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         Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
      
       
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             A second address directed to his Excellency the Lord Generall Cromwell, and the Right Honourable the Councell of State sitting at White-Hall being the humble petition of Lieutenant Colonell John Lilburne.
             Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             Printed by Tho. Newcomb dwelling in Thamestreet over against Baynards Castle,
             London :
             [1653]
          
           
             Dated at end: From Mr Sheriff Underwoods house in Bucklers-Bury in London, June 16. 1653.
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           Exile (Punishment) -- England -- Early works to 1800.
           Prisoners -- Civil rights -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
       A88250  R211539  (Thomason 669.f.17[20]).  civilwar no A second address directed to his Excellency the Lord Generall Cromwell, and the Right Honourable the Councell of State sitting at White-Hall Lilburne, John 1653    981 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 C  The  rate of 10 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 
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           A
           Second
           Address
           directed
           to
           his
           Excellency
           the
           Lord
           Generall
           
             CROMWELL
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           
             Councell
             of
             State
          
           sitting
           at
           WHITE-HALL
           :
           Being
           ,
           
             The
             humble
             Petition
             of
             Lieutenant
             Colonell
          
           John
           Lilburne
           .
        
         
           SHEWETH
           ,
        
         
           THat
           your
           Petitioner
           hath
           long
           suffered
           a
           very
           hard
           exilement
           from
           his
           dearest
           Christian
           friends
           ,
           his
           nearest
           relations
           ,
           his
           estate
           ,
           imployments
           ,
           and
           native
           Country
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           an
           Act
           of
           the
           late
           Parliament
           .
           And
           your
           Petitioner
           hath
           been
           a
           very
           gazing-stock
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           and
           in
           constant
           peril
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           only
           for
           his
           love
           to
           this
           Commonwealth
           ,
           and
           faithfulness
           to
           their
           service
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           late
           Parliament
           being
           dissolved
           ,
           and
           the
           present
           care
           of
           the
           Government
           devolved
           upon
           your
           Honours
           ,
           who
           profess
           the
           fear
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           the
           design
           of
           advancing
           Christs
           Kingdom
           ;
           your
           Petitioner
           believed
           that
           he
           should
           find
           mercy
           and
           impartial
           justice
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           a
           readiness
           to
           loose
           every
           heavy
           yoke
           ,
           and
           cut
           in
           sunder
           all
           wicked
           bonds
           ,
           the
           Lord
           having
           led
           you
           forth
           to
           break
           many
           of
           the
           bonds
           of
           men
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           those
           ends
           :
           And
           in
           this
           confidence
           the
           Lord
           perswading
           your
           Petitioners
           heart
           that
           he
           had
           mercy
           for
           him
           and
           his
           poor
           ruined
           family
           ,
           in
           his
           own
           Country
           ,
           resolved
           to
           depend
           upon
           your
           Justice
           and
           goodness
           to
           protect
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           admit
           of
           a
           Legal
           examination
           of
           the
           late
           Parliaments
           sentence
           of
           Banishment
           against
           your
           Petitioner
           :
           But
           having
           thus
           cast
           ▪
           himself
           and
           his
           life
           at
           your
           feet
           ,
           he
           finds
           your
           Order
           to
           apprehend
           him
           ,
           and
           execute
           the
           said
           Sentence
           ;
           whereupon
           he
           is
           now
           a
           Prisoner
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           late
           Parliament
           being
           taken
           from
           them
           for
           misgovernment
           ,
           your
           Petitioner
           hopes
           you
           will
           please
           to
           suspend
           at
           least
           the
           execution
           of
           any
           Acts
           made
           by
           them
           ,
           which
           shall
           not
           clearly
           and
           evidently
           appear
           to
           your
           spirits
           and
           consciences
           to
           have
           such
           Justice
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           God
           may
           be
           truly
           glorified
           in
           your
           execution
           of
           them
           .
           And
           therefore
           he
           humbly
           offers
           to
           your
           considerations
           these
           things
           following
           concerning
           the
           Act
           made
           by
           them
           for
           his
           perpetual
           banishment
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           First
           ,
           that
           the
           Parliament
           in
           the
           said
           Act
           did
           not
           judge
           your
           Petitioner
           an
           Offender
           according
           to
           any
           Law
           in
           being
           ;
           and
           unless
           there
           were
           a
           Civil
           Law
           against
           what
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           he
           was
           no
           Offender
           in
           the
           least
           against
           the
           Laws
           of
           man
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           said
           Act
           is
           a
           Law
           made
           after
           a
           fact
           is
           done
           ,
           to
           ordain
           a
           punishment
           for
           that
           fact
           which
           was
           never
           ordained
           or
           heard
           of
           before
           ;
           and
           if
           that
           practise
           be
           admitted
           ,
           the
           very
           foundations
           of
           all
           Government
           (
           which
           are
           Laws
           )
           are
           utterly
           overturned
           ,
           and
           every
           Man
           governing
           may
           destroy
           all
           or
           any
           of
           the
           governed
           at
           his
           will
           ,
           without
           possibility
           of
           account
           to
           man
           ;
           for
           that
           cannot
           be
           given
           or
           taken
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           Rule
           between
           the
           Governours
           and
           the
           governed
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           your
           Petitioner
           was
           not
           tryed
           with
           liberty
           of
           defence
           ,
           for
           or
           against
           any
           of
           the
           pretended
           crimes
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           was
           banished
           by
           the
           said
           Act
           ;
           for
           nothing
           was
           examined
           by
           the
           Committee
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           upon
           whose
           Report
           the
           said
           Act
           was
           made
           ;
           but
           the
           matter
           of
           Mr
           
             Primats
          
           Petition
           ,
           for
           whom
           your
           Petitioner
           appeared
           only
           as
           Councel
           ;
           and
           if
           that
           was
           scandal
           ,
           and
           your
           Petitioner
           concerned
           therein
           ,
           he
           conceives
           that
           he
           ought
           then
           to
           have
           been
           tryed
           legally
           for
           that
           crime
           at
           the
           Common
           Law
           ,
           and
           no where
           else
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           that
           if
           your
           Petitioner
           were
           guilty
           of
           Scandal
           against
           Sir
           
             Arthur
             Haslerigg
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Parliament
           had
           judged
           ;
           yet
           that
           sentence
           of
           absolute
           Ruine
           to
           him
           and
           his
           whole
           Family
           is
           not
           a
           punishment
           proportionable
           to
           the
           Offence
           ;
           and
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Fundamentall
           Lawes
           of
           this
           Land
           require
           a
           proportion
           between
           Crimes
           and
           Punishments
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Fifthly
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           said
           Act
           he
           admitted
           to
           be
           Just
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           drawn
           into
           President
           ,
           then
           no
           English-man
           whatsoever
           can
           justly
           or
           rationally
           claim
           from
           the
           Governors
           any
           Freedom
           ,
           Right
           ,
           benefit
           ,
           or
           Priviledg
           of
           being
           Tryed
           and
           Judged
           according
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           whether
           he
           offends
           or
           not
           ,
           or
           whether
           his
           Life
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           or
           Estate
           shall
           be
           taken
           from
           him
           ,
           or
           preserved
           .
        
         
           And
           your
           Petitioner
           further
           Offers
           to
           your
           Honors
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           neither
           in
           the
           least
           offered
           ,
           nor
           intended
           any
           Contempt
           unto
           any
           Authority
           ,
           in
           coming
           into
           this
           Nation
           against
           the
           said
           Act
           ;
           he
           humbly
           conceiving
           ,
           That
           in
           this
           juncture
           of
           Time
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Parliament
           is
           dissolved
           ,
           and
           Right
           is
           declared
           to
           be
           universally
           done
           to
           all
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           he
           was
           capable
           of
           making
           his
           humble
           Addresse
           to
           those
           who
           have
           so
           Declared
           ,
           as
           a
           Party
           much
           grieved
           by
           the
           said
           Act
           of
           the
           late
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           the
           whole
           Premises
           considered
           ;
           he
           humbly
           prays
           your
           protection
           ,
           and
           suspention
           of
           any
           proceedings
           against
           him
           upon
           the
           said
           Act
           ,
           untill
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           matter
           and
           manner
           of
           it
           ,
           be
           legally
           examined
           ;
           That
           whatsoever
           he
           now
           suffers
           ,
           being
           to
           be
           under
           your
           Power
           ,
           your
           Consciences
           may
           be
           clearly
           satisfied
           ,
           that
           you
           do
           therein
           glorifie
           God
           ,
           and
           do
           evident
           good
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           And
           he
           shall
           pray
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           
             JOHN
             LILBURNE
             .
          
           
             From
             Mr
             Sheriff
             
               Underwoods-House
            
             in
             
               Bucklers-Bury
            
             in
             
               London
               ,
            
             
               June
               16.
               1653.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Tho.
             Newcomb
          
           dwelling
           in
           
             Thamestreet
          
           over
           against
           
             Baynards
             Castle
             .
          
        
      
      
  

