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         Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.
      
       
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             An alarum to the counties of England and Wales with the oath of abjuration for ever to be abjur'd, or the sad malady and sole remedy of England / by a lover of his native countrey.
             Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.
          
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           AN
           ALARUM
           TO
           THE
           COUNTIES
           OF
           ENGLAND
           AND
           WALES
           ,
           WITH
           THE
           OATH
           ,
           OF
           ABJURATION
           ,
           For
           ever
           to
           be
           abjur'd
           .
           OR
           ,
           The
           sad
           MALADY
           ,
           and
           sole
           REMEDY
           of
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           By
           a
           Lover
           of
           his
           Native
           Countrey
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           year
           ,
           16●●
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           AN
           ALARUM
           TO
           THE
           COUNTIES
           OF
           ENGLAND
           AND
           WALES
           .
           With
           the
           OATH
           of
           Abjuration
           for
           ever
           abjur'd
           .
        
         
           OUR
           Nation
           ,
           which
           long
           since
           hath
           lost
           the
           
             Lustre
          
           and
           
             well-being
             ,
          
           now
           at
           last
           strugleth
           for
           the
           
             Life
          
           and
           
             Being
          
           thereof
           .
           Our
           many
           [
           
             temporal
          
           ]
           miseries
           are
           reducible
           to
           two
           principal
           heads
           .
        
         
         
           Daily
           
             
               1.
               
               
                 Decrease
              
               of
               
                 Trading
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Increase
              
               of
               
                 Taxes
              
               :
               So
               that
               every
               hour
               the
               
                 Burden
              
               groweth
               
                 weightier
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               
                 Back
              
               of
               our
               Nation
               weaker
               to
               support
               it
               .
            
          
        
         
           2.
           
           'T
           is
           sad
           to
           see
           ,
           in
           Cloathing
           Countreys
           ,
           what
           swarms
           there
           are
           of
           poor
           people
           ,
           the
           true
           objects
           of
           Charity
           ;
           if
           any
           were
           as
           
             able
          
           to
           
             give
             ,
          
           as
           they
           
             worthy
          
           to
           receive
           
             reliefe
          
           :
           for
           they
           
             would
          
           worke
           ,
           and
           
             can
          
           worke
           ,
           yet
           
             cannot
          
           worke
           ,
           because
           there
           are
           none
           to
           imploy
           them
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           As
           for
           the
           
             Sea
          
           (
           which
           is
           the
           
             Land
          
           of
           
             Port-Towns
             ,
          
           )
           it
           returneth
           small
           benefit
           ;
           for
           since
           
             Dunkirk
          
           was
           ours
           ,
           (
           more
           to
           the
           
             credit
          
           than
           
             profit
          
           of
           our
           Nation
           )
           the
           fire
           of
           
             Sea-robheries
          
           is
           removed
           out
           of
           the
           
             Chimney
             ,
          
           and
           scattered
           about
           the
           
             House
             ,
          
           not
           lesse
           
             destructive
             ,
          
           but
           more
           
             diffusive
          
           :
           So
           that
           our
           Merchants
           could
           better
           guard
           themselves
           against
           that
           
             Single
             staple
             of
             Pirates
             ,
          
           than
           many
           lesser
           ones
           sprung
           since
           every where
           ,
           the
           cause
           why
           rich
           men
           will
           not
           (
           as
           poor
           cannot
           )
           adventure
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Our
           second
           
             misery
          
           is
           ,
           
             increase
             ,
          
           yea
           ,
           
             superfetation
          
           of
           Taxes
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           so
           numerous
           an
           Army
           is
           maintained
           :
           For
           though
           some
           of
           their
           Soldiers
           will
           preach
           
             gratis
             ,
          
           (
           conscientious
           to
           tahe
           nothing
           for
           that
           which
           they
           know
           is
           worth
           nothing
           )
           yet
           none
           will
           fight
           at
           so
           cheap
           a
           rate
           .
        
         
         
           5.
           
           Some
           will
           say
           ,
           That
           what
           the
           Soldier
           receiveth
           with
           one
           hand
           he
           returneth
           with
           another
           ,
           expending
           his
           pay
           in
           Victuals
           ,
           Cloathes
           ,
           &c.
           whereby
           Coin
           ,
           by
           
             circulation
             ,
          
           is
           continued
           in
           our
           Countrey
           .
           This
           I
           deny
           ;
           for
           some
           Grandees
           ,
           greatned
           by
           the
           Times
           ,
           have
           made
           their
           Moneyes
           over
           in
           
             Banks
          
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           which
           are
           put
           into
           
             MORTMAIN
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             Dead
             hand
             ,
          
           whereby
           no
           profit
           accreweth
           to
           our
           Common-wealth
           .
           Others
           having
           gotten
           the
           Estates
           of
           
             Lords
             ,
          
           live
           after
           the
           rate
           of
           
             Yeomen
             ,
          
           whose
           discretion
           therein
           is
           to
           be
           commended
           ,
           for
           proportioning
           their
           expences
           (
           for
           fear
           of
           
             after-claps
          
           )
           rather
           according
           to
           their
           original
           ,
           than
           present
           condition
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           The
           increase
           of
           
             Taxes
          
           must
           inevitably
           cause
           the
           ruine
           of
           our
           Nation
           :
           For
           though
           still
           there
           be
           wealthy
           men
           left
           (
           as
           they
           shew
           it
           in
           their
           
             cowardise
             ,
          
           and
           fear
           to
           engage
           for
           the
           general
           good
           )
           yet
           they
           grow
           thinner
           every
           day
           ,
           whilst
           such
           as
           are
           left
           no
           root
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           rather
           than
           they
           will
           
             wither
             ,
          
           will
           turn
           
             Suckers
          
           on
           the
           
             Stock
          
           of
           others
           .
           So
           that
           the
           greatest
           happinesse
           rich
           men
           can
           promise
           to
           themselves
           ,
           is
           only
           to
           be
           
             last
          
           devoured
           ,
           though
           the
           comfort
           of
           the
           latenesse
           will
           not
           countervail
           the
           sadness
           for
           the
           certainty
           of
           their
           destruction
           .
           Indeed
           it
           is
           miraculous
           ,
           that
           our
           Nation
           hath
           subsisted
           so
           long
           ,
           and
           few
           there
           are
           that
           would
           believe
           that
           the
           whole
           
             Candle
          
           of
           our
           English
           wealth
           could
           last
           so
           long
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           beheld
           it
           
             burning
          
           in
           the
           
             Socket
             ,
          
           but
           now
           giving
           the
           last
           blaze
           ,
           
           if
           God
           be
           not
           mercifull
           ,
           and
           men
           discreet
           to
           prevent
           it
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Passe
           we
           from
           the
           sad
           Malady
           ,
           to
           the
           sole
           Remedy
           thereof
           ,
           I
           say
           
             sole
             ,
          
           not
           exclusively
           of
           divine
           miraculous
           power
           ,
           but
           according
           to
           humane
           apprehension
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           a
           
             Free
          
           and
           
             full
             Parliament
             .
          
           Indeed
           
             Free-Parliament
          
           is
           a
           
             Tautologie
             ,
          
           like
           a
           
             Reasonable
             man
             ,
          
           who
           ,
           if
           not
           
             reasonable
          
           is
           no
           
             man
          
           ;
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           if
           not
           
             free
             ,
          
           no
           
             Parliament
             .
          
           But
           the
           late
           frequent
           forces
           put
           on
           
             Partiaments
          
           hath
           made
           the
           
             needlesse
             Epethite
          
           become
           
             necessary
             ,
          
           to
           expresse
           what
           kinde
           of
           Parliaments
           we
           desire
           .
           Not
           such
           in
           which
           every
           word
           must
           be
           spoken
           under
           
             correction
             of
             the
             sword
             ,
          
           but
           wherein
           every
           Member
           ,
           without
           feare
           of
           violence
           (
           to
           interrupt
           or
           dissolve
           them
           )
           may
           follow
           the
           dictates
           of
           their
           owne
           judgement
           and
           conscience
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           Nor
           ought
           a
           
             Parliament
          
           only
           be
           
             free
          
           from
           force
           ,
           but
           also
           from
           any
           
             Abjurations
             ,
          
           or
           previous
           Engagements
           .
           Let
           them
           take
           heed
           of
           renouncing
           any
           thing
           ,
           save
           what
           is
           simply
           sinfull
           in
           it selfe
           ,
           as
           the
           forsaking
           of
           the
           
             World
             ,
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             Divel
             ,
          
           as
           was
           solemnly
           promised
           for
           them
           in
           their
           Baptism
           .
           But
           it
           is
           bad
           to
           be
           busie
           with
           other
           
             Ab-renunciations
             ,
          
           especially
           of
           the
           
             Royall
             Family
             .
          
        
         
           9.
           
           Look
           backward
           and
           we
           may
           say
           with
           
             David
             ,
             The
             Vows
             of
             the
             Lord
             are
             upon
             us
          
           ;
           I
           mean
           on
           so
           many
           of
           us
           as
           are
           of
           fifty
           years
           of
           age
           .
           The
           Oath
           of
           
             Supremacy
          
           (
           not
           to
           mention
           the
           
             Covenant
          
           )
           is
           the
           eldest
           Brother
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           inheritance
           
           of
           our
           Consciences
           doth
           belong
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           Look
           forwards
           ,
           it
           
             limiteth
             Gods
             providence
             ,
          
           which
           is
           an
           hainous
           offence
           ;
           we
           know
           not
           what
           a
           day
           ,
           month
           ,
           year
           ,
           &c.
           may
           bring
           forth
           .
           This
           Age
           hath
           the
           least
           reason
           of
           any
           to
           meddle
           with
           the
           edge-tools
           of
           such
           Oathes
           which
           in
           a
           
             short
          
           (
           but
           
             thick
          
           )
           time
           hath
           seen
           so
           many
           
             strange
             things
             ,
          
           that
           now
           nothing
           is
           
             strange
          
           unto
           us
           .
           Have
           we
           not
           seen
           
             O.
             Cromwell
          
           from
           a
           private
           Gentleman
           
             gradatim
          
           ascend
           to
           be
           Protector
           of
           three
           Nations
           ,
           and
           (
           by
           his
           Courage
           and
           Wisdome
           without
           any
           right
           )
           a
           more
           absolute
           power
           was
           possessed
           by
           ,
           and
           larger
           Tribute
           paid
           unto
           him
           than
           to
           any
           King
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           His
           Son
           and
           Successor
           (
           counted
           bad
           by
           many
           for
           his
           goodnesse
           and
           mild
           spirit
           )
           for
           eight
           months
           was
           congratulated
           by
           the
           most
           considerable
           Persons
           of
           our
           Nation
           .
           Now
           if
           some
           twenty
           years
           since
           an
           Oath
           had
           been
           tendred
           unto
           us
           to
           abjure
           the
           Family
           of
           
             Cromwels
          
           from
           ever
           having
           the
           Supream
           Magistracy
           in
           our
           Nation
           ;
           such
           an
           Oath
           would
           have
           seemed
           
             safe
             ,
          
           but
           yet
           it
           was
           not
           
             lawfull
          
           to
           take
           it
           ,
           because
           none
           knew
           what
           was
           in
           the
           
             Womb
          
           of
           
             Teeming
             Time
             ,
          
           though
           utterly
           improbable
           to
           our
           beliefe
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           Besides
           ,
           the
           Imposers
           of
           this
           Oath
           may
           miss
           the
           mark
           they
           propound
           to
           themselves
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           assurance
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           discovery
           of
           the
           opposite
           Party
           ;
           for
           many
           now
           pass
           not
           for
           the
           taking
           or
           breaking
           of
           any
           Oath
           ,
           and
           assurance
           of
           such
           is
           hard
           in
           keeping
           ,
           and
           indeed
           
           not
           worth
           the
           having
           .
           Other
           will
           behold
           the
           Oath
           as
           temporary
           ,
           and
           expiring
           with
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Imposers
           .
           As
           for
           the
           conscientious
           indeed
           ,
           Eefusing
           it
           out
           of
           pure
           principles
           of
           piety
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           barbarous
           act
           for
           persons
           in
           power
           ,
           to
           turn
           Executioners
           to
           strangle
           tender
           Consciences
           ,
           whose
           cordial
           fear
           of
           an
           Oath
           should
           be
           encouraged
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           As
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           must
           be
           
             free
             ,
          
           no
           
             Vassal
             ,
          
           but
           enfranchised
           from
           the
           Sword
           ,
           so
           must
           it
           be
           
             full
             ,
          
           no
           
             Cripple
             ,
          
           but
           entire
           and
           compleat
           in
           all
           the
           Members
           thereof
           .
           Our
           Land
           hath
           lately
           groaned
           under
           the
           most
           grievous
           
             Monopoly
          
           as
           ever
           was
           or
           can
           be
           ,
           when
           a
           handfull
           of
           men
           have
           grasped
           to
           themselvs
           the
           
             representing
          
           of
           a
           whole
           (
           not
           to
           say
           3
           )
           Nation
           ,
           most
           of
           them
           being
           but
           
             Burgesses
             ,
          
           who
           ,
           though
           equal
           in
           
             Votes
             ,
          
           are
           not
           equal
           in
           their
           
             representation
          
           with
           the
           Knights
           of
           the
           Shires
           .
           If
           they
           presume
           that
           the
           rest
           
             excluded
          
           by
           them
           (
           far
           more
           considerable
           for
           Birth
           ,
           Estates
           ,
           Number
           ,
           Love
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ?
           )
           are
           virtually
           
             included
          
           in
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           intollerable
           PRESUMPTION
           .
           That
           what
           pertaineth
           to
           all
           should
           be
           handled
           by
           all
           ,
           is
           a
           Truth
           so
           clear
           and
           strong
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           offer
           a
           
             Rape
          
           to
           their
           owne
           
             Reason
          
           that
           deny
           it
           .
           Such
           also
           is
           this
           Maxim
           ,
           
             Vnrepresented
             ,
             unconcluded
             :
          
           So
           that
           if
           so
           few
           have
           in
           them
           
             the
             notion
          
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           bare
           
             Notion
          
           indeed
           ,
           especially
           seeing
           this
           handfull
           of
           men
           were
           (
           say
           the
           Cavaleers
           )
           
             dissolved
          
           by
           the
           death
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           
             dissolved
          
           (
           said
           
             Cromwell
          
           )
           by
           his
           Sword
           ;
           
             dissolved
          
           
           (
           say
           some
           
             Great
             ones
          
           )
           by
           an
           Act
           of
           their
           owne
           (
           entred
           into
           the
           
             Iournall
          
           Book
           of
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           )
           
             dissolved
          
           must
           their
           own
           
             Consciences
          
           say
           ,
           by
           their
           voluntary
           accepting
           of
           Elections
           in
           later
           
             Parliaments
             .
          
        
         
           13.
           
           Now
           the
           Members
           of
           a
           
             Free
          
           and
           
             full
             Parliament
          
           (
           the
           onely
           Hope
           of
           Humane
           help
           )
           ought
           thus
           to
           be
           qualified
           :
           
             
               1.
               
               Let
               them
               be
               
                 Godly
                 and
                 well-affected
              
               indeed
               ,
               and
               not
               in
               the
               
                 canting
                 language
              
               of
               the
               Times
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Men
               of
               Estates
               ,
               who
               will
               be
               tender
               in
               taxing
               others
               ,
               as
               striking
               them
               thorough
               themselves
               ,
               whilst
               such
               who
               
                 bear
              
               nothing
               care
               not
               how
               much
               they
               burthen
               others
               ,
               as
               if
               paying
               were
               as
               easie
               as
               voting
               ,
               and
               Money
               as
               free
               as
               words
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Men
               of
               spirits
               ,
               no
               dull
               Souls
               ,
               all
               the
               sparks
               of
               whose
               activity
               are
               quenched
               in
               their
               own
               flegm
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               No
               Gainers
               by
               the
               continuance
               of
               the
               Army
               .
               
                 Demetrius
              
               the
               Silver-Smith
               was
               no
               foole
               (
               what
               ever
               else
               he
               was
               )
               so
               sticking
               for
               the
               shrine
               of
               
               
                 Diana
                 ,
              
               by
               which
               Craft
               he
               
                 got
                 his
                 Gain
                 .
              
            
             
               5.
               
               Men
               of
               moderation
               ,
               a
               quality
               not
               opposed
               to
               
                 Diligence
                 ,
              
               but
               to
               
                 Violence
              
               ;
               not
               unactiving
               men
               ,
               but
               regulating
               their
               Activity
               .
            
          
        
         
           14.
           
           This
           their
           moderation
           must
           appear
           in
           considering
           all
           
             Interests
             ,
          
           seeing
           there
           be
           no
           two
           
             Interests
          
           in
           the
           Nation
           so
           
             contemptible
             ,
          
           which
           if
           united
           ,
           and
           twisting
           their
           discontents
           together
           ,
           cannot
           draw
           trouble
           on
           all
           the
           rest
           .
           Especially
           the
           
             Sectarian
             ,
          
           (
           though
           presented
           I
           believe
           by
           their
           party
           ,
           through
           a
           multiplying
           Glasse
           )
           are
           considerable
           on
           a
           politick
           score
           of
           their
           numbers
           and
           pious
           account
           of
           their
           conscience
           ;
           for
           ,
           though
           many
           of
           them
           carry
           the
           later
           in
           their
           
             purses
             ,
          
           ,
           who
           when
           they
           finde
           the
           
             moisture
          
           of
           Profit
           to
           fail
           them
           ,
           will
           fall
           off
           like
           
             leaves
          
           in
           
             Autumn
          
           ;
           yet
           can
           I
           not
           be
           so
           uncharitable
           ,
           but
           to
           believe
           that
           many
           of
           them
           (
           having
           the
           
             heat
          
           of
           their
           
             affections
          
           above
           the
           
             light
          
           of
           their
           
             judgements
          
           )
           follow
           erroneous
           Consciences
           ;
           Besides
           ,
           having
           gone
           loose
           so
           long
           ,
           they
           must
           needs
           
             swell
             ,
          
           if
           hardly
           
             girded
          
           〈◊〉
           a
           sudden
           ▪
        
         
           15.
           
           This
           
             moderation
          
           also
           must
           be
           used
           by
           all
           other
           Persons
           ,
           to
           work
           themselves
           to
           be
           (
           if
           not
           
             pleased
          
           )
           contented
           with
           the
           decisions
           of
           a
           
           
             free
             Parliament
             .
          
           All
           must
           sit
           down
           
             Losers
          
           save
           such
           alone
           ,
           who
           can
           plead
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           been
           no
           
             Sinners
          
           in
           our
           Nation
           .
           The
           Grand
           designe
           must
           be
           to
           have
           
             none
             ,
          
           or
           ,
           (
           if
           that
           be
           impossible
           )
           
             as
             few
             as
             may
             be
             ,
          
           utterly
           ruined
           .
           I
           confesse
           ,
           
             two
             hungry
             meals
             makes
             a
             third
             a
             Glutton
             ,
          
           and
           such
           who
           have
           long
           
             fasted
          
           from
           their
           detained
           Estates
           ,
           will
           be
           not
           onely
           
             greedy
             ,
          
           but
           
             ravenous
          
           to
           recover
           them
           .
           Yea
           ,
           such
           will
           shrewdly
           plead
           ,
           that
           they
           now
           expect
           
             moderation
          
           from
           them
           ,
           who
           never
           used
           
             moderation
          
           to
           them
           .
           However
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           general
           danger
           ,
           men
           must
           depose
           their
           animosities
           ,
           labouring
           ,
           first
           ,
           to
           reconcile
           their
           
             spirits
             ,
          
           then
           ,
           their
           
             perswasions
             ,
          
           the
           
             later
          
           being
           at
           lesse
           distance
           than
           the
           
             former
             .
          
           And
           men
           must
           divide
           ,
           where
           they
           cannot
           get
           the
           whole
           ,
           seeing
           few
           will
           pity
           his
           starving
           who
           will
           eat
           no
           bread
           at
           all
           ,
           because
           he
           can
           recover
           but
           halfe
           of
           his
           own
           loafe
           .
        
         
           16.
           
           It
           will
           be
           objected
           that
           such
           a
           
             full
             P.
          
           is
           still
           but
           an
           
             Empty
             Parliament
             ,
          
           having
           no
           
             House
             of
             Lords
          
           therein
           :
           But
           know
           ,
           if
           both
           hands
           of
           a
           man
           be
           bound
           ,
           no
           hope
           of
           liberty
           from
           himself
           ;
           but
           if
           one
           be
           untied
           ,
           it
           may
           do
           the
           brotherly
           office
           to
           unloose
           the
           other
           :
           Let
           us
           be
           content
           to
           row
           in
           a
           
             Sculler
          
           till
           we
           can
           get
           a
           pair
           of
           
             Oars
             .
          
           And
           such
           surely
           is
           the
           Ingenuity
           and
           publick
           spiritnesse
           of
           the
           
             Peers
             ,
          
           that
           laying
           aside
           personal
           Interest
           (
           which
           upon
           debate
           may
           appear
           more
           )
           ,
           they
           wil
           suspend
           their
           
           
             Rights
             ,
             immunities
             ,
          
           and
           
             priviledges
             ,
          
           and
           submit
           all
           to
           the
           determination
           of
           a
           
             Free-Parliament
          
           to
           acquiesce
           therein
           .
        
         
           17.
           
           God
           give
           our
           Nation
           seasonably
           to
           understand
           their
           own
           strength
           ,
           that
           the
           wars
           begun
           may
           be
           ended
           amongst
           our selves
           before
           Forreigners
           become
           the
           
             Arbitrators
          
           of
           our
           differences
           ,
           who
           will
           demand
           great
           
             wages
          
           for
           little
           
             work
             ,
          
           yea
           and
           turn
           their
           own
           
             Paymasters
          
           thereof
           .
           And
           may
           that
           
             great
             General
          
           (
           whose
           
             Intentions
          
           long
           have
           
             stood
             in
             the
             dark
          
           to
           our
           Nation
           ,
           whilst
           our
           Nations
           
             desires
          
           were
           all
           the
           while
           in
           light
           to
           him
           ,
           understand
           that
           
             Vox
             Populi
          
           is
           
             Vox
             Dei
             ,
          
           and
           interpret
           ,
           that
           God
           calleth
           unto
           him
           by
           the
           
             Declarations
          
           of
           all
           
             Counties
             ,
          
           to
           be
           chiefly
           instrumental
           in
           asserting
           our
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           have
           cause
           for
           ever
           to
           blesse
           the
           Day
           of
           his
           Nativity
           ;
           yea
           ,
           to
           erect
           a
           
             Statue
          
           better
           than
           
             Gold
             ,
          
           of
           
             Gratitude
          
           in
           our
           Hearts
           unto
           him
           .
        
         
           18.
           
           Indeed
           had
           Providence
           fixed
           our
           Nativities
           under
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Muscovy
             ,
          
           whose
           
             list
          
           is
           his
           Subjects
           
             Law
             ,
          
           we
           would
           (
           because
           we
           
             must
          
           )
           work
           our selves
           patiently
           to
           the
           obedience
           of
           his
           power
           .
           But
           seeing
           God
           hath
           given
           us
           ,
           with
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           to
           be
           
             free-born
             ,
             Acts
          
           22.28
           .
           (
           though
           also
           ,
           with
           the
           
             Centurion
             ,
          
           we
           have
           
             given
             great
             summs
             ,
             not
             to
             obtain
             ,
             but
             contrive
             this
             freedome
          
           )
           let
           us
           not
           tamely
           loose
           our
           birth-right
           ,
           and
           vigorously
           endeavour
           their
           preservation
           .
        
         
         
           19.
           
           The
           Story
           is
           wel
           known
           of
           the
           old
           Woman
           who
           having
           but
           a
           small
           parcel
           of
           Wood
           ,
           would
           leasurably
           roast
           her
           Goose
           stick
           by
           stick
           ,
           till
           her
           wood
           was
           all
           burnt
           ,
           and
           her
           Goose
           still
           raw
           .
           If
           the
           severall
           Counties
           singly
           engage
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           all
           will
           be
           overthrown
           ,
           and
           nothing
           effected
           as
           to
           our
           releife
           .
           Let
           the
           two
           and
           fifty
           Shires
           of
           
             ENGLAND
          
           and
           
             WALES
          
           (
           with
           the
           City
           of
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           which
           eminently
           is
           two
           and
           fifty
           more
           )
           be
           all
           as
           one
           ,
           and
           unanimously
           advance
           the
           Worke
           ,
           and
           not
           do
           as
           they
           dealt
           with
           poore
           CHESHIRE
           ,
           using
           it
           as
           
             Ioab
          
           did
           
             Vriah
             ,
          
           putting
           him
           forward
           on
           action
           ,
           then
           falsely
           retreating
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           leaving
           him
           a
           prey
           to
           his
           enemies
           .
           But
           I
           hope
           our
           old
           
             Shipwracks
          
           will
           be
           new
           
             Sea-marks
             ,
          
           to
           us
           ,
           documented
           by
           former
           nocuments
           ,
           to
           steer
           a
           surer
           course
           for
           the
           general
           good
           .
        
         
           20.
           
           There
           is
           no
           English
           man
           so
           inconsiderable
           ,
           but
           he
           may
           ,
           at
           the
           least
           in
           a
           single
           capacity
           ,
           be
           
             contributive
          
           to
           the
           happinesse
           of
           his
           
             native
             Countrey
             ,
          
           the
           
             Wise
          
           with
           their
           
             Brains
             ,
          
           the
           
             Rich
          
           with
           their
           
             Purses
             ,
          
           the
           
             Learned
          
           with
           their
           
             Pens
             ,
          
           the
           
             Strong
          
           with
           their
           
             Persons
          
           ;
           All
           with
           their
           
             Prayers
             .
          
           And
           if
           now
           they
           suffer
           this
           
             opportunity
          
           which
           GOD
           puts
           into
           their
           
             hands
             ,
          
           to
           
             slip
          
           thorough
           their
           
             fingers
             ,
          
           they
           may
           hereafter
           have
           more
           
             yeares
          
           to
           
             bemoane
          
           their
           
             folly
             ,
          
           
           than
           
             minutes
          
           to
           amend
           their
           
             misery
          
           ;
           it
           being
           better
           now
           to
           say
           ,
           WE
           WILL
           NOT
           ,
           than
           three
           yeares
           hence
           to
           say
           ,
           
             We
             cannot
          
           pay
           our
           
             Taxes
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
    

