







 
   
     
       
         Citt and Bumpkin in a dialogue over a pot of ale concerning matters of religion and government
         L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
      
       
         
           1680
        
      
       Approx. 120 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 21 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images.
       
         Text Creation Partnership,
         Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) :
         2004-08 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).
         A47820
         Wing L1216
         ESTC R15090
         12940677
         ocm 12940677
         95878
         
           
            This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of
             Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal
            . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
          
        
      
       
         Early English books online.
      
       
         (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A47820)
         Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 95878)
         Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 388:9)
      
       
         
           
             Citt and Bumpkin in a dialogue over a pot of ale concerning matters of religion and government
             L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
          
           [2], 38 p.
           
             Printed for Henry Brome ...,
             London :
             1680.
          
           
             A reply to Charles Blount's Appeal from the country to the city. Cf. Kitchen, G. Sir Roger L'Estrange, p. 255-256.
             A second part was published in the same year.
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford.
         Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors.
      
       
         EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). The general aim of EEBO-TCP is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic English-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in EEBO.
         EEBO-TCP aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org).
         The EEBO-TCP project was divided into two phases. The 25,363 texts created during Phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 January 2015. Anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source.
         Users should be aware of the process of creating the TCP texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data.
         Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). If an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in NCBEL, then their works are eligible for inclusion. Selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so.
         Image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. Quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in Oxford and Michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet QA standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. After proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. Any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. Understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of TCP data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor.
         The texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines.
         Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements).
         
          Keying and markup guidelines are available at the
           Text Creation Partnership web site
          .
        
      
       
         
         
      
    
     
       
         eng
      
       
         
           Blount, Charles, 1654-1693. -- Appeal from the country to the city.
           Religion and politics -- England -- Anecdotes.
           Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688 -- Anecdotes.
        
      
    
     
        2003-11 TCP
        Assigned for keying and markup
      
        2003-12 Apex CoVantage
        Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images
      
        2004-04 John Latta
        Sampled and proofread
      
        2004-04 John Latta
        Text and markup reviewed and edited
      
        2004-07 pfs
        Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
      
    
  
   
     
       
         
         
         
           CITT
           AND
           BUMPKIN
           .
           IN
           A
           DIALOGUE
           OVER
           A
           Pot
           of
           Ale
           ,
           CONCERNING
           MATTERS
           OF
           RELIGION
           AND
           GOVERNMENT
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Gun
           in
           S.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           ,
           1680.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           CITT
           and
           BUMKIN
           ,
           In
           a
           DIALOGUE
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             SO
             that
             you
             would
             know
             ,
             First
             ,
             how
             we
             manag'd
             the
             Petition
             ;
             and
             Secondly
             ,
             how
             it
             came
             to
             miscarry
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Those
             are
             the
             two
             Points
             ,
             Citt
             ,
             but
             first
             take
             off
             your
             Pot
             ,
             and
             then
             tell
             your
             Story
             ;
             you
             shall
             have
             mine
             afterward
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             There
             was
             no
             way
             ,
             you
             must
             know
             ,
             to
             carry
             the
             business
             
             clear
             ,
             without
             getting
             a
             Vote
             of
             Common-Council
             for
             the
             Petition
             ;
             and
             so
             making
             it
             an
             Act
             of
             the
             City
             :
             And
             in
             order
             to
             this
             End
             ,
             we
             planted
             our
             Committees
             every
             where
             up
             and
             down
             ,
             from
             Algate
             to
             Temple-barr
             ,
             at
             convenient
             distances
             ;
             some
             few
             of
             them
             in
             Taverns
             but
             most
             at
             Coffee-houses
             ;
             as
             less
             liable
             to
             suspition
             .
             Now
             we
             did
             not
             call
             these
             
               Meetings
               ,
               Committees
            
             ,
             but
             Clubs
             ;
             and
             there
             we
             had
             all
             Freedom
             both
             for
             Privacy
             and
             Debate
             :
             while
             the
             Borough
             of
             
               Southwark
               ,
               Westminster
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Suburbs
             ,
             proceeded
             according
             to
             our
             Method
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             And
             what
             were
             these
             Committees
             now
             to
             do
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Their
             Commission
             was
             to
             procure
             Subscriptions
             ,
             to
             justify
             
             the
             Right
             of
             Petitioning
             ,
             and
             to
             gain
             Intelligence
             :
             And
             then
             every
             Committee
             had
             one
             man
             at
             least
             in
             it
             that
             wrote
             short-hand
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             and
             what
             was
             he
             to
             do
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             It
             was
             his
             part
             to
             go
             smoking
             up
             and
             down
             from
             One
             Company
             to
             another
             ,
             to
             see
             who
             was
             for
             us
             ,
             and
             who
             against
             us
             :
             and
             to
             take
             Notes
             of
             what
             people
             said
             of
             the
             Plot
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             
               Kings
               Witnesses
            
             ,
             or
             against
             rhis
             way
             of
             Petitioning
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             But
             how
             came
             those
             Committees
             (
             as
             ye
             call
             'um
             )
             by
             their
             Commissions
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             For
             that
             ,
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             we
             had
             
               two
               Grand
               Committees
            
             ,
             
             that
             adjourn'd
             from
             place
             to
             place
             ,
             as
             they
             saw
             occasion
             :
             But
             they
             met
             most
             commonly
             at
             
               Two
               Coffee-houses
            
             ;
             the
             One
             near
             Guild-Hall
             ,
             the
             Other
             in
             the
             Strand
             ;
             for
             you
             must
             take
             notice
             that
             we
             went
             on
             ,
             hand
             in
             hand
             with
             our
             Neighbours
             in
             the
             
               Main
               Design
            
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             But
             you
             do
             not
             tell
             me
             yet
             who
             set
             up
             the
             
               Other
               Committees
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             These
             two
             
               Grand
               Committees
            
             ,
             I
             tell
             you
             ,
             nominated
             and
             appointed
             the
             Sub-Committees
             ,
             gave
             them
             their
             Orders
             ,
             and
             
             received
             their
             Reports
             :
             It
             was
             their
             Office
             moreover
             to
             digest
             Discoveries
             ,
             and
             Informations
             ;
             to
             instruct
             Articles
             ,
             improve
             Accusations
             ,
             manage
             Controversies
             ,
             defray
             the
             charge
             of
             Intelligencers
             ,
             and
             
               Gatherers
               of
               hands
            
             ,
             to
             dispose
             of
             Collections
             ;
             to
             influence
             the
             
             Anglicus's
             and
             Domesticks
             ,
             and
             fortify
             those
             that
             were
             weak
             in
             the
             Faith
             ;
             to
             furnish
             matter
             sometimes
             for
             
               Narratives
               .
            
             —
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             What
             dost
             thou-mean
             by
             
               Narratives
               ,
               Citt
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             
               They
               are
               only
            
             Strange
             Storys
             ;
             
               as
               that
               of
               the
            
             Dragon
             in
             Essex
             ;
             Earth-quakes
             ,
             Sights
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             Prodigies
             ,
             
               and
               the
               like
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             One
             would
             think
             it
             should
             not
             be
             worth
             their
             while
             ,
             to
             busy
             their
             heads
             about
             such
             Fooleries
             as
             these
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Now
             this
             is
             thy
             simplicity
             Bumpkin
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             not
             
             any
             thing
             that
             moves
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             People
             so
             effectually
             toward
             
               the
               Work
               of
               the
               Lord
            
             ,
             especially
             when
             the
             Narrative
             carries
             some
             
               Historical
               Remarque
            
             in
             the
             Tayl
             of
             it
             :
             As
             for
             the
             purpose
             ,
             
               this
               or
               that
               happen'd
               in
               such
               a
               Kings
               Reign
               ,
               and
               soon
               after
               such
               and
               such
               troubles
               befell
               the
               Church
               and
               State
               :
            
             such
             a
             
               Civil
               War
            
             ,
             such
             or
             such
             a
             Persecution
             ,
             or
             Invasion
             follow'd
             upon
             it
             .
             When
             the
             People
             perceive
             once
             that
             the
             Lord
             hath
             declared
             himself
             against
             the
             Nation
             ,
             in
             these
             tokens
             of
             his
             Displeasure
             ,
             the
             Multitude
             seldom
             fail
             of
             helping
             the
             Judgment
             forward
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             I
             don't
             know
             what
             ye
             call
             your
             Committees
             ,
             but
             Our
             Gentry
             had
             their
             Meetings
             too
             ;
             and
             there
             was
             a
             great
             Lord
             or
             two
             among
             'um
             that
             shall
             be
             Nameless
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             We
             could
             shew
             you
             
               othergates
               Lords
            
             among
             Us
             ,
             I
             'le
             assure
             you
             ,
             then
             any
             you
             have
             ;
             but
             let
             that
             passe
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             You
             told
             me
             that
             your
             Committees
             were
             to
             procure
             Subscriptions
             ;
             we
             were
             hard
             put
             to
             't
             ,
             I
             'm
             sure
             ,
             in
             the
             Country
             to
             get
             Hands
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             And
             so
             were
             we
             in
             the
             
               City
               Bumpkin
            
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             had
             not
             been
             to
             advance
             the
             
               Protestant
               Interest
            
             ,
             I
             'de
             have
             been
             torn
             to
             
             pieces
             by
             wild
             Horses
             ,
             before
             I
             de
             have
             done
             what
             I
             did
             .
             But
             
               extraordinary
               Cases
            
             must
             have
             
               extraordinary
               allowances
            
             .
             There
             was
             hardly
             a
             Register
             about
             the
             Town
             that
             scap'd
             us
             for
             
               Names
               :
               Bedlam
               ,
               Bridewell
            
             ,
             all
             the
             Parish-books
             ,
             nay
             the
             very
             Goals
             ,
             and
             
             Hospitalls
             ;
             we
             had
             our
             Agents
             at
             all
             
               Publick
               Meetings
               ,
               Court
               ,
               Church
               ,
               Change
               ,
            
             all
             the
             Schools
             up
             and
             down
             ;
             Masters
             underwrit
             for
             their
             Children
             ,
             and
             
               Servants
               ,
               Women
            
             for
             their
             Husbands
             in
             the
             West-Indies
             ,
             nay
             we
             prevail'd
             upon
             some
             Parsons
             ,
             to
             engage
             for
             their
             whole
             Congregations
             ;
             we
             took
             in
             
               Iack
               Straw
               .
               Wat
               Tyler
            
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Legend
             of
             
               Poor
               Robins
               Saints
            
             into
             our
             List
             of
             Petitioners
             ;
             and
             the
             
               same
               Names
            
             serv'd
             us
             in
             four
             or
             five
             
               several
               places
            
             .
             And
             where
             's
             the
             hurt
             of
             all
             this
             now
             ?
             So
             long
             as
             the
             Cause
             it self
             is
             Righteous
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             the
             thing
             was
             well
             enough
             Citt
             ,
             if
             we
             could
             but
             have
             
             gone
             through
             with
             it
             :
             And
             you
             shall
             see
             now
             that
             we
             were
             put
             to
             our
             shifts
             in
             the
             Country
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             you
             in
             the
             City
             .
             I
             was
             employ'd
             you
             must
             know
             ,
             to
             get
             Names
             at
             
               four
               shillings
               a
               Hundred
            
             ,
             and
             I
             had
             all
             my
             
               Real
               Subscriptions
            
             written
             at
             such
             a
             distance
             ,
             one
             from
             another
             ,
             that
             I
             could
             easily
             clap
             in
             a
             Name
             or
             two
             betwixt
             'um
             ;
             and
             then
             I
             got
             as
             many
             School-boys
             as
             I
             could
             ,
             to
             underwrite
             after
             the
             same
             manner
             ,
             and
             after
             this
             ,
             I
             fill'd
             up
             all
             those
             spaces
             with
             Names
             that
             I
             either
             Remember'd
             ,
             or
             Invented
             my self
             ,
             or
             could
             get
             out
             of
             two
             or
             three
             Christning-books
             .
             There
             are
             a
             World
             (
             ye
             know
             )
             of
             
               Smiths
               ,
               Browns
               ,
               Clarks
               ,
               Walkers
               ,
               Woods
               ,
            
             so
             that
             I
             furnish'd
             my
             Catalogue
             with
             a
             matter
             of
             Fifty
             a
             piece
             of
             these
             Sir-names
             ,
             which
             I
             Christen'd
             my self
             .
             And
             besides
             ,
             we
             had
             all
             the
             
               Non-conformist
               Ministers
            
             in
             the
             Country
             for
             us
             ,
             and
             they
             brought
             in
             a
             power
             of
             hands
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             What
             do
             you
             talk
             of
             
               your
               Non-conformists
            
             ?
             They
             do
             but
             
             work
             Iourney-work
             to
             Ours
             .
             We
             have
             the
             Heads
             of
             all
             the
             
               Protestant
               Dissenters
            
             in
             the
             Nation
             here
             in
             this
             Town
             ,
             why
             ,
             we
             have
             more
             
               Religion
               ,
               Bumpkin
            
             ,
             in
             
               this
               City
            
             ,
             then
             you
             have
             People
             in
             your
             whole
             Country
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Ay
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             a
             great
             blessing
             too
             ,
             that
             when
             Professors
             are
             at
             so
             mighty
             Variance
             among
             themselves
             ,
             there
             should
             be
             so
             wonderfull
             an
             Agreement
             in
             the
             
               Common
               Cause
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             And
             that
             's
             notably
             observ'd
             ,
             Bumkin
             ;
             for
             so
             we
             found
             it
             here
             .
             The
             Presbyterian
             got
             hands
             of
             
               His
               Party
            
             ;
             the
             Independent
             of
             His
             ;
             the
             Baptist
             of
             His
             ;
             the
             
               Fifth-Monarchy
               man
            
             of
             His
             ;
             and
             so
             throughout
             all
             our
             Divisions
             :
             and
             we
             had
             still
             the
             most
             zealous
             man
             in
             His
             way
             ,
             to
             gather
             the
             Subscriptions
             :
             And
             when
             they
             had
             completed
             their
             Roll
             ,
             they
             discharg'd
             themselves
             as
             Naturally
             into
             the
             
               Grand
               Committee
            
             ,
             as
             Rivers
             into
             the
             Sea.
             And
             then
             we
             were
             sure
             of
             all
             the
             Republlcans
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             But
             after
             all
             this
             Care
             and
             Industry
             ,
             how
             was
             it
             possible
             for
             the
             business
             to
             Miscarry
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Why
             I
             know
             't
             is
             laid
             in
             our
             dish
             ,
             that
             when
             we
             had
             set
             the
             whole
             Kingdome
             agogg
             upon
             Petitioning
             ,
             our
             hearts
             would
             not
             serve
             us
             to
             go
             through
             stitch
             ,
             and
             so
             we
             drew
             our
             own
             necks
             out
             of
             the
             Collar
             ,
             and
             left
             the
             Countries
             in
             the
             Lurch
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Nay
             that
             's
             the
             Truth
             on
             't
             ,
             Citt
             ;
             We
             stood
             all
             gaping
             for
             London
             to
             lead
             the
             way
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             The
             great
             work
             that
             we
             look't
             upon
             was
             the
             gaining
             of
             a
             
               well-affected
               Common-Councill
            
             ;
             which
             we
             secur'd
             upon
             the
             Election
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             skill
             ,
             and
             watchfullness
             imaginable
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             And
             that
             was
             a
             huge
             point
             Citt
             ;
             but
             how
             were
             ye
             able
             to
             compasse
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Why
             we
             had
             no
             more
             to
             do
             ,
             then
             to
             mark
             those
             that
             we
             knew
             were
             not
             for
             our
             turns
             ,
             either
             as
             Courtiers
             ,
             or
             Loose-livers
             ,
             
             or
             half-Protestants
             ,
             and
             their
             business
             was
             done
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             We
             went
             the
             same
             way
             to
             work
             too
             in
             the
             Country
             ,
             at
             all
             our
             Elections
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             a
             Lawfull
             Policy
             ,
             you
             know
             ,
             to
             lessen
             the
             Reputation
             of
             an
             Enemy
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Nay
             we
             went
             further
             still
             ;
             and
             set
             a
             Report
             a
             foot
             upon
             the
             Exchange
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Coffee-houses
             and
             
               Publique
               Houses
            
             thereabouts
             ,
             which
             held
             from
             Change-time
             ,
             till
             the
             very
             Rising
             of
             the
             Common-Councill
             ,
             when
             the
             Petition
             was
             
               laid
               aside
            
             ;
             that
             past
             so
             currant
             ,
             that
             no
             mortall
             doubted
             the
             Truth
             on
             't
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             But
             you
             ha'
             not
             told
             me
             what
             that
             Report
             was
             yet
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt
             
          
           
             
               It
               was
               this
               ,
               that
            
             the
             King
             had
             sent
             a
             Message
             to
             the
             City
             to
             let
             them
             understand
             that
             he
             took
             notice
             how
             much
             they
             stood
             affected
             to
             the
             Petition
             ;
             that
             he
             expected
             they
             would
             proceed
             upon
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             his
             Majesty
             was
             ready
             to
             give
             them
             
               a
               gracious
               Answer
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             But
             was
             this
             fair
             dealing
             ,
             Brother
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             
               Did
               not
            
             Abraham
             
               say
               of
            
             Sarah
             ,
             She
             's
             my
             Sister
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Well
             thou'
             rt
             a
             heavenly
             man
             ,
             Citt
             !
             but
             come
             to
             the
             Miscarriage
             it self
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             After
             as
             Hopefull
             a
             Choice
             as
             ever
             was
             made
             ,
             we
             procur'd
             
             a
             Common-Councill
             :
             where
             the
             Petition
             was
             put
             to
             the
             Vote
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             carry'd
             in
             the
             Commons
             by
             
               two
               Voyces
            
             ,
             for
             the
             presenting
             it
             ,
             and
             by
             Fourteen
             ,
             or
             
               Fifteen
               Votes
            
             in
             the
             
               Court
               of
               Aldermen
            
             ,
             on
             the
             Negative
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               So
               that
            
             your
             Damn'd
             Aldermen
             ,
             and
             our
             Damn'd
             Justices
             ,
             
               have
               ruin'd
               us
               both
               in
            
             City
             and
             Country
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Hang'um
             ,
             they
             are
             most
             of
             them
             Church-Papists
             ;
             but
             we
             should
             have
             dealt
             well
             enough
             with
             them
             ,
             if
             it
             had
             not
             been
             for
             
             that
             confounded
             Act
             for
             
               Regulating
               Corporations
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Prethee
             let
             me
             understand
             that
             ,
             for
             I
             know
             nothing
             on
             't
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Take
             notice
             then
             that
             this
             Devillish
             Statute
             has
             provided
             ,
             
             that
             
               no
               man
               shall
               serve
               as
               a
            
             Common-Councell
             man
             ,
             
               but
               upon
               condition
               of
               taking
            
             three
             Oaths
             ,
             
               and
               subscribing
            
             one
             Declaration
             ,
             
               therein
               mention'd
               ;
               and
               having
               taken
               the
            
             Sacrament
             
               of
               the
            
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
             
               according
               to
               the
               Rites
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               within
               one
               year
               next
               before
               his
               Election
               .
            
             Now
             it
             so
             fell
             out
             ,
             that
             what
             with
             this
             Act
             ,
             and
             a
             Court-Letter
             for
             putting
             it
             in
             Execution
             ,
             a
             matter
             of
             thirty
             of
             our
             Friends
             were
             put
             by
             ,
             as
             not
             duly
             qualify'd
             ;
             And
             upon
             this
             Pinch
             we
             lost
             it
             .
             Nay
             let
             me
             tell
             ye
             as
             a
             friend
             ,
             there
             were
             at
             least
             twenty
             or
             thirty
             of
             the
             rest
             too
             ,
             that
             would
             hardly
             have
             past
             Muster
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             But
             is
             this
             certain
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Why
             I
             am
             now
             in
             my
             Element
             ,
             Bumkin
             ;
             for
             thou
             know'st
             my
             Education
             has
             been
             toward
             the
             Law.
             
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             This
             was
             a
             Plaguy
             jobb
             ,
             Citt
             ,
             but
             we
             must
             look
             better
             to
             our
             Hitts
             next
             bout
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Nay
             my
             life
             for
             thine
             we
             'll
             have
             another
             touch
             for
             't
             yet
             But
             tell
             me
             in
             short
             ;
             how
             came
             you
             off
             with
             your
             Petition
             in
             the
             Country
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             It
             went
             on
             for
             a
             good
             while
             prettily
             well
             at
             the
             Quarter-Sessions
             ;
             till
             at
             last
             one
             
               Cross-grain'd
               Curr
            
             there
             upon
             the
             Bench
             claw'd
             us
             all
             away
             to
             the
             Devill
             ,
             and
             get
             an
             Order
             of
             Court
             against
             it
             ,
             while
             you
             would
             say
             what
             's
             this
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             But
             what
             did
             he
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Oh
             there
             was
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             stuff
             on
             't
             ;
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             
             Judges
             (
             he
             said
             )
             had
             declared
             it
             to
             be
             Seditious
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             were
             to
             take
             it
             .
             That
             they
             sat
             there
             to
             keep
             the
             
               Kings
               Peace
            
             ,
             not
             to
             countenance
             the
             Breaking
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             then
             (
             says
             he
             )
             these
             fellows
             don't
             know
             what
             they
             would
             have
             .
             One
             Petitions
             for
             Chalk
             ,
             and
             Another
             for
             Cheefe
             ;
             the
             Petition
             was
             at
             first
             
               for
               the
               meeting
               of
               the
               Parliament
            
             ;
             and
             then
             they
             came
             to
             Twit
             the
             King
             with
             his
             Coronation-Oath
             ,
             and
             then
             ,
             Delinquents
             must
             be
             brought
             to
             Punishment
             ;
             and
             then
             the
             Parliament
             was
             to
             Sit
             as
             long
             as
             
               they
               pleas'd
            
             ;
             and
             at
             last
             ,
             every
             man
             must
             be
             mark'd
             for
             a
             
               Common
               Enemy
            
             that
             would
             not
             Subscribe
             it
             .
             So
             that
             first
             they
             would
             have
             the
             
               Parliament
               Sit
            
             ;
             and
             then
             they
             'd
             cut'um
             out
             their
             work
             ;
             and
             in
             fine
             ,
             it
             was
             little
             other
             then
             a
             Petition
             against
             those
             that
             would
             
               not
               Petition
            
             .
             He
             said
             there
             were
             Ill
             practices
             in
             the
             getting
             of
             hands
             ;
             and
             so
             they
             threw
             out
             
             the
             Petition
             ,
             and
             order'd
             an
             Enquiry
             into
             the
             Abuses
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             there
             's
             no
             remedy
             but
             Patience
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             I
             had
             need
             of
             Patience
             I
             'm
             sure
             ,
             for
             they
             're
             Examining
             the
             Hands
             allready
             ,
             as
             hard
             as
             they
             can
             drive
             ;
             You
             'l
             see
             me
             in
             the
             
               Gazette
               next
               Thursday
            
             ,
             as
             sure
             as
             a
             Gun.
             
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Why
             then
             we
             must
             play
             the
             Domestique
             against
             
               him
               ,
               next
               Fryday
            
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             I
             'm
             sure
             to
             be
             trounc'd
             for
             't
             to
             some
             tune
             ,
             if
             I
             be
             taken
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Pre'thee
             what
             art
             affraid
             of
             ?
             There
             's
             no
             Treason
             in
             getting
             hands
             to
             a
             Petition
             man.
             
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             that
             's
             true
             ;
             but
             I
             have
             put
             in
             such
             a
             Lurry
             of
             Dog-Rogues
             ;
             they
             cry
             
               they
               're
               defam'd
            
             ,
             with
             a
             Fox
             ,
             
               they
               'le
               have
               their
               remedy
            
             ;
             and
             they
             make
             such
             a
             Bawling
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Come
             ,
             come
             ,
             set
             thy
             heart
             at
             rest
             :
             and
             know
             that
             in
             this
             City
             th'
             art
             in
             the
             very
             Sanctuary
             of
             the
             Well-affected
             .
             But
             't
             is
             good
             however
             to
             prepare
             for
             the
             worst
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             (
             as
             they
             say
             )
             
               will
               help
               its
               self
            
             .
             But
             art
             thou
             really
             afraid
             of
             being
             taken
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             And
             so
             would
             you
             be
             too
             ,
             if
             you
             were
             in
             my
             condition
             ,
             without
             a
             penny
             ,
             or
             a
             friend
             in
             the
             world
             to
             help
             ye
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Thou
             art
             two
             great
             Owls
             ,
             Bumkin
             ,
             in
             a
             very
             few
             words
             .
             First
             ,
             thou
             hast
             
               great
               friends
            
             and
             do'st
             not
             
               know
               no't
            
             ,
             and
             Secondly
             
             thou
             do'st
             not
             understand
             the
             Blessing
             ,
             of
             having
             neither
             Friends
             ,
             nor
             Money
             .
             In
             one
             word
             ,
             I
             'll
             see
             thee
             provided
             for
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             give
             me
             thy
             answer
             to
             a
             few
             questions
             .
          
           
             I
             make
             no
             doubt
             but
             they
             that
             put
             thee
             into
             this
             Trust
             ,
             and
             Employment
             of
             helping
             on
             the
             Petition
             ,
             are
             men
             of
             Estate
             ,
             and
             men
             well-inclin'd
             to
             the
             
               Publique
               Cause
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             O
             ,
             their
             Landlords
             and
             Masters
             are
             men
             of
             huge
             Estates
             ;
             but
             't
             is
             the
             Tenants
             ,
             and
             the
             Stewards
             that
             I
             have
             to
             do
             withall
             .
             But
             
             then
             (
             do
             you
             mark
             me
             )
             those
             people
             are
             all
             in
             all
             with
             their
             Masters
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             I
             suppose
             you
             may
             be
             known
             to
             the
             Landlords
             and
             
               Masters
               themselves
            
             too
             .
             Do
             they
             ever
             take
             any
             notice
             of
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             yes
             ;
             I
             go
             often
             to
             their
             Houses
             man
             ,
             and
             they
             speak
             mighty
             kindly
             to
             me
             ;
             and
             there
             's
             nothing
             but
             
               Honest
               Obadiah
            
             ,
             and
             
               Good
               Obadiah
            
             at
             every
             turn
             ;
             and
             then
             the
             Men
             take
             me
             into
             the
             Kitchin
             ,
             or
             into
             the
             Cellar
             ,
             or
             so
             .
             And
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             Citt
             ,
             if
             it
             had
             not
             been
             for
             them
             once
             ,
             I
             had
             been
             plaguyly
             paid
             off
             in
             the
             
               Spirituall
               Court
            
             upon
             a
             certain
             Occasion
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             That
             's
             a
             very
             good
             sign
             of
             Affection
             to
             the
             Cause
             ,
             as
             I
             told
             thee
             :
             and
             it
             would
             be
             never
             the
             worse
             if
             they
             were
             under
             a
             
             Cloud
             at
             Court
             ;
             for
             
               an
               Honest
               Revenge
            
             ,
             ye
             know
             
               goes
               a
               great
               way
               with
               a
               tender
               Conscience
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             I
             have
             hear'd
             some
             Inkling
             that
             way
             ,
             but
             we
             'le
             scatter
             no
             words
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             They
             never
             speak
             any
             thing
             to
             you
             in
             private
             ,
             do
             they
             ?
             As
             of
             Grievances
             ,
             (
             I
             mean
             )
             
               Religion
               ,
               the
               Liberty
               of
               the
               Subject
               ,
            
             and
             such
             like
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             no
             ,
             but
             they
             talk
             as
             other
             people
             do
             ,
             of
             the
             Plot
             ,
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             Popery
             ,
             and
             the
             
               French
               King
            
             ,
             and
             so
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             And
             what
             is
             the
             reason
             now
             ,
             do
             ye
             think
             ,
             that
             you
             are
             not
             receiv'd
             into
             their
             Bed-Chambers
             ,
             their
             Closets
             ,
             into
             their
             Arms
             ,
             and
             into
             their
             very
             Hearts
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             some
             other
             people
             as
             we
             kaow
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Alas
             !
             what
             should
             they
             do
             with
             me
             ?
             I
             'm
             not
             a
             man
             fit
             to
             keep
             them
             Company
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Why
             then
             
               Honest
               Bumpkin
            
             ,
             here
             's
             a
             Golden
             Sentence
             for
             thee
             ;
             
               Be
               Taken
               ,
               Sifted
               ,
               Imprison'd
               ,
               Pillory'd
               ,
            
             and
             stand
             true
             to
             
             thy
             Principles
             ,
             and
             th'
             art
             company
             for
             the
             best
             Lord
             in
             Christendom
             .
             They
             I
             never
             dare
             to
             trust
             thee
             till
             th'
             art
             Iayl
             and
             Pilloryproof
             ;
             and
             the
             bringing
             of
             
               thee
               into
            
             a
             Jayl
             would
             be
             a
             greater
             kindness
             ,
             then
             the
             fetching
             of
             
               Another
               man
               Out
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Prethee
             Cit
             ,
             tell
             me
             one
             thing
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             hast
             thou
             ever
             made
             Tryal
             of
             this
             Experiment
             thy self
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             To
             tell
             thee
             as
             a
             friend
             ,
             I
             have
             try'd
             it
             ,
             and
             I
             'm
             the
             best
             
             part
             of
             a
             thousand
             pound
             the
             better
             for
             't
             .
             'T
             is
             certainly
             the
             high
             way
             to
             preferment
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             And
             yet
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             Citt
             ,
             I
             have
             no
             minde
             in
             the
             World
             to
             be
             taken
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             And
             that
             's
             because
             th'
             art
             an
             arrant
             buzzard
             ;
             the
             Lord
             deliver
             me
             from
             a
             fellow
             that
             has
             neither
             Mony
             ,
             nor
             Friends
             ,
             and
             yet
             's
             afraid
             of
             being
             Taken
             .
             Why
             't
             is
             the
             very
             making
             of
             man
             a
             mans
             Fortune
             to
             be
             Taken
             .
             How
             many
             men
             are
             there
             that
             give
             mony
             to
             be
             Taken
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             Trade
             on
             't
             ;
             Nay
             happy
             is
             the
             man
             that
             can
             but
             get
             any
             body
             to
             Take
             him
             .
             Why
             I
             tell
             ye
             ,
             there
             are
             people
             that
             will
             quarrel
             for
             't
             ,
             and
             make
             Friends
             to
             be
             Taken
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             common
             thing
             in
             Paris
             ,
             for
             a
             man
             in
             
               One
               six
               Months
            
             ,
             to
             start
             out
             of
             a
             Friendless
             ,
             and
             Monyless
             condition
             ,
             into
             an
             Equipage
             of
             Lacquays
             and
             Coaches
             ;
             and
             all
             this
             by
             nicking
             the
             blessed
             Opportunities
             of
             being
             
               discreetly
               Taken
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             I
             have
             heard
             indeed
             of
             a
             man
             that
             set
             fire
             to
             
               one
               Old
               House
            
             ,
             
             and
             got
             as
             much
             Mony
             by
             a
             Brief
             for
             't
             ,
             as
             built
             him
             
               two
               New
               ones
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             
               Have
               not
               I
               my self
               heard
               it
               cast
               in
               a
               fellows
               Teeth
               ,
            
             I
             was
             the
             making
             of
             you
             ,
             Sirrah
             ,
             thoughy
             '
             are
             so
             high
             now
             a
             body
             must
             not
             speak
             to
             you
             :
             You
             had
             never
             been
             Taken
             and
             
               clapt
               up
               ,
               Sirrah
            
             ,
             but
             for
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Father
             !
             what
             Simpletons
             we
             Country-folks
             are
             to
             you
             Citizens
             !
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Now
             put
             the
             case
             Bumpkin
             ,
             that
             you
             were
             
               Taken
               ,
               Examin'd
            
             and
             Committed
             ,
             provided
             you
             
               stand
               to
               your
               Tackle
            
             ,
             y'
             are
             a
             Made
             man
             already
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             
               shrink
               in
               the
               wetting
            
             ,
             y'
             are
             lost
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Pray'e
             what
             do
             you
             mean
             by
             
               standing
               to
               my
               Tackle
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             You
             must
             be
             sure
             to
             keep
             your self
             upon
             a
             Guard
             ,
             when
             y'
             are
             before
             the
             Iustice
             ;
             and
             not
             to
             be
             either
             wheedled
             ,
             or
             frighten'd
             into
             any
             Discovery
             ;
             for
             they
             'le
             be
             trying
             a
             thousand
             Tricks
             with
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             But
             may
             I
             deny
             any
             thing
             that
             's
             charg'd
             upon
             me
             ,
             point-blank
             ,
             if
             I
             be
             guilty
             of
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             in
             the
             case
             of
             self-preservation
             ,
             you
             may
             ;
             but
             you
             
             must
             be
             sure
             then
             that
             no
             body
             can
             disprove
             you
             ;
             for
             if
             it
             be
             known
             ,
             't
             is
             a
             Scandall
             ,
             and
             no
             longer
             Lawfull
             :
             Your
             best
             way
             will
             be
             not
             to
             answer
             any
             Questions
             against
             your self
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             But
             now
             you
             have
             brought
             me
             into
             a
             Goal
             ,
             you
             would
             do
             well
             to
             tell
             me
             how
             I
             shall
             get
             out
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Why
             before
             you
             turn
             your self
             thrice
             in
             your
             Kennell
             ,
             
             (
             if
             Baylable
             )
             Y'
             are
             out
             again
             ,
             upon
             a
             
               Habeas
               Corpus
            
             :
             But
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             the
             Town
             rings
             of
             your
             Commitment
             ,
             the
             Cause
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             how
             bravely
             you
             carry'd
             it
             upon
             your
             Examination
             ;
             all
             which
             shall
             be
             Reported
             to
             your
             Advantage
             ;
             and
             by
             this
             time
             ,
             y'
             are
             Celebrated
             for
             the
             
               Peoples
               Martyr
            
             .
             And
             now
             come
             in
             the
             Bottles
             ,
             the
             Cold-Pies
             ,
             and
             the
             Guynnies
             :
             But
             you
             must
             lay
             your
             finger
             upon
             your
             Mouth
             ,
             and
             keep
             all
             as
             close
             as
             if
             the
             Fayries
             had
             brought
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Pre
             thee
             ,
             Citt
             ,
             were
             thou
             ever
             bound
             Prentice
             to
             a
             Statesman
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             not
             altogether
             so
             neither
             ;
             but
             I
             serv'd
             a
             Conveninent
             time
             in
             two
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Houses
             ;
             and
             there
             I
             learnt
             
               My
               Politiques
            
             ;
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             in
             Newgate
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Gate-house
               ;
               Two
               schools
            
             (
             says
             one
             )
             
               that
               send
               more
               wise
               men
               into
               the
               World
               ,
               then
               the
            
             four
             Inns
             of
             Court.
             Now
             let
             your
             suffering
             be
             what
             it
             will
             ,
             the
             Merit
             of
             it
             will
             be
             rated
             according
             to
             the
             Difficulty
             and
             hazzard
             
             of
             the
             Encounter
             :
             For
             there
             's
             a
             great
             difference
             betwixt
             the
             Venture
             of
             a
             Pillory
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             Gibbet
             .
             But
             in
             what
             case
             soever
             ;
             if
             you
             stand
             fast
             ,
             and
             keep
             your
             Tongue
             in
             your
             head
             ,
             you
             shall
             want
             neither
             Mony
             ,
             nor
             Law
             ;
             nor
             Countenance
             ,
             nor
             Friends
             in
             the
             Court
             ,
             nor
             Friends
             in
             the
             Iury.
             
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Hold
             ,
             hold
             ,
             Citt
             ;
             what
             if
             all
             my
             great
             Friends
             should
             deceive
             me
             at
             last
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             They
             'le
             never
             dare
             to
             do
             that
             ,
             for
             fear
             you
             should
             deceive
             them
             .
             I
             have
             found
             the
             Experiment
             of
             it
             my self
             ,
             and
             every
             Term
             yields
             us
             fresh
             Instances
             of
             
               people
               that
               make
               their
               Fortunes
               in
               a
               trice
               ,
               by
               a
               generous
               contempt
               of
               Principalities
               ,
               and
               Powers
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Thou'
             rt
             a
             brave
             fellow
             Citt
             ;
             but
             pre'thee
             what
             may
             thy
             Employment
             be
             at
             present
             ,
             if
             a
             body
             may
             ask
             thee
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             at
             this
             present
             ,
             
               Bumpkin
               ,
               under
               the
               Rose
            
             ,
             a
             Secretary-Extraordinary
             
             to
             one
             of
             the
             
               Grand
               Committees
            
             I
             told
             thee
             of
             ;
             and
             my
             business
             is
             to
             draw
             up
             
               Impeachments
               ,
               Informations
               ,
               Articles
            
             ;
             to
             lick
             over
             now
             and
             then
             a
             Narrative
             ;
             and
             to
             deal
             with
             the
             Mercuries
             to
             publish
             nothing
             against
             the
             Interest
             of
             that
             Party
             :
             and
             
               in
               fine
            
             ,
             there
             's
             hardly
             any
             thing
             stirs
             ,
             but
             I
             have
             a
             finger
             in
             't
             .
             Mine
             is
             a
             business
             I
             can
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             brings
             in
             Money
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             I
             make
             no
             doubt
             on
             't
             Citt
             :
             But
             could
             ye
             put
             me
             in
             a
             way
             to
             get
             a
             little
             money
             too
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             We
             'l
             talk
             of
             that
             presently
             .
             You
             may
             think
             perhaps
             now
             the
             City-Petition's
             blown
             off
             ,
             that
             our
             Committee
             will
             have
             nothing
             to
             do
             .
             But
             ,
             I
             do
             assure
             you
             ,
             businesse
             comes
             in
             so
             fast
             ,
             upon
             us
             ,
             that
             I
             shall
             never
             be
             able
             to
             go
             through
             it
             without
             an
             Assistant
             ;
             and
             if
             I
             find
             you
             fit
             for
             't
             ,
             you
             shall
             be
             the
             man.
             —
             Nay
             hold
             ,
             let
             Me
             speak
             ,
             First
             ;
             do
             you
             continue
             the
             use
             of
             your
             Short-hand
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             do
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             mended
             my
             Bastard-Secretary
             very
             much
             since
             you
             saw
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Will
             you
             be
             
               Iust
               ,
               Diligent
            
             ,
             and
             Secret
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             I
             'le
             give
             you
             what
             security
             you
             'le
             ask
             ,
             for
             my
             Truth
             and
             Diligence
             ;
             and
             for
             my
             
               Secrecy
               ,
               I
               could
               almost
               forget
               to
            
             speak
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             That
             Figure
             pleases
             me
             ;
             but
             I
             must
             shrift
             you
             further
             .
             How
             stands
             your
             appetite
             to
             Wine
             and
             Women
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Why
             truly
             at
             the
             rate
             of
             
               other
               flesh
               and
               blood
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             'T
             is
             not
             to
             barrye
             neither
             ;
             but
             what
             Liberties
             ye
             take
             ,
             let
             them
             be
             Private
             ,
             and
             either
             to
             advance
             the
             Common-cause
             ,
             or
             at
             
               spare
               hours
            
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               You
               cannot
               ask
               or
               wish
               more
               then
               I
               le
               do
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Only
             a
             word
             or
             two
             more
             ,
             and
             then
             I
             'le
             let
             you
             into
             nay
             affairs
             .
             What
             course
             did
             you
             propound
             to
             your self
             ,
             in
             case
             your
             Petition
             had
             succeeded
             ?
             I
             ask
             this
             ,
             because
             you
             seem
             so
             much
             troubl'd
             at
             the
             Disappointment
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Why
               if
               this
            
             Petition
             
               had
               gone
            
             on
             ,
             
               and
               the
            
             Parliament
             had
             met
             ,
             
               I
               was
               promis'd
               fonr
               or
               five
            
             Petitions
             
               more
               ;
               One
               against
            
             
             Danby
             ,
             
               and
               the
               Lords
               in
               the
            
             Tower
             ,
             another
             for
             the
             Sitting
             of
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             till
             they
             had
             gone
             through
             all
             they
             had
             to
             do
             ;
             a
             Third
             ,
             
               for
               taking
               away
               the
            
             Bishops
             Votes
             ,
             a
             Fourth
             
               for
               the
               Remove
               of
            
             Evill
             Counsellours
             ;
             
               and
               a
            
             Fifth
             
               for
               putting
               the
            
             Militia
             into
             Safe
             hands
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             These
             points
             you
             must
             know
             ,
             have
             been
             a
             long
             time
             upon
             the
             Anvill
             ;
             and
             our
             Friends
             have
             Instructions
             all
             over
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             to
             proceed
             upon
             them
             to
             shew
             the
             Miraculous
             Union
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
             But
             do
             you
             think
             because
             the
             
               First
               Petition
            
             has
             receiv'd
             a
             checque
             ,
             and
             the
             Parliament
             is
             Prorogu'd
             ,
             that
             therefore
             
               the
               other
               Petitions
               must
               fall
               to
               the
               ground
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               I
               cannot
               well
               see
               how
               it
               should
               be
               otherwise
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Why
             then
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             Bumpkin
             ,
             We
             'l
             bring
             the
             whole
             business
             about
             again
             ,
             and
             carry
             it
             on
             ,
             in
             spite
             of
             Fate
             :
             for
             we
             have
             better
             heads
             at
             work
             perhaps
             then
             you
             are
             aware
             of
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Ay
               ,
               but
               what
            
             Hands
             
               have
               we
            
             Citt
             ?
             
               for
               it
               will
               come
               to
               that
               at
               last
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Those
             Heads
             will
             find
             Hands
             ,
             never
             trouble
             your self
             ,
             if
             there
             should
             be
             occasion
             ;
             but
             't
             is
             too
             early-days
             for
             that
             sport
             yet
             .
             'T
             was
             an
             unlucky
             thing
             however
             to
             be
             so
             surpriz'd
             ;
             For
             our
             Friends
             did
             no
             more
             dream
             of
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             then
             of
             their
             
               Dying
               day
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Well
               there
               's
               no
               recalling
               of
               what
               's
               past
               :
               But
               the
               Question
               is
               how
               we
               shall
               avoid
               it
               for
               the
               time
               to
               come
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Nay
             Bumpkin
             ,
             there
             's
             a
             Trick
             worth
             two
             of
             avoiding
             it
             ,
             we
             'l
             Take
             it
             next
             bout
             ,
             and
             then
             we
             're
             safe
             ;
             we
             'l
             carry
             it
             ,
             I
             'le
             undertake
             by
             
               fifty
               Voices
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               But
               cannot
               the
            
             Aldermen
             
               hinder
               you
               from
               putting
               it
               to
               the
               Vote
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             'T
             is
             the
             custom
             of
             the
             City
             I
             confess
             ,
             for
             the
             Lord
             
             Mayor
             to
             Summon
             and
             
               dissolve
               Common-Councils
            
             ,
             and
             to
             put
             all
             points
             to
             the
             Question
             ;
             but
             we
             'l
             finde
             a
             cure
             for
             that
             too
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             thing
             we
             've
             been
             a
             good
             while
             about
             already
             ;
             the
             bringing
             
             down
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             City
             into
             the
             
               Major
               part
            
             of
             the
             Commons
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Now
               if
               the
            
             Mayor
             and
             Aldermen
             
               should
               be
               aware
               of
               this
               ,
               they
               'l
               never
               endure
               it
               ;
               but
               we
               must
               leave
               that
               to
               time
               .
               But
               hark
               ye
            
             Citt.
             
               I
               thought
               our
               Friends
               refusing
               of
               the
            
             Sacrament
             
               had
               been
               matter
               of
            
             Conscience
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Why
             so
             it
             is
             man
             ,
             but
             take
             notice
             then
             ,
             that
             you
             are
             
             to
             distinguish
             of
             Consciences
             :
             There
             is
             ,
             First
             ,
             a
             
               plain
               ,
               simple
               Conscience
            
             ,
             and
             that
             's
             a
             Conscience
             that
             will
             serve
             well
             enough
             to
             keep
             a
             man
             Right
             ,
             if
             he
             meet
             with
             nothing
             else
             to
             put
             him
             
               out
               of
               the
               way
            
             .
             And
             then
             there
             's
             a
             Conscience
             of
             State
             ,
             or
             Profit
             ;
             and
             
               that
               Conscience
            
             yields
             ,
             as
             a
             
               Less
               Weight
            
             does
             to
             a
             Greater
             ;
             an
             Ounce
             turns
             the
             Scale
             ,
             but
             a
             Pound
             carries
             the
             Ounce
             ,
             and
             no
             body
             blames
             the
             Weaker
             for
             being
             over-power'd
             by
             the
             stronger
             .
             There
             is
             a
             Conscience
             of
             Profession
             too
             ;
             which
             is
             a
             Conscience
             that
             does
             not
             so
             much
             regard
             the
             Reason
             of
             the
             thing
             ,
             as
             the
             being
             True
             to
             a
             Party
             ,
             when
             a
             man
             has
             past
             his
             Word
             :
             and
             this
             is
             the
             Conscience
             of
             a
             man
             of
             Honour
             ,
             that
             fights
             for
             his
             Whore.
             There
             is
             likewise
             a
             Conscience
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             that
             's
             a
             
               quiet
               peaceable
               Conscience
            
             ,
             that
             rests
             in
             the
             Affections
             of
             the
             Heart
             ,
             in
             submission
             to
             
               Lawfull
               Institutions
            
             ;
             and
             in
             serving
             God
             ,
             and
             doing
             Good
             to
             our
             Nighbour
             ,
             without
             Noise
             or
             Ostentation
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Well
               ,
               but
               I
               see
               a
               great
               many
               very
            
             Consciencious
             men
             that
             
             
               love
               to
            
             Pray
             and
             Sing
             Psalms
             
               next
               the
            
             Street
             ,
             
               that
               their
               Neighbours
               may
               hear
               'um
               ;
               and
               go
               up
               and
               down
            
             shaking
             of
             their
             Hands
             ,
             and
             wringing
             of
             their
             Hands
             ,
             
               crying
               out
               of
            
             the
             Calves
             of
             Bethel
             ,
             
               and
               the
            
             High
             places
             ,
             Popery
             ,
             Prelacy
             ,
             
               and
               the
            
             Common-Prayer
             ,
             
               in
               such
               a
               manner
               ,
               that
               't
               would
               grieve
               a
               bodies
               heart
               to
               see
               '
               um
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             These
             are
             
               Consciencious
               men
               Bumpkin
            
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             the
             Conscience
             of
             State
             or
             Profit
             ,
             that
             I
             told
             ye
             of
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Ay
               ,
               but
               I
               have
               seen
               some
               men
               in
               Fits
               of
               the
            
             Spirit
             ,
             Jump
             ,
             
               and
               sting
               about
               a
            
             Pulpit
             
               so
               desperately
               ,
               that
               they
               set
               the
               children
               a
               crying
            
             to
             have
             'um
             let
             out
             .
             
               One
               while
               they
               'd
            
             raise
             
               themselves
               upon
               their
            
             Tip-toes
             ,
             and
             Roar
             out
             
               upon
               a
               suddain
               ,
               you
               'd
               have
               thought
               they
               had
               been
               pinch'd
               with
            
             Hot
             Irons
             ;
             
               and
               then
               all
               in
               an
               Instant
               ,
               they
               'd
            
             Dop
             down
             again
             ,
             
               that
               ye
               could
               hardly
               see
               'um
               ;
               And
               so
            
             fall
             
               into
               a
            
             faint
             ,
             lamenting
             Voice
             ,
             
               like
               the
            
             Grone
             
               of
               a
               poor
               woman
            
             three
             quarters
             spent
             in
             Labour
             .
             
               Nay
               there
               was
               One
               of
               'um
               that
               gap'd
               ,
               and
               held
               his
               mouth
               open
               so
               long
               ,
               that
               People
               cry'd
               out
               ,
            
             The
             man
             has
             a
             Bone
             in
             his
             Throat
             .
             
               These
               must
               needs
               be
               very
            
             Consciencious
             Men
             ,
             Citt.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             They
             are
             so
             Bumpkin
             ,
             but
             't
             is
             the
             
               same
               Conscience
            
             still
             ;
             for
             it
             works
             all
             manner
             of
             ways
             .
             We
             took
             up
             this
             Mode
             I
             suppose
             ,
             from
             the
             Transports
             ,
             and
             Grimaces
             of
             the
             
               Pagan
               Priests
            
             ,
             in
             the
             Ceremony
             of
             their
             Sacrifices
             ,
             which
             had
             a
             very
             effectual
             operation
             upon
             the
             People
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Nay
             Citt
             ,
             
               these
               Men
               have
               a
               Holy
               way
               of
            
             Language
             
               too
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               of
            
             Behaviour
             ,
             
               for
               all
               their
            
             Talk
             
               is
               of
            
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             Heavenly
             things
             ,
             the
             Saints
             and
             the
             New
             Jerusalem
             ;
             
               they
               deal
               mightily
               ,
               in
            
             Expositions
             
               upon
               the
            
             Viols
             ,
             and
             the
             Little
             Horn
             :
             
               and
               then
               they
               are
               bitterly
               severe
               against
            
             Wicked
             Magistrates
             ,
             
               and
               those
               that
            
             Lord
             it
             over
             Gods
             Heritage
             .
             
               They
               are
            
             in
             fine
             
               a
               very
            
             Consciencious
             
               sort
               of
               People
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Oh
             beyond
             question
             so
             they
             are
             :
             But
             this
             is
             still
             a
             Branch
             of
             the
             
               same
               Conscience
            
             .
             I
             have
             known
             indeed
             some
             people
             so
             Transported
             with
             this
             same
             
               Talkative
               Holiness
            
             ,
             that
             it
             has
             been
             a
             kind
             of
             
               Spiritual
               Salivation
            
             to
             'um
             ;
             they
             continue
             spitting
             when
             they
             have
             not
             one
             drop
             of
             Moisture
             left
             'um
             in
             their
             Bodies
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Prethee
             Citt
             ,
             
               tell
               me
               in
               Honest
            
             English
             ,
             
               where
               shall
               a
               body
               finde
               the
            
             simple
             ,
             
               and
               the
            
             Religious
             Consciences
             
               thou
               told'st
               me
               of
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Why
             every
             man
             living
             has
             the
             Former
             of
             'um
             ,
             but
             takes
             no
             notice
             on
             't
             :
             But
             for
             the
             Latter
             sort
             ,
             't
             is
             very
             scarce
             ;
             and
             
             you
             shall
             finde
             more
             of
             it
             perhaps
             in
             
               one
               Iayle
            
             ,
             or
             in
             
               one
               Hospital
            
             ,
             then
             in
             all
             the
             Courts
             of
             Christendom
             .
             It
             is
             commonly
             
               the
               Blessing
               of
               men
               in
               years
               ,
            
             in
             sicknesse
             ,
             or
             
               in
               adversity
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Ah
             Citt
             ,
             
               that
               I
               were
               but
               as
               capable
               of
               Learning
               as
               thou
               art
               of
               Teaching
               !
               Pre'thee
               explain
               thy self
               a
               little
               upon
               the
            
             Conscience
             of
             Profession
             too
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Observe
             me
             what
             I
             say
             then
             ,
             Bumpkin
             ;
             There
             is
             a
             Profession
             ,
             
             Particular
             ,
             and
             
               General
               :
               Particular
            
             ,
             as
             when
             
               One
               Cavalier
            
             serves
             another
             in
             a
             Duell
             ,
             he
             's
             oblig'd
             to
             't
             by
             the
             Profession
             of
             a
             Sword-man
             ,
             without
             Formalizing
             upon
             the
             Cause
             .
             There
             's
             a
             Conscience
             of
             Profession
             even
             among
             the
             Banditi
             themselves
             .
             What
             is
             it
             but
             the
             Profession
             of
             Presbytery
             ,
             that
             makes
             the
             whole
             Party
             oppose
             Episcopacy
             ;
             as
             the
             Independents
             do
             Presbytery
             ;
             the
             
               Republicans
               ,
               Monarchy
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Now
               I
               thought
               that
               there
               might
               have
               been
            
             Conscience
             of
             State
             ,
             
               as
               well
               as
               of
            
             Profession
             
               in
               These
               Cases
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Thou
             sayst
             very
             well
             ,
             Bumpkin
             ,
             and
             so
             there
             is
             ,
             and
             of
             Profit
             too
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             much
             the
             same
             Case
             too
             ,
             throughout
             
             the
             Circle
             of
             our
             Late
             Revolutions
             ,
             when
             we
             Swore
             and
             Vow'd
             from
             the
             
               Oaths
               of
               Allegiance
            
             ,
             and
             
               Canonical
               Obedience
            
             ,
             to
             the
             Protestation
             ,
             the
             
               Solemn
               League
               and
               Covenant
            
             ,
             the
             Engagement
             ,
             the
             
               Negative
               Oath
            
             ,
             the
             Oath
             of
             Abjuration
             ,
             and
             so
             till
             we
             swore
             round
             ,
             into
             the
             
               Oath
               of
               Allegiance
            
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               What
               do
               you
               mean
               now
               by
               your
            
             Generall
             Profession
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             I
             mean
             the
             Subordination
             of
             a
             Partiall
             to
             a
             Generall
             ,
             of
             a
             
               Private
               Profession
            
             to
             a
             Publick
             ;
             as
             thou
             seest
             in
             the
             Late
             Times
             ,
             Bumpkin
             ,
             how
             strictly
             the
             
               Divided
               Reformers
            
             kept
             themselves
             to
             This
             Rule
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             the
             
               Common
               Enemy
            
             was
             upon
             his
             Legs
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               But
               who
               do
               you
               mean
               by
               the
            
             Common
             Enemy
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             I
             mean
             ,
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             the
             Church-Party
             .
             So
             long
             (
             I
             say
             )
             all
             our
             Brethren
             of
             the
             Separation
             joyn'd
             as
             one
             man
             ,
             against
             that
             
               Inordinate
               Power
            
             ;
             and
             herein
             we
             were
             
               Conscienciously
               True
            
             to
             our
             
               General
               Profession
            
             ;
             but
             so
             soon
             as
             ever
             we
             had
             subdu'd
             that
             Popish
             and
             
               Tyrannicall
               Interest
            
             ,
             through
             the
             Conscience
             of
             our
             
               General
               Profession
            
             ,
             we
             then
             consulted
             our
             Particular
             ;
             and
             every
             man
             did
             Conscienciously
             labour
             for
             the
             Establishment
             of
             
               his
               own
            
             way
             .
             But
             now
             we
             come
             to
             the
             great
             Nicety
             of
             all
             ;
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             the
             Conscience
             of
             making
             a
             Conscience
             of
             using
             
               any
               Conscience
               at
               all
            
             :
             There
             's
             a
             Riddle
             for
             ye
             ,
             Bumpkin
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               I
               must
               confess
               I
               do
               not
               understand
               one
               Bitt
               on
               't
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             That
             's
             for
             want
             of
             a
             Discerning
             Spirit
             Bumpkin
             .
             What
             does
             Conscience
             signifie
             to
             the
             Saints
             ,
             that
             are
             deliver'd
             from
             the
             
             Fetters
             of
             
               Morall
               Obligations
            
             ,
             by
             so
             many
             Extraordinary
             and
             
               Over-ruling
               Priviledges
            
             ,
             which
             are
             granted
             in
             a
             peculiar
             manner
             to
             the
             
               People
               of
               the
               Lord
            
             ?
             What
             's
             he
             the
             better
             ,
             or
             the
             worse
             ,
             for
             keeping
             or
             for
             breaking
             the
             
               Ten
               Commandments
            
             ,
             that
             lies
             under
             the
             
               Predestinarian
               Fate
            
             of
             an
             
               Unchangeable
               Necessity
            
             and
             Decree
             ?
             What
             needs
             he
             care
             for
             any
             
               other
               Guide
            
             ,
             that
             carries
             within
             himself
             an
             
               Infallible
               Light
            
             ?
             Or
             He
             for
             
               any
               Rule
               at
               all
            
             that
             cannot
             sin
             ?
             For
             the
             
               same
               thing
            
             may
             be
             a
             sin
             in
             
               another
               man
            
             ,
             which
             in
             Him
             is
             None
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Really
               This
               is
               admirable
               :
               So
               that
               we
               that
               are
               the
            
             Elect
             
               are
               bound
               up
               by
               no
            
             Laws
             
               at
               all
               ,
               either
               of
            
             God
             
               or
               of
            
             Man.
             
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Why
             look
             you
             now
             for
             that
             ;
             we
             Are
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             Not.
             If
             it
             so
             happens
             that
             the
             Inward
             and
             
               Invisible
               Spirit
            
             move
             us
             to
             do
             
               the
               same
               thing
            
             ,
             which
             the
             Outward
             ,
             and
             
               Visible
               Law
            
             requires
             of
             us
             ;
             in
             
               That
               Case
            
             we
             are
             Bound
             ;
             but
             so
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             not
             to
             the
             Law
             :
             and
             therefore
             we
             are
             bid
             to
             
               stand
               fast
               in
               our
               Christian
               Liberty
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               That
               's
               extreamly
               well
               said
               ,
               for
               if
            
             We
             Christians
             
               should
               be
            
             Shackled
             with
             Human
             Laws
             ,
             
               which
               can
               only
               reach
               the
            
             Outward
             
             Man
             ,
             
               then
               are
            
             the
             Heritage
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             
               in
               no
               better
               Condition
               then
               the
            
             Wicked
             ,
             
               and
               the
            
             Heathen
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Oh!
             th'
             art
             infinitely
             in
             the
             Right
             :
             for
             if
             it
             were
             not
             for
             
             this
             
               Christian
               Liberty
            
             ,
             we
             could
             never
             have
             Iustify'd
             our Selves
             in
             our
             
               Late
               Transactions
            
             :
             the
             Designe
             of
             
               Overturning
               the
               Government
            
             had
             been
             Treason
             ;
             taking
             up
             Arms
             against
             the
             
               King
               ,
               Rebellion
               ;
               Dividing
            
             from
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Church
             had
             been
             Schism
             ;
             appropriating
             the
             
               Church
               Plate
            
             ,
             and
             Revenues
             to
             
               Private
               Uses
            
             ,
             had
             been
             Sacriledge
             ;
             Entring
             upon
             
               Sequester'd
               Livings
            
             had
             been
             Oppression
             :
             taking
             away
             mens
             Estates
             had
             been
             
               Robbery
               ;
               Imprisoning
            
             of
             their
             Persons
             had
             been
             Tyranny
             ;
             using
             the
             name
             of
             God
             to
             all
             This
             ,
             would
             have
             been
             Hypocrisy
             ,
             forcing
             of
             
               Contradictory
               Oaths
            
             had
             been
             Impiety
             ,
             and
             Shedding
             the
             Blood
             both
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             his
             People
             ,
             had
             been
             Murther
             :
             And
             all
             This
             would
             have
             appear'd
             so
             to
             be
             ,
             if
             the
             Cause
             had
             come
             to
             be
             Try'd
             by
             the
             
               Known
               Laws
            
             either
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             of
             Man.
             
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Make
               us
               thankfull
               now
               !
               What
               a
               blessed
               State
               are
               we
               in
               ,
               that
            
             Walk
             up
             to
             our
             Calling
             ,
             in
             Simplicity
             and
             Truth
             ,
             whose
             Yea
             is
             Yea
             ,
             
               and
               whose
            
             Nay
             is
             Nay
             .
             
               'T
               is
               a
               strange
               way
               thou
               hast
               ,
            
             Citt
             ,
             
               of
               making
               things
               out
               to
               a
               man.
               Thou
               wert
               saying
               but
               now
               ,
               that
               the
            
             same
             thing
             
               may
               be
               a
            
             Sin
             in
             One
             Man
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             Another
             .
             
               I
               'm
               thinking
               now
               of
               the
            
             Jesuites
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Oh
             That
             's
             a
             
               Iugling
               ,
               Equivocating
               ,
               Hellish
            
             sort
             of
             People
             ;
             't
             is
             a
             thousand
             pitties
             that
             they
             're
             suffer'd
             to
             live
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ;
             They
             value
             an
             Oath
             no
             more
             then
             they
             do
             a
             Rush.
             Those
             are
             the
             Heads
             of
             the
             Plot
             now
             upon
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Subversion
             of
             the
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Ay
               ,
               Ay
            
             ,
             Citt
             ,
             
               they
               're
               a
            
             damn'd
             Generation
             of
             Hell-hounds
             .
             
               But
               ,
               as
               I
               was
               thinking
               just
               now
               ;
               we
               have
               so
               many
               things
               among
            
             
             Us
             ,
             
               like
               some
               things
               among
            
             Them
             ,
             
               that
               I
               have
               been
               run
               down
               some
               times
               allmost
               ,
               as
               if
               We
            
             our selves
             were
             Jesuites
             ;
             
               though
               I
               know
               there
               's
               as
               much
               difference
               ,
               as
               betwixt
            
             Light
             ,
             and
             Darknesse
             :
             
               and
               for
               my
               part
            
             ,
             I
             defie
             them
             as
             I
             do
             the
             Devill
             .
          
           
             But
             Citt
             
               thou
               hast
               so
               wonderfull
               a
               way
               of
               making
               matters
               plain
               ,
               I
               'de
               give
               any
               thing
               in
               the
               world
               thou'dst
               but
               teach
               me
               what
               to
               say
               in
               some
               Cases
               ,
               when
               I
               'm
               put
               to
               't
               .
               One
               told
               me
               'tother
               day
               ,
            
             You
             are
             rather
             
             worse
             then
             the
             
               Iesuites
               ;
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             for
             when
             They
             break
             an
             Oath
             ,
             they
             have
             some
             
               mental
               Reservation
            
             or
             other
             for
             a
             Come-off
             :
             
             But
             You
             Swallow
             your
             
               Perjuryes
               ,
               just
            
             as
             Cormorants
             do
             Eeles
             ;
             an
             Oath
             's
             no
             sooner
             In
             at
             
               One
               End
            
             ,
             then
             Out
             at
             t'other
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Let
             your
             Answer
             be
             This
             ,
             Bumpkin
             ,
             That
             the
             Law-maker
             is
             Master
             of
             
               his
               own
               Laws
            
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             
               Spirits
               dictating
            
             of
             a
             
               New
               Law
            
             ,
             is
             the
             Superseding
             of
             an
             
               Old
               one
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               These
               are
               hard
               words
            
             ,
             Citt
             ;
             
               but
               he
               told
               me
               further
            
             ,
             don't
             
             You
             Justifie
             
               King-Killing
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Iesuits
             ?
             Only
             They
             do
             't
             with
             
               Pistol
               ,
               Dagger
            
             ,
             and
             Poyson
             ;
             and
             You
             come
             with
             Your
             
               Horse
               ,
               Foot
            
             ,
             and
             
               Cannon
               :
               They
            
             proceed
             by
             Excomunicating
             ,
             and
             Deposing
             ;
             by
             dissolving
             the
             
               Character
               ,
               first
            
             ,
             and
             
               then
               destroying
            
             the
             Person
             ;
             and
             just
             so
             did
             
               You.
               First
            
             ,
             ye
             Depos'd
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             Then
             ye
             
               Beheaded
               Charles
               Stuart
            
             .
             And
             then
             you
             need
             never
             go
             to
             Rome
             for
             a
             Pardon
             ,
             when
             every
             man
             among
             you
             is
             
               his
               own
               Pope
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Now
             your
             Answer
             must
             be
             This
             ;
             That
             we
             had
             ,
             First
             ,
             
             the
             Warrant
             ,
             for
             what
             we
             did
             ,
             of
             
               an
               Extraordinary
               Dispensation
            
             .
             (
             as
             appear'd
             in
             the
             providence
             of
             our
             Successes
             )
             Secondly
             ,
             we
             had
             the
             Laws
             of
             Necessity
             ,
             and
             Self-preservation
             to
             Support
             us
             .
             And
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             Government
             being
             Coordinate
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             only
             One
             of
             the
             
               Three
               Estates
            
             ;
             any
             Two
             of
             the
             Three
             might
             deal
             with
             the
             Third
             as
             They
             thought
             Fit
             :
             Beside
             the
             
               Ultimate
               Soveraignty
            
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             over
             and
             above
             .
             And
             now
             take
             notice
             ,
             that
             
               the
               same
               Argument
            
             holds
             in
             the
             Subversion
             of
             the
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Now
               you
               have
               Arm'd
               me
               Thus
               far
               ,
               pray'e
               help
               me
               on
               ,
               one
               Step
               farther
               ;
               for
               I
               was
               hard
               put
               to
               't
               not
               long
               Since
               ,
               about
               the
               businesse
               of
               the
            
             Protestant
             Religion
             .
             
               What
               is
            
             That
             ,
             
               I
               pray'e
               ,
               that
               ye
               call
               the
            
             Protestant
             Religion
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             You
             are
             to
             understand
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             is
             
             meant
             the
             Religion
             of
             the
             Dissenters
             in
             England
             ,
             from
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ;
             As
             the
             
               First
               Protestants
            
             in
             Germany
             1529.
             (
             from
             whom
             we
             denominate
             our Selves
             )
             were
             Dissenters
             from
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             :
             And
             So
             Call'd
             from
             the
             famous
             Protestation
             they
             enter'd
             against
             the
             Decree
             of
             the
             Assembly
             at
             Spires
             ,
             against
             Anabaptists
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               So
               that
               I
               perceive
               We
            
             Set
             up
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ;
             
               we
               did
               not
            
             Destroy
             
               it
               :
               But
               they
               prest
               it
               Then
               ,
               that
               the
            
             Church
             of
             England
             
               was
               a
            
             Protestant
             Church
             ,
             
               and
               that
               the
            
             Jesuites
             
               had
               only
            
             Design'd
             the
             Destruction
             
               of
               it
               ,
               where
               as
            
             We
             did
             Actually
             Execute
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Your
             Answer
             must
             be
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             a
             little
             Protestantish
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             yet
             directly
             Protestant
             :
             As
             on
             the
             Other
             side
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             altogether
             the
             Whore
             of
             Babilon
             ,
             though
             a
             good
             deal
             Whorish
             ;
             and
             therefore
             the
             Reply
             to
             That
             must
             be
             ,
             that
             we
             did
             not
             Destroy
             ,
             but
             only
             Reform
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Why
               I
               have
               answer'd
               People
               out
               of
               my
               Own
            
             Mother-Wit
             ,
             
               that
               we
               did
               but
            
             Reform
             
               it
               .
               And
               they
               told
               me
               again
               ,
               the
               Cutting
               of
               it
               off
            
             Root
             and
             Branch
             ,
             
               was
               a
               very
               Extraordinary
               way
               of
            
             Reforming
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             The
             Answer
             to
             That
             is
             Obvious
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Cutting
               Off
            
             
             
               Root
               and
               Branch
            
             ,
             is
             only
             a
             Thorow
             ,
             or
             a
             
               Higher
               degree
            
             of
             Reforming
             .
             But
             upon
             the
             whole
             matter
             ,
             it
             was
             with
             Us
             and
             the
             Iesuites
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             with
             Aaron
             and
             the
             Magicians
             ;
             we
             did
             Both
             of
             us
             ,
             make
             Froggs
             ,
             but
             
               We
               alone
            
             had
             the
             Power
             to
             quicken
             
               the
               Dust
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               and
               turn
               it
               into
               Lice
               .
            
          
           
             Thou
             art
             by
             this
             time
             ,
             I
             presume
             ,
             sufficiently
             instructed
             in
             the
             Methods
             ,
             and
             Fundamentalls
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Cause
            
             .
             I
             shall
             now
             give
             you
             some
             necessary
             Hints
             ,
             to
             fit
             ,
             and
             quallify
             you
             for
             the
             Province
             that
             I
             intend
             you
             .
             But
             besure
             you
             mind
             your
             Lesson
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               As
               I
               would
               do
               my
            
             Prayers
             ,
             Citt
             ,
             
               or
               I
               were
               Ungratefull
               ,
               for
               you
               have
               made
               me
               for
               ever
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Come
             we
             'l
             take
             
               'tother
               Sup
            
             ,
             first
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             work
             .
             
               Who
               wayts
               there
               without
               ?
               Two
               Potts
               more
               ,
               and
               shut
               the
               door
               after
               Ye
               .
            
          
           
             A
             great
             part
             of
             Your
             businesse
             ,
             Bumpkin
             ,
             will
             ly
             among
             Parliament-Rolls
             ,
             and
             Records
             ;
             for
             it
             must
             be
             
               Our
               Post
            
             to
             furnish
             Materialls
             to
             a
             Caball
             only
             of
             
               Three
               Persons
            
             ,
             that
             may
             be
             ready
             upon
             Occasion
             ,
             to
             be
             made
             use
             of
             by
             the
             
               Grand
               Committes
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               My
               Old
               Master
               would
               say
               that
               I
               had
               as
               good
               a
               guesse
               at
               a
            
             Musty
             Record
             ,
             
               as
               any
               man
               ;
               And
               't
               was
               my
               whole
               Employment
               almost
               ,
            
             
             
               to
               hunt
               for
            
             Presidents
             .
             
               Nay
               the
               People
               would
               Trust
               me
               with
            
             Great
             Bags
             
               home
               to
               my
               Lodging
               ;
               and
               leave
               me
               alone
               sometimes
               in
               the
            
             Offices
             
               for
               four
               and
               twenty
               hours
               together
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             But
             what
             kind
             of
             Presidents
             were
             they
             that
             Ye
             lookt
             for
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Concerning
               the
            
             Kings
             Prerogative
             ,
             Bishops
             Votes
             ,
             the
             Liberty
             and
             Property
             
               of
               the
            
             Subject
             ;
             
               and
               the
               like
               :
               And
               such
               as
               They
               wanted
               ,
               I
               writ
               out
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             But
             did
             you
             Recite
             them
             Whole
             ?
             or
             what
             did
             you
             Take
             ,
             and
             what
             did
             you
             Leave
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               We
               took
               what
               serv'd
               our
               Turn
               ,
               and
               left
               out
               the
               Rest
               ;
               and
               sometimes
               we
               were
               taken
            
             Tripping
             ,
             
               and
               sometimes
               we
            
             Scap'd
             :
             
               But
               we
               never
               falsify'd
               any
               thing
               .
               There
               were
               some
               dogged
               Passages
               ,
               indeed
               we
               durst
               not
               meddle
               with
               at
               all
               ;
               but
               I
               can
               turn
               ye
               to
               any
               thing
               you
               have
               occasion
               for
               ,
               with
               a
               wet-finger
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             So
             that
             here●s
             One
             great
             point
             quickly
             over
             ;
             in
             thy
             being
             
             Train'd
             to
             my
             hand
             :
             A
             man
             might
             lay
             thee
             down
             Instructions
             ,
             now
             ,
             for
             thy
             very
             
               Words
               ,
               Looks
               ,
               Motions
               ,
               Gestures
            
             ;
             nay
             thy
             very
             Garments
             ;
             but
             we
             'l
             leave
             those
             matters
             to
             Time
             ,
             and
             Study
             .
             It
             is
             a
             strange
             thing
             how
             Nature
             puts
             her self
             forth
             ,
             in
             these
             
               Externall
               Circumstances
            
             .
             Ye
             shall
             Know
             a
             
               Sanctifi'd
               Sister
            
             ,
             or
             a
             
               Gifted
               Brother
            
             more
             by
             the
             
               Meene
               ,
               Countenance
            
             ,
             and
             Tone
             ,
             then
             by
             the
             Tenour
             of
             their
             Lives
             ,
             and
             Manners
             .
             It
             is
             a
             Comely
             thing
             for
             Persons
             of
             the
             Same
             Perswasion
             ,
             to
             agree
             in
             these
             
               Outward
               Circumstances
            
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             drawing
             of
             the
             
               same
               Tone
            
             ,
             and
             making
             of
             the
             
               same
               Face
            
             :
             Always
             provided
             ,
             that
             there
             may
             be
             read
             in
             our
             Appearances
             ,
             a
             
               Singularity
               of
               Zeal
            
             ,
             a
             
               Contempt
               of
               the
               World
            
             ,
             a
             
               fore-boding
               of
               Evills
               to
               come
               ;
               a
               dissatisfaction
               at
               the
               Present
               Times
               ;
               and
               a
               Despair
               of
               Better
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Why
               This
               is
               the
               very
               Part
               ,
               that
               I
               was
               Made
               for
               ;
               these
               Humours
               are
               to
               be
               put
            
             On
             ,
             and
             Off
             ;
             
               as
               a
               man
               would
               shift
               his
            
             Gloves
             ;
             
               and
               you
               shall
               see
               me
               do
               't
               as
               Easily
               too
               ;
               but
               the
            
             Language
             
               must
               be
               got
               ,
               I
               Phansy
               ,
               by
               Conversing
               with
            
             Modern
             Authours
             ,
             
               and
               frequenting
            
             Religious
             Exercises
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             yes
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             help
             to
             your
             memory
             I
             would
             advise
             you
             to
             dispose
             of
             your
             Observations
             into
             these
             
               Three
               Heads
               ,
               Words
               ,
               Phrases
               ,
            
             and
             Metaphors
             :
             Do
             you
             conceive
             me
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               There
               's
               not
               a
               word
               you
               say
               ,
               falls
               to
               the
               Ground
               .
               And
               I
               am
            
             
             
               the
               more
               sensible
               of
               the
               force
               of
            
             Words
             ,
             Looks
             ,
             Tones
             ,
             and
             Metaphors
             
               (
               as
               ye
               call
               'um
               )
               from
               what
               I
               finde
               in
               my self
               .
            
             Ours
             
               certainly
               may
               be
               well
               term'd
               a
            
             Powerfull
             Ministry
             ,
             
               that
               makes
               a
               man
               cry
               like
               a
               Child
               at
               the
               very
            
             Noyse
             
               of
               a
               Torrent
               of
            
             Words
             
               that
               he
               does
               not
            
             Understand
             One
             Syllable
             
               of
               .
               Nay
               ,
               when
               I
               have
               been
               out
               of
               reach
               of
               hearing
               the
            
             Words
             ,
             
               the
               very
            
             Tone
             and
             Look
             ,
             has
             Melted
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Thou
             canst
             not
             but
             have
             heard
             of
             
               That
               Moving
               Metaphor
            
             
             of
             the
             late
             Reverend
             
               Mr.
               Fowler
               :
               Lord
               Sowse
               us
            
             ;
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               Lord
               Dowse
               us
               ,
               in
               the
               Powdering-Tubb
               of
               Affliction
               ;
               that
               we
               may
               come
               forth
               Tripes
               worthy
               of
               thy
               Holy
               Table
               .
            
             Who
             can
             resist
             the
             Inundation
             of
             This
             Rhetorique
             ?
             But
             let
             us
             now
             pass
             from
             the
             
               Generall
               Ornaments
            
             of
             our
             Profession
             ,
             to
             the
             
               Particular
               businesse
            
             of
             our
             
               present
               Case
            
             .
          
           
           
             I
             need
             not
             tell
             you
             ,
             Bumpkin
             ,
             of
             the
             Plott
             ,
             or
             that
             we
             are
             all
             running
             into
             Popery
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             best
             Service
             an
             Englishman
             can
             do
             his
             Country
             ,
             would
             be
             the
             ripping
             up
             of
             This
             Designe
             to
             the
             Bottom
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               I
               am
               so
               much
               of
               Your
               Opinion
               ,
               that
               you
               have
               Spoken
               my
               very
               Thoughts
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Bethink
             your self
             ,
             Bumpkin
             ;
             what
             Papists
             do
             you
             know
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Oh
               ,
               hang
               'um
               all
               ,
               I
               never
               come
               near
               any
               of
               '
               Um.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             But
             yet
             you
             may
             have
             Heard
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             of
             some
             people
             that
             are
             
               Popishly
               affected
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Yes
               ,
               yes
               ;
               There
               are
               abundance
               of
               Them.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Can
             you
             prove
             that
             ever
             they
             Sayd
             ,
             or
             Did
             any
             thing
             ,
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             Papists
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Nay
               there
               's
               enough
               of
               That
               I
               believe
               ;
               but
               then
               there
               are
               such
            
             Huge
             Great
             men
             among
             '
             um
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Pluck
             up
             a
             good
             heart
             Bumpkin
             ;
             the
             Greater
             ,
             the
             Better
             ;
             We
             fear
             'um
             not
             .
             Rub
             up
             your
             Memory
             ,
             and
             call
             to
             minde
             what
             you
             can
             say
             upon
             
               Your
               own
               Knowledge
            
             ,
             and
             what
             you
             have
             Heard
             ;
             either
             about
             
               Sir
               Edmond-Bury
               Godfrey
            
             ,
             The
             Plott
             ;
             The
             Traytors
             that
             Suffer'd
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Kings
               Evidence
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               I
               have
               seen
               people
            
             shrug
             
               sometimes
               ,
               and
               lift
               up
               their
            
             Hands
             and
             Eyes
             ,
             
               and
               shake
               their
            
             Heads
             ,
             
               and
               then
               they
               would
               clutch
               their
            
             Fists
             ,
             look
             sour
             ,
             make
             Mouths
             ,
             
               and
               bite
               their
            
             Nails
             ,
             
               and
               so
               :
               And
               I
               dare
               swear
               I
               know
               what
               they
               thought
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Ah
             Bumpkin
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             but
             so
             much
             as
             mutter'd
             ,
             they
             'd
             been
             our
             own
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Well
               but
               hark
               ye
            
             Citt
             ,
             
               I
               hear
               People
               swear
            
             ,
             or
             in
             WORDS
             to
             this
             Effect
             ;
             
               why
               may
               not
               a
               Man
               as
               well
               swear
               ,
            
             in
             SIGNS
             to
             
             this
             Effect
             ?
             
               and
               that
               they
               lifted
               up
               their
            
             Eyes
             ,
             and
             hands
             ,
             
               bent
               their
            
             Fists
             ,
             
               knit
               their
            
             Brows
             ,
             
               and
               made
            
             Mouths
             ,
             to
             this
             or
             that
             Effect
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             that
             will
             never
             do
             Bumpkin
             ,
             but
             if
             thou
             could'st
             but
             phansy
             that
             thou
             heard'st
             them
             speak
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Why
               truly
               I
               never
               thought
               on
               't
               ,
               but
               I
               saw
               a
            
             Parson
             
               once
               ,
               the
               Tears
               stood
               in
               his
               Eyes
               ,
               as
               one
               of
               'um
               went
               by
               to
               Execution
               .
               But
               your
            
             Surcingle-men
             ,
             
               (
               as
               our
               Doctor
               told
               us
               last
               Lords
               day
               )
               are
               all
               of
               'um
            
             Papists
             in
             their
             Hearts
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Why
             what
             's
             the
             
               Common-Prayer
               Book
               Bumpkin
            
             ,
             but
             a
             mess
             of
             
               Parboyl'd
               Popery
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               I
               'm
               a
               dog
               ,
               if
               our
               Minister
               does
               not
               pray
               for
               the
            
             Queen
             still
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             we
             are
             e'en
             at
             a
             fine
             pass
             ,
             when
             the
             Pulpit
             prays
             
             For
             the
             Queen
             ,
             and
             the
             Bench
             Drinks
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Yorks
               Health
            
             .
             But
             to
             the
             point
             ,
             bethink
             your self
             well
             ;
             a
             man
             may
             forget
             a
             thing
             to
             day
             ,
             and
             recollect
             it
             to
             morrow
             .
             Take
             notice
             however
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             another
             main
             point
             of
             your
             Instructions
             to
             procure
             Informations
             of
             this
             quality
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               I
               'le
               fit
               you
               to
               a
               hair
               for
               that
               matter
               :
               But
               then
               I
               must
               be
               running
               up
               and
               down
               ye
               know
               ,
               into
            
             Taverns
             ,
             and
             Coffee-houses
             ,
             
               and
               thrusting
               my self
               into
            
             Meetings
             ,
             and
             Clubs
             .
             
               That
               licks
               mony
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Never
             trouble
             your self
             for
             that
             ,
             you
             shall
             be
             well
             paid
             and
             your
             expences
             born
             :
             Beside
             so
             much
             a
             head
             from
             the
             State
             ,
             for
             every
             Priest
             that
             you
             discover
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Well!
               these
            
             Priests
             and
             Jesuites
             
               are
               damn'd
               fellows
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             And
             yet
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             Bumpkin
             ,
             a
             
               bare
               fac'd
               Papist
            
             is
             not
             half
             so
             bad
             as
             a
             Papist
             in
             Masquerade
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Why
               what
               are
               those
               I
               prethee
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             They
             are
             your
             Will-worship-men
             ,
             your
             
               Prelates
               Brats
            
             :
             Take
             the
             whole
             Litter
             of
             'um
             ,
             and
             you
             'l
             finde
             
               never
               a
               barrel
               better
               Herring
            
             .
             Let
             me
             tell
             thee
             in
             Love
             
               Bumpkin
               ,
               these
               Curs
            
             are
             forty
             times
             worse
             to
             Us
             then
             the
             
               Iesuits
               themselves
            
             ;
             for
             the
             One
             is
             
             an
             
               Open
               Enemy
            
             ,
             the
             Other
             lies
             gnawing
             like
             a
             Canker
             in
             our
             Bowells
             .
             And
             then
             being
             train'd
             up
             to
             Latin
             and
             Greek
             ,
             there
             's
             no
             opposing
             of
             
               the
               Power
               of
               Godlinesse
            
             to
             the
             Sophistry
             of
             
               Human
               Reason
            
             :
             Beside
             that
             ,
             the
             Law
             is
             For
             us
             in
             the
             One
             Case
             ,
             and
             Against
             us
             in
             the
             Other
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Which
               way
               shall
               we
               go
               to
               work
               then
               ,
               to
               deal
               with
               this
               Generation
               of
               Men
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             We
             must
             joyn
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             to
             the
             Innocence
             of
             the
             Dove
             ;
             and
             endeavour
             to
             compass
             that
             by
             stratagem
             ,
             which
             we
             cannot
             gain
             by
             Argument
             .
             But
             now
             am
             I
             going
             to
             open
             a
             Mistery
             to
             thee
             ,
             that
             's
             worth
             —
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Prethee
               the
            
             Worth
             on
             't
             Citt
             :
             
               For
               talk
               is
               but
               talk
               ,
               the
            
             Worth
             
               is
               the
            
             Main
             point
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Why
             then
             let
             me
             tell
             thee
             Bumpkin
             ,
             the
             Mistery
             that
             I
             am
             about
             to
             disclose
             to
             thee
             ,
             was
             worth
             to
             our
             Predecessours
             not
             long
             since
             ,
             no
             less
             then
             
               Three
               Kingdoms
            
             ,
             and
             
               a
               better
               penny
            
             .
             But
             I
             'le
             seal
             your
             Lips
             up
             ,
             before
             I
             stir
             one
             step
             further
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Why
               look
               ye
            
             Citt
             ,
             may
             this
             Drink
             never
             go
             thorough
             me
             ,
             if
             I
             ever
             blab
             one
             Syllable
             of
             any
             thing
             thou
             tell'st
             me
             as
             a
             Secret.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Hold
             ,
             hold
             ,
             Bumkin
             ,
             and
             
               may
               it
               never
               come
               up
               again
               if
               thou
               do'st
            
             ;
             for
             we
             'l
             have
             no
             shifting
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             And
             may
             it
             never
             come
             up
             again
             neither
             if
             I
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             I
             'm
             satisfy'd
             ,
             and
             now
             give
             attention
             ;
             thou
             seest
             how
             unanimously
             fierce
             all
             the
             several
             Parties
             of
             the
             Protestant
             
             Dissenters
             are
             against
             the
             Papists
             .
             Whence
             comes
             this
             Conjunction
             ,
             I
             prethee
             ,
             of
             so
             many
             
               separate
               Congregations
            
             ,
             that
             are
             many
             of
             them
             worse
             then
             
               Papists
               ,
               One
            
             to
             Another
             ?
             There
             must
             be
             in
             it
             ,
             either
             Conscience
             ,
             or
             Interest
             :
             If
             it
             were
             Conscience
             ,
             we
             should
             fall
             foul
             One
             upon
             Another
             ,
             and
             for
             matter
             of
             Interest
             ;
             when
             the
             Papists
             are
             destroy'd
             ,
             we
             are
             but
             still
             where
             we
             were
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               This
               is
               a
               crotchet
            
             ,
             Citt
             ,
             
               that
               did
               not
               fall
               under
               my
               Night-Cap
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Be
             enlighten'd
             then
             .
             It
             is
             not
             the
             Destruction
             of
             those
             that
             are
             
               Really
               Papists
            
             ,
             that
             will
             do
             our
             Work
             ;
             for
             there
             's
             nothing
             
             to
             be
             got
             by
             't
             .
             But
             it
             must
             be
             our
             business
             to
             make
             
               those
               people
            
             pass
             for
             Papists
             ,
             that
             are
             not
             so
             ,
             but
             only
             have
             Places
             to
             Lose
             :
             such
             as
             we
             our selves
             ,
             by
             the
             removal
             of
             them
             ,
             may
             be
             the
             better
             for
             ;
             and
             
               This
               ,
               Bumpkin
            
             must
             be
             
               our
               Master-piece
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               I
               had
               this
               very
               phansy
               my self
               ,
            
             Citt
             ;
             
               but
               it
               stuck
               betwixt
               my
               Teeth
               ,
               and
               would
               not
               out
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             You
             hear
             now
             in
             General
             ,
             what
             is
             to
             be
             done
             ;
             You
             must
             be
             next
             instructed
             in
             the
             Acts
             of
             
               Raising
               ,
               Cherishing
            
             ,
             and
             Fomenting
             such
             Opinions
             ;
             in
             what
             Cases
             to
             Improve
             them
             ,
             and
             where
             to
             apply
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               I
               'm
               perswaded
               my
               Masters
               Brother
               had
               this
               very
               thing
               in
               his
               Head
               ,
               though
               he
               never
               made
               any
               words
               on
               't
               to
               me
               ,
               He
               had
               got
               a
               List
            
             
             
               of
               all
               the
               considerable
               Offices
               and
               Employments
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               :
               And
               I
               remember
               he
               was
               us'd
               to
               say
               ,
               that
               most
               of
               the
               respective
            
             Officers
             
               were
               either
            
             Corrupt
             ,
             or
             Popishly
             affected
             .
             
               If
               they
               were
            
             Publick
             Ministers
             ;
             
               either
               the
            
             Kings
             Councells
             were
             betray'd
             ,
             
               or
               they
               put
               him
               upon
               Governing
               in
               an
            
             Arbitrary
             way
             ,
             
               and
               without
            
             Parliaments
             :
             
               As
               for
               the
            
             Judges
             
               there
               was
               either
            
             Bribery
             ,
             Absolute
             Power
             ,
             or
             Oppression
             
               laid
               to
               their
               Charge
               ;
               and
               so
               all
               the
               rest
               were
               branded
               for
            
             Frauds
             ,
             Imbezilments
             ,
             
               and
               the
               like
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Quality
               of
               their
               businesse
               :
               All
               the
            
             Governours
             of
             Towns
             ,
             Castles
             ,
             and
             Forts
             ,
             were
             Popishly
             Inclin'd
             ;
             
               and
               not
               to
               be
               Trusted
               .
               And
               then
               all
            
             Ecclesiasticall
             Officers
             ,
             
               whatsoever
               ,
               within
               four
               or
               five
               ,
               were
               half
               way
               at
            
             Rome
             already
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             well
             remembred
             ,
             Bumpkin
             ;
             Now
             't
             is
             worth
             a
             bodies
             while
             to
             make
             
               these
               Blades
            
             passe
             for
             Papists
             ,
             and
             Traitors
             ,
             that
             leave
             
               Good
               Offices
            
             behinde
             '
             um
             .
             Nay
             ,
             we
             must
             not
             suffer
             so
             much
             as
             any
             man
             ,
             either
             of
             Brains
             ,
             or
             Fortune
             (
             that
             does
             not
             joyn
             with
             Us
             )
             to
             passe
             untainted
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Thou
               say'st
               Right
            
             ,
             Citt
             ;
             
               for
               whosoever
               is
               not
            
             With
             
               us
               ,
               is
            
             Against
             us
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Thou
             hast
             spoken
             patt
             to
             This
             point
             ,
             Bumpkin
             ;
             but
             yet
             thou
             begin'st
             at
             the
             wrong
             End
             ;
             For
             you
             must
             first
             get
             the
             skill
             of
             Raising
             ,
             and
             Improving
             a
             Report
             ,
             before
             ye
             come
             to
             the
             Fixing
             of
             it
             :
             For
             that
             's
             a
             Nicety
             not
             to
             be
             medled
             with
             ,
             till
             we
             come
             to
             the
             taking
             out
             of
             the
             very
             Pins
             ,
             and
             the
             Unhinging
             of
             the
             Government
             ;
             So
             that
             the
             
               First
               Clamour
            
             must
             be
             Level'd
             point-blank
             at
             some
             Known
             ,
             and
             
               Eminent
               Papists
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Well
               ,
               but
               what
               shall
               we
            
             Charge
             'um
             with
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             if
             we
             were
             Once
             at
             the
             bottom
             of
             
               This
               Plot
            
             (
             which
             ,
             upon
             my
             soul
             ,
             Bumpkin
             ,
             is
             a
             most
             hideous
             one
             )
             and
             wanted
             matter
             for
             Another
             ,
             I
             would
             charge
             them
             with
             a
             designe
             of
             betraying
             us
             to
             a
             
               Foreign
               Enemy
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               As
               how
               a
            
             Forreign
             Enemy
             pre'thee
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             As
             Thus
             :
             I
             would
             charge
             'um
             with
             holding
             an
             Intelligence
             
             with
             the
             Emperor
             of
             Morocco
             ,
             for
             the
             Landing
             of
             
               five
               and
               thirty
               thousand
               Light-horse
               men
            
             upon
             
               Salisbury
               Plain
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Pre'thee
             ,
             Citt
             ,
             don't
             Romance
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Pre'thee
             do
             not
             Balderno
             ,
             ye
             should
             say
             ;
             Speak
             
               Statutable
               English
            
             ,
             ye
             Fool
             you
             .
             Thou
             think'st
             perhaps
             that
             the
             people
             will
             not
             believe
             it
             :
             Observe
             but
             what
             I
             say
             to
             thee
             ;
             let
             it
             but
             be
             put
             into
             the
             
               Protestant
               Domestique
            
             ,
             that
             his
             
               Imperiall
               Majesty
            
             is
             to
             hold
             up
             his
             hand
             at
             the
             
               Kings
               Bench-barr
            
             for
             't
             ,
             and
             let
             me
             be
             Dogs-meat
             if
             they
             do
             not
             swallow
             That
             too
             .
             Why
             pre'thee
             ,
             
             Bumkin
             ,
             we
             must
             make
             'um
             believe
             stranger
             Things
             than
             This
             ,
             or
             we
             shall
             never
             do
             our
             businesse
             .
             They
             must
             be
             made
             to
             believe
             that
             the
             King
             intends
             to
             play
             the
             Tyrant
             ;
             that
             all
             his
             Counsellors
             are
             Pensioners
             to
             the
             
               French
               King
            
             ;
             that
             all
             his
             Enemies
             are
             turn'd
             his
             Friends
             ,
             o'
             th
             sodain
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             Friends
             ,
             his
             Enemies
             ;
             That
             Prelacy
             is
             Anti-Christian
             ;
             all
             our
             
               Clergy-men
               ,
               Papists
            
             ,
             the
             Liturgy
             the
             Masse-Book
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             
               Ten
               Commandments
            
             are
             to
             be
             read
             backward
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Blesse
               me
            
             ,
             Citt
             ,
             
               what
               do
               I
               hear
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Come
             ,
             come
             ,
             Sirrah
             ;
             y'
             are
             under
             an
             Oath
             ;
             and
             This
             
             is
             the
             plain
             Truth
             on
             .
             What
             is
             it
             to
             Thee
             and
             Me
             ,
             I
             pre'thee
             ,
             whether
             the
             
               Great
               Ministers
            
             be
             True
             ,
             or
             False
             ;
             Or
             what
             Religion
             ,
             
             the
             Clergy
             are
             of
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             their
             Livings
             ye
             Rogue
             ,
             are
             Orthodox
             ,
             and
             their
             
               Offices
               well-Affected
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               This
               does
               Qualifie
               ,
               I
               must
               confesse
               .
               But
               you
               were
               saying
               ,
               that
               the
               First
               Clamour
               should
               be
               levell'd
               at
               some
            
             Known
             and
             Eminent
             Papists
             :
             
               Now
               what
               comes
               after
               That
               ,
               I
               beseech
               you
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             You
             may
             safely
             Mark
             all
             Their
             Friends
             then
             for
             Popishly-Affected
             ;
             and
             so
             consequently
             on
             all
             that
             
               Love
               them
            
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             
               They
               Love.
            
             When
             this
             Opinion
             is
             once
             started
             ,
             't
             is
             an
             Easy
             matter
             ,
             by
             the
             help
             of
             Invention
             ,
             and
             Story
             ,
             to
             improve
             it
             ;
             and
             by
             this
             means
             we
             shall
             come
             ,
             in
             a
             short
             time
             to
             secure
             all
             the
             Councils
             of
             the
             Nation
             to
             
               our
               Party
            
             ,
             that
             are
             chosen
             by
             Suffrage
             .
             If
             you
             were
             read
             in
             History
             you
             would
             sinde
             ,
             that
             still
             
               as
               the
            
             Papists
             
               set
               the
               House
               on
               fire
               ,
               the
            
             Non-conformists
             
               took
               the
               Opportunity
               of
               rosting
               their
               own
               Eggs.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Yes
               ,
               yes
               ,
               I
               understandye
               .
               As
               for
               Example
               now
               ,
            
             One
             
               goes
               to
               the
            
             Lords
             
               in
               the
            
             Tower
             ,
             another
             
               (
               as
               you
               were
               saying
               )
               drinks
            
             
             the
             Dukes
             Health
             ,
             a
             Third
             
               prays
               for
               the
            
             Queen
             :
             a
             Fourth
             Phansies
             Two
             Plots
             ;
             a
             Fifth
             
               refuses
               the
            
             Petition
             ,
             a
             Sixth
             
               speaks
               well
               of
               my
            
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             ,
             
               or
               calls
               the
            
             Protestant
             Domestick
             a
             Libel
             .
             
               All
               these
               now
               are
            
             Popishly-Affected
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Save
             your
             breath
             Bumpkin
             ,
             and
             take
             all
             in
             one
             word
             :
             whosoever
             will
             not
             do
             as
             we
             would
             have
             him
             shall
             be
             made
             so
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             to
             the
             matter
             of
             Invention
             ,
             and
             Story
             ;
             I
             hate
             the
             over-hearing
             of
             Discourses
             ,
             in
             Blinde
             Allyes
             ,
             and
             such
             ordinary
             Shams
             :
             I
             'm
             rather
             for
             coming
             downright
             to
             the
             Man
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Poynt
             ;
             after
             the
             way
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Domestique
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Ay
               ,
               ay
               :
               There
               's
               your
            
             free
             Speaker
             .
             Well
             Citt
             ,
             the
             King
             wants
             such
             men
             about
             him
             .
             
               But
               pre'thee
               hear
               me
               ;
               Is
               it
               certain
               his
            
             
             
               Majesty
               has
               Lent
               the
               King
               of
            
             France
             Three
             Millions
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             no
             ;
             some
             Two
             and
             a
             half
             ;
             or
             thereabouts
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Why
               ,
               if
               the
               King
               would
               but
               make
               a
               League
               now
               with
               the
            
             Swiss
             
               to
               keep
               the
            
             Turk
             off
             ,
             That
             way
             ;
             
               and
               another
               with
               the
            
             Protestants
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             
               to
               keep
               off
               the
            
             French
             ,
             
               the
               whole
               world
               could
               never
               hurt
               us
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Nay
             that
             's
             true
             enough
             ,
             but
             then
             the
             Pole
             lies
             so
             damnably
             betwixt
             Us
             and
             the
             Baltique
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               I
               'de
               not
               value
               that
               a
               Half-penny
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               we
               have
               the
            
             Waldenses
             
               to
               Friend
            
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             And
             then
             New-England
             lies
             so
             conveniently
             for
             Provisions
             .
             But
             what
             do
             you
             think
             of
             drawing
             
               Nova
               Scotia
            
             ,
             and
             Geneva
             into
             the
             Alliance
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Ay
               ,
               but
               there
               's
               no
               hope
               of
               that
               :
               so
               long
               as
               the
               King
               follows
               these
               Counsells
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Thou
             art
             a
             great
             Read
             man
             I
             perceive
             in
             the
             
               Interests
               of
               States
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               I
               have
               always
               had
               a
               phansy
               to
            
             Stows
             Survey
             of
             London
             ,
             
               and
               those
               kinde
               of
               Books
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             But
             Good
             Bumpkin
             ,
             what
             's
             thy
             Opinion
             of
             the
             
               Bishops
               Votes
            
             ,
             in
             Case
             of
             
               Life
               and
               Death
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Ay
               ,
               or
               in
               Cases
               of
            
             Heaven
             and
             Hell
             
               either
               .
               Why
               as
               true
               as
               thou
               art
               a
               man
            
             Citt
             ,
             
               we
               have
               but
            
             three
             Protestant
             Bishops
             
               in
               the
               Nation
               ;
               and
               I
               am
               told
               they
               are
               warping
               too
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Prethee
             why
             should
             we
             look
             for
             any
             
               Protestant
               Bishops
            
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             when
             there
             's
             no
             
               Protestant
               Episcopacy
            
             in
             the
             World
             ?
             but
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             we
             may
             yet
             live
             to
             see
             the
             Rufling
             of
             their
             
               Lawn
               sleeves
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Oh
               ,
               now
               I
               think
               on
               't
               ;
               didst
               thou
               ever
               reade
               the
               Story
               of
            
             Moses
             
               and
               the
            
             Ten
             Tables
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             The
             
               Two
               Tables
            
             in
             the
             Mount
             thou
             mean'st
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Gad
             
               I
               think
               't
               is
               the
            
             Two
             Tables
             .
             
               I
               read
               it
               in
               Print
               to'ther
               day
               ,
               in
               a
               very
               good
               Book
               ,
               that
               as
               sure
               as
               thou
               art
               alive
               now
               ,
            
             the
             Bishops
             in
             
               Henry
               the
               8th
            
             .
             made
             the
             
               Ten
               Commandments
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Why
             that
             was
             the
             reason
             ,
             Bumpkin
             ,
             when
             the
             
               Lords
               and
               Commons
            
             put
             down
             Bishops
             ,
             they
             put
             down
             the
             
               Ten
               Commandments
               too
            
             ;
             and
             made
             
               New
               ones
            
             of
             their
             Own.
             And
             dost
             not
             thou
             take
             notice
             that
             they
             put
             down
             the
             
               Lords
               Prayer
            
             too
             ,
             because
             't
             was
             akinn
             to
             the
             
               Popish
               Pater-Noster
            
             ?
             and
             then
             for
             the
             Creed
             ,
             they
             cast
             it
             quite
             out
             of
             the
             Directory
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Now
               as
               thou
               lay'st
               it
               down
               to
               me
               ,
               the
               Case
               is
               as
               clear
               as
               Christal
               .
               And
               yet
               when
               I
               'm
               by
               my self
               sometime
               ,
               I
               'm
               so
               affraid
               methinks
               of
               being
            
             Damn'd
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             What
             for
             ,
             ye
             Fop
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Why
               for
            
             Swearing
             ,
             Lying
             ,
             Dissembling
             ,
             Cheating
             ,
             Betraying
             ,
             Defaming
             ,
             
               and
               the
               like
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Put
             it
             at
             worst
             ,
             do
             not
             you
             know
             that
             every
             man
             must
             
             have
             his
             Dos
             of
             Iniquity
             ?
             And
             that
             what
             you
             take
             out
             in
             
               One
               way
            
             you
             abate
             for
             in
             another
             ,
             as
             in
             
               Profaning
               ,
               Whoring
               ,
               Drinking
            
             ,
             and
             so
             forth
             .
             Suppose
             you
             should
             see
             POYSON
             set
             in
             Capital
             
             Letters
             ,
             upon
             
               seaven
               Vials
            
             in
             a
             Laboratory
             ;
             't
             were
             a
             madness
             I
             know
             ,
             for
             any
             man
             to
             venture
             his
             Life
             upon
             'um
             ,
             without
             a
             Taster
             .
             But
             having
             before
             your
             Eyes
             so
             many
             Instances
             ,
             of
             men
             that
             by
             drinking
             of
             these
             Poysonous
             Liquors
             ,
             out
             of
             a
             
               Consumptive
               ,
               half-starv'd
            
             ,
             and
             Heart-broken
             Condition
             ,
             grow
             
               Merry
               ,
               Fat
            
             ,
             and
             Lusty
             ,
             would
             not
             you
             venture
             too
             ?
             Imagine
             These
             
               Seven
               Waters
            
             to
             be
             the
             
               Seven
               Deadly
               Sins
            
             ,
             and
             then
             make
             your
             Application
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Nay
               ,
               the
               Case
               is
               plain
               enough
               ,
               and
               I
               cannot
               see
               why
               that
               should
               be
               a
            
             Poyson
             to
             me
             ,
             
               that
               's
               a
            
             Preservative
             to
             Another
             :
             
               Only
               our
               Adversaries
               twit
               us
               with
               Objections
               of
            
             Law
             
               forsooth
               ,
               and
            
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             the
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Late
             Times
             sav'd
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             puzzle
             .
             Mr.
             Prynn
             sent
             
               His
               Clients
            
             to
             Mr.
             Case
             for
             Religion
             ;
             and
             Mr.
             Case
             ,
             in
             requital
             ,
             sent
             His
             to
             Mr.
             Pryn
             for
             Law
             ;
             which
             kept
             up
             a
             concord
             among
             the
             Well-affected
             .
             But
             your
             Lesson
             in
             both
             these
             Cases
             ,
             falls
             into
             a
             very
             Narrow
             compass
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Pray'e
               let
               it
               be
            
             Plain
             
               that
               I
               may
            
             understand
             
               it
               ;
               and
            
             short
             
               that
               I
               may
            
             Remember
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Keep
             close
             only
             to
             these
             
               Three
               Positions
               :
               First
            
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             is
             One
             of
             the
             
               Three
               Estatos
               ;
               Secondly
            
             ,
             that
             the
             Sovereign
             
             Power
             is
             in
             the
             People
             ;
             and
             Thirdly
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             better
             to
             obey
             God
             ,
             then
             Man.
             These
             Fundamentals
             will
             serve
             to
             guide
             ye
             in
             allmost
             any
             dispute
             upon
             this
             Matter
             ,
             that
             can
             occur
             to
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               But
               what
               becomes
               of
               me
               ,
               if
               my
               Adversaries
               should
               turn
               the
               question
               another
               way
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             I
             'le
             fortify
             you
             there
             too
             .
             And
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             that
             he
             'l
             have
             much
             ado
             to
             keep
             himself
             Clear
             of
             one
             of
             these
             Two
             Rocks
             :
             Either
             of
             Dashing
             upon
             the
             Plott
             ,
             or
             upon
             the
             
               Liberty
               of
               the
               Subject
            
             .
             As
             for
             Example
             ,
          
           
             There
             's
             L'Estrange
             ;
             as
             wary
             a
             Dog
             perhaps
             ,
             as
             ever
             pist
             ;
             and
             yet
             ye
             shall
             see
             how
             we
             have
             hamper'd
             Him.
             I
             writ
             the
             
             thing
             my self
             ,
             ye
             must
             know
             ,
             though
             it
             comes
             out
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             
               the
               Authour
               of
               the
               Weekly
               Pacquet
               of
               Advice
               from
            
             Rome
             .
             'T
             is
             Dedicated
             to
             
               Both
               Houses
               of
               Parliament
            
             ;
             and
             Design'd
             just
             for
             the
             26th
             .
             of
             Ianuary
             :
             So
             that
             if
             the
             Parliament
             had
             Set
             ,
             there
             would
             have
             been
             means
             us'd
             to
             have
             had
             him
             Question'd
             for
             't
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Gad
               ,
               I
               know
               where
               y'
               are
               now
               .
               'T
               is
               in
               the
            
             Preface
             
               to
               the
            
             History
             of
             the
             Damnable
             Popish
             Plott
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Ay
             ,
             that
             's
             it
             .
             I
             'le
             give
             ye
             First
             ,
             the
             Words
             in
             't
             that
             
             concern
             L'Estrange
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             Then
             see
             the
             Writings
             of
             His
             that
             I
             have
             reflected
             upon
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Oh
               ,
               'T
               is
               a
               devillish
               witty
               Thing
               ,
            
             Citt
             ;
             
               I
               have
               seen
               it
               .
               Methinks
               the
               Rogue
               ,
               should
               hang
               himself
               out
               of
               the
               way
               :
               I
               'le
               go
               to
            
             Mans
             Coffee-house
             
               and
               see
               how
               he
               Looks
               on
               't
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             no
             ,
             Pox
             on
             him
             ;
             he
             's
             an
             Impudent
             Curr
             ;
             nothing
             less
             than
             a
             Pillory
             will
             ever
             put
             Him
             out
             of
             Countenance
             .
             This
             Toad
             was
             in
             Newgate
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             how
             long
             ;
             and
             yet
             he
             'l
             take
             no
             warning
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               You
               must
               consider
            
             ,
             Citt
             ,
             
               that
               he
               writes
               for
            
             Money
             ;
             O
             my
             Soul
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             the
             Bishops
             have
             given
             him
             five
             hundred
             Guynnyes
             .
             
               But
               pre'thee
            
             Citt
             ;
             
               hast
               not
               thou
               seen
            
             the
             Answer
             to
             the
             Appeal
             ,
             Expounded
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             but
             I
             ha'
             not
             read
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Why
               then
               take
               it
               from
               me
               ,
            
             Citt
             ,
             
               't
               is
               one
               of
               the
               shrewdest
               Pieces
               that
               ever
               came
               in
               Print
               .
            
             L'Estrange
             ,
             
               you
               must
               know
               ,
               wrote
               an
            
             Answer
             
               to
               the
            
             Appeal
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             We
             've
             a
             sweet
             Government
             the
             while
             ,
             that
             any
             man
             should
             dare
             to
             fall
             foul
             upon
             
               That
               Appeal
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Well
               ,
               but
               so
               it
               is
               ;
               and
            
             Another
             
               has
               written
               Notes
               upon
            
             Him
             :
             
               You
               cann't
               imagine
            
             Citt
             ,
             
               how
               he
               windes
               him
               about
               's
               Finger
               ;
               And
               calls
               him
            
             Fidler
             ,
             Impudent
             ,
             Clod-pate
             ;
             
               and
               proves
               ,
               him
               to
               be
               a
            
             Jesuite
             ,
             
               and
               a
            
             Papist
             ,
             
               as
               plain
               as
               the
               Nose
               of
               a
               mans
               Face
               :
               he
               shews
               ye
               how
               he
               accuses
               the
            
             Kings
             Evidence
             ;
             
               and
               that
               he
               is
               in
            
             Both
             Plots
             ,
             
               in
               I
               know
               not
               how
               many
               places
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             I
             have
             known
             the
             man
             a
             great
             while
             ;
             and
             let
             me
             tell
             ye
             
             in
             Private
             ,
             I
             am
             to
             draw
             up
             Articles
             against
             him
             .
             But
             I
             have
             been
             so
             busy
             about
             my
             
               Lord
               Chief
               Iustices
               Articles
            
             ,
             and
             
               Other
               Articles
            
             against
             
               a
               Great
               Woman
            
             ,
             that
             lay
             upon
             my
             hand
             ,
             that
             I
             could
             not
             get
             leisure
             ;
             and
             yet
             I
             should
             have
             met
             with
             him
             long
             e're
             This
             too
             ,
             for
             all
             That
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Committee
             Sits
             so
             cursedly
             Late
             :
             And
             then
             they
             have
             cut
             me
             out
             such
             a
             deal
             of
             work
             about
             the
             Succession
             .
             Well
             I
             heard
             a
             great
             Lord
             say
             ,
             that
             
               That
               History
               of
               his
               deserv'd
               to
               be
               burnt
               by
               the
               hand
               of
               the
               Common
               Hangman
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Bravely
               sayd
            
             ,
             Citt
             ,
             
               I
               Faith
               :
               who
               knows
               but
               we
               two
               may
               come
               to
               be
            
             Pillars
             
               of
               the
            
             Nation
             ?
             Thou
             
               shalt
               stand
               up
               for
               the
            
             City
             ,
             
               and
               I
               for
               the
            
             Country
             .
          
           
             
             Enter
             Trueman
             out
             of
             a
             Closet
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Trepan'd
             ,
             by
             the
             Lord
             ,
             in
             our
             own
             way
             .
          
        
         
           
             Trueman
             .
          
           
             Nay
             hold
             ,
             my
             Masters
             ;
             we
             'l
             have
             no
             flinching
             .
             
             Sit
             down
             ,
             ye
             had
             best
             ,
             without
             putting
             me
             to
             the
             Trouble
             of
             a
             Constable
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Why
             we
             have
             said
             nothing
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             that
             we
             care
             who
             hears
             ;
             but
             because
             you
             seem
             to
             be
             a
             Civill
             Gentleman
             ,
             my
             Service
             to
             you
             ,
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Ay
               ,
               Sir
               ;
               and
               if
               you
               'l
               be
               pleas'd
               to
               sit
               down
               and
               Chirp
               over
               a
               Pot
               of
               Ale
               as
               we
               do
               ,
               y
               're
               wellcome
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             Very-good
             ;
             And
             You
             are
             the
             Representative
             (
             forsooth
             )
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             You
             ,
             of
             the
             
               Country
               .
               Two
            
             of
             the
             Pillars
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             with
             a
             Horse-Pox
             ;
             A
             man
             would
             not
             let
             down
             his
             Breeches
             in
             a
             House
             of
             Office
             that
             had
             but
             
               Two
               such
               Supporters
            
             .
             Do
             not
             I
             know
             you
             ,
             Citt
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             little
             Grubstreet-Insect
             ,
             that
             
             but
             'tother
             day
             scribled
             Handy-dandy
             for
             some
             Eighteen-pence
             a
             
               Iob
               ,
               Pro
            
             and
             Con
             ,
             and
             glad
             on
             't
             too
             ?
             And
             now
             ,
             as
             it
             pleases
             the
             stars
             ,
             you
             are
             advanc'd
             from
             the
             Obort
             ,
             the
             Miscarriage
             ,
             I
             mean
             ,
             of
             a
             Cause-splitter
             ,
             to
             a
             Drawer-up
             of
             Articles
             :
             and
             for
             your
             skill
             in
             
               Counterfeiting
               hands
            
             ,
             preferr'd
             to
             be
             a
             Sollicitor
             for
             
               Fobb'd
               Petitions
            
             :
             You
             'l
             do
             the
             
               Bishops
               bus'nesse
            
             ,
             and
             You
             'l
             do
             the
             
               Dukes
               bus'nesse
            
             ;
             And
             who
             but
             You
             ,
             to
             tell
             the
             King
             when
             he
             shall
             make
             War
             ,
             or
             Peace
             ;
             call
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             whom
             to
             Commit
             ,
             and
             whom
             to
             
               let
               go
            
             ?
             And
             then
             in
             your
             Fuddle
             ,
             up
             comes
             all
             ;
             what
             such
             a
             Lord
             told
             you
             ,
             and
             what
             you
             told
             him
             ;
             and
             all
             this
             Pudder
             against
             your
             Conscience
             too
             ,
             even
             by
             your
             own
             Confession
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Y'
             are
             very
             much
             Mis-inform'd
             of
             Me
             ,
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             Come
             ,
             I
             know
             ye
             too
             well
             to
             be
             mistaken
             in
             you
             ;
             and
             for
             your
             part
             ,
             Bumpkin
             ,
             I
             look
             upon
             you
             only
             as
             a
             simple
             Fellow
             drawn
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Not
               so
            
             simple
             
               neither
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               ,
               as
               you
               take
               me
               for
               .
               I
               was
               a
            
             Justices
             Clerk
             
               in
               the
            
             Countrey
             ,
             
               till
               the
               bus'nesse
               of
               the
            
             Petitions
             ;
             
             
               and
               my
               Master
               was
               an
               Honest
               Gentleman
               too
               ,
               though
               he
               's
               now
               put
               out
               of
               Commission
               :
               And
               to
               shew
               ye
               that
               I
               am
               none
               of
               your
            
             simple
             Fellows
             
               (
               do
               ye
               mark
               )
               if
               ye
               have
               a
               minde
               to
               dispute
               upon
            
             Three
             Points
             ,
             
               I
               'm
               for
               you
            
             .
             First
             ,
             the
             King
             is
             One
             
               of
               the
            
             Three
             Estates
             ;
             
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             Sovereign
             Power
             
               is
               in
               the
            
             People
             .
             And
             Thirdly
             ,
             
               'T
               is
               better
               to
               Obey
            
             God
             then
             Man.
             
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Always
             provided
             ,
             Bumpkin
             ,
             that
             the
             Gentleman
             take
             no
             advantage
             of
             what
             's
             spoken
             in
             Discourse
             .
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             there
             's
             my
             hand
             I
             will
             not
             ;
             and
             now
             let
             's
             fall
             to
             work
             .
             If
             the
             King
             of
             England
             be
             One
             of
             the
             
               Three
               Estates
            
             ,
             then
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             are
             
               two
               Thirds
            
             of
             the
             
               King
               of
               England
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               Oh
               pox
               ,
               you
               've
               a
               minde
               to
               put
               a
               sham
               upon
               the
               Plot
               ,
               I
            
             
             perceive
             .
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             if
             y'
             are
             thereabouts
             :
             —
             Well
             ;
             If
             the
             Soveraignty
             be
             in
             the
             People
             ,
             why
             does
             not
             the
             Law
             run
             In
             the
             Name
             of
             our
             
               Sovereign
               Lords
            
             the
             People
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             
               This
               is
               a
               meer
            
             Jesuitical
             Trick
             ,
             
               to
               disparage
               the
            
             Kings
             Witnesses
             ;
             for
             They
             
               are
               part
               of
               the
            
             People
             .
             
               Now
               do
               you
               take
               up
               the
               Cudgels
               ,
            
             Citt.
             
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             Do
             so
             ,
             and
             we
             'l
             make
             it
             a
             short
             business
             ,
             and
             let
             's
             have
             no
             shifting
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             shew
             ye
             that
             I
             gave
             good
             heed
             to
             your
             Discourse
             ,
             I
             'le
             run
             over
             the
             Heads
             of
             it
             as
             you
             deliver'd
             them
             .
             First
             ,
             for
             Committees
             ,
             and
             
               Grand
               Committees
            
             ,
             what
             are
             they
             compounded
             of
             ,
             but
             Republicans
             ,
             and
             Separatists
             ,
             a
             Medly
             of
             People
             disaffected
             
             both
             to
             Church
             and
             State
             ?
             This
             you
             cannot
             deny
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             would
             not
             suffer
             any
             man
             otherwise
             affected
             ,
             to
             mingle
             with
             them
             .
             Now
             beside
             the
             scandal
             ,
             and
             
               Ill
               Example
            
             of
             such
             
               Irregular
               Conventions
            
             ,
             whoever
             considers
             their
             Principles
             ,
             may
             reasonably
             conclude
             upon
             their
             Designs
             :
             For
             they
             are
             wiser
             ,
             I
             hope
             ,
             then
             to
             lay
             their
             Heads
             together
             to
             destroy
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             But
             it
             is
             hard
             ,
             if
             Protestants
             may
             not
             meet
             as
             well
             as
             Other
             People
             .
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Protestants
             may
             meet
             ,
             but
             not
             in
             the
             quality
             of
             Conspirators
             ,
             no
             more
             then
             Conspirators
             ,
             may
             meet
             under
             the
             Cloak
             ,
             and
             colour
             of
             Protestants
             .
             The
             intent
             of
             the
             Meeting
             is
             matter
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             you
             turn
             it
             off
             ,
             to
             a
             point
             of
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             But
             is
             it
             not
             matter
             of
             Religion
             to
             joyn
             in
             a
             Petition
             for
             the
             meeting
             of
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             to
             bring
             Malefactors
             to
             a
             Tryall
             ,
             and
             to
             
               extirpate
               Popery
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             Such
             a
             Petition
             as
             you
             Instance
             in
             ,
             is
             in
             the
             appearance
             
             of
             it
             ,
             not
             only
             Lawfull
             ,
             but
             Commendable
             ;
             But
             then
             it
             must
             be
             promoted
             by
             
               Lawfull
               means
            
             ,
             and
             under
             
               Decent
               Circumstances
            
             .
             
             'T
             is
             a
             good
             thing
             to
             Preach
             ,
             or
             Catechize
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             not
             for
             a
             Lay-man
             presently
             to
             pluck
             the
             Parson
             out
             of
             the
             Desk
             ,
             or
             Pulpit
             ,
             that
             he
             himself
             may
             do
             the
             Office.
             It
             is
             a
             Good
             thing
             to
             execute
             Iustice
             ,
             but
             yet
             
               a
               private
               man
            
             must
             not
             invade
             the
             Iudgment-Seat
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             to
             passe
             even
             the
             most
             
               Righteous
               Sentence
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             The
             King
             may
             chuse
             whether
             he
             'l
             Grant
             or
             no
             ;
             So
             that
             without
             invading
             
               His
               Right
            
             we
             only
             claim
             the
             Liberty
             of
             Presenting
             the
             Request
             .
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             That
             may
             be
             well
             enough
             at
             First
             ;
             but
             still
             ,
             after
             
             
               One
               Refusal
            
             ,
             and
             That
             with
             a
             
               Publick
               Interdict
            
             on
             the
             Neck
             on
             't
             ,
             forbidding
             the
             pursuance
             of
             it
             ;
             such
             a
             Petition
             is
             not
             by
             any
             means
             to
             be
             
               Repeated
               .
               First
            
             ,
             out
             of
             Respect
             to
             
               Regal
               Authority
               :
               Secondly
            
             ,
             as
             the
             King
             is
             the
             
               Sole
               Iudge
            
             of
             the
             matter
             :
             Thirdly
             ,
             upon
             the
             Importunity
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             so
             properly
             Desiring
             of
             a
             thing
             ,
             as
             Tugging
             for
             it
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             It
             tends
             many
             ways
             to
             the
             Diminution
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Honour
             ,
             in
             case
             it
             be
             Obtain'd
             :
             For
             it
             implys
             ,
             either
             Levity
             ,
             or
             Fear
             ;
             or
             (
             to
             make
             the
             best
             on
             't
             )
             the
             King
             confers
             the
             Obligation
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Heads
               of
               the
               Petition
            
             receive
             the
             Thanks
             .
             Now
             adde
             to
             all
             this
             ,
             the
             suborning
             of
             Subscriptions
             ,
             and
             the
             Inflaming
             of
             
               Parties
               ,
            
             ,
             what
             can
             be
             more
             Undutifull
             or
             Dangerous
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             But
             do
             not
             you
             find
             many
             Honest
             and
             
               Considerable
               men
            
             concern'd
             in
             these
             Petitions
             ?
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             in
             several
             of
             them
             I
             do
             ;
             and
             the
             main
             reason
             is
             
             This.
             There
             's
             no
             man
             under
             
               Five
               and
               Fifty
            
             ,
             at
             Least
             ,
             that
             is
             able
             to
             give
             any
             Account
             ,
             of
             the
             Designe
             ,
             and
             Effects
             of
             this
             way
             of
             Petitioning
             in
             Forty
             and
             
               Forty
               One
            
             ,
             but
             by
             Hear-say
             :
             so
             that
             This
             Nation
             proceeds
             mostly
             upon
             the
             Maxims
             ,
             and
             Politiques
             ,
             which
             That
             Republican
             Humour
             deliver'd
             over
             to
             us
             :
             But
             yet
             let
             the
             Thing
             ,
             or
             the
             Manner
             of
             it
             be
             as
             it
             will
             ,
             Those
             that
             
             disarm'd
             ,
             and
             
               turn'd
               back
            
             the
             
               Kentish
               Petitioners
            
             at
             London-bridg
             .
             Those
             that
             Wounded
             ,
             and
             Murther'd
             the
             Surry-Petitioneres
             in
             the
             
               Palace
               Yard
            
             ,
             only
             for
             desiring
             a
             Peace
             ,
             and
             in
             order
             to
             the
             Preservation
             of
             his
             
               late
               Majesty
               :
               Those
               People
            
             methinks
             ,
             that
             were
             fo
             Outrageous
             
               Against
               Those
               Petitions
            
             (
             and
             Several
             others
             of
             the
             same
             kind
             )
             should
             not
             have
             the
             Face
             now
             to
             be
             fo
             
               Violent
               ,
               for
               This.
            
             And
             whoever
             examines
             the
             
               present
               Roll
            
             ,
             will
             find
             the
             
               Old
               Republicans
            
             to
             be
             the
             Ring-Leaders
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bum.
             
          
           
             Really
             ,
             Citt
             ,
             the
             man
             speaks
             Reason
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tru.
             
          
           
             Consider
             then
             the
             
               Mean
               ways
            
             ye
             have
             of
             advancing
             your
             
             Pretensions
             ,
             by
             Falshoods
             ,
             and
             Scandals
             ,
             to
             disappoint
             Honest
             
             men
             of
             Elections
             ;
             The
             use
             ye
             make
             of
             the
             most
             
               Servile
               Instruments
            
             ,
             to
             promote
             your
             Ends
             ;
             your
             
               fawning
               Methods
            
             of
             Popularity
             toward
             the
             Rabble
             ;
             your
             ways
             of
             undermining
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             of
             the
             Nation
             ;
             your
             worse
             then
             
               Iesuitical
               Evasions
            
             in
             matter
             of
             Conscience
             ;
             your
             
               Non-sensical
               Salvo's
            
             ,
             and
             Expositions
             of
             
               Christian
               Liberty
            
             ;
             your
             putting
             out
             the
             
               Church
               of
               Englands
               Colours
            
             ,
             and
             calling
             your selves
             Protestants
             ,
             when
             you
             are
             effectually
             no
             better
             then
             Algerines
             ,
             and
             Pyrating
             even
             upon
             
               Christianity
               it self
            
             ;
             your
             Beating
             of
             the
             wood
             ,
             in
             the
             History
             of
             our
             most
             
               Seditious
               Times
            
             ,
             to
             start
             Presidents
             and
             Records
             in
             favour
             of
             your
             own
             Disloyal
             Purposes
             .
             The
             Pharisaical
             Distinguishing
             of
             your selves
             from
             the
             Profane
             (
             as
             you
             are
             pleas'd
             to
             stile
             all
             others
             ,
             even
             in
             your
             
               Dresse
               ,
               Tone
               ,
               Language
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             Your
             Uucharitable
             
               Bitternesse
               of
               Spirit
            
             ;
             your
             
               lying
               in
               wait
            
             for
             Blood
             ;
             and
             laying
             of
             Snares
             for
             the
             Unwary
             and
             the
             Innocent
             ;
             and
             still
             vouching
             an
             Inspiration
             for
             all
             your
             Wickednesse
             ;
             your
             gathering
             of
             
               all
               Winds
            
             toward
             the
             raising
             of
             a
             Storm
             ;
             Your
             Unity
             in
             Opposition
             ,
             and
             in
             
               nothing
               Else
            
             :
             your
             Clamours
             ,
             and
             Invectives
             against
             Priests
             ,
             and
             Iesuits
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             yet
             ,
             that
             feels
             the
             
               Last
               effect
            
             of
             your
             
               Sacrilegious
               Rage
            
             .
             'T
             is
             not
             so
             much
             the
             Officers
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             State
             ,
             that
             are
             
               Popishly
               Affected
            
             ,
             but
             the
             Offices
             Themselves
             ;
             and
             Those
             in
             the
             first
             place
             (
             as
             you
             chuse
             your
             Sins
             too
             )
             that
             are
             most
             Beneficiall
             .
             To
             say
             nothing
             of
             your
             wild
             Impostures
             upon
             the
             Multitude
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Now
             you
             talk
             of
             Impostures
             ,
             what
             do
             you
             think
             of
             
               L'Estrange's
               History
               of
               the
               PLOT
            
             ,
             and
             his
             
               Answer
               to
               the
               APPEAL
            
             ?
             Whether
             are
             Those
             Pamphlets
             ,
             Impostures
             upon
             the
             Multitude
             ,
             or
             Not
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tru.
             
          
           
             You
             were
             saying
             e'en
             now
             ,
             That
             
               The
               History
               of
               the
               Damnable
               Popish
               Plot
            
             was
             of
             your
             Writing
             ;
             Answer
             me
             That
             Question
             ,
             First
             ;
             Was
             it
             so
             ,
             or
             not
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             of
             my
             Writing
             ;
             It
             was
             done
             by
             a
             Protestant-Club
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tru.
             
          
           
             Why
             then
             let
             me
             tell
             ye
             ,
             if
             a
             man
             may
             believe
             the
             Preface
             to
             That
             Club-History
             ,
             or
             the
             Notes
             upon
             the
             
               Answer
               to
               the
               Appeal
            
             (
             for
             I
             have
             read
             them
             all
             :
             )
             
               L'Estrange's
               Pamphlets
            
             are
             great
             abuses
             upon
             the
             People
             :
             But
             if
             you
             had
             the
             Books
             about
             ye
             ,
             the
             matter
             were
             easily
             clear'd
             ,
             by
             comparing
             them
             ▪
          
        
         
           
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             By
             good
             luck
             we
             have
             'um
             all
             about
             us
             ,
             that
             can
             any
             way
             concern
             this
             Question
             .
             And
             look
             ye
             here
             now
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             
               He
               calls
               his
            
             Abridgement
             
               of
               the
            
             Tryals
             ,
             The
             History
             of
             
             the
             Plot
             ,
             
               without
               mentioning
               one
               word
               of
               the
               Original
               Contrivance
               ,
               the
               Preparatives
               ,
               manner
               of
               Discovery
               ,
               and
               other
               Remarkables
               essential
               to
               a
            
             History
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
               He
               omits
            
             Staly's
             and
             Reading's
             Tryals
             ,
             
               which
               yet
               sure
               had
               Relation
               to
               the
            
             Plot.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             
               In
               his
            
             Epistle
             ,
             
               he
               seems
               to
               drown
               the
            
             Popish
             Plot
             
               with
               suggestions
               of
               an
            
             Imaginary
             One
             
               of
               the
            
             Protestants
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             
               The
               amusing
               People
               with
               such
               Stories
               ,
               is
               notoriously
               a
               Part
               of
               the
               ▪
            
             Grand
             Popish
             Designe
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             
               Whereas
               he
               tells
               us
               ,
               that
               not
               one
            
             Material
             Point
             
               is
               omitted
               ,
               most
               Readers
               cannot
               finde
               the
               substantial
               part
               of
               Mr.
            
             Bedloes
             
               Evidence
               against
            
             Wakeman
             ,
             
               (
               P.
               46
               of
               the
               Tryall
               )
               So
               much
               as
               hinted
               at
               :
               Not
               to
               mention
               the
               gross
               shuffles
               ,
               and
               Omissions
               in
            
             Pag.
             77.
             
               and
               elsewhere
            
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             
               He
               charges
               the
            
             Printed
             Tryals
             
               (
               in
               his
               FREEBORN
               SUBIECT
            
             P.
             15.
             )
             
               with
               many
            
             Gross
             Incoherences
             ,
             
               and
               very
            
             Material
             mistakes
             ;
             
               yet
               Instances
               but
            
             One
             ,
             
               and
               corrected
               too
               ,
               as
               an
            
             Erratum
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             
               When
               Our
               Posterity
               shall
               urge
               these
               Tryals
               for
               proof
               against
            
             Papists
             ,
             
               how
               easily
               may
               the
               subtle
               Villains
               stop
               their
               Mouths
               ,
               by
               alledging
               from
               this
               Authour
               that
            
             no
             heed
             is
             to
             be
             given
             to
             the
             said
             Tryals
             ;
             
               (
               being
               so
               publickly
               own'd
               by
               a
               Person
               of
               his
               Note
               ,
               and
               late
               Qualification
               )
               to
               be
               guilty
               of
               so
               many
               ,
               and
               such
               very
            
             Material
             Mistakes
             .
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             Observe
             here
             ,
             
               First
               L'Estrange
            
             expounds
             his
             History
             in
             the
             
               Title
               Page
            
             ,
             by
             restraining
             it
             to
             the
             Charge
             and
             Defence
             of
             the
             
             
               Persons
               there
               mentioned
            
             :
             Beside
             that
             he
             calls
             it
             an
             
               Historical
               Abstract
            
             ,
             and
             a
             Summary
             ,
             in
             his
             Epistle
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Staleys
               Trial
            
             had
             no
             Relation
             at
             all
             to
             the
             Plot
             ,
             and
             Reading
             was
             not
             Try'd
             for
             's
             Life
             ;
             and
             so
             not
             within
             the
             Compass
             of
             his
             intention
             exprest
             in
             the
             Preface
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Epistle
             acknowledges
             a
             
               Detestable
               Plot
            
             ,
             and
             a
             Conspiracy
             :
             but
             advises
             Moderation
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Rabble
             may
             not
             dictate
             Laws
             to
             Authority
             ;
             for
             
               that
               Licence
            
             was
             the
             Cause
             of
             the
             
               Late
               Rebellion
            
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             It
             was
             more
             then
             a
             Story
             ,
             the
             Murther
             of
             the
             
               Late
               King
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Subversion
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             suppressing
             of
             these
             
             
               Necessary
               Hints
            
             ,
             and
             Cautions
             is
             notoriously
             a
             part
             of
             the
             
               Grand
               Phanatical
               Design
            
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             In
             
               L'Estranges
               History
            
             ,
             here
             Pag.
             79
             and
             80.
             there
             's
             every
             particular
             of
             Mr.
             Bedloes
             Evidence
             in
             Sir
             
               George
               Wakemans
               Tryal
               ,
               Pag.
            
             46.
             with
             many
             other
             passages
             over
             and
             above
             :
             whereas
             your
             
               Damnable
               History
            
             here
             Pag.
             295.
             falls
             short
             at
             least
             by
             One
             Half.
             And
             then
             for
             the
             shuffles
             ,
             and
             Omissions
             reflected
             upon
             ,
             Pag.
             77.
             see
             
               L'Estranges
               Words
               ,
               Pag.
               88.
               
               The
               Lord
               Chief
               Iustice
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               after
               some
               Remarkes
               upon
               the
            
             Romish
             Principles
             ,
             
               summ'd
               up
               the
               Evidence
               ,
               and
               gave
               Directions
               to
               the
               Iury
               :
            
             which
             is
             the
             substance
             of
             the
             Page
             cited
             in
             the
             Preface
             .
             Touching
             your
             Elsewhere
             ,
             it
             is
             in
             plain
             
               English
               ,
               No
               where
            
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Look
             ye
             ,
             here
             's
             more
             Juggling
             .
             He
             says
             SEVERAL
             
               Gross
               Incoherences
            
             ,
             and
             you
             have
             made
             them
             MANY
             :
             and
             then
             you
             have
             left
             out
             the
             
               Parenthesis
               ,
               (
               especially
               in
               the
               Latter
               of
               them
               )
            
             which
             varies
             the
             Case
             too
             .
             And
             I
             remember
             again
             ,
             that
             the
             Erratum
             was
             supply'd
             after
             L'Estrange
             had
             corrected
             it
             :
             And
             sure
             it
             was
             a
             Gross
             one
             too
             ,
             to
             expose
             a
             
               Protestant
               Gentleman
            
             for
             a
             
               Papist
               ,
               Nine
               times
            
             in
             
               two
               Pages
            
             .
             I
             could
             shew
             ye
             several
             other
             
               Material
               Mistakes
            
             ,
             but
             One
             shall
             serve
             for
             
               all
               .
               Pag.
            
             45.
             (
             as
             I
             take
             it
             )
             of
             
               Irelands
               Tryal
            
             ;
             which
             you
             will
             finde
             charg'd
             upon
             the
             Press
             ,
             in
             
               L'Estranges
               History
               ,
               Pag.
            
             18.
             
          
           
             7.
             
             Pray'e
             mark
             me
             now
             :
             L'Estrange
             findes
             Errours
             of
             the
             Press
             in
             the
             
               Other
               Tryals
            
             and
             Rectifies
             them
             ,
             in
             his
             Own
             :
             Now
             if
             Posterity
             shall
             finde
             in
             the
             Right
             ,
             that
             the
             Other
             are
             wrong
             ,
             they
             are
             in
             no
             danger
             of
             being
             Misled
             by
             the
             One
             ,
             in
             what
             is
             Corrected
             by
             the
             Other
             :
             And
             if
             they
             do
             not
             read
             the
             
               Right
               Copy
            
             at
             all
             ,
             there
             's
             no
             harm
             done
             to
             the
             Other
             ,
             but
             they
             must
             take
             it
             as
             they
             finde
             it
             .
             So
             that
             this
             Remark
             is
             so
             far
             from
             Disparaging
             the
             Proceedings
             ,
             that
             a
             greater
             Right
             can
             hardly
             be
             done
             to
             
               Publick
               Iustice
            
             by
             a
             Pamphlet
             .
             But
             now
             let
             the
             Epistle
             speak
             for
             it
             self
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           To
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           THere
           has
           not
           been
           any
           point
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           in
           the
           whole
           
           Tract
           of
           
             English
             Story
          
           ,
           either
           so
           dangerous
           to
           be
           mistaken
           in
           ,
           or
           so
           difficult
           ,
           and
           yet
           so
           necessary
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           as
           the
           Mystery
           of
           this
           detestable
           Plot
           now
           in
           Agitation
           .
           (
           A
           Judgement
           for
           our
           Sins
           ,
           augmented
           by
           our
           Follies
           ,
           )
           But
           the
           world
           is
           so
           miserably
           divided
           betwixt
           some
           that
           will
           believe
           every
           thing
           ,
           and
           others
           nothing
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           Truth
           ,
           but
           Christianity
           it self
           is
           almost
           lost
           between
           them
           ;
           and
           no
           place
           left
           for
           Sobriety
           and
           Moderation
           .
           We
           are
           come
           to
           govern
           our selves
           by
           Dreams
           and
           Imaginations
           ;
           We
           make
           every
           
             Coffee-house
             Tale
          
           an
           Article
           of
           our
           Faith
           ;
           and
           from
           Incredible
           Fables
           we
           raise
           Invincible
           Arguments
           .
           A
           man
           must
           be
           fierce
           and
           violent
           to
           get
           the
           Reputation
           of
           being
           Well-affected
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           calling
           of
           one
           another
           
             Damned
             Heretique
          
           ,
           and
           
             Popish
             Dog
          
           ,
           were
           the
           whole
           Sum
           of
           the
           Controversie
           .
           And
           what
           's
           all
           this
           ,
           but
           the
           effect
           of
           a
           Popular
           Licence
           and
           Appeal
           ?
           When
           every
           Mercenary
           Scribler
           shall
           take
           upon
           him
           to
           handle
           matters
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           State
           ;
           give
           Laws
           to
           Princes
           ;
           and
           every
           Mechanique
           sit
           Judge
           upon
           the
           Government
           !
           Were
           not
           these
           the
           very
           Circumstances
           of
           the
           late
           Times
           ?
           When
           the
           Religious
           Jugglers
           from
           all
           Quarters
           fell
           in
           with
           the
           Rabble
           ;
           and
           managed
           them
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           by
           a
           certain
           sleight
           of
           hand
           :
           The
           Rods
           were
           turned
           into
           Serpents
           on
           both
           sides
           ▪
           and
           the
           Multitude
           not
           able
           to
           say
           ,
           which
           was
           Aaron
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Enchanter
           .
           Let
           us
           have
           a
           Care
           of
           the
           same
           Incantation
           over
           again
           .
           Are
           we
           not
           under
           the
           protection
           of
           a
           Lawfull
           Authority
           ?
           Nor
           was
           there
           ever
           any
           thing
           more
           narrowly
           Sifted
           ,
           or
           more
           vigorously
           discouraged
           ,
           then
           this
           
             Conspiracy
             .
             Reformation
          
           is
           the
           proper
           business
           of
           Government
           and
           Council
           ;
           but
           when
           it
           comes
           to
           work
           once
           at
           the
           wrong
           End
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           to
           be
           expected
           from
           it
           ,
           but
           Tumult
           and
           Convulsion
           .
           A
           Legal
           and
           Effectual
           provision
           against
           the
           Danger
           of
           
             Romish
             Practices
          
           and
           Errours
           ,
           will
           never
           serve
           Their
           Turn
           ,
           whose
           Quarrel
           is
           barely
           to
           the
           Name
           of
           Popery
           ,
           without
           understanding
           the
           Thing
           it self
           .
           And
           if
           there
           were
           not
           a
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           lef●
           in
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           never
           the
           better
           satisfied
           ,
           for
           where
           they
           cannot
           find
           Popery
           ,
           they
           will
           make
           it
           :
           nay
           and
           be
           troubled
           too
           that
           
           they
           could
           not
           find
           it
           .
           It
           is
           no
           new
           thing
           for
           a
           Popular
           Out-cry
           ,
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           Religion
           ,
           to
           have
           a
           State-Faction
           in
           the
           belly
           of
           it
           .
           The
           first
           late
           Clamour
           was
           against
           
             Downright
             Popery
          
           ;
           and
           then
           came
           on
           
             Popishly
             Affected
             ;
             (
             That
          
           sweeps
           all
           .
           )
           The
           
             Order
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             the
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Church
          
           took
           their
           Turns
           next
           ;
           and
           the
           next
           blow
           was
           at
           the
           Crown
           it self
           ;
           when
           every
           Man
           was
           made
           a
           Papist
           that
           would
           not
           play
           the
           Knave
           and
           the
           Fool
           ,
           for
           Company
           ,
           with
           the
           Common
           People
           .
        
         
           These
           things
           duly
           weighed
           ,
           and
           considering
           the
           Ground
           of
           our
           present
           Distempers
           ;
           the
           Compiler
           of
           this
           Abridgment
           reckoned
           that
           he
           could
           not
           do
           his
           Countrymen
           a
           better
           Office
           ,
           than
           (
           by
           laying
           before
           them
           the
           naked
           state
           of
           things
           )
           to
           give
           them
           at
           one
           view
           ,
           a
           Prospect
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           subject
           matter
           of
           their
           Apprehensions
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Vigilance
           ,
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           needful
           severity
           of
           the
           Government
           on
           their
           behalf
           .
           To
           which
           end
           ,
           he
           hath
           here
           drawn
           up
           an
           
             Historical
             Abstract
          
           of
           the
           whole
           matter
           of
           Fact
           concerning
           those
           Persons
           who
           have
           hither
           to
           been
           Tryed
           for
           their
           Lives
           ,
           either
           upon
           the
           Plot
           it self
           ,
           or
           in
           Relation
           to
           it
           :
           opposing
           Authentick
           Records
           to
           wandring
           Rumours
           ;
           and
           delivering
           the
           Truth
           in
           all
           Simplicity
           .
           He
           hath
           not
           omitted
           any
           one
           material
           Point
           :
           There
           is
           not
           so
           much
           as
           one
           
             Partial
             Stroke
          
           in
           it
           ;
           not
           a
           flourish
           ,
           nor
           any
           thing
           but
           a
           bare
           and
           plain
           Collection
           ,
           without
           any
           Tincture
           either
           of
           Credulity
           ,
           or
           Passion
           .
           And
           it
           is
           brought
           into
           so
           narrow
           a
           Compass
           too
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           ease
           the
           Readers
           head
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           his
           purse
           ;
           by
           clearing
           him
           of
           the
           puzzle
           of
           Forms
           ,
           and
           Interlocutories
           ,
           that
           serve
           only
           to
           amuse
           and
           mislead
           a
           man
           ,
           by
           breaking
           the
           Order
           ,
           and
           confounding
           the
           Relative
           parts
           of
           the
           Proceeding
           .
        
         
           Having
           this
           in
           Contemplation
           ;
           and
           being
           at
           the
           same
           time
           possest
           of
           a
           most
           exact
           Summary
           of
           all
           passages
           here
           in
           Question
           ;
           This
           Reporter
           was
           only
           to
           cast
           an
           Extract
           of
           these
           Notes
           into
           a
           Method
           :
           especially
           finding
           ,
           that
           upon
           comparing
           the
           substance
           of
           his
           own
           papers
           ,
           with
           the
           most
           warrantable
           Prints
           that
           have
           been
           published
           ;
           his
           own
           Abstract
           proved
           to
           be
           not
           only
           every
           jot
           as
           Correct
           ,
           but
           much
           more
           Intelligible
           ,
           which
           being
           short
           and
           full
           ;
           he
           thought
           might
           be
           useful
           ,
           and
           find
           Credit
           in
           the
           world
           upon
           its
           own
           account
           ,
           without
           need
           of
           a
           Voucher
           .
        
         
           
           
             True.
             
          
           
             You
             have
             now
             the
             whole
             matter
             before
             you
             ;
             the
             Epistle
             ,
             
             ye
             see
             ,
             justifies
             it self
             :
             And
             then
             for
             the
             Narrative
             ,
             I
             dare
             undertake
             he
             shall
             yield
             up
             the
             Cause
             ,
             if
             you
             can
             but
             produce
             any
             
               One
               Material
               Point
            
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             either
             
               Falsify'd
               ,
               Palliated
            
             ,
             or
             Omitted
             ,
             in
             the
             whole
             Proceeding
             .
             But
             to
             be
             plain
             with
             you
             ,
             Citt
             ,
             One
             of
             the
             Authours
             of
             
               your
               Preface
            
             is
             a
             
               Common
               setter
               ,
               a
               Forger
               of
            
             
             
               Hands
               ,
               a
               little
               spy
            
             upon
             the
             Swan
             in
             Fishstreet
             ;
             a
             
               Hackny
               Sollicitor
            
             against
             both
             Church
             and
             State
             :
             You
             know
             this
             to
             be
             true
             Citt
             ;
             and
             that
             I
             do
             not
             speak
             upon
             Guess
             ;
             so
             that
             Calumny
             ,
             and
             
               False
               Witnessing
            
             is
             the
             best
             part
             of
             that
             
               Authours
               Trade
            
             .
             And
             then
             the
             
               pretended
               History
            
             is
             a
             direct
             Arraignment
             of
             the
             Government
             .
             He
             takes
             up
             the
             King
             and
             
               Council
               ,
               Pag.
            
             381.
             reflects
             upon
             the
             Iudges
             
             in
             the
             very
             Contents
             ,
             and
             elsewhere
             ;
             he
             descants
             upon
             the
             
               Duke
               of
               York
            
             ,
             in
             opposition
             to
             the
             express
             sense
             and
             declaration
             of
             the
             
               Bench
               ,
               Pag.
            
             145.
             and
             has
             the
             confidence
             yet
             to
             Dedicate
             this
             Gally-mawfry
             of
             audacious
             slanders
             to
             
               the
               Two
               Houses
               of
               Parliament
            
             .
             There
             is
             little
             more
             in
             the
             whole
             ,
             then
             what
             has
             been
             eaten
             and
             spew'd
             up
             again
             Thirty
             times
             over
             :
             and
             the
             intire
             work
             is
             only
             a
             Medly
             of
             Rags
             ,
             and
             Solaecisms
             ,
             pick'd
             up
             out
             of
             Rubbish
             ,
             and
             most
             suitably
             put
             together
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             You
             may
             take
             his
             part
             as
             ye
             please
             ,
             But
             there
             's
             a
             Famous
             Lecturer
             charg'd
             him
             Publiquely
             for
             Popery
             ,
             in
             his
             Answer
             to
             the
             Appeal
             ;
             and
             for
             falling
             upon
             Dr.
             Lloyd
             .
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             He
             did
             so
             ;
             but
             at
             the
             same
             time
             that
             Lecturer
             found
             no
             fault
             with
             the
             
               Appeal
               it self
            
             ;
             and
             the
             best
             on
             't
             is
             ,
             his
             Tongue
             's
             no
             
             more
             a
             slander
             then
             his
             Pen
             :
             And
             whoever
             reads
             what
             he
             has
             written
             concerning
             the
             
               Late
               King
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Episcopal
               Church
            
             ,
             will
             think
             never
             the
             worse
             of
             L'Estrange
             for
             what
             he
             says
             .
             Now
             for
             the
             
               Reverend
               Dean
            
             of
             Bangor
             ,
             I
             dare
             say
             he
             never
             spake
             ,
             or
             thought
             of
             him
             ,
             but
             with
             Veneration
             .
             Let
             me
             see
             the
             book
             .
          
           
             Look
             ye
             here
             ,
             't
             is
             pag.
             18.
             in
             
             L'Estrange's
             Impression
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             
             pag.
             15.
             in
             this
             ;
             and
             here
             's
             the
             Point
             
               [
               Their
               Loyalty
               and
               Good
               service
               paid
               to
               the
               King
            
             (
             says
             the
             Appealer
             speaking
             of
             the
             Papists
             )
             
               was
               meerly
               in
               their
               own
               Defence
               ]
            
             Now
             see
             
             L'Estrange's
             Reply
             upon
             it
             ,
             
               If
               it
               lies
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               as
               a
            
             Reproach
             
               upon
               them
               that
               they
               did
               not
               serve
               the
               King
               out
               of
            
             Loyalty
             ;
             
               that
               which
               they
            
             did
             ,
             
               was
               yet
               better
               then
            
             not
             serving
             him
             at
             all
             ;
             
               and
               better
               in
               a
               Higher
               degree
            
             still
             ,
             then
             Fighting
             against
             him
             .
             And
             a
             little
             after
             .
             
               It
               is
               worth
               the
               Observation
               ,
               that
               not
               a
               man
               drew
               his
               Sword
               in
               the
               opposite
               Cause
               ,
               who
               was
               
               not
               a
            
             Known
             Separatist
             ;
             
               and
               that
               on
               the
               Other
               side
               ,
               not
               one
            
             Schismatick
             
               ever
               struck
               stroke
               in
               the
            
             Kings
             Quarrell
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             for
             your
             Notes
             upon
             his
             Answer
             ,
             they
             are
             so
             silly
             ,
             that
             it
             were
             Ridiculous
             to
             Reply
             upon
             'um
             
               [
               who
               knows
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               but
               the
               Regicides
               were
               Papists
               in
               disguise
               ,
               pag.
            
             19.
             ]
             And
             a
             deal
             of
             such
             senselesse
             stuff
             ;
             enough
             to
             turn
             a
             bodies
             Stomach
             .
             And
             if
             you
             'd
             inform
             your self
             of
             his
             Malice
             ;
             look
             ye
             here
             
               pag.
               4.
               p.
            
             9.
             and
             p.
             33.
             how
             he
             Palliates
             ,
             if
             not
             Justifies
             ,
             the
             Late
             Rebellion
             ,
             the
             Murther
             of
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             St.
             Andrews
             ,
             and
             the
             drawing
             of
             the
             Sword
             against
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             Briefly
             ,
             't
             is
             an
             
               Insipid
               Bawling
            
             piece
             of
             Foolery
             ,
             from
             One
             end
             to
             the
             Other
             .
             And
             it
             is
             not
             but
             that
             I
             highly
             approve
             of
             your
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Discovery
             of
             the
             Plot
             ,
             and
             Suppressing
             of
             Popery
             ;
             but
             we
             are
             not
             yet
             to
             Trample
             upon
             Laws
             ,
             and
             
               Publique
               Orders
            
             ,
             for
             the
             attaining
             even
             of
             those
             Glorious
             ends
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             I
             think
             on
             't
             ;
             deal
             freely
             with
             me
             ;
             did
             you
             really
             go
             to
             the
             Registers
             ye
             spake
             of
             ,
             to
             furnish
             Names
             for
             your
             Subscriptions
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             No
             ;
             That
             was
             but
             a
             Flourish
             :
             but
             all
             the
             Rest
             we
             Literally
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             Are
             not
             you
             Conscious
             to
             your selves
             of
             your
             Iniquities
             ?
             
             who
             made
             You
             a
             Commissioner
             for
             the
             Town
             ,
             or
             You
             for
             the
             Country
             ?
             But
             we
             are
             like
             to
             have
             a
             fine
             business
             of
             it
             ,
             when
             the
             Dreggs
             of
             the
             People
             set
             up
             for
             the
             Representatives
             of
             the
             Nation
             ;
             to
             the
             Dishonour
             of
             the
             most
             Considerable
             ,
             and
             Sober
             part
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             .
             Pre'thee
             Bumpkin
             ,
             with
             thy
             Poles
             ,
             and
             Baltiques
             ,
             how
             shouldst
             thou
             come
             to
             understand
             the
             Ballance
             of
             Empires
             ?
             who
             are
             Delinquents
             ,
             and
             who
             not
             ?
             the
             Right
             of
             
               Bishops
               Votes
            
             ?
             And
             You
             (
             forsooth
             )
             are
             to
             Teach
             the
             King
             when
             to
             call
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             when
             to
             let
             it
             alone
             .
             And
             are
             not
             you
             a
             fine
             Fool
             i'
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             to
             Drudg
             fot
             the
             Faction
             that
             Sets
             ye
             on
             ,
             to
             be
             afterwards
             made
             a
             slave
             for
             your
             pains
             ?
          
           
             And
             then
             for
             You
             ,
             Citt
             ,
             with
             your
             
               Mouldy
               Records
            
             ,
             your
             
             
               Co-ordinate
               Estates
            
             ,
             and
             your
             
               Sovereign
               Power
               of
               the
               People
            
             .
             Do
             not
             I
             know
             all
             your
             Fallacies
             ,
             your
             Shifts
             ,
             and
             Hiding-holes
             ?
             There
             's
             not
             one
             step
             you
             set
             ,
             but
             I
             can
             trace
             you
             in
             't
             :
             You
             have
             your
             Spies
             upon
             all
             Libraries
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Conversations
             ;
             your
             Agents
             for
             the
             procuring
             of
             old
             Manuscripts
             ,
             and
             Records
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Falsifying
             of
             
               New
               ones
            
             ,
             to
             make
             them
             look
             like
             
               Old
               Ones
            
             .
             Nay
             ,
             the
             Papers
             of
             State
             themselves
             had
             much
             ado
             to
             scape
             ye
             .
             
             Those
             that
             assert
             the
             
               Iust
               Rights
            
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             you
             either
             Bury
             or
             Conceal
             ;
             only
             Publishing
             the
             Presidents
             of
             
               Seditious
               Times
            
             ,
             in
             Vindication
             of
             such
             Principles
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             I
             must
             confess
             I
             take
             the
             Government
             to
             be
             Co-ordinate
             ,
             and
             the
             
               King
               One
            
             of
             the
             
               Three
               Estates
            
             ,
             with
             submission
             to
             be
             better
             inform'd
             .
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             how
             comes
             it
             that
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             
             even
             in
             their
             most
             Popular
             seasons
             ,
             have
             still
             own'd
             the
             Crown
             of
             England
             to
             be
             Imperial
             ?
             How
             comes
             it
             that
             all
             our
             Laws
             are
             call'd
             the
             
               Kings
               Laws
            
             :
             all
             our
             
               Courts
               of
               Iustice
            
             his
             
               Majesties
               Courts
            
             ,
             and
             all
             
               Publick
               Causes
            
             try'd
             in
             the
             
               Kings
               Name
            
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             But
             have
             not
             the
             
               Two
               Houses
            
             their
             share
             in
             the
             
               Legislative
               Power
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             You
             must
             distinguish
             betwixt
             the
             Consent
             ,
             and
             the
             Sanction
             ;
             the
             Preparatory
             Part
             is
             Their's
             ,
             the
             Stamp
             is
             the
             Kings
             :
             The
             
             Two
             Houses
             Consent
             to
             a
             Bill
             ;
             It
             is
             only
             a
             Bill
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             presented
             ,
             and
             it
             remains
             yet
             a
             Bill
             ,
             even
             when
             the
             King
             has
             Consented
             to
             it
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             
               Common
               Consent
            
             ,
             in
             Order
             to
             a
             Law
             ,
             the
             
               Two
               Houses
            
             may
             be
             said
             to
             share
             with
             his
             Majesty
             :
             But
             then
             the
             Fiat
             ,
             that
             superinduces
             an
             Authority
             ,
             and
             is
             Only
             ,
             and
             Properly
             the
             Act
             of
             Legislation
             ,
             is
             singly
             in
             the
             King.
             So
             that
             though
             they
             share
             in
             the
             Consent
             ,
             they
             have
             no
             pretence
             at
             all
             to
             the
             Sanction
             :
             which
             is
             an
             Act
             of
             Authority
             ;
             the
             other
             but
             of
             Agreement
             .
          
           
             And
             yet
             again
             ,
             admitting
             your
             Coordination
             ;
             First
             ,
             every
             
             King
             runs
             the
             hazzard
             of
             his
             Crown
             upon
             every
             Parliament
             he
             calls
             :
             For
             
               That
               Third
               Estate
            
             lies
             at
             the
             Mercy
             of
             the
             
               Other
               Two
            
             :
             And
             further
             ,
             't
             is
             a
             kinde
             of
             Ringing
             the
             Changes
             with
             the
             Government
             ,
             the
             King
             and
             Lords
             shall
             be
             Uppermost
             
               One
               day
            
             ,
             the
             King
             and
             
               Commons
               ,
               Another
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ,
             the
             Third
             :
             For
             in
             this
             Scale
             of
             Constitution
             whatsoever
             the
             One
             will
             not
             ,
             the
             
               Other
               Two
               ,
               may
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Well
             ;
             but
             Ours
             is
             a
             MIXT
             Government
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             a
             
               Free
               People
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tru.
             
          
           
             If
             ours
             be
             a
             
               Mixt
               Government
            
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             any
             
               Popular
               Participation
            
             
             of
             Power
             with
             the
             King
             ;
             then
             it
             is
             not
             a
             Monarchy
             :
             (
             which
             is
             the
             
               Government
               Only
            
             of
             One
             )
             but
             if
             you
             'l
             call
             it
             a
             
               Qualifi'd
               Government
            
             ;
             so
             as
             to
             distinguish
             it
             from
             an
             Absolute
             and
             
               Unlimited
               Government
            
             ,
             I●le
             agree
             with
             you
             .
             But
             let
             the
             Government
             be
             what
             it
             will
             ,
             and
             where
             it
             will
             ,
             let
             it
             do
             Right
             or
             Wrong
             ,
             it
             is
             
               Equally
               
               Unaccountable
            
             ,
             for
             there
             lies
             no
             Appeal
             ,
             but
             to
             a
             Superiour
             ,
             and
             the
             Supreme
             has
             none
             but
             
               God
               Himself
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             But
             if
             we
             be
             a
             
               Free
               People
            
             ,
             have
             not
             We
             as
             much
             Right
             to
             
               Our
               Liberties
            
             ,
             as
             the
             King
             has
             to
             
               his
               Crown
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             we
             have
             ,
             but
             the
             King
             has
             this
             Advantage
             of
             us
             ,
             that
             We
             may
             Forfeit
             our
             Liberties
             but
             He
             cannot
             forfet
             his
             Crown
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             What
             if
             a
             King
             will
             Transgresse
             all
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             and
             Man
             ?
             may
             not
             the
             People
             resume
             their
             Trust
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tru.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             not
             unlesse
             you
             can
             produce
             an
             expresse
             stipulation
             to
             
               That
               very
               purpose
            
             .
             But
             let
             me
             shew
             you
             ,
             First
             ,
             the
             Errour
             of
             
             taking
             That
             to
             be
             a
             Trust
             from
             the
             People
             ,
             which
             ,
             in
             truth
             ,
             is
             an
             Ordinance
             of
             Providence
             ,
             For
             
               All
               Power
               is
               from
               God
            
             :
             And
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             Absurdity
             of
             the
             very
             Supposition
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             Case
             of
             a
             Trust
             conferr'd
             by
             the
             People
             .
             If
             the
             
               King
               breaks
            
             his
             Trust
             ,
             the
             
               People
               Resume
            
             it
             :
             but
             who
             are
             These
             People
             ?
             If
             a
             Representative
             ,
             they
             are
             but
             
               Trustees
               Themselves
            
             ,
             and
             may
             incur
             a
             Forfeiture
             too
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             Argument
             .
             Where
             are
             we
             next
             then
             ?
             For
             if
             it
             devolves
             to
             the
             
               Loose
               Multitude
            
             of
             Individuals
             ,
             (
             which
             you
             will
             have
             to
             be
             the
             Fountain
             of
             Power
             )
             you
             are
             Then
             in
             an
             Anarchy
             ,
             without
             any
             Government
             at
             all
             ;
             and
             There
             you
             must
             either
             Continue
             in
             a
             
               Dissociated
               State
            
             ,
             or
             else
             agree
             upon
             Uniting
             into
             some
             Form
             of
             Regiment
             ,
             or
             other
             :
             and
             whether
             it
             be
             
               Monarchy
               ,
               Aristocracy
            
             ,
             or
             Democracy
             ;
             it
             comes
             all
             to
             a
             Point
             .
             If
             you
             make
             the
             
               Government
               Accountable
            
             upon
             every
             Humour
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             it
             lapses
             again
             into
             a
             Confusion
             .
             To
             say
             nothing
             of
             
             the
             ridiculous
             phansy
             of
             a
             Sovereignty
             in
             the
             People
             upon
             This
             Account
             ;
             that
             they
             can
             never
             be
             so
             brought
             together
             either
             to
             Establish
             or
             to
             Dissolve
             a
             Government
             ,
             as
             to
             authorize
             it
             to
             be
             the
             
               Peoples
               Act.
            
             For
             there
             must
             be
             ,
             First
             ,
             an
             Agreement
             to
             Meet
             and
             
               Consult
               .
               Secondly
            
             ,
             an
             Agreement
             upon
             the
             Result
             of
             That
             Debate
             ;
             and
             any
             
               One
               Dissenter
            
             spoils
             all
             ,
             where
             every
             Individuall
             has
             an
             
               Equall
               Right
            
             :
             So
             that
             unlesse
             the
             People
             be
             all
             of
             the
             same
             minde
             ,
             This
             Supposition
             will
             be
             found
             wholly
             Impractible
             and
             Idle
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             But
             is
             there
             no
             Fence
             then
             against
             Tyranny
             ?
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             Only
             Patience
             ,
             unless
             you
             run
             into
             Anarchy
             ,
             and
             then
             into
             that
             which
             you
             call
             Tyranny
             again
             ;
             and
             so
             tread
             Eternally
             that
             Circle
             of
             Rigour
             and
             
               Confusion
               .
               In
               fine
            
             ,
             the
             Question
             is
             this
             ,
             whether
             people
             had
             better
             run
             Certainly
             into
             Confusion
             to
             avoid
             a
             
               Possible
               Tyranny
            
             ,
             or
             venture
             a
             
               Possible
               Tyranny
            
             ,
             to
             avoid
             a
             
               Certain
               Confusion
            
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             But
             where
             we
             finde
             
               Positive
               Laws
            
             and
             Provisions
             to
             fail
             us
             ,
             may
             we
             not
             in
             those
             Cases
             ,
             betake
             our selves
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             Nature
             and
             Self-Preservation
             ?
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             ye
             may
             not
             ;
             for
             many
             Reasons
             .
             First
             ,
             it
             makes
             
             you
             Iudges
             ,
             not
             only
             whon
             those
             Laws
             take
             Place
             ,
             but
             also
             what
             they
             are
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             Government
             is
             Dissolv'd
             ,
             〈◊〉
             Subjects
             may
             go
             off
             or
             on
             at
             pleasure
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             Self-Preservation
             is
             the
             Plea
             only
             of
             Individuals
             ;
             and
             there
             can
             be
             no
             Colour
             for
             the
             exposing
             of
             the
             Publick
             in
             favour
             of
             Particulars
             .
             What
             would
             ye
             think
             of
             a
             
               Common
               Seaman
            
             that
             in
             a
             Storm
             should
             throw
             the
             
               Steers-man
               Over-board
            
             ,
             and
             set
             himself
             at
             the
             Helm
             ?
             Or
             of
             a
             Souldier
             that
             shou'd
             refuse
             a
             
               Dangerous
               Post
            
             for
             fear
             of
             being
             knock'd
             on
             the
             Head
             ,
             when
             the
             
               whole
               Army
            
             ,
             depends
             upon
             the
             Maintaining
             of
             
               That
               Pass
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Citt.
             
          
           
             Pray'e
             tell
             me
             what
             it
             is
             that
             you
             call
             Government
             ,
             and
             how
             far
             it
             
               extends
               ▪
            
             for
             you
             were
             saying
             even
             now
             ,
             that
             the
             Reason
             of
             
               all
               Governments
            
             is
             alike
             .
          
        
         
           
             True.
             
          
           
             
               Government
               is
               the
            
             Will
             ,
             and
             Power
             
               of
               a
            
             Multitude
             ,
             United
             
             
               in
               some
               One
               Person
               ,
               or
               More
               ,
               for
               the
               Good
               ,
               and
               safety
               of
               the
               whole
               .
            
             You
             must
             not
             take
             it
             that
             
               all
               Governments
            
             are
             alike
             ;
             but
             the
             Ratio
             of
             
               all
               Governments
            
             is
             the
             same
             in
             some
             Cases
             .
             As
             in
             the
             Instance
             of
             Self-Preservation
             ;
             which
             is
             only
             Pleadable
             by
             the
             
               Supream
               Magistrate
            
             ,
             in
             Bar
             to
             all
             
               General
               Exceptions
            
             ;
             for
             he
             is
             First
             ,
             presumed
             
             in
             Reason
             ,
             to
             be
             vested
             with
             all
             
               Powers
               necessary
            
             for
             the
             Defence
             ,
             and
             Protection
             of
             the
             Community
             :
             without
             which
             his
             Authority
             is
             Vain
             .
             He
             is
             Secondly
             ,
             Oblig'd
             in
             Du●y
             to
             exert
             those
             Powers
             for
             the
             
               Comm●●
               Good
            
             :
             and
             he
             is
             Thirdly
             ,
             entrusted
             with
             the
             Judgment
             of
             all
             Exigences
             of
             State
             ,
             be
             they
             Greater
             or
             Lesse
             ;
             wherein
             the
             Publick
             Good
             may
             be
             concern'd
             .
             Now
             put
             the
             Case
             that
             a
             Magistrate
             should
             make
             a
             wrong
             Iudgment
             of
             Matters
             ,
             and
             misemploy
             those
             Powers
             ;
             it
             were
             an
             Infelicity
             in
             the
             Administration
             ;
             but
             the
             Sacredness
             of
             Authority
             is
             still
             the
             same
             :
             And
             he
             is
             a
             Mad
             man
             ,
             that
             plucks
             down
             his
             House
             ,
             because
             it
             rains
             in
             at
             the
             Window
             .
             And
             in
             case
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             so
             much
             He
             ,
             as
             They
             ;
             for
             the
             King
             is
             (
             as
             I
             said
             before
             )
             the
             
               United
               Power
            
             and
             Will
             of
             the
             People
             .
             And
             so
             Fare
             ye
             well
             .
          
        
         
           The
           End.
           
        
      
       
         
           Errata
           .
        
         
           Page
           ●
           .
           line
           24.
           for
           his
           ,
           reade
           this
           .
           p.
           3.
           l.
           27.
           for
           Religion
           r.
           Religions
           .
           p.
           1●
           l.
           25.
           for
           Hands
           ,
           r.
           Heads
           .
           p.
           22.
           l.
           9.
           for
           
             on
             all
          
           ,
           r.
           
             on
             to
             all
          
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47820-e80
           
             Committees
             to
             promote
             the
             Petitions
             .
          
           
             Their
             Powers
             and
             Instructions
             .
          
           
             Two
             Grand
             Committees
             .
          
           
             The
             Office
             of
             the
             Grand
             Committees
             .
          
           
             Stories
             of
             Prodigies
             startle
             the
             Common
             People
             .
          
           
             The
             way
             of
             getting
             hands
             in
             and
             about
             London
             .
          
           
             Several
             ways
             of
             getting
             Hands
             in
             the
             Country
             .
          
           
             The
             Protestant
             Dissenters
             great
             Promoters
             of
             the
             Petition
             .
          
           
             Tricks
             to
             defeat
             Elections
             .
          
           
             The
             Petition
             laid
             aside
             in
             the
             Common-Council
             .
          
           
             The
             Act
             for
             Corporations
             brake
             the
             neck
             on
             't
             .
          
           
             The
             Petition
             baffled
             in
             the
             Country
             .
          
           
             The
             blessing
             of
             having
             neither
             friends
             nor
             Mony.
             
          
           
             Methods
             of
             Popularity
             .
          
           
             A
             Golden
             Sentence
             .
          
           
             A
             Jayl
             is
             the
             High-way
             to
             Preferment
             .
          
           
             A
             Salvo
             for
             a
             Lye.
             
          
           
             The
             Benefits
             of
             a
             Prison
             .
          
           
             The
             Secretary
             to
             a
             Grand
             Committee
             .
          
           
             Other
             Petitions
             upon
             the
             Anvi●
             .
          
           
             A
             Designe
             upon
             the
             Common-Council
             .
          
           
             Distinctions
             of
             Consciences
             .
          
           
             Consciences
             of
             State
             or
             Interest
             .
          
           
             Not
             many
             Religious
             Consciences
             .
          
           
             A
             Conscience
             of
             Profession
             .
          
           
             A
             Conscience
             of
             using
             no
             Conscience
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             Of
             Christian
             Liberty
             .
          
           
             The
             Extent
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Jesuites
             and
             Phanatiques
             compar'd
             .
          
           
             A
             vast
             Difference
             betwixt
             them
             .
          
           
             Their
             Practises
             compar'd
             .
          
           
             The
             Fanaticks
             Clear'd
             .
          
           
             Of
             Dissenting
             Protestants
             .
          
           
             The
             meaning
             of
             Root
             and
             Branch
             .
          
           
             Rolls
             and
             Records
             hunted
             for
             Presidents
             .
          
           
             Lessons
             of
             Behaviour
             for
             the
             Well-affected
             .
          
           
             The
             Force
             of
             Looks
             and
             Tones
             .
          
           
             A
             Moving
             Metaphor
             .
          
           
             Signs
             in
             Evidence
             .
          
           
             Sad
             Times
             .
          
           
             Church-men
             worse
             to
             Dissenters
             then
             Jesuites
             .
          
           
             The
             strange
             agreement
             of
             Dissenters
             .
          
           
             The
             scope
             of
             that
             Agreement
             .
          
           
             Who
             are
             Popishly
             affected
             in
             the
             first
             place
             .
          
           
             A
             Heavy
             Charge
             .
          
           
             Nothing
             Incredible
             .
          
           
             Popish
             Ministers
             may
             have
             Orthodox
             Offices
             .
          
           
             Who
             are
             Popishly
             affected
             .
          
           
             Matters
             of
             Moment
             .
          
           
             The
             Brethren
             are
             only
             for
             Profitable
             Sins
             .
          
           
             Three
             Positions
             .
          
           
             L'Estrange
             Confuted
             .
          
           
             Citt
             drawing
             up
             Articles
             .
          
           
             Enter
             Trueman
             .
          
           
             Citt's
             Faculty
             and
             Employment
             .
          
           
             Bumpkins
             account
             of
             himself
             .
          
           
             
             Bumpkin's
             way
             of
             Argument
             .
          
           
             The
             Composition
             of
             the
             Committees
             .
          
           
             What
             Petitions
             warrantable
             and
             what
             not
             .
          
           
             No
             Petition
             to
             be
             press'd
             after
             Prohibition
             .
          
           
             The
             Nation
             poyson'd
             with
             False
             Principles
             .
          
           
             The
             Injustice
             of
             our
             Common
             Wealths-men
             .
          
           
             The
             mean
             ways
             of
             promoting
             their
             Designs
             .
          
           
             Reflexions
             upon
             L'Estrange
             .
          
           
             The
             Fore
             going
             Reflections
             Answer'd
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A47820-e26720
           
             The
             Epistle
             to
             
             L'Estra●ge's
             History
             of
             the
             Plot.
             
          
           
             L'Estranges
             Narrative
             justify'd
             .
          
           
             His
             Adversary
             detected
             
          
           
             A
             Bold
             and
             sencelesse
             Libell
             .
          
           
             L'Estrange
             charg'd
             as
             a
             Papist
             ,
             by
             a
             Certain
             Lecturer
             .
          
           
             The
             Ground
             of
             his
             Accusation
             .
          
           
             A
             gross
             Cheat
             upon
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           
             Lewd
             Practises
             of
             the
             Faction
             .
          
           
             Against
             Co-ordination
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             sanction
             makes
             the
             Law
             ,
             not
             the
             Consent
             .
          
           
             The
             Inconveniences
             of
             a
             Co-ordination
             supposed
             .
          
           
             Of
             a
             mixt
             Government
             and
             a
             Qualifi'd
             .
          
           
             Power
             is
             from
             God
             ,
             not
             from
             the
             People
             .
          
           
             Soveraignty
             of
             the
             People
             most
             ridiculous
             .
          
           
             Self-preservation
             is
             no
             Plea
             for
             the
             People
             .
          
           
             What
             Government
             is
             .
          
           
             Certain
             Priviledges
             essential
             to
             Government
             .
          
        
      
    
  

