaint
           you
           what
           more
           favour
           Mr.
           Colledge
           had
           shewn
           him
           then
           Mr.
           Staley
           ,
           who
           being
           buried
           pompously
           ,
           was
           for
           that
           Treason
           afterwards
           taken
           out
           of
           his
           Grave
           by
           Command
           ,
           and
           his
           Quarters
           erected
           upon
           the
           several
           City-Gates
           ;
           whereas
           Mr.
           Colledge
           ,
           though
           no
           less
           decently
           interred
           ,
           was
           nevertheless
           permitted
           to
           remain
           undisturbed
           :
           so
           much
           more
           merciful
           to
           him
           was
           our
           good
           King
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           offended
           ,
           then
           those
           
             Barbarous
             Oxonians
          
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           never
           injured
           ,
           and
           who
           yet
           shouted
           at
           his
           Condemnation
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           having
           plainly
           shew'd
           and
           demonstrated
           the
           miseries
           of
           the
           late
           
             Civil
             War
          
           ,
           and
           our
           danger
           of
           running
           into
           the
           same
           again
           ;
           having
           
             without
             flattery
          
           represented
           to
           you
           the
           Justi●e
           and
           Clemency
           of
           our
           present
           King
           ,
           as
           also
           the
           moderation
           of
           former
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           having
           most
           impartially
           characterized
           the
           endeavours
           of
           the
           Factious
           ,
           and
           Tyranny
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           my
           earnest
           prayers
           and
           entreaty
           now
           is
           ,
           that
           
           you
           would
           not
           too
           easily
           credit
           those
           idle
           reports
           and
           jealousies
           concerning
           the
           King
           and
           Government
           ,
           which
           are
           raised
           only
           to
           deceive
           you
           ;
           that
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           your
           Judgment
           as
           Obedience
           ,
           you
           would
           follow
           the
           Supreme
           Authority
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           esteeming
           the
           King's
           Glory
           your
           Honour
           ,
           and
           His
           Grandeur
           your
           Security
           .
           Men
           of
           heat
           are
           men
           of
           Faction
           ,
           ,
           therefore
           avoid
           all
           such
           Zealots
           ,
           of
           any
           kind
           ;
           and
           whe●
           His
           Maj●sty
           shall
           summon
           your
           Picture
           again
           to
           sit
           in
           the
           Parliament-house
           ,
           be
           sure
           it
           be
           drawn
           by
           a
           good
           Hand
           :
           The
           Government
           by
           King
           ,
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           is
           the
           best
           of
           all
           others
           ,
           therefore
           endeavour
           to
           support
           it
           ,
           by
           following
           every
           man
           his
           own
           Vocation
           ,
           resigning
           State-affairs
           to
           the
           Conduct
           of
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           whom
           they
           more
           properly
           belong
           ;
           As
           for
           my self
           ,
           I
           was
           ever
           before
           of
           a
           different
           opinion
           ,
           and
           blush
           not
           to
           own
           that
           my
           Principles
           are
           changed
           ,
           since
           't
           is
           not
           out
           of
           any
           Preferment
           ,
           Interest
           or
           expectation
           at
           Court
           ,
           (
           which
           as
           I
           never
           wanted
           ,
           so
           I
           never
           sought
           after
           )
           but
           purely
           upon
           the
           merits
           of
           the
           Cause
           .
           I
           now
           perceive
           so
           much
           Faction
           and
           Knavery
           among
           the
           WhigParty
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           uncertainty
           among
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           wishes
           well
           to
           King
           Charles
           and
           old
           England
           ,
           must
           equally
           abhor
           both
           Whigs
           and
           Tories
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           both
           Enemies
           to
           King
           ,
           and
           Enemies
           to
           Parliaments
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           as
           well
           our
           Interest
           as
           Duty
           obliges
           us
           to
           promote
           Peace
           ;
           and
           though
           we
           should
           (
           as
           we
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           do
           )
           apprehend
           our selves
           to
           be
           under
           some
           small
           grievance
           ,
           yet
           let
           us
           esteem
           it
           as
           a
           Scab
           ,
           that
           oftentimes
           breaks
           out
           in
           the
           most
           wholesom
           constituted
           Bodies
           of
           States
           ,
           and
           may
           with
           less
           smart
           be
           continued
           on
           ,
           then
           picked
           off
           .
           If
           hopes
           of
           raising
           a
           Fortune
           be
           any
           motive
           to
           engage
           you
           to
           a
           Party
           ,
           remember
           first
           ,
           that
           the
           sole
           power
           of
           rewarding
           Virtue
           ,
           and
           punishing
           Vice
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           Kings
           Breast
           ;
           all
           Imployments
           both
           of
           Honour
           and
           Profit
           ,
           solely
           at
           his
           Majesties
           disposal
           :
           
           and
           Secondly
           ,
           remember
           that
           the
           Die
           of
           War
           seldom
           turns
           to
           their
           advantage
           that
           first
           cast
           it
           :
           Thus
           Oliver
           ,
           who
           was
           not
           known
           or
           heard
           of
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           late
           War
           ,
           nevertheless
           went
           away
           with
           the
           Prize
           .
           Therefore
           (
           saith
           a
           late
           Author
           )
           't
           is
           good
           to
           have
           patience
           ,
           and
           see
           the
           Tree
           sufficiently
           shaken
           ,
           before
           you
           run
           and
           scramble
           for
           the
           Fruit
           ,
           lest
           instead
           of
           Profit
           or
           Honour
           ,
           you
           meet
           with
           a
           Cudgel
           or
           Stone
           ;
           and
           then
           too
           ,
           see
           that
           you
           fall
           in
           rather
           by
           Compulsion
           ,
           then
           Design
           .
           The
           example
           of
           Brutus
           ,
           rather
           then
           Cato
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           followed
           in
           bad
           times
           ;
           it
           
           being
           safer
           to
           be
           patient
           ,
           then
           active
           ;
           or
           appear
           a
           Fool
           ,
           then
           a
           Malecontent
           .
           Should
           you
           ever
           live
           to
           be
           reduced
           under
           the
           extremity
           of
           a
           Tyrants
           Reign
           ,
           and
           he
           should
           exact
           an
           acknowledgment
           of
           Obedience
           from
           you
           ,
           I
           see
           not
           how
           either
           in
           Conscience
           or
           Interest
           you
           could
           refuse
           him
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           highest
           frenzy
           imaginable
           to
           dispute
           your
           Innocency
           with
           those
           able
           to
           convert
           the
           greatest
           into
           a
           fault
           ;
           no
           Plea
           is
           sufficient
           to
           bar
           the
           Lyon
           of
           his
           Right
           .
           Also
           if
           it
           be
           no
           dishonour
           to
           submit
           to
           a
           stronger
           Party
           ,
           (
           though
           of
           Thieves
           )
           when
           fallen
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           then
           let
           not
           the
           example
           of
           a
           few
           Fools
           ,
           who
           (
           like
           Lice
           )
           thrive
           no
           where
           so
           well
           as
           in
           a
           Prison
           ,
           tempt
           you
           to
           oppose
           your
           felicity
           against
           the
           Imperative
           power
           ,
           under
           which
           the
           disposure
           of
           your
           person
           doth
           wholly
           remain
           ,
           and
           therefore
           madness
           to
           deny
           it
           words
           .
           It
           is
           most
           dangerous
           to
           be
           the
           Pen
           or
           Mouth
           of
           a
           multitude
           congregated
           by
           the
           Jingling
           of
           their
           Fetters
           ,
           lest
           a
           Pardon
           or
           Compliance
           knock
           them
           off
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Reckoning
           left
           for
           you
           to
           pay
           ;
           when
           if
           you
           expect
           relief
           from
           the
           Common
           people
           ,
           you
           will
           then
           too
           late
           find
           the
           wise
           
           Florentine's
           words
           true
           ,
           
             That
             he
             who
             builds
             upon
             the
             People
             ,
             builds
             upon
             dirt
          
           ;
           since
           the
           zeal
           of
           the
           Rabble
           is
           not
           so
           soon
           heated
           by
           the
           real
           oppressions
           of
           their
           Rulers
           ,
           but
           may
           be
           as
           easily
           cooled
           by
           the
           specious
           promises
           and
           breath
           of
           Authority
           .
           Massianello
           adored
           by
           the
           Mobile
           one
           day
           ,
           is
           torn
           in
           pieces
           by
           the
           same
           the
           next
           ;
           therefore
           Nurse
           not
           Ambition
           with
           your
           own
           Bloud
           ▪
           nor
           Sacrifice
           a
           Gallant
           Person
           for
           the
           Applauses
           of
           an
           ungrateful
           ,
           unthinking
           Croud
           ,
           which
           Fame
           (
           like
           Venus
           )
           is
           formed
           only
           out
           of
           the
           foam
           of
           the
           People
           .
           Neither
           are
           any
           grown'd
           more
           in
           this
           Warlike
           Mill
           of
           Vicissitudes
           ,
           then
           such
           obstinate
           Fools
           ,
           who
           glory
           in
           the
           repute
           of
           State-Martyrs
           after
           they
           are
           dead
           ;
           which
           concerns
           them
           no
           more
           ,
           then
           what
           was
           said
           an
           hundred
           years
           before
           they
           were
           born
           ;
           it
           being
           the
           greatest
           odds
           their
           Names
           will
           not
           be
           Registred
           ,
           
           or
           if
           they
           be
           ,
           after
           death
           they
           are
           no
           more
           sensible
           of
           Honour
           ,
           then
           any
           dead
           Animal
           whatsoever
           .
           Most
           persons
           have
           enough
           to
           do
           about
           their
           own
           private
           concerns
           of
           Family
           and
           Estate
           ,
           therefore
           what
           greater
           folly
           can
           there
           be
           ,
           then
           to
           send
           to
           Market
           for
           troubles
           ,
           as
           those
           do
           that
           vex
           themselves
           about
           State-affairs
           ,
           Foreign
           Wars
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ?
        
         
           Finally
           ,
           Now
           as
           both
           from
           Duty
           and
           Interest
           I
           have
           used
           the
           best
           of
           my
           endeavour
           to
           perswade
           Obedience
           and
           Loyalty
           to
           King
           and
           Government
           ▪
           and
           Unity
           and
           Peace
           amongst
           one
           
           another
           ;
           so
           let
           me
           conclude
           with
           this
           disswasive
           from
           any
           contrary
           attempts
           ,
           by
           shewing
           you
           the
           happy
           difference
           betwixt
           our
           present
           condition
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           41.
           
           First
           ,
           God
           be
           thanked
           our
           Enemies
           want
           such
           a
           Factious
           Parliament
           ,
           with
           malice
           and
           cunning
           to
           invent
           mischief
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           (
           God
           be
           praised
           for
           it
           )
           they
           want
           such
           a
           perpetual
           Parliament
           ,
           with
           power
           to
           countenance
           and
           support
           all
           Factious
           designs
           ,
           without
           fear
           of
           being
           dissolved
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           Providence
           which
           I
           trust
           will
           defend
           both
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           hath
           denied
           them
           at
           present
           such
           a
           Popular
           General
           ,
           and
           Officers
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           Sedition
           for
           them
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           without
           which
           their
           Treason
           must
           soon
           fall
           to
           the
           ground
           ;
           for
           a
           Multitude
           without
           a
           Head
           ,
           is
           altogether
           unserviceable
           ,
           as
           appear'd
           upon
           the
           Accident
           of
           Virginius
           ;
           When
           the
           People
           having
           taken
           Arms
           ,
           and
           re●●red
           to
           the
           Holy
           Mount
           ,
           the
           Senate
           sent
           to
           them
           to
           know
           upon
           what
           account
           they
           had
           abandoned
           their
           Officers
           ,
           and
           betaken
           themselves
           to
           that
           Mount
           :
           But
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Senate
           was
           so
           venerable
           among
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           having
           no
           Head
           among
           them
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           body
           durst
           return
           Answer
           .
           
             Titus
             Livius
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             Non
             defuit
             quid
             responderetur
             ,
             deerat
             qui
             responsum
             daret
          
           ;
           They
           wanted
           not
           what
           to
           say
           ,
           but
           who
           to
           deliver
           it
           :
           For
           having
           no
           certain
           Commander
           ,
           every
           private
           person
           was
           unwilling
           to
           expose
           himself
           to
           their
           displeasure
           :
           whereby
           we
           may
           understand
           ,
           how
           useless
           a
           thing
           is
           a
           Multitude
           without
           a
           Head.
           Fourthly
           ,
           and
           Lastly
           ,
           Astrea
           (
           since
           his
           Majesties
           happy
           Restauration
           )
           hath
           descended
           and
           fixed
           the
           Militia
           upon
           its
           right
           Owner
           ,
           which
           Militia
           (
           under
           pretence
           of
           belonging
           to
           the
           People
           )
           was
           before
           made
           use
           of
           against
           the
           King
           ▪
           Now
           all
           these
           Considerations
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           never-to-be-forgotten
           smart
           of
           the
           late
           Civil
           War
           ,
           may
           I
           hope
           conduce
           to
           that
           everlasting
           Peace
           and
           Union
           of
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           continually
           and
           earnestly
           implored
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           by
        
         
           
             
               (
               Gentlemen
               )
               Your
               humble
               Moderator
               and
               Servant
               ,
            
             PHILANGLUS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A54198-e130
           
             A.
             D
             1642.
             
          
           
             Kent
             .
          
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             Chelmf●●d
             
          
           
             Bucks
             .
          
           
             Middlesex
             .
          
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             Reading
             .
          
           
             Bedford
             .
          
           
             Warder
             Castle
             .
          
           
             Northamtonshire
             .
          
           
             Sudley
             Castle
             .
          
           
             Exeter
             .
          
           
             Rutlandsh
             .
          
           
             Kent
             .
          
           
             Berks.
             
          
           
             Windsor
             .
          
           
             Lincolnsh
             .
          
           
             Herefordsh
             .
          
           
             Salust
          
           
             Ques
             m●nus
             atque
             lingua
             perjurio
             aut
             G●vil●
             s●ng
             〈…〉
             alebat
             .
             Salust
             .
          
           
             A●d
             〈…〉
             Principi●
             sensus
             ,
             〈◊〉
             siquid
             ●●cultius
             p●rat
             ,
             exquirere
             illicitum
             est
             .
             Tacit.
             
          
           
             
               48
               Bills
               rejected
               in
               one
               Session
               by
               Q.
            
             Eliz.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             est
             ●●strum
             ●estimare
             quem
             s●pra
             c
             〈…〉
             ter●s
             ,
             &
             quibus
             de
             caus●s
             extollat
             .
             Sibi
             summum
             rerum
             Judicium
             Dii
             d●dere
             :
             nobis
             obsequ●●
             gloria
             re●icta
             est
             .
             Tacit.
             
          
           
             Nec
             quies
             gentium
             sine
             armis
             ,
             nec
             arma
             sine
             stipendio
             ,
             nec
             stipendia
             sine
             Tributi●
             haberi
             queunt
             .
             Ta●it
             .
          
           
             Delatores
             ,
             genus
             hominum
             publico
             exitio
             repertum
             ,
             &
             paenis
             quidem
             nunquam
             satis
             coercitum
             ,
             p●r
             praenis
             elici
             bantu●
             .
             Tacit.
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             ☞