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         Gayer, John, Sir, d. 1649.
      
       
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             A salva libertate sent to Colonell Tichburn Lieutenant of the Tower, on Munday, April 17. 1648. By Sir Iohn Gayer knight, late Lord Mayor of London, now prisoner in the Tower, &c. Being occasioned by the receipt of a paper sent unto him by the said lieutenant, wherein the said lieutenant was seemingly anthorized [sic] to carry him before the Lords on Wednesday next, being the 19. of April.
             Gayer, John, Sir, d. 1649.
          
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             1648]
          
           
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       A85873  R210735  (Thomason 669.f.12[5]).  civilwar no A salva libertate sent to Colonell Tichburn Lieutenant of the Tower, on Munday, April 17. 1648. By Sir Iohn Gayer knight, late lord mayor of Gayer, John, Sir 1648    693 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text  has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription.  
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             A
             Salva
             Libertate
          
           SENT
           TO
           Colonell
           
             Tichburn
          
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           
             Tower
             ,
          
           On
           
             Munday
             ,
             April
             17.
             1648.
             
          
           By
           Sir
           Iohn
           Gayer
           Knight
           ,
           Late
           Lord
           Mayor
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           now
           Prisoner
           in
           the
           TOWER
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Being
           occasioned
           by
           the
           receipt
           of
           a
           Paper
           sent
           unto
           him
           by
           the
           said
           Lieutenant
           ,
           wherein
           the
           said
           Lieutenant
           was
           seemingly
           anthorized
           to
           carry
           him
           before
           the
           Lords
           on
           Wednesday
           next
           ,
           being
           
             the
             19.
             of
             APRIL
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             his
             honored
             Friend
             Colonel
             
               Tichburn
            
             Lieutenant
             of
             the
             Tower
             .
          
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Received
           a
           Paper
           from
           you
           ,
           seeming
           to
           authorize
           you
           to
           carry
           my
           person
           before
           the
           Lords
           ,
           to
           answer
           to
           a
           Charge
           :
           I
           am
           constrained
           to
           inform
           you
           hereby
           ,
           that
           my
           person
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           hurried
           to
           and
           fro
           ,
           or
           disturbed
           ,
           at
           the
           pleasure
           of
           any
           man
           ,
           neither
           can
           I
           yeeld
           obedience
           to
           the
           commands
           of
           any
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           Legal
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           case
           you
           intend
           to
           disturb
           me
           on
           
             Wednesday
          
           next
           ,
           I
           expect
           to
           see
           a
           legal
           Warrant
           from
           some
           person
           or
           Court
           ,
           which
           have
           a
           Jurisdiction
           over
           me
           in
           case
           of
           a
           real
           or
           supposed
           Crime
           :
           And
           I
           must
           acquaint
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           Lords
           have
           no
           legal
           power
           to
           summon
           me
           to
           answer
           to
           any
           crime
           whereof
           I
           am
           accused
           or
           suspected
           ;
           and
           therefore
           you
           must
           expect
           to
           answer
           for
           whatsoever
           injury
           you
           offer
           to
           my
           person
           ,
           and
           know
           hereby
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           not
           voluntarily
           go
           from
           hence
           to
           
             VVestminster
          
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           paper
           received
           ,
           but
           shall
           suffer
           you
           to
           carry
           me
           ,
           if
           you
           shall
           send
           force
           which
           I
           cannot
           resist
           .
        
         
           
             From
             my
             Chamber
             in
             the
             
               Tower
            
             of
             
               London
               ,
            
             
               the
               17.
               of
               
                 April
                 ,
              
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             Friend
             and
             Servant
             ,
             
               John
               Gayer
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           The
           Publisher
           to
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           FRiend
           ,
           I
           desire
           thee
           to
           consider
           that
           this
           Gentleman
           is
           now
           entring
           the
           Lists
           ,
           to
           combate
           for
           thy
           Native
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           suffer
           in
           this
           encounter
           ,
           not
           only
           he
           ,
           but
           thou
           ,
           and
           every
           individual
           Englishman
           ,
           especially
           the
           Citizens
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           are
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           rule
           ,
           destroyed
           ,
           (
           contrary
           to
           Law
           )
           ,
           by
           the
           Arbitrary
           Decrees
           of
           ambitious
           men
           in
           power
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           Law
           cannot
           protect
           one
           ,
           it
           cannot
           protect
           another
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           suffer
           the
           Law
           to
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           
             lust
          
           will
           become
           a
           
             lawgiver
             ;
          
           and
           the
           dictates
           of
           the
           depraved
           wills
           of
           men
           in
           power
           shall
           be
           forced
           as
           a
           rule
           for
           you
           to
           observe
           ,
           and
           then
           you
           will
           neither
           know
           certainty
           ,
           nor
           safety
           :
           Sir
           
             John
          
           claims
           nothing
           but
           a
           Legal
           Tryal
           ,
           by
           a
           Jury
           of
           his
           equals
           in
           the
           Ordinary
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           ,
           which
           (
           being
           a
           Commoner
           )
           he
           may
           justly
           challenge
           (
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           Great
           Charter
           ,
           and
           thirty
           five
           other
           Statutes
           )
           as
           his
           birth-right
           ;
           but
           contrary
           to
           Law
           or
           Equity
           the
           Lords
           do
           assume
           to
           themselves
           a
           power
           over
           him
           a
           Commoner
           ,
           and
           do
           intend
           to
           try
           him
           in
           a
           criminal
           case
           in
           their
           House
           with
           their
           doors
           shut
           ,
           where
           he
           shall
           neither
           have
           Judge
           or
           Jury
           ,
           but
           themselves
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           both
           Accusers
           and
           Judges
           ;
           and
           in
           order
           thereunto
           have
           commanded
           the
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Tower
           to
           carry
           him
           before
           them
           on
           Wednesday
           ,
           being
           the
           nineteenth
           of
           
             April
          
           instant
           :
           Therefore
           if
           thou
           hast
           any
           love
           to
           Freedom
           ,
           and
           wouldst
           not
           ,
           by
           thy
           silence
           ,
           become
           accessary
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           that
           Law
           ,
           which
           will
           ,
           if
           defended
           and
           preserved
           ,
           protect
           thee
           ,
           on
           the
           like
           occasion
           ,
           from
           the
           malice
           of
           ambitious
           men
           ,
           find
           out
           some
           speedy
           way
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           encourage
           this
           Gentleman
           by
           thy
           appearance
           for
           him
           in
           this
           his
           worthy
           undertaking
           ,
           but
           also
           by
           testifying
           thy
           dislike
           of
           such
           proceedings
           ,
           as
           tending
           to
           the
           utter
           subversion
           of
           all
           Law
           ,
           and
           destruction
           of
           the
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           of
           every
           individual
           Englishman
           .
        
      
    
    

