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         Dunton, John, 1659-1733.
      
       
         
           1683
        
      
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             The informer's doom, or, An unseasonable letter from Utopia directed to the man in the moon giving a full and pleasant account of the arraignment, tryal, and condemnation of all those grand and bitter enemies that disturb and molest all kingdoms and states throughout the Christian world : to which is added (as a caution to honest country-men) the arraignment, tryal, and condemnation of the knavery and cheats that are used in every particular trade in the city of London / presented to the consideration of all the tantivy-lads and lasses in Urope [sic] by a true son of the Church of England.
             Dunton, John, 1659-1733.
          
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               John
               Dunton
               at
               y
               e
               Black
               Rauen
               in
               the
               Poultrey
               over
               agianst
               the
               Stocks
               MArkett
               London
               —
               T
               :
               Catlett
               Sc●
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           INFORMER'S
           DOOM
           :
           OR
           ,
           AN
           Amazing
           and
           Seasonable
           Letter
           FROM
           UTOPIA
           ,
           Directed
           to
           the
           Man
           in
           the
           MOON
           .
        
         
           Giving
           a
           full
           and
           pleasant
           Account
           of
           the
           Arraignment
           ,
           Tryal
           ,
           and
           Condemnation
           ,
           of
           all
           those
           grand
           and
           bitter
           Enemies
           ,
           that
           disturb
           and
           molest
           all
           Kingdoms
           and
           States
           ,
           throughout
           the
           
             Christian
             World.
          
           
        
         
           
             To
             which
             is
             added
             (
             as
             a
             caution
             to
             honest
             Country-men
             )
             the
             Arraignment
             ,
             Tryal
             ,
             and
             Condemnation
             ,
             of
             the
             Knavery
             and
             Cheats
             ,
             that
             are
             used
             in
             every
             particular
             Trade
             in
             the
             City
             of
          
           LONDON
           .
        
         
           Presented
           to
           the
           consideration
           of
           all
           the
           Tantivy-Lads
           and
           Lasses
           in
           VROPE
           ,
           by
           a
           true
           Son
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           
             Curiously
             Illustrated
             with
             about
             Threescore
             Cuts
             .
          
        
         
           Entred
           according
           to
           Order
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Iohn
             Dunton
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Black-Raven
           ,
           in
           the
           Poultrey
           ,
           over-against
           Stocks-Market
           .
           1683.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Epistle
           Dedicatory
           TO
           THE
           CITIZENS
           OF
           LONDON
           .
        
         
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           YOu
           have
           here
           presented
           to
           your
           candid
           View
           ,
           a
           full
           and
           impartial
           Account
           (
           with
           many
           other
           remarkable
           things
           )
           of
           the
           Arraignment
           ,
           Tryal
           ,
           and
           Condemnation
           ,
           of
           all
           those
           grand
           and
           bitter
           Enemies
           ,
           that
           disturb
           all
           Kingdoms
           and
           States
           ,
           throughout
           the
           Christian
           World
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           the
           Application
           and
           Improvment
           of
           them
           is
           to
           be
           (
           if
           you
           tender
           your
           Temporal
           or
           Eternal
           Interest
           )
           made
           by
           you
           ,
           your selves
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           not
           Insensible
           that
           by
           the
           exposing
           this
           Book
           I
           shall
           expose
           my self
           too
           ,
           to
           the
           censure
           of
           those
           who
           take
           measure
           of
           every
           thing
           by
           their
           
           petulant
           humours
           ,
           and
           have
           no
           other
           way
           to
           set
           off
           ●●eir
           own
           barren
           Inventions
           ,
           but
           by
           perpetual
           In●●ctives
           against
           the
           multitude
           of
           Books
           which
           appear
           every
           day
           in
           the
           World.
           Whereas
           indeed
           the
           mischiefs
           which
           they
           complain
           of
           have
           proceeded
           not
           from
           their
           number
           ,
           but
           quality
           .
        
         
           For
           should
           every
           Man
           write
           an
           exact
           Narrative
           of
           the
           various
           Experiences
           and
           Circumstances
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           comprehending
           as
           well
           his
           Vices
           as
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           have
           them
           with
           simplicity
           related
           ,
           how
           useful
           would
           this
           prove
           to
           the
           publick
           ,
           tho'
           it
           would
           much
           increase
           the
           number
           of
           Books
           ,
           but
           this
           so
           impartial
           an
           Account
           may
           rather
           be
           wisht
           for
           than
           expected
           ,
           since
           Men
           have
           ever
           preferred
           their
           own
           private
           Reputation
           before
           the
           real
           good
           of
           themselves
           or
           others
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           comprized
           this
           Treatise
           in
           an
           Eighteen
           Penny
           Book
           ,
           (
           though
           considering
           the
           Cuts
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           well
           afforded
           so
           )
           that
           as
           it
           is
           of
           real
           use
           and
           publick
           concern
           ,
           so
           it
           might
           be
           the
           better
           disperst
           throughout
           this
           English
           Nation
           .
        
         
           
             I
             Rest
          
           ,
           
             Dear
             Fellow-Citizens
             ,
          
           
             Your
             most
             Humble
             Servant
             ,
             PHILAGATHVS
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           AN
           ACCOUNT
           FROM
           UTOPIA
           ,
           OF
           The
           late
           Famous
           and
           Remarkable
           Tryals
           of
           all
           those
           grand
           and
           
             bitter
             Enemies
          
           that
           disturb
           and
           molest
           all
           Kingdoms
           and
           States
           throughout
           the
           
             Christian
             World.
          
           
        
         
           WHen
           the
           Assizes
           were
           in
           
             Vtopia
             ,
             Conscience
          
           the
           Iudge
           of
           that
           Country
           ,
           (
           attended
           on
           by
           the
           Sheriff
           ,
           the
           
             Iustices
             of
             the
             Peace
          
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           necessarily
           were
           to
           be
           there
           )
           being
           seated
           on
           the
           Bench
           of
           Impartiality
           ,
           caused
           the
           Commission
           of
           Oyer
           and
           Terminer
           to
           be
           
           Read
           ,
           for
           the
           speedy
           Tryal
           of
           all
           those
           grand
           and
           
             bitter
             Enemies
          
           that
           disturbed
           and
           molested
           that
           Country
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Kingdoms
           and
           States
           throughout
           the
           
             Christian
             World.
          
           And
           the
           very
           first
           that
           was
           called
           to
           the
           Bar
           ,
           was
           that
           Grand-He-Rogue
           Innocent
           
             the
             XI
             .
             Pope
             of
          
           Rome
           .
        
         
           
             Iayler
             ,
          
           
             set
             
               Pope
               Innocent
            
             the
             XI
             .
             to
             the
             Bar.
             
          
        
         
           
             Pope
             ,
          
           
             Pope
             ,
             Hold
             up
             thy
             Hand
             .
          
           
             
          
        
         
           
             Pope
             ,
          
           
             Thou
             art
             here
             Indicted
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             
               Pope
               Innocent
            
             the
             XI
             .
             
             of
             the
             Famous
             City
             of
             Rome
             ,
             in
             the
             Parish
             of
             Babylon
             ;
             That
             thou
             being
             an
             illegitimate
             Son
             ,
             begotten
             of
             
               Falshood
               ,
               Murthers
               ,
               
               Assasinations
               ,
               Heresie
               ,
               Paganism
               ,
               Iudism
               ,
            
             hast
             by
             great
             Violence
             murder'd
             the
             Territories
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             by
             
               Spanish
               Inquisition
               .
               bloody
               Massacres
               ,
               stabbing
               ,
               poysoning
               ,
            
             and
             
               killing
               of
               Kings
               ,
               Gun-owder
               Plots
               ,
               Treasons
               ,
               Rebellions
               ,
            
             and
             other
             
               hellish
               Practices
               ,
               usurped
               Authority
            
             ;
             and
             thrust
             upon
             God's
             People
             their
             
               humane
               Traditions
               ,
               Inventions
               ,
               Superstitions
               ,
               Will-worship
               ,
               Heresies
               ,
               Iewish
               Ceremonies
               ,
            
             add
             
               Paganish
               Idolatry
            
             ,
             to
             the
             damnation
             of
             many
             
               Christian
               Souls
            
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Peace
             of
             our
             Soveraign
             Lord
             the
             King
             ,
             his
             Crown
             and
             Dignity
             :
             What
             sayest
             thou
             hereunto
             ?
             Art
             thou
             guilty
             ,
             or
             not
             guilty
             ?
          
        
         
           
             
               Not
               guilty
               my
               Lord.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             By
             whom
             wilt
             thou
             be
             tryed
             ?
          
        
         
           
             
               By
               God
               and
               the
               Country
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             (
             good
             my
             Lord
             )
             let
             me
             have
             a
             Jury
             of
             my
             own
             choosing
             .
             
          
        
         
           
             Iudge
             ,
          
           
             Because
             neither
             thou
             ,
             nor
             any
             of
             thy
             
               slanderous
               Favourites
            
             may
             say
             ,
             that
             thou
             hast
             been
             proceeded
             against
             rigorously
             and
             unjustly
             ,
             without
             respect
             to
             the
             Truth
             of
             the
             Cause
             .
             I
             am
             content
             to
             call
             a
             Jury
             of
             thine
             approbation
             ,
             if
             here
             we
             can
             have
             so
             many
             as
             will
             make
             up
             the
             number
             .
          
           
             I
             humbly
             thank
             you
             (
             my
             good
             Lord
             )
             God
             reward
             your
             Lordship
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Sheriff
             ,
          
           
             Impannel
             a
             Jury
             of
             very
             substantial
             men
             ,
             the
             chiefest
             you
             can
             find
             ,
             and
             fittest
             to
             go
             upon
             this
             Prisoner
             now
             at
             the
             Bar.
             
          
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           I
           supposed
           ,
           that
           as
           he
           would
           crave
           ,
           so
           from
           your
           Lordships
           uprightness
           ,
           he
           should
           obtain
           this
           Favour
           ,
           therefore
           have
           I
           prepared
           a
           full
           Iury
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           done
           wisely
           of
           you
           (
           
             Mr.
             Sheriff
          
           )
           let
           them
           be
           called
           .
        
         
           Cryer
           ,
           
           Call
           in
           the
           Iury.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           Call
           
             Common
             Principles
          
           .
           Vous
           aves
           
             Common
             principles
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Call
           
             Apostles
             Creed
          
           ;
           Vous
           aves
           ,
           
             The
             Creed
          
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Call
           
             Second
             Commandment
             .
             Second
             Commandment
          
           ,
           come
           in
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             cannot
             get
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             What
             's
             the
             matter
             ?
          
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             (
             saith
             the
             Cryer
             )
             the
             Papists
             keep
             him
             out
             .
          
        
         
           Command
           to
           let
           him
           in
           :
           Vous
           aves
           ,
           
             the
             second
             Commandment
          
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Call
           
             Pater
             noster
          
           :
           Vous
           aves
           ,
           
             Pater
             noster
          
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Call
           
             Holy
             Scriptures
          
           :
           Vous
           aves
           ,
           
             Holy
             Scriptures
          
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Call
           the
           Apocripha
           :
           Vous
           aves
           ,
           Apocripha
           .
        
         
         
           7.
           
           Call
           Counsels
           :
           Vous
           aves
           ,
           Counsels
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           Call
           
             Ancient
             Fathers
          
           for
           the
           first
           six
           hundred
           years
           after
           Christ
           :
           Vous
           aves
           ,
           
             Ancient
             Fathers
          
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           Call
           Contradiction
           among
           themselves
           :
           Vuos
           aves
           ,
           Contradiction
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           Call
           
             Absurdity
             of
             Opinion
          
           :
           Vous
           aves
           ,
           
             Absurdity
             of
             Opinion
          
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           Call
           
             Consent
             of
             their
             own
             men
          
           :
           Vous
           Consent
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           Call
           
             Testimony
             of
             Martyrs
          
           :
           Vous
           aves
           ,
           
             Testimony
             of
             Martyrs
          
           .
        
         
           Count
           ,
           saith
           the
           Clerk.
           
        
         
           Then
           the
           Cryer
           bids
           them
           answer
           to
           their
           Names
           .
        
         
           
             Common
             Principles
          
           ,
           
           one
           ;
           Creed
           two
           ;
           Commandments
           three
           ;
           
             Pater
             noster
          
           four
           ;
           
             Holy
             Scriptures
          
           five
           ;
           Apocrypha
           ,
           six
           ;
           Counsels
           seven
           ;
           Fathers
           eight
           ;
           Contradiction
           ,
           nine
           ;
           Absurdity
           ,
           ten
           ;
           
             Consent
             of
             their
             own
             men
          
           ,
           eleven
           ;
           
             Testimony
             of
             Martyrs
          
           ,
           twelve
           :
           Good
           men
           and
           true
           stand
           together
           ,
           and
           hear
           your
           Charge
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             here
             are
             some
             more
             summoned
             by
             Master
             Sheriff's
             Authority
             .
          
        
         
           
             Who
             be
             they
             Master
             Sheriff
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Master
             Law
             with
             his
             Sons
             ,
             
               Civil
               ,
               Canon
               ,
               Common
            
             ,
             and
             Municipal
             .
          
        
         
           
             Well
             ,
             let
             them
             attend
             the
             Court
             for
             
             the
             King's
             service
             ,
             for
             use
             if
             need
             be
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pope
             ,
          
           
             If
             thou
             canst
             justly
             accept
             against
             any
             ,
             I
             give
             thee
             leave
             to
             challenge
             any
             such
             of
             the
             Iury.
             
          
        
         
           
             Good
             my
             Lord
             ,
             
             only
             one
             of
             the
             Iury
             I
             except
             against
             ,
             which
             is
             
               Holy
               Scripture
            
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             our
             own
             Translation
             .
          
        
         
           
             Holy
             Scriptures
             excepted
             against
             by
             
               Pope
               Innocent
            
             .
          
           
           
             
               Well
               ,
               saith
               the
               Iudge
               ,
               I
               am
               content
               it
               shall
               be
               so
               ,
               let
               it
               be
               either
               Montanus
               ,
               or
               the
               Rhemist
               ,
               or
               the
               
                 Vulgar
                 Edition
              
               ;
               we
               desire
               a
               
               just
               Proceeding
               with
               all
               the
               indifferency
               that
               may
               be
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             the
             Cryer
             called
             aloud
             ;
             If
             any
             man
             can
             give
             Evidence
             ,
             or
             can
             say
             any
             thing
             against
             the
             Prisoner
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             let
             him
             come
             in
             ,
             for
             he
             stands
             upon
             his
             Deliverance
             .
          
           
             Here
             is
             my
             Lord
             ,
             two
             worthy
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Mr.
             Sincerity
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Protestant
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sincerity
             and
             Mr.
             Protestant
             witnesses
             against
             
               Pope
               Innocent
            
             .
             the
             XI
             .
          
           
           
             
               Master
               Sincerity
               come
               near
               ,
               what
               can
               you
               say
               concerning
               the
               ●●●soner
               at
               the
               Bar
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               this
               I
               am
               able
               to
               j●stifie
               :
               First
               ,
               That
               he
               hath
               been
               a
               False-teacher
               from
               the
               beginning
               ,
               fraught
               with
               Errour
               and
               Heresies
               ,
               teaching
               as
               the
               False-teachers
               did
               ,
               such
               as
               be
               recorded
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               if
               they
               were
               paralled
               together
               ,
               as
               the
               
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 Devils
              
               ,
               1
               Tim.
               4.1
               ,
               2.
               
               
                 Traditions
                 and
                 Commandments
                 of
                 men
              
               ,
               Matth.
               1.
               52.
               
               Mar.
               7
               ,
               8
               ,
               9
               ,
               33.
               
               Col.
               2.
               22.
               
               
                 Venial
                 sins
              
               ,
               Matth.
               2316
               ,
               18.
               
               
                 Childrens
                 neglect
                 of
                 Parents
                 for
                 Churches
                 profit
                 ,
              
               as
               they
               pretented
               ,
               Matth.
               15.5
               .
               Mark
               7.11
               .
               
                 Superstitious
                 observation
                 in
                 meats
                 and
                 holy
                 days
                 ,
              
               Matth.
               15.11
               .
               Col.
               2.16.21
               .
               
                 Laying
                 heavy
                 burthens
                 upon
                 the
                 people
                 ,
              
               Luke
               11.46
               .
               
                 Iustification
                 by
                 works
                 ,
                 therewith
                 troubling
                 the
                 Churches
                 ,
              
               Gal.
               2.18
               .
               &
               3.2
               .
               &
               5.4
               ,
               12.
               
               
                 Voluntary
                 Religion
                 ,
                 and
                 Will-worship
              
               ,
               Col.
               2.4.18.23
               .
               
                 The
                 worship
                 of
                 Angels
              
               ,
               Col.
               2.18
               .
               
                 Carnal
                 liberty
              
               ,
               2
               Pet.
               2.19
               .
               Rev.
               2.15.20
               .
               And
               
                 teaching
                 for
                 filthy
                 lucre
              
               ,
               2
               Tit.
               11.
               
               Thus
               are
               they
               ,
               as
               were
               the
               
                 false
                 Teachers
              
               (
               as
               the
               Scriptures
               in
               the
               
                 New
                 Testament
              
               set
               them
               out
               )
               like
               in
               all
               these
               things
               .
            
          
           
             
               How
               like
               they
               are
               (
               my
               Lord
               )
               to
               after
               Hereticks
               ,
               learned
               Whitaker
               in
               his
               Book
               
                 De
                 Ecclesia
              
               ,
               in
               the
               first
               Question
               ,
               sheweth
               in
               many
               particulars
               .
            
          
           
             
               Secondly
               (
               my
               Lord
               )
               he
               hath
               used
               the
               very
               same
               Practices
               which
               False-teachers
               have
               used
               ;
               h●doth
               to
               make
               way
               for
               his
               
               Doct●●ne
               ,
               Worship
               ,
               and
               Advancement
               ,
               even
               as
               they
               did
               .
               They
               played
               the
               Hypocrites
               in
               outward
               humility
               in
               
                 lay
                 Prayers
              
               and
               forms
               of
               Devotion
               ,
               and
               so
               misled
               silly
               Women
               .
               They
               graced
               their
               Doctrine
               with
               shew
               of
               Fore-fathers
               .
               They
               
                 took
                 away
                 the
                 Key
                 of
                 Knowledge
                 ,
                 and
                 neither
                 would
                 enter
                 into
                 life
                 ,
                 nor
                 suffer
                 others
                 .
              
               They
               told
               the
               pleople
               
                 old
                 Wives
                 Fables
              
               ,
               and
               
                 told
                 Lyes
                 in
                 Hypocrisie
              
               .
               They
               used
               slights
               and
               cunning
               craftiness
               to
               deceive
               .
               They
               boasted
               of
               their
               Learning
               ,
               using
               
                 prophane
                 and
                 vain
                 babling
                 ,
                 and
                 oppositions
                 of
                 Sciences
              
               as
               they
               termed
               it
               .
               They
               pretended
               
                 Revelations
                 ,
                 Apostolical
                 Traditions
              
               ,
               and
               alledged
               
                 counterfeit
                 Writings
              
               .
               They
               had
               the
               
                 Prophetical
                 Women
              
               ,
               and
               
                 deceiving
                 Prophetesses
              
               .
               They
               had
               their
               
                 Miracle-workers
                 ,
                 Casters
                 out
                 of
                 Devils
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Dreamers
                 if
                 Dreams
              
               .
               They
               would
               
                 slander
                 men's
                 persons
              
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 faithful
                 Teachers
              
               ,
               and
               
                 lay
                 to
                 their
                 charge
                 what
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 prove
                 ,
                 speaking
                 of
                 them
                 contemptuously
                 ,
                 and
                 railing
                 on
                 them
                 .
              
               They
               boasted
               to
               be
               
                 the
                 true
                 Church
              
               ,
               and
               that
               by
               
                 Succession
                 they
                 were
                 of
                 the
                 Fathers
                 .
              
               They
               would
               use
               
                 fair
                 and
                 smoothing
                 words
              
               ,
               and
               
                 teach
                 with
                 enticing
                 words
              
               ,
               and
               did
               strive
               for
               
                 excellency
                 of
                 speech
                 of
                 man's
                 ●isdom
                 to
                 deceive
                 .
              
               When
               they
               could
               not
               prevail
               by
               
                 fair
                 means
              
               ,
               th●●
               they
               would
               
               
                 suborn
                 false
                 Witnesses
              
               .
               They
               
                 threated
                 ,
                 beat
                 ,
                 imprisoned
                 ,
                 banished
                 ,
                 and
                 slew
                 the
                 faithful
                 Teachers
                 and
                 Christian
                 Believers
                 .
              
               They
               would
               plot
               
                 Conspiracies
                 to
                 the
                 shedding
                 of
                 blood
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               Priests
               must
               be
               acquaint●d
               herewith
               before-hand
               ,
               to
               encourage
               them
               hereto
               .
               They
               would
               make
               
                 open
                 Insurrections
              
               ,
               and
               stirs
               up
               great
               Personages
               to
               take
               part
               with
               them
               .
               And
               what
               
                 Rebellion
                 ,
                 Treasons
                 ,
                 Conspiraci●s
                 ,
                 Insurrections
                 ,
              
               and
               Persecutions
               this
               Pope
               hath
               wrought
               ,
               my
               Lord
               Bishop
               of
               Lincoln
               ,
               hath
               openly
               discovered
               to
               the
               World.
               And
               this
               (
               my
               Lord
               )
               is
               not
               what
               I
               could
               ,
               but
               what
               I
               thought
               sufficient
               to
               testifie
               at
               this
               time
               ,
               because
               I
               would
               not
               be
               tedious
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Sincer●ty
               ,
            
             
               By
               this
               you
               have
               uttered
               ,
               it
               is
               easie
               to
               see
               how
               this
               man
               hath
               followed
               ,
               both
               the
               False-teachers
               in
               Doctrine
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Enemies
                 of
                 the
                 Gospel
              
               in
               their
               Practices
               .
               If
               there
               be
               any
               more
               Witnesses
               ,
               let
               them
               come
               forth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               here
               is
               Mr.
               Protestant
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Pro●estant
               ,
            
             
               What
               is
               it
               that
               you
               have
               to
               say
               against
               this
               Prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar
               ?
            
          
           
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               was
               commanded
               to
               be
               here
               to
               Day
               to
               give
               Evidence
               what
               I
               know
               against
               
               this
               man
               ;
               and
               this
               I
               am
               willing
               to
               do
               for
               the
               Service
               of
               my
               Soveraign
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               it
               is
               (
               my
               Lord
               )
               which
               I
               have
               to
               say
               ,
               That
               this
               man
               with
               his
               Associates
               ,
               hath
               instead
               of
               
                 Christian
                 Religion
              
               ,
               set
               up
               a
               
                 Service
                 of
                 Iudaism
                 and
                 Paganism
              
               ,
               which
               I
               am
               able
               to
               prove
               in
               a
               multi●ude
               of
               Particulars
               ;
               but
               because
               I
               am
               loath
               to
               be
               tedious
               in
               my
               relation
               ,
               I
               have
               brought
               here
               with
               me
               
                 Three
                 Books
              
               ,
               that
               the
               Iury
               may
               judge
               of
               all
               the
               Particulars
               ;
               or
               that
               they
               may
               be
               read
               before
               the
               Prisoner
               ,
               if
               your
               Lordship
               shall
               be
               pleased
               to
               have
               it
               also
               .
            
          
           
             
               What
               Books
               ,
               Mr.
               Protestant
               ?
            
          
           
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               One
               is
               that
               ,
               that
               is
               called
               
                 the
                 Three
                 Conformities
              
               set
               our
               lately
               .
               The
               other
               is
               ,
               
                 De
                 Origine
                 Papatus
              
               ,
               set
               out
               by
               one
               Doctor
               Morisin
               ,
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               his
               late
               Majesty
               :
               And
               our
               third
               is
               ,
               our
               learned
               Country-man
               ,
               Doctor
               Raynolds
               ,
               his
               
                 Conference
                 with
                 Hart
              
               ,
               never
               answered
               by
               any
               Papist
               to
               this
               day
               ;
               who
               sheweth
               how
               the
               
                 Popish
                 Service
              
               is
               like
               unto
               the
               Iewish
               in
               very
               many
               particulars
               ,
               and
               wherein
               they
               be
               more
               Heathenish
               than
               Iewish
               .
            
          
           
             
               I
               am
               content
               to
               have
               them
               read
               ,
               to
               spare
               your
               speech
               ,
               touching
               
                 the
                 Iewish
                 Service
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               So
               having
               been
               read
               ,
               the
               Iudge
               yet
               wished
               Mr.
               Protestant
               to
               declare
               openly
               ,
               
               how
               
               Pagan-like
               the
               Pope
               is
               ,
               nay
               ,
               he
               is
               as
               bad
               as
               the
               Heathenish
               Idolaters
               in
               Israel
               and
               Iudah
               were
               .
            
          
           
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               shall
               (
               saith
               Mr.
               Protestant
               )
               perform
               this
               task
               with
               as
               great
               brevity
               as
               I
               may
               ;
               that
               this
               Prisoner
               (
               if
               it
               be
               possible
               )
               may
               see
               how
               wickedly
               he
               hath
               dealt
               with
               Mens
               Souls
               ,
               to
               set
               up
               instead
               of
               Gods
               Service
               an
               Idolatrous
               ,
               and
               Pagan-like
               Worship
               .
            
          
           
             
               These
               Pagans
               set
               forth
               
                 God
                 like
                 a
                 Man.
              
               The
               Idolatrous
               Isralites
               had
               a
               
                 Queen
                 of
                 Heaven
              
               ;
               they
               had
               Images
               of
               Gold
               and
               Silv●r
               ,
               Brass
               ,
               Iron
               ,
               Wood
               and
               Stone
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               Clay
               ;
               some
               molten
               ,
               some
               carved
               and
               graven
               ,
               some
               portrayed
               upon
               Walls
               ,
               and
               other
               Pictures
               ;
               some
               were
               like
               men
               ,
               Lam.
               3.
               1.
               1
               
               Sam.
               5.3
               ,
               4.
               and
               some
               like
               women
               ,
               Act.
               19.27
               .
               2
               Maccab.
               1.13
               .
               1
               Sam.
               31.10
               .
               some
               like
               beasts
               (
               like
               St.
               George
               and
               the
               Dragon
               )
               Exod.
               34.
               
               Wisdom
               .
               11.15
               .
               They
               adorned
               them
               with
               silver
               and
               gold
               .
               Ier.
               10.4
               .
               and
               set
               Crowns
               upon
               some
               of
               their
               heads
               ,
               covering
               them
               with
               costly
               garments
               ,
               and
               of
               divers
               colours
               ,
               Deut.
               7.25
               .
               Heb.
               2.19
               .
               Baruc.
               6.8.9
               ,
               14
               ,
               15
               29
               ,
               39
               ,
               30
               ,
               55
               ,
               58.
               
               Ezek
               .
               16.18
               .
               Aisd
               .
               13.14
               .
               carrying
               a
               Scepter
               in
               the
               hand
               ,
               or
               a
               Dagger
               ,
               or
               an
               Axe
               ,
               Baruc.
               6.14.15
               .
               They
               set
               them
               up
               with
               great
               devotion
               and
               solemnity
               ,
               with
               musick
               
               and
               melody
               ,
               Dan.
               3.3
               .
               with
               singing
               dancing
               ,
               and
               other
               delights
               ,
               Exod.
               32.5
               .
               They
               built
               Temples
               for
               these
               Images
               ,
               Ioel
               ,
               3.5
               .
               2
               Maccab.
               1.13.15
               .
               Baruch
               ,
               6.18
               .
               which
               were
               the
               houses
               of
               their
               gods
               ,
               Iudg.
               17.
               4.
               1
               
               Sam.
               5.2
               .
               and
               called
               them
               Sanctuaries
               ,
               Isa.
               16.12
               .
               They
               had
               Chappels
               for
               them
               ,
               Amos
               ,
               7.12
               .
               Yea
               ,
               they
               set
               upon
               tops
               of
               hills
               ,
               1
               King.
               14.23
               .
               2
               King.
               17.10
               .
               They
               had
               them
               in
               private
               houses
               ,
               Iudg.
               17.18
               .
               in
               Chambers
               ,
               Ezek.
               8.12
               .
               and
               in
               secret
               places
               ,
               Deut.
               17.15
               .
               they
               had
               their
               pleasant
               Groves
               planted
               ,
               Ier.
               17.2
               .
               1
               King.
               14.23
               .
               2
               Cor.
               15.16
               .
               2
               King.
               17.10
               .
               They
               had
               their
               standing
               Pillars
               and
               Images
               ,
               as
               the
               Papists
               their
               Crosses
               .
               Deut.
               12.3
               ,
               &
               16.22
               .
               2
               King.
               17.10
               .
               Lev.
               16.1
               .
               These
               were
               in
               the
               head
               of
               high-wayes
               ,
               and
               streets
               of
               Cities
               ,
               Ezek.
               16.31
               .
               Ier.
               11.13
               .
               The
               multitude
               were
               allured
               by
               the
               gorgeous
               decking
               of
               them
               ,
               Wis.
               14.20
               .
               &
               15.5
               ,
               6.
               
               Yea
               ,
               they
               doted
               upon
               them
               ,
               Ezek.
               8.10
               ,
               11.
               
               They
               worshiped
               them
               ,
               bowed
               unto
               them
               ,
               and
               fell
               down
               before
               them
               ,
               Dan.
               13
               2.
               
               Isa.
               44.7
               .
               Ios.
               23.6
               .
               They
               would
               lift
               up
               their
               eyes
               unto
               them
               ,
               Ezek.
               33.25
               .
               Pray
               unto
               them
               1
               King.
               18.26
               .
               Hab.
               2.16
               .
               Isa.
               44.
               17.
               
               
                 Kiss
                 them
                 ,
                 Hos.
              
               13.2
               .
               King.
               19.8
               .
               set
               up
               Candles
               before
               them
               ,
               Baruch
               .
               6.19
               .
               Make
               vows
               on
               them
               ,
               Baruch
               ,
               6.35
               .
               and
               go
               
               Pilgrimage
               to
               some
               of
               them
               very
               far
               ,
               Ier.
               51.44
               .
               expecting
               some
               miraculous
               cure
               from
               the
               Image
               ,
               Baruch
               ,
               6.41
               .
               In
               entring
               into
               their
               Temples
               they
               sprinkled
               themselves
               with
               water
               .
               Altars
               they
               had
               of
               stone
               ,
               Isa.
               65.3
               .
               They
               used
               vain
               repetitio●s
               in
               their
               prayers
               ,
               Matth.
               6.7
               .
               They
               measured
               their
               Religion
               ,
               and
               goodness
               thereof
               by
               plenty
               ,
               Ier.
               44.7
               .
               They
               had
               their
               sacrificing
               Priests
               ,
               Act.
               14.13
               .
               and
               they
               were
               shaven
               Priests
               ,
               Baruch
               ,
               6.31.32
               .
               Sometimes
               they
               were
               of
               the
               basest
               of
               the
               people
               ,
               1
               King.
               12.31
               .
               whosoever
               would
               ,
               might
               for
               money
               ,
               or
               for
               money-worth
               ,
               make
               himself
               a
               Priest
               ,
               1
               King.
               12.31
               .
               2
               Chron.
               13.9
               .
               And
               some
               served
               for
               base
               wages
               ,
               Iudg.
               17.
               
               They
               had
               their
               Concubines
               ,
               Baruch
               ,
               6.11
               .
               Hos.
               4.14
               .
               Some
               of
               them
               would
               wear
               their
               hair-cloaths
               ,
               and
               torment
               themselves
               ,
               1
               Kings
               18.26.28
               .
               Zach.
               13.4
               .
               and
               of
               a
               Devotion
               in
               a
               Will-worship
               ,
               macerate
               their
               bodies
               ,
               punishing
               and
               not
               sparing
               their
               bodies
               ,
               Col.
               2.23
               .
               Their
               Teachers
               taught
               for
               hire
               ,
               Mich.
               3.
               11.
               2
               
               Pet.
               2.13
               ,
               15.
               
               Rev.
               2.
               
               Tit.
               1.11
               .
               For
               gifts
               ,
               they
               would
               promise
               life
               and
               peace
               ,
               Ezek.
               13.22
               .
               Ier.
               23.14
               ,
               17
               In
               their
               service
               they
               had
               variety
               of
               musick
               ,
               Dan.
               3.
               
               Their
               set
               holy
               days
               ▪
               Exod.
               32.
               2
               
               King.
               13.
               
               They
               had
               their
               holy
               women
               attending
               their
               Idol-service
               ,
               Ezek.
               8.
               ver
               .
               14.
               working
               for
               
               them
               ,
               13.18
               .
               2
               King.
               23.7
               .
               and
               prophesying
               lies
               Ezek.
               13.22
               .
               and
               were
               great
               worshippers
               of
               the
               Queen
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               Ier.
               7.18
               .
               &
               44.19
               .
               They
               had
               also
               their
               several
               Gods
               for
               their
               several
               Countries
               ,
               as
               Papists
               have
               their
               Saints
               ,
               2
               King.
               17.29
               &
               18.34
               .
               They
               would
               pray
               to
               these
               ,
               and
               swear
               by
               them
               ,
               Ier.
               57.
               
               &
               12.16
               .
               Gen.
               31.53
               .
               1
               King.
               19
               ,
               2.
               2
               
               King.
               17.35
               .
               Zep.
               1.5
               .
               Some
               in
               Israel
               which
               fell
               to
               Heathenish
               Idolatry
               were
               like
               Church-Papists
               ;
               for
               they
               would
               worship
               Idols
               ,
               and
               yet
               go
               to
               God's
               House
               ,
               and
               hear
               his
               Prophets
               ,
               Ier.
               7.8
               ,
               10.
               2
               
               King.
               17.14
               .
               Ezek.
               14.3
               ,
               7
               ,
               &
               20.
               1
               ,
               31.
               
               &
               23.
               29.
               
               When
               Idolatry
               was
               cast
               out
               of
               the
               Chur●h
               (
               as
               we
               have
               done
               the
               Idolatry
               of
               Rome
               )
               the
               Idolaters
               would
               condemn
               it
               as
               an
               ●ll
               act
               in
               them
               ,
               and
               speaking
               against
               the
               serving
               of
               God
               aright
               ,
               as
               Papists
               do
               against
               us
               ,
               2
               Kings
               ,
               18.22
               .
               They
               worshipped
               towards
               the
               East
               ,
               Ezek.
               8.16
               .
               They
               were
               very
               superstitious
               ,
               Acts
               19.
               
               They
               lived
               in
               very
               gross
               ignorance
               of
               the
               Truth
               ,
               and
               in
               liberty
               of
               sinning
               ,
               Isa.
               44.18
               ,
               19.
               
               &
               45.29
               .
               Eph.
               4.
               18
               ,
               19.
               
               Wisd.
               14.15
               ,
               16
               ,
               17.
               
               They
               worshipped
               they
               knew
               not
               what
               ,
               Iohn
               4.22
               .
               Their
               Festivals
               after
               their
               Idol
               Service
               they
               spent
               in
               Eating
               ,
               Drinking
               ,
               Singing
               ,
               Dancing
               ,
               Exod.
               32.6
               ,
               18
               ,
               19.
               
               They
               had
               their
               Revellings
               and
               Meetings
               ,
               full
               of
               Excess
               
               and
               Riot
               ,
               1
               Pet.
               4.3
               .
               And
               wonder
               at
               ,
               and
               speak
               ill
               of
               such
               as
               would
               not
               be
               like
               them
               .
               They
               had
               
                 Brothel-houses
                 ,
                 Ezek.
              
               16.24
               .
               2
               Kings
               23.17
               .
               1
               Kings
               15.12
               ,
               13.
               
               &
               14.24
               .
               &
               22.26
               .
               They
               had
               amongst
               them
               
                 Conjurers
                 ,
                 Wizards
                 ,
                 Charmers
                 ,
                 Observers
                 of
                 times
                 ,
                 Southsayers
                 ,
                 Astrologers
                 ,
                 Star-gazers
                 ,
              
               and
               such
               like
               .
               To
               these
               the
               People
               resorted
               and
               consulted
               with
               ,
               2
               Kings
               21.6
               .
               1
               Sam.
               5.2
               .
               1
               Chron.
               10.13
               .
               Hest.
               37.
               
               &
               9.24
               .
               Deut.
               18.14
               .
               Isa.
               19.3
               .
               &
               47.1213
               Hos.
               4.12
               Ezek.
               21.
               21.
               
               Ier.
               8.17
               .
               Act.
               8.10
               .
               They
               sacrificed
               to
               Nets
               ,
               and
               burnt
               incense
               to
               Drags
               ,
               Hab.
               1.
               16.
               
               They
               believed
               that
               some
               of
               their
               Images
               were
               approved
               of
               their
               great
               God
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               Act.
               15.35
               .
               They
               were
               cruel
               and
               bloodily
               minded
               against
               all
               that
               were
               against
               their
               Idolatry
               ,
               Hos.
               10.14
               .
               &
               13.
               16.
               2
               
               King.
               21.15
               ,
               16.
               
               Iudg.
               6.30
               .
               2
               Chr.
               24.18.21
               .
               The
               Idolaters
               in
               Israel
               and
               Iudah
               brought
               in
               the
               Heathen
               ,
               as
               Gods
               plague
               upon
               them
               ,
               to
               punish
               them
               for
               their
               Idolatry
               ,
               2
               Chro.
               24
               ,
               23.
               
               &
               21.16
               ,
               17.
               
               &
               33.11
               .
               &
               30.6
               ,
               10
               ,
               17.
               
               King.
               17.18
               .
               as
               the
               Papists
               have
               brought
               the
               Turks
               upon
               the
               Christian
               World
               by
               their
               Imagery
               and
               Idolatry
               ,
               Revelations
               ,
               9.
               
               They
               were
               stupid
               ,
               and
               without
               understanding
               in
               their
               Idol-making
               ,
               and
               in
               setting
               them
               up
               to
               worship
               them
               ,
               Isa.
               44.14
               ,
               20.
               and
               so
               continued
               therein
               obstinate
               ,
               
               as
               the
               Papists
               do
               .
               And
               thus
               have
               I
               shewed
               what
               I
               can
               say
               (
               my
               Lord
               )
               touching
               the
               Heathenish
               Idolaters
               and
               their
               practices
               .
            
          
           
             
               Your
               evidence
               is
               so
               clear
               (
               Mr.
               Protestant
               )
               as
               hereby
               all
               may
               see
               how
               Pagan-like
               the
               Pope
               is
               in
               his
               Imagery
               ,
               Priests
               and
               Temples
               .
               Is
               there
               any
               further
               ●vidence
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Then
               stands
               up
               Mr.
               
                 Atturney
                 General
              
               ;
               and
               did
               prove
               him
               to
               be
               guilty
               of
               high
               Treason
               ,
               both
               against
               the
               Person
               and
               the
               Laws
               of
               his
               Sovereign
               .
               My
               Lord
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               this
               Fellow
               under
               pretence
               of
               Religion
               (
               for
               all
               must
               be
               covered
               with
               this
               shadow
               )
               hath
               set
               up
               another
               spiritual
               Head
               over
               the
               Church
               ,
               besides
               Christ
               (
               even
               Antichrist
               his
               greatest
               enemy
               (
               as
               is
               sufficiently
               proved
               .
               He
               hath
               set
               up
               also
               
                 Mediato●s
                 of
                 Intercession
              
               besides
               Christ
               ;
               also
               in
               his
               rebellious
               pride
               of
               heart
               he
               hath
               exalted
               
                 Man's
                 merit
              
               ,
               &
               made
               him
               a
               part●
               Saviour
               of
               himself
               ,
               by
               satisfactory
               punishments
               ,
               either
               here
               ,
               or
               in
               thrir
               feigned
               Purgatory
               .
               Thus
               is
               he
               a
               Rebel
               ,
               and
               an
               Abettor
               of
               Rebels
               against
               Christ.
               
            
          
           
             
               Again
               ,
               the
               Law
               of
               Christ
               (
               the
               
                 holy
                 Scripture
              
               )
               he
               hath
               notoriously
               corrupted
               ,
               and
               abused
               many
               ways
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             He
             maketh
             it
             
               no
               perfect
               rule
            
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             He
             teacheth
             blasphemously
             that
             the
             
               Original
               is
               corrupt
            
             ,
             and
             so
             shaketh
             the
             Faith
             
             of
             all
             such
             as
             rest
             on
             the
             Scriptures
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             He
             hath
             added
             to
             them
             
               Man's
               Writings
            
             ,
             called
             Apocrypha
             ,
             to
             make
             them
             Canonical
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             He
             hath
             feigned
             a
             
               Traditional
               word
            
             ,
             and
             equalleth
             the
             same
             with
             the
             Scri●tures
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             He
             debarred
             for
             a
             long
             time
             the
             
               Translating
               of
               God's
               Word
            
             into
             a
             
               known
               Tongue
            
             ,
             to
             keep
             the
             people
             from
             the
             understanding
             thereof
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Being
             enforced
             at
             length
             to
             translate
             it
             ,
             he
             hath
             of
             ●urpose
             done
             it
             corruptly
             ,
             and
             with
             many
             u●●outh
             and
             
               obscure
               words
            
             ,
             hath
             hidden
             the
             
               Truth
               still
            
             ,
             to
             keep
             the
             people
             in
             blindness
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Yet
             this
             their
             so
             corrupt
             and
             
               obscure
               Translation
            
             is
             not
             admitted
             
               indifferently
               to
               all
            
             ,
             but
             
               to
               some
            
             ,
             and
             to
             those
             under
             license
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             pay
             money
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             These
             Parties
             ,
             though
             they
             may
             read
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             yet
             must
             it
             be
             with
             the
             
               Popes
               Spectacles
            
             ,
             and
             may
             not
             see
             farther
             ●han
             the
             False-teacher
             pleaseth
             ,
             nor
             
               conceive
               otherwise
            
             of
             the
             sense
             ,
             than
             he
             suggesteth
             ,
             though
             the
             Text
             be
             never
             so
             clear
             of
             it self
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             He
             doth
             blasphemously
             publish
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Scriptures
               are
               a
               Nose
               of
               Wa●
               ,
               a
               dead
               letter
               ,
               sowterly
               Ink
               ;
               dumb
               Iudges
               ,
               and
               a
               black
               Gospel
               ,
               
               Inkie
               Divinity
            
             ;
             and
             may
             have
             
               one
               sense
            
             one
             time
             ,
             and
             another
             at
             
               another
               time
            
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             
               Churches
               state
               and
               condition
            
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             They
             set
             up
             a
             
               corrupt
               Latine
               Translation
            
             ;
             far
             as
             authentical
             as
             the
             Originals
             in
             the
             Hebrew
             and
             the
             Greek
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             And
             lastly
             ,
             He
             brought
             into
             the
             Church
             instead
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Bible
            
             ,
             a
             
               Book
               of
               Lyes
            
             to
             be
             read
             .
             Thus
             is
             the
             wicked
             Wretch
             guilty
             of
             High-treason
             against
             our
             Soveraign
             .
          
           
             
               Besides
               that
               ,
               He
               hath
               counterfeited
               his
               Majesty's
               
                 broad
                 Seal
              
               ,
               inventing
               
                 new
                 Sacraments
              
               ,
               never
               of
               
                 Christ's
                 ●nstitution
              
               ;
               and
               hath
               conspired
               and
               plotted
               the
               Death
               of
               innumerable
               multitude
               of
               his
               Majesty's
               Subjects
               in
               a
               most
               cruel
               and
               bloody
               manner
               :
               My
               Lord
               ;
               he
               is
               no
               way
               longer
               to
               be
               endured
               ;
               for
               we
               shall
               never
               be
               at
               peace
               ,
               as
               long
               as
               he
               may
               have
               liberty
               to
               live
               ,
               for
               he
               is
               a
               
                 rank
                 Traytor
              
               to
               our
               King
               and
               State
               ,
               and
               Underminer
               of
               Religion
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 true
                 Church
                 of
                 Christ
              
               ,
               and
               an
               Enemy
               to
               our
               Peace
               and
               Welfare
               in
               the
               Commonwealth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Gentlemen
               (
               saith
               the
               Iudge
               )
               you
               of
               the
               Iury
               have
               heard
               Mr.
               Attorneys
               Witness
               ;
               also
               what
               both
               Mr.
               Sincerity
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Protestant
               have
               spoken
               against
               him
               :
               Now
               that
               you
               have
               heard
               the
               Evidence
               so
               fully
               ,
               what
               say
               you
               touching
               the
               Prisoner
               ,
               Is
               he
               guilty
               or
               no
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Then
               the
               Fore-man
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               all
               the
               rest
               ,
               answereth
               ,
               Guilty
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Whereupon
               the
               Iudge
               turneth
               to
               the
               Prisoner
               ,
               and
               saith
               ,
               
                 Pope
                 Innocent
              
               ,
               thou
               hearest
               what
               
                 grievous
                 Iniquities
                 ,
                 foul
                 and
                 filthy
                 Abominations
                 ,
                 Murthers
              
               and
               Massacres
               have
               been
               laid
               to
               thy
               charge
               ;
               thou
               hast
               heard
               the
               Verdict
               of
               these
               so
               learned
               and
               well-approved
               Gentlemen
               ,
               chosen
               without
               all
               partiality
               to
               go
               upon
               thee
               :
               And
               they
               in
               their
               Judgments
               ,
               upon
               their
               Consciences
               ,
               have
               found
               thee
               Guilty
               ,
               what
               canst
               thou
               say
               for
               thy self
               ,
               that
               Sentence
               of
               Death
               should
               not
               be
               pronounced
               against
               thee
               ?
            
          
           
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               the
               Iury
               assuredly
               is
               corrupted
               by
               some
               means
               or
               other
               ,
               else
               would
               they
               never
               have
               found
               me
               guilty
               ;
               for
               our
               learned
               men
               have
               cited
               many
               of
               these
               in
               my
               behalf
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               appeal
               from
               them
               to
               a
               
                 General
                 Council
              
               ,
               for
               the
               tryal
               of
               their
               Honesty
               in
               this
               Verdict
               .
            
          
           
             Upon
             this
             lewd
             Surmise
             ,
             and
             brazen-faced
             Accusation
             ,
             all
             the
             Iury
             fell
             a
             murmuring
             ,
             being
             much
             grieved
             to
             be
             taxed
             of
             Faithlesness
             and
             Perjury
             .
             So
             the
             worshipful
             Gentlemen
             ,
             the
             Iustices
             and
             Mr.
             Sheriff
             began
             to
             speak
             in
             their
             behalf
             ,
             but
             the
             Iudge
             standing
             up
             ,
             stayed
             them
             ,
             and
             made
             answer
             for
             them
             .
          
           
             
             
               Iudge
               ,
            
             
               To
               be
               brief
               with
               thee
               ,
               Thou
               art
               shamelesly
               impudent
               to
               accuse
               these
               worthy
               Gentlemen
               ,
               for
               justly
               proceeding
               according
               to
               the
               clear
               Evidence
               to
               thy
               face
               .
               For
               thy
               learned
               men
               ,
               they
               have
               onely
               cited
               the
               Names
               of
               some
               of
               these
               ,
               but
               without
               their
               knowledge
               or
               consent
               .
               Yea
               ,
               many
               Testimonies
               they
               bring
               under
               their
               Names
               ,
               which
               indeed
               are
               proved
               to
               be
               Counterfeits
               ,
               abusing
               their
               unadvised
               Readers
               in
               their
               unjust
               defence
               of
               thee
               .
               As
               for
               thy
               Appeal
               to
               a
               
                 General
                 Council
              
               ,
               it
               is
               but
               to
               set
               a
               good
               face
               upon
               an
               ill
               Cause
               ;
               for
               thou
               knowest
               that
               we
               have
               long
               desired
               a
               
                 Free
                 General
                 Council
              
               ?
               but
               not
               a
               gathering
               together
               ,
               like
               the
               lewd
               Convention
               of
               Trent
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               art
               thou
               not
               ashamed
               to
               conceit
               the
               bringing
               of
               these
               mens
               verdict
               to
               the
               tryal
               ?
               we
               must
               by
               them
               be
               tried
               ,
               and
               not
               they
               by
               us
               .
               But
               what
               canst
               thou
               try
               the
               
                 Principles
                 of
                 Religion
              
               ?
               Wilt
               thou
               deny
               them
               ?
               Must
               
                 Fathers
                 ,
                 Councils
                 ,
                 Scriptures
              
               ,
               and
               all
               be
               brought
               under
               our
               judgments
               ?
               Thou
               hadst
               no
               cause
               to
               tax
               the
               Jury
               ,
               if
               any
               had
               been
               in
               fault
               ,
               it
               should
               have
               been
               the
               Witnesses
               ;
               but
               canst
               thou
               tax
               Mr.
               Sincerity
               of
               lying
               ,
               or
               Mr.
               Protestant
               of
               falshood
               ?
               As
               for
               Mr.
               Attorney
               ,
               his
               speech
               is
               no
               mor●
               than
               your
               own
               words
               ,
               writings
               ,
               and
               practice
               do
               testifie
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Hear
               therefore
               thy
               Sentence
               ,
               justly
               deserved
               before
               God
               and
               men
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iudge
               ,
            
             
               Thou
               hast
               been
               Indicted
               by
               the
               Name
               of
               
                 Pope
                 I●nocent
              
               ,
               of
               all
               these
               former
               Treasons
               ,
               Rebellions
               ,
               Conspiracies
               ,
               Gun-powder-plots
               ,
               Murthers
               ,
               Massacres
               ,
               Falsehoods
               ,
               Heresies
               ,
               Judaism
               ,
               and
               Paganism
               ,
               and
               of
               that
               thy
               detestable
               Idolatry
               ;
               and
               for
               the
               same
               hast
               been
               arraigned
               :
               Thou
               hast
               pleaded
               
                 Not
                 guilty
              
               ,
               hast
               put
               thy self
               upon
               the
               Tryal
               ,
               and
               being
               found
               guilty
               ,
               having
               no
               more
               to
               say
               for
               thy self
               ,
               this
               is
               the
               Law.
               
            
          
           
             
               That
               thou
               the
               
                 M●ster
                 of
                 Iniquity
              
               ,
               with
               the
               old
               Ser●ent
               ,
               calleed
               the
               Devil
               ,
               or
               Satan
               ,
               thy
               Father
               with
               thy
               lewd
               Mother
               that
               great
               Whore
               ,
               drunk
               with
               the
               blood
               of
               the
               Marty●s
               of
               Iesus
               ,
               which
               sitteth
               upon
               a
               Scarlet
               couloured
               Beast
               ;
               as
               also
               with
               that
               false
               Prophet
               ,
               
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 Perdition
              
               ,
               thy
               Guide
               and
               Governour
               ,
               shall
               be
               cast
               alive
               where
               the
               D●agon
               is
               ,
               into
               the
               
                 Lake
                 of
                 Fire
              
               ,
               burning
               with
               Brimstore
               ,
               there
               to
               be
               tormented
               with
               all
               the
               marked
               Ones
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               holy
               Angels
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               Lamb
               ,
               without
               rest
               day
               and
               night
               ,
               the
               smoak
               of
               which
               Torment
               shall
               ascend
               up
               for
               ever
               and
               for
               ever
               ,
               without
               mercy
               or
               hope
               of
               redemption
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               And
               so
               Orders
               came
               to
               the
               Iayler
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               be
               Executed
               out
               of
               hand
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Execution
             of
             
               Pope
               Innocent
            
             the
             XI
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             And
             so
             the
             Judge
             and
             Court
             commanded
             Mr.
             Implacable
             a
             Justice
             of
             the
             Peace
             in
             Vtopia
             to
             be
             set
             to
             the
             Bar.
             
          
           
             
               Iayler
               ,
            
             
               Set
               Justice
               Implacable
               to
               the
               Bar.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Iustice
             Implacable
             
               holds
               up
               his
               hand
               to
            
             the
             Bar.
             
          
           
             
          
           
             
               His
               Indictment
               .
            
             
               
                 Judge
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Iustice
                   Im●lacable
                
                 ,
                 Thou
                 art
                 here
                 Indicted
                 by
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 
                   Iustice
                   Implacable
                
                 ,
                 In
                 the
                 Parish
                 of
                 Goodness-spight
                 ;
                 for
                 that
                 perniciously
                 and
                 sinfully
                 thou
                 hast
                 maintained
                 and
                 asserted
                 ,
                 That
                 no
                 Moderation
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 shewed
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 differ
                 from
                 thee
                 ,
                 in
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 thou
                 thy self
                 callest
                 Indifferent
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 thou
                 hast
                 done
                 in
                 contempt
                 of
                 that
                 
                   Sacred
                   Word
                
                 ,
                 which
                 says
                 ,
                 
                   Let
                   your
                   moderation
                   be
                   shewn
                   unto
                   all
                   men
                   .
                
                 And
                 also
                 ,
                 that
                 thou
                 art
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 no
                 
                   good
                   Principles
                
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 perfect
                 hater
                 of
                 all
                 
                   Pious
                   men
                
                 ,
                 be
                 they
                 of
                 what
                 Perswasion
                 
                 they
                 will.
                 And
                 also
                 ,
                 that
                 thou
                 makest
                 dai●y
                 Commotions
                 and
                 Divisions
                 where
                 ever
                 thou
                 comest
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Implacable's
               Answer
               .
            
             
               Then
               Implacable
               answered
               and
               said
               ,
               That
               he
               w●s
               in
               no
               respect
               guilty
               of
               those
               Crimes
               that
               were
               laid
               to
               his
               Charge
               :
               And
               said
               ,
               As
               for
               Disturbances
               I
               make
               none
               ,
               be●ng
               my self
               a
               man
               of
               Peace
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               defie
               any
               man
               for
               what
               he
               can
               do
               against
               me
               ;
               I
               fear
               not
               Belzebu●
               himself
               ,
               no
               nor
               all
               the
               raging-roaring
               Devils
               in
               Hell.
               
            
          
           
             
               Proclamation
               was
               made
               .
            
             
               Then
               Proclamation
               was
               made
               ,
               That
               they
               that
               had
               ought
               to
               say
               for
               the
               Lord
               the
               King
               against
               the
               Prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar
               ,
               should
               forthwith
               appear
               and
               give
               in
               their
               Evidence
               ;
               so
               there
               came
               in
               three
               Witnesses
               ,
               Mr.
               Moderation
               ,
               Mr.
               Heal-breach
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Quiet
               .
               They
               were
               then
               asked
               ,
               if
               they
               knew
               the
               Prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar
               ,
               and
               what
               they
               had
               to
               say
               for
               their
               
                 Lord
                 the
                 King
              
               against
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Moderation
               begins
               .
            
             
               
                 Then
                 stood
                 forth
                 Mr.
                 Moderation
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 to
                 this
                 effect
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 this
                 man
                 a
                 long
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 attest
                 upon
                 my
                 Oath
                 before
                 this
                 
                   Honourable
                   Bench
                
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 is
                 —
              
            
             
               
                 Iu●ge
                 ,
              
               
                 Hold
                 ,
                 give
                 him
                 his
                 Oath
                 ;
                 so
                 they
                 swore
                 him
                 :
                 Then
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 My
                 Lord.
                 This
                 man
                 ,
                 not
                 withstanding
                 what
                 he
                 hath
                 said
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 wicked
                 F●llow
                 ;
                 nay
                 ,
                 his
                 very
                 Name
                 shews
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 can
                 call
                 in
                 several
                 Neighbours
                 to
                 attest
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 vilest
                 men
                 in
                 our
                 Country
                 ,
                 he
                 neither
                 regardeth
                 Prince
                 nor
                 People
                 ,
                 Law
                 nor
                 Gospel
                 ,
                 Civility
                 nor
                 Custom
                 ;
                 but
                 doth
                 all
                 that
                 he
                 came
                 to
                 possess
                 all
                 men
                 with
                 certain
                 of
                 his
                 
                   disloyal
                   Notions
                
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 particular
                 ,
                 I
                 heard
                 him
                 once
                 my self
                 affirm
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 true
                 Religion
                 was
                 
                   diametrically
                   o
                   posite
                
                 to
                 his
                 
                   daily
                   practice
                
                 :
                 By
                 which
                 saving
                 ,
                 my
                 Lord
                 ,
                 he
                 doth
                 at
                 once
                 not
                 only
                 condem
                 all
                 laudable
                 Things
                 ,
                 but
                 us
                 in
                 the
                 doing
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Iudge
                 ,
              
               
                 Then
                 did
                 the
                 Iudge
                 say
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 Hast
                 thou
                 any
                 more
                 to
                 say
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Moderation
                 ,
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 say
                 much
                 more
                 ,
                 only
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 tedious
                 to
                 the
                 Court
                 ;
                 yet
                 ,
                 if
                 need
                 be
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 other
                 Gentlemen
                 have
                 given
                 in
                 their
                 Evidence
                 ,
                 
                 rather
                 than
                 any
                 thing
                 shall
                 be
                 wanting
                 that
                 will
                 dispatch
                 him
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 enlarge
                 my
                 Testimony
                 against
                 him
                 :
                 So
                 he
                 was
                 bid
                 stand
                 by
                 .
                 Then
                 they
                 called
                 Mr.
                 Heal-breach
                 ,
                 and
                 bid
                 him
                 look
                 upon
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 :
                 They
                 also
                 asked
                 ,
                 What
                 he
                 could
                 say
                 for
                 their
                 Lord
                 the
                 King
                 against
                 him
                 ?
                 Then
                 they
                 sware
                 him
                 ;
                 so
                 he
                 began
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Heal-breach
                 ,
              
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 no
                 great
                 acquaintance
                 with
                 this
                 man
                 ,
                 nor
                 do
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 have
                 farther
                 knowledge
                 of
                 him
                 ;
                 However
                 this
                 I
                 know
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 is
                 a
                 very
                 pestilent
                 Fellow
                 ,
                 from
                 some
                 discourse
                 that
                 the
                 other
                 day
                 I
                 had
                 with
                 him
                 in
                 this
                 Town
                 ;
                 for
                 then
                 talking
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 I
                 heard
                 him
                 say
                 ,
                 That
                 our
                 Religion
                 was
                 naught
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 by
                 which
                 a
                 man
                 could
                 by
                 no
                 means
                 please
                 God
                 :
                 which
                 saying
                 of
                 his
                 ,
                 my
                 Lord
                 ,
                 your
                 Lordship
                 very
                 well
                 knows
                 ,
                 what
                 necessarily
                 thence
                 will
                 follow
                 ;
                 to
                 wit
                 ,
                 That
                 we
                 still
                 do
                 worship
                 in
                 vain
                 ,
                 are
                 yet
                 in
                 our
                 sins
                 ,
                 and
                 finally
                 shall
                 be
                 damned
                 .
                 And
                 my
                 Lord
                 ,
                 he
                 cannot
                 endure
                 a
                 faithful
                 Minister
                 in
                 his
                 Parish
                 .
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 sure
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 knows
                 where
                 such
                 an
                 one
                 preaches
                 ,
                 he
                 forthwith
                 sends
                 for
                 a
                 Constable
                 ,
                 commanding
                 of
                 him
                 to
                 take
                 him
                 and
                 carry
                 him
                 away
                 to
                 Prison
                 .
                 And
                 my
                 Lord
                 ,
                 heee
                 stands
                 Mr.
                 Constable
                 ready
                 to
                 attest
                 what
                 I
                 now
                 say
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Constable
             ready
             to
             attest
             against
             Iustice
             Implacable
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             Then
             was
             Mr.
             Quiet
             sworn
             ,
             and
             bid
             say
             what
             he
             knew
             ,
             in
             behalf
             of
             the
             Lord
             the
             King
             ,
             against
             the
             Prisoner
             at
             the
             Bar.
             
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Quiets
               Testimony
               .
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Quiet
                 ,
              
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 and
                 you
                 Gentlemen
                 all
                 ,
                 This
                 Fellow
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 of
                 a
                 long
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 heard
                 him
                 speak
                 things
                 that
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 spo●e
                 .
                 He
                 rails
                 daily
                 against
                 Mr.
                 Belief
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 True-heart
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Vpright
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Hatebad
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Love-God
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 
                   See
                   Truth
                
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Moderate
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Good-work
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Humble
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Seriousness
                 ,
                 and
                 against
                 all
                 
                 that
                 are
                 friends
                 to
                 these
                 worthy
                 persons
                 .
                 And
                 he
                 hath
                 said
                 moreover
                 ,
                 That
                 if
                 all
                 men
                 were
                 of
                 his
                 mind
                 ,
                 if
                 possible
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 not
                 one
                 of
                 these
                 Gentlemen
                 should
                 have
                 any
                 longer
                 a
                 being
                 in
                 this
                 Town
                 ;
                 Besides
                 he
                 hath
                 not
                 been
                 afraid
                 to
                 rail
                 on
                 you
                 my
                 Lord
                 ,
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 now
                 appointed
                 to
                 be
                 his
                 Iudge
                 ,
                 calling
                 you
                 an
                 ungodly
                 Villain
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 other
                 such
                 like
                 villifying
                 terms
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 he
                 hath
                 bespattered
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Gentry
                 of
                 our
                 Town
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 When
                 Mr.
                 Quiet
                 had
                 told
                 his
                 Tale
                 ,
                 the
                 Iudge
                 directed
                 his
                 Speech
                 to
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ;
                 saying
                 ,
                 
                   Thou
                   Runnagate
                   ,
                   Heretick
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Traytor
                 ,
                 hast
                 thou
                 heard
                 what
                 these
                 honest
                 Gentlemen
                 have
                 witnessed
                 against
                 thee
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Implacable
                 ,
                 
                   May
                   I
                   speak
                   a
                   few
                   words
                   in
                   my
                   own
                   defence
                   ?
                
              
            
             
               
                 Iude
                 ,
              
               
                 Sirrah
                 ,
                 Sirrah
                 ,
                 Thou
                 deservest
                 to
                 live
                 no
                 longer
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 be
                 slain
                 immediately
                 upon
                 the
                 place
                 ;
                 yet
                 that
                 all
                 men
                 may
                 see
                 our
                 Gentleness
                 towards
                 thee
                 ,
                 though
                 thou
                 art
                 violent
                 towards
                 others
                 ;
                 Let
                 us
                 hear
                 what
                 thou
                 vile
                 Runnagate
                 hast
                 to
                 say
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               
               Implacable's
               last
               Speech
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               must
               confess
               that
               I
               am
               not
               altogether
               free
               from
               breaking
               the
               Laws
               ,
               
               from
               Violence
               and
               Passion
               ;
               but
               yet
               ,
               good
               my
               Lord
               ,
               for
               this
               once
               ,
               save
               my
               life
               ,
               but
               if
               you
               will
               not
               ,
               
                 the
                 Lord
                 have
                 mercy
                 upon
                 my
                 Soul.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Iudges
               Speech
               to
               the
               Iury.
               
            
             
               
                 Then
                 the
                 Iudge
                 called
                 to
                 the
                 Iury
                 (
                 who
                 all
                 this
                 while
                 stood
                 by
                 ,
                 to
                 hear
                 and
                 observe
                 ;
                 )
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Iury
                 ,
                 you
                 see
                 this
                 man
                 about
                 whom
                 so
                 great
                 an
                 uproathath
                 been
                 made
                 in
                 this
                 Town
                 ;
                 you
                 have
                 also
                 heard
                 what
                 these
                 worthy
                 Gentlemen
                 have
                 witnessed
                 against
                 him
                 ;
                 also
                 you
                 have
                 heard
                 his
                 Reply
                 and
                 Confession
                 :
                 It
                 lieth
                 now
                 in
                 your
                 breast
                 to
                 hang
                 him
                 ,
                 or
                 save
                 his
                 life
                 ,
                 therefore
                 do
                 as
                 your
                 judge
                 meet
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 As
                 soon
                 as
                 ever
                 the
                 Iudge
                 had
                 ended
                 his
                 Speech
                 to
                 the
                 Iury
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Huff
                 a
                 Corporal
                 came
                 into
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 That
                 if
                 his
                 Lordship
                 pleased
                 to
                 hear
                 his
                 Evidence
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 much
                 to
                 say
                 for
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Huff
             a
             Corporal
             takes
             
             Implacable's
             part
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               But
               the
               Iudge
               told
               him
               ,
               That
               he
               lookt
               like
               a
               swaggering
               Fellow
               ,
               and
               therefore
               he
               and
               the
               Iury
               should
               give
               no
               credit
               to
               what
               he
               said
               .
            
          
           
             
               Then
               went
               the
               Iury
               out
               ,
               whose
               Names
               were
               ,
               Mr.
               Love-good
               ,
               Mr.
               Patience
               ,
               Mr.
               Hate-lust
               ,
               Mr.
               Live-well
               ,
               Mr.
               Low-mind
               ,
               Mr.
               Hate-lyes
               ,
               Mr.
               Love-light
               ,
               Mr.
               Heavenly-mind
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Zealous
                 for
                 God
              
               ,
               Mr.
               Meek-heart
               ,
               Mr.
               Piety
               ,
               Mr.
               Fidelity
               :
               And
               every
               one
               gave
               in
               his
               private
               Verdict
               against
               him
               among
               themselves
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               unanimously
               concluded
               to
               bring
               him
               in
               guilty
               before
               the
               Iudge
               .
               And
               first
               among
               themselves
               ,
               
               Mr.
               Love-good
               the
               Foreman
               ,
               said
               ,
               
                 I
                 see
                 clearly
                 that
                 this
                 man
                 is
                 an
                 Heretick
                 .
              
               Then
               said
               Mr.
               
                 Patience
                 ,
                 Away
                 with
                 such
                 a
                 Fellow
                 from
                 the
                 Earth
                 .
                 Ay
                 ,
              
               said
               Mr.
               
                 Hate-lust
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 hate
                 the
                 very
                 looks
                 of
                 him
                 .
              
               Then
               said
               Mr.
               
                 Live-well
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 never
                 endure
                 him
                 .
                 Nor
                 I
              
               said
               Mr.
               
                 Low-mind
                 ,
                 for
                 he
                 would
                 always
                 be
                 condemning
                 my
                 way
                 .
                 Hang
                 him
                 ,
                 hang
                 him
                 ,
              
               said
               Mr.
               Hate-lyes
               .
               
                 A
                 sorry
                 Scrub
              
               ,
               said
               Mr.
               Love-light
               .
               
                 My
                 heart
                 riseth
                 against
                 him
              
               ,
               said
               Mr.
               Heavenly-mind
               .
               
                 He
                 is
                 a
                 Rogue
              
               ,
               said
               Mr.
               Zeal
               for
               God.
               
                 Hanging
                 is
                 too
                 good
                 for
                 him
                 ,
              
               said
               Mr.
               Meek-heart
               .
               
                 Let
                 's
                 dispatch
                 him
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 way
                 ,
              
               said
               Mr.
               Piety
               .
               Then
               said
               Mr.
               Fidelity
               ,
               
                 Might
                 I
                 have
                 all
                 the
                 world
                 given
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 reconciled
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 therefore
                 let
                 us
                 forthwith
                 bring
                 him
                 in
                 guilty
                 of
                 death
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             A
             Spy
             set
             a
             work
             by
             
               Mr.
               Implacable
            
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
             
               Besides
               ,
               yonder
               stands
               a
               Spy
               ,
               one
               that
               he
               set
               to
               watch
               
                 Sincere
                 Christians
              
               ,
               for
               fear
               they
               should
               
                 serve
                 God
              
               ,
               and
               he
               not
               having
               timely
               notice
               to
               disturb
               them
               ,
               that
               can
               tell
               more
               of
               his
               Tricks
               ;
               but
               we
               have
               enough
               against
               him
               without
               his
               Evidence
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               so
               he
               was
               presently
               condemned
               ,
               to
               be
               had
               from
               the
               place
               where
               he
               was
               ,
               to
               the
               place
               from
               whence
               he
               came
               ,
               and
               there
               to
               be
               hanged
               .
            
          
           
             
               They
               therefore
               brought
               him
               out
               to
               be
               hanged
               .
               Thus
               came
               Implacable
               to
               his
               end
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               't
               was
               observed
               by
               some
               ,
               that
               there
               stood
               a
               Chariot
               and
               a
               couple
               of
               Horses
               behind
               the
               rejoycing
               multitude
               that
               went
               to
               see
               Implacable
               hanged
               )
               to
               post
               away
               his
               Soul
               to
               Hell.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Mr.
               Implacable
            
             posting
             to
             Hell.
             
          
           
             
          
           
             
             
               As
               soon
               as
               ever
               his
               body
               was
               dead
               ,
               they
               opened
               it
               ,
               and
               found
               in
               his
               belly
               
                 twelve
                 Informers
              
               ,
               whose
               Names
               were
               as
               followeth
               ;
               Viz.
               Mr.
               No-good
               ,
               Mr.
               Malice
               ,
               Mr.
               Lovelack
               ,
               Mr.
               Live-loose
               ,
               Mr.
               Heady
               ,
               Mr.
               High-mind
               ,
               Mr.
               Enmity
               ,
               Mr.
               Lyar
               ,
               Mr.
               Cruelty
               ,
               Mr.
               Hate-light
               ,
               Mr.
               Falsity
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Vncharitable
               .
               And
               in
               his
               Heart
               they
               found
               (
               to
               their
               greater
               amazement
               )
               Mr.
               Hot-spur
               the
               Constastble
               ,
               Mr.
               Envy-good
               the
               chief
               Informer
               in
               Vtopia
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Violence
               an
               Headborough
               (
               one
               that
               was
               Brother
               to
               Mr.
               Im●lacable
               the
               Justice
               )
               whose
               Tryals
               follow
               next
               in
               order
               .
               So
               
                 Mr.
                 Hot-spur
              
               was
               first
               set
               to
               the
               Bar.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Hot-spur
             the
             Constable
             holding
             up
             his
             hand
             at
             the
             Bar.
             
          
           
           
           
             Then
             said
             the
             Clerk
             ,
          
           
             
               Hot-spur
               ,
            
             
               Hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               ,
               Thou
               art
               indicted
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Hot-spur
               ,
               For
               that
               thou
               hast
               wickedly
               taught
               and
               maintained
               that
               there
               is
               no
               God
               ,
               and
               so
               no
               heed
               to
               be
               taken
               to
               
                 Serious
                 Religion
                 .
                 This
                 thou
                 hast
                 done
                 against
                 the
                 being
                 ,
                 honour
                 ,
                 and
                 glory
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 against
                 the
                 peace
                 and
                 safety
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 .
              
               What
               sayest
               thou
               ?
               
                 Art
                 thou
                 guilty
                 of
                 this
              
               Indictment
               ,
               
                 or
                 not
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Hot-spur
               ,
            
             
               Not
               guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               ,
            
             
               
                 Call
                 Mr.
              
               Honesty
               ,
               Mr.
               Vouch-truth
               ,
               
                 and
                 Mr.
              
               Hate-rogue
               
                 into
                 the
                 Court.
              
               
            
          
           
             So
             they
             were
             called
             ,
             and
             they
             appeared
             .
          
           
             
               Clerk
               ,
            
             
               Then
               said
               the
               Clerk
               ,
               
                 You
                 t●e
                 Witnesses
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 look
                 upon
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 Do
                 you
                 know
                 him
                 ?
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Honesty
             giving
             in
             his
             Testimony
             .
          
           
             
          
           
           
             Then
             said
             Master
             Honesty
             ,
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             we
             know
             him
             ,
             his
             name
             is
             Hotspur
             ,
             he
             has
             been
             a
             very
             pestilent
             Fellow
             for
             many
             years
             in
             this
             Country
             .
          
           
             
               Clerk
               ,
            
             
               
                 You
                 are
                 sure
                 you
                 know
                 him
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Honesty
               ,
            
             
               Know
               him
               !
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               I
               have
               heretofore
               too
               often
               been
               in
               his
               company
               ,
               to
               be
               at
               this
               time
               ignorant
               of
               him
               .
               He
               is
               a
               
                 Tantivy
                 Hot-spur
              
               ,
               the
               Son
               of
               a
               
                 Tantivy
                 Hot-spur
              
               ,
               I
               knew
               his
               Grandfather
               ,
               and
               his
               Father
               ,
               his
               Brethren
               ,
               and
               his
               Sisters
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk
               ,
            
             
               Well
               said
               ,
               He
               
                 standeth
                 here
                 indicted
                 by
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 
                   Hot-spur
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 and
                 is
                 charged
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 hath
                 maintained
                 and
                 taught
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 no
                 heed
                 need
                 be
                 taken
                 to
                 any
                 Religion
                 :
                 What
                 say
                 you
                 the
                 Kings
                 Witnesses
                 ,
                 to
                 this
                 ?
                 is
                 he
                 guilty
                 or
                 not
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Honestly
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               and
               he
               were
               once
               in
               Villains-Lane
               together
               ,
               and
               he
               at
               that
               time
               did
               briskly
               talk
               of
               divers
               Opinions
               ,
               and
               then
               and
               there
               I
               heard
               him
               say
               ,
               That
               for
               his
               part
               he
               did
               believe
               that
               there
               was
               no
               God.
               But
               ,
               said
               he
               ,
               I
               can
               profess
               one
               ,
               and
               be
               Religious
               too
               ,
               if
               the
               company
               I
               am
               in
               ,
               and
               the
               circumstances
               of
               other
               things
               ,
               said
               he
               ,
               shall
               put
               me
               upon
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               
                 You
                 are
                 sure
                 you
                 heard
                 him
                 say
                 thus
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Vouch-Truth
               .
            
             
               Upon
               mine
               Oath
               ,
               I
               heard
               him
               say
               thus
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Then
               said
               the
               Clerk
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Vouch-Truth
                 ,
                 What
                 say
                 you
                 to
                 the
                 Kings
                 Iudges
                 ,
                 touching
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
              
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Vouch-Truth
             ,
             giving
             in
             his
             Testimony
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               Vouch-Truth
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               formerly
               was
               a
               great
               Companion
               of
               his
               ,
               (
               for
               the
               which
               I
               now
               repent
               me
               )
               and
               I
               have
               often
               heard
               him
               say
               ,
               and
               that
               with
               great
               stomachfulness
               ,
               that
               he
               believed
               there
               was
               neither
               God
               ,
               Angel
               ,
               nor
               Spirit
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cler.
               
            
             
               
                 Where
                 did
                 you
                 hear
                 him
                 say
                 so
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Vouch-Truth
               .
            
             
               In
               Blackmouth-lane
               ,
               and
               Blas●hemers-row
               ,
               and
               in
               many
               other
               places
               besides
               ,
               in
               the
               Country
               of
               Vtopia
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cler.
               
            
             
               
                 Have
                 you
                 much
                 knowledge
                 of
                 him
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Vouch-Truth
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               him
               to
               be
               a
               Rascal
               ,
               the
               Son
               of
               a
               Rascal
               ,
               and
               an
               horrible
               Man
               ,
               to
               deny
               a
               Deity
               ;
               his
               Fathers
               Name
               was
               
                 Never
                 be
                 good
              
               ,
               and
               he
               had
               more
               Children
               than
               this
               Hot-spur
               .
               I
               have
               no
               more
               to
               say
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Hate-Rogue
               ,
               
                 look
                 upon
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 do
                 you
                 know
                 him
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Hate-Rogue
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               this
               Hot-spur
               is
               one
               of
               the
               vilest
               wretches
               that
               ever
               I
               came
               near
               ,
               or
               had
               to
               do
               with
               in
               my
               Life
               .
               I
               have
               heard
               him
               say
               that
               there
               is
               no
               God
               ,
               I
               have
               heard
               him
               say
               that
               there
               is
               no
               World
               to
               come
               ,
               no
               Sin
               ,
               nor
               Punishment
               hereafter
               :
               and
               moreover
               ,
               I
               have
               heard
               him
               say
               ,
               That
               't
               was
               as
               good
               to
               go
               to
               a
               Whore-house
               ,
               as
               to
               go
               and
               hear
               a
               Sermon
               in
               a
               Meeting-house
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cler.
               
            
             
               
                 Where
                 did
                 you
                 hear
                 him
                 say
                 these
                 things
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Hate-Rogue
               .
            
             
               In
               Drunkards-row
               ,
               just
               at
               Rascal-Lanes-end
               ,
               at
               a
               house
               in
               which
               Mr.
               Im●iety
               lived
               .
               Besides
               ,
               he
               doth
               Devillishly
               and
               Trayterously
               practice
               evil
               things
               ,
               and
               say
               filthy
               words
               :
               He
               says
               it
               is
               lawful
               and
               profitable
               to
               a
               Man
               to
               give
               way
               to
               his
               Carnal
               desires
               ,
               and
               that
               for
               his
               part
               ,
               he
               never
               will
               deny
               himself
               of
               any
               sinful
               delight
               ,
               as
               long
               as
               his
               Name
               is
               Hot-s●ur
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             
               Hotspur
               pleading
               on
               his
               Knees
            
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             Then
             said
             Mr.
             Hot-spur
             ,
             being
             on
             his
             Knees
             ,
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             am
             a
             Man
             of
             high
             birth
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             used
             to
             a
             pleasures
             and
             pastimes
             of
             greatness
             .
             I
             have
             not
             been
             wont
             to
             be
             snub'd
             for
             my
             doings
             ,
             but
             have
             been
             left
             to
             follow
             my
             will
             as
             if
             it
             were
             Law.
             And
             it
             seems
             strange
             to
             me
             that
             I
             should
             this
             day
             be
             called
             into
             Question
             for
             that
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             I
             ,
             but
             many
             Men
             ,
             do
             either
             secretly
             or
             openly
             countenance
             .
          
           
             
               Cler.
               
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 we
                 concern
                 not
                 our selves
                 with
                 your
                 greatness
                 (
                 for
                 the
                 higher
                 ,
                 the
                 better
                 you
                 should
                 have
                 been
                 )
                 but
                 we
                 are
                 concerned
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 are
                 you
                 now
                 ,
                 about
                 an
                 Indictment
                 preferred
                 
                 against
                 you
                 .
                 How
                 say
                 you
                 ,
                 are
                 you
                 guilty
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Hot-spur
               .
            
             
               Not
               guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               
                 Cryer
                 ,
                 call
                 up
                 more
                 Witnesses
                 to
                 stand
                 forth
                 ,
                 and
                 give
                 their
                 Evidence
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               .
            
             
               Gentlemen
               ,
               you
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Witnesses
               for
               the
               King
               ,
               come
               in
               and
               give
               in
               yout
               Evidence
               for
               Our
               Lord
               the
               King
               ,
               against
               the
               Prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Well-doe
               giving
               in
               his
               Testimony
               at
               the
               Bar.
               
            
          
           
             
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               
                 Come
                 Mr.
              
               Well-doe
               ,
               
                 look
                 upon
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 do
                 you
                 know
                 him
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Well-do
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               I
               know
               him
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               
                 What
                 's
                 his
                 Name
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Well-do
               
            
             
               His
               name
               is
               Hotspur
               ,
               he
               was
               the
               Son
               of
               one
               Beastly
               ,
               and
               his
               Mother
               bare
               him
               in
               Flesh-street
               ;
               she
               was
               one
               Evil-concupiscences
               Daughter
               .
               I
               knew
               all
               the
               Generation
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cler.
               
            
             
               
                 Well
                 said
                 ,
                 You
                 have
                 here
                 heard
                 his
                 Indictment
                 ,
                 what
                 say
                 you
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 is
                 he
                 guilty
                 of
                 those
                 things
                 charged
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 or
                 no
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Well-do
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               he
               has
               as
               he
               saith
               ,
               been
               a
               great
               man
               indeed
               ;
               and
               greater
               in
               Wickedness
               than
               by
               Pedigree
               ,
               more
               than
               a
               thousand-fold
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cler.
               
            
             
               
                 But
                 what
                 do
                 you
                 know
                 of
                 his
                 particular
                 Actions
                 .
                 and
                 especially
                 with
                 reference
                 to
                 his
                 Indictment
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Well-do
               ,
            
             
               I
               know
               him
               to
               be
               a
               Swearer
               ,
               a
               Lyer
               ,
               a
               Sabbath-breaker
               ;
               I
               know
               him
               to
               be
               a
               Fornicator
               ,
               and
               an
               unclean
               Person
               ;
               I
               know
               him
               to
               be
               guilty
               of
               abundance
               of
               Evils
               .
               He
               has
               been
               to
               my
               knowledge
               a
               very
               filthy
               man.
               
            
          
           
             
               Cler.
               
            
             
               
                 But
                 where
                 did
                 he
                 use
                 to
                 commit
                 his
                 wickedness
                 ,
                 in
                 some
                 private
                 corners
                 ,
                 or
                 was
                 he
                 more
                 open
                 and
                 shameless
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Well-do
               ,
            
             
               All
               the
               Town
               over
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Cler.
               
            
             
               Come
               Mr.
               Good-deed
               ,
               what
               have
               you
               to
               say
               for
               our
               Lord
               the
               King
               against
               the
               Prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar
               ?
            
          
           
             Good-deed
             ,
             My
             Lord
             ,
             all
             that
             the
             first
             Witness
             has
             said
             I
             know
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             besides
             .
          
           
             
             
               Cler.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Hot-spur
               ,
               do
               you
               hear
               what
               these
               three
               other
               Gentlemen
               say
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Hot-spur
               ,
            
             
               I
               was
               ever
               of
               Opinion
               that
               the
               happiest
               life
               that
               a
               man
               could
               live
               on
               earth
               ,
               was
               to
               keep
               himself
               from
               nothing
               that
               he
               desired
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               Idefie
               them
               all
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Several
             Constables
             rush
             in
             to
             rescue
             Mr.
             Hot-spur
          
           
             
          
           
             As
             soon
             as
             he
             had
             said
             so
             ,
             he
             calls
             several
             other
             Constables
             ,
             for
             his
             rescue
             perceving
             ,
             it
             would
             go
             ill
             on
             his
             side
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             kept
             out
             o'
             th'
             Court.
             
          
           
             
               Court.
               
            
             
               Then
               said
               the
               Court
               ,
               
                 There
                 hath
                 proceeded
                 enough
                 from
                 his
                 own
                 mouth
                 to
                 lay
                 him
                 open
                 to
                 condemnation
                 ,
                 wherefore
                 set
                 him
                 by
              
               Jayler
               ,
               
                 and
                 set
                 Mr.
              
               Envy-good
               
                 the
                 chief
              
               Informer
               
                 in
                 this
                 Country
                 to
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Envy-good
             set
             to
             the
             Bar.
             
          
           
           
             
               Cler.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Envy-good
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 art
                 here
                 Indicted
                 by
                 the
                 name
                 of
              
               Mr.
               Envy-good
               (
               
                 an
                 Informer
                 in
              
               Utopia
               )
               
                 for
                 that
                 thou
                 doest
                 wickedly
                 ,
                 illegaly
                 and
                 unseasonably
                 ,
                 disturb
                 all
                 good
                 men
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 live
                 ;
                 and
                 dost
                 instigate
                 others
                 to
                 do
                 the
                 same
                 ;
                 and
                 wilt
                 sooner
                 inform
                 against
                 a
                 good
                 Preacher
                 than
                 a
                 Bawdy-house
                 ,
                 a
                 Drunkad
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 Swearer
              
            
          
           
             Then
             said
             Envy-good
             ,
             I
             am
             guilty
             of
             no
             such
             thing
             ,
             what
             I
             do
             I
             do
             out
             of
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             
               Court.
               
            
             
               Then
               said
               the
               Court
               ,
               the
               man
               as
               you
               see
               is
               incorrigible
               ,
               he
               is
               for
               maintaining
               
               his
               Villanies
               by
               stoutnes
               of
               words
               ,
               and
               his
               Rebellion
               with
               impudent
               confidence
               .
            
          
           
             
               Then
               said
               Envy-good
               ,
               Gentlemen
               ,
               and
               at
               this
               time
               my
               Judges
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Indictment
               by
               which
               I
               stand
               of
               several
               Crimes
               accused
               before
               you
               ;
               pray
               attribute
               my
               Crimes
               to
               mine
               Age
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               my
               wilfulness
               ;
               to
               the
               craziness
               of
               my
               Brain
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               the
               carelessness
               of
               my
               Mind
               ,
               and
               then
               I
               hope
               I
               may
               by
               your
               charity
               ,
               be
               excused
               from
               great
               punishment
               ,
               though
               I
               be
               guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Then
               said
               the
               Court
               ,
               
                 Thy
                 Crimes
                 were
                 not
                 simply
                 of
                 frailty
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 purpose
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 that
                 thou
                 didst
                 loath
                 to
                 keep
                 vertuous
                 things
                 in
                 thy
                 mind
                 .
                 What
                 was
                 bad
                 thou
                 couldest
                 retain
                 ,
                 but
                 what
                 was
                 good
                 thou
                 couldst
                 not
                 abide
                 to
                 think
                 of
                 ,
                 thy
                 Age
                 therefore
                 ,
                 and
                 thy
                 pretended
                 Craziness
                 ,
                 thou
                 makest
                 use
                 of
                 to
                 blind
                 the
                 Court
                 withal
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 a
                 cloak
                 to
                 cover
                 thy
                 Knavery
                 .
                 But
                 let
                 us
                 hear
                 what
                 the
                 Witnesses
                 have
                 to
                 say
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 against
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 is
                 he
                 guilty
                 of
                 this
                 Indictment
                 or
                 no
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Integrity
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               have
               heard
               this
               Envy-good
               ,
               the
               Informer
               ,
               say
               ,
               That
               he
               could
               never
               abide
               to
               think
               of
               goodness
               ,
               no
               not
               for
               a
               quarter
               o●an
               hour
               and
               he
               lives
               next
               door
               to
               the
               Sign
               of
               the
               
                 Conscience
                 feared
                 with
                 an
                 hot
                 Iron
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Cler.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Peaceable
               ,
               what
               can
               you
               say
               
               for
               our
               Lord
               the
               King
               ,
               against
               the
               Prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar
               ?
            
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             know
             this
             man
             well
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             Knave
             ,
             the
             son
             of
             a
             Knave
             ?
             he
             is
             the
             scum
             and
             froth
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             a
             perfect
             runnagate
             ;
             his
             Fathers
             name
             was
             Love-bad
             ,
             and
             as
             for
             him
             I
             have
             often
             heard
             him
             say
             ,
             that
             he
             counted
             the
             very
             thoughts
             of
             goodness
             the
             most
             burdensome
             thing
             in
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               
                 Where
                 have
                 you
                 heard
                 him
                 say
                 these
                 words
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Peaceable
               .
            
             
               In
               Flesh-lane
               ,
               right
               opposite
               to
               the
               Church
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             said
             the
             Clerk
             ,
             Come
             Mr.
             
               Love
               the
               Peace
               ,
               give
               in
               your
               Evidence
               concerning
               the
               Prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar
               ,
               about
               that
               for
               which
               he
               stands
               here
               ,
               indicted
               before
               this
               honourable
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             
               Love
               the
               Peace
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               have
               heard
               him
               often
               say
               ,
               he
               had
               rather
               think
               of
               the
               vilest
               thing
               ,
               than
               of
               what
               is
               contained
               in
               the
               Holy
               Scriptures
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               Where
               did
               you
               hear
               him
               say
               such
               grievous
               words
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Love
               the
               Peace
               ,
            
             
               Where
               I
               in
               a
               great
               many
               places
               ?
               particularly
               in
               
                 Nauseous
                 street
              
               ,
               in
               the
               house
               of
               one
               Shameless
               ,
               and
               in
               Fi●thlane
               ,
               at
               the
               sign
               of
               the
               Resprobate
               ,
               next
               door
               to
               the
               
                 Descent
                 into
                 the
                 pit
              
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Envy-good
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               never
               knew
               what
               remorse
               or
               sorrow
               meant
               in
               all
               my
               life
               ;
               I
               am
               impenetrable
               ,
               I
               care
               for
               no
               man
               ,
               nor
               can
               I
               be
               pierced
               with
               Mens
               Griefs
               ,
               their
               Groans
               will
               not
               enter
               into
               my
               heart
               ;
               whomever
               I
               mischief
               ,
               whomever
               I
               wrong
               ,
               to
               me
               it
               is
               musick
               ,
               when
               to
               others
               mourning
               ,
               therefore
               't
               is
               that
               I
               love
               ,
               not
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               therefore
               pray
               my
               Lord
               acquit
               me
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             A
             Ghost
             appears
             to
             
               Mr.
               Envy-good
            
             publickly
             .
          
           
           
             
               As
               he
               was
               thus
               speaking
               ,
               an
               affrighting
               Ghost
               appears
               to
               him
               in
               the
               Court
               ,
               and
               says
               that
               Hell
               groaned
               for
               Him
               ,
               and
               guilty
               he
               was
            
          
           
             
               But
               Gentlemen
               ,
               and
               you
               now
               appointed
               
               to
               be
               my
               Judges
               ,
               I
               deny
               that
               my
               name
               is
               Envy-good
               ,
               and
               if
               your
               Honours
               shall
               please
               to
               send
               for
               any
               that
               do
               intimately
               know
               me
               ,
               or
               for
               the
               Midwife
               that
               laid
               my
               Mother
               of
               me
               ,
               or
               for
               the
               Gossips
               that
               was
               at
               my
               Christning
               ,
               they
               will
               any
               ,
               or
               all
               of
               them
               ,
               prove
               that
               my
               name
               is
               not
               Envy-good
               .
               Wherefore
               I
               cannot
               plead
               to
               this
               Indictment
               ,
               for
               as
               much
               as
               my
               name
               is
               not
               incerted
               therein
               ,
               and
               as
               is
               my
               true
               name
               ,
               so
               also
               are
               my
               conditions
               .
               I
               was
               always
               a
               man
               that
               loved
               to
               live
               at
               quiet
               ,
               and
               what
               I
               loved
               my self
               ,
               that
               I
               thought
               others
               might
               love
               also
               .
               Wherefore
               when
               I
               saw
               any
               of
               my
               Neighbours
               to
               labour
               under
               a
               disquieted
               mind
               ,
               I
               endeavoured
               to
               help
               them
               what
               I
               could
               ,
               and
               instances
               of
               this
               good
               temper
               of
               mine
               ,
               many
               I
               could
               give
               :
               As
            
          
           
             First
             ,
             When
             ever
             I
             saw
             any
             to
             be
             disquieted
             in
             Vtopia
             ,
             I
             presently
             sought
             out
             means
             to
             get
             them
             quiet
             again
          
           
             2.
             
             When
             the
             ways
             of
             the
             old
             World
             ,
             and
             of
             Sodom
             ,
             were
             in
             fashion
             ;
             if
             any
             thing
             happened
             to
             molest
             those
             that
             were
             for
             the
             customs
             of
             those
             times
             ,
             I
             laboured
             to
             make
             them
             quiet
             again
             ,
             and
             to
             cause
             them
             to
             act
             without
             molestation
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             To
             come
             nearer
             home
             ,
             if
             in
             Vtopia
             I
             saw
             any
             troubled
             for
             sin
             ,
             I
             endeavoured
             
             by
             someway
             ,
             device
             ,
             invention
             or
             other
             ,
             to
             labour
             to
             bring
             them
             to
             peace
             again
             .
          
           
             
               Wherefore
               ,
               since
               I
               have
               been
               always
               a
               man
               of
               so
               vertuous
               a
               temper
               ,
               as
               some
               say
               a
               peace-maker
               is
               ,
               and
               if
               a
               peace-maker
               be
               so
               deserving
               a
               man
               ,
               as
               some
               have
               been
               bold
               to
               attest
               he
               is
               ,
               then
               let
               me
               ,
               Gentlemen
               ,
               be
               accounted
               by
               you
               ,
               who
               have
               a
               great
               name
               for
               Justice
               and
               Equity
               ,
               for
               a
               man
               that
               deserveth
               not
               this
               inhumane
               way
               of
               treatment
               ,
               but
               liberty
               ,
               and
               also
               a
               licence
               to
               seek
               damage
               of
               those
               that
               have
               been
               my
               accusers
               .
            
          
           
             
               Then
               said
               the
               
                 Clerk
                 ,
                 Cryer
              
               ,
               make
               a
               Proclamation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               ,
               
                 O
                 Yes
                 ,
                 for
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 hath
                 denied
                 his
                 name
                 to
                 be
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 mentioned
                 in
                 the
                 Indictment
                 ,
                 the
              
               Court
               
                 requireth
                 that
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 ,
                 that
                 can
                 give
                 information
                 to
                 the
              
               Court
               
                 of
                 the
                 orginal
                 and
                 right
                 name
                 of
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 come
                 forth
                 and
                 give
                 in
                 their
                 Evidence
                 for
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 stands
                 upon
                 his
                 own
                 innocency
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Then
               came
               two
               into
               the
               Court
               and
               desired
               that
               they
               might
               have
               leave
               to
               speak
               what
               they
               knew
               concerning
               the
               Prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar
               :
               The
               name
               of
               the
               one
               was
               Find-right
               ,
               and
               the
               name
               of
               the
               other
               Tell-truth
               ;
               so
               the
               Court
               demanded
               of
               these
               
               men
               ,
               if
               they
               knew
               the
               Prisoner
               ,
               and
               what
               they
               could
               say
               concerning
               him
               ,
               for
               he
               stands
               ,
               said
               they
               ,
               upon
               his
               own
               Vindication
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Then
               said
               Mr.
               Find-right
               ,
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               —
            
          
           
             
               Court.
               
            
             
               Hold
               ,
               Give
               him
               his
               Oath
               ,
               then
               they
               sware
               him
               .
               So
               he
               proceeded
               .
            
          
           
             
               Find-right
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               know
               ,
               and
               have
               known
               this
               Man
               from
               a
               Child
               ,
               and
               can
               attest
               that
               his
               name
               is
               Envy-good
               ;
               I
               knew
               his
               Father
               ,
               whose
               dame
               was
               Mr.
               Dissembler
               ,
               and
               his
               Mother
               before
               she
               was
               married
               ,
               was
               Mrs.
               Hypocrite
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Envy-goods
             Mother
             ,
             used
             often
             to
             chuck
             him
             under
             the
             Chin
             ,
             and
             play
             with
             him
             ,
             to
             encourage
             him
             in
             his
             bad
             practices
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
             
               called
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Mrs.
               Hippocrite
               ,
               and
               these
               two
               when
               they
               came
               together
               ,
               lived
               not
               long
               without
               this
               Son
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               was
               born
               ,
               they
               called
               his
               name
               Envy-good
               .
               I
               was
               his
               Play-fellow
               ,
               only
               I
               was
               somewhat
               older
               than
               he
               ;
               and
               when
               his
               Mother
               did
               use
               to
               call
               him
               home
               from
               his
               play
               ,
               she
               used
               to
               say
               
                 Envy-good
                 ,
                 Envy-good
              
               ,
               come
               home
               quick
               ,
               or
               I
               'll
               fetch
               you
               .
               Yea
               ,
               I
               knew
               him
               when
               he
               sucked
               ;
               and
               though
               I
               was
               then
               but
               little
               ,
               yet
               I
               can
               remember
               that
               when
               his
               Mother
               did
               use
               to
               sit
               at
               the
               door
               with
               him
               ,
               or
               did
               play
               with
               him
               in
               her
               Arms
               ,
               she
               would
               call
               him
               twenty
               times
               together
               ,
               chucking
               him
               under
               the
               Chin
               ,
               My
               little
               Envy-good
               ,
               my
               pretty
               Envy-good
               ,
               and
               O
               my
               sweet
               Rogue
               E●vy-good
               ;
               and
               again
               ,
               O
               my
               little
               bird
               Envy-good
               ;
               and
               how
               do
               I
               love
               my
               Child
               !
               The
               Gossiips
               also
               know
               it
               is
               thus
               ,
               though
               he
               has
               the
               face
               to
               deny
               it
               in
               open
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             
               Then
               Mr.
               Tell-truth
               was
               called
               upon
               to
               speak
               what
               he
               knew
               of
               him
               .
               So
               they
               sware
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Then
               said
               Mr.
               Tell-truth
               ,
               My
               Lord
               ,
               all
               that
               the
               former
               Witness
               hath
               said
               is
               true
               ;
               his
               name
               is
               Envy-good
               ,
               the
               Son
               of
               Mr.
               Dislembler
               ,
               and
               of
               Mrs.
               Hippocrite
               his
               mother
               .
               And
               I
               have
               in
               former
               times
               seen
               him
               angry
               with
               those
               that
               have
               called
               him
               
               any
               thing
               else
               but
               Envy-good
               ,
               for
               h●
               would
               say
               ,
               that
               all
               such
               did
               mock
               and
               nick-name
               him
               ,
               but
               this
               was
               in
               the
               time
               when
               Mr.
               Envy-good
               was
               a
               great
               man
               ,
               and
               when
               the
               Informers
               were
               the
               bravest
               men
               in
               
                 Vto
                 ●id
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Court.
               
            
             
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 you
                 have
                 heard
                 what
                 these
                 two
                 men
                 have
                 sworn
                 against
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 :
                 and
                 now
                 Mr.
                 Envy-good
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 You
                 have
                 denied
                 your
                 name
                 to
                 be
                 Envy-good
                 ,
                 yet
                 you
                 see
                 that
                 these
                 honest
                 men
                 have
                 sworn
                 that
                 that
                 is
                 your
                 name
                 .
                 As
                 to
                 your
                 Plea
                 ,
                 in
                 that
                 you
                 are
                 quité
                 besides
                 the
                 matter
                 of
                 your
                 Indictment
                 ,
                 you
                 have
                 pleaded
                 for
                 your self
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 have
                 denied
                 your
                 name
                 ,
                 &c.
                 but
                 here
                 you
                 see
                 we
                 have
                 Witnesses
                 to
                 prove
                 that
                 you
                 are
                 the
                 man.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 the
                 peace
                 that
                 you
                 so
                 much
                 boast
                 of
                 making
                 among
                 your
                 Neighbours
                 ;
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 peace
                 that
                 is
                 not
                 a
                 companion
                 of
                 truth
                 and
                 holiness
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 without
                 this
                 foundation
                 ,
                 is
                 grounded
                 upon
                 a
                 lye
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 both
                 deceitful
                 and
                 damnable
                 :
                 thy
                 Plea
                 therefore
                 has
                 not
                 delivered
                 thee
                 from
                 what
                 by
                 the
                 Indictment
                 thou
                 art
                 charged
                 with
                 ,
                 but
                 rather
                 it
                 doth
                 fasten
                 all
                 upon
                 thee
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 But
                 thou
                 shalt
                 have
                 very
                 fair
                 play
                 ;
                 let
                 us
                 call
                 the
                 Witnesses
                 that
                 are
                 to
                 testifie
                 ,
                 as
                 ●o
                 mattter
                 of
                 fact
                 ,
                 and
                 see
                 what
                 they
                 have
                 
                 to
                 say
                 for
                 our
                 Lord
                 the
                 King
                 against
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Clerk
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Peaceable
               ,
               
                 What
                 say
                 you
                 for
                 our
                 Lord
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 against
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Peaceable
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               This
               man
               hath
               of
               a
               long
               time
               made
               it
               ,
               to
               my
               knowledge
               ,
               his
               business
               to
               keep
               Vtopia
               in
               a
               sinful
               quietness
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               all
               her
               lewdness
               ,
               filthiness
               ,
               and
               turmoils
               ;
               and
               hath
               said
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               my
               hearing
               ,
               Come
               ,
               come
               ,
               let
               us
               fly
               from
               all
               trouble
               on
               what
               ground
               soever
               it
               comes
               ,
               and
               let
               us
               be
               for
               a
               quiet
               and
               peaceable
               life
               ,
               though
               it
               wanteth
               a
               good
               foundation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               
                 Come
                 Mr.
              
               Love
               the
               Peace
               ,
               
                 what
                 have
                 you
                 to
                 say
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Love
               the
               Peace
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               have
               heard
               him
               say
               ,
               That
               peace
               ,
               though
               in
               a
               way
               of
               unrighteousness
               ,
               is
               better
               than
               trouble
               with
               truth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               
                 Where
                 did
                 you
                 hear
                 him
                 say
                 this
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Love
               the
               peace
               ,
            
             
               I
               heard
               him
               say
               it
               in
               Folly-yard
               ,
               at
               the
               house
               of
               one
               Mr.
               Simple
               ,
               next
               door
               to
               the
               sign
               of
               the
               Self-deceiver
               .
               Yea
               ,
               he
               hath
               said
               this
               to
               my
               knowledge
               twenty
               times
               in
               that
               place
               .
               Besides
               ,
               he
               sets
               himself
               to
               deface
               ,
               and
               untterly
               to
               spoil
               all
               the
               remainders
               of
               goodness
               in
               Vtopia
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Envy-good
               ,
               How
               could
               you
               have
               the
               face
               to
               plead
               ,
               
                 Not
                 guilty
              
               ,
               when
               
               you
               are
               manifestly
               the
               Doer
               of
               so
               much
               wickedness
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Envy-good
               ,
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               I
               thought
               I
               must
               say
               something
               ,
               and
               as
               my
               name
               is
               ,
               so
               I
               speak
               :
               I
               have
               been
               advantaged
               by
               lyes
               before
               now
               ,
               and
               did
               not
               know
               but
               by
               speaking
               lyes
               ,
               I
               might
               have
               reaped
               the
               same
               benefit
               now
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               Set
               him
               by
               Iayler
               ,
               and
               set
               Mr.
               Violence
               the
               Headborough
               to
               the
               Bar.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Mr.
               Violence
            
             the
             Headborough
             brought
             to
             the
             Bar.
             
          
           
             
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Violence
               ,
            
             
               thou
               art
               here
               Indicted
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Violence
               ,
               for
               that
               thou
               dost
               most
               trayterously
               and
               wickedly
               shut
               up
               all
               bowels
               of
               compassion
               to
               the
               Ministers
               of
               Christ
               :
               And
               for
               that
               thou
               dost
               hale
               and
               
               rout
               them
               from
               place
               to
               place
               ,
               and
               dost
               at
               all
               times
               fly
               from
               those
               thoughts
               that
               had
               in
               them
               a
               tendency
               to
               lead
               thee
               to
               repentance
               .
               What
               sayst
               thou
               to
               this
               Indictment
               ?
               Guilty
               or
               not
               guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             Not
             guilty
             of
             Violence
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             'le
             assure
             you
             .
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               Call
               for
               the
               Witnesses
               :
               What
               say
               you
               the
               Witnesses
               to
               this
               Prisoner
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Know-much
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               his
               Name
               is
               Violence
               ,
               so
               he
               hath
               writ
               himself
               in
               all
               Papers
               of
               concer●s
               where
               he
               has
               had
               to
               do
               .
               But
               these
               Violent-men
               love
               to
               counterfeit
               their
               Names
               :
               Mr.
               Avarice
               covers
               himself
               with
               the
               name
               of
               Frugality
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               ;
               Mr.
               Flanting
               can
               when
               need
               is
               ,
               call
               himself
               Mr.
               Piety
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               ,
               and
               so
               of
               all
               the
               rest
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Sober
               ,
               
                 what
                 say
                 you
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Sober
               ,
            
             
               His
               name
               is
               Violence
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ;
               I
               have
               known
               him
               from
               a
               Child
               ,
               and
               he
               hath
               done
               all
               that
               wickedness
               whereof
               he
               stands
               charged
               in
               the
               Indictment
               ;
               but
               there
               is
               a
               company
               of
               men
               that
               are
               not
               acquainted
               with
               the
               danger
               of
               damning
               ,
               therefore
               make
               no
               bones
               of
               cursing
               and
               damning
               ,
               and
               lying
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Mr.
               Violence
            
             kills
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             pleads
             he
             did
             it
             in
             his
             passion
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               Violence
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord.
               I
               have
               always
               been
               a
               man
               of
               Courage
               and
               Valour
               ,
               and
               have
               not
               used
               ,
               when
               under
               the
               greatest
               clouds
               ,
               to
               sneak
               or
               hang
               down
               the
               head
               like
               a
               bulrush
               :
               And
               though
               t'
               other
               day
               I
               kill'd
               a
               man
               ,
               't
               was
               in
               passion
               ,
               and
               therefore
               it
               is
               I
               am
               thus
               accused
               .
            
          
           
             
               'T
               is
               true
               ,
               I
               did
               not
               use
               to
               consider
               who
               was
               my
               Foe
               ,
               nor
               what
               the
               cause
               was
               in
               which
               I
               was
               engaged
               .
               'T
               was
               enough
               to
               me
               if
               I
               carried
               it
               bravely
               ,
               fought
               like
               a
               man
               ,
               and
               came
               off
               like
               a
               Victor
               .
               Therefore
               my
               Lord
               ,
               let
               me
               be
               acquitted
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Court.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Violence
               ,
               
                 You
                 are
                 not
                 here
                 Indicted
                 for
                 that
                 you
                 have
                 been
                 a
                 valiant
                 man
                 ,
                 nor
                 for
                 ●our
                 courage
                 and
                 stoutness
                 in
                 times
                 of
                 distress
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 that
                 you
                 have
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 this
                 your
                 pretended
                 valour
                 to
                 draw
                 men
                 into
                 acts
                 of
                 rebellion
                 both
                 against
              
               Peace
               and
               Love.
               
                 This
                 is
                 the
                 crime
                 and
                 the
                 thing
                 wherewith
                 thou
                 art
                 charged
                 within
                 the
                 Indictment
                 .
                 But
                 he
                 made
                 no
                 answer
                 to
                 that
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Now
               when
               the
               Court
               had
               thus
               far
               proceeded
               against
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Bar
               ,
               then
               they
               put
               them
               over
               to
               the
               Verdict
               of
               their
               Jury
               ,
               to
               whom
               they
               did
               apply
               themselves
               after
               this
               manner
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Iury
                 ,
                 You
                 have
                 been
                 here
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 seen
                 these
                 men
                 ;
                 you
                 have
                 heard
                 their
                 Indictments
                 ,
                 their
                 Pleas
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 the
                 Witnesses
                 have
                 testified
                 against
                 them
                 .
                 Now
                 what
                 remains
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 do
                 forthwith
                 withdraw
                 your selves
                 to
                 some
                 place
                 ,
                 where
                 without
                 confusion
                 you
                 may
                 consider
                 of
                 what
                 Verdict
                 in
                 a
                 way
                 of
                 truth
                 and
                 righteousnes
                 you
                 ought
                 to
                 bring
                 in
                 for
                 the
              
               King
               
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 bring
                 it
                 in
                 accordingly
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Then
               the
               Iury
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               Mr.
               Prudent
               ,
               Mr.
               Harmless
               ,
               Mr.
               Good-heed
               ,
               Mr.
               Christian
               ,
               Mr.
               Love-worth
               ,
               Mr.
               Free-love
               ,
               Mr.
               Temperate
               ,
               Mr.
               Hope-well
               ,
               Mr.
               Compassion
               ,
               Mr.
               Mercifull
               ,
               Mr.
               Self-denial
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Love
                 the
                 peace
              
               ,
               withdrew
               themselves
               in
               order
               to
               their
               work
               :
               
               And
               when
               they
               were
               shut
               up
               by
               themselves
               ,
               they
               fell
               to
               discourse
               among
               them selves
               in
               order
               to
               the
               drawing
               up
               of
               their
               Verdict
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               thus
               Mr.
               Prudent
               ,
               for
               he
               was
               the
               Foreman
               ,
               began
               :
               Gentlemen
               ,
               quoth
               he
               ,
               for
               the
               men
               ,
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Bar
               ;
               
                 for
                 my
                 part
                 I
                 believe
                 they
                 all
                 deserve
                 death
                 .
              
               Very
               right
               ,
               said
               Mr.
               Harmless
               ,
               I
               am
               wholly
               of
               your
               opinion
               :
               O
               what
               a
               mercy
               is
               it
               ,
               said
               Mr.
               Good-heed
               ,
               that
               such
               Villains
               as
               these
               are
               apprehended
               !
               
                 Ai
                 ,
                 ai
              
               ,
               said
               Mr.
               
                 Christian
                 ,
                 this
                 is
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 joyfullest
                 days
                 that
                 ever
                 I
                 saw
                 in
                 my
                 life
                 .
              
               Then
               said
               Mr.
               
                 Love-worth
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 that
                 if
                 we
                 judge
                 them
                 to
                 death
                 ,
                 our
                 Verdict
                 shall
                 stand
                 .
              
               Nor
               do
               I
               at
               all
               question
               it
               ,
               said
               Mr.
               Free-love
               ,
               He
               said
               moreover
               ,
               
                 When
                 all
                 such
                 Beasts
                 as
                 these
                 are
                 cast
                 out
                 of
              
               Utopia
               ,
               
                 what
                 a
                 goodly
                 Country
                 will
                 it
                 be
                 then
              
               !
               Then
               said
               Mr.
               Temperate
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               my
               manner
               to
               pass
               my
               judgment
               with
               rashness
               ,
               but
               for
               these
               their
               Crimes
               are
               so
               notorious
               ,
               and
               the
               Witness
               so
               palpable
               ,
               
                 that
                 that
                 man
                 must
                 be
                 wilfully
                 blind
                 who
                 saith
                 ,
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 die
                 .
                 Blessed
                 be
                 God
                 ,
              
               said
               Mr.
               
                 Hope-well
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Traytors
                 are
                 in
                 safe
                 custody
                 .
              
               And
               I
               joyn
               with
               you
               in
               this
               
                 upon
                 my
                 bare
                 knees
              
               ,
               said
               Mr.
               
                 Compassion
                 .
                 I
                 am
                 glad
                 also
                 ,
              
               said
               Mr.
               Mercifull
               .
               Then
               said
               the
               warm
               man
               ,
               and
               true
               
               hearted
               Mr.
               
                 Self-denial
                 ,
                 Cut
                 the●●off
                 ,
                 they
                 have
                 been
                 the
                 plague
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 sought
                 the
                 destru●tion
                 of
              
               Utopia
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
              
               Protestant
               World.
               
            
          
           
             
               Thus
               therefore
               being
               all
               agreed
               in
               their
               Verdict
               ,
               they
               come
               instantly
               into
               the
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Iury
               ,
               answer
               all
               to
               your
               Names
               ,
               Mr.
               Prudent
               ,
               Mr.
               Harmless
               ,
               Mr.
               Good-heed
               ,
               Mr.
               Christian
               ,
               Mr
               Love-worth
               ,
               Mr.
               Free-love
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Temperate
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Hope-well
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Compassion
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Merciful
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Self-denial
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Vouch-truth
                 ,
              
               twelve
               :
               Good
               men
               and
               true
               ,
               stand
               together
               in
               your
               Verdict
               ;
               are
               you
               all
               agreed
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Iury.
               
            
             
               Yes
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               Who
               shall
               speak
               for
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Iury.
               
            
             
               Our
               Fore-man
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               
                 You
                 the
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Iury
                 being
                 Impanelled
                 for
                 our
                 Lord
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 to
                 serve
                 here
                 in
                 a
                 matter
                 of
                 life
                 and
                 death
                 ,
                 ha●e
                 ●eard
                 the
                 tryals
                 of
                 each
                 of
                 these
                 men
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 :
                 What
                 say
                 you
                 ?
                 Are
                 they
                 guilty
                 of
                 that
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 Crimes
                 for
                 which
                 they
                 stand
                 here
                 Indicted
                 ;
                 or
                 are
                 they
                 not
                 guilty
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Foreman
               ,
            
             
               Guilty
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               
                 Look
                 to
                 your
                 Prisoner
              
               ,
               Jayler
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               This
               was
               done
               in
               the
               morning
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               afternoon
               they
               received
               the
               Sentence
               of
               death
               according
               to
               the
               Law.
               
            
          
           
             
               The
               Iayler
               therefore
               having
               received
               such
               a
               Charge
               ,
               put
               them
               all
               in
               the
               inward
               Prison
               ,
               to
               preserve
               them
               there
               till
               the
               day
               of
               Execution
               ,
               which
               was
               to
               be
               the
               next
               day
               in
               the
               morning
               .
            
          
           
             
               After
               all
               these
               Tryals
               were
               over
               ,
               there
               came
               then
               Constables
               into
               the
               Court
               puffing
               and
               blowing
               ,
               with
               all
               the
               several
               distinct
               sorts
               of
               Witches
               that
               were
               in
               Vtopia
               .
               And
               the
               
                 chief
                 Constable
              
               told
               the
               Iudge
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               Orders
               to
               bring
               those
               Withces
               that
               were
               there
               in
               the
               Court
               before
               his
               Lordship
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               be
               tried
               for
               their
               lives
               .
               When
               the
               Constable
               had
               done
               speaking
               ,
               the
               Iudge
               commanded
               the
               Iayler
               to
               set
               them
               to
               the
               Bar
               ,
               and
               they
               were
               accordingly
               set
               to
               the
               Bar
               ,
               and
               their
               Indictment
               was
               read
               ,
               which
               was
               this
               .
            
          
           
             
               (
               VIZ.
               )
               The
               several
               Names
               given
               to
               Witches
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Holt
                   ,
                   Iarmara
                   ,
                   Vinegar-Tom
                   ,
                   Sack
                
                 and
                 Sugar
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 old
                 Hag
                 with
                 your
                 four
                 mps
                 ,
                 
                   Elem●uzer
                   ,
                   Pyewacket
                   ,
                   Peck
                   in
                   the
                   
                   Crown
                   ,
                   Grizzel
                   Greedig●t
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 Hold
                 up
                 your
                 hands
                 ,
                 and
                 hear
                 your
                 Charge
                 ;
                 so
                 they
                 all
                 held
                 up
                 their
                 hands
                 whilst
                 their
                 Indictment
                 was
                 read
                 .
                 Which
                 was
                 ;
              
            
             
               
                 
                   You
                   whose
                   Names
                   are
                   now
                   called
                   over
                   ,
                   are
                   Indicted
                   and
                   Arraigned
                   ,
                   for
                   that
                   you
                   are
                   all
                   notorious
                   and
                   malicious
                
                 Witches
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   make
                   it
                   your
                   constant
                   trade
                   to
                   bewitch
                   Men
                   ,
                   Women
                   ,
                   and
                   Children
                   ,
                   Cows
                   ,
                   Horses
                   ,
                   Sheep
                   ,
                   Oxen
                   ,
                   and
                   every
                   thing
                   besides
                   that
                   disturbs
                   or
                   molests
                   you
                   in
                   the
                   least
                
                 punctilio
                 ;
                 
                   and
                   that
                   you
                   are
                   the
                   Verminie
                   of
                   the
                   place
                   where
                   you
                   live
                   ,
                   and
                   disturbers
                   of
                   the
                   whole
                   Kingdom
                   of
                
                 Utopia
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 As
                 soon
                 as
                 ever
                 the
                 Indictment
                 was
                 read
                 ,
                 they
                 all
                 cried
                 out
                 unanimously
                 ,
                 
                   Not
                   guilty
                   my
                   Lord
                
                 ,
                 ;
                 so
                 the
                 Iudge
                 ordered
                 the
                 Witnesses
                 to
                 be
                 called
                 in
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 they
                 should
                 (
                 to
                 make
                 short
                 work
                 of
                 it
                 )
                 be
                 all
                 tryed
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 together
                 :
                 Then
                 there
                 came
                 into
                 the
                 Court
                 Mr.
                 
                   Witch-f●nder
                   General
                
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Hate-device
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Spy-Imp
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 They
                 could
                 prove
                 all
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 guilty
                 of
                 hainous
                 Crimes
                 and
                 Offences
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 real
                 Witches
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Witch-finder
             General
             stands
             up
             and
             gives
             in
             his
             Testimony
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               With
               that
               
                 Mr.
                 Witch-finder
                 General
              
               told
               the
               Iudge
               ,
               he
               could
               say
               much
               against
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Bar
               ,
               and
               if
               his
               Lordship
               pleased
               ,
               would
               begin
               to
               declare
               what
               he
               had
               to
               say
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iudge
               ,
            
             
               Pray
               Mr.
               Witch-finder
               let
               's
               hear
               then
               what
               you
               can
               say
               against
               the
               Prisoners
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Witch-finder
               General
               ,
            
             
               my
               Lord
               ,
               then
               first
               as
               to
               Vinegar-Tom
               ,
               He
               is
               a
               Witch
               in
               grain
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               
               Vinegar-Tom's
               Effigies
               .
            
             
               He
               is
               one
               that
               can
               transform
               himself
               into
               all
               shapes
               ,
               (
               all
               infallible
               sign
               of
               a
               Witch
               )
               Sometimes
               he
               appears
               to
               me
               like
               a
               
                 long-legg'd
                 Greyhound
              
               ,
               with
               an
               head
               like
               an
               Ox
               ,
               a
               long
               Tail
               ,
               and
               broad
               Eyes
               ;
               sometimes
               he
               transforms
               himself
               into
               the
               shape
               of
               a
               Child
               of
               four
               years
               old
               ;
               sometimes
               into
               the
               shape
               of
               an
               old
               Woman
               sitting
               upon
               a
               green
               Pitcher
               ,
               and
               then
               straight-ways
               vanisheth
               away
               ,
               and
               this
               I
               have
               seen
               him
               do
               often
               .
            
             
               
                 Iudge
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 pray
                 Sir
                 ,
                 how
                 gained
                 you
                 the
                 knowledge
                 of
                 these
                 things
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Witch-finder
                 ,
              
               
                 my
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I
                 never
                 travelled
                 
                 far
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 for
                 there
                 was
                 twelve
                 or
                 thirteen
                 Witches
                 in
                 the
                 Town
                 where
                 I
                 lived
                 ,
                 who
                 with
                 abundance
                 of
                 Witches
                 from
                 adjacent
                 parts
                 ,
                 met
                 every
                 Friday-night
                 at
                 my
                 house
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 there
                 several
                 solemn
                 Sacrifices
                 offered
                 to
                 the
                 Devil
                 ,
                 among
                 whom
                 Vinegar-Tom
                 was
                 chief
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Iudge
                 ,
              
               
                 Was
                 Vinegar-Tom
                 (
                 as
                 you
                 call
                 him
                 )
                 us'd
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 Teat
                 or
                 hard
                 bunch
                 of
                 flesh
                 under
                 his
                 Arm-pits
                 to
                 demonstrate
                 him
                 a
                 Witch
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Witch-finder
                 ,
              
               
                 Yes
                 my
                 Lord
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 those
                 Teats
                 his
                 Imps
                 
                   Tog-raggin
                   ,
                   Baconface
                   ,
                   Long-tayl
                   ,
                   Mungrell-nose
                   ,
                
                 and
                 Will-tellus
                 ,
                 were
                 used
                 every
                 Night
                 to
                 suck
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Recorder
                 ,
              
               
                 Of
                 what
                 nature
                 are
                 those
                 Teats
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Witch-finder
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 most
                 commonly
                 insenble
                 ,
                 and
                 feel
                 neither
                 Pin
                 ,
                 Needle
                 ,
                 or
                 Awl
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 thrust
                 them
                 through
                 ;
                 these
                 Teats
                 have
                 their
                 frequent
                 mutations
                 ,
                 and
                 variations
                 ,
                 sometimes
                 of
                 one
                 colour
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 of
                 another
                 ;
                 sometimes
                 higher
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 lower
                 ;
                 sometimes
                 big
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 little
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Attorney
                 Ceneral
                 ,
              
               
                 Pray
                 
                   Mr
                   Witch-finder
                
                 ,
                 How
                 comes
                 it
                 to
                 pass
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Devil
                 being
                 a
                 Spirit
                 (
                 and
                 so
                 consequentially
                 wanting
                 no
                 Nutriment
                 or
                 Sustentation
                 ,
                 should
                 desire
                 to
                 suck
                 any
                 blood
                 ;
                 and
                 indeed
                 as
                 he
                 is
                 a
                 Spirit
                 he
                 cannot
                 draw
                 any
                 excressences
                 ,
                 
                 having
                 neither
                 flesh
                 nor
                 bone
                 ,
                 and
                 cannot
                 be
                 felt
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Witchfinder
                 ,
              
               
                 He
                 seeks
                 not
                 their
                 blood
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 subfist
                 without
                 that
                 Nourishment
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 often
                 repairs
                 to
                 them
                 and
                 gets
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 more
                 to
                 aggravate
                 the
                 Witches
                 Damnation
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 put
                 her
                 in
                 mind
                 of
                 her
                 Covenant
                 ;
                 and
                 as
                 he
                 is
                 a
                 Spirit
                 and
                 Prince
                 of
                 the
                 Air
                 ,
                 he
                 appears
                 to
                 them
                 in
                 any
                 shape
                 ,
                 what
                 he
                 pleases
                 ,
                 which
                 shape
                 is
                 assumed
                 by
                 him
                 through
                 joyning
                 of
                 condenced
                 thickned
                 air
                 together
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 this
                 means
                 't
                 is
                 ,
                 he
                 doth
                 assume
                 the
                 shapes
                 of
                 many
                 Creatures
                 ;
                 but
                 to
                 create
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 he
                 cannot
                 do
                 it
                 ,
                 
                   it
                   is
                   only
                   proper
                   to
                   C.
                
                 The
                 Devil
                 also
                 useth
                 the
                 Organs
                 of
                 that
                 body
                 he
                 assumes
                 to
                 speak
                 withal
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 compact
                 up
                 with
                 the
                 Witches
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Iudge
                 ,
              
               
                 I
                 pray
                 Sir
                 resolve
                 me
                 in
                 one
                 thing
                 (
                 
                   now
                   we
                   are
                   upon
                   the
                   tryal
                   of
                   Witches
                
                 )
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 this
                 ;
                 viz.
                 Is
                 it
                 a
                 truth
                 that
                 Witches
                 will
                 swim
                 like
                 a
                 Duck
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 are
                 flung
                 (
                 tyed
                 by
                 the
                 Thumbs
                 )
                 into
                 a
                 Pond
                 of
                 Water
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Witch-finder
                 General
                 ,
              
               
                 my
                 Lord
                 ,
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 
                   real
                   truth
                
                 .
                 and
                 the
                 reason
                 is
                 this
                 ,
                 because
                 Witches
                 deny
                 their
                 Baptism
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 covenant
                 with
                 the
                 Devil
                 ,
                 and
                 Water
                 being
                 the
                 sole
                 Element
                 of
                 Baptism
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 be
                 heaved
                 into
                 the
                 Water
                 ,
                 the
                 Water
                 
                 refuseth
                 to
                 receive
                 them
                 into
                 her
                 boso●e
                 ,
                 they
                 being
                 such
                 miscreants
                 to
                 deny
                 their
                 Ba●tism
                 but
                 causeth
                 them
                 to
                 float
                 on
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 this
                 was
                 likewise
                 King
                 Iames
                 his
                 Opinion
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Iudge
                 .
              
               
                 One
                 Question
                 more
                 I
                 pray
                 resolve
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 this
                 ,
                 
                   What
                   is
                   the
                   reason
                   that
                
                 Witches
                 ,
                 
                   when
                   they
                   are
                   called
                   either
                
                 Whores
                 or
                 Thiev●●
                 ▪
                 
                   or
                   any
                   other
                   bad
                   names
                   ,
                   are
                   so
                   ready
                   to
                   wring
                   their
                   hands
                   ,
                   and
                   cry
                   out
                   with
                   abundance
                   of
                   tears
                   ,
                   running
                   ,
                   usually
                   ,
                   to
                   some
                   Iustice
                   of
                   the
                
                 Peace
                 
                   to
                   complain
                   of
                   the
                   wrong
                   that
                   is
                   done
                   unto
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   they
                   are
                   accused
                   of
                   this
                   damnable
                   sin
                   of
                
                 Witch-craft
                 ,
                 
                   they
                   never
                   alter
                   their
                   countenances
                   ,
                   nor
                   let
                   so
                   much
                   as
                   one
                   tear
                   fall
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Witch-finder
                 ,
              
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
                 The
                 reason
                 of
                 this
                 is
                 because
                 the
                 Devil
                 hath
                 so
                 hardned
                 their
                 hearts
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 look
                 upon
                 their
                 Heaven-daring
                 sin
                 ,
                 of
                 giving
                 up
                 their
                 Souls
                 to
                 the
                 Devil
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 a
                 small
                 thing
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 think
                 the
                 approbious
                 name
                 of
                 Whore
                 and
                 Thief
                 ,
                 will
                 spoil
                 their
                 credit
                 amongst
                 men
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 they
                 are
                 more
                 concern'd
                 for
                 that
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Iudge
                 ,
              
               
                 Well
                 Sir
                 ,
                 You
                 may
                 now
                 stand
                 by
                 ,
                 for
                 you
                 have
                 very
                 well
                 satisfied
                 us
                 of
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 Witches
                 in
                 general
                 ;
                 and
                 you
                 have
                 likewise
                 proved
                 satisfactorily
                 ,
                 that
                 Vinegar-Tom
                 is
                 a
                 real
                 Witch
                 .
                 But
                 before
                 we
                 proceed
                 to
                 pass
                 Sentence
                 ,
                 we
                 will
                 hear
                 
                 what
                 the
                 other
                 two
                 Witnesses
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Hate-devil
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Spy-imp
                 ,
                 have
                 likewise
                 to
                 say
                 against
                 
                   Vinegar-Tom
                   ,
                   Sack
                   and
                   Sugar
                   ,
                   News
                   Iarmara
                   ,
                   Holt
                
                 the
                 old
                 Hag
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 four
                 Imps
                 ,
                 
                   Illemauzer
                   ;
                   Pye-wacket
                   ,
                   Peck
                   in
                   the
                   Crown
                   ,
                   and
                   Griezel
                   Greedigut
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Mr.
               Hate-devil
            
             stands
             up
             and
             speaks
             to
             the
             Iudge
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Hate-devil
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Witch-finder
                 General
              
               having
               said
               enough
               against
               Vinegar-Tom
               ,
               to
               prove
               him
               a
               Witch
               ,
               and
               worthy
               of
               death
               ,
               I
               pass
               him
               by
               ,
               and
               shall
               only
               give
               in
               my
               Testimony
               against
               
                 Sack
                 and
                 Sugar
                 ,
                 News
                 Iarmara
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               And
               in
               a
               word
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               They
               are
               notorious
               Witches
               all
               ,
               and
               deserve
               Death
               (
               and
               seeing
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               that
               the
               Sacred
               Scripture
               says
               ,
               
                 That
                 thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 suffer
                 a
                 Witch
                 to
                 live
                 ,
              
               I
               hope
               your
               Lordship
               will
               sentence
               them
               all
               to
               Death
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               But
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               to
               come
               to
               particulars
               ,
               they
               had
               all
               of
               them
               (
               as
               my
               Brother
               Spy-Imp
               can
               tell
               )
               an
               hand
               in
               bewitching
               several
               men
               and
               women
               ,
               and
               an
               whole
               herd
               of
               Cattel
               in
               this
               Country
               ;
               and
               besides
               ,
               they
               can
               ,
               like
               Vinegar-Tom
               ,
               transform
               themselves
               into
               all
               shapes
               at
               pleasure
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Spy-Imp
             confirms
             Hate-devils
             Testimony
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             Then
             stood
             up
             Mr.
             Spy-Imp
             ,
             and
             told
             the
             Iudge
             ,
             that
             he
             knew
             what
             
               Mr.
               Hate-devil
            
             had
             attested
             against
             the
             Prisoners
             at
             the
             Bar
             was
             really
             a
             truth
             ;
             and
             for
             his
             own
             part
             ,
             he
             could
             say
             no
             more
             but
             what
             had
             been
             said
             ,
             and
             what
             had
             been
             said
             he
             would
             swear
             too
             ,
             if
             his
             Lordship
             desired
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             old
             Hag
             stands
             up
             and
             answers
             for
             her self
             ,
             confessing
             her
             
               Imps
               Names
            
             to
             the
             Judge
             ,
             and
             the
             reason
             how
             she
             come
             to
             turn
             Witch
             .
          
           
           
             
               Hag.
               
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               must
               confess
               I
               am
               a
               Witch
               ,
               and
               have
               several
               Imps
               ,
               whose
               Names
               are
               
                 Illemauzer
                 ,
                 Pye-wacket
                 ,
                 Peck
                 in
                 the
                 Crown
                 ,
                 Griezel
                 Greedigut
              
               ;
               but
               I
               hope
               your
               Lordship
               will
               spare
               my
               life
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               reason
               why
               some
               become
            
             Witches
             .
          
           
             Because
             I
             had
             never
             been
             a
             Witch
             had
             not
             Poverty
             come
             upon
             me
             like
             an
             armed
             man.
             and
             that
             continuing
             ,
             filled
             my
             mind
             with
             discontent
             ;
             and
             in
             that
             discontented
             humuor
             ,
             the
             Devil
             striking
             in
             ,
             told
             me
             ,
             if
             I
             would
             give
             up
             my self
             to
             him
             ,
             I
             should
             not
             want
             as
             long
             as
             I
             lived
             .
             Oh
             ,
             p●ay
             my
             Lord
             ,
             therefore
             spare
             me
             ,
             spare
             me
             ,
             for
             I
             had
             never
             been
             a
             Witch
             had
             it
             not
             been
             for
             
               Poverty
               !
               Poverty
               !
               Poverty
            
             !
             and
             a
             discontented
             mind
             .
          
           
             When
             she
             had
             done
             speaking
             ,
             up
             sta●●●
          
        
         
           
           
             Holt
             speaks
             to
             the
             Judge
             ,
             and
             as
             she
             speaks
             her
             Imp
             Scondrel
             comes
             and
             licks
             her
             Fingers
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             And
             likewise
             beg'd
             of
             the
             Iudge
             that
             her
             Life
             might
             be
             spar'd
             ,
             adding
             withal
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             Iudge
             would
             forgive
             her
             ,
             she
             would
             confess
             to
             his
             Lordship
             ,
             
               The
               Cheats
               and
               Delusions
               the
               Devil
               imposeth
               upon
               Witches
               ,
            
             and
             many
             other
             remarkable
             things
             .
             When
             she
             had
             done
             speaking
             ,
             the
             Iudge
             told
             her
             ,
             He
             could
             not
             save
             her
             life
             ,
             but
             if
             she
             would
             make
             any
             Confession
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             put
             her
             to
             so
             severe
             Death
             as
             she
             deserv'd
             both
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             and
             Man.
             
          
           
             
               Holt
               makes
               large
               Confessions
               of
               the
               Wiles
               of
               the
               Devil
               .
            
             
               
                 Holt
                 ,
              
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
                 (
                 to
                 begin
                 then
                 )
                 The
                 Devil
                 doth
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 now
                 can
                 tell
                 by
                 dreadful
                 experience
                 )
                 often
                 play
                 th●
                 Deluder
                 and
                 
                 Impostor
                 with
                 Witches
                 ,
                 in
                 perswading
                 them
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 such
                 and
                 such
                 a
                 Murther
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 hope
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 effecting
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 when
                 indeed
                 neither
                 he
                 nor
                 they
                 had
                 any
                 hand
                 in
                 it
                 :
                 And
                 he
                 being
                 of
                 long
                 standing
                 ,
                 above
                 
                   six
                   thousand
                   years
                
                 ,
                 must
                 needs
                 be
                 a
                 great
                 Scholar
                 in
                 all
                 knowledges
                 of
                 Arts
                 and
                 Tongues
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 have
                 the
                 best
                 skill
                 in
                 Physick
                 ,
                 judgment
                 in
                 Physiognomy
                 ,
                 and
                 knowledge
                 of
                 what
                 Disease
                 is
                 reigning
                 or
                 predominant
                 in
                 this
                 or
                 that
                 mans
                 body
                 ,
                 (
                 and
                 so
                 for
                 Cattel
                 too
                 )
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 his
                 long
                 experience
                 .
                 This
                 subtile
                 Tempter
                 knowing
                 such
                 a
                 man
                 liable
                 to
                 some
                 sudden
                 disease
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 by
                 experience
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 )
                 As
                 
                   Plurisie
                   ,
                   Imposthume
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 he
                 resorts
                 to
                 divers
                 Witches
                 ;
                 If
                 they
                 know
                 the
                 man
                 ,
                 he
                 seeks
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 difference
                 between
                 the
                 Witches
                 and
                 the
                 party
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 by
                 telling
                 them
                 he
                 hath
                 threatned
                 to
                 have
                 them
                 very
                 shortly
                 searched
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 hanged
                 for
                 Witches
                 ;
                 then
                 they
                 all
                 consult
                 with
                 Satan
                 to
                 save
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 Satan
                 stands
                 ready
                 prepared
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       The
                       Devil's
                       Speech
                       to
                       the
                       Witches
                       .
                    
                     
                       What
                       will
                       you
                       have
                       me
                       to
                       do
                       for
                       you
                       ,
                       my
                       dear
                       and
                       nearest
                       children
                       ,
                       covenanted
                       and
                       compacted
                       with
                       me
                       in
                       my
                       hellish
                       league
                       ,
                       and
                       sealed
                       with
                       your
                       blood
                       ,
                       my
                       delicate
                       firebrand-darlings
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               Oh
               thou
               (
               say
               they
               )
               that
               at
               the
               first
               didst
               
               promise
               to
               save
               us
               thy
               Servants
               from
               any
               of
               our
               deadly
               Enemies
               discovery
               ,
               and
               didst
               promise
               to
               avenge
               and
               slay
               all
               those
               ,
               we
               pleased
               ,
               that
               did
               offend
               us
               ;
               Murther
               that
               Wretch
               suddenly
               who
               threatens
               the
               downfall
               of
               your
               loyal
               Subjects
               .
               He
               then
               promiseth
               to
               effect
               it
               :
               Next
               news
               is
               heard
               ,
               the
               party
               is
               dead
               ;
               he
               comes
               to
               the
               Witch
               ,
               and
               gets
               a
               world
               of
               reverence
               ,
               credence
               ,
               and
               respect
               for
               his
               power
               and
               activeness
               ,
               when
               and
               indeed
               the
               Disease
               kills
               the
               party
               ,
               not
               the
               Witch
               ,
               nor
               the
               Devil
               ,
               (
               only
               the
               Devil
               knew
               that
               such
               a
               Disease
               was
               predominant
               )
               and
               the
               Witch
               aggravates
               her
               damnation
               by
               her
               familiarity
               and
               consent
               to
               the
               Devil
               ,
               and
               so
               comes
               likewise
               in
               compass
               of
               the
               Laws
               .
               This
               is
               Satans
               usual
               i●postring
               and
               deluding
               ,
               but
               not
               his
               constant
               course
               of
               proceeding
               ,
               for
               He
               and
               the
               Witch
               do
               mishief
               too
               much
               .
            
             
               
                 Iudge
                 ,
              
               
                 Hold
                 ,
                 hold
                 ,
                 set
                 her
                 by
                 Iayler
                 ,
                 she
                 hath
                 discovered
                 enough
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 whole
                 Court
                 to
                 tremble
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 heart
                 to
                 bleed
                 .
                 As
                 soon
                 as
                 ever
                 she
                 was
                 commanded
                 back
                 to
                 Prison
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 suffer
                 Death
                 ,
                 The
                 Iudge
                 orders
                 the
                 Iury
                 to
                 examine
                 Sack
                 and
                 
                   Sugar
                   ,
                   News
                
                 and
                 Iarmara
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 that
                 
                   vast
                   company
                   of
                   Witches
                
                 that
                 were
                 then
                 in
                 the
                 Iaylers
                 custody
                 ;
                 but
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 coming
                 into
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 the
                 Iayler
                 accidentally
                 looking
                 back
                 ,
                 they
                 took
                 the
                 opportunity
                 
                 (
                 fearing
                 the
                 Fate
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 went
                 before
                 )
                 and
                 vanished
                 all
                 away
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Sack
             and
             
               Sugar
               ,
               Jarmara
               ,
               News
            
             ,
             vanish
             out
             of
             the
             Court
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Witches
             that
             had
             not
             been
             examined
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             feared
             they
             would
             multiply
             to
             a
             new
             brood
             of
             Witches
             in
             Utopia
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               As
               soon
               as
               ever
               the
               Iudge
               perceiv'd
               this
               unhappy
               accident
               ,
               he
               commanded
               immediately
               that
               the
               
                 Iury
                 should
                 be
                 impanelled
              
               ,
               that
               Verdict
               forthwith
               might
               be
               given
               upon
               those
               that
               were
               yet
               in
               custody
               ;
               and
               accordingly
               there
               was
               a
               very
               honest
               
                 Iury
                 impanelled
              
               ,
               who
               within
               half
               an
               hours
               time
               brought
               in
               the
               Verdict
               ,
               That
               
                 Vinegar-Tom
                 ,
                 Holt
                 ,
                 the
                 old
                 Hag
                 ,
                 with
                 her
                 four
                 Imps
                 ,
                 Illemauzar
                 ,
                 Pyewacket
                 ,
                 Peck
                 in
                 the
                 Crown
                 ,
                 Griezzel
                 Greedigut
                 ,
                 &
              
               were
               Witches
               and
               grand
               Criminals
               ,
               and
               deserved
               Death
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 The
                 Iudge
                 passes
                 Sentence
                 upon
                 the
                 Witches
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               And
               so
               the
               Iudge
               past
               Sentence
               upon
               them
               all
               ,
               which
               Sentence
               was
               this
               :
               Viz.
               
            
          
           
             
               You
               Vinegar-Tom
               ,
               Holt
               ,
               old
               Hag
               ,
               
                 with
                 your
                 four
                 Imps
              
               ,
               &c.
               
                 shall
                 return
                 from
                 the
                 place
                 whence
                 you
                 came
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 he
                 dragged
                 upon
                 an
                 Hurlde
                 to
                 the
                 chiefest
                 Street
                 in
              
               Utopia
               ,
               
                 there
                 to
                 be
                 buried
                 alive
                 in
                 the
                 mid-day
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 may
                 see
                 your
                 sin
                 and
                 folly
                 ,
                 and
                 fly
                 for
                 ever
                 ,
                 the
                 first
                 thought
                 that
                 ever
                 shall
                 dare
                 to
                 enter
                 into
                 their
                 minds
                 of
                 making
                 Contracts
                 with
                 a
                 deceitful
                 Devil
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               After
               the
               Tryal
               of
               Witches
               ,
               Mrs.
               Bad-wife
               (
               otherwise
               called
               Mrs.
               Tittle-tattle
               ,
               or
               Prate-to-fast
               ,
               was
               order'd
               to
               be
               set
               to
               the
               Bar.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Bad-wife
             holding
             up
             her
             hand
             to
             the
             Bar.
             
          
           
             
          
           
             
               Her
               Indictment
               read
               by
               the
               Iudge
               himself
               .
            
             
               
                 Iudge
                 .
              
               
                 Mrs.
                 Bad-wife
                 ,
                 You
                 are
                 here
                 Indicted
                 by
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Badwife
                
                 (
                 or
                 Prate-to-fast
                 )
                 in
                 the
                 Parish
                 of
                 Gossiping
                 ,
                 For
                 that
                 you
                 by
                 your
                 daily
                 Junketings
                 ,
                 Revelings
                 ,
                 
                 Merry-makings
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 your
                 proud
                 and
                 vain-glorious
                 twatling
                 and
                 boasting
                 ,
                 are
                 a
                 stain
                 and
                 blemish
                 to
                 Woman-kind
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 scandal
                 to
                 the
                 place
                 where
                 you
                 live
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Plaque
                 and
                 Curse
                 to
                 your
                 poor
                 contented
                 Husband
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 What
                 say
                 you
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Bad-wife
                
                 ,
                 are
                 you
                 guilty
                 of
                 such
                 irregular
                 actions
                 ,
                 yea
                 or
                 no.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   She
                   denies
                   the
                   Crimes
                   laid
                   to
                   her
                   charge
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Mrs.
                 Bad-wife
                 ,
              
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 and
                 please
                 you
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 no
                 ways
                 guilty
                 of
                 what
                 is
                 here
                 laid
                 to
                 my
                 charge
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 regulate
                 my
                 life
                 and
                 domestick
                 affairs
                 ,
                 with
                 unspeakable
                 prudence
                 ,
                 discretion
                 ,
                 and
                 modesty
                 ,
                 and
                 never
                 was
                 suspected
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 a
                 
                   gossiping
                   temper
                
                 ,
                 or
                 juncke●ting
                 humour
                 ,
                 and
                 love
                 my
                 dear-contented
                 husband
                 as
                 I
                 love
                 my
                 own
                 life
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 When
                 she
                 had
                 pleaded
                 
                   Not
                   guilty
                
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Kings
                   Attorney
                
                 stood
                 up
                 and
                 made
                 the
                 following
                 Speech
                 ;
                 Viz.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Iury
                 ,
                 My
                 opinion
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 little
                 heed
                 to
                 be
                 given
                 to
                 the
                 Assertions
                 of
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 Female
                 Sex
                 (
                 and
                 none
                 at
                 all
                 to
                 what
                 Mrs.
                 Bad-wife
                 avoucheth
                 in
                 her
                 own
                 behalf
                 .
                 Alas
                 ,
                 the
                 Devil
                 knew
                 when
                 he
                 first
                 adventured
                 to
                 
                   sting
                   the
                   woman
                
                 ,
                 and
                 tempt
                 her
                 as
                 the
                 
                   weaker
                   vessel
                
                 ,
                 what
                 a
                 rare
                 Piece
                 he
                 had
                 to
                 deal
                 with
                 ,
                 naturally
                 apt
                 to
                 all
                 mischiefs
                 and
                 folly
                 ,
                 he
                 knew
                 she
                 was
                 ready
                 to
                 affect
                 all
                 his
                 Plots
                 and
                 purposes
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 she
                 would
                 leap
                 at
                 
                 any
                 opportunity
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 she
                 might
                 disturb
                 the
                 
                   Fabrick
                   of
                   the
                   whole
                   Creation
                
                 ,
                 and
                 bring
                 the
                 World
                 into
                 a
                 
                   woful
                   desolation
                
                 :
                 Nay
                 ,
                 do
                 but
                 observe
                 the
                 Devil's
                 after-works
                 since
                 the
                 Fall
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 'l
                 see
                 in
                 all
                 ages
                 he
                 hath
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Female
                   Sex
                
                 to
                 atchieve
                 and
                 compass
                 his
                 chiefest
                 Plots
                 and
                 Designs
                 in
                 former
                 times
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 the
                 Engines
                 in
                 Kings
                 ,
                 Princes
                 ,
                 and
                 Noble-mens
                 Courts
                 ,
                 to
                 beget
                 and
                 maintain
                 Vice
                 and
                 Folly
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Daughters
                 of
                 Eve
                 ;
                 And
                 besides
                 ,
                 if
                 all
                 things
                 are
                 not
                 according
                 to
                 their
                 will
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 peace
                 iu
                 Court
                 or
                 Country
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 frequently
                 do
                 the
                 
                   lascivious
                   sort
                   of
                   them
                
                 undo
                 men
                 of
                 all
                 sorts
                 and
                 degrees
                 ,
                 whilst
                 bewitched
                 with
                 their
                 Syren-tongues
                 ,
                 they
                 enchant
                 them
                 and
                 their
                 Estates
                 ,
                 Souls
                 and
                 Bodies
                 unto
                 utter
                 desolation
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Then
                 were
                 the
                 Witnesses
                 called
                 out
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 ,
                 Mrs.
                 Good-huswifry
                 ,
                 Mrs.
                 Nim●le
                 ,
                 Mrs.
                 Timely-up
                 ,
                 Mrs.
                 Chaste
                 ,
                 and
                 Mrs.
                 Ever-doing
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Iudge
                 ,
              
               
                 Well
                 Mrs.
                 Good-huswifry
                 ,
                 what
                 can
                 you
                 say
                 concerning
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 ?
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Mrs.
             Good-houswifry
             giving
             in
             her
             Testimony
             against
             Mrs
             Bad-wife
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               Mrs.
               Good-houswifry
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               this
               wicked
               woman
               Mrs.
               Bad-wife
               ,
               keeps
               holy
               Exercises
               out
               of
               her
               house
               ,
               she
               never
               takes
               car●
               to
               have
               her
               Children
               instructed
               ,
               she
               approveth
               of
               
                 niggardly
                 house-keeping
              
               ,
               she
               breedeth
               much
               contention
               where
               she
               liveth
               ,
               and
               is
               hated
               by
               all
               the
               honest
               Neigbourhood
               .
               My
               Lord
               ,
               she
               makes
               it
               her
               business
               to
               go
               from
               house
               to
               house
               to
               gossip
               and
               idle
               away
               her
               time
               ;
               And
               now
               't
               is
               the
               property
               of
               a
               
                 Good
                 wife
                 to
                 set
                 up
                 a
                 Sail
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Keel
                 of
                 her
                 husbands
                 Estate
              
               ;
               I
               believe
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               in
               a
               little
               time
               she
               will
               bring
               her
               husband
               (
               good
               man
               )
               with
               sorrow
               to
               the
               Grave
               .
               But
               because
               other
               Witnesses
               stand
               here
               by
               me
               ,
               I
               will
               trouble
               your
               Lordship
               with
               no
               more
               Complaints
               at
               present
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Mrs.
             Nimb●e
             giving
             in
             her
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             So
             Mrs.
             Nimble
             stood
             up
             and
             said
             ,
             My
             Lord
             ,
             This
             Prisoner
             Mrs.
             Bad-wife
             is
             a
             person
             not
             fit
             to
             live
             ,
             for
             we
             had
             in
             the
             Town
             where
             I
             liv'd
             a
             company
             of
             very
             good
             Neighbours
             ,
             whose
             Names
             were
             Mrs.
             Amity
             ,
             Mrs.
             Kindness
             ,
             Mrs.
             Gentleness
             ,
             Mrs.
             Love
             ,
             Mrs.
             Peace
             ,
             Mrs
             Charity
             ,
             Mrs.
             Ready-good-will
             ,
             Mrs.
             Good-turn
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             such
             persons
             ,
             &c.
             but
             as
             soon
             as
             ever
             she
             came
             ,
             she
             routed
             them
             all
             by
             her
             ill
             example
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             room
             she
             brought
             in
             Mr.
             
               Naked
               ;
               Mr.
               Discord
               ,
               Mr.
               Niggardliness
               ,
               Mr.
               Strife
               ,
               Mr.
               Deceit
               ,
               Mr.
               High-mindedness
               ,
            
             and
             
               Mr.
               Make-bate
            
             ;
             Therefore
             my
             Lord
             ,
             my
             judgment
             is
             ,
             she
             ought
             to
             suffer
             Death
             ,
             or
             be
             banisht
             quite
             out
             of
             Vtopia
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mrs.
             Timely-up
             giving
             in
             her
             Testimony
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             As
             soon
             as
             
               Mrs.
               Nimble
            
             had
             done
             complaining
             ,
             up
             stands
             
               Mrs.
               Timely-up
            
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             have
             much
             to
             say
             against
             
               Mrs.
               Bad-wife
            
             ,
             and
             if
             your
             Lordship
             pleases
             I
             will
             begin
             to
             speak
             .
          
           
             
               Judge
               ,
            
             
               Ay
               —
               pray
               Mrs.
               Timely-up
               begin
               then
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mrs.
               Timely-up
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               this
               Mrs.
               Bad-wife
               hath
               forced
               all
               H●spitallity
               out
               of
               door
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               stead
               (
               at
               the
               back-door
               )
               hath
               let
               in
               
                 Pride
                 of
                 Apparel
                 ,
                 sumptuous
                 Buildings
                 ,
                 affectation
                 of
                 vain
                 Titles
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Madam
                 Ambition
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judge
               ,
            
             
               D●d
               you
               know
               her
               before
               her
               marriage
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mrs.
               Timely-up
               ,
            
             
               Yes
               my
               Lord
               ,
               I
               knew
               her
               and
               her
               husband
               both
               before
               they
               were
               married
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iudge
               .
            
             
               What
               kind
               of
               man
               was
               her
               husband
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mrs.
               T.V.
               
            
             
               He
               was
               a
               Leather-seller
               &
               a
               very
               honest
               man
               ,
               and
               one
               of
               an
               incomparable
               good
               humour
               ;
               when
               he
               was
               a
               Batchelor
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               come
               to
               his
               house
               ,
               but
               it
               was
               presently
               ,
               
                 Dear
                 Friend
              
               ,
               (
               for
               I
               was
               first
               cosin
               to
               him
               )
               
                 How
                 do
                 you
              
               ,
               Good
               morrow
               ,
               Good-even
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 glad
                 to
                 see
                 you
                 well
                 ,
                 will
                 you
                 sit
                 down
                 and
                 eat
                 ;
                 Be
                 not
                 so
                 strange
                 in
                 my
                 house
                 ,
                 but
                 take
                 it
                 for
                 your
                 own
                 .
                 for
                 I
                 am
                 yours
                 at
                 command
                 :
              
               But
               now
               since
               
               he
               's
               married
               ,
               
                 poor
                 contented
                 man
              
               ,
               he
               dares
               hardly
               speak
               to
               his
               friends
               ,
               when
               they
               come
               to
               see
               him
               ,
               and
               a
               wink
               and
               a
               nod
               ,
               is
               an
               high
               favour
               from
               him
               ;
               my
               Lord
               ,
               she
               spoils
               all
               that
               come
               near
               her
               .
               Besides
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               she
               is
               of
               a
               most
               froward
               and
               pievish
               temper
               ,
               and
               her
               husband
               (
               do
               what
               he
               can
               )
               can
               never
               please
               her
               .
               Sometimes
               her
               cloaths
               are
               not
               find
               enough
               ,
               her
               Diet
               sweet
               enough
               ,
               her
               house
               sumptuous
               and
               brave
               enough
               ,
               her
               husbands
               friends
               kind
               enough
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               again
               she
               loves
               not
               the
               City
               ,
               but
               must
               have
               her
               Country-house
               ,
               forsooth
               ,
               and
               an
               hundred
               things
               more
               she
               ayles
               every
               hour
               of
               the
               day
               .
               But
               my
               Lord
               ,
               I
               confess
               I
               could
               not
               forbear
               laughing
               at
               a
               passage
               I
               saw
               t'other
               day
               between
               her
               husband
               and
               she
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iudge
               ,
            
             
               What
               was
               it
               ,
               speak
               out
               ,
               that
               the
               whole
               Conrt
               may
               hear
            
          
        
         
           
             Her
             Husband
             strives
             to
             make
             her
             better
             ,
             but
             in
             vain
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               Mrs.
               Timely-up
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               It
               't
               was
               this
               t'other
               day
               as
               I
               went
               by
               her
               house
               ,
               I
               accidently
               peep'd
               in
               at
               the
               window
               ,
               and
               there
               I
               saw
               her
               husband
               bespeaking
               of
               her
               after
               this
               manner
               ,
               
                 Pray
                 my
                 love
                 ,
                 my
                 dear
                 ,
                 my
                 sweeti●g
                 ,
                 my
                 chick
                 ,
                 my
                 child
                 ,
                 my
                 honey
                 ,
                 my
                 life
                 ,
                 my
                 Ioy
                 ,
              
               (
               with
               an
               hundred
               more
               such
               endearing
               expressions
               )
               Be
               not
               angry
               ,
               be
               not
               displeased
               ,
               ask
               what
               ever
               tho●
               wilt
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               have
               it
               ,
               if
               that
               thou
               wilt
               but
               let
               me
               live
               at
               quiet
               :
               But
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               for
               all
               this
               kind
               carriage
               of
               her
               husband
               ,
               she
               call'd
               him
               Rogue
               ,
               
               Rascal
               ,
               Knave
               ,
               and
               bid
               him
               be
               gone
               ,
               for
               she
               could
               never
               live
               at
               quiet
               for
               him
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               I
               believe
               she
               'll
               quickly
               break
               his
               heart
               .
            
          
           
             When
             she
             had
             ended
             her
             speech
             ,
             
               Mrs.
               Badwife
            
             stands
             up
             and
             desired
             that
             Mrs.
             Slack
             ,
             Mrs.
             
               Sloathful
               ,
               Mrs.
               Careless
            
             ,
             Mrs.
             Wastful
             ,
             Mrs.
             Goose-belly
             ,
             Mrs.
             Toss-pot
             Mrs.
             Wayward
             ,
             Mrs.
             Love-bed
             ,
             Mrs.
             Drowsie
             ,
             Mrs.
             Light-finger
             ,
             Madam
             Go-gay
             ,
             Mrs.
             Wanderer
             ,
             Mrs.
             Spendal
             ,
             her
             Witnesses
             might
             be
             called
             into
             the
             Court
             to
             speak
             in
             her
             behalf
             but
             the
             Judge
             stood
             up
             and
             said
             ,
             That
             the
             Court
             would
             give
             no
             heed
             to
             the
             E●idence
             of
             such
             persons
             ,
             except
             she
             had
             any
             better
             ,
             for
             he
             said
             ,
             their
             very
             Names
             bespoke
             them
             sorry
             persons
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Sentence
               upon
               Mrs.
               Bad-wife
               .
            
             
               Then
               said
               the
               Judge
               to
               the
               Prisoner
               ,
               hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               and
               hear
               thy
               Sentence
               ,
               viz.
               You
               shall
               return
               to
               the
               place
               from
               whence
               you
               came
               ,
               and
               from
               thence
               be
               Carted
               to
               the
               
                 Great
                 Ducking-stool
              
               that
               is
               in
               this
               Town
               ,
               and
               there
               shall
               you
               sit
               (
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               all
               the
               women
               in
               Vtopia
               for
               a
               warning
               to
               them
               )
               tell
               you
               expire
               out
               your
               poysonous
               and
               infectious
               breath
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             
               Bad-wife
               put
               into
               a
            
             Ducking-stool
             to
             suffer
             Death
             .
          
           
             
          
           
           
             Soon
             after
             the
             Execution
             of
             these
             Malefactors
             ,
             the
             Judge
             in
             a
             great
             Passion
             ,
             commanded
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Fraud
            
             to
             be
             set
             to
             the
             Bar.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Fraud
            
             set
             to
             the
             Bar.
             
          
           
             
          
           
             That
             so
             likewise
             the
             Knavery
             of
             all
             Trades
             and
             Professions
             might
             be
             publickly
             Discovered
             ,
             Arraigned
             ,
             and
             Legally
             Condemned
             ;
             so
             he
             was
             set
             to
             the
             Bar
             ,
             and
             his
             Indictment
             read
             :
             which
             was
             this
             ;
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               His
               INDICTMENT
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 John
                 Fraud
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Thou
                   art
                   here
                   Indicted
                   by
                   the
                   Name
                   of
                   Sir
                
                 John
                 Fraud
                 ,
                 
                   for
                   that
                   thou
                   art
                   an
                   Vpstart
                   ,
                   come
                   out
                   of
                
                 Italy
                 ,
                 
                   begot
                   of
                
                 
                 Pride
                 ,
                 
                   nursed
                   up
                   by
                
                 Wicked
                 Consciences
                 ,
                 
                   (
                   and
                   brought
                   into
                   this
                   Countrey
                   by
                   thy
                   Father
                   the
                
                 Devil
                 )
                 
                   that
                   thou
                   art
                   a
                   Raiser
                   of
                   Rents
                   ,
                   an
                   Enemy
                   to
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   and
                   hast
                   insinuated
                   thy self
                   into
                   all
                   Trades
                   ,
                   Estates
                   and
                   Professions
                   throughout
                   the
                   Christian
                   World.
                   
                
              
            
             
               When
               the
               Indictment
               was
               read
               ,
               the
               whole
               Court
               laughed
               ,
               and
               clapt
               their
               hands
               for
               joy
               ,
               saying
               ,
               they
               hoped
               now
               they
               should
               see
               all
               Roguery
               come
               to
               light
               :
               And
               the
               Judge
               spake
               as
               follows
               to
               the
               Prisoner
               ;
            
             
               
                 Iudge
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Iohn
                   Fraud
                
                 ,
                 Art
                 thou
                 Guilty
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 Guilty
                 of
                 these
                 Misdemeanors
                 laid
                 to
                 thy
                 Charge
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Prisoner
                 .
              
               
                 Not
                 Guilty
                 ,
                 my
                 Lord
                 :
                 And
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 Jury
                 impannelled
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 no
                 doubt
                 but
                 the
                 Verdict
                 will
                 be
                 given
                 on
                 my
                 side
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             First
             he
             desired
             for
             one
             of
             his
             Jury
             was
             a
             
               P●ick-louse
               Taylor
            
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             As
             he
             was
             thus
             speaking
             to
             the
             Judge
             ,
             he
             saw
             coming
             down
             a
             Hill
             afar
             off
             ,
             a
             brave
             dapper
             Dick
             ,
             quaintly
             attired
             in
             Velvet
             and
             Sattin
             ,
             and
             a
             Cloak
             of
             cloth
             rash
             ,
             with
             a
             Cambrick
             Ruff
             as
             smoothly
             set
             ,
             and
             he
             as
             neatly
             spunged
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             been
             a
             Bride-groom
             ;
             only
             he
             guess'd
             by
             his
             pace
             afar
             off
             ,
             he
             should
             be
             a
             Taylor
             ;
             his
             head
             was
             holden
             up
             so
             pert
             ,
             &
             his
             legs
             shackle-hamm'd
             ,
             as
             if
             his
             Knees
             had
             been
             lac'd
             to
             his
             Thighs
             with
             Points
             .
             Coming
             more
             near
             indeed
             ,
             he
             spied
             a
             Taylor
             's
             Morice-pike
             on
             his
             Breast
             ,
             a
             
               Spanish
               Needle
            
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             fitted
             his
             Salutations
             ,
             not
             to
             his
             Suits
             ,
             but
             to
             his
             Trade
             ,
             and
             encountred
             him
             by
             a
             thred-bare
             
             Courtesie
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             not
             known
             him
             ,
             and
             asked
             him
             of
             what
             Occupation
             he
             was
             ?
             A
             Taylor
             ,
             quoth
             he
             ,
             Marry
             then
             my
             Friend
             ,
             quoth
             he
             ,
             you
             are
             the
             more
             welcome
             ;
             for
             I
             must
             be
             tried
             for
             my
             Life
             ;
             the
             Matter
             is
             come
             to
             an
             Issue
             ,
             there
             must
             a
             Jury
             be
             impannelled
             upon
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             would
             desire
             and
             intreat
             you
             to
             be
             one
             of
             the
             Quest.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Iudge
               likes
               not
               the
               Man.
               
            
             
               
                 Not
                 so
                 ,
                 quoth
                 the
                 Judge
                 ,
                 I
                 challenge
                 him
                 ;
                 for
                 I
                 know
                 he
                 cheats
                 with
                 Silk
                 ,
                 Lace
                 ,
                 Cloth
                 of
                 Gold
                 ,
                 of
                 Silver
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 costly
                 Stuff
                 ,
                 to
                 welt
                 ,
                 guard
                 ,
                 whip
                 ,
                 stitch
                 ,
                 edge
                 ,
                 face
                 ,
                 and
                 draw
                 out
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Vails
                 of
                 one
                 Velvet
                 Breech
                 amounts
                 to
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 what
                 :
                 And
                 I
                 know
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 Taylor
                 so
                 precise
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 can
                 play
                 the
                 Cook
                 ,
                 and
                 lick
                 his
                 own
                 Fingers
                 ;
                 though
                 he
                 look
                 up
                 to
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 can
                 cast
                 large
                 Shreds
                 of
                 such
                 rich
                 Stuff
                 into
                 Hell
                 under
                 his
                 Shop-Board
                 .
                 Besides
                 ,
                 he
                 sets
                 down
                 like
                 the
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Chancery
                 ,
                 a
                 large
                 Bill
                 of
                 Reckonings
                 ,
                 which
                 because
                 he
                 keeps
                 long
                 in
                 his
                 pocket
                 ,
                 he
                 so
                 powders
                 for
                 stinking
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 young
                 upstart
                 that
                 needs
                 it
                 ,
                 feels
                 it
                 salt
                 in
                 his
                 stomack
                 for
                 a
                 month
                 after
                 .
                 Beside
                 ,
                 Knavery
                 hath
                 much
                 advanc'd
                 him
                 ;
                 
                 for
                 whereas
                 in
                 my
                 time
                 he
                 was
                 counted
                 but
                 Goodman
                 Taylor
                 ,
                 now
                 he
                 is
                 grown
                 to
                 be
                 called
                 a
                 Merchant
                 ,
                 or
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 Merchant-Taylor
                 ,
                 giving
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Holy
                 Lamb
                 in
                 his
                 Crest
                 ,
                 where
                 before
                 he
                 had
                 no
                 other
                 Cognizance
                 but
                 a
                 plain
                 Spanish
                 Needle
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Welsh
                 Cricket
                 on
                 the
                 top
                 ;
                 since
                 then
                 his
                 Gain
                 is
                 so
                 great
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Honour
                 so
                 advanc'd
                 by
                 Knavery
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 tr●●t
                 his
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 neither
                 shall
                 he
                 come
                 upon
                 your
                 Jury
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Indeed
                 you
                 have
                 some
                 reason
                 ,
                 quoth
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 ,
                 to
                 except
                 against
                 him
                 ;
                 but
                 perhaps
                 the
                 Taylor
                 doth
                 this
                 upon
                 meer
                 Devotion
                 ,
                 to
                 punish
                 Pride
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 no
                 other
                 Authority
                 ,
                 nor
                 Mean●
                 ,
                 thinks
                 it
                 best
                 to
                 pinch
                 them
                 by
                 the
                 Purse
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 them
                 pay
                 well
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 ask
                 them
                 twice
                 so
                 much
                 Silk
                 ,
                 Lace
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 stuff
                 as
                 would
                 suffice
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 to
                 over-reach
                 my
                 young
                 Master
                 with
                 a
                 Bill
                 of
                 Reckonings
                 ,
                 that
                 will
                 make
                 him
                 scratch
                 where
                 it
                 itcheth
                 not
                 .
                 Herein
                 I
                 hold
                 the
                 Taylor
                 for
                 a
                 necessary
                 Member
                 ,
                 to
                 teach
                 young
                 Novices
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 weeping
                 Cross
                 ;
                 that
                 when
                 they
                 have
                 wasted
                 what
                 their
                 Fathers
                 left
                 them
                 by
                 Pride
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 grow
                 sparing
                 and
                 humble
                 by
                 inferred
                 Poverty
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 this
                 reason
                 the
                 Taylor
                 after
                 his
                 fashion
                 exalteth
                 the
                 poor
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 pulleth
                 down
                 the
                 proud
                 ;
                 for
                 of
                 a
                 wealthy
                 Esquires
                 Son
                 ,
                 he
                 makes
                 a
                 thredbare
                 Beggar
                 ;
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 scornful
                 Taylor
                 ,
                 he
                 sets
                 up
                 an
                 upstart
                 scurvy
                 Gentleman
                 .
                 Yet
                 seeing
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
                 you
                 have
                 made
                 a
                 reasonable
                 Challenge
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 the
                 Taylor
                 shall
                 be
                 none
                 of
                 the
                 Quest.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Next
             he
             desired
             for
             a
             J●ry-man
             ,
             was
             a
             Broker
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               As
               Sir
               Iohn
               bade
               the
               Taylor
               stand
               by
               ,
               there
               was
               coming
               along
               the
               Valley
               towards
               him
               a
               square
               set
               Fellow
               ,
               well
               fed
               ,
               and
               as
               briskly
               apparelled
               ,
               in
               a
               black
               Taffata
               Doublet
               ,
               and
               a
               sp●nce
               Leather
               ●erken
               ,
               with
               Crystal
               
               Buttons
               ,
               a
               Clook
               fac'd
               afore
               with
               Velvet
               ,
               and
               a
               Coventry
               Cap
               of
               the
               finest
               wool
               ,
               his
               Face
               something
               Ruby
               Blush
               ,
               Cherry-cheek'd
               ,
               like
               a
               shred
               of
               Scarlet
               ,
               or
               a
               little
               darker
               ,
               like
               the
               Lees
               of
               old
               Claret
               Wine
               ,
               a
               Nose
               ,
               autem
               Nose
               ,
               purpled
               preciously
               with
               Pearl
               and
               Stone
               ,
               like
               a
               counterfeit
               work
               ,
               and
               between
               the
               filthy
               Reumicast
               of
               his
               blood-shotten
               Snowt
               ,
               there
               appeared
               small
               Holes
               ,
               whereat
               Worms
               Heads
               peeped
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               meant
               by
               their
               appearance
               to
               preach
               aud
               shew
               the
               ●Antiquity
               and
               Aucieutry
               of
               his
               House
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               fiery-fac'd
               Churle
               had
               upon
               his
               fingers
               as
               many
               Gold
               Rings
               as
               would
               furnish
               a
               Goldsmiths
               Shop
               ,
               or
               beseem
               a
               Pandor
               of
               loug
               Profession
               to
               wear
               .
               Wondring
               what
               Companion
               this
               should
               be
               ,
               he
               enquired
               of
               what
               Occupation
               he
               was
               ?
               Marry
               Sir
               ,
               quoth
               he
               ,
               a
               Broker
               :
               Why
               do
               you
               ask
               ?
               have
               you
               any
               Pawns
               at
               my
               House
               ?
               No
               ,
               quoth
               he
               ,
               nor
               never
               will
               have
               ;
               but
               the
               reason
               is
               ,
               to
               have
               you
               upon
               a
               Jury
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Attorney
               General
               starts
               up
               .
            
             
               
                 At
                 this
                 word
                 starts
                 up
                 the
                 Attorney
                 General
                 ,
                 and
                 swore
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 none
                 of
                 the
                 Quest
                 ,
                 for
                 he
                 would
                 Challenge
                 him
                 ;
                 for
                 this
                 base
                 Churle
                 ,
                 says
                 he
                 ,
                 is
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Moths
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Common-wealth
                 :
                 beside
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 a
                 spoil
                 of
                 young
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 a
                 blood-sucker
                 of
                 the
                 poor
                 ,
                 as
                 thirsty
                 as
                 a
                 Horse
                 leach
                 ,
                 that
                 will
                 never
                 leave
                 drinking
                 while
                 he
                 burst
                 ;
                 a
                 knave
                 that
                 hath
                 interest
                 in
                 the
                 Leafes
                 of
                 forty
                 Bawdy-houses
                 ,
                 a
                 receiver
                 for
                 Lifts
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 dishonourable
                 supporter
                 for
                 Cutpurses
                 .
                 To
                 conclude
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 gotten
                 by
                 an
                 Incubus
                 ,
                 a
                 He
                 Devil
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 forth
                 by
                 an
                 overworn
                 refuse
                 ,
                 that
                 had
                 spent
                 her
                 youth
                 under
                 the
                 ruines
                 of
                 Bawbies
                 Barn.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Moreover
                 this
                 Villain
                 is
                 the
                 Devils
                 Factor
                 ,
                 sent
                 from
                 Hell
                 to
                 torment
                 young
                 Gentlemen
                 upon
                 Earth
                 ?
                 he
                 hath
                 fetcht
                 me
                 over
                 in
                 his
                 time
                 ,
                 only
                 in
                 pawns
                 ,
                 in
                 ten
                 thousand
                 pound
                 in
                 gold
                 .
                 Suppose
                 that
                 Gentlemen
                 through
                 their
                 liberal
                 minds
                 may
                 want
                 that
                 I
                 need
                 ,
                 money
                 :
                 let
                 me
                 come
                 to
                 him
                 with
                 a
                 pawn
                 worth
                 ten
                 pound
                 ,
                 he
                 will
                 not
                 lend
                 upon
                 it
                 above
                 three
                 pound
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 will
                 have
                 a
                 Bill
                 of
                 sale
                 ,
                 and
                 twelve
                 pence
                 in
                 the
                 pound
                 for
                 every
                 month
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 it
                 comes
                 to
                 sixteen
                 pence
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Bill
                 must
                 be
                 renewed
                 monthly
                 :
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 break
                 but
                 your
                 day
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 Bill
                 of
                 sale
                 ,
                 your
                 pawn
                 is
                 lost
                 ,
                 as
                 full
                 bought
                 and
                 sold
                 ,
                 you
                 turned
                 out
                 of
                 your
                 Goods
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 an
                 unconscionable
                 gainer
                 .
                 Suppose
                 the
                 best
                 ,
                 you
                 keep
                 your
                 day
                 ,
                 yet
                 paying
                 sixteen
                 pence
                 a
                 month
                 for
                 twenty
                 shillings
                 ,
                 you
                 pay
                 as
                 good
                 for
                 
                 the
                 lone
                 as
                 fourscore
                 in
                 the
                 hundred
                 :
                 is
                 not
                 this
                 monstrous
                 exacting
                 upon
                 Gentlemen
                 ?
                 Beside
                 ,
                 the
                 Knave
                 will
                 be
                 diligently
                 attending
                 and
                 waiting
                 at
                 dicing
                 Houses
                 ,
                 where
                 we
                 are
                 at
                 play
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 he
                 is
                 ready
                 to
                 lend
                 the
                 loser
                 money
                 upon
                 Rings
                 ,
                 and
                 Chains
                 ,
                 Apparrel
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 good
                 pawn
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 poor
                 Gentleman
                 pays
                 so
                 dear
                 for
                 the
                 Lavender
                 it
                 is
                 laid
                 up
                 in
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 it
                 lye
                 long
                 at
                 a
                 Brookers-house
                 ,
                 he
                 seems
                 to
                 buy
                 his
                 apparel
                 twice
                 .
                 Nay
                 ,
                 this
                 
                   worm
                   ea●ten
                   wr●tch
                
                 hath
                 deeper
                 pit
                 falls
                 yet
                 to
                 trap
                 Youth
                 in
                 .
                 For
                 he
                 being
                 acquainted
                 with
                 a
                 young
                 G●ntleman
                 of
                 fair
                 living
                 ,
                 in
                 issue
                 of
                 good
                 Parents
                 ,
                 or
                 assured
                 possibility
                 ,
                 soothes
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 monstrous
                 expences
                 ,
                 and
                 says
                 ,
                 he
                 carries
                 the
                 mind
                 of
                 a
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 promising
                 if
                 he
                 want
                 ,
                 he
                 shall
                 not
                 lack
                 for
                 a
                 hundred
                 pound
                 or
                 two
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Gentleman
                 need
                 .
                 Then
                 hath
                 my
                 Broker
                 an
                 Usurer
                 at
                 hand
                 ,
                 as
                 ill
                 as
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 brings
                 the
                 money
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 tye
                 the
                 poor
                 Soul
                 in
                 such
                 Darbies
                 bands
                 ,
                 what
                 with
                 receiving
                 ill
                 Commodities
                 ,
                 and
                 forfeitures
                 upon
                 the
                 band
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 dub
                 him
                 Sir
                 
                   Iohn
                   Had-land
                
                 before
                 they
                 leave
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 share
                 like
                 Wolves
                 the
                 poor
                 novices
                 wealth
                 betwixt
                 them
                 as
                 a
                 prey
                 .
                 He
                 is
                 (
                 Sir
                 )
                 to
                 be
                 brief
                 ,
                 a
                 bowzie
                 ,
                 bawdy
                 Miser
                 ,
                 good
                 for
                 none
                 but
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 trugg
                 ;
                 a
                 Carl
                 that
                 hath
                 a
                 filthy
                 Carkass
                 without
                 a
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 a
                 body
                 
                 of
                 a
                 man
                 ,
                 wherein
                 an
                 Infernal
                 spirit
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 a
                 Soul
                 ,
                 doth
                 inhabit
                 :
                 the
                 scum
                 of
                 the
                 seven
                 deadly
                 sins
                 ,
                 an
                 Enemy
                 to
                 all
                 good
                 minds
                 ,
                 a
                 devourer
                 of
                 young
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 conclude
                 ,
                 my
                 mortal
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 admit
                 of
                 my
                 challenge
                 ,
                 and
                 let
                 him
                 be
                 none
                 of
                 the
                 Jury
                 .
                 Moreover
                 ,
                 were
                 not
                 Brokers
                 bad
                 ,
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 less
                 filching
                 ,
                 and
                 fewer
                 Thieves
                 ;
                 for
                 they
                 receive
                 all
                 is
                 brought
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 buy
                 that
                 for
                 a
                 Crown
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 worth
                 twenty
                 shillings
                 .
                 desire
                 of
                 gain
                 binds
                 their
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 care
                 not
                 how
                 it
                 be
                 come
                 by
                 ,
                 so
                 they
                 buy
                 it
                 cheap
                 .
                 Beside
                 ,
                 they
                 extort
                 upon
                 the
                 poor
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 inforced
                 through
                 extreme
                 want
                 to
                 pawn
                 their
                 cloaths
                 and
                 houshold
                 stuff
                 ,
                 their
                 Pewder
                 and
                 Brass
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 poor
                 souls
                 that
                 labour
                 hard
                 ,
                 miss
                 but
                 a
                 day
                 ,
                 the
                 base-minded
                 Broker
                 takes
                 the
                 forfeit
                 ,
                 without
                 remorse
                 or
                 pitty
                 :
                 It
                 was
                 not
                 so
                 in
                 
                   Diebus
                   illis
                
                 .
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 of
                 late
                 ,
                 when
                 a
                 poor
                 Woman
                 laid
                 a
                 silver
                 Thimble
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 sent
                 her
                 from
                 her
                 friends
                 for
                 a
                 Token
                 ,
                 to
                 pawn
                 for
                 six
                 pence
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Broker
                 made
                 her
                 pay
                 a
                 half
                 penny
                 a
                 week
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 comes
                 to
                 two
                 shillings
                 a
                 year
                 for
                 six
                 pence
                 ;
                 sith
                 then
                 his
                 Conscience
                 is
                 so
                 bad
                 ,
                 let
                 him
                 be
                 shuffled
                 out
                 amongst
                 the
                 Knaves
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 discarded
                 Card
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 the
                 Broker
                 was
                 put
                 by
                 ,
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             A
             Barber
             ,
             a
             Surgeon
             and
             an
             Apothecary
             summoned
             to
             be
             of
             the
             Jury
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               When
               the
               Broker
               was
               gone
               Three
               pert
               Youths
               come
               up
               cl●se
               to
               Sir
               Iohn
               in
               a
               cluster
               very
               nea●ly
               ty●ed
               ,
               who
               questioning
               them
               what
               they
               were
               ?
               the
               one
               said
               he
               was
               a
               Barber
               ,
               the
               other
               a
               Chiru●geon
               ,
               and
               the
               third
               an
               Apoth●cary
               .
               How
               like
               you
               of
               these
               (
               quoth
               Si●
               Iohn
               to
               the
               Judg
               )
               shall
               they
               be
               of
               my
               Iury
               ?
               Of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               (
               quoth
               the
               Iudge
               )
               never
               a
               One
               ,
               by
               my
               consent
               ;
               for
               I
               challenge
               them
               all
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               first
               the
               B●rber
               ,
               he
               cannot
               be
               but
               a
               partial
               man
               ,
               ●ith
               he
               gets
               more
               by
               one
               time
               dres●ing
               of
               the
               Iudge
               than
               by
               ten
               times
               dressing
               of
               me
               :
               I
               come
               plain
               to
               be
               poll'd
               ,
               and
               〈…〉
               ,
               ●eard
               cut
               ,
               and
               pay
               him
               two
               
               pence
               :
               The
               Judge
               he
               sits
               down
               in
               the
               chair
               wrapt
               in
               fine
               Clothes
               ,
               as
               though
               the
               Barber
               were
               about
               to
               make
               him
               a
               footclothe
               for
               the
               Vicar
               of
               Saint
               fools
               :
               Then
               begins
               he
               to
               take
               his
               Scissors
               in
               his
               hand
               ,
               and
               his
               comb
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               snap
               with
               them
               as
               if
               he
               meant
               to
               give
               a
               warning
               to
               all
               the
               Lice
               in
               his
               nitty
               Locks
               for
               to
               prepare
               themselves
               ,
               for
               the
               day
               of
               their
               destruction
               was
               at
               hand
               ,
               then
               comes
               he
               out
               with
               his
               Fustian
               Eloquence
               ,
               and
               making
               a
               low
               conge
               ,
               saith
               Sir
               ,
               will
               you
               have
               your
               Worships
               Hair
               cut
               after
               the
               Italian
               manner
               ,
               short
               and
               round
               ,
               and
               then
               frounst
               with
               the
               curling
               Irons
               ,
               to
               make
               it
               look
               like
               a
               half
               Moon
               in
               a
               Mist
               ?
               or
               like
               a
               Spaniard
               ,
               long
               at
               the
               ears
               ,
               and
               curled
               like
               to
               the
               two
               ends
               of
               an
               old
               cast
               Periwig
               ?
               or
               will
               you
               be
               Frenchifyed
               with
               a
               Love-lock
               down
               to
               your
               shoulders
               ,
               wherein
               you
               may
               wear
               your
               Mistriss
               Favour
               ?
               the
               English
               cut
               is
               base
               ,
               and
               Gentlemen
               scorn
               it
               ,
               novelty
               is
               dainty
               :
               speak
               the
               word
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               my
               Scissors
               are
               ready
               to
               execute
               your
               Worships
               will.
               His
               head
               being
               once
               drest
               ,
               which
               requires
               in
               combing
               and
               rubbing
               some
               two
               hours
               ,
               he
               comes
               to
               the
               Bason
               :
               then
               being
               curiously
               washt
               with
               no
               worse
               than
               a
               Camphire
               ball
               ,
               he
               descends
               as
               low
               as
               his
               beard
               ,
               and
               asketh
               whether
               he
               pleaseth
               to
               be
               shaven
               or
               no
               ?
               whether
               he
               will
               have
               his
               Peake
               cut
               short
               &
               
               sharp
               ,
               amiable
               like
               an
               Inamorato
               ,
               or
               broad
               pendant
               like
               a
               Spade
               ,
               to
               be
               terrible
               ,
               like
               a
               Warrior
               and
               a
               Soldado
               ?
               whether
               he
               will
               have
               his
               crates
               cut
               low
               like
               a
               Juniper
               bush
               ,
               or
               his
               Suberches
               taken
               away
               with
               a
               Razor
               ?
               if
               it
               be
               his
               pleasure
               to
               have
               his
               appendices
               prim'd
               ,
               or
               his
               Mouchaches
               sostred
               ,
               to
               turn
               about
               his
               ears
               like
               the
               branches
               of
               a
               Vine
               ,
               or
               cut
               down
               to
               the
               lip
               with
               the
               Italian
               Lash
               to
               make
               him
               look
               like
               a
               half
               faced
               Bouby
               in
               Brass
               ?
               These
               quaint
               Terms
               the
               Barber
               greets
               the
               Gallant
               withal
               ,
               and
               at
               every
               word
               a
               snap
               with
               his
               Scissors
               ,
               and
               a
               cring
               with
               his
               knee
               ;
               whereas
               when
               he
               comes
               to
               the
               poor
               man
               ,
               he
               either
               cuts
               his
               beard
               at
               his
               own
               pleasure
               ,
               or
               else
               in
               disdain
               asks
               him
               if
               he
               will
               be
               trim'd
               round
               like
               the
               half
               of
               a
               Holland
               Cheese
               ,
               mocking
               of
               him
               ;
               for
               this
               his
               Knavery
               ,
               my
               will
               is
               of
               him
               ,
               he
               shall
               be
               none
               of
               the
               Jury
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               you
               Mr.
               Surgeon
               the
               Statutes
               of
               England
               exempt
               you
               from
               being
               of
               any
               Quest
               ;
               and
               beside
               ,
               alas
               ,
               I
               seldom
               fall
               into
               your
               hands
               as
               being
               quiet
               ,
               and
               making
               no
               brawles
               to
               have
               wounds
               or
               sores
               ,
               neither
               do
               I
               frequent
               Whorehouses
               to
               catch
               the
               Marbles
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               grow
               your
               Patient
               :
               I
               know
               you
               not
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               appeal
               to
               the
               Statute
               ,
               you
               shall
               have
               nothing
               to
               do
               with
               this
               matter
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               for
               you
               Mr.
               Apothecary
               ,
               alas
               ,
               I
               look
               
               not
               once
               in
               seven
               year
               into
               your
               Shop
               ,
               without
               it
               be
               to
               buy
               a
               pennyworth
               of
               wormseed
               to
               give
               my
               child
               to
               drink
               ;
               or
               a
               little
               Treacle
               to
               drive
               out
               the
               Measles
               ,
               or
               perhaps
               some
               dregs
               or
               powders
               ,
               to
               make
               my
               sick
               horse
               a
               drench
               withal
               ;
               but
               for
               my self
               ,
               if
               I
               be
               ill
               at
               ease
               ,
               I
               take
               Kitchin
               Phisick
               ,
               I
               make
               my
               Wife
               my
               Doctor
               ,
               and
               my
               Garden
               my
               Apothecaries
               Shop
               ,
               whereas
               the
               Town
               Fops
               cannot
               have
               a
               Fart
               awry
               ,
               but
               he
               must
               have
               his
               Purgations
               ,
               Pills
               ,
               and
               Glisters
               ,
               or
               evacuate
               by
               Electuaries
               ;
               he
               must
               ,
               if
               the
               least
               spot
               of
               Morphew
               come
               on
               his
               face
               ,
               have
               his
               Oyl
               of
               Tartar
               ,
               his
               
                 Lac
                 Virginis
              
               ,
               his
               Camphire
               dissolved
               in
               Verjuice
               ,
               to
               make
               the
               Fool
               as
               fair
               forsooth
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               were
               to
               play
               Maid-Marian
               in
               a
               May-game
               or
               Morrice-dance
               :
               tush
               ,
               he
               cannot
               digest
               his
               Meat
               without
               Conserves
               ,
               nor
               end
               his
               Meal
               without
               Suckats
               ;
               if
               Sir
               Iohn
               hap
               to
               have
               a
               stinking
               Breath
               ,
               then
               forsooth
               the
               Apothecary
               must
               play
               the
               Perfumer
               to
               make
               it
               sweet
               ;
               nay
               ,
               what
               is
               it
               about
               him
               ,
               that
               blameth
               not
               Nature
               for
               framing
               ,
               and
               formeth
               it
               anew
               by
               Art
               ?
               And
               in
               all
               this
               ,
               who
               but
               Monsieur
               the
               Apothecary
               ?
               threfore
               ,
               pray
               Sir
               ,
               (
               quoth
               the
               Jury
               )
               let
               those
               three
               ,
               as
               partial
               companions
               ,
               be
               packing
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             next
             desired
             for
             a
             Jury-man
             ,
             was
             a
             Lawyer
             by
             S●
             .
             Dunstans
             Church
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             Assoon
             as
             these
             were
             pack'd
             off
             ,
             there
             comes
             stalking
             down
             from
             a
             neighbouring
             Grove
             an
             ancient
             grave
             Sir
             ,
             in
             a
             black
             Velvet
             Coat
             ,
             and
             a
             black
             Cloth
             Gown
             ,
             welted
             and
             faced
             ,
             and
             after
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             supposed
             ,
             four
             Servingman
             ,
             the
             most
             ill-favoured
             Knaves
             he
             thought
             as
             ever
             he
             saw
             ;
             one
             of
             them
             had
             on
             a
             Buff-leather
             Jerkin
             ,
             all
             greasie
             before
             with
             the
             droppings
             of
             Beer
             ,
             that
             fell
             from
             his
             Beard
             ;
             and
             by
             his
             side
             a
             Skein
             like
             a
             Brewers
             Bung-knife
             ,
             and
             muffled
             he
             was
             in
             a
             Cloak
             turn'd
             over
             his
             Nose
             ,
             as
             though
             he
             had
             been
             ashamed
             to
             shew
             his
             Face
             .
             The
             second
             had
             a
             Belly
             like
             
             a
             Bucking-tub
             ,
             and
             a
             thredbare
             black
             coat
             unbuttoned
             before
             upon
             the
             Breast
             ,
             whereon
             the
             Map
             of
             Drunkenness
             was
             drawn
             ,
             with
             the
             bawdy
             and
             bowsie
             ●xcrements
             that
             dropt
             from
             his
             filthy
             leaking
             mouth
             .
             The
             third
             was
             a
             long
             lean
             old
             slavering
             slangril
             ,
             with
             a
             Brazil
             staff
             in
             one
             hand
             ,
             and
             a
             whipcord
             in
             the
             other
             ;
             so
             purblind
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             like
             to
             have
             stumbled
             upon
             the
             company
             before
             he
             saw
             them
             .
             The
             fourth
             was
             a
             〈◊〉
             Chaff
             ,
             with
             a
             sowr
             look
             ,
             in
             a
             black
             〈◊〉
             faced
             with
             Taffata
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             side
             a
             g●eat
             side
             Pouch
             like
             a
             Falkoner
             :
             For
             their
             Faces
             ,
             all
             four
             seemed
             to
             be
             Brethren
             ,
             they
             were
             so
             bumbasted
             with
             the
             flocks
             of
             strong
             Beer
             ,
             and
             lined
             with
             the
             Lees
             of
             old
             Sack
             ,
             that
             they
             look'd
             like
             four
             blown
             Bladders
             painted
             over
             with
             red
             Oker
             ,
             or
             wash'd
             over
             with
             the
             Suds
             of
             an
             old
             stale
             Die.
             All
             these
             ,
             as
             well
             the
             Master
             ,
             as
             the
             following
             Mates
             ,
             would
             have
             past
             away
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             stept
             before
             them
             ,
             and
             enquired
             first
             of
             the
             foremost
             what
             he
             was
             ?
             Marry
             ,
             quoth
             lie
             ,
             a
             Lawyer
             .
             Then
             Sir
             ,
             quoth
             he
             ,
             we
             have
             a
             Matter
             in
             controvers●ie
             that
             requires
             Counsel
             ,
             and
             you
             are
             the
             more
             welcom
             .
             Marry
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             I
             am
             to
             be
             Tried
             for
             my
             Life
             ,
             and
             I
             would
             have
             you
             of
             my
             Jury
             :
             At
             this
             the
             Lawyer
             smiled
             ,
             but
             said
             nothing
             ;
             he
             marvelled
             he
             was
             not
             so
             well
             as
             
             the
             Surgeon
             ,
             exempted
             by
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             from
             being
             of
             any
             Quest
             ;
             since
             as
             the
             Surgeon
             was
             without
             pity
             ,
             so
             he
             was
             without
             conscience
             ;
             But
             presently
             Mr.
             Attorney
             stepped
             in
             ,
             and
             made
             his
             Challenge
             ,
             saying
             ,
             the
             Lawyer
             was
             never
             friend
             to
             Honesty
             ;
             for
             when
             Lowliness
             ,
             Neighborhood
             and
             Hospitality
             lived
             in
             England
             ,
             West●inster-Hall
             was
             a
             Dining-Chamber
             ,
             not
             a
             Den
             of
             Controversies
             ,
             when
             the
             Duke
             ,
             Earl
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             Knight
             ,
             Gentleman
             and
             Esquire
             aimed
             at
             Virtue
             ,
             not
             Pride
             ;
             and
             wore
             such
             Breeches
             as
             was
             spun
             in
             his
             house
             ;
             then
             the
             Lawyer
             was
             a
             simple
             man
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             highest
             degree
             was
             but
             a
             bare
             Scrivener
             ,
             except
             Judges
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             which
             took
             in
             hand
             serious
             matters
             ,
             as
             Treasons
             ,
             Murders
             ,
             Felonies
             ,
             and
             such
             Capital
             Offences
             ,
             but
             seldom
             were
             there
             any
             Pleas
             put
             in
             ,
             before
             the
             proud
             Lawyer
             ,
             for
             his
             Maintenance
             ,
             invented
             strange
             Controversies
             ;
             and
             since
             he
             began
             to
             domineer
             in
             England
             ,
             he
             hath
             buz'd
             such
             a
             proud
             ,
             busie
             ,
             covetous
             and
             encroaching
             humor
             upon
             every
             mans
             Head
             ,
             that
             Lawyers
             are
             grown
             to
             be
             one
             of
             the
             chief
             Limbs
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             ;
             for
             they
             do
             now
             adays
             
               de
               lana
               cana
               caprina
               rixari
            
             ,
             go
             to
             Law
             if
             a
             Hen
             do
             but
             scrape
             in
             a
             Neighbours
             Orchard
             ;
             but
             howsoever
             Right
             be
             ,
             Might
             carries
             away
             
             the
             Verdict
             :
             If
             a
             poor
             man
             sue
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             why
             he
             shoots
             up
             to
             the
             Sky
             ,
             and
             the
             Arrow
             falls
             on
             his
             own
             head
             ;
             howsoever
             the
             Cause
             go
             ,
             the
             weakest
             is
             thrust
             to
             the
             wall
             .
             Lawyers
             are
             troubled
             with
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             Liver
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             palms
             of
             their
             hands
             so
             hot
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             be
             cool'd
             ,
             unless
             they
             be
             rubb'd
             with
             the
             Oyl
             of
             Angels
             ;
             but
             the
             poor
             man
             that
             gives
             but
             his
             bare
             Fee
             ,
             or
             perhaps
             pleads
             in
             
               for●●a
               pauperis
            
             ,
             he
             hunteth
             for
             Hares
             with
             a
             Tabor
             ,
             and
             gropeth
             in
             the
             dark
             to
             find
             a
             Needle
             in
             a
             Bottle
             of
             Hay
             :
             tush
             ,
             these
             Lawyers
             have
             such
             delatory
             and
             foreign
             Pleas
             ,
             such
             Dormers
             ,
             such
             Quibs
             and
             Quiddits
             ,
             that
             beggaring
             their
             Clients
             ,
             thye
             purchase
             to
             themselves
             whole
             Lordships
             ;
             it
             booteth
             not
             men
             to
             discourse
             their
             little
             Conscience
             ,
             &
             great
             Extortion
             ,
             only
             let
             this
             suffice
             ,
             they
             be
             not
             so
             rich
             as
             they
             be
             bad
             ,
             and
             yet
             they
             be
             not
             too
             wealthy
             .
             I
             inveigh
             not
             against
             Law
             ,
             nor
             honest
             Lawyers
             ,
             for
             there
             be
             some
             well
             qualified
             ;
             but
             against
             extorting
             Ambodexters
             that
             wring
             the
             poor
             ;
             and
             because
             I
             know
             not
             whether
             this
             be
             such
             an
             one
             or
             no
             ,
             I
             challenge
             him
             ;
             he
             shall
             not
             be
             of
             the
             Jury
             .
             Why
             then
             (
             quoth
             Sir
             Iohn
             )
             his
             Worship
             may
             depart
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             A
             Sergeant
             desired
             on
             the
             Iury
          
           
             
          
           
             
               Sir
               Iohn
               questioned
               what
               he
               in
               the
               Buff-Jerkin
               was
               ?
               Marry
               (
               quoth
               he
               )
               
                 I
                 am
                 a
                 Sergean●
              
               ,
               Sir
               Iohn
               .
               He
               had
               no
               sooner
               said
               so
               ,
               but
               Sir
               Iohn
               leap'd
               back
               ,
               and
               drawing
               his
               Rapier
               ,
               he
               did
               not
               only
               challenge
               him
               for
               his
               Jury
               ,
               but
               protested
               if
               he
               strid
               one
               foot
               toward
               him
               ,
               he
               would
               make
               him
               eat
               a
               piece
               of
               his
               Po●●ard
               .
               And
               what
               is
               the
               reason
               (
               quoth
               he
               )
               that
               there
               is
               such
               mortal
               hatred
               betwixt
               you
               and
               the
               Sergeant
               ?
               O
               Sir
               ,
               (
               quoth
               the
               Judge
               )
               search
               him
               ,
               and
               I
               warrant
               you
               ,
               the
               Knave
               hath
               Precept
               upon
               
               on
               Precept
               to
               arrest
               me
               ,
               hath
               worn
               his
               Mace
               smooth
               ,
               with
               only
               clapping
               it
               on
               my
               Shoulder
               ;
               he
               hath
               had
               me
               under
               Coram
               so
               often
               .
               Oh
               the
               Reprobate
               is
               the
               Usurers
               Executioner
               to
               bring
               such
               honest
               Gentlemen
               to
               Limbo
               ,
               Sir
               Iohn
               ,
               as
               he
               hath
               over-thrown
               with
               his
               base
               Brocage
               ,
               and
               bad
               Commodities
               ;
               and
               as
               you
               see
               him
               a
               fat
               Knave
               with
               a
               foggy
               face
               ,
               wherein
               a
               Cup
               of
               old
               Sack
               hath
               set
               a
               Seal
               ,
               to
               mark
               the
               bowsie
               Drunkard
               to
               die
               of
               the
               Dropsie
               ,
               so
               his
               Conscience
               is
               consumed
               ,
               and
               his
               Heart
               robb'd
               of
               all
               remorse
               and
               pity
               ,
               that
               for
               Money
               he
               will
               betray
               his
               own
               Father
               ;
               for
               will
               a
               Cormorant
               but
               set
               him
               to
               arrest
               a
               young
               Gentleman
               ,
               the
               Rake-hell
               will
               be
               so
               eager
               to
               catch
               him
               ,
               as
               a
               Dog
               to
               take
               a
               Bear
               by
               the
               ears
               in
               Paris
               Garden
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               hath
               laid
               hold
               upon
               him
               ,
               he
               useth
               him
               as
               courteously
               as
               a
               Butchers
               Cur
               would
               do
               an
               Oxe-cheek
               when
               he
               is
               hungry
               ;
               if
               he
               see
               the
               Gentleman
               hath
               Money
               in
               his
               Purse
               ,
               then
               straight
               with
               a
               Cap
               and
               Knee
               he
               carries
               him
               to
               the
               Tavern
               ,
               and
               bids
               him
               send
               for
               some
               of
               his
               Friends
               to
               Bail
               him
               ;
               but
               first
               he
               Covenants
               to
               have
               some
               brace
               of
               Angels
               for
               his
               pains
               ;
               and
               besides
               he
               calls
               in
               for
               Wine
               greedily
               :
               But
               suppose
               the
               Gentleman
               wants
               Pence
               ,
               he
               will
               either
               have
               a
               Pawn
               ,
               or
               else
               drag
               him
               to
               the
               
               Counter
               ,
               without
               respect
               of
               Manhood
               or
               Honesty
               .
               I
               should
               spend
               the
               whole
               day
               with
               displaying
               his
               villanies
               ;
               therefore
               briefly
               let
               this
               suffice
               ,
               he
               was
               never
               made
               for
               any
               goodness
               ,
               but
               his
               slovenly
               carcass
               was
               fram'd
               by
               the
               Devil
               ,
               of
               the
               rotten
               Carrion
               of
               a
               Wolf
               ,
               and
               his
               Soul
               of
               an
               Usurers
               damn'd
               Ghost
               ,
               turn'd
               out
               of
               Hell
               ,
               into
               his
               Body
               ,
               to
               do
               monstrous
               wickedness
               upon
               the
               Earth
               ;
               so
               that
               he
               shall
               be
               none
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               neither
               shall
               he
               come
               nearer
               than
               the
               length
               of
               my
               Rapier
               will
               suffer
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Indeed
               ,
               quoth
               Sir
               Iohn
               ,
               generally
               Sergeants
               be
               bad
               ,
               but
               there
               be
               amongst
               them
               some
               honest
               men
               ,
               that
               will
               do
               their
               duties
               with
               lawful
               favour
               ;
               for
               to
               say
               truth
               ,
               if
               Sergeants
               were
               not
               ,
               how
               should
               men
               come
               by
               their
               Debts
               ?
               Marry
               they
               are
               so
               cruel
               in
               their
               Office
               ,
               that
               if
               they
               arrest
               a
               poor
               man
               ,
               they
               will
               not
               suffer
               him
               (
               if
               he
               hath
               not
               Money
               )
               to
               stay
               a
               quarter
               of
               an
               hour
               to
               talk
               with
               his
               Creditor
               ,
               although
               perhaps
               at
               the
               meeting
               they
               might
               take
               Composition
               ;
               but
               only
               to
               the
               Counter
               with
               him
               ,
               unless
               he
               will
               lay
               his
               Pewter
               ,
               Brass
               ,
               Coverlets
               ,
               Sheets
               ,
               or
               such
               Houshold
               stuff
               to
               them
               for
               pawn
               of
               payment
               of
               some
               Coyn
               for
               their
               staying
               ;
               therefore
               let
               him
               depart
               out
               of
               the
               place
               ,
               for
               his
               Room
               is
               better
               than
               his
               Company
               to
               me
               ,
               because
               of
               a
               late
               Prank
               I
               played
            
          
        
         
           
           
             A
             Sumner
             ,
             a
             Iaylor
             ,
             an
             Informer
             appear
             for
             Iury-men
             for
             Sir
             John.
             
          
           
             
          
           
             
               After
               this
               three
               other
               men
               offered
               their
               Service
               to
               Sir
               Iohn
               ;
               the
               one
               said
               he
               was
               a
               Sumner
               ,
               the
               other
               a
               Gaoler
               ,
               and
               the
               third
               an
               Informer
               .
               B●ess
               me
               (
               quoth
               the
               Judge
               )
               what
               a
               Gang
               is
               here
               gathered
               together
               !
               no
               doubt
               Hell
               is
               broke
               loose
               ,
               and
               the
               Devil
               means
               to
               keep
               Holiday
               :
               I
               make
               Challenge
               against
               them
               all
               ,
               as
               against
               worse
               men
               than
               those
               that
               gave
               evidence
               against
               Christ
               :
               for
               the
               Sumner
               ,
               it
               boots
               me
               to
               say
               little
               more
               against
               him
               ,
               than
               Chaucer
               did
               in
               his
               C●nte●bury
               Tales
               ,
               who
               said
               he
               was
               a
               Knave
               ,
               a
               B●iber
               and
               a
               Bawd
               :
               But
               leaving
               that
               Authority
               ,
               although
               it
               be
               authentical
               ▪
               yet
               thus
               much
               I
               can
               say
               of
               my self
               ,
               that
               
               these
               drunken
               ,
               drowsie
               sons
               go
               a
               tooting
               abroad
               (
               as
               they
               themselves
               term
               it
               )
               which
               is
               to
               hear
               if
               any
               man
               hath
               got
               his
               Maid
               with
               Child
               ,
               or
               plays
               the
               Good-fellow
               with
               his
               Neighbours
               Wife
               :
               if
               he
               find
               a
               hole
               in
               any
               mans
               Coat
               that
               is
               of
               wealth
               ,
               then
               he
               hath
               his
               peremptory
               Citation
               ready
               ,
               to
               cite
               him
               unto
               the
               Archdeacons
               or
               Officials
               Court
               ,
               there
               to
               appear
               ,
               and
               abide
               the
               shame
               and
               penalty
               of
               the
               Law
               :
               the
               man
               perhaps
               in
               good
               credit
               with
               his
               Neighbors
               ,
               loth
               to
               bring
               his
               Name
               in
               question
               ,
               greaseth
               the
               Sumner
               in
               the
               Fist
               ,
               and
               then
               he
               wipes
               him
               out
               of
               his
               Book
               ,
               and
               suffers
               him
               to
               get
               twenty
               with
               Child
               ,
               so
               he
               keep
               him
               warm
               in
               the
               hand
               .
               He
               hath
               a
               Saying
               to
               wanton
               Wives
               ,
               and
               they
               are
               his
               good
               Dames
               ,
               and
               as
               long
               as
               they
               feed
               him
               with
               Chee●e
               ,
               Bacon
               ,
               Capons
               ,
               and
               such
               odd
               Reversions
               ,
               they
               are
               honest
               ;
               and
               be
               they
               ●ever
               so
               bad
               ,
               he
               swears
               to
               the
               Official
               ,
               Complaints
               are
               made
               upon
               Envy
               ,
               and
               the
               women
               are
               o●
               good
               Behaviour
               .
               Tush
               ,
               what
               Bawdry
               is
               it
               he
               will
               not
               suffer
               ,
               so
               he
               may
               have
               Money
               and
               good
               Chear
               ?
               And
               if
               he
               like
               a
               Wench
               well
               ,
               a
               Snatch
               himself
               ;
               for
               they
               know
               all
               the
               Whores
               in
               a
               Country
               ,
               and
               are
               as
               lecherous
               Companions
               as
               may
               be
               .
               To
               be
               brief
               ,
               the
               Sumner
               lives
               upon
               Sins
               of
               People
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               Harlotry
               gets
               he
               all
               his
               
               Gains
               .
               As
               for
               the
               Gaoler
               ,
               although
               I
               have
               been
               little
               troubled
               in
               Prison
               ,
               to
               have
               experience
               of
               his
               Knavery
               ,
               yet
               have
               I
               heard
               the
               poor
               pri●oners
               complain
               how
               cruel
               they
               be
               to
               them
               ,
               extorting
               with
               extraordinary
               Fees
               ,
               selling
               a
               double
               Curtal
               (
               as
               they
               call
               it
               )
               with
               a
               double
               Jugg
               of
               Beer
               for
               two-pence
               ,
               which
               contains
               not
               above
               a
               pint
               and
               a
               half
               .
               Let
               a
               poor
               man
               be
               arrested
               into
               one
               of
               the
               Compters
               ,
               though
               he
               but
               set
               his
               foot
               in
               them
               but
               half
               an
               hour
               ,
               he
               shall
               be
               at
               almost
               an
               Angels
               Charge
               ;
               what
               with
               Garnish
               ,
               Crossing
               and
               Wiping
               out
               of
               the
               Book
               ,
               turning
               the
               Key
               ,
               Paying
               the
               Chamberlain
               ,
               seeing
               for
               his
               Jury
               ,
               and
               twenty
               such
               Extortions
               ,
               invented
               by
               themselves
               ,
               and
               not
               allowed
               by
               any
               Statute
               .
               God
               bless
               me
               ,
               Gaoler
               ,
               from
               your
               Hen-houses
               ;
               I
               'le
               assure
               you
               ,
               I
               'le
               keep
               you
               from
               coming
               into
               the
               Quest.
               
            
          
           
             
               And
               as
               to
               you
               Master
               Informer
               ,
               you
               that
               look
               like
               a
               Civil
               Citizen
               ,
               or
               some
               handsom
               Pettifogger
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               although
               your
               crimson
               Nose
               betrays
               you
               can
               sup
               a
               cool
               Cup
               of
               Sack
               without
               any
               chewing
               ,
               yet
               have
               you
               as
               much
               Knavery
               in
               your
               side-Pouch
               there
               ,
               as
               would
               breed
               the
               confusion
               of
               forty
               honest
               men
               .
               It
               may
               be
               ,
               Sir
               Iohn
               that
               you
               marvel
               why
               I
               exclaim
               against
               the
               Informer
               ,
               since
               he
               highly
               pretends
               to
               do
               
               all
               he
               doth
               against
               honest
               men
               ,
               according
               to
               Law
               :
               To
               wipe
               out
               this
               ,
               this
               Officer
               is
               one
               that
               abuses
               Law
               ,
               when
               he
               should
               use
               it
               ,
               and
               such
               a
               one
               I
               guess
               this
               Fellow
               to
               be
               ,
               by
               the
               Carnation
               Tincture
               of
               his
               Ruby-Nose
               .
               Therefore
               let
               us
               search
               his
               Bag
               ,
               and
               see
               what
               Trash
               you
               shall
               find
               in
               it
               ;
               with
               that
               ,
               although
               the
               Informer
               were
               very
               loth
               ,
               yet
               we
               pluckt
               out
               the
               stuffing
               of
               his
               Pouch
               ,
               and
               in
               it
               was
               found
               a
               hundred
               and
               odd
               Writs
               ;
               whereat
               I
               wondred
               ;
               and
               Mr.
               Attorney
               smiling
               ,
               bad
               me
               read
               Labels
               ,
               and
               the
               Parties
               Names
               ,
               and
               then
               examine
               the
               Informer
               how
               many
               of
               them
               he
               knew
               ,
               and
               wherein
               they
               had
               offended
               ?
               I
               followed
               his
               Counsel
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               he
               knew
               but
               three
               ,
               neither
               could
               he
               tell
               what
               they
               had
               done
               amiss
               ,
               to
               be
               arrested
               ,
               and
               brought
               in
               question
               ;
               and
               yet
               this
               Varlet
               swore
               they
               deserved
               punishment
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               the
               Prisoner
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Fraud
              
               seeing
               me
               stand
               in
               amaze
               ,
               began
               thus
               to
               resolve
               me
               in
               my
               doubt
               .
               Perhaps
               ,
               quoth
               he
               ,
               you
               marvel
               why
               the
               Informer
               hath
               all
               these
               Writs
               ,
               and
               knows
               neither
               the
               parties
               ,
               nor
               can
               object
               any
               offence
               to
               them
               ?
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               ,
               that
               it
               being
               a
               long
               vacation
               he
               learned
               in
               the
               rowl
               all
               those
               mens
               names
               ,
               and
               the
               places
               where
               they
               live
               :
               Now
               means
               he
               to
               go
               abroad
               ,
               and
               search
               them
               out
               and
               arrest
               
               them
               ,
               and
               though
               they
               know
               not
               wherein
               or
               for
               what
               cause
               they
               should
               be
               troubled
               ,
               yet
               rather
               than
               they
               will
               come
               up
               to
               London
               and
               spend
               their
               Money
               ,
               he
               thinks
               they
               will
               bestow
               some
               odd
               Angel
               upon
               Mr.
               Informer
               ,
               and
               so
               sit
               at
               home
               in
               quiet
               .
               But
               suppose
               some
               be
               so
               stubborn
               as
               to
               stand
               to
               the
               Tryal
               ,
               yet
               can
               this
               cunning
               Knav●
               declare
               a
               Tanquam
               against
               them
               ,
               so
               that
               though
               they
               be
               cleared
               ,
               yet
               can
               they
               have
               no
               recompence
               at
               all
               ,
               for
               that
               he
               doth
               it
               in
               the
               Courts
               behalf
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               unfold
               all
               his
               Villanies
               ,
               but
               he
               is
               an
               Abuser
               of
               good
               Laws
               ,
               and
               a
               very
               knave
               ,
               and
               so
               let
               him
               pack
               away
               with
               his
               Fellows
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             A
             Collier
             and
             a
             Ropemaker
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               As
               they
               were
               going
               Sir
               Iohn
               saw
               two
               in
               the
               Valley
               together
               by
               the
               ears
               ,
               the
               one
               in
               Leather
               ,
               the
               other
               as
               black
               as
               the
               Devil
               ;
               he
               stept
               to
               them
               to
               part
               the
               fray
               ,
               and
               questioned
               what
               they
               were
               ,
               aad
               wherefore
               they
               brawled
               ?
               Marry
               ,
               quoth
               he
               ,
               that
               lookt
               like
               Lucifer
               ,
               though
               I
               am
               black
               ,
               I
               am
               not
               the
               Devil
               ,
               but
               indeed
               a
               Collier
               of
               Croyden
               and
               one
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               that
               have
               ●old
               many
               a
               man
               a
               false
               sack
               of
               Coals
               ,
               that
               both
               wanted
               measure
               ,
               aud
               was
               half
               full
               of
               dust
               and
               dross
               .
               Indeed
               I
               have
               been
               a
               Lieger
               in
               my
               time
               in
               London
               ,
               and
               have
               played
               many
               mad
               pranks
               ;
               for
               which
               cause
               ,
               you
               may
               apparently
               see
               ,
               I
               am
               made
               a
               curtal
               ;
               for
               the
               Pillory
               (
               in
               the
               
               sight
               of
               a
               great
               many
               good
               and
               sufficient
               Witnesses
               )
               hath
               eaten
               off
               both
               mine
               ears
               :
               and
               now
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               this
               Ropemaker
               (
               the
               other
               that
               was
               with
               him
               )
               hunteth
               me
               here
               with
               his
               halters
               .
               I
               guess
               him
               to
               be
               some
               evil
               Spirit
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               likeness
               of
               a
               man
               ,
               would
               since
               I
               have
               past
               the
               Pillory
               ,
               perswade
               me
               to
               hang
               my self
               for
               my
               old
               offences
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               lay
               about
               his
               shoulders
               with
               a
               Crab-tree
               Cudgel
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               get
               out
               of
               my
               Company
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Ropemaker
               replyed
               ,
               that
               honestly
               journeying
               by
               the
               way
               ,
               he
               acquainted
               himself
               with
               the
               Collyer
               accidentally
               ,
               but
               I
               my self
               am
               an
               honest
               Man
               ;
               How
               ,
               quoth
               the
               Collier
               ,
               can
               he
               be
               honest
               ,
               whose
               Mother
               I
               guess
               was
               a
               Witch
               ?
               For
               I
               have
               heard
               them
               say
               ,
               that
               Witches
               say
               their
               Prayers
               backward
               ,
               and
               so
               doth
               the
               Ropemaker
               earn
               his
               living
               by
               going
               backward
               ;
               and
               the
               Knaves
               chief
               Living
               is
               by
               making
               fatal
               Instruments
               ,
               as
               Halters
               and
               Ropes
               ,
               which
               divers
               desperate
               men
               hang
               themselves
               with
               ;
               so
               immediately
               Sir
               Iohn
               asked
               them
               ,
               if
               they
               would
               be
               of
               his
               Jury
               ?
               The
               Judge
               answered
               and
               said
               in
               the
               Ropemaker
               he
               found
               no
               great
               Falshood
               ,
               therefore
               he
               was
               willing
               he
               should
               be
               one
               ;
               but
               for
               the
               Collier
               ,
               he
               thought
               it
               necessary
               ,
               that
               as
               he
               came
               so
               he
               should
               depart
               :
               so
               then
               ,
               Sir
               Iohn
               bade
               the
               Ropemaker
               
               stand
               by
               till
               more
               came
               ,
               which
               was
               not
               long
               ;
               for
               there
               came
               three
               in
               a
               Cluster
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Cheats
             used
             by
             the
             
               Tanners
               ,
               Shoemakers
               ,
               and
               Curriers
               .
            
          
           
             
          
           
             
               As
               soon
               as
               they
               drew
               nigh
               ,
               he
               spyed
               one
               ,
               a
               fat
               Churle
               with
               a
               side
               Russet
               Coat
               to
               his
               knee
               ,
               and
               his
               hands
               all
               so
               tanned
               with
               shifting
               his
               Ouse
               ,
               yet
               would
               he
               not
               take
               notice
               what
               they
               were
               ,
               but
               questioned
               with
               them
               of
               their
               several
               occupations
               .
            
          
           
             
               Marry
               ,
               quoth
               the
               first
               ,
               I
               am
               a
               Tanner
               ,
               the
               second
               a
               Shoemaker
               ,
               and
               the
               third
               a
               Currier
               :
               then
               turning
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               he
               asked
               
               them
               if
               they
               would
               allow
               of
               those
               parties
               ?
               No
               ,
               quoth
               the
               Attorney
               General
               ,
               I
               make
               challenge
               unto
               them
               all
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               yield
               ,
               reasons
               of
               import
               against
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Cheats
               used
               by
               the
               TANNERS
               .
            
             
               
                 And
                 first
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Tanner
                 ,
                 Are
                 you
                 a
                 man
                 worthy
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 a
                 Jury
                 ,
                 when
                 your
                 Conscience
                 cares
                 not
                 to
                 wrong
                 the
                 whole
                 Common-wealth
                 ?
                 you
                 respect
                 not
                 publick
                 commodity
                 ,
                 but
                 private
                 gains
                 ;
                 not
                 to
                 benefit
                 your
                 Neighbour
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 proud
                 Princox
                 your
                 Son
                 an
                 upstart
                 Gentleman
                 ;
                 and
                 because
                 you
                 would
                 marry
                 your
                 Daughter
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 to
                 an
                 Esquire
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 may
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 possible
                 ,
                 be
                 a
                 Gentlewoman
                 ;
                 and
                 how
                 comes
                 this
                 to
                 pass
                 ?
                 By
                 your
                 Tanfats
                 forsooth
                 :
                 For
                 whereas
                 by
                 the
                 antient
                 Laws
                 and
                 Statutes
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 you
                 should
                 let
                 a
                 ,
                 Hide
                 lye
                 in
                 the
                 Ouse
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 nine
                 moneths
                 ,
                 you
                 can
                 make
                 good
                 Leather
                 of
                 it
                 before
                 three
                 months
                 ;
                 you
                 have
                 your
                 Doves
                 dung
                 ,
                 your
                 Marl
                 ,
                 your
                 as●en
                 Bark
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 thousand
                 things
                 more
                 ,
                 to
                 bring
                 on
                 your
                 Leather
                 apace
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 so
                 badly
                 Tanned
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 it
                 comes
                 to
                 the
                 wearing
                 ,
                 then
                 it
                 ●●eets
                 away
                 like
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 brown
                 Paper
                 :
                 And
                 whereas
                 your
                 Backs
                 of
                 all
                 other
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 the
                 best
                 tanned
                 ,
                 you
                 bring
                 them
                 so
                 full
                 
                 of
                 Horn
                 to
                 the
                 Market
                 ,
                 that
                 did
                 you
                 not
                 grease
                 the
                 Sealers
                 of
                 Leaden-Hall
                 throughly
                 in
                 the
                 Fist
                 ,
                 they
                 should
                 never
                 be
                 sealed
                 ,
                 but
                 turned
                 away
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 forfeit
                 by
                 the
                 Statute
                 .
                 I
                 cannot
                 at
                 large
                 lay
                 open
                 your
                 subtle
                 practices
                 to
                 beguile
                 the
                 poor
                 communalty
                 with
                 bad
                 Leather
                 .
                 But
                 let
                 this
                 suffice
                 you
                 leave
                 no
                 Villany
                 unsought
                 ,
                 to
                 bring
                 the
                 Blockhead
                 your
                 son
                 to
                 go
                 afore
                 the
                 Clown
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 trimly
                 trickt
                 up
                 in
                 a
                 pair
                 of
                 velvet
                 breeches
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Cheats
               used
               by
               the
               Curriors
               .
            
             
               
                 Now
                 Mr.
                 Currior
                 ,
                 to
                 your
                 Cozenage
                 ;
                 you
                 cannot
                 be
                 content
                 only
                 to
                 burn
                 the
                 Leather
                 you
                 dress
                 ,
                 for
                 fault
                 of
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 because
                 you
                 would
                 make
                 the
                 Shoomaker
                 pay
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 put
                 in
                 little
                 stuff
                 ;
                 and
                 beside
                 ,
                 when
                 as
                 in
                 Backs
                 you
                 should
                 only
                 put
                 in
                 Tallow
                 hard
                 and
                 good
                 ,
                 you
                 put
                 in
                 soft
                 Kitchin
                 stuff
                 mixt
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 make
                 the
                 good
                 and
                 well
                 tanned
                 Leather
                 by
                 your
                 Villany
                 ,
                 to
                 fleet
                 and
                 waste
                 away
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 you
                 grow
                 to
                 be
                 an
                 extorting
                 Knave
                 and
                 a
                 Forestaller
                 of
                 the
                 Market
                 ;
                 for
                 you
                 will
                 buy
                 Leather
                 ,
                 Sides
                 ,
                 Backs
                 and
                 Calve
                 Skins
                 ,
                 and
                 sell
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 poor
                 Shoomakers
                 at
                 an
                 unreasonable
                 rate
                 ,
                 by
                 your
                 false
                 retailing
                 ,
                 getting
                 infinite
                 goods
                 by
                 that
                 excessive
                 price
                 ;
                 both
                 undoing
                 the
                 poor
                 Shomaker
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 causing
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 pay
                 extremely
                 for
                 Shoes
                 .
                 For
                 if
                 the
                 Currier
                 bought
                 not
                 Leather
                 by
                 the
                 whole
                 of
                 the
                 Tanner
                 ,
                 the
                 Shoomaker
                 might
                 have
                 it
                 at
                 a
                 more
                 reasonable
                 price
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Shoemaker
                 being
                 poor
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 perhaps
                 able
                 to
                 deal
                 with
                 a
                 dicker
                 of
                 Hides
                 ,
                 nor
                 perhaps
                 with
                 a
                 couple
                 of
                 Backs
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Tanner
                 will
                 not
                 trust
                 him
                 ;
                 then
                 the
                 extorting
                 and
                 couzening
                 Currier
                 comes
                 up
                 with
                 this
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 lend
                 you
                 for
                 a
                 day
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 pincheth
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 is
                 scarce
                 able
                 to
                 find
                 his
                 Children
                 bread
                 .
                 But
                 well
                 hath
                 his
                 Majesty
                 provided
                 by
                 an
                 Act
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 That
                 no
                 Currier
                 shall
                 buy
                 Leather
                 ,
                 either
                 Backs
                 or
                 Hides
                 of
                 the
                 Tanner
                 ,
                 so
                 to
                 bridle
                 the
                 extorting
                 and
                 forestalling
                 Couzenage
                 ;
                 but
                 craftilier
                 and
                 subtilier
                 hath
                 the
                 Knave
                 Currier
                 cros-bitten
                 the
                 Statute
                 ,
                 in
                 that
                 he
                 deals
                 thus
                 with
                 the
                 Tanner
                 ,
                 he
                 makes
                 him
                 hold
                 his
                 Leather
                 unreasonably
                 to
                 the
                 Shoemaker
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 when
                 he
                 cannot
                 sell
                 it
                 ,
                 he
                 lays
                 it
                 up
                 in
                 the
                 Curriers
                 house
                 ,
                 under
                 a
                 colour
                 ,
                 whereas
                 indeed
                 he
                 hath
                 sold
                 it
                 him
                 .
                 Suppose
                 this
                 shift
                 be
                 spied
                 and
                 prevented
                 ,
                 then
                 compoundeth
                 he
                 with
                 some
                 Knave
                 Shoemaker
                 ,
                 some
                 base
                 Rakehell
                 without
                 a
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 that
                 neither
                 respecteth
                 God
                 ,
                 the
                 Common-wealth
                 ,
                 nor
                 his
                 Company
                 ,
                 and
                 forsooth
                 he
                 is
                 half
                 with
                 the
                 Currier
                 ,
                 who
                 letteth
                 him
                 have
                 some
                 hundred
                 Marks
                 
                 to
                 lay
                 out
                 for
                 Leather
                 every
                 Month
                 ,
                 whereas
                 he
                 spends
                 not
                 in
                 his
                 Shop
                 a
                 hundred
                 Marks
                 worth
                 in
                 a
                 year
                 ;
                 so
                 the
                 Shoemaker
                 buys
                 it
                 to
                 abuse
                 the
                 Statute
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Currier
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Currier
                 by
                 that
                 means
                 undoeth
                 the
                 other
                 Shoemakers
                 :
                 thus
                 two
                 crafty
                 Knaves
                 are
                 met
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 need
                 no
                 honest
                 Broker
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Cheats
               in
               the
               Shoemaking
               Trade
               .
            
             
               
                 Now
                 to
                 you
                 Mr.
                 Shoemaker
                 ;
                 you
                 can
                 put
                 in
                 the
                 inner
                 sole
                 of
                 a
                 thin
                 Calves
                 Skin
                 ,
                 when
                 as
                 the
                 Shoe
                 is
                 a
                 Neats-leather
                 Shoe
                 ;
                 which
                 you
                 know
                 is
                 clean
                 contrary
                 both
                 to
                 Conseience
                 and
                 the
                 Statute
                 .
                 Beside
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 join
                 a
                 Neats-Leather
                 Vampey
                 to
                 a
                 Calves
                 Leather
                 ●eel
                 :
                 Is
                 not
                 here
                 good
                 stuff
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Shoemaker
                 ?
                 Well
                 ,
                 for
                 your
                 Knavery
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 have
                 those
                 curses
                 which
                 belong
                 unto
                 your
                 Craft
                 :
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 light-footed
                 to
                 travel
                 far
                 ,
                 light
                 witted
                 upon
                 every
                 small
                 occasion
                 to
                 give
                 your
                 Masters
                 bag
                 :
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 most
                 of
                 you
                 unthrifts
                 ,
                 and
                 almost
                 all
                 perfect
                 Goodfellows
                 .
                 Beside
                 ,
                 I
                 remember
                 a
                 merry
                 jest
                 ,
                 how
                 Mercury
                 brought
                 you
                 to
                 a
                 dangerous
                 Disease
                 ,
                 for
                 he
                 requested
                 a
                 boon
                 for
                 you
                 ,
                 which
                 fell
                 out
                 to
                 your
                 great
                 disadvantage
                 :
                 and
                 to
                 recreate
                 us
                 ,
                 hear
                 a
                 little
                 Gentle-craft
                 ,
                 what
                 ●ell
                 to
                 your
                 Trade
                 by
                 
                 that
                 winged
                 God.
                 As
                 it
                 hapned
                 on
                 a
                 time
                 that
                 Iupiter
                 and
                 Mercury
                 travelling
                 together
                 upon
                 Earth
                 ,
                 Mercury
                 was
                 wonderfully
                 hungry
                 and
                 had
                 no
                 Money
                 in
                 his
                 Purse
                 to
                 buy
                 him
                 any
                 food
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 last
                 ,
                 to
                 his
                 great
                 comfort
                 he
                 spyed
                 where
                 a
                 Company
                 of
                 Tailors
                 were
                 at
                 Dinner
                 with
                 buttered
                 Pease
                 eating
                 their
                 pease
                 with
                 their
                 Needles
                 points
                 one
                 by
                 one
                 :
                 Mercury
                 came
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 asked
                 them
                 his
                 alms
                 :
                 they
                 proudly
                 bade
                 him
                 sit
                 down
                 and
                 do
                 as
                 he
                 saw
                 they
                 did
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 that
                 delivered
                 him
                 a
                 Needle
                 .
                 The
                 poor
                 God
                 being
                 passing
                 hungry
                 ,
                 could
                 not
                 content
                 his
                 maw
                 with
                 eating
                 one
                 by
                 one
                 ,
                 but
                 turned
                 the
                 eye
                 of
                 his
                 Needle
                 ,
                 and
                 eat
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 together
                 .
                 Which
                 the
                 Tailors
                 seeing
                 they
                 start
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 What
                 Fellow
                 ,
                 a
                 shovel
                 and
                 Spade
                 to
                 butter'd
                 Pease
                 ?
                 hast
                 thou
                 no
                 more
                 manners
                 ?
                 Get
                 out
                 of
                 our
                 Company
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 they
                 sent
                 him
                 packing
                 with
                 many
                 strokes
                 .
                 Mercury
                 coming
                 back
                 Iupeter
                 demanded
                 of
                 him
                 what
                 news
                 ?
                 and
                 he
                 told
                 him
                 how
                 churlishly
                 he
                 was
                 used
                 amongst
                 the
                 Tailors
                 .
                 Well
                 ,
                 wandring
                 on
                 further
                 ,
                 Mercury
                 espyed
                 where
                 a
                 Company
                 of
                 Shoemakers
                 were
                 at
                 Dinner
                 with
                 powdred
                 Beef
                 and
                 Brewess
                 :
                 going
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 before
                 he
                 could
                 ask
                 them
                 any
                 Alms
                 ,
                 they
                 said
                 ,
                 welcome
                 good
                 Fellow
                 ,
                 what
                 is
                 thy
                 Stomack
                 up
                 ?
                 wilt
                 thou
                 do
                 as
                 we
                 do
                 ,
                 and
                 taste
                 of
                 Beef
                 
                 Mercury
                 thanked
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 sate
                 down
                 and
                 eat
                 his
                 Belly
                 full
                 ,
                 and
                 drunk
                 double
                 Beer
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 went
                 home
                 to
                 his
                 Master
                 .
                 Assoon
                 as
                 he
                 came
                 ,
                 Iupeter
                 asked
                 him
                 what
                 News
                 ?
                 and
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 light
                 amongst
                 a
                 crew
                 of
                 Shoomakers
                 ,
                 the
                 best
                 Fellows
                 that
                 I
                 ever
                 met
                 withal
                 ,
                 they
                 have
                 frankly
                 fed
                 me
                 without
                 grudging
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 grant
                 me
                 a
                 Boon
                 for
                 them
                 .
                 Ask
                 what
                 thou
                 wilt
                 ,
                 Mercury
                 ,
                 quoth
                 he
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 done
                 :
                 Why
                 then
                 ,
                 quoth
                 he
                 ,
                 grant
                 ,
                 that
                 for
                 this
                 good
                 turn
                 they
                 have
                 done
                 me
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 ever
                 spend
                 a
                 groat
                 afore
                 they
                 can
                 earn
                 twopence
                 .
                 It
                 shall
                 be
                 granted
                 :
                 Mercury
                 ,
                 assoon
                 as
                 Iupeter
                 had
                 said
                 the
                 word
                 ,
                 bethought
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 Nay
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 earn
                 a
                 groat
                 before
                 they
                 spend
                 twopence
                 for
                 my
                 Tongue
                 slipt
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 .
                 Well
                 ,
                 Mercury
                 ,
                 quoth
                 he
                 ,
                 it
                 cannot
                 be
                 recalled
                 ,
                 the
                 first
                 wish
                 must
                 stand
                 ;
                 and
                 hereof
                 ,
                 by
                 Mercuries
                 Boon
                 it
                 grew
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 the
                 Gentle-Craft
                 are
                 such
                 good
                 Fellows
                 and
                 Spend-thrifts
                 .
                 But
                 howsoever
                 ,
                 none
                 of
                 thes●
                 three
                 ,
                 neither
                 
                   Shoomaker
                   ,
                   Tanner
                
                 nor
                 Currier
                 shall
                 be
                 of
                 the
                 Jury
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             A
             Parcel
             of
             Gentlemen
             appear
             next
             to
             Sir
             John.
             
          
           
             
          
           
             
               As
               they
               went
               away
               with
               Fleas
               in
               their
               ears
               ,
               being
               thus
               taunted
               by
               the
               Court
               ,
               Sir
               Iohn
               saw
               coming
               to
               him
               a
               Troop
               of
               ancient
               Gentlemen
               ,
               with
               their
               Servingmen
               attending
               upon
               them
               :
               The
               foremost
               was
               a
               great
               old
               man
               with
               a
               white
               Beard
               ,
               all
               in
               Russes
               ,
               and
               a
               fair
               black
               Cloak
               on
               his
               back
               ,
               and
               attending
               on
               him
               he
               had
               some
               five
               men
               ;
               their
               Cognizance
               ,
               as
               I
               remember
               ,
               was
               a
               Peacock
               without
               a
               Tail
               ;
               the
               other
               two
               that
               accompanied
               him
               ,
               seemed
               meaner
               than
               himself
               ,
               but
               Gentlemen
               of
               good
               worship
               ;
               
               whereupon
               Sir
               Iohn
               went
               towards
               them
               ,
               and
               saluted
               them
               ,
               and
               was
               so
               bold
               as
               to
               question
               what
               they
               were
               ,
               and
               of
               their
               Business
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               the
               ancientest
               answered
               ,
               he
               was
               a
               Knight
               ,
               and
               those
               two
               his
               Neighbours
               ,
               the
               one
               an
               Esquire
               ,
               the
               other
               a
               Gentleman
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               have
               no
               urgent
               Affairs
               ,
               but
               only
               to
               walk
               abroad
               to
               take
               the
               fresh
               Air.
               Then
               did
               he
               desire
               them
               all
               to
               be
               upon
               his
               Jury
               .
            
          
           
             
               They
               smiling
               ,
               answered
               ,
               they
               were
               content
               ;
               but
               the
               Attorney
               General
               storming
               ,
               stept
               in
               ,
               and
               made
               challenge
               to
               them
               all
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               thus
               you
               may
               guess
               the
               inward
               Mind
               by
               the
               outward
               Apparel
               ;
               and
               see
               how
               he
               is
               addicted
               by
               the
               homely
               Robes
               he
               is
               suited
               in
               ;
               Why
               this
               Knight
               is
               a
               mortal
               Enemy
               to
               Honesty
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               me
               ;
               he
               regardeth
               not
               Hospitality
               ,
               yet
               aimeth
               at
               Honour
               ;
               he
               relieves
               not
               the
               poor
               ;
               you
               may
               see
               though
               his
               Lands
               and
               Revenues
               be
               great
               ,
               and
               he
               able
               to
               maintain
               himself
               in
               great
               Bravery
               ,
               yet
               he
               is
               content
               with
               home-spun
               Cloath
               ;
               he
               holdeth
               the
               worth
               of
               his
               Gentry
               to
               be
               and
               consist
               in
               Velvet-Breeches
               ,
               but
               valueth
               true
               Fame
               by
               the
               report
               of
               the
               common
               sort
               ,
               who
               praise
               him
               for
               his
               House-keeping
               and
               great
               Spendings
               .
               His
               Tenants
               and
               Farmers
               would
               if
               it
               might
               be
               
               be
               possible
               ,
               make
               him
               sink
               into
               Atoms
               with
               their
               Prayers
               and
               Praises
               ;
               he
               raiseth
               Rent
               ,
               racketh
               Lands
               ,
               taketh
               Incomes
               ,
               imposeth
               merciless
               Fines
               ,
               envies
               others
               ,
               buyeth
               Houses
               over
               his
               Neighbors
               heads
               ,
               and
               respecteth
               not
               his
               Countrey
               ,
               and
               the
               Commodity
               thereof
               ,
               as
               dear
               as
               his
               Life
               ,
               and
               therefore
               not
               fit
               to
               be
               in
               a
               Kingdom
               ;
               he
               regardeth
               not
               to
               have
               the
               needy
               fed
               ,
               not
               to
               have
               his
               Board
               garnished
               with
               full
               Platters
               ,
               he
               minds
               to
               be
               famous
               ,
               and
               great
               ,
               and
               rich
               in
               Furniture
               and
               Apparel
               :
               Nay
               ,
               he
               loveth
               Pride
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               must
               proclaim
               him
               mine
               Enemy
               ,
               and
               therefore
               he
               shall
               be
               none
               of
               the
               Jury
               ;
               and
               such
               as
               himself
               I
               guess
               the
               Squire
               and
               the
               Gentleman
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               challenge
               them
               all
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Next
             appears
             to
             Sir
             Iohn
             a
             Troop
             of
             Citizens
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               A
               Discovery
               of
               the
               Cheats
               used
               by
               Skinners
               ,
               Ioyners
               ,
               Sadlers
               ,
               Watermen
               ,
               Cutlers
               ,
               Bellows-menders
               ,
               Plaisterers
               and
               Printers
               .
            
             
               
                 As
                 Mr.
                 Attorney
                 was
                 thus
                 talking
                 ,
                 there
                 came
                 a
                 Troop
                 of
                 men
                 ,
                 in
                 apparel
                 seeming
                 poor
                 honest
                 Citizens
                 ,
                 in
                 all
                 they
                 were
                 eight
                 ;
                 he
                 demanded
                 of
                 them
                 what
                 they
                 were
                 ,
                 and
                 whither
                 they
                 were
                 going
                 ?
                 One
                 of
                 them
                 that
                 seemed
                 the
                 wealthiest
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 in
                 a
                 surr'd
                 Jacket
                 ,
                 made
                 answer
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 all
                 friends
                 ,
                 going
                 to
                 the
                 Burial
                 of
                 a
                 Neighbour
                 of
                 theirs
                 ,
                 that
                 yesternight
                 
                 died
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 it
                 would
                 do
                 Sir
                 Iohn
                 any
                 pleasure
                 to
                 hear
                 their
                 Names
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 so
                 dainty
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 would
                 ●ell
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 first
                 said
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 Skinner
                 ;
                 the
                 second
                 said
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 Joyner
                 ;
                 the
                 third
                 was
                 a
                 Sadler
                 ;
                 the
                 fourth
                 a
                 Watermam
                 ,
                 the
                 fifth
                 was
                 a
                 Cutler
                 ,
                 the
                 sixth
                 was
                 a
                 Bellows-mender
                 ,
                 the
                 seventh
                 a
                 Plaisterer
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 eighth
                 a
                 Printer
                 .
                 In
                 good
                 time
                 ,
                 quoth
                 he
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 commendable
                 when
                 Neighbors
                 love
                 so
                 well
                 together
                 ;
                 but
                 if
                 your
                 speed
                 be
                 not
                 overmuch
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 request
                 you
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 a
                 Jury
                 ;
                 they
                 seemed
                 all
                 content
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 Sir
                 Iohn
                 turned
                 to
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 and
                 asked
                 if
                 they
                 would
                 make
                 challenge
                 to
                 any
                 of
                 these
                 ?
                 I
                 scorn
                 ,
                 quoth
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 to
                 make
                 any
                 great
                 Objection
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 being
                 they
                 are
                 Mechanical
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 almost
                 hold
                 them
                 indifferent
                 :
                 With
                 that
                 up
                 starts
                 the
                 Judge
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 indifferentmen
                 ,
                 I
                 challenge
                 them
                 all
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Knavery
             of
             Skinners
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               And
               first
               with
               you
               ,
               Mr
               Skinner
               ,
               to
               whom
               I
               can
               say
               little
               ,
               but
               only
               this
               ,
               that
               whereas
               you
               should
               only
               put
               the
               Backs
               of
               Skins
               into
               Facing
               ,
               you
               taw
               them
               ,
               and
               so
               deceive
               the
               Buyer
               ;
               beside
               ,
               if
               you
               have
               some
               phantastick
               Skin
               brought
               you
               ,
               not
               worth
               two-pence
               ,
               with
               some
               strange
               Spots
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               a
               Leopard
               ,
               you
               will
               swear
               it
               is
               a
               most
               precious
               Skin
               ,
               and
               came
               from
               Musko
               ,
               or
               the
               furthest
               Part
               of
               Calabria
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Cheats
               of
               the
               Sadler
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Sadler
                 ,
                 he
                 stuffs
                 his
                 Pannels
                 with
                 Straw
                 or
                 Hay
                 ,
                 and
                 overglazeth
                 them
                 with
                 
                 Hair
                 ,
                 and
                 makes
                 the
                 Leather
                 of
                 them
                 of
                 Morts
                 ,
                 or
                 tann'd
                 Sheeps-skins
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Cheat
               of
               the
               Joyner
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Ioyner
                 ,
                 though
                 an
                 honest
                 man
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 makes
                 his
                 Joynts
                 weak
                 ,
                 and
                 putteth
                 sappy
                 wood
                 in
                 the
                 Mortises
                 ,
                 which
                 should
                 be
                 Heart
                 of
                 the
                 Tree
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 Stuff
                 tender
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Cheat
               of
               the
               Cutler
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Cutler
                 is
                 a
                 Patron
                 to
                 Ruffians
                 and
                 Swash-Bucklers
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 sell
                 them
                 a
                 Blade
                 that
                 may
                 be
                 thrust
                 into
                 a
                 Bushel
                 ;
                 but
                 to
                 a
                 poor
                 man
                 that
                 cannot
                 skill
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 he
                 sells
                 him
                 a
                 Sword
                 or
                 Rapier
                 new
                 overglazed
                 ,
                 and
                 swears
                 the
                 Blade
                 came
                 either
                 from
                 Turkey
                 ,
                 or
                 Toledo
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Knavery
             of
             the
             Watermen
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               Now
               ,
               (
               Mr.
               Waterman
               )
               you
               will
               say
               there
               is
               no
               subtilty
               in
               you
               ,
               for
               there
               is
               none
               so
               simple
               but
               knows
               your
               Fares
               ,
               and
               wha●
               is
               due
               between
               Greenwich
               and
               London
               ,
               and
               how
               you
               earn
               your
               Money
               painfully
               ,
               with
               the
               sweat
               of
               your
               Brows
               ;
               all
               this
               is
               true
               ,
               but
               let
               me
               whisper
               you
               one
               thing
               in
               your
               ear
               ,
               you
               will
               play
               the
               good-fellow
               too
               much
               if
               you
               be
               well
               greas'd
               in
               the
               Fist
               ;
               for
               if
               a
               young
               Gentleman
               and
               a
               pretty
               Wench
               come
               to
               you
               ,
               and
               say
               ,
               Waterman
               ,
               My
               friend
               and
               I
               mean
               to
               go
               by
               Water
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               merry
               a
               night
               or
               two
               ,
               and
               I
               care
               not
               which
               way
               nor
               whither
               we
               go
               ;
               and
               therefore
               where
               thou
               thinkest
               we
               may
               have
               best
               Lodging
               ,
               
               thither
               carry
               us
               :
               then
               off
               goes
               your
               Cap
               ,
               and
               away
               they
               go
               ,
               to
               Brainford
               ,
               or
               some
               other
               place
               ;
               and
               then
               you
               say
               ,
               Hostess
               ,
               I
               pray
               you
               use
               this
               Gentleman
               and
               his
               Wife
               well
               ,
               they
               are
               come
               out
               of
               London
               to
               take
               the
               Air
               ,
               and
               mean
               to
               be
               merry
               here
               a
               night
               or
               two
               ,
               and
               to
               spend
               their
               Money
               frankly
               ,
               when
               God
               wot
               they
               are
               neither
               man
               not
               wife
               ,
               nor
               of
               any
               acquaintance
               ,
               before
               their
               Match
               made
               in
               some
               Bawdy
               Tavern
               ,
               but
               you
               know
               no
               such
               matter
               ;
               and
               therefore
               Waterman
               ,
               I
               pardon
               you
               .
               And
               so
               for
               you
               Plaisterer
               and
               
                 Bellows
                 mender
              
               ,
               you
               shall
               be
               on
               the
               Iury.
               
            
          
           
             
               At
               those
               words
               of
               the
               Judge
               ,
               Sir
               Iohn
               rejoyced
               ,
               hoping
               that
               now
               quickly
               the
               Jury
               would
               be
               full
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             A
             Printer
             made
             a
             Iury
             man
             for
             his
             Indifferency
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               As
               for
               the
               Printer
               ,
               he
               cheats
               the
               Bookseller
               sometimes
               in
               working
               of
               half
               an
               Impression
               for
               himself
               ,
               when
               the
               Book-seller
               hath
               had
               his
               Number
               he
               is
               to
               pay
               for
               ;
               but
               because
               the
               Printer
               only
               doth
               thus
               to
               those
               Book-sellers
               that
               he
               thinks
               will
               never
               pay
               him
               ,
               he
               shall
               pass
               on
               the
               Jury
               as
               an
               indifferent
               honest
               man.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Cheats
             of
             the
             Brick-layers
             :
          
           
             
          
           
             
               As
               Sir
               Iohn
               lookt
               about
               him
               ,
               he
               saw
               one
               alone
               come
               running
               as
               fast
               as
               he
               could
               ;
               he
               wondred
               what
               he
               should
               be
               that
               he
               should
               make
               such
               haste
               ;
               when
               he
               came
               near
               him
               ,
               he
               told
               the
               Judge
               he
               was
               a
               good
               honest
               simple
               man
               that
               had
               been
               long
               in
               his
               work
               ,
               in
               building
               him
               a
               sumptuous
               House
               :
               I
               challenge
               him
               (
               quoth
               the
               Judge
               )
               for
               he
               is
               a
               Jugler
               ;
               for
               though
               he
               goeth
               very
               homely
               in
               Leather
               ,
               and
               hath
               his
               Ruler
               in
               his
               hand
               ,
               and
               his
               Trowel
               at
               his
               side
               ,
               and
               he
               seemeth
               not
               as
               one
               that
               was
               given
               to
               such
               qualities
               ,
               yet
               he
               hath
               his
               Policy
               ;
               when
               he
               maketh
               a
               stately
               place
               all
               glorious
               to
               the
               eye
               ,
               and
               full
               of
               fair
               Chambers
               ,
               and
               goodly
               Rooms
               ,
               and
               
               about
               his
               House
               perhaps
               some
               threescore
               Chimneys
               ,
               yet
               he
               can
               so
               cunningly
               cast
               by
               his
               Art
               ,
               that
               three
               of
               them
               shall
               not
               smoke
               in
               the
               Twelvemonth
               ,
               and
               so
               spoils
               he
               much
               good
               Mortar
               and
               Brick
               .
            
          
           
             
               Why
               ,
               quoth
               Sir
               Iohn
               ,
               the
               Fault
               is
               not
               in
               the
               Workman
               ,
               but
               the
               House-keeper
               ;
               for
               now
               adays
               men
               build
               to
               please
               the
               Eye
               ,
               not
               to
               profit
               the
               poor
               ,
               they
               use
               no
               Rost
               ,
               but
               for
               themselves
               and
               their
               Houshold
               ;
               nor
               no
               Fire
               ,
               but
               a
               little
               Court-Chimney
               in
               their
               own
               Chamber
               :
               How
               can
               the
               poor
               Bricklayer
               then
               be
               blamed
               ,
               when
               the
               niggardliness
               if
               the
               Lord
               and
               Master
               ,
               is
               the
               Cause
               no
               more
               Chimnies
               do
               smoke
               ?
               For
               would
               they
               use
               ancient
               Hospitality
               as
               their
               Forefathers
               did
               ,
               and
               value
               as
               lightly
               of
               Pride
               ,
               as
               their
               great
               Grandfathers
               ,
               then
               should
               you
               fee
               every
               Chimney
               in
               the
               House
               smoke
               ,
               and
               prove
               that
               the
               poor
               Artificer
               had
               done
               his
               part
               .
               Why
               then
               (
               quoth
               the
               Judge
               )
               as
               you
               please
               ,
               admit
               him
               on
               the
               Quest.
               
            
          
           
             
               But
               what
               be
               those
               (
               qouth
               the
               Judge
               )
               that
               come
               here
               so
               soberly
               ?
               I
               hope
               they
               be
               honest
               men
               ,
               for
               they
               look
               d●m●re
               ;
               I
               will
               enquire
               ,
               said
               he
               ;
               and
               with
               that
               ,
               stepping
               to
               them
               ,
               he
               demanded
               their
               Names
               ;
               and
               very
               courteously
               one
               said
               he
               was
               a
               Brewer
               ,
               the
               other
               a
               Butcher
               ,
               the
               third
               a
               Baker
               ,
               and
               the
               fourth
               a
               Victualer
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Hearing
               what
               they
               were
               ,
               the
               Judge
               was
               glad
               ,
               guessing
               ,
               since
               they
               were
               so
               honest
               substantial
               men
               ,
               that
               they
               would
               help
               to
               make
               up
               the
               Jury
               .
            
          
           
             
               When
               he
               had
               said
               so
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Fraud
              
               ,
               with
               a
               grim
               and
               sow●
               cou●tenance
               ,
               gave
               them
               this
               Challenge
               :
               I
               hold
               it
               not
               necessary
               (
               quoth
               he
               )
               that
               these
               have
               any
               thing
               to
               deal
               in
               my
               Cause
               ,
               since
               I
               am
               at
               odds
               with
               them
               all
               ,
               at
               least
               in
               forty
               pounds
               apiece
               ;
               for
               this
               seven
               year
               have
               I
               been
               indebted
               unto
               them
               for
               Bread
               ,
               B●●f
               ,
               Beer
               ,
               and
               other
               Victuals
               ;
               then
               since
               they
               have
               credited
               me
               long
               ,
               and
               I
               have
               had
               so
               little
               a
               care
               to
               pay
               them
               ,
               I
               doubt
               now
               they
               will
               revenge
               themselves
               ,
               and
               pass
               against
               me
               in
               the
               Verdict
               .
               Nay
               (
               quoth
               the
               Judge
               )
               rather
               will
               they
               hold
               on
               your
               part
               ;
               for
               if
               they
               be
               honest
               wise
               men
               (
               as
               they
               seem
               to
               be
               )
               they
               will
               be
               careful
               of
               your
               pre●erment
               ,
               seeing
               the
               more
               highly
               you
               are
               advanc'd
               ,
               the
               more
               they
               are
               like
               to
               come
               by
               their
               own
               :
               if
               therefore
               you
               can
               object
               no
               other
               points
               of
               Dishonesty
               against
               them
               ,
               I
               see
               no
               reason
               why
               they
               should
               be
               put
               by
               .
               If
               you
               do
               not
               ?
               (
               quoth
               Sir
               Iohn
               )
               I
               do
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               prove
               them
               un●it
               to
               have
               any
               dealings
               here
               ;
               and
               first
               for
               the
               Butcher
               :
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Knavery
             of
             the
             Butcher
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               I
               pray
               you
               Goodman
               Kill-Calf
               ,
               what
               havock
               play
               you
               with
               puffing
               up
               of
               meat
               ,
               and
               blowing
               with
               your
               Pricker
               as
               you
               slay
               it
               ?
               have
               you
               not
               your
               artificial
               Knaveries
               to
               set
               out
               your
               meat
               with
               pricks
               ,
               and
               then
               swear
               he
               hath
               more
               for
               money
               than
               ever
               you
               bought
               :
               to
               sell
               a
               piece
               of
               an
               old
               Cow
               ,
               for
               a
               chop
               of
               young
               Ox
               ;
               to
               wash
               your
               old
               meat
               that
               hath
               hung
               waltring
               in
               the
               shop
               ,
               with
               new
               blood
               ,
               to
               truss
               away
               an
               old
               Ewe
               ,
               instead
               of
               a
               young
               Weather
               :
               and
               although
               you
               know
               it
               is
               hurtful
               ,
               and
               forbidden
               by
               the
               statues
               to
               slay
               your
               Hides
               ,
               skins
               ,
               backs
               ,
               
               with
               cuts
               and
               flashes
               ,
               to
               the
               improverishing
               of
               the
               poor
               Shoemaker
               when
               he
               buyes
               it
               :
               yet
               I
               pray
               you
               how
               many
               slaughters
               do
               you
               make
               in
               a
               poor
               Calves
               skin
               ?
               Oh
               Butcher
               ,
               a
               Long
               Lent
               be
               your
               punishment
               :
               for
               you
               make
               no
               Conscience
               in
               deceiving
               the
               poor
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Knavery
               of
               the
               Brewer
               .
            
             
               
                 And
                 you
                 Brewer
                 ,
                 that
                 grow
                 to
                 be
                 worth
                 forty
                 thousand
                 pounds
                 by
                 selling
                 of
                 sodden
                 water
                 ,
                 what
                 subtilty
                 have
                 you
                 in
                 making
                 your
                 Beer
                 ,
                 to
                 spare
                 the
                 Malt
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 in
                 more
                 of
                 the
                 hop
                 to
                 make
                 your
                 drink
                 (
                 be
                 Barly
                 never
                 so
                 cheap
                 )
                 not
                 a
                 whit
                 the
                 stronger
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 sell
                 never
                 a
                 whit
                 the
                 more
                 measure
                 for
                 money
                 ;
                 you
                 can
                 ,
                 when
                 you
                 have
                 taken
                 all
                 the
                 heart
                 of
                 the
                 Malt
                 away
                 ,
                 then
                 clap
                 on
                 store
                 of
                 water
                 ;
                 't
                 is
                 cheap
                 enough
                 ,
                 and
                 mash
                 out
                 a
                 tunning
                 of
                 small
                 Beer
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 scours
                 a
                 mans
                 maw
                 like
                 Rhenish
                 wine
                 ;
                 in
                 your
                 Conscience
                 how
                 many
                 Barrels
                 draw
                 you
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 quarter
                 of
                 Malt
                 ?
                 sie
                 ,
                 sie
                 ,
                 I
                 conceal
                 your
                 falshood
                 ,
                 lest
                 I
                 should
                 be
                 too
                 broad
                 in
                 setting
                 down
                 your
                 faults
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Knavery
             of
             the
             Baker
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               And
               for
               you
               ,
               Goodman
               Baker
               ,
               you
               that
               love
               to
               be
               seen
               in
               the
               open
               Market-place
               upon
               the
               Pillory
               ,
               the
               world
               cryes
               out
               of
               your
               wiliness
               ,
               you
               crave
               but
               one
               dear
               year
               to
               make
               your
               Daughter
               a
               Gentlewoman
               :
               you
               buy
               your
               Corn
               at
               the
               best
               hand
               ,
               and
               yet
               will
               not
               be
               content
               to
               make
               your
               bread
               weight
               by
               many
               ounces
               :
               you
               put
               in
               Yest
               ,
               and
               Salt
               ,
               to
               make
               it
               heavy
               ,
               and
               yet
               all
               your
               policy
               cannot
               make
               it
               ,
               but
               you
               sine
               for
               the
               Pillory
               .
               The
               poor
               cry
               out
               ,
               the
               rich
               find
               fault
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               Mayor
               and
               the
               Sheriffs
               ,
               like
               Honourable
               and
               Worshipful
               Magistrates
               ,
               every
               day
               walk
               abroad
               ,
               and
               weigh
               your
               Bread
               ,
               and
               all
               will
               not
               serve
               to
               make
               you
               honest
               men
               :
               but
               were
               extremity
               
               used
               ,
               and
               the
               Statute
               put
               in
               the
               highest
               degree
               in
               practise
               ,
               you
               would
               have
               as
               few
               ears
               of
               your
               heads
               ,
               as
               the
               Collier
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Knavery
               of
               the
               Tapsters
               .
            
             
               
                 Last
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 
                   Tom
                   Tapster
                
                 ,
                 that
                 tap
                 your
                 small
                 cans
                 of
                 Beer
                 to
                 the
                 poor
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 fill
                 them
                 half
                 full
                 of
                 froth
                 ,
                 that
                 card
                 your
                 Beer
                 (
                 if
                 you
                 see
                 your
                 Guests
                 begin
                 to
                 be
                 drunk
                 )
                 half
                 small
                 ,
                 and
                 strong
                 ;
                 you
                 cannot
                 be
                 content
                 to
                 pinch
                 them
                 with
                 your
                 small
                 pots
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 Ostry
                 Faggots
                 ;
                 but
                 have
                 your
                 Truggs
                 ,
                 to
                 draw
                 men
                 on
                 to
                 Villany
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 bring
                 Customers
                 to
                 your
                 house
                 ,
                 where
                 you
                 sell
                 a
                 joint
                 of
                 meat
                 for
                 twelve
                 pence
                 ,
                 that
                 cost
                 you
                 scarce
                 fix
                 :
                 and
                 if
                 any
                 chance
                 to
                 go
                 on
                 the
                 score
                 ,
                 you
                 score
                 him
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 is
                 asleep
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 up
                 a
                 Groat
                 a
                 day
                 more
                 than
                 he
                 hath
                 ,
                 to
                 find
                 you
                 drinking
                 pots
                 with
                 your
                 Companions
                 .
                 To
                 be
                 short
                 ,
                 thou
                 art
                 a
                 Knave
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 like
                 not
                 of
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 the
                 way
                 lies
                 before
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 you
                 may
                 be
                 gone
                 ,
                 for
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 none
                 of
                 the
                 Quest.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Judge
                 hearing
                 this
                 smiled
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 I
                 see
                 Rogues
                 among
                 themselves
                 can
                 never
                 agree
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Judge
                 was
                 thus
                 speaking
                 ,
                 Sir
                 Iohn
                 saw
                 five
                 fat
                 Fellows
                 ,
                 all
                 in
                 Damas●
                 ▪
                 Coats
                 ,
                 and
                 Gowns
                 welted
                 with
                 Velvet
                 ,
                 very
                 
                 brave
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 great
                 consultation
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 they
                 were
                 to
                 determine
                 of
                 some
                 weighty
                 matter
                 .
                 Drawing
                 near
                 ,
                 he
                 saw
                 they
                 were
                 wealthy
                 Citizens
                 :
                 so
                 he
                 went
                 ,
                 and
                 reverently
                 saluted
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 told
                 them
                 how
                 he
                 needed
                 their
                 aid
                 ,
                 about
                 his
                 Jury
                 ;
                 they
                 were
                 contented
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Judge
                 excepted
                 against
                 four
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 none
                 of
                 his
                 friends
                 ;
                 that
                 was
                 the
                 Merchant
                 ,
                 Goldsmith
                 ,
                 Mercer
                 ,
                 and
                 Draper
                 .
                 His
                 allegations
                 were
                 these
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 all
                 feathered
                 of
                 one
                 wing
                 ,
                 to
                 fetch
                 in
                 young
                 Gentlemen
                 by
                 commodities
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 colour
                 of
                 lending
                 of
                 money
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Knavery
             of
             the
             Merchant
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               For
               the
               Merchant
               ,
               he
               delivered
               Iron
               ,
               Tin
               ,
               Lead
               ,
               Hops
               ,
               Sugars
               ,
               Spices
               ,
               Oyls
               ,
               brown
               Paper
               ,
               or
               whatsoever
               else
               ,
               from
               six
               months
               to
               six
               months
               ;
               which
               when
               the
               poor
               Gentleman
               came
               to
               sell
               again
               ,
               he
               could
               not
               make
               threescore
               and
               ten
               in
               the
               hundred
               beside
               the
               usury
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Knavery
               of
               the
               Mercer
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Mercer
                 ,
                 he
                 followeth
                 the
                 young
                 upstart
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 that
                 hath
                 no
                 Government
                 of
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 fe●deth
                 his
                 humour
                 to
                 
                 go
                 brave
                 ;
                 he
                 shall
                 not
                 want
                 Silks
                 ,
                 Sattins
                 ,
                 Velvets
                 ,
                 to
                 prank
                 abroad
                 in
                 his
                 pomp
                 ;
                 but
                 with
                 this
                 proviso
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 must
                 bind
                 over
                 his
                 Land
                 in
                 a
                 Statute-Merchant
                 ,
                 or
                 Staple
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 at
                 last
                 forfeit
                 all
                 unto
                 the
                 merciless
                 Mercer
                 ,
                 and
                 leave
                 himself
                 never
                 a
                 foot
                 of
                 ground
                 in
                 England
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 reason
                 ,
                 that
                 for
                 a
                 few
                 remnants
                 of
                 Velvets
                 ,
                 and
                 Silks
                 ,
                 the
                 Mercer
                 creepeth
                 into
                 whole
                 Lordships
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Knavery
               of
               the
               Goldsmith
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Goldsmith
                 is
                 not
                 behind
                 ;
                 for
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 deal
                 with
                 Usury
                 ,
                 and
                 let
                 young
                 Gentlemen
                 have
                 Commodities
                 of
                 Plate
                 ,
                 for
                 ten
                 in
                 the
                 hundred
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 must
                 lose
                 the
                 fashion
                 in
                 selling
                 it
                 again
                 (
                 which
                 cuts
                 them
                 sore
                 )
                 beside
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 skill'd
                 in
                 Alcumie
                 ,
                 and
                 can
                 temper
                 mettals
                 shroudly
                 ,
                 with
                 no
                 little
                 profit
                 to
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 disadvantage
                 to
                 the
                 buyer
                 ;
                 beside
                 ,
                 puft
                 rings
                 and
                 quaint
                 conceits
                 which
                 I
                 omit
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Knavery
               of
               the
               Draper
               .
            
             
               
                 And
                 for
                 you
                 Draper
                 ,
                 he
                 fetcheth
                 them
                 off
                 for
                 Liverie
                 Cloth
                 ,
                 and
                 Cloth
                 for
                 six
                 months
                 and
                 six
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 hath
                 he
                 more
                 knacks
                 in
                 his
                 budget
                 ;
                 for
                 he
                 hath
                 so
                 dark
                 a
                 shop
                 ,
                 that
                 no
                 
                 man
                 can
                 well
                 chuse
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 Cloth
                 ,
                 it
                 so
                 shadows
                 the
                 Dye
                 and
                 the
                 Thred
                 ,
                 a
                 man
                 shall
                 be
                 deceived
                 in
                 the
                 wool
                 and
                 the
                 nap
                 ,
                 they
                 cause
                 the
                 Cloth-worker
                 so
                 to
                 press
                 them
                 ;
                 beside
                 ,
                 he
                 imposeth
                 this
                 charge
                 to
                 the
                 Cloth-worker
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 draw
                 his
                 Cloth
                 ,
                 and
                 pull
                 it
                 passing
                 hard
                 when
                 he
                 sets
                 it
                 upon
                 the
                 Tenters
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 have
                 it
                 full
                 breadth
                 and
                 length
                 ,
                 till
                 thread
                 and
                 all
                 tear
                 and
                 rent
                 a
                 pieces
                 :
                 what
                 care
                 they
                 for
                 that
                 ?
                 have
                 they
                 not
                 a
                 Drawer
                 to
                 serve
                 their
                 turn
                 ;
                 to
                 draw
                 and
                 seam
                 up
                 the
                 holes
                 so
                 cunningly
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 shall
                 never
                 be
                 espyed
                 ?
                 My self
                 hath
                 seen
                 in
                 one
                 broad
                 Cloth
                 eighteen
                 score
                 holes
                 torn
                 ,
                 rackt
                 and
                 pull'd
                 by
                 the
                 Cloth-worker
                 only
                 to
                 please
                 the
                 Draper
                 ,
                 and
                 deceive
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 .
                 To
                 be
                 short
                 ,
                 the
                 Cloth-worker
                 ,
                 what
                 with
                 rowing
                 and
                 setting
                 on
                 a
                 fine
                 nap
                 ,
                 with
                 powdring
                 it
                 and
                 pressing
                 it
                 ,
                 with
                 sheering
                 the
                 wool
                 to
                 the
                 proof
                 of
                 the
                 thread
                 ,
                 deal
                 so
                 cunningly
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 prove
                 themselves
                 the
                 Drapers
                 Ministers
                 to
                 execute
                 his
                 subtilties
                 :
                 therefore
                 if
                 he
                 chance
                 to
                 come
                 ,
                 let
                 him
                 be
                 remembred
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Knavery
               of
               the
               Vintner
               .
            
             
               
                 And
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 Vintner
                 I
                 hold
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 as
                 deceitful
                 as
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 ;
                 for
                 he
                 is
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 Negromancer
                 ,
                 for
                 at
                 midnight
                 ,
                 when
                 
                 all
                 men
                 are
                 in
                 bed
                 ,
                 then
                 he
                 ,
                 forsooth
                 ,
                 falls
                 to
                 his
                 charms
                 and
                 spells
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 he
                 tumbles
                 one
                 Hogshead
                 into
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 can
                 make
                 a
                 cup
                 of
                 Claret
                 that
                 hath
                 lost
                 his
                 colour
                 ,
                 look
                 high
                 with
                 a
                 dash
                 of
                 red
                 wine
                 at
                 his
                 pleasure
                 .
                 If
                 he
                 hath
                 a
                 strong
                 Gascoin
                 Wine
                 for
                 fear
                 it
                 should
                 make
                 his
                 ghests
                 too
                 soon
                 drunk
                 ,
                 he
                 can
                 allay
                 it
                 with
                 a
                 small
                 Rochel
                 Wine
                 ,
                 he
                 can
                 cherish
                 up
                 white
                 wine
                 ,
                 with
                 Sack
                 ;
                 and
                 perhaps
                 if
                 you
                 bid
                 him
                 wash
                 the
                 pot
                 clean
                 when
                 he
                 goes
                 to
                 draw
                 you
                 a
                 quart
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 he
                 will
                 leave
                 a
                 little
                 Water
                 in
                 the
                 bottom
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 draw
                 it
                 full
                 of
                 wine
                 .
                 And
                 what
                 if
                 he
                 do
                 ?
                 t
                 is
                 no
                 harm
                 ,
                 wine
                 and
                 water
                 is
                 good
                 against
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 the
                 Liver
                 .
                 It
                 were
                 infinite
                 to
                 rehearse
                 the
                 juggling
                 of
                 Vintners
                 ,
                 the
                 disorder
                 of
                 their
                 houses
                 ,
                 especially
                 of
                 the
                 persons
                 that
                 frequent
                 them
                 and
                 therefore
                 seeing
                 the
                 Merchant
                 ,
                 Goldsmith
                 ,
                 Mercer
                 and
                 Draper
                 be
                 put
                 by
                 ,
                 the
                 Vinter
                 shall
                 go
                 with
                 them
                 for
                 company
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 As
                 these
                 were
                 going
                 away
                 in
                 a
                 snuff
                 ,
                 for
                 being
                 thus
                 plainly
                 taunted
                 ,
                 Sir
                 Iohn
                 saw
                 a
                 mad
                 merry
                 crew
                 come
                 leaping
                 over
                 the
                 field
                 as
                 frolickly
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 they
                 ought
                 not
                 all
                 the
                 world
                 two
                 pence
                 ;
                 and
                 drawing
                 nearer
                 he
                 did
                 perceive
                 ,
                 that
                 either
                 Bottle
                 Ale
                 or
                 Beer
                 had
                 made
                 a
                 fray
                 with
                 them
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 lifting
                 of
                 their
                 feet
                 shewed
                 the
                 lightness
                 of
                 their
                 heads
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             A
             Tantivee-Parson
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               The
               foremost
               was
               a
               plain
               Country
               Sir
               Iohn
               ,
               or
               Vicar
               ,
               that
               proclaimed
               by
               the
               redness
               of
               his
               Nose
               ,
               he
               did
               oftner
               go
               into
               the
               Alehouse
               ,
               than
               the
               Pulpit
               ;
               and
               him
               Sir
               Iohn
               asked
               what
               they
               were
               ,
               and
               whether
               they
               were
               going
               ?
               What
               are
               you
               ,
               quoth
               the
               Priest
               ,
               that
               stand
               by
               the
               high
               way
               to
               examine
               me
               and
               my
               friends
               ?
               here
               's
               none
               in
               my
               Company
               ,
               but
               are
               able
               to
               answer
               for
               themselves
               ,
               he
               seeing
               they
               were
               all
               set
               on
               a
               merry
               pin
               ,
               told
               the
               cause
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               that
               he
               needed
               them
               to
               be
               of
               the
               Quest.
               Marry
               (
               quoth
               Sir
               Iohn
               )
               a
               good
               motion
               ;
               know
               these
               all
               are
               my
               Parishioners
               ,
               and
               we
               have
               been
               drinking
               with
               a
               poor
               man
               ,
               and
               spending
               
               our
               money
               with
               him
               ;
               a
               neighbour
               of
               ours
               ,
               that
               hath
               lost
               a
               Cow.
               Now
               for
               our
               names
               ,
               and
               our
               Trades
               ,
               this
               is
               a
               Smith
               ,
               the
               second
               a
               Weaver
               ,
               the
               third
               a
               Miller
               ,
               the
               fourth
               a
               Cook
               ;
               the
               fifth
               a
               Carpenter
               ,
               the
               sixth
               a
               Glover
               ,
               the
               seventh
               a
               Pedlar
               ,
               the
               eight
               a
               Tinkar
               ,
               the
               ninth
               a
               Waterbearer
               ;
               the
               tenth
               a
               Husbandman
               ;
               the
               eleventh
               a
               Dyer
               ,
               and
               the
               twelfth
               a
               Saylor
               ,
               and
               I
               the
               Vicar
               or
               Parson
               which
               you
               please
               to
               call
               me
               ;
               How
               could
               you
               Sir
               ,
               have
               a
               fitter
               Jury
               than
               me
               ,
               and
               my
               Parishioners
               ?
            
          
           
             
               You
               are
               a
               little
               too
               brief
               (
               quoth
               Sir
               Iohn
               )
               for
               you
               are
               a
               Fellow
               that
               raiseth
               up
               new
               Schisms
               ,
               and
               Heresies
               and
               Divisions
               among
               your
               People
               ,
               and
               the
               world
               was
               never
               in
               quiet
               ,
               Devotion
               ,
               Neighbourhood
               and
               Hospitality
               never
               flourished
               in
               this
               Land
               since
               such
               upstart
               Boys
               ,
               and
               shittle-witted
               Fools
               becam
               of
               the
               Ministry
               ;
               you
               preach
               Faith
               ,
               and
               say
               that
               doing
               of
               Alms
               is
               Papistry
               ;
               but
               you
               have
               taught
               so
               long
               ,
               
                 Fid●s
                 solum
                 ju●●ific●t
              
               ,
               that
               you
               have
               preached
               good
               Works
               quite
               out
               of
               your
               Parish
               ;
               a
               poor
               man
               shall
               assoon
               break
               his
               N●ck
               as
               his
               Fast
               at
               a
               rich
               mans
               do●r
               .
            
          
           
             
               Alas
               Sir
               Iohn
               ,
               you
               are
               mistaken
               ,
               for
               ,
               my
               friend
               ,
               though
               indeed
               I
               am
               none
               of
               the
               best
               Scholars
               ,
               yet
               I
               can
               re●d
               a
               Homily
               every
               Sunday
               and
               Holiday
               ,
               and
               keep
               company
               
               with
               my
               Neighbors
               ,
               and
               go
               to
               the
               Alehouse
               with
               them
               ,
               and
               if
               they
               be
               fallen
               out
               ,
               spend
               my
               Money
               to
               make
               them
               friends
               ;
               and
               on
               Sundays
               sometime
               ,
               if
               good
               Fellowship
               call
               me
               away
               ,
               I
               say
               both
               Morning
               and
               Evening
               Prayer
               at
               once
               ,
               and
               so
               let
               them
               have
               a
               whole
               Afternoon
               to
               play
               in
               .
               This
               is
               my
               Life
               ,
               I
               spend
               my
               Living
               with
               my
               Parishioners
               ;
               I
               seek
               to
               do
               all
               good
               ,
               and
               I
               offer
               no
               man
               harm
               .
               Well
               (
               quoth
               Sir
               Iohn
               )
               then
               I
               warrant
               thou
               art
               an
               honest
               Vicar
               ,
               and
               therefore
               stand
               by
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               be
               one
               of
               the
               Quest.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             No
             Cheat
             in
             the
             
             Smith's
             Profession
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               And
               as
               for
               you
               ,
               Smith
               ,
               I
               see
               no
               great
               fault
               in
               you
               ;
               you
               earn
               your
               Living
               with
               
               the
               Sweat
               of
               your
               Brows
               ,
               and
               there
               can
               be
               no
               great
               Knavery
               in
               you
               ;
               only
               I
               would
               have
               you
               to
               mend
               your
               life
               for
               drinking
               ,
               since
               you
               are
               never
               at
               quiet
               unless
               the
               Pot
               be
               still
               at
               your
               Nose
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Knavery
               of
               the
               Weaver
               .
            
             
               
                 But
                 you
                 ,
                 Weaver
                 ,
                 the
                 Proverb
                 puts
                 you
                 down
                 for
                 a
                 crafty
                 Knave
                 ,
                 you
                 can
                 filch
                 and
                 steal
                 almost
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 Taylor
                 ;
                 your
                 Woof
                 and
                 Warp
                 is
                 so
                 cunningly
                 drawn
                 out
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 plague
                 the
                 poor
                 Countrey
                 Huswives
                 for
                 their
                 Yarn
                 ,
                 and
                 dawb
                 on
                 so
                 much
                 Dregs
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 make
                 it
                 seem
                 both
                 well
                 wrought
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 bear
                 weight
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 slenderly
                 woven
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 have
                 stollen
                 a
                 quarter
                 of
                 it
                 from
                 the
                 poor
                 Wife
                 .
                 Away
                 ,
                 be
                 packing
                 ,
                 for
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 cashier'd
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Miller
             and
             Weav●r
             shake
             hands
          
           
             
          
           
             
               What
               Miller
               ,
               shake
               hands
               with
               your
               Brother
               the
               Weaver
               for
               Knavery
               ;
               you
               can
               take
               Toll
               twice
               ,
               and
               have
               false
               Hoppers
               to
               convey
               away
               the
               poor
               mans
               Meal
               :
               Be
               gone
               ,
               I
               love
               not
               your
               dusty
               looks
               ?
            
          
           
             
               The
               Cheats
               of
               the
               Cooks
               .
            
             
               
                 And
                 for
                 Company
                 ,
                 Goodman
                 Cook
                 ,
                 go
                 with
                 them
                 ;
                 for
                 you
                 cozen
                 the
                 poor
                 men
                 and
                 Countrey
                 Termers
                 with
                 your
                 silthy
                 meat
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 buy
                 of
                 the
                 worst
                 and
                 cheapest
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 bad
                 enough
                 for
                 Dogs
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 so
                 powder
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 parboil
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 will
                 sell
                 it
                 to
                 some
                 honest
                 poor
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 
                 unreasonably
                 too
                 .
                 If
                 you
                 leave
                 any
                 Meat
                 over-night
                 ,
                 you
                 make
                 a
                 shift
                 to
                 heat
                 it
                 again
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 .
                 Nay
                 ,
                 if
                 on
                 the
                 Thursday
                 at
                 night
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 left
                 ,
                 you
                 make
                 Pies
                 of
                 it
                 on
                 Sunday
                 Morning
                 ,
                 and
                 almost
                 ,
                 with
                 your
                 slovenly
                 Knavery
                 poison
                 the
                 poor
                 people
                 .
                 To
                 be
                 short
                 ,
                 I
                 brook
                 you
                 not
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 be
                 walking
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 the
                 
                   Carpenter
                   ,
                   Glover
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Water-bearer
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Husbandman
                   ,
                   Dier
                
                 and
                 Saylor
                 ,
                 since
                 your
                 Trades
                 have
                 but
                 petty
                 ●lights
                 stand
                 you
                 with
                 Mr.
                 Vicar
                 ,
                 you
                 are
                 like
                 to
                 help
                 to
                 give
                 in
                 the
                 Verdict
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Tinkers
             and
             Pedlars
             Knavery
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               But
               for
               the
               Pedlar
               and
               the
               Tinker
               ,
               they
               are
               two
               notable
               Knaves
               ,
               both
               of
               a
               hair
               ,
               
               and
               both
               Cousin-germains
               to
               the
               Devil
               .
               For
               the
               Tinker
               ,
               why
               he
               is
               a
               drowsie
               ,
               bawdy
               ,
               drunken
               Companion
               ,
               that
               walks
               up
               and
               down
               with
               a
               Trugg
               after
               him
               ,
               and
               in
               stopping
               one
               hole
               ,
               makes
               three
               ;
               and
               is
               in
               convenient
               place
               ,
               he
               meets
               with
               one
               alone
               ,
               perhaps
               rifles
               him
               or
               her
               of
               all
               that
               ever
               they
               have
               ;
               a
               base
               Knave
               ,
               without
               fear
               of
               God
               ,
               or
               love
               to
               any
               one
               but
               his
               Whore
               ,
               and
               to
               himself
               .
               The
               Pedlar
               as
               bad
               ,
               or
               rather
               worse
               ,
               walketh
               the
               Countrey
               with
               his
               Doxy
               at
               the
               least
               ,
               if
               he
               have
               not
               too
               his
               Morts
               Dels
               ,
               and
               
                 Autem
                 Morts
              
               ;
               he
               passeth
               commonly
               through
               every
               pair
               of
               Stocks
               ,
               either
               for
               his
               Drunkenness
               ,
               or
               his
               Lechery
               .
               And
               beside
               ,
               it
               is
               reported
               you
               can
               lift
               or
               nip
               a
               Bung
               like
               a
               
                 guire
                 Cove
              
               ;
               if
               you
               want
               pence
               ,
               and
               that
               you
               carry
               your
               Pack
               but
               for
               a
               colour
               to
               shadow
               your
               other
               Villanies
               .
               Well
               ,
               howsoever
               ,
               you
               are
               both
               Knaves
               ,
               and
               so
               be
               jogging
               .
               Well
               ,
               at
               last
               ,
               quoth
               the
               Judge
               ,
               I
               suppose
               ,
               Sir
               Iohn
               ,
               your
               Jury
               is
               almost
               full
               ;
               I
               believe
               you
               want
               not
               above
               three
               or
               four
               persons
               ;
               look
               you
               yonder
               where
               they
               come
               to
               make
               up
               the
               Number
               ;
               and
               they
               should
               be
               men
               of
               good
               Disposition
               ,
               for
               they
               seem
               to
               be
               all
               Countrimen
               of
               Vtopia
               .
               Assoon
               as
               they
               came
               close
               ,
               Sir
               Iohn
               met
               them
               ,
               and
               told
               them
               the
               Matter
               ,
               and
               they
               were
               content
               to
               be
               of
               
               the
               Jury
               .
               The
               one
               said
               he
               was
               a
               Grasier
               ,
               the
               other
               a
               Farmer
               ,
               the
               other
               a
               Shepherd
               to
               them
               both
               .
               What
               think
               you
               of
               these
               three
               ,
               quoth
               Sir
               Iohn
               ?
               Marry
               ,
               saith
               the
               Judge
               ,
               two
               of
               them
               are
               honest
               men
               ,
               but
               the
               other
               is
               a
               base
               Knave
               ;
               but
               't
               is
               no
               matter
               ,
               shuffle
               him
               in
               amongst
               the
               rest
               .
               Nay
               ,
               by
               your
               leave
               ,
               quoth
               Mr.
               Attorney
               ,
               I
               will
               shuffle
               out
               these
               two
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               the
               very
               Cormorants
               of
               the
               Countrey
               ,
               and
               devour
               the
               poor
               people
               with
               their
               monstrous
               exaction
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Cheats
               used
               by
               the
               Grasier
               .
            
             
               
                 And
                 first
                 I
                 alledge
                 against
                 the
                 Grasier
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 forestalleth
                 Pastures
                 and
                 Medow
                 grounds
                 for
                 the
                 feeding
                 of
                 his
                 Cattel
                 ,
                 and
                 wringeth
                 Leases
                 of
                 them
                 out
                 of
                 poor
                 mens
                 hands
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 his
                 buying
                 of
                 Cattel
                 ,
                 he
                 committeth
                 great
                 Usury
                 ;
                 for
                 it
                 it
                 prove
                 a
                 wet
                 year
                 ,
                 then
                 he
                 maketh
                 havock
                 ,
                 and
                 selleth
                 dear
                 ;
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 a
                 dry
                 year
                 ,
                 then
                 he
                 buyeth
                 cheap
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 having
                 Pasture
                 ,
                 keeps
                 them
                 till
                 he
                 may
                 come
                 to
                 his
                 own
                 price
                 ;
                 he
                 knoweth
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 Butcher
                 by
                 the
                 feed
                 of
                 a
                 Bullock
                 ,
                 how
                 much
                 Tallow
                 he
                 will
                 yield
                 ,
                 what
                 his
                 Quarters
                 will
                 amount
                 unto●
                 what
                 the
                 Tanner
                 will
                 give
                 for
                 the
                 Hide
                 ;
                 Nay
                 ,
                 what
                 the
                 Sowse-wives
                 were
                 able
                 to
                 make
                 of
                 the
                 Inwards
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 he
                 sells
                 it
                 so
                 
                 dear
                 to
                 the
                 Butcher
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 can
                 scarce
                 live
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 what
                 subtilty
                 the
                 Butcher
                 useth
                 ,
                 cometh
                 from
                 the
                 Grasier
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 I
                 exempt
                 him
                 from
                 the
                 Quest
                 as
                 a
                 bad
                 Member
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 ill
                 Friend
                 to
                 Justice
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Cheats
             used
             by
             the
             Farmer
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               And
               for
               you
               Mr.
               Farmer
               ,
               you
               know
               how
               through
               you
               covetous
               Landlords
               raise
               their
               Rents
               ;
               for
               if
               a
               poor
               man
               have
               but
               a
               Plough-Land
               ,
               if
               you
               see
               his
               Pastures
               bear
               good
               Grass
               ,
               and
               his
               arable
               ground
               ,
               good
               Corn
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               prospereth
               and
               goeth
               forward
               on
               it
               ,
               and
               provideth
               and
               maintaineth
               his
               Wife
               and
               Servants
               honestly
               ,
               then
               ,
            
          
           
             
               Invidus
               alterius
               rebus
               macrescit
               opimis
               ,
            
             
               Vicinumque
               pecus
               grandius
               uber
               habet
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Then
               straight
               Envy
               pricks
               the
               Farmer
               forward
               ,
               and
               he
               bids
               the
               Landlord
               far
               more
               than
               the
               poor
               man
               pays
               yearly
               for
               it
               ;
               so
               that
               if
               it
               be
               a
               Tenant
               at
               will
               ,
               he
               puts
               him
               out
               to
               beg
               in
               the
               Street
               ;
               or
               when
               his
               Lease
               comes
               out
               ,
               he
               overloads
               him
               in
               the
               Fine
               ,
               and
               thus
               blood-sucketh
               he
               the
               poor
               of
               his
               own
               private
               profit
               .
               Besides
               ,
               the
               base
               Chuff
               ;
               if
               he
               sees
               a
               forward
               Year
               ,
               and
               that
               corn
               is
               like
               to
               be
               plenty
               ,
               then
               he
               murmureth
               against
               God
               ,
               and
               sweareth
               and
               protesteth
               he
               shall
               be
               undone
               ,
               respecting
               more
               the
               filling
               of
               his
               own
               Co●●ers
               by
               a
               Dearth
               than
               the
               profit
               of
               his
               Countrey
               by
               a
               general
               Plenty
               .
               Beside
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               may
               it
               please
               you
               ,
               when
               new
               Corn
               comes
               into
               the
               Market
               ,
               who
               brings
               it
               in
               to
               relieve
               the
               State
               ?
               Not
               your
               Mastership
               ,
               but
               the
               poor
               Husbandman
               ,
               that
               wants
               Pence
               :
               For
               you
               keep
               it
               till
               the
               back
               end
               of
               the
               Year
               ;
               nay
               ,
               you
               have
               your
               Garners
               which
               have
               Corn
               of
               two
               or
               three
               Years
               old
               ,
               upon
               hopes
               still
               of
               a
               dear
               Year
               ,
               rather
               letting
               the
               Weasels
               eat
               it
               ,
               than
               the
               poor
               should
               have
               it
               at
               any
               reasonable
               price
               .
               So
               that
               I
               conclude
               ,
               You
               are
               a
               Cormorant
               of
               the
               Commonwealth
               ,
               and
               a
               Wretch
               that
               lives
               of
               the
               spoil
               of
               the
               needie
               ,
               and
               so
               I
               leave
               you
               to
               jet
               with
               the
               Grazier
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Shepherds
             honest
             men
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               As
               for
               the
               Shepherd
               ,
               unless
               it
               be
               that
               he
               killeth
               a
               Lamb
               now
               and
               then
               ,
               and
               saies
               the
               Fox
               stole
               him
               ,
               I
               know
               little
               Craft
               in
               his
               Budget
               ,
               therefore
               let
               him
               among
               the
               honest
               men
               of
               the
               Jurie
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Several
             Citizens
             come
             to
             hear
             the
             Trial
             of
             Sir
             
               John
               Fraud
            
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               Well
               said
               Sir
               Iohn
               to
               the
               Judge
               ,
               here
               comes
               three
               or
               four
               Citizens
               ,
               will
               any
               of
               these
               serve
               turn
               :
               I
               cannot
               tell
               (
               quoth
               the
               Judge
               )
               till
               I
               know
               their
               names
               and
               conditions
               .
               With
               that
               Sir
               Iohn
               stept
               afore
               the
               company
               ,
               and
               enquired
               what
               they
               were
               :
               the
               eldest
               of
               them
               being
               a
               grave
               Citizen
               ,
               said
               he
               was
               a
               Grocer
               ,
               the
               rest
               ,
               his
               good
               and
               honest
               Neighbours
               ,
               a
               Chandler
               ,
               a
               Haberdasher
               ,
               a
               Clothworker
               ,
               and
               two
               strangers
               ,
               one
               a
               Wallon
               ,
               the
               other
               a
               Dutchman
               .
               How
               like
               you
               these
               ?
               (
               quoth
               Sir
               Iohn
               to
               the
               Judge
               )
               ●'le
               assure
               you
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               these
               men
               are
               seen
               every
               Sunday
               in
               their
               Silks
               .
               I
               
               marry
               (
               quoth
               the
               Judge
               )
               but
               they
               never
               get
               that
               Bravery
               with
               Honesty
               ;
               For
               the
               Cloth-worker
               ,
               his
               Faults
               were
               laid
               open
               before
               ,
               when
               we
               had
               the
               Draper
               in
               question
               ,
               and
               therefore
               let
               him
               be
               packing
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Knavery
               of
               Chandlers
               .
            
             
               
                 For
                 you
                 Chandler
                 ,
                 I
                 like
                 not
                 your
                 Tricks
                 ,
                 you
                 are
                 too
                 conversant
                 with
                 the
                 Kitchen-stuff-wives
                 ;
                 you
                 ,
                 after
                 your
                 Wiek
                 or
                 Snaft
                 is
                 stiffened
                 ,
                 you
                 dip
                 it
                 in
                 ●ilthy
                 Dross
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 give
                 him
                 a
                 Coat
                 of
                 good
                 Tallow
                 ,
                 which
                 makes
                 the
                 Candles
                 drop
                 and
                 waste
                 away
                 ,
                 to
                 great
                 hinderance
                 of
                 the
                 poor
                 Workmen
                 that
                 watch
                 in
                 the
                 night
                 .
                 Beside
                 ,
                 you
                 pinch
                 in
                 your
                 weights
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 false
                 measures
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 other
                 Knaveries
                 that
                 I
                 omit
                 ;
                 but
                 this
                 be
                 sure
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 not
                 meddle
                 in
                 my
                 Matter
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Neither
                 the
                 Haberdasher
                 ,
                 for
                 he
                 trims
                 up
                 old
                 Felts
                 ,
                 and
                 makes
                 them
                 very
                 fair
                 to
                 the
                 eye
                 ,
                 and
                 faceth
                 and
                 edgeth
                 them
                 neatly
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 he
                 turneth
                 them
                 away
                 for
                 good
                 ones
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 abuseth
                 us
                 with
                 his
                 Cozenage
                 .
                 Beside
                 ,
                 you
                 buy
                 gumm'd
                 Taffata
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 you
                 line
                 Hats
                 ,
                 that
                 will
                 straight
                 asunder
                 assoon
                 as
                 it
                 comes
                 to
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 a
                 mans
                 Head.
                 To
                 be
                 brief
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 well
                 skill●d
                 in
                 your
                 Knaveries
                 ;
                 but
                 indeed
                 you
                 are
                 too
                 subtil
                 for
                 a
                 Jury-man
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 none
                 of
                 the
                 Jury
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 Grocer
                 seems
                 an
                 honest
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 am
                 content
                 to
                 admit
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 only
                 take
                 this
                 as
                 a
                 Caveat
                 by
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 all
                 Gentlemen
                 here
                 present
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 buy
                 of
                 the
                 Garvellers
                 of
                 Spices
                 ,
                 the
                 Refuse
                 that
                 they
                 fift
                 from
                 the
                 Merchant
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 mix
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 sell
                 to
                 your
                 Customers
                 .
                 Besides
                 ,
                 in
                 your
                 beaten
                 Spices
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 Pepper
                 ,
                 you
                 put
                 in
                 Bay-berries
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 Dross
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 wrong
                 the
                 poor
                 ;
                 but
                 these
                 are
                 ●light
                 Causes
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 overpass
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 vouchsafe
                 you
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 the
                 Quest.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 But
                 I
                 pray
                 you
                 ,
                 what
                 be
                 these
                 two
                 honest
                 men
                 The
                 one
                 (
                 quoth
                 the
                 Grocer
                 ?
                 )
                 a
                 Dutchman
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Shoomaker
                 ;
                 the
                 other
                 a
                 Frenchman
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Millener
                 in
                 St.
                 Martins
                 ,
                 and
                 sells
                 Shirts
                 ,
                 Bands
                 ,
                 Bracelets
                 ,
                 Jewels
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 pretty
                 Toys
                 for
                 Gentlewomen
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Oh
                 ,
                 they
                 be
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                 Iohn's
                 Acquaintance
                 ,
                 Upstarts
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 he
                 !
                 that
                 have
                 brought
                 with
                 them
                 Pride
                 and
                 Abuses
                 into
                 England
                 :
                 But
                 these
                 we
                 'l
                 pass
                 ,
                 knowing
                 they
                 abuse
                 most
                 Occupations
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 of
                 the
                 Quest
              
            
             
               
                 Well
                 (
                 quoth
                 Sir
                 Iohn
                 )
                 now
                 I
                 suppose
                 the
                 Jury
                 is
                 full
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 see
                 no
                 more
                 coming
                 ;
                 let
                 us
                 call
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 see
                 how
                 many
                 we
                 have
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Iury
             being
             called
             over
             ,
             two
             are
             wanting
             .
             
             Immediately
             enters
             an
             Honest
             Bookseller
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               Assoon
               as
               Sir
               Iohn
               had
               spoke
               the
               Word
               ,
               there
               comes
               into
               the
               Court
               a
               Book-seller
               ,
               a
               reputed
               very
               honest
               man
               indeed
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               Gentile
               Profession
               ;
               assoon
               as
               ever
               the
               Judg
               perceived
               who
               he
               was
               ,
               he
               commanded
               he
               should
               be
               one
               of
               the
               Jury
               :
               With
               all
               my
               heart
               ,
               said
               the
               Prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar
               ;
               for
               I
               know
               he
               is
               one
               that
               gives
               in
               his
               Verdict
               impartially
               ;
               he
               is
               one
               that
               will
               act
               honestly
               (
               without
               fraud
               or
               deceit
               )
               and
               he
               is
               one
               that
               hath
               a
               good
               Report
               in
               Vtopia
               ;
               and
               so
               he
               was
               admitted
               as
               a
               Jury-man
               .
            
          
           
             
               What
               is
               it
               not
               possible
               ,
               quoth
               the
               Prisoner
               ,
               to
               have
               one
               more
               to
               make
               up
               the
               four
               and
               twenty
               ?
               as
               he
               was
               thus
               speaking
               ,
               he
               spied
               afar
               off
               ,
               a
               certain
               kind
               of
               an
               overworn
               
               Gentleman
               ,
               attired
               in
               Velvet
               and
               Sattin
               ,
               but
               it
               was
               somewhat
               drop'd
               and
               greasie
               ,
               and
               Boots
               on
               his
               Legs
               ,
               whose
               Soles
               waxed
               thin
               ,
               and
               seem'd
               to
               complain
               of
               their
               Master
               ,
               which
               treading
               Thrift
               under
               his
               feet
               ,
               had
               brought
               them
               to
               that
               Consumption
               ;
               he
               walked
               not
               as
               other
               men
               ,
               in
               the
               common
               beaten
               way
               ,
               but
               came
               compassing
               circumcirca
               ,
               as
               if
               we
               had
               been
               Devils
               ,
               and
               he
               would
               draw
               a
               Circle
               about
               us
               ,
               and
               at
               every
               third
               step
               he
               looked
               back
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               were
               afraid
               of
               a
               Bailiff
               or
               Sergeant
               .
            
          
           
             
               After
               him
               followed
               two
               pert
               Apple-squires
               ,
               the
               one
               had
               a
               Murrey
               Cloth
               Gown
               on
               ,
               faced
               before
               with
               grey
               Coney
               ,
               and
               laid
               thick
               on
               the
               sleeves
               with
               Lace
               ,
               which
               quaintly
               bare
               up
               ,
               to
               shew
               his
               white
               Taffata
               Hose
               ,
               and
               black
               Silk
               Stockings
               ,
               a
               huge
               Ruff
               about
               his
               neck
               ,
               wrapt
               on
               his
               great
               head
               like
               a
               wicket-cage
               ,
               a
               little
               Hat
               ,
               with
               brims
               like
               the
               wings
               of
               a
               Doublet
               ,
               wherein
               he
               wore
               a
               Jewel
               of
               Glass
               ,
               as
               broad
               as
               a
               great
               Seal
               .
               After
               him
               followed
               two
               Boys
               in
               Cloaks
               like
               Butterflies
               ,
               carrying
               one
               of
               them
               his
               cutting
               Sword
               of
               Choler
               ,
               the
               other
               his
               dancing
               Rapier
               of
               delight
               .
               His
               Comerade
               that
               bare
               him
               Company
               ,
               was
               a
               jollie
               light
               timber'd
               Jack-a-napes
               ,
               in
               a
               Sate
               of
               watche●
               Taffata
               ,
               cut
               to
               the
               skin
               ,
               with
               a
               Cloak
               all
               to
               bedawbed
               with
               coloured
               Lace
               ;
               both
               he
               
               and
               the
               gowned
               Brother
               seemed
               by
               their
               pace
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               had
               some
               Suits
               to
               Mosieur
               Boots
               .
               At
               length
               coming
               near
               ,
               Sir
               Iohn
               could
               discern
               the
               first
               to
               be
               a
               Poet
               ,
               the
               second
               a
               Player
               ,
               the
               third
               a
               Musitian
               ,
               alias
               the
               Usher
               of
               a
               Dancing-School
               .
               Well
               met
               ,
               Master
               Poet
               ,
               quoth
               Sir
               Iohn
               ,
               and
               welcom
               you
               Friends
               also
               ,
               though
               not
               so
               particularly
               known
               .
               So
               it
               is
               ,
               though
               none
               of
               you
               three
               be
               Common-wealths
               men
               ,
               yet
               upon
               urgent
               necessity
               ,
               we
               must
               be
               forced
               to
               employ
               you
               .
               We
               have
               a
               Jury
               to
               be
               impannelled
               immediately
               ,
               which
               one
               of
               you
               three
               must
               help
               to
               make
               up
               ,
               even
               he
               which
               approves
               himself
               the
               honestest
               man.
               They
               are
               all
               honest
               men
               ,
               and
               good
               Fellows
               ,
               quoth
               the
               Attorney
               ,
               therefore
               it
               is
               no
               great
               matter
               whether
               of
               them
               we
               chuse
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Doctors
               doubt
               of
               that
               ,
               quoth
               the
               Jugde
               :
               and
               I
               am
               of
               a
               different
               opinion
               from
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Poet
               admited
               a
               Iury-man
               .
            
             
               
                 This
                 first
                 ,
                 whom
                 by
                 his
                 careless
                 slovenly
                 gate
                 ,
                 at
                 first
                 sight
                 I
                 imagined
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Poet
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 wast-good
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 unthrift
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 born
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Taverns
                 rich
                 ,
                 and
                 himself
                 a
                 Beggar
                 .
                 If
                 he
                 have
                 forty
                 pounds
                 in
                 his
                 purse
                 together
                 ,
                 he
                 puts
                 it
                 not
                 to
                 Usury
                 ,
                 neither
                 
                 buyes
                 Land
                 nor
                 Merchandise
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 goes
                 to
                 Wenches
                 feeds
                 on
                 Capons
                 ,
                 and
                 spends
                 ten
                 Pounds
                 on
                 a
                 Supper
                 .
                 Why
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 nothing
                 ,
                 if
                 his
                 Plough
                 goes
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Ink-horn
                 be
                 clear
                 .
                 Take
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 worth
                 twenty
                 thousand
                 pound
                 ,
                 and
                 hang
                 him
                 .
                 He
                 is
                 a
                 King
                 of
                 his
                 Pleasure
                 ,
                 and
                 counts
                 all
                 other
                 Boors
                 and
                 Peasants
                 ;
                 that
                 though
                 they
                 have
                 Money
                 at
                 command
                 ,
                 yet
                 know
                 not
                 like
                 him
                 how
                 to
                 domineer
                 with
                 it
                 to
                 any
                 purpose
                 as
                 they
                 should
                 .
                 But
                 to
                 speak
                 plain
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 him
                 an
                 honest
                 man
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 would
                 but
                 live
                 within
                 his
                 compass
                 ,
                 and
                 generally
                 no
                 mans
                 foe
                 but
                 his
                 own
                 ,
                 therefore
                 I
                 hold
                 him
                 quoth
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 ,
                 sit
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 my
                 Jury
                 .
                 Nay
                 ,
                 quoth
                 the
                 Judge
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 more
                 mind
                 to
                 these
                 two
                 ;
                 for
                 this
                 Poet
                 is
                 a
                 proud
                 fellow
                 ,
                 that
                 because
                 he
                 hath
                 a
                 little
                 wit
                 in
                 his
                 Budget
                 ,
                 will
                 contemn
                 and
                 mislike
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 Reason
                 and
                 Sence
                 ,
                 and
                 think
                 we
                 are
                 beholden
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 do
                 but
                 bestow
                 a
                 fair
                 Look
                 upon
                 us
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Players
             and
             Vshers
             of
             Dancing-Schools
             pretty
             honest
             men
          
           
             
          
           
             
               The
               Player
               and
               the
               Usher
               of
               the
               Dancing
               School
               are
               plain
               ,
               honest
               ,
               humble
               men
               that
               for
               a
               penny
               ,
               or
               an
               old
               cast
               Suit
               of
               Apparrel
               ,
               will
               do
               any
               thing
               .
               Quoth
               ,
               the
               Recorder
               ,
               you
               say
               Truth
               ,
               they
               are
               but
               too
               humble
               ;
               for
               they
               be
               so
               lowly
               ,
               that
               they
               be
               base-minded
               ;
               I
               mean
               ,
               not
               in
               their
               looks
               ,
               nor
               apparrel
               ,
               for
               so
               they
               be
               Peacocks
               ,
               and
               painted
               Asses
               ,
               but
               in
               their
               course
               of
               Life
               :
               for
               they
               care
               not
               how
               they
               get
               crowns
               ,
               I
               mean
               ,
               how
               basely
               ,
               so
               they
               have
               them
               ;
               and
               yet
               of
               the
               two
               ,
               I
               hold
               the
               Player
               to
               be
               the
               better
               Christian
               ,
               although
               he
               is
               in
               his
               own
               imagination
               ,
               too
               full
               of
               self-liking
               ,
               and
               self-love
               ,
               and
               is
               unsit
               to
               be
               of
               the
               Jury
               though
               
               conceal
               his
               faults
               &
               fopperies
               ,
               in
               that
               I
               have
               been
               merry
               at
               his
               Sports
               ,
               only
               this
               I
               must
               say
               ,
               that
               plain
               Countrey
               Fellows
               they
               bring
               in
               as
               Clowns
               and
               Fools
               to
               laugh
               at
               in
               their
               Play
               ,
               whereas
               they
               get
               by
               us
               ,
               and
               of
               our
               Alms
               the
               proudest
               of
               them
               all
               doth
               live
               .
               Well
               ,
               to
               be
               brief
               ,
               let
               him
               trot
               to
               the
               Stage
               ,
               for
               he
               shall
               be
               none
               of
               the
               Jury
               :
               And
               so
               you
               ,
               Mr.
               Usher
               of
               the
               Dancing-School
               ,
               you
               are
               a
               leader
               into
               all
               Misrule
               ,
               you
               instruct
               Gentlemen
               to
               order
               their
               feet
               ,
               when
               you
               drive
               them
               to
               misorder
               their
               Manners
               ;
               you
               are
               a
               bad
               fellow
               ,
               that
               stand
               upon
               your
               Tricks
               and
               Capers
               ,
               till
               you
               make
               young
               Gentlemen
               caper
               without
               your
               Lands
               .
               Why
               Sir
               ,
               to
               be
               flat
               with
               you
               ,
               you
               live
               by
               your
               Legs
               ,
               ass
               Jugler
               by
               his
               hand
               ;
               you
               are
               given
               over
               to
               the
               Pomps
               and
               Vanities
               of
               the
               world
               .
               And
               to
               be
               short
               ,
               you
               are
               a
               keeper
               of
               Misrule
               ,
               and
               a
               lewd
               fellow
               ,
               and
               you
               shall
               be
               none
               of
               the
               Quest.
               Why
               then
               ,
               quoth
               the
               Judg
               ,
               the
               Poet
               is
               he
               that
               must
               make
               up
               the
               four
               and
               twentieth
               ;
               He
               and
               none
               but
               he
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Names
             of
             the
             Iury
             to
             be
             impannelled
             .
          
           
             
               1
               Knight
               .
            
             
               2
               Esquire
               .
            
             
               3
               Gentleman
               .
            
             
               4
               Priest.
               
            
             
               5
               Printer
               .
            
             
               6
               Bookseller
               .
            
             
               7
               Grocer
               .
            
             
               8
               Skinner
               .
            
             
               9
               Dyer
               .
            
             
               10
               Pewterer
               .
            
             
               11
               Sadler
               .
            
             
               12
               Joyner
               .
            
             
               13
               Cutler
               .
            
             
               14
               Plaisterer
               .
            
             
               15
               Saylor
               .
            
             
               16
               Ropemaker
               .
            
             
               17
               Smith
               .
            
             
               18
               Glover
               .
            
             
               19
               Husbandman
               .
            
             
               20
               Shepheard
               .
            
             
               21
               Waterman
               .
            
             
               22
               Waterbearer
               .
            
             
               23
               Bellowes-mender
               .
            
             
               24
               Poet.
               
            
          
           
             Then
             the
             Judge
             calling
             them
             all
             together
             ,
             he
             bade
             them
             lay
             their
             hands
             on
             the
             Book
             .
             And
             first
             he
             call'd
             the
             Knight
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             rest
             ,
             as
             they
             followed
             in
             order
             ;
             then
             he
             gave
             them
             the
             Charge
             ,
             thus
             ;
          
           
             
               Worshipful
               Sir
               ,
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               whom
               we
               have
               elected
               of
               choice
               honest
               men
               ,
               whose
               consciences
               will
               deal
               uprightly
               in
               this
               Trial
               ,
               you
               and
               the
               rest
               of
               your
               Company
               are
               here
               upon
               your
               Oath
               ,
               and
               Oaths
               ,
               to
               inquire
               whether
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Fraud
              
               have
               deserved
               Death
               ,
               yea
               or
               no
               ?
               If
               you
               find
               him
               Not
               guilty
               of
               those
               crimes
               that
               are
               laid
               to
               his
               charge
               ;
               then
               let
               him
               set
               in
               
               his
               former
               Estate
               ,
               and
               allow
               him
               reasonable
               damages
               .
               Upon
               this
               they
               laid
               their
               hands
               upon
               the
               Book
               ,
               and
               were
               sworn
               ,
               and
               departed
               to
               the
               scrutiny
               of
               the
               offender
               ,
               by
               inquiry
               amongst
               themselves
               ,
               not
               stirring
               out
               from
               the
               bar
               ,
               but
               straight
               returned
               ,
               and
               the
               Knight
               for
               them
               as
               the
               foremost
               said
               thus
               :
               So
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               we
               have
               with
               equity
               and
               conscience
               considered
               of
               the
               Prisoners
               Crimes
               ,
               and
               have
               upon
               strict
               examination
               found
               that
               he
               deserves
               death
               ;
               when
               the
               Forman
               had
               spake
               those
               words
               ,
               the
               Judge
               stood
               up
               ,
               and
               pronounc'd
               this
               Sentence
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Fraud
              
               ,
               you
               have
               been
               here
               indicted
               ,
               arraigned
               and
               tryed
               for
               your
               Life
               ,
               and
               the
               Jury
               (
               who
               have
               gone
               according
               to
               Evidence
               )
               have
               found
               you
               really
               Guilty
               of
               what
               hath
               been
               charg'd
               upon
               you
               ;
               and
               therefore
               Your
               Sentence
               is
               ,
            
          
           
             
               
                 That
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 expelled
                 all
                 Kingdoms
                 and
                 Nations
                 and
                 Societies
                 and
                 Countreys
                 for
                 an
                 hundred
                 years
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 that
                 time
                 is
                 expired
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 put
                 to
                 the
                 severest
                 Death
                 ,
                 that
                 can
                 be
                 thought
                 on
                 ,
                 or
                 invented
                 by
              
               poor
               ,
               abused
               ,
               wronged
               Citizens
               ,
               Gentlemen
               ,
               Yeomen
               ,
               and
               Farmers
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Prisoner
             left
             in
             the
             Executioners
             hands
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               And
               so
               to
               conclude
               ,
               the
               poor
               ,
               condemned
               Prisoner
               was
               left
               to
               the
               Mercy
               of
               the
               Executioner
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A36903-e400
           
             The
             Pope
             
               Arraigned
               and
               Indicted
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Pope's
             Petition
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Iury
               against
            
             Pope
             Innocent
             .
          
           
             
               By
               these
               twelve
               means
               the
            
             Pope
             
               may
               be
               confuted
            
             .
          
           
             
               Holy
               Scripture
               is
               excepted
               against
               ,
               for
            
             Papists
             
               may
               be
               confuted
               by
               their
               own
               Translation
               .
            
          
        
      
    
  

