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         Barlow, Thomas, 1607-1691.
      
       
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             Pegasus, or, The flying horse from Oxford bringing the proceedings of the visitours and other Bedlamites there, by command of the Earle of Mongomery.
             Barlow, Thomas, 1607-1691.
             Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691. Letter from Oxford.
          
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           Pembroke, Philip Herbert, -- Earl of, 1584-1650.
           University of Oxford -- History.
        
      
    
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           PEGASUS
           ,
           OR
           THE
           FLYING
           HORSE
           
             from
             Oxford
             .
          
        
         
           Bringing
           the
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           
             Visitours
          
           and
           other
           
             Bedlamites
          
           there
           ,
           by
           Command
           of
           the
           
             Earle
          
           of
           
             Mongomery
             .
          
        
         
           
             ACADEMIA
             OXONIENSIS
          
           
             SAPIENTIA
             ET
             FELICITATE
          
        
         
           PRINTED
           ,
           At
           
             Mongomery
             ,
          
           heretofore
           called
           
             Oxford
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           TUESDAY
           
             Aprill
             the
             eleventh
             ,
          
           The
           long-Legg'd
           peece
           of
           impertinency
           which
           they
           miscall
           
             Chancellor
          
           )
           was
           to
           bee
           brought
           with
           State
           into
           
             Oxon
             :
          
           To
           this
           end
           ,
           these
           few
           inconsiderable
           ,
           and
           ill
           fac'd
           Saints
           hired
           all
           the
           Hackneyes
           in
           Towne
           (
           which
           were
           basely
           bad
           ,
           yet
           good
           enough
           for
           them
           )
           Out
           they
           went
           and
           met
           the
           
             Hoghen
             Moghen
          
           I
           told
           you
           of
           ;
           What
           Courtship
           passed
           between
           them
           at
           meeting
           ,
           how
           hee
           swore
           at
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           said
           grace
           at
           him
           ;
           how
           many
           zealous
           faces
           and
           ill
           leggs
           they
           made
           ,
           and
           at
           what
           distance
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           ;
           a
           long
           time
           they
           were
           about
           it
           .
           At
           last
           they
           come
           ,
           and
           the
           Governor
           and
           his
           Regiment
           meetes
           them
           at
           Friar-Bacons
           study
           ,
           where
           you
           might
           have
           seene
           the
           Presbyterian
           and
           Independent
           agreed
           against
           the
           poore
           Christians
           of
           
             Oxon
             :
          
           In
           the
           meane
           time
           
             Tho.
             
             Smith
          
           of
           
             Magdalen
          
           Colledge
           had
           an
           excellent
           Designe
           ;
           Hee
           would
           ride
           in
           with
           them
           too
           ,
           and
           that
           hee
           might
           have
           suteable
           accomodation
           ,
           would
           needs
           borrow
           an
           Asse
           ,
           nay
           an
           Asse
           hee
           would
           have
           ,
           and
           ride
           in
           next
           before
           the
           Chancellor
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           told
           him
           it
           was
           a
           mad
           trick
           ,
           hee
           told
           them
           noe
           ,
           for
           hee
           knew
           there
           would
           bee
           many
           Asses
           besides
           his
           .
           Now
           they
           come
           ,
           they
           come
           !
           And
           indeede
           it
           was
           such
           a
           miserable
           Pageant
           as
           I
           never
           saw
           .
           Had
           you
           seene
           tall
           
             Pembroke
          
           in
           the
           midd'st
           of
           those
           little
           inspired
           Levites
           ,
           you
           would
           have
           sworne
           you
           had
           seene
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           once
           more
           amongst
           the
           Prophets
           .
           Along
           they
           come
           without
           any
           respect
           from
           those
           in
           the
           Streets
           (
           which
           were
           not
           many
           )
           not
           a
           Cap
           or
           Knee
           from
           
           them
           ,
           but
           frownes
           and
           curses
           ;
           and
           't
           was
           a
           wonder
           (
           but
           that
           the
           Souldiers
           guarded
           them
           )
           if
           they
           had
           not
           welcom'd
           them
           with
           old
           Eggs
           and
           Apples
           .
           
             Aaron
             Rogers
             ,
             Langley
             ,
          
           and
           squint
           eyed
           
             Greenwood
             ,
          
           were
           the
           chiefe
           men
           (
           what
           the
           worst
           were
           when
           these
           were
           best
           ,
           you
           may
           judge
           )
           and
           with
           them
           about
           some
           ten
           or
           twelve
           Schollars
           more
           ,
           freshmen
           and
           all
           ,
           only
           they
           were
           interlarded
           with
           some
           few
           Countrey
           Parsons
           who
           brought
           their
           sonnes
           for
           Fellowships
           ,
           and
           so
           worshipped
           the
           Beast
           for
           their
           profit
           .
        
         
           All
           that
           saw
           these
           Dragooners
           in
           Divinity
           ,
           upon
           those
           miserable
           Hackneyes
           ,
           with
           suteable
           lookes
           and
           gestures
           ,
           imagined
           that
           some
           ill-fac'd
           Major
           of
           some
           beggerly
           Towne
           had
           beene
           brought
           in
           by
           the
           mechanicall
           Clownes
           of
           the
           place
           .
           They
           are
           now
           almost
           at
           
             Merton
          
           Colledge
           gate
           ,
           where
           Master
           
             Cheynel
          
           begins
           an
           Oration
           in
           
             English
          
           (
           they
           cannot
           speake
           
             Latine
          
           by
           the
           Spirit
           )
           delivers
           him
           ,
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           University
           (
           a
           lying
           Levite
           ,
           whom
           the
           University
           sent
           not
           )
           First
           ,
           a
           Key
           of
           the
           
             Convocation
             .
          
           Secondly
           a
           Seale
           (
           a
           counterfeit
           one
           ,
           for
           the
           true
           ones
           are
           safe
           enough
           .
           )
           Thirdly
           ,
           a
           Bible
           ;
           and
           when
           hee
           came
           to
           that
           ,
           hee
           was
           inspired
           and
           spoke
           fast
           ,
           and
           much
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           you
           may
           easily
           beleeve
           that
           hee
           would
           not
           quickly
           have
           done
           with
           the
           Bible
           ,
           who
           will
           hold
           out
           three
           houres
           on
           one
           poore
           Text
           .
           Hee
           sadly
           complained
           to
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           People
           ,
           especially
           the
           
             Beedles
             ,
          
           for
           neglecting
           their
           duty
           ,
           that
           they
           came
           not
           and
           bowed
           their
           knee
           to
           
             Baal
             ,
          
           nor
           worshipped
           the
           Calfe
           which
           they
           had
           set
           up
           .
        
         
           Hee
           told
           his
           Lordship
           that
           
             they
             were
             very
             Malignant
             ,
             and
             their
             staves
             stained
             with
             a
             double
             Guilt
             (
             witty
          
           Master
           
             Cheynel
          
           I
           )
           
             Well
             ,
          
           thinke
           what
           you
           will
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           was
           intended
           for
           a
           jeast
           .
           
             Dixit
             ,
          
           Master
           
             Chaynel
          
           has
           done
           ;
           my
           
             Lord
          
           bowes
           his
           body
           ,
           but
           wisely
           said
           nothing
           .
           Then
           downe
           comes
           my
           
             Lord
             ,
          
           goes
           into
           the
           Colledge
           ;
           at
           the
           entrance
           their
           designed
           Proctor
           
             Button
          
           makes
           a
           Latine
           speech
           to
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           which
           hee
           understood
           as
           much
           ,
           as
           his
           horse
           Master
           
             Cheynels
          
           English
           one
           .
           This
           done
           my
           
             Lord
          
           for
           his
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           those
           Levites
           who
           on
           Hackneyes
           
           man'd
           him
           down
           the
           streete
           ride
           back
           againe
           through
           the
           
             highstreete
             ,
          
           where
           they
           were
           hissed
           and
           houted
           at
           .
        
         
           Next
           morning
           they
           are
           for
           Execution
           ,
           and
           to
           
             Christchurch
          
           they
           goe
           ;
           the
           
             Visitors
          
           and
           
             Chancellor
          
           (
           falsly
           so
           called
           )
           enter
           the
           Hall
           ,
           call
           for
           the
           Buttery-booke
           ,
           dash
           out
           the
           
             Deane
          
           and
           all
           the
           
             Cannons
             ,
          
           put
           in
           their
           owne
           new
           nam'd
           things
           ,
           and
           subscribe
           their
           names
           to
           the
           fact
           ;
           then
           Mistresse
           
             Fell
          
           (
           a
           gallant
           woman
           )
           her
           children
           and
           servants
           are
           turned
           out
           ,
           and
           the
           possession
           given
           to
           
             Reynolds
             .
          
        
         
           Afternoone
           a
           
             Convocation
          
           is
           called
           by
           a
           (
           fellow
           they
           call
           Beedle
           ,
           hee
           came
           into
           our
           Colledge
           ,
           with
           his
           hands
           in
           his
           pockets
           (
           staffe
           hee
           had
           none
           )
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           Quadrangle
           ,
           pulls
           out
           a
           paper
           ,
           puts
           on
           his
           spectacles
           ,
           and
           read
           the
           forme
           in
           Latine
           ,
           (
           though
           't
           is
           certaine
           hee
           understands
           noe
           good
           English
           (
           
             Langley
          
           was
           the
           man
           ,
           a
           Taylor
           )
           and
           instead
           of
           
             per
             sidem
             ,
             per
             sidem
             ,
             per
             sidem
             ;
          
           call'd
           it
           
             provided
             ;
             provided
             ,
             provided
             .
          
           Afternoone
           they
           advance
           towards
           the
           
             Schooles
             ,
          
           there
           marched
           before
           his
           
             Lordship
             ,
          
           foure
           fellowes
           in
           gownes
           ,
           ill-fac'd
           ,
           heads
           bare
           ,
           hands
           in
           their
           pockets
           ,
           these
           went
           for
           Beedles
           ,
           after
           these
           my
           
             Lord
          
           and
           the
           rabble
           ;
           to
           the
           Convocation
           they
           come
           ,
           where
           there
           appeared
           not
           above
           thirteene
           or
           fourteene
           who
           had
           votes
           (
           Doctor
           
             Pellam
             ,
          
           and
           Master
           
             VVilliamson
          
           were
           two
           ,
           
             Zouch
          
           and
           
             Paul
             Hood
          
           have
           appeared
           too
           ,
           )
           yet
           the
           House
           was
           full
           of
           people
           ,
           Batchelours
           ,
           Freshmen
           ,
           Townesmen
           ,
           Servingmen
           ,
           all
           came
           in
           ,
           and
           sat
           where
           once
           gallant
           men
           did
           .
        
         
           Never
           such
           a
           
             Conventicle
          
           (
           or
           
             Confusion
          
           rather
           )
           carried
           the
           name
           of
           a
           
             Convocation
             ,
          
           there
           they
           make
           
             Reynolds
          
           Vice-Chancellor
           ,
           
             Button
          
           and
           
             Crosse
          
           Proctors
           ,
           
             Reynolds
             ,
             Harris
             ,
             Rogers
             ,
             Corbet
          
           (
           who
           as
           
             Vniversity
             Orator
          
           made
           a
           Speech
           to
           the
           
             Chancellor
          
           in
           the
           passage
           by
           the
           
             Divinity-Schooles
             )
             Garbrand
          
           of
           
             New-Iun
             ,
             Palmer
          
           (
           the
           designed
           Warden
           of
           
             All-Soules
          
           )
           are
           Created
           Doctors
           ,
           
             Langley
             ,
             Cornish
             ,
             Cheynel
             .
          
           Batchelors
           ,
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           Masters
           ,
           and
           Batchelors
           ,
           God
           knowes
           how
           many
           !
           The
           most
           that
           was
           spoken
           there
           was
           English
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           was
           done
           was
           irregular
           
             capa pe
             pe
          
           no
           Statute
           observed
           ,
           or
           regarded
           ,
        
         
         
           Thursday
           
             Aprill
          
           the
           thirteenth
           ,
           my
           
             Lord
          
           and
           the
           
             Visitors
          
           and
           a
           great
           guard
           of
           Musquetiers
           (
           where
           ever
           they
           went
           ,
           even
           at
           
             Convocation
             ,
          
           they
           had
           a
           great
           guard
           still
           )
           are
           for
           
             Magdalens
             ,
          
           they
           had
           before
           summoned
           all
           the
           fellowes
           ,
           &c.
           to
           meet
           them
           in
           the
           Hall
           ,
           but
           none
           did
           heede
           or
           obey
           ,
           (
           only
           Master
           
             Dayle
          
           Junior
           was
           there
           )
           there
           they
           sate
           ,
           and
           by
           and
           by
           bonny
           
             Thom.
             Smith
          
           comes
           into
           the
           Hall
           up
           to
           my
           
             Lord
             ,
          
           confidently
           asked
           him
           ,
           
             by
             what
             Authoritie
             hee
             sate
             there
             ?
          
           My
           
             Lord
          
           was
           troubled
           at
           this
           ,
           till
           
             Cheynell
          
           told
           my
           
             Lord
             ,
          
           that
           
             the
             man
             was
             madde
             ,
             (
             Clodius
             accusat
             Maechos
          
           )
           but
           
             Smith
          
           heard
           him
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           that
           
             hee
             was
             no
             so
             madde
             as
             hee
          
           —
           &c.
           
           Then
           they
           call
           for
           the
           Buttery-booke
           ,
           dash
           out
           Doctor
           
             Oliver
             ,
          
           put
           in
           
             Iohn
             Wilkinson
             ,
          
           goe
           to
           the
           Lodgings
           ,
           violently
           breake
           open
           the
           doores
           ,
           imprison
           Doctor
           
             Oliver's
          
           man
           ,
           give
           Doctor
           
             Iohn
          
           and
           
             Kate
          
           possession
           ;
           Shee
           presently
           layes
           in
           a
           Barrell
           of
           Beere
           ,
           and
           the
           Doctor
           sends
           to
           the
           Cooke
           and
           commands
           him
           to
           dresse
           no
           Supper
           ,
           but
           hee
           obeyes
           not
           but
           dresses
           Supper
           ,
           and
           some
           very
           honest
           men
           eate
           it
           in
           their
           owne
           defence
           .
        
         
           After
           dinner
           my
           Lord
           (
           now
           grown
           skilfull
           at
           breaking
           open
           doores
           )
           marches
           to
           
             All-soules
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           rabble
           with
           him
           ;
           they
           had
           summoned
           the
           Fellowes
           to
           meete
           them
           in
           the
           Hall
           but
           not
           one
           man
           would
           appeare
           ;
           there
           they
           fret
           ,
           but
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           send
           for
           Doctor
           
             Sheldon
          
           (
           the
           honor
           of
           our
           Towne
           ,
           and
           his
           Coate
           )
           hee
           quietly
           asked
           by
           what
           authority
           they
           summoned
           him
           ;
           the
           Authority
           was
           shewn
           ,
           and
           read
           ;
           Doctor
           
             Sheldon
          
           told
           them
           it
           concernd
           not
           him
           at
           all
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           Dated
           
             March
          
           the
           eighth
           (
           or
           thereabouts
           )
           and
           gave
           the
           
             Chancellor
          
           and
           
             Visitors
          
           power
           to
           give
           possession
           to
           those
           which
           were
           Voted
           into
           the
           places
           of
           those
           then
           removed
           ,
           but
           Doctor
           
             Sheldon
          
           told
           them
           hee
           was
           not
           then
           questioned
           ,
           nor
           voted
           out
           till
           
             March
          
           the
           thirtith
           so
           that
           it
           was
           manifest
           they
           had
           by
           that
           no
           power
           to
           meddle
           with
           him
           .
           This
           puzzeld
           them
           all
           ,
           nor
           was
           there
           any
           answer
           ,
           my
           Lord
           askes
           
             Pryn
          
           (
           who
           was
           there
           )
           what
           hee
           said
           to
           it
           ,
           but
           (
           at
           present
           )
           
             William
          
           said
           nothing
           .
           The
           
             Doctor
          
           leaves
           them
           ,
           they
           
           consult
           almost
           an
           houre
           ;
           
             Pryn
          
           confesses
           
             they
             had
             no
             power
             by
             their
             Commission
             to
             doe
             it
             ,
             but
             the
             Parliament
             must
             not
             bee
             baffled
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             might
             doe
             many
             things
          
           exofficio
           ,
           
             agreeable
             to
             the
             minde
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             though
             not
             in
             their
             Commission
             .
          
           Oraculous
           
             William
          
           !
           Well
           to
           it
           againe
           they
           goe
           ,
           breake
           open
           his
           doores
           ;
           enter
           ,
           give
           Master
           
             Palmer
          
           possession
           ,
           write
           a
           mittimus
           to
           send
           Doctor
           
             Sheldon
          
           to
           prison
           ;
           in
           which
           they
           used
           base
           ,
           aggravative
           language
           against
           him
           ,
           the
           
             Doctor
          
           desired
           my
           
             Lord
          
           to
           reade
           it
           ,
           telling
           him
           ,
           that
           his
           Lordship
           was
           pleased
           two
           or
           three
           times
           to
           say
           that
           his
           answer
           and
           carriage
           were
           very
           civill
           ,
           and
           desired
           to
           know
           whether
           that
           language
           was
           fit
           to
           be
           given
           to
           one
           who
           had
           so
           demean'd
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           My
           
             Lord
          
           said
           ,
           they
           
             were
             hard
             words
             ,
          
           and
           when
           they
           told
           him
           that
           the
           Lawyers
           drew
           it
           (
           
             Pryn
          
           and
           
             Cheynel
          
           were
           the
           men
           )
           my
           Lord
           replyed
           
             who
             ever
             drew
             it
             ,
             it
             had
             very
             hard
             language
             in
             it
             ;
          
           In
           the
           carriage
           and
           debate
           of
           the
           businesse
           ,
           my
           
             Lord
          
           asked
           Doctor
           
             Sheldon
          
           pardon
           three
           or
           foure
           times
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           openly
           ,
           
             that
             what
             hee
             had
             done
             in
             breaking
             open
             doores
             hee
             knew
             not
             ,
             let
             the
             Lawyers
             looke
             to
             that
             ,
          
           so
           Doctor
           
             Sheldon
          
           is
           for
           prison
           ,
           and
           they
           for
           
             Wadam
          
           where
           they
           summoned
           the
           Fellowes
           ,
           none
           appeare
           ,
           goe
           to
           the
           Buttery
           booke
           ,
           put
           out
           the
           
             Warden
             ,
          
           put
           
             Willkins
          
           of
           
             Magdalen-Hall
          
           (
           the
           Prince
           
             Electors
          
           Chaplaine
           )
           in
           his
           place
           ;
           then
           to
           
             Trinity
             ,
          
           breake
           open
           all
           ,
           put
           old
           
             Harris
          
           in
           possession
           .
           Then
           for
           
             Saint
             Iohns
          
           and
           because
           there
           were
           little
           children
           had
           Agues
           they
           give
           him
           time
           to
           remove
           ,
           who
           never
           will
           remove
           till
           compeld
           by
           violence
           .
           Then
           to
           
             Brasen-Nose
          
           summon
           the
           fellowes
           ,
           none
           appeare
           ,
           call
           for
           the
           Buttery
           booke
           ,
           raise
           out
           the
           
             Principalls
          
           name
           ,
           put
           in
           
             Greenwood
             .
          
           Friday
           morning
           to
           
             Christ-Church
          
           again
           ,
           for
           they
           heard
           the
           new
           
             Deane
             ,
          
           and
           
             Cannons
          
           names
           were
           torne
           out
           ,
           they
           put
           them
           in
           again
           .
           They
           have
           sorely
           whip't
           a
           
             mad
             woman
          
           for
           calling
           them
           
             Roundheads
             ,
             and
             Rebells
             ,
          
           (
           should
           all
           mad
           men
           bee
           whip't
           it
           would
           goe
           hard
           with
           some
           )
           and
           
             Thom.
             
             Smith
          
           of
           
             Magdalens
          
           is
           last
           night
           carried
           to
           
             Bridewell
             ,
          
           and
           Master
           
             VVebbirly
          
           too
           ;
           farewell
           ,
           remember
           me
           to
           all
           my
           friends
           ,
           honest
           T.
           T.
           D.
           S.
           the
           Gentleman
           with
           
           the
           sword
           ,
           Mr.
           F.
           Mr.
           
           LL.
           Mr.
           L.
           &
           excuse
           me
           to
           Mrs.
           Ba.
           
           I
           am
           in
           her
           debt
           for
           many
           things
           besides
           a
           letter
           ,
           pray
           for
           us
           ,
           not
           that
           wee
           may
           keepe
           our
           places
           ,
           but
           our
           courage
           and
           conscience
           ;
           If
           this
           world
           goe
           on
           ,
           't
           will
           bee
           a
           shame
           to
           bee
           out
           of
           prison
           ,
           or
           in
           a
           Felloship
           .
           What
           I
           have
           writ
           is
           true
           whether
           sense
           or
           no
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           what
           ever
           it
           bee
           ,
           accept
           of
           my
           willingnesse
           to
           serve
           thee
           ,
           and
           pardon
           the
           faults
           ,
           of
        
         
           
             Oxford
             
               April
               .
               18
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             Thine
             &c.
             
          
        
      
       
       
         
           A
           LETTER
           from
           Oxford
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           beene
           unjsut
           to
           you
           ,
           That
           I
           have
           so
           long
           deferred
           to
           give
           you
           an
           account
           of
           this
           last
           Act
           of
           the
           Tragedy
           here
           in
           
             Oxford
             :
          
           I
           shall
           now
           labour
           to
           expiate
           my
           fault
           by
           some
           kinde
           of
           restitution
           ,
           and
           hasten
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           entrance
           was
           on
           this
           manner
           .
           Some
           few
           weekes
           before
           Easter
           ,
           the
           Visitation
           ,
           which
           had
           beene
           for
           some
           time
           the
           sleeping
           Lion
           ,
           began
           to
           rouze
           it selfe
           up
           againe
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           passion
           weeke
           grew
           on
           ,
           designed
           this
           
             Vniversitie
          
           to
           that
           honour
           of
           Conformity
           with
           the
           Image
           of
           our
           Saviour
           (
           I
           meane
           in
           suffering
           .
           )
        
         
           And
           first
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           .
           that
           if
           there
           were
           any
           difference
           among
           them
           ,
           betwixt
           
             Legal
          
           and
           
             Illegal
             ,
          
           betwixt
           
             Valid
          
           and
           
             Null
             ;
          
           this
           Rallying
           of
           the
           Visitors
           after
           so
           long
           an
           intermission
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           so
           much
           as
           formality
           of
           Adjourning
           
             de
             die
             in
             diem
          
           (
           as
           their
           Commission
           ,
           and
           the
           manner
           of
           all
           Courts
           requires
           )
           were
           sufficient
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           owne
           Principles
           ,
           to
           pronounce
           all
           
             Null
          
           which
           they
           have
           done
           since
           this
           last
           Session
           of
           theirs
           :
           But
           such
           nicities
           you
           will
           not
           expect
           they
           should
           consider
           ;
           though
           that
           they
           ,
           which
           live
           by
           no
           other
           Law
           but
           that
           of
           Ordinance
           ,
           should
           despise
           even
           that
           by
           which
           they
           subsist
           ,
           is
           a
           pretty
           degree
           of
           unkindnesse
           and
           ingratitude
           in
           them
           ;
           and
           such
           as
           the
           Jews
           would
           not
           bee
           guilty
           of
           ;
           but
           at
           the
           time
           when
           they
           were
           Crucifying
           of
           
             Christ
          
           would
           not
           yet
           enter
           into
           the
           
           
             Praetorium
             ,
          
           lest
           they
           should
           be
           defiled
           by
           the
           heathen
           Souldiers
           there
           ,
           and
           so
           bee
           made
           uncapable
           by
           
             Moses's
          
           Lawe
           ,
           of
           receiving
           the
           Passover
           approaching
           ;
           It
           being
           most
           unreasonable
           and
           inconsistent
           with
           their
           Principles
           to
           Crucifie
           the
           true
           Lawe
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           on
           pretence
           it
           was
           contrary
           to
           their
           
             Ordinances
          
           by
           which
           they
           Acted
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           despise
           those
           very
           
             Ordinances
             ,
          
           whose
           Advocates
           they
           undertooke
           to
           bee
           so
           zealously
           .
           But
           these
           are
           men
           who
           are
           to
           make
           Lawes
           for
           others
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           bee
           ruled
           by
           any
           themselves
           :
           And
           therefore
           I
           doe
           not
           expect
           you
           should
           at
           all
           stand
           still
           and
           gaze
           or
           wonder
           at
           this
           ,
           though
           in
           all
           reason
           it
           have
           a
           great
           influence
           on
           all
           that
           followes
           ,
           which
           can
           have
           no
           greater
           validitie
           in
           it
           ,
           then
           what
           this
           
             null
          
           foundation
           can
           helpe
           it
           to
           .
           But
           it
           is
           in
           vaine
           to
           wound
           a
           Carcase
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           paines
           to
           let
           out
           life
           from
           the
           Trunke
           that
           never
           had
           the
           honour
           to
           have
           any
           :
           And
           therefore
           let
           that
           passe
           .
           When
           they
           came
           down
           to
           this
           new
           and
           strange
           work
           ,
           the
           Persons
           which
           entred
           were
           five
           in
           appearance
           ,
           though
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           but
           one
           Soule
           to
           animate
           them
           all
           ;
           that
           Spirit
           that
           was
           once
           in
           Chaynes
           at
           
             Salisbury
          
           (
           you
           know
           whose
           Periphrasis
           that
           is
           .
           )
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           the
           five
           was
           Sir
           
             Nat.
             Brent
             ,
          
           that
           known
           old
           visitor
           ,
           that
           tooke
           such
           care
           in
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Canterburies
          
           dayes
           to
           have
           the
           Ceremonies
           observed
           ,
           the
           Table
           rayled
           in
           ,
           &c.
           and
           now
           can
           lye
           in
           curtaynes
           fetcht
           out
           of
           his
           Colledge-Chappell
           formerly
           thought
           fit
           to
           adorn
           the
           East
           end
           of
           that
           ,
           but
           now
           found
           more
           commodious
           for
           his
           bed-chamber
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           was
           Dr.
           
             Iohn
             Wilkinson
             ,
          
           that
           illiterate
           ,
           testy
           old
           Creature
           ,
           that
           for
           fourty
           yeeres
           together
           hath
           beene
           the
           sport
           of
           the
           Boyes
           ,
           most
           constantly
           yoaked
           with
           ●●ctor
           
             Kettle
          
           )
           which
           in
           this
           age
           of
           Idolizing
           of
           Sermons
           ,
           is
           sufficiently
           known
           never
           to
           have
           preach't
           above
           once
           in
           fourty
           yeeres
           ,
           and
           having
           now
           outlived
           all
           the
           little
           learning
           hee
           had
           ,
           and
           his
           every
           thing
           but
           Sugar'd
           drinke
           ,
           and
           Possets
           ;
           is
           thought
           fit
           to
           bee
           Sir
           
             Nathaniel's
          
           Second
           ,
           in
           being
           revenged
           on
           learning
           which
           hath
           brought
           them
           so
           much
           reproach
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           is
           Master
           
             Rogers
          
           of
           
             New-Inn
             ,
          
           famous
           for
           
             Adam
          
           
           the
           
             Protolaspus
             ,
          
           when
           many
           yeeres
           since
           hee
           ventured
           to
           bee
           a
           Preacher
           ,
           and
           attempted
           to
           imitate
           that
           sound
           (
           which
           hee
           might
           often
           have
           heard
           )
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           which
           't
           is
           supposed
           he
           thought
           compounded
           of
           the
           Greeke
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           (
           if
           hee
           ever
           knew
           so
           much
           of
           that
           Language
           )
           and
           the
           Latine
           
             Lapsus
             ,
          
           which
           yet
           hee
           was
           not
           so
           much
           Master
           of
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           it
           a
           more
           perfect
           sound
           then
           that
           of
           
             Protolaspus
          
           which
           I
           mentioned
           .
        
         
           The
           fourth
           man
           was
           Master
           
             Harris
             ,
          
           good
           man
           ,
           that
           hath
           but
           the
           possession
           of
           so
           many
           Benefices
           (
           
             Hanwell
             ,
          
           his
           old
           Love
           ,
           one
           hundred
           and
           sixty
           pounds
           
             per
             annum
             ,
          
           beside
           grazing
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             Bishopsgate
          
           toward
           foure
           hundred
           pounds
           .
           
             Hanborough
             ,
          
           toward
           three
           hundred
           pounds
           .
           
             Beriton
          
           and
           
             Petersfield
             ,
          
           in
           
             Hampshire
             ,
          
           not
           above
           five
           hundred
           or
           six
           hundred
           pounds
           more
           ;
           beside
           the
           foure
           shillings
           a
           day
           for
           the
           Assembly
           Membership
           ;
           and
           ten
           shillings
           for
           Apostleship
           in
           
             Oxford
          
           )
           but
           assured
           us
           in
           his
           late
           
             Visitation-Sermon
          
           ,
           last
           
             Iune
             ;
          
           that
           hee
           had
           not
           the
           
             Pro-fits
          
           of
           them
           (
           quite
           contrary
           to
           Master
           
             Greenewood
          
           the
           new
           Principall
           of
           
             Brasen-nose
             ,
          
           who
           being
           accused
           of
           the
           like
           Plurality
           ,
           profest
           that
           he
           had
           not
           the
           Livings
           but
           only
           the
           
             Profits
          
           of
           them
           .
           )
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           fift
           and
           last
           place
           Master
           
             Chayn●el
             ,
          
           I
           shall
           but
           name
           him
           
             Caetera
             fama
             dabit
             .
          
           Well
           ,
           of
           the
           foure
           and
           twenty
           Visitors
           ,
           any
           five
           of
           which
           (
           none
           being
           of
           the
           
             Quorum
          
           )
           may
           by
           the
           Ordinance
           make
           a
           Court
           ;
           These
           five
           met
           together
           at
           
             Merton
          
           Colledge
           ,
           and
           ,
           for
           ought
           any
           man
           can
           take
           cognizance
           ,
           three
           fives
           or
           sixes
           more
           might
           bee
           a sitting
           in
           three
           other
           places
           of
           this
           Towne
           ,
           and
           Decreeing
           the
           quite
           contrary
           (
           varied
           in
           three
           severall
           shapes
           )
           to
           what
           these
           five
           did
           in
           that
           one
           place
           .
           And
           so
           if
           nullities
           in
           their
           Proceedings
           would
           doe
           any
           good
           ,
           sure
           there
           were
           a
           sound
           one
           in
           that
           Commission
           ;
           which
           ,
           by
           putting
           none
           in
           the
           
             Quorum
             ,
          
           makes
           no
           provision
           agaisnt
           this
           strange
           absurdity
           .
           But
           beside
           this
           ,
           if
           Acts
           even
           of
           this
           Parliament
           are
           worth
           heeding
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           but
           the
           Will
           and
           Force
           of
           resolved
           Men
           ,
           then
           sure
           that
           Act
           that
           made
           Clergy
           men
           uncapable
           of
           any
           place
           of
           Judicature
           ,
           would
           make
           foure
           of
           these
           five
           uncapable
           .
           For
           though
           as
           wee
           see
           them
           foure
           ,
           and
           Master
           
             Reynolds
             ,
          
           and
           Master
           
             Corbet
             ,
          
           &c.
           named
           in
           the
           Ordinance
           ,
           
           wee
           could
           not
           say
           there
           were
           any
           Divines
           (
           contrary
           to
           the
           Act
           )
           invested
           with
           power
           of
           
             Oier
          
           and
           
             Terminer
             ,
          
           because
           those
           names
           might
           signifie
           some
           other
           
             non-Divines
             ,
          
           which
           wee
           knew
           not
           ;
           yet
           when
           wee
           see
           them
           sitting
           at
           
             Merton
          
           Colledge
           in
           Gownes
           ,
           wee
           cannot
           mistake
           ,
           or
           distrust
           our
           eyes
           ,
           but
           are
           forced
           to
           resolve
           that
           either
           
             Presbyterian-Divines
          
           are
           no
           Divines
           ,
           or
           that
           these
           foure
           are
           excluded
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           then
           Sir
           
             Nathaniel
             ,
          
           and
           
             Brem
             ,
          
           and
           
             Warden
          
           of
           
             Merton
             ,
          
           and
           
             Vicar-Generall
             ,
          
           and
           
             Iudge
          
           of
           the
           
             Praerogative
          
           must
           make
           up
           the
           five
           (
           and
           some
           of
           them
           if
           not
           Divines
           ,
           are
           Ecelesiastick
           Persons
           also
           )
           or
           else
           wee
           cannot
           possibly
           reare
           a
           Committee
           .
        
         
           And
           againe
           if
           there
           bee
           any
           sence
           in
           that
           old
           Maxime
           ,
           that
           Parties
           must
           not
           be
           Judges
           ,
           and
           that
           't
           is
           only
           the
           Hangmans
           fee
           to
           have
           the
           dead
           man's
           cloths
           to
           weare
           after
           him
           (
           and
           it
           hath
           not
           beene
           often
           seene
           that
           the
           Judge
           hath
           seized
           upon
           them
           for
           his
           owne
           body
           ,
           and
           appeared
           in
           them
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Circuit
           )
           then
           sure
           these
           five
           will
           not
           bee
           able
           to
           make
           up
           one
           tolerable
           Commissioner
           ,
           or
           piece
           of
           a
           legall-Judge
           ,
           for
           this
           one
           Cause
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           no
           other
           
             nullity
          
           in
           it
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           notorious
           that
           old
           
             Wilkinson
          
           was
           then
           Voted
           ,
           and
           now
           thrust
           into
           Doctor
           
             Olivers
          
           Presidentship
           of
           
             Magdalens
             ;
          
           old
           
             Rogers
          
           into
           Doctor
           
             Gardners
          
           Prebendary
           of
           
             Christchurch
             ;
             Harris
          
           into
           Doctor
           
             Potters
          
           Presidentship
           of
           
             Trinity
             ,
          
           and
           one
           living
           more
           ,
           that
           of
           
             Gazington
          
           annexed
           to
           that
           place
           ;
           
             Chaynel
          
           into
           Doctor
           
             Raylies
          
           of
           Saint
           
             Iohns
             ;
          
           And
           Sir
           
             Nat's
          
           sonne
           
             Corbet
          
           (
           the
           old
           Gentleman
           being
           full
           and
           uncapable
           of
           more
           Spirituall
           Preferment
           )
           into
           Doctor
           
             Hammonds
          
           Prebendary
           of
           
             Christchurch
             ,
          
           and
           Oratorship
           of
           the
           
             Vniversitie
             ,
          
           which
           are
           both
           very
           reconcileable
           with
           
             Hasely
             ,
          
           of
           toward
           foure
           hundred
           pounds
           
             per
             annum
             ,
          
           which
           he
           deprived
           Doctor
           
             Soame
          
           of
           ,
           a
           yeere
           and
           halfe
           since
           ;
           poore
           modest
           Gentleman
           ,
           how
           the
           wealth
           of
           the
           world
           crowds
           in
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           hee
           cannot
           looke
           any
           man
           in
           the
           face
           hee
           is
           so
           bashfull
           at
           it
           .
           These
           five
           men
           have
           had
           the
           honour
           of
           going
           through
           all
           the
           last
           part
           of
           the
           worke
           ,
           as
           farre
           as
           it
           was
           acted
           here
           .
        
         
           Their
           first
           busines
           was
           to
           summon
           Dr.
           
             Sheldon
             ,
          
           and
           Dr.
           
             Hammond
             ,
          
           which
           had
           not
           before
           come
           into
           their
           fanges
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           
           other
           Heads
           who
           had
           any
           way
           escaped
           the
           former
           impression
           of
           their
           malice
           ;
           Their
           questions
           to
           them
           were
           the
           same
           Engine
           that
           the
           Praesidents
           of
           old
           made
           use
           of
           to
           dismount
           
             Daniel
             ,
          
           knowing
           that
           they
           had
           no
           crime
           to
           lay
           to
           their
           charge
           ,
           nor
           other
           occasion
           but
           only
           that
           they
           would
           not
           perjure
           themselves
           in
           doing
           any
           thing
           contrary
           to
           their
           allegiance
           to
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           or
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           
             Vniversity
             ;
          
           And
           therefore
           their
           common
           Question
           to
           them
           both
           ,
           and
           all
           others
           was
           ,
           whether
           they
           would
           submlt
           to
           this
           visitation
           ,
           and
           did
           own
           the
           power
           of
           Parliament
           therein
           .
           Dr.
           
             Sheldon's
          
           Answer
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           not
           satisfyed
           that
           he
           ought
           to
           submit
           to
           this
           visitation
           .
           Dr.
           
             Hammond
          
           had
           two
           other
           questions
           added
           to
           that
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           If
           he
           were
           not
           one
           of
           the
           Delegates
           of
           this
           
             Vniversity
             ,
          
           and
           helpt
           not
           to
           frame
           and
           passe
           those
           Reasons
           presented
           in
           Convocation
           ,
           
             Iune
          
           1
           ,
           against
           the
           power
           of
           Parliament
           to
           visit
           ?
           Then
           whether
           he
           as
           Subdeane
           of
           
             Christ
             Church
          
           had
           published
           the
           Orders
           sent
           by
           the
           Committee
           of
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           to
           remove
           some
           of
           that
           Society
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           said
           Orders
           :
           His
           answer
           was
           that
           hee
           did
           not
           conceive
           that
           hee
           was
           obleiged
           to
           answere
           those
           questions
           thus
           proposed
           to
           him
           ;
           I
           am
           told
           by
           some
           that
           have
           talkt
           with
           that
           Dr.
           that
           the
           reason
           of
           his
           giving
           his
           answer
           in
           those
           wary
           restreined
           termes
           ,
           was
           to
           make
           it
           impossible
           for
           them
           ,
           proceeding
           (
           as
           he
           expected
           )
           according
           to
           their
           own
           principles
           ,
           to
           charge
           any
           thing
           upon
           him
           ;
           For
           this
           answer
           being
           made
           to
           those
           three
           questions
           together
           ,
           would
           be
           justifyed
           ,
           if
           any
           part
           of
           any
           of
           the
           three
           were
           such
           ,
           as
           to
           which
           he
           was
           not
           obliged
           to
           give
           answer
           .
        
         
           And
           sure
           many
           parts
           there
           were
           in
           the
           questions
           confestly
           of
           this
           nature
           .
           For
           not
           to
           mention
           an
           exception
           to
           the
           first
           .
           That
           sure
           no
           man
           is
           bound
           to
           accuse
           himselfe
           ,
           or
           to
           answer
           any
           question
           which
           may
           bee
           to
           his
           own
           prejudice
           ;
           as
           't
           was
           cleare
           it
           would
           bee
           ,
           if
           hee
           answered
           that
           hee
           could
           not
           submit
           to
           their
           visitation
           ,
           which
           his
           Oathes
           bound
           him
           to
           answer
           ,
           (
           if
           hee
           answered
           at
           all
           )
           if
           hee
           tooke
           the
           Parliament
           in
           their
           sence
           for
           the
           two
           houses
           (
           and
           this
           was
           the
           very
           thing
           for
           which
           the
           Oathes
           
             ex
             Officio
          
           were
           by
           them
           formerly
           so
           complained
           of
           as
           unlawfull
           )
           to
           omit
           that
           first
           question
           ,
           or
           rather
           snare
           .
           I
           say
           ;
           the
           second
           
           contein'd
           in
           it
           an
           absolute
           falsity
           ,
           which
           hee
           must
           have
           granted
           a
           truth
           ,
           if
           hee
           had
           answered
           to
           it
           either
           affirmatively
           or
           negatively
           .
           For
           there
           was
           never
           any
           such
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           is
           there
           pretended
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           Reasons
           presented
           
             Iune
             the
             first
          
           against
           the
           power
           of
           the
           two
           houses
           ,
           or
           Parliament
           to
           visit
           ,
           with
           those
           reasons
           which
           were
           then
           presented
           ,
           is
           sufficiently
           knowne
           in
           the
           publishing
           of
           them
           ;
           namely
           the
           scruples
           of
           rationall
           men
           against
           the
           taking
           of
           the
           Covenant
           and
           Negative
           Oath
           ,
           and
           submission
           to
           the
           Ordinance
           for
           the
           directory
           ;
           and
           what
           is
           this
           I
           pray
           to
           any bodies
           power
           of
           visiting
           ?
           especially
           when
           now
           't
           is
           confest
           by
           these
           men
           that
           they
           doe
           not
           meane
           in
           their
           visitation
           to
           presse
           the
           Covenant
           .
        
         
           The
           truth
           is
           these
           reasons
           have
           not
           beene
           answered
           by
           any
           ,
           though
           insteed
           of
           answering
           them
           ,
           there
           was
           by
           an
           anonymas
           (
           Master
           
             Cheynell
          
           the
           spirit
           bespeakes
           the
           Author
           )
           a
           promise
           made
           long
           since
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           be
           taken
           in
           peices
           ,
           &
           the
           theologicall
           part
           answered
           by
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           the
           Law
           part
           by
           able
           Lawyers
           ,
           and
           the
           prudentiall
           part
           by
           prudent
           men
           ,
           but
           now
           it
           seemes
           by
           this
           question
           ,
           that
           the
           farre
           easier
           course
           is
           to
           put
           the
           honest
           Christian
           in
           a
           wild
           beasts
           skinne
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           teare
           him
           to
           peices
           ;
           I
           meane
           to
           entitle
           these
           reasons
           a
           new
           ,
           Reasons
           against
           the
           power
           of
           Parliament
           to
           visit
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           turne
           out
           all
           who
           had
           to
           doe
           in
           the
           composing
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           should
           bee
           full
           as
           profitable
           to
           those
           who
           meant
           to
           succeede
           them
           in
           their
           places
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           answered
           all
           their
           scruples
           .
           Meane
           while
           this
           makes
           it
           not
           only
           unreasonable
           ,
           but
           impossible
           for
           the
           Doctor
           to
           give
           any
           positive
           Answer
           to
           that
           question
           ,
           which
           was
           
             fallacia
             plurimum
             interogationum
             ;
          
           and
           so
           ,
           sure
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           oblieged
           to
           
             answer
          
           it
           being
           
             thus
             proposed
             .
          
           For
           the
           third
           hee
           was
           able
           to
           make
           this
           Dilemma
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           If
           hee
           should
           answer
           that
           hee
           had
           not
           published
           those
           orders
           against
           his
           brethren
           ,
           he
           had
           confest
           himself
           guilty
           of
           a
           Contempt
           of
           those
           who
           made
           those
           Orders
           ;
           if
           that
           hee
           had
           publish'd
           it
           ,
           hee
           had
           confest
           himselfe
           the
           accuser
           (
           and
           as
           much
           as
           in
           him
           lay
           ,
           the
           executioner
           )
           of
           his
           brethren
           :
           The
           Accuser
           of
           them
           if
           they
           did
           not
           obey
           upon
           his
           publishing
           of
           them
           :
           The
           Executioner
           if
           they
           did
           .
           And
           sure
           hee
           was
           not
           
           bound
           either
           to
           acknowledge
           himself
           a
           foole
           ,
           or
           a
           divill
           ;
           A
           foole
           by
           confessing
           those
           omissions
           ,
           which
           must
           bee
           his
           rume
           under
           such
           Judges
           ;
           a
           devill
           in
           having
           acted
           under
           such
           bloody
           censors
           .
           Well
           to
           hold
           you
           no
           longer
           in
           these
           discourses
           (
           when
           reasons
           is
           become
           so
           uselesse
           a
           solicitor
           )
           the
           answers
           of
           those
           two
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           the
           like
           ,
           being
           given
           on
           Monday
           before
           Easter
           ,
           made
           such
           haste
           from
           hence
           to
           
             London
             ,
          
           to
           the
           obedient
           Committee
           there
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           with
           such
           full
           speede
           came
           back
           again
           ,
           that
           they
           brought
           downe
           that
           very
           weeke
           from
           
             London
          
           against
           Doctor
           
             Sheldon
             ,
          
           Doctor
           
             Hammond
             ,
          
           Doctor
           
             Wall
             ,
          
           and
           Doctor
           
             Payne
          
           votes
           of
           removing
           them
           from
           their
           places
           ,
           upon
           pretence
           of
           high
           contempt
           of
           authority
           of
           Parliament
           .
           Was
           there
           ever
           such
           a
           conclusion
           from
           such
           praemisses
           ?
           But
           this
           will
           not
           much
           amaze
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           consider
           the
           moderne
           practices
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           as
           once
           there
           was
           a
           law
           somewhere
           ,
           that
           no
           crime
           should
           be
           punishable
           but
           treason
           ,
           but
           then
           by
           the
           malice
           of
           interpretation
           care
           taken
           ,
           that
           every
           thing
           that
           any
           man
           did
           ,
           should
           bee
           improved
           into
           Treason
           ;
           So
           now
           among
           us
           the
           contempt
           of
           authority
           of
           Parliament
           is
           the
           only
           mortall
           Crime
           ,
           but
           then
           the
           giving
           a
           wary
           answer
           or
           such
           as
           Master
           
             Cheynell
          
           himselfe
           could
           pick
           no
           hole
           in
           ,
           must
           bee
           the
           contempt
           of
           that
           authority
           ;
           which
           I
           confesse
           it
           was
           in
           one
           of
           those
           Doctors
           in
           some
           sence
           ;
           The
           Committee
           having
           long
           since
           voted
           that
           one
           Master
           
             Palmer
          
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Commons
           should
           succeede
           in
           the
           Wardenship
           of
           
             All-soules
             ,
          
           when
           hee
           should
           bee
           guilty
           of
           contempt
           ;
           whereupon
           his
           not
           throwing
           himselfe
           into
           that
           crime
           ,
           which
           they
           decreed
           hee
           should
           bee
           guilty
           of
           ,
           was
           an
           affront
           to
           the
           voters
           ,
           a
           denyall
           of
           their
           Prophetique
           faculty
           ,
           and
           sure
           a
           contempt
           of
           their
           authority
           ,
           who
           had
           so
           
             absolutely
          
           decreed
           ,
           
             ante
             lapsum
             ,
          
           that
           hee
           should
           contemn
           ,
           &
           perish
           for
           it
           .
           Well
           the
           fury
           of
           these
           impatient
           teazers
           was
           such
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           celebrate
           
             Christs
          
           Resurrection
           in
           any
           Charity
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           Executed
           their
           joyous
           sentence
           upon
           some
           of
           these
           Doctors
           &
           therfore
           the
           next
           minuit
           after
           the
           arrivall
           of
           the
           Carryer
           ,
           and
           the
           votes
           on
           Easter
           Eve
           ,
           they
           ran
           presently
           to
           
             Christ-Church
          
           Hall
           with
           a
           full
           guard
           of
           Musquetiers
           ,
           send
           their
           mandatary
           and
           souldier
           for
           Doctor
           
           
             Hammond
             ;
          
           and
           would
           heare
           no
           reason
           but
           hee
           must
           upon
           utmost
           perrill
           come
           to
           the
           hall
           to
           them
           and
           heare
           himselfe
           pronounced
           neither
           Orator
           nor
           Praebend
           before
           Easter
           ;
           that
           so
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           hee
           might
           want
           Charity
           to
           fit
           him
           for
           the
           next
           dayes
           Dutyes
           ;
           but
           the
           honest
           Doctor
           had
           better
           learned
           and
           taught
           the
           duties
           of
           the
           fifth
           of
           
             Matthew
             ,
          
           then
           to
           bee
           in
           the
           power
           of
           such
           provokers
           .
           The
           same
           sentence
           was
           soone
           after
           on
           Easter
           Munday
           affixt
           on
           Doctor
           
             Sheldons
          
           walls
           ,
           and
           his
           subwarden
           required
           to
           bee
           his
           Executioner
           ,
           and
           woe
           bee
           to
           him
           that
           hee
           hath
           not
           thought
           that
           act
           of
           parricide
           his
           duty
           .
           But
           ;
           Sir
           ,
           all
           these
           have
           beene
           yet
           but
           
             umbratiles
             pugnae
             ,
          
           the
           reall
           fury
           of
           the
           impression
           is
           reserved
           for
           nobler
           hands
           .
           The
           Earle
           of
           
             Pembroke
          
           must
           bee
           fetcht
           from
           
             Ramsbury
          
           to
           breake
           open
           the
           doores
           and
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           according
           to
           an
           Order
           procured
           in
           the
           Lords
           hosue
           ,
           
             March
          
           the
           eighth
           ,
           Master
           
             Cheynel
             ,
          
           which
           knew
           the
           way
           perfectly
           into
           those
           parts
           towards
           
             Salisbury
          
           posts
           presently
           to
           his
           Lordship
           to
           
             Ramsbury
             ,
          
           obteynes
           a
           promise
           that
           the
           weeke
           after
           Easter
           weeke
           hee
           would
           serve
           them
           .
        
         
           Then
           all
           care
           is
           taken
           to
           get
           in
           Beedles
           Staves
           ,
           and
           the
           
             in●●gnia
          
           of
           the
           
             Vniversity
             ,
          
           to
           prepare
           for
           his
           Lordships
           comming
           ,
           the
           Deane
           of
           
             Christ-Church
          
           the
           Vice-Chauncellor
           his
           doores
           are
           broken
           open
           by
           assistance
           of
           Souldiers
           ,
           but
           nothing
           found
           there
           ,
           the
           Presidents
           of
           
             Corpus-Christi
          
           the
           pro-Vice-Chancellor
           his
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           but
           nothing
           there
           :
           At
           last
           when
           the
           Earle
           comes
           most
           pitifully
           fetcht
           in
           with
           a
           few
           visitors
           and
           a
           sorty
           Company
           of
           expectant
           Boyes
           ,
           Master
           
             Cheynell
          
           entertaynes
           him
           with
           an
           English
           speech
           ,
           and
           tells
           him
           that
           the
           Beedles
           staves
           had
           a
           
             double
             guilt
             ,
          
           (
           the
           wit
           of
           the
           new
           University
           )
           and
           therefore
           could
           not
           bee
           had
           to
           attend
           him
           :
           only
           exhorts
           him
           to
           believe
           and
           to
           bee
           confident
           ,
           that
           the
           more
           vigerous
           hee
           should
           bee
           in
           that
           designed
           execution
           ,
           the
           more
           acceptable
           it
           would
           bee
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           if
           hee
           would
           not
           take
           his
           word
           for
           it
           ,
           hee
           should
           take
           Gods
           word
           ,
           and
           so
           presents
           to
           him
           a
           great
           Bible
           without
           Liturgy
           or
           Apocrypha
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           supply
           the
           place
           of
           the
           Beedles
           staves
           to
           conduct
           him
           to
           his
           lodging
           .
           The
           imployment
           that
           now
           they
           set
           this
           Earle
           ,
           
           when
           they
           had
           him
           amongst
           them
           ,
           't
           would
           even
           grieve
           you
           to
           thinke
           of
           ;
           That
           honourable
           office
           of
           a
           petty
           Constable
           generall
           from
           Colledge
           to
           Colledge
           is
           bestowed
           on
           him
           ,
           first
           to
           break
           open
           the
           hall-doore
           of
           
             Christ-Church
             ,
          
           Then
           to
           carry
           out
           Mistrisse
           
             Fell
          
           and
           all
           her
           children
           and
           family
           (
           some
           fourteene
           ,
           women
           and
           children
           )
           in
           chayres
           and
           set
           them
           in
           the
           Quadrangle
           ,
           that
           Master
           
             Reynolds
          
           might
           have
           quiet
           possession
           of
           that
           lodging
           ;
           which
           assuredly
           hee
           will
           never
           injoy
           one
           quiet
           houre
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           hee
           lives
           ,
           if
           he
           were
           in
           earnest
           when
           hee
           wrote
           the
           sinfullnesse
           of
           sin
           ;
           and
           believe
           any
           of
           the
           aggravations
           of
           sin
           ,
           which
           hee
           laboured
           there
           to
           teach
           others
           .
           Then
           Magdalens
           hath
           the
           next
           part
           of
           the
           impression
           ,
           the
           Presidents
           lodgings
           are
           broken
           open
           ,
           the
           Servants
           sent
           to
           the
           Jayle
           for
           not
           betraying
           their
           Master
           ,
           Doctor
           
             Iohn
          
           bid
           to
           be
           president
           and
           he
           presently
           commands
           the
           whole
           society
           to
           bee
           sterved
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           commands
           no
           more
           Commons
           to
           be
           drest
           for
           his
           new
           family
           ,
           who
           must
           bee
           brought
           up
           now
           ,
           like
           
             Scholasticus
          
           his
           horse
           ,
           to
           live
           without
           eating
           .
        
         
           Then
           up
           to
           
             All-Soules
             ,
          
           and
           Doctor
           
             Sheldon
          
           being
           in
           his
           garden
           and
           refusing
           to
           give
           up
           the
           keyes
           of
           his
           house
           ,
           and
           pleading
           that
           the
           vote
           for
           his
           ejection
           was
           twenty
           two
           dayes
           after
           that
           Order
           of
           the
           Lords
           ,
           that
           the
           Earle
           &c.
           should
           execute
           their
           (
           then
           past
           but
           not
           future
           )
           Votes
           ,
           his
           doores
           were
           used
           as
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           friends
           ;
           but
           himselfe
           farre
           worse
           ,
           for
           that
           crime
           of
           urging
           reason
           for
           himselfe
           ,
           least
           ,
           as
           some
           of
           them
           confest
           ,
           they
           should
           bee
           affronted
           ,
           or
           baffled
           by
           him
           .
           Pray
           Sir
           warne
           your
           friends
           to
           brware
           of
           this
           dangerous
           thing
           ,
           called
           speaking
           of
           sense
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           Earle
           stiles
           it
           ,
           being
           Schollars
           ,
           or
           witty
           men
           :
           for
           it
           is
           a
           fault
           can
           never
           bee
           allowed
           impunity
           .
           That
           worthy
           Doctor
           is
           committed
           to
           the
           Marshall
           for
           that
           onely
           crime
           ,
           and
           there
           like
           to
           continue
           ,
           till
           hee
           lose
           or
           allay
           the
           reputation
           of
           being
           rationall
           or
           honest
           ,
           by
           delivering
           up
           the
           keyes
           and
           bookes
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           to
           bee
           perjur'd
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           only
           condition
           yet
           talkt
           of
           to
           make
           him
           capable
           of
           release
           .
           In
           his
           place
           is
           admitted
           the
           aforesaid
           Member
           Master
           
             Palmer
             ,
          
           and
           all
           required
           to
           submit
           to
           him
           as
           Warden
           ,
           though
           neither
           chosen
           by
           the
           Colledge
           ,
           nor
           entred
           by
           taking
           any
           oath
           to
           bee
           true
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           to
           govern
           by
           
           Statute
           ;
           any
           of
           which
           omissions
           make
           it
           direct
           prejury
           for
           any
           Fellow
           to
           acknowledge
           or
           submit
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           it
           doth
           also
           in
           all
           the
           other
           Colledges
           ,
           where
           these
           invaders
           are
           placed
           :
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           legall
           rights
           of
           Governours
           and
           Corporations
           being
           by
           this
           
             una
             litura
          
           abolished
           ,
           and
           turned
           into
           most
           perfect
           arbitrary
           Government
           ,
           under
           a
           Mufty
           Vice-Chancellor
           ,
           and
           two
           Janizary
           proctors
           in
           the
           
             Vniversity
             ;
          
           (
           which
           therefore
           walke
           with
           swords
           and
           pistolls
           instead
           of
           civill
           hoods
           )
           and
           a
           Bashaw
           in
           every
           colledge
           ;
           A
           signification
           of
           the
           new
           modell
           for
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           From
           
             All-Soules
          
           they
           run
           with
           full
           speede
           to
           
             Wadam-Colledge
          
           and
           there
           the
           Warden's
           doores
           are
           by
           his
           Lordship
           fore't
           again
           ,
           and
           one
           
             Wilkins
          
           the
           writer
           of
           the
           man
           in
           the
           Moon
           dropt
           thence
           into
           his
           place
           .
           Then
           
             Trinity
          
           Colledge
           is
           laid
           open
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           noble
           violence
           ,
           to
           Master
           
             Harris
             ;
          
           and
           
             Saint
             Iohns
          
           to
           Master
           
             Cheynel
             ,
          
           though
           there
           they
           acknowledged
           some
           civility
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           reward
           of
           not
           putting
           the
           Constable
           to
           doe
           his
           duty
           ,
           the
           Praesident
           is
           permitted
           to
           live
           in
           his
           lodgings
           for
           a
           moneth
           longer
           .
           The
           same
           fate
           befell
           the
           old
           Principall
           of
           
             Brazen-Nose
             ,
          
           and
           Master
           
             Greenwood
          
           that
           well
           lookt
           Gentleman
           can
           swallow
           the
           Profits
           of
           that
           also
           :
           and
           so
           now
           well
           nigh
           all
           the
           godly
           are
           possest
           of
           the
           good
           things
           of
           this
           life
           ,
           and
           presently
           mistake
           
             possession
          
           for
           
             propriety
             ,
          
           and
           so
           Master
           
             Cheynel
          
           can
           pray
           very
           confidently
           at
           
             Saint
             Maryes
             ,
          
           that
           every
           man
           may
           injoy
           his
           own
           .
           What
           was
           done
           in
           the
           Convocation
           house
           would
           bee
           too
           long
           to
           relate
           particularly
           ,
           many
           speeches
           addrest
           by
           the
           new
           Orator
           ,
           Proctor
           ,
           Vice-Chancellor
           ,
           to
           theire
           golden
           Idoll
           ,
           and
           upon
           his
           giving
           to
           the
           Library
           the
           great
           Bible
           lately
           printed
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           the
           whole
           fabrick
           new
           christned
           by
           Master
           
             Corbet
             ,
          
           from
           
             Bodleiana
          
           to
           
             Pembrokiana
             ,
          
           upon
           the
           same
           depth
           of
           reason
           ,
           that
           their
           mock
           Proctor
           ,
           goody
           
             Buttons
          
           sonne
           ,
           had
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           hee
           was
           
             literatissimus
             omnium
             qui
             Accademiam
             unquam
             intrarunt
             .
          
           Then
           to
           Creating
           of
           Doctors
           and
           Bachelours
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           for
           three
           dayes
           together
           all
           degrees
           most
           liberally
           distributed
           among
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           clients
           ,
           there
           being
           no
           way
           imaginable
           to
           get
           a
           sufficient
           number
           to
           make
           a
           convocation
           
           or
           an
           University
           hereafter
           ,
           when
           the
           subsidiary
           Country
           Parsons
           are
           gone
           home
           again
           ,
           unlesse
           such
           creations
           
             purè
             ex
             nihilo
          
           were
           thus
           allowed
           them
           ,
           for
           wee
           heare
           but
           of
           three
           complyers
           present
           in
           their
           Convocation
           in
           the
           whole
           
             Vniversity
             ,
          
           old
           
             Rouse
          
           the
           Rimmonist
           ,
           as
           hee
           hath
           named
           himselfe
           ,
           old
           
             Williamson
          
           that
           hath
           dranke
           out
           all
           but
           his
           telling
           of
           lyes
           and
           love
           of
           monyes
           to
           provide
           for
           more
           drinke
           ,
           and
           
             Pelham
          
           the
           mock-speakers
           brother
           ,
           which
           confesseth
           hee
           can
           doe
           any
           thing
           but
           deny
           the
           Trinity
           ,
           rather
           then
           loose
           a
           fellowship
           ;
           and
           some
           add
           Doctor
           
             Zouch
          
           also
           ,
           who
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           is
           told
           by
           the
           Earle
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           too
           late
           ;
           his
           place
           being
           otherwise
           designed
           already
           ;
           and
           so
           't
           is
           certayne
           that
           Doctor
           
             Wall
          
           having
           made
           some
           civill
           motions
           towards
           complyance
           ,
           was
           as
           civilly
           treated
           ;
           only
           his
           Prebendary
           voted
           from
           him
           and
           
             Cornish
          
           one
           of
           the
           Apostles
           put
           into
           it
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           bee
           put
           out
           again
           by
           such
           a
           trick
           ,
           I
           warrant
           you
           .
        
         
           Thus
           having
           erected
           a
           strange
           Chimaera
           called
           the
           new
           Modell
           of
           the
           
             Vniversitie
             ,
          
           and
           removed
           as
           many
           heads
           of
           Colledges
           as
           was
           thought
           necessary
           for
           their
           present
           businesse
           ,
           the
           Earle
           hath
           an
           honourable
           
             Exit
             ,
          
           and
           is
           dismissed
           from
           his
           Constables
           Office
           under
           Justice
           
             Cheynel
             ,
          
           untill
           the
           stubbornnesse
           of
           some
           Pretenders
           to
           thense
           of
           reasonable
           Souls
           (
           who
           shall
           thereupon
           refuse
           to
           throw
           their
           doores
           open
           to
           the
           spoylers
           )
           require
           him
           to
           bee
           recalled
           to
           the
           execution
           of
           his
           Office
           againe
           .
           Meane
           while
           wee
           have
           not
           yet
           discovered
           the
           reason
           ,
           ,
           why
           the
           execution
           of
           his
           God-sonne
           Doctor
           
             Hammond
             ,
          
           and
           his
           old
           acquaintance
           Doctor
           
             Morley
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Prebends
           of
           
             Christchurch
          
           is
           deferred
           ,
           so
           farre
           as
           belongs
           to
           the
           possession
           of
           their
           lodgings
           ;
           for
           they
           say
           their
           names
           are
           struck
           out
           of
           the
           Buttery-booke
           ,
           and
           Successours
           put
           in
           instead
           of
           seaven
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           only
           Doctor
           
             Sanderson
          
           respited
           by
           occasion
           of
           his
           not
           being
           in
           towne
           at
           the
           sending
           the
           last
           summons
           for
           him
           :
           But
           if
           they
           have
           any
           man
           so
           ventrous
           as
           to
           dare
           to
           approach
           a
           Divinity-Chayre
           and
           Latine
           hee
           is
           sure
           enough
           to
           survive
           a
           very
           little
           time
           .
           And
           so
           farewell
           Honesty
           ,
           Civility
           ,
           Learning
           ,
           Piety
           ,
           Christianity
           ;
           and
           welcome
           Bedlam
           ,
           and
           Barbarisme
           ,
           and
           oppression
           ,
           and
           Hell
           ,
           the
           only
           
           Jewells
           wee
           are
           to
           receive
           in
           Exchange
           for
           a
           flourishing
           
             Vniversity
             .
          
           These
           things
           are
           too
           sad
           to
           bee
           enlarged
           on
           ,
           but
           will
           appeare
           rarely
           in
           a
           full
           History
           of
           the
           times
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           all
           the
           revenge
           which
           is
           meditated
           here
           against
           these
           men
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           they
           are
           sure
           enough
           by
           the
           peculiarity
           of
           their
           condition
           who
           are
           the
           sufferers
           in
           the
           Tragedy
           .
           And
           so
           this
           Earle's
           Posterity
           will
           be
           able
           to
           see
           their
           Ancestour
           set
           out
           in
           a
           full
           immortall
           shape
           ,
           his
           Memory
           as
           sure
           not
           to
           die
           ,
           as
           
             Erestrarus's
          
           was
           ,
           that
           burnt
           a
           Temple
           ,
           on
           purpose
           to
           perpetuate
           it
           .
           And
           when
           that
           Picture
           is
           drawne
           at
           length
           ,
           you
           neede
           not
           feare
           but
           his
           Encourager
           and
           Director
           
             Olsworth
             ,
          
           will
           finde
           some
           roome
           (
           though
           it
           bee
           but
           as
           a
           
             Negro
             ,
          
           or
           
             Zany
             ,
          
           or
           
             Sancho
          
           )
           in
           the
           Table
           .
        
         
           
             Oxford
             
               April
               .
               17.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             Mournfull
             but
             Christian
             Servant
             .
             
               BASILIUS
               PHILOMUSUS
               .
            
          
        
         
           Fiat
           voluntas
           Domini
           .
        
         
      
    
    

