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         Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
      
       
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             A short, legal, medicinal, useful, safe, easie prescription to recover our kingdom, church, nation from their present dangerous, distractive, destructive confusion and worse than Bedlam madnesse seriously recommended to all English freemen who desire peace, safety, liberty, settlement. By William Prynne, Esq; a bencher of Lincolns-Inne.
             Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
          
           [8] p.
           
             [s.n.],
             London :
             printed in the year of General Monck's invasion, 1659.
          
           
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           A
           Short
           ,
           Legal
           ,
           Medicinal
           ,
           Useful
           ,
           Safe
           ,
           Easie
           PRESCRIPTION
        
         
           To
           recover
           Our
           Kingdom
           ,
           Church
           ,
           Nation
           from
           their
           present
           dangerous
           ,
           distractive
           ,
           destructive
           CONFUSION
           And
           worse
           than
           Bedlam
           Madnesse
           ;
        
         
           SERIOUSLY
           Recommended
           to
           all
           
             English
             Freemen
          
           who
           desire
           Peace
           ,
           Safety
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           Settlement
           .
        
         
           By
           
             William
             Prynne
             ,
          
           
             Esq
          
           a
           Bencher
           of
           
             Lincolns
             .
             Inne
             .
          
        
         
           Judges
           19.
           30.
           
        
         
           Consider
           of
           it
           ,
           take
           advice
           ,
           and
           speak
           your
           mindes
           .
        
         
           Prov.
           12
           ,
           19
           ,
           20.
           
        
         
           Deceit
           is
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           them
           that
           imagine
           evil
           :
           but
           to
           the
           counsellors
           of
           peace
           is
           joy
           :
           There
           shall
           no
           evil
           happen
           to
           the
           just
           ,
           but
           the
           wicked
           shall
           be
           filled
           with
           mischief
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           of
           General
           
             Monck's
          
           Invasion
           ,
           1659.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           short
           ,
           legal
           ,
           medicinal
           ,
           useful
           ,
           safe
           ,
           easy
           ,
           
             Prescription
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           THe
           Ambition
           ,
           Treachery
           ,
           Turbulency
           ,
           Avarice
           ,
           and
           late
           infused
           Jesuiticall
           Principles
           of
           some
           swaying
           Officers
           in
           the
           Parliaments
           Army
           ,
           aspiring
           after
           the
           Supream
           Authority
           ,
           Government
           ,
           and
           publick
           Revenues
           of
           our
           three
           Kingdomes
           ,
           having
           so
           far
           corrupted
           their
           Judgments
           ,
           seared
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           depraved
           their
           Wills
           ,
           and
           hardned
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           as
           openly
           ,
           frequently
           to
           violate
           all
           sacred
           Oaths
           ,
           Vows
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           Obligations
           ,
           Trusts
           ,
           Commissions
           ,
           Engagements
           ,
           to
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           his
           Heirs
           and
           S●●cessors
           ;
           the
           old
           Parliament
           ,
           Kingdome
           ,
           Nation
           ;
           (
           for
           whose
           defence
           ,
           they
           were
           originally
           raised
           ,
           Commissioned
           )
           and
           to
           their
           own
           new-created
           Anti-Parliamentary
           Junctoes
           ,
           Conventions
           ,
           Protectors
           ,
           and
           Conventicies
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           all
           successively
           subverted
           ,
           engrossing
           the
           Soveraign
           Royall
           ,
           and
           Parliamental
           Power
           into
           their
           own
           hands
           ,
           
             a
          
           
             opposing
             and
             advancing
             themselves
          
           (
           by
           meer
           Treachery
           ,
           Perjury
           ,
           Violence
           ,
           and
           other
           
             desperate
             wayes
             of
             unrighteousnesse
          
           )
           like
           that
           man
           
             of
             sin
             ,
             and
             Mystery
             of
             Iniquity
             ,
             above
             all
             that
             is
             worshipped
             and
             called
             God
             ;
          
           making
           no
           lesse
           then
           three
           publick
           Revolutions
           of
           our
           Government
           ,
           and
           forcibly
           dissolving
           two
           Parliaments
           (
           as
           they
           deemed
           them
           )
           of
           their
           own
           modelling
           ,
           
             b
          
           
             convening
             ,
          
           within
           six
           Moneths
           space
           ,
           last
           past
           ;
           and
           thereby
           made
           our
           formerly
           renowned
           Nations
           ,
           the
           scorn
           ,
           reproach
           ,
           wonder
           ,
           derision
           of
           all
           the
           world
           ;
           themselves
           the
           Monsters
           of
           Men
           ,
           the
           shame
           of
           
             Christianity
             ,
             Chivalry
             ;
          
           exposed
           our
           three
           Nations
           to
           the
           uttermost
           extremity
           of
           danger
           ,
           by
           new
           unpresidented
           Ataxies
           ,
           Divisions
           ,
           Encroachments
           upon
           their
           Hereditary
           Rights
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           Properties
           ,
           caused
           a
           totall
           decay
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           Trade
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Legall
           proceedings
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           occasioned
           a
           speedy
           ,
           much
           feared
           Ivasion
           from
           our
           potent
           combined
           Popish
           adversaries
           abroad
           ,
           when
           thus
           miserably
           distracted
           ,
           discontented
           ,
           impoverished
           ,
           and
           totally
           disabled
           to
           repulse
           them
           :
           It
           is
           high
           time
           for
           every
           publick-spirited
           Elishman
           ,
           in
           this
           strange
           ,
           distracting
           Confusion
           ,
           (
           which
           hath
           almost
           as
           much
           divided
           ,
           discontented
           all
           conscientious
           Officers
           ,
           Souldiers
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           Navy
           ,
           as
           the
           people
           of
           all
           Callings
           ,
           Conditions
           )
           to
           contribute
           their
           best
           advice
           ,
           by
           all
           just
           ,
           legall
           ,
           hopefull
           ,
           speedy
           wayes
           ,
           agreeable
           with
           the
           Lawes
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           those
           Rights
           ,
           Liberties
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           (
           the
           defence
           whereof
           all
           Officers
           ,
           Souldiers
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           have
           so
           
             *
          
           frequently
           ,
           constantly
           avowed
           they
           were
           principally
           raised
           ,
           and
           Resolved
           to
           
           defend
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           hitherto
           failed
           in
           their
           promises
           )
           to
           recover
           us
           ou●
           of
           the
           Labyrinth
           of
           our
           almost
           inexetricable
           ●mazing
           Confusions
           ,
           settle
           o●
           pernicious
           distractions
           ,
           and
           prevent
           that
           visible
           ,
           imm●nent
           ,
           universall
           desolation
           ,
           else
           likely
           to
           fall
           upon
           our
           Church
           ,
           State
           ,
           Nation
           ,
           Rel●gion
           ,
           beyond
           all
           possibil●ty
           of
           escape
           ,
           through
           the
           Army
           Officers
           rash
           destructive
           Counsells
           ,
           and
           violations
           of
           their
           Trusts
           ,
           Oaths
           ,
           Engagements
           ,
           both
           as
           Souldiers
           ,
           Christians
           ,
           and
           Members
           of
           the
           K●ngdome
           .
        
         
           The
           onely
           just
           ,
           legall
           ,
           probable
           means
           now
           left
           that
           I
           can
           prescribe
           ,
           both
           for
           our
           Nation
           ,
           Churches
           ,
           Armies
           present
           and
           future
           safety
           too
           (
           if
           they
           will
           cordially
           and
           Christianly
           submit
           thereto
           ,
           as
           they
           oug●ht
           in
           Conscience
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           prudence
           )
           is
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           For
           all
           the
           antient
           Nobility
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           (
           the
           
             c
          
           
             Hereditary
             Great
             Counsell
             and
             Counsellors
             of
             the
             Nation
          
           in
           all
           Actuall
           
             Interregnums
             ,
          
           and
           
             publick
             Confusions
             ,
          
           (
           as
           our
           Historians
           ,
           Law-books
           ,
           and
           the
           Commons
           themselves
           in
           the
           long
           Parliament
           Resolved
           )
           both
           by
           Custome
           ,
           Law
           ,
           Right
           )
           to
           assemble
           themselves
           by
           Common
           consent
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           or
           so
           many
           of
           them
           at
           least
           ,
           or
           their
           Heirs
           if
           dead
           ,
           who
           constantly
           adhered
           to
           the
           long
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           there
           to
           issue
           out
           Writs
           according
           to
           the
           Statute
           of
           16
           
             Ca●o●●
             cap.
          
           1.
           on
           the
           third
           Monday
           of
           
             Nov●mber
          
           next
           ,
           
             under
          
           12
           
             or
             more
             of
             their
             hands
             and
             Seals
             ,
          
           for
           a
           free
           and
           legall
           Election
           of
           Knights
           ,
           Citizens
           ,
           Burgesses
           ,
           Barons
           ,
           in
           every
           City
           ,
           County
           ,
           Borough
           ,
           Port
           ,
           according
           to
           former
           usage
           ,
           to
           appear
           at
           the
           Parl●ament-house
           in
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           the
           third
           
             Monday
          
           in
           
             January
          
           next
           ●●●suing
           ,
           at
           a
           Parliament
           then
           and
           there
           to
           be
           held
           ,
           in
           such
           manner
           and
           form
           as
           this
           Act
           prescribes
           ;
           wherein
           such
           Proposalls
           and
           Counsells
           may
           by
           common
           consent
           be
           pursued
           ,
           as
           may
           through
           Gods
           blessing
           ,
           soon
           restore
           our
           pristine
           Peace
           ,
           Trade
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           Wealth
           ,
           Prosperity
           ,
           Felicity
           ,
           Settlement
           ,
           and
           secure
           us
           from
           all
           future
           changes
           .
        
         
           2ly
           .
           For
           all
           Freeholders
           in
           every
           County
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           at
           the
           next
           County
           Court
           in
           
             November
             ,
          
           to
           meet
           together
           ,
           and
           make
           choise
           of
           the
           ablest
           ,
           honestest
           ,
           ●●●est
           ,
           stoutest
           Gentlemen
           for
           their
           Sheriffs
           ,
           to
           keep
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           command
           the
           
             Militio
             ,
          
           suppresse
           all
           Insurrections
           ,
           elect
           ,
           return
           Knights
           ,
           Citizens
           ,
           Burgesses
           ,
           to
           serve
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           execute
           the
           Office
           of
           a
           Sheriff
           ;
           it
           being
           their
           antient
           legal
           Right
           and
           Priviledge
           ,
           by
           speciall
           Grants
           of
           our
           Kings
           ,
           both
           in
           and
           out
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           none
           in
           late
           ,
           or
           present
           power
           ought
           to
           encroach
           upon
           ,
           or
           deprive
           them
           of
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           all
           now
           bound
           to
           exercise
           and
           maintain
           for
           their
           own
           preservation
           and
           safety
           .
           This
           their
           right
           I
           shall
           clearly
           evidence
           beyond
           contradiction
           .
        
         
           1
           By
           the
           peoples
           ancient
           Right
           
             Edward
             the
             Confessors
             time
             ,
             or
             before
             ,
          
           in
           their
           
             Folkmo●●
          
           to
           chuse
           an
           
             He●etoke
          
           (
           a
           Baron
           or
           person
           of
           quality
           )
           in
           every
           County
           ,
           in
           nature
           of
           a
           Ca●●●in
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           power
           of
           the
           County
           and
           Militia
           in
           every
           shire
           
             〈◊〉
             et
             Uicec●mites
             Provinciatum
             et
             Cemitatuum
             ●ligi
             beb●nt
             per
             singu●os
             Cemitatus
             in
             pleno
             Folkmoto
             :
             as
             Sheriffs
             of
             Provinces
             and
             Counties
             ought
             to
             be
             chosen
             in
             every
             County
             ;
          
           as
           you
           may
           read
           at
           large
           in
           Mr.
           
             Lambards
          
           Arckaion
           ,
           ●
           .
           135
           
             de
             Hetetochiis
             ;
          
           in
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Spelmans
          
           Glossarium
           ,
           
             Dux
             &
             Heretochius
             ,
          
           p.
           232
           ,
           348
           349.
           
           My
           Soveraign
           power
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           part
           2.
           p.
           24
           ,
           25.
           
           
             Cooks
          
           2
           Institutes
           ,
           p.
           174
           ,
           175.
           
        
         
         
           2
           By
           Rot
           Claus.
           
           Anno
           16
           
             Johannis
             Regis
             ,
          
           part
           2.
           m.
           2.
           dorso
           .
           
             Dominus
             Rex
             concessit
             Baro●…ibus
             suis
             ,
             Militibus
             &
             liber
             è
             tenentibus
             de
          
           Cornubia
           ,
           
             qued
             habeant
             Vicecomitem
             de
             aliquo
             ipsorum
             
               ad
               Electionem
               eorum
               .
            
             Idem
             vero
             Barones
             ,
             Mi●…ites
             ,
             &
             ●…iberè
             ten●…ntes
             conce●…sserunt
          
           Willielmo
           〈◊〉
           ,
           
             quod
             h●…beat
             Hund●…edum
             de
          
           Estweneleser
           
             ad
             feodi
             firmam
             ,
             sibi
             &
             haeredibus
             suis
             imperpetuum
             ,
             per
             dimidium
             marci
             Argenti
             ,
             ad
             ●…estum
             Sancti
          
           Michaelis
           
             reddendum
             .
          
        
         
           3ly
           .
           By
           Rot.
           Pat.
           An.
           5
           H.
           3.
           memb.
           6.
           H.
           
             Dei
             gratia
             &c.
             Archiepiscopis
             ,
          
           
           
             Episco
             i●…
             ,
             C●…mitibus
             B●…ronibus
             ,
             Militibus
             ,
             libere
             tenentibus
             &
             al●…is
             omnibus
             de
             Com.
          
           Corn●…b
           .
           
             salut●…m
             .
             〈◊〉
             quod
             concessimus
             Vobis
             quod
             l●…beram
             〈◊〉
             electionem
             el●…gend
             vobis
             in
             Vicecomi●…em
             nostrum
             unum
             de
             Com.
             
          
           〈◊〉
           .
           
             Et
             ideo
             veb●…s
             mandamus
             quod
             ●…ligatis
             tres
             ●…ideles
             &
             discr●…tes
             de
             Com
          
           Cornu●…
           .
           &
           
             illos
             nobis
             praesentari
             fac
             .
             apud
          
           London
           
             in
          
           Octab.
           
             Clausi
             Pasche
             ,
             &
             nos
             〈◊〉
             ex
             illis
             t●…ibus
             prout
             nob●…s
             placuerit
             .
             Vobis
             dabimus
             ad
             〈◊〉
             .
             Et
             interi●…s
             commissimus
             Com.
             tatum
             illum
          
           Cornub.
           
             cum
             emnibus
             illis
             〈◊〉
             ad
             〈◊〉
             dilecto
             &
             fideli
             nost●…o
          
           Reginaldo
           
             de
          
           Valle●…orta
           
             〈◊〉
             .
             〈◊〉
             que
             mind
             ●…mus
             qualinus
             eidem
          
           Reginaldo
           
             usque
             ad
             piaedictum
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             &
             respondentes
             in
             omnibus
             ,
             tanquam
             Vic.
             nostro
             &
             〈◊〉
             nostro
             ,
             〈◊〉
             in
             〈◊〉
             ,
             &c.
          
           T.
           〈◊〉
           .
           
             de
          
           Bu●…go
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             〈◊〉
          
           Westm.
           x●…viij
           
             d●…e
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           5
           0.
           
        
         
           4y
           .
           By
           B●…t
           .
           10.
           H.
           3.
           memb.
           4.
           
           
             R●…x
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             ,
             〈◊〉
             ,
          
           
           
             Prio●…ibus
             ,
             Comitibus
             Baronibus
             ,
             Militibus
             ,
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             &
             omnibus
             aliis
             de
             communibus
          
           〈◊〉
           &
           〈◊〉
           
             〈◊〉
             .
             〈◊〉
             q●…od
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             de
             .
          
           Willo
           :
           
             sil
          
           Henr.
           
             ad
             V●…c
             nost●…um
             〈◊〉
             .
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           〈◊〉
           &
           〈◊〉
           
             〈◊〉
             nost●…um
             〈◊〉
             .
             Et
             ideo
             vobis
             mandamu●…
             quo●…
             〈◊〉
             Vic
             nostro
             〈◊〉
             nobis
             〈◊〉
             i●…tendentes
             fitis
             &
             〈◊〉
             .
             In
             〈◊〉
             &c.
             Teste
             Rege
             apud
          
           W●…nton
           x●…vij
           
             die
          
           Jan.
           
        
         
           5ly
           .
           By
           
             Mat.
             Paris
             ,
             Mat.
             Westminster
             ,
             Daniel
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           who
           record
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           45
           year
           of
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           3d
           ,
           the
           King
           placed
           new
           Sher●ff●
           in
           every
           County
           ,
           displacing
           the
           Sheriffs
           the
           Barons
           and
           people
           had
           made
           ;
           whereupon
           the
           people
           in
           eve●y
           County
           ,
           manfully
           resisted
           the
           Sheriffs
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           obey
           ,
           nor
           regard
           nor
           answer
           them
           in
           any
           thing
           ,
           whereat
           the
           King
           was
           much
           troubled
           .
           Much
           less
           then
           ought
           they
           now
           to
           ob●y
           any
           Sheriffs
           obtruded
           on
           them
           by
           the
           Army
           Officers
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           illegal
           us●rped
           power
           .
        
         
           6ly
           .
           By
           the
           Statute
           of
           
             Articuli
             super
             chartas
             ,
          
           Anno
           28
           E.
           1.
           chap.
           8.
           
           
             The
             King
             hath
             granted
             to
             his
             people
             ,
             
               that
               they
               shall
               have
               the
               Election
               of
               Sheriffs
               in
               every
               Shire
            
             (
             where
             the
             Shrivalty
             is
             not
             of
             fee
             )
             
               if
               they
               w●●●
            
          
           And
           chap.
           13.
           
           
             For
             as
             much
             as
             the
             King
             hath
             granted
             
               the
               Election
               of
               S●eriffs
               to
               the
               Commons
               of
               the
               Shire
               ,
            
             the
             King
             willeth
             ,
             that
             
               they
               shall
               chuse
               such
               Sheriffs
               as
               shall
               not
               charge
               them
               ,
            
             and
             that
             they
             shall
             not
             put
             in
             any
          
           Officer
           
             for
          
           rewards
           or
           bribes
           .
           
             And
             that
             they
             shall
             not
             lodge
             too
             oft
             in
             one
             place
             ,
             nor
             with
             poor
             persons
             ,
             nor
             with
             men
             of
             Religion
             .
          
           By
           which
           Statutes
           ,
           (
           being
           but
           confirmations
           of
           the
           peoples
           former
           rights
           by
           custom
           ,
           or
           Kings
           g●an●s
           〈◊〉
           which
           some
           of
           them
           encroached
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           occasion
           of
           these
           acts
           )
           all
           Counties
           used
           to
           elect
           their
           Sheriffs
           :
           And
           if
           they
           elected
           any
           mean
           or
           unfitting
           person
           ,
           as
           they
           sometimes
           did
           ,
           He
           then
           commanded
           them
           by
           his
           Writs
           to
           chuse
           another
           who
           was
           fit
           to
           discharge
           that
           Office
           ;
           witness
           this
           memorable
           Record
           ensuing
           .
        
         
         
           Cl.
           31
           E.
           2.
           m.
           13.
           dur●●
           .
           
             Rex
             Coronatoribus
             &
             toti
             communitati
             Comitatum
          
           Salop.
           &
           Stafford
           .
           
             salutem
             .
             Cum
             nuper
             pro
             communi
             utilitate
             regni
             nostri
          
           
           
             inter
             alia
             concesserimus
             populo
             ejusdem
             regni
             ,
             quod
             habeat
             si
             voluerit
             electionem
             Vic.
             in
             singulis
             comitatibus
             dicti
             regni
             cum
             opus
             fuerit
             Vicecom
             .
             praedict.
             in
             eisdem
             ,
             ubi
             videlicet
             Vicecomes
             de
             feodo
             non
             existit
             .
             Ac
          
           Rieus
           :
           de
           Harleigh
           p●r
           vos
           in
           Vic.
           comitatuum
           praed●ctorum
           nuper
           electus
           ,
           ad
           officium
           illud
           faciendum
           minus
           sufficiens
           est
           ,
           sicut
           ex
           testimonio
           fidedigno
           accepimus
           :
           Vobis
           manda●●●
           quod
           aliquem
           qui
           melius
           sciat
           &
           possit
           officio
           Vic.
           dictorum
           comitatum
           intendere
           &
           utilior
           fuerit
           ad
           idem
           of
           fictum
           exequendum
           in
           Vic.
           corundem
           comitatuum
           pro
           vobis
           ,
           si
           volueritis
           ,
           eligatis
           ,
           &
           ipsum
           sic
           electum
           per
           aliquem
           legalem
           &
           circumspectum
           hominem
           ex
           parte
           vestra
           cum
           literis
           ,
           vestris
           patentibus
           sub
           sig●●is
           sex
           de
           discretioribus
           &
           probioribus
           Mil.
           eorund●m
           comitatuum
           Thess.
           
           &
           Baronib
           .
           nostris
           de
           Scaccario
           in
           erastino
           Sancti
           Michaelis
           
             prox
             suturi
             sine
             dilatione
             praesente●is
             ,
             ut
             ipse
             tunc
             ibidem
             praestito
             sicut
             mo●is
             est
             sacrament●
             ,
             extunc
             ea
             faciat
             &
             exerceat
             ,
             que
             ad
             of
             sicium
             Vicecomitis
             peatinent
             in
             com
             .
             prudictis
             .
             Et
             habeat●s
             ●bi
             tunc
             hoc
             breve
             .
             Scituri
             ,
             quod
             si
             talem
             per
             vos
             electum
             modo
             praedicto
             non
             praesentaveritis
             coram
             prafatis
          
           Thess.
           
           &
           Baronibus
           
             nostris
             in
             crastin●
             pradicto
             ,
             praedicti
             Thes.
             
             &
             Barones
             extunc
             nobis
             de
             ali●
             Vicecomite
             Vobis
             praeficiendo
             in
             defectu
             vestri
             providebunt
             .
          
           Teste
           Rege
           apud
           Sarum
           .
           vvi
           .
           die
           April
           .
        
         
           8ly
           .
           By
           Claus.
           12
           E.
           3.
           pars
           2.
           m.
           15.
           
           Claus.
           13
           E.
           3.
           pars
           3.
           dors
           .
           16.
           
           Claus.
           14
           E.
           3.
           pars
           2.
           m.
           3.
           
           
             De
             Uicecemitibus
             Eligendis
             per
             totam
             Angliani
             :
          
           wherein
           are
           several
           Writs
           issued
           authorizing
           and
           commanding
           the
           people
           to
           elect
           their
           Sheriffs
           in
           every
           County
           throughout
           England
           ,
           with
           other
           Records
           to
           the
           like
           effect
           over-tedious
           to
           recite
           at
           large
           .
        
         
           9ly
           .
           By
           Mr.
           
             Lambards
             Archaion
             .
          
           f.
           135.
           and
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Cooks
          
           2.
           
           Institutes
           on
           Magna
           Charta
           ,
           p.
           174
           ,
           175
           ,
           558
           ,
           559
           ,
           566.
           who
           resolve
           ,
           
             That
             Sheriffs
             in
             antient
             times
             were
             and
             oft
             to
             be
             chosen
             by
             the
             Freeholders
             ,
             of
             the
             County
             in
             the
             County
             Court
             ,
          
           as
           Conservators
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           Coroners
           ,
           Verderers
           ,
           Constables
           ,
           Petty
           Constables
           ,
           were
           then
           and
           since
           Elected
           likewise
           by
           the
           People
           ;
           as
           well
           by
           the
           Kings
           Writs
           ,
           as
           without
           them
           ,
           in
           cases
           of
           necessity
           .
        
         
           Xly.
           By
           the
           constant
           custome
           of
           all
           Corporations
           which
           are
           Counties
           within
           themselves
           ,
           having
           power
           Annually
           to
           chuse
           Sheriffs
           only
           by
           the
           Kings
           Charters
           ,
           without
           any
           special
           Writ
           ,
           as
           
             London
             ,
             Bristol
             ,
             Glocester
             ,
             York
             ,
             Canterbury
             Coventry
             ,
          
           &c.
           use
           to
           do
           .
           Therefore
           every
           County
           in
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Wales
             ,
          
           may
           do
           the
           like
           without
           any
           speciall
           Writs
           ,
           being
           a
           necessary
           annuall
           ,
           antient
           standing
           Office
           ,
           especially
           in
           these
           confused
           times
           ,
           when
           none
           have
           any
           legall
           Authority
           to
           issue
           out
           Writs
           or
           Commissions
           to
           elect
           or
           swear
           Sheriffs
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           premised
           Statutes
           :
           And
           the
           Army-Officers
           ,
           with
           other
           self-created
           Usurping
           Powers
           ,
           may
           as
           lawfully
           obtrude
           Mayors
           ,
           Sheriffs
           ,
           and
           other
           Officers
           on
           every
           Corporation
           of
           
             England
          
           without
           their
           Election
           ,
           and
           deprive
           them
           of
           their
           freedome
           to
           elect
           them
           ;
           as
           thrust
           Sheriffs
           ,
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           Coroners
           ,
           or
           other
           eligible
           Officers
           upon
           Counties
           ;
           and
           rob
           them
           of
           this
           their
           just
           ancient
           right
           and
           priviledge
           ;
           now
           strenuously
           to
           be
           revived
           ,
           asserted
           for
           their
           common
           safety
           ,
           against
           all
           encroachments
           thereon
           .
           
           The
           Statute
           of
           
             Westminster
          
           1.
           ch.
           5.
           enacting
           ,
           declaring
           ,
           
             That
             all
             Elections
             ought
             to
             be
             free
             ,
             and
             not
             
               disturbed
               by
               force
               of
               Arms
            
             under
             grea●
             forfeitu●es
             by
             no
             Great
             men
             
               nor
               others
               .
            
          
        
         
           3ly
           .
           Let
           all
           Counties
           ,
           Cities
           ,
           Boroughs
           ,
           Ports
           ,
           make
           choice
           of
           the
           wisest
           ,
           ablest
           ,
           stout●st
           ,
           discreetest
           Persons
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           best
           affected
           to
           Peace
           ,
           Settlement
           ,
           and
           the
           Nations
           publi●e
           Interest
           ,
           for
           their
           Knights
           ,
           Citizens
           and
           Burgesses
           ;
           not
           of
           raw
           ,
           unexperienced
           ,
           timorous
           ,
           or
           time-serving
           ,
           unstable
           ,
           self-seeking
           ,
           turbulent
           men
           .
        
         
           4ly
           .
           Let
           all
           Counties
           ,
           Cities
           ,
           Noblemen
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Yeomen
           ,
           Clergy-men
           ,
           and
           Freemen
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           unanimously
           resolve
           ,
           to
           obey
           no
           new
           ,
           illegall
           ,
           tyrannical
           ,
           upstart
           Powers
           ,
           Officers
           ,
           Conventicles
           ,
           Committees
           or
           Counc●ls
           of
           men
           whatsoever
           forcibly
           obtruded
           on
           them
           ;
           nor
           to
           execute
           any
           of
           their
           Orders
           or
           Commands
           ;
           but
           onely
           to
           obey
           such
           legal
           Officers
           as
           themselves
           shall
           legally
           elect
           ,
           or
           a
           Free
           Parliament
           duly
           elected
           by
           them
           :
           nor
           pay
           any
           Taxes
           ,
           Customs
           ,
           Imposts
           ,
           Excises
           ,
           Contributions
           whatsoever
           ,
           to
           any
           Officers
           ,
           Souldiers
           ,
           Collectors
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           shall
           be
           imposed
           by
           common
           consent
           in
           a
           Free
           and
           Lawfull
           Parliament
           ,
           it
           being
           their
           antient
           Birthright
           (
           for
           defence
           whereof
           the
           Army
           was
           first
           raised
           )
           ratified
           not
           only
           by
           sundry
           antient
           Statutes
           ,
           and
           the
           late
           
             Petition
             of
             Right
             ,
          
           but
           several
           
             Acts
             ,
             Votes
             ,
             Declarations
             ,
             Judgments
          
           of
           the
           last
           long
           Parliament
           of
           King
           
             Charls
             ,
          
           acknowledged
           in
           the
           
             Instrument
             of
             Government
          
           it self
           ,
           the
           late
           
             Petition
             and
             Advice
             ,
          
           the
           
             Armies
          
           own
           former
           
             Declarations
             ,
          
           and
           the
           late
           dissolved
           
             Juncto
          
           in
           their
           very
           last
           
             Knack
          
           of
           the
           12.
           of
           this
           instant
           
             October
             ,
          
           their
           Plea
           and
           Papers
           since
           .
        
         
           5ly
           .
           If
           any
           Officers
           ,
           and
           Souldiers
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           out
           of
           faction
           ,
           ambition
           ,
           self-ends
           ,
           or
           Jesuitical
           seduction
           ,
           shall
           obstinately
           ,
           traiterously
           ,
           maliciously
           ,
           or
           tyrannically
           oppose
           the
           People
           in
           their
           Elections
           of
           Sheriffs
           ,
           Knights
           ,
           Citizens
           ,
           Burgesses
           ,
           or
           levy
           any
           Taxes
           ,
           Excises
           upon
           them
           by
           armed
           violence
           ,
           contrary
           to
           all
           their
           former-forfeited
           ,
           now-expired
           Commissions
           ,
           Declarations
           ,
           Engagements
           ;
           let
           them
           unanimously
           declare
           and
           proceed
           against
           them
           as
           professed
           publick
           Enemies
           ,
           Traitors
           to
           their
           Native
           Countrey
           ;
           who
           by
           their
           former
           and
           late
           Treacheries
           ,
           Rebellions
           ,
           and
           unwarrantable
           proceedings
           against
           all
           their
           Superiors
           ,
           (
           transcending
           all
           Presidents
           in
           profane
           or
           sacred
           Stories
           )
           have
           actually
           in
           Law
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           forfeited
           not
           onely
           all
           their
           Commissions
           ,
           Commands
           ,
           and
           Arrears
           of
           pay
           ,
           but
           their
           very
           lives
           ,
           Lands
           ,
           Estates
           ;
           and
           that
           our
           whole
           3.
           
           Nations
           by
           their
           Solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           for
           their
           own
           future
           preservation
           ,
           are
           obliged
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           
             publike
             Justice
             ,
          
           as
           themselves
           have
           proceeded
           against
           hundreds
           ,
           nay
           thousands
           of
           other
           Delinquents
           not
           half
           so
           criminal
           as
           themselves
           :
           and
           thereupon
           intreat
           all
           other
           Officers
           ,
           Souldiers
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           who
           have
           any
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           love
           to
           themselves
           ,
           their
           posterities
           ,
           or
           Native
           Countrie
           remaining
           in
           their
           brests
           ,
           as
           
             Moses
          
           did
           the
           Congregation
           of
           
             Israel
          
           in
           the
           Rebellion
           of
           
             Korah
             ,
             Dathan
             ,
          
           and
           
             Abiram
             ,
          
           who
           mutinied
           the
           People
           against
           him
           and
           
             Aaron
             ,
          
           Numb.
           16.
           
           
             Depart
             I
             pray
             ye
             from
             the
             Tents
             of
             these
             wicked
             men
             ,
             and
             touch
             nothing
             of
             theirs
             ,
             lest
             ye
             be
             consumed
             in
             all
             their
             sins
             .
             So
             they
             gat
             up
             from
             the
             Tabernacle
             of
          
           Korah
           ,
           Dathan
           ,
           
             and
          
           Abiram
           
             on
             every
             side
             .
          
           And
           as
           many
           Officers
           ,
           Souldiers
           ,
           as
           shall
           thereupon
           desert
           the
           Tents
           of
           their
           Rebellious
           Commanders
           ,
           and
           contribute
           
           their
           assistance
           ●…or
           the
           speedy
           calling
           and
           safe
           〈◊〉
           of
           a
           F●…ee
           ,
           Lawfull
           Parliament
           ,
           without
           any
           ●…uture
           mutinies
           ,
           to
           interrupt
           o●…
           d●…ssolve
           it
           when
           convened
           according
           to
           the
           premised
           Statute
           of
           16
           
             〈◊〉
             ,
          
           c.
           1.
           let
           them
           be
           assured
           of
           their
           full
           Arrears
           ,
           and
           indempn●…ty
           fo●…
           what
           is
           past
           ,
           wh●…ch
           none
           else
           b●…t
           a
           Free
           and
           Lawful
           Parliam●…nt
           can
           grant
           them
           ;
           all
           ●…ther
           Indempn●…ties
           being
           vo●…d
           in
           Law
           .
           And
           if
           this
           will
           not
           satisfi●…
           ,
           let
           them
           b●…ware
           ,
           
             lest
             the
             earth
             cleave
             osunde●…
             that
             is
             under
             them
             ;
             and
             〈◊〉
             swallow
             them
             up
             〈◊〉
             ,
             with
             their
             houses
             ,
             men
             ,
             goods
             ,
             and
             all
             appertaining
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             perish
             from
             among
             the
             〈◊〉
             ,
          
           as
           
             Korah
             ,
             〈◊〉
          
           and
           
             〈◊〉
             ,
          
           with
           their
           families
           and
           adherents
           ●…id
           ,
           by
           this
           or
           some
           other
           exemplary
           Judgments
           ,
           and
           a
           universal
           Insurrection
           of
           our
           three
           whole
           discontented
           ,
           oppressed
           ,
           rained
           Nations
           against
           them
           ,
           which
           they
           may
           justly
           fear
           and
           expect
           ,
           if
           they
           believe
           there
           is
           a
           
             righteous
             God
             that
             judgeth
             in
             the
             earth
             ,
             a
             Lord
             of
             hosts
          
           able
           to
           scatter
           ,
           puni●…h
           ,
           execute
           vengeance
           on
           them
           here
           ,
           and
           cast
           them
           
             into
             hell
          
           for
           ever
           
             hereafter
             ,
          
           for
           their
           manifold
           unlamented
           ,
           reiterated
           ,
           transcendent
           Reb●…llions
           :
           or
           repute
           these
           Texts
           Canonical
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           recommend
           to
           their
           saddest
           Meditations
           .
           Prov.
           29.
           10.
           
           
             He
             that
             being
             often
             rep●…oved
             hard●…eth
             his
             neck
             sh●…ll
             suddenly
             be
             destroyed
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             remedy
             ,
          
           (
           as
           the
           late
           
             Anti-Parliamentary
             Junctoes
             ,
          
           and
           
             Protectors
          
           have
           been
           )
           Prov.
           11.
           21.
           
           
             Though
             hand
             go
             in
             hand
             ,
             yet
             the
             wicked
             shall
             not
             go
             unpunished
             .
          
           Psal.
           68.
           21.
           
           
             God
             shall
             wound
             the
             head
             of
             his
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             the
             hairy
             scalp
             of
             such
             a
             one
             as
             goeth
             on
             still
             in
             his
             Trespasses
             .
          
           Ezech.
           24.
           14.
           
           
             I
             the
             ●…ord
             h●…ve
             spoken
             it
             ,
             it
             shall
             come
             to
             passe
             ,
             I
             will
             do
             it
             ;
             I
             will
             not
             go
             back
             ,
             neither
             will
             I
             spare
             ,
             neither
             will
             I
             repe●…t
             ;
             but
             according
             to
             thy
             wayes
             and
             accordings
             I
             will
             recompence
             ,
             and
             th●…y
             shall
             judge
             thee
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           Col.
           3.
           25.
           
           
             He
             that
             doth
             wrong
             ,
             shall
             receive
             according
             to
             the
             wrong
             done
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             respect
             of
             persons
             w●…th
             God
             ;
          
           ●…ho
           can
           in
           a
           moment
           as
           easily
           destroy
           an
           whole
           Army
           ,
           and
           great
           host
           of
           men
           (
           as
           he
           did
           
             *
          
           
             Sennacheribs
             ,
             〈◊〉
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Armies
           )
           as
           any
           one
           single
           person
           .
        
         
           
             October
          
           the
           〈◊〉
           1659.
           the
           day
           of
           
             King-condemning
          
           
             John
             〈◊〉
          
           death
           ,
           and
           translation
           to
           his
           proper
           place
           and
           arraignment
           in
           the
           
             Highest
             Court
             of
             〈◊〉
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A56207e-190
           
             a
             2
             
               Thess.
            
             2.
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             b
             
               See
               their
               Declaration
               ,
            
             May
             6.
             1659.
             
          
           
             *
             
               See
               their
               Collection
               of
               Engagements
               ,
               Remonstrances
               ,
               &c.
               for
               setling
               the
               Subjects
               in
               their
               just
               Liberties
               and
               Freedoms
               ,
            
             London
             ,
             1657.
             
          
           
             c
             
               See
               my
               Plea
               for
               the
               Lords
               ,
               p.
            
             43.
             51
             ,
             
               to
            
             60.
             
          
           
             De
             Com.
             Cornub
             .
          
           
             De
             V●…Wct
             .
             electo
             in
             Com.
             Su●…
             .
             &
             D●…rset
             .
          
           
             De
             Vic.
             elig
             .
          
           
             *
             2
             Kings
             13.
             35.
             2
             
             Ch●…on
             .
             13.
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
        
      
      
  

