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           THE
           CAPTIVE-CAPTAIN
           :
           OR
           ,
           THE
           RESTRAIN'D
           CAVALIER
           ;
           Drawn
           to
           his
           full
           BODIE
           in
           these
           CHARACTERS
           ;
           
             
               I.
               Of
               a
               Prison
               .
            
             
               II.
               The
               Anatomy
               of
               a
               Iayler
               .
            
             
               III.
               A
               
                 Iaylers
                 Wife
              
               .
            
             
               IV.
               The
               Porter
               .
            
             
               V.
               The
               Century
               .
            
             
               VI.
               The
               Fat
               Prisoner
               .
            
             
               VII
               .
               The
               Lean
               Prisoner
               .
            
             
               VIII
               .
               The
               
                 restrain'd
                 Cavalier
                 ,
                 with
                 his
                 Melancholy
                 fancy
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           Presented
           ,
           and
           ACTED
           to
           LIFE
           in
           a
           Suit
           of
           Durance
           ;
           an
           HABIT
           suiting
           best
           with
           the
           Place
           of
           his
           Residence
           .
        
         
           Nullus
           extra
           te
           Carcer
           .
        
         
           London
           Printed
           by
           
             I.
             Grismond
          
           ,
           1665.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
         
         
           FOR
           THE
           WORTHILY
           HONOURED
           ,
           RICHLY
           ACCOMPLISHED
           ;
           AND
           ABSOLUTELY
           COMPLEATED
           ,
           Sir
           
             THO.
             PRESTON
          
           ,
           BARONET
           ;
           HIS
           MOST
           AFFECTIONATELY
           OBLIGED
           SERVANT
           R.
           B.
           PRESENTS
           THESE
           CHARACTERS
           :
           (
           BEING
           NATIVE
           &
           
             GENUINE
             DISPLAYERS
          
           of
           the
           HUMOURS
           OF
           THESE
           TIMES
           ;
           )
           IN
           LIEU
           OF
           THOSE
           GRACEFULL
           RESPECTS
           ,
           SO
           AMICABLY
           and
           AMPLY
           RENDERED
           ;
           And
           by
           the
           AUTHOR
           HUMBLY
           ACKNOWLEDGED
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           The
           Number
           and
           Order
           of
           these
           CHARACTERS
           ,
           interlac'd
           with
           sundry
           other
           emergent
           Subjects
           ,
           properly
           and
           ingenuously
           dilating
           on
           the
           Humours
           of
           these
           Times
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             THe
             Character
             of
             a
             Prison
             .
          
           
             
               Page
               1
            
          
           
             II.
             The
             Anatomy
             of
             a
             Iaylor
             .
          
           
             3
          
           
             III.
             A
             Iaylors
             Wife
             .
          
           
             5
          
           
             IV.
             The
             Porter
             .
          
           
             7
          
           
             V.
             The
             Century
             .
          
           
             9
          
           
             VI.
             The
             Fat
             Prisoner
             .
          
           
             10
          
           
             VII
             .
             The
             Lean
             Prisoner
             .
          
           
             13
          
           
             VIII
             .
             The
             restrained
             Cavalier
             ,
             with
             his
             Melancholy
             Fancy
             .
          
           
             15
          
           
             I.
             Advice
             to
             a
             Peer
             .
          
           
             21
          
           
             II.
             Advice
             to
             a
             Pesant
             .
          
           
             24
          
           
             III.
             Advice
             to
             a
             Landlord
             .
          
           
             28
          
           
             IV.
             Advice
             to
             a
             Farmer
             .
          
           
             32
          
           
             V.
             Advice
             to
             a
             simple
             Countrey
             Curat
             .
          
           
             36
          
           
             VI.
             Advice
             to
             a
             Countrey
             Iustice.
             
          
           
             40
          
           
             VII
             .
             Advice
             to
             an
             Heir
             .
          
           
             43
          
           
             
             VIII
             .
             Advice
             to
             a
             younger
             Brother
             .
          
           
             47
          
           
             IX
             .
             Advice
             to
             a
             Gallant
             .
          
           
             50
          
           
             X.
             Advice
             to
             his
             Mistris
             .
          
           
             54
          
           
             XI
             .
             Advice
             to
             him
             that
             will
             take
             it
             .
          
           
             58
          
           
             I.
             A
             Countrey-Commissioner
             .
          
           
             70
          
           
             II.
             A
             State-Competitor
             .
          
           
             77
          
           
             A
             Phanatick
             .
          
           
             92
          
           
             The
             Black
             Rod.
             
          
           
             101
          
           
             State-Dimensions
             .
          
           
             115
          
           
             A
             smart
             Reply
             .
          
           
             116
          
           
             Letters
             of
             Advice
             ;
             or
             ,
             The
             Friendly
             Monitor
             .
          
           
             119
          
           
             A
             Defensive
             Letter
             .
          
           
             143
          
           
             To
             a
             Malignant
             .
          
           
             151
          
           
             Vpon
             the
             late
             Plot.
             
          
           
             155
          
           
             Vpon
             the
             Face
             of
             Rebellion
             .
          
           
             159
          
           
             A
             Farewel
             Carol.
             
          
           
             161
          
           
             The
             Sequestrees
             Sonnet
             .
          
           
             165
          
           
             No
             Mean
             ,
             no
             Man.
             
          
           
             167
          
           
             The
             Interest
             of
             Westmerland
             .
          
           
             171
          
           
             The
             Interest
             of
             Cumberland
             .
          
           
             181
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           CAPTIVE
           CAPTAIN
           :
           OR
           ,
           The
           Restrained
           Cavaliere
           .
           IN
           VIII
           .
           CHARACTERS
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             The
             Character
             of
             a
             Prison
             .
          
           
             A
             Prison
             is
             a
             Cage
             of
             unclean
             Birds
             ;
             not
             that
             they
             are
             unclean
             of
             themselves
             ,
             but
             that
             their
             nasty
             Attendants
             desire
             to
             have
             them
             appear
             
               unclean
               Beasts
            
             like
             themselves
             .
             
               Augeus
               Stables
            
             had
             dainty
             Grooms
             ,
             if
             compar'd
             to
             their
             Chamberlains
             .
             The
             whole
             Prospect
             of
             this
             forlorn
             Room
             is
             a
             Grate
             ;
             where
             through
             every
             transenn
             ,
             every
             stancher
             ,
             those
             incaged
             Birds
             may
             take
             a
             view
             of
             the
             
               Iron
               Age.
            
             They
             say
             ,
             Spirits
             walk
             there
             ;
             but
             very
             few
             Spirits
             to
             entertain
             the
             least
             portion
             of
             Compassion
             .
             This
             
               Cacus
               Cave
            
             is
             compar'd
             
             to
             the
             
               Lions
               Den
            
             ;
             Turn
             once
             the
             Ward
             ,
             —
             
               Et
               vestigia
               nulla
               retrorsum
            
             .
             Her
             Walls
             ,
             instead
             of
             Darnicks
             ,
             Arras
             ,
             and
             Tapistry
             ,
             are
             commonly
             interwoven
             with
             Ariadnes
             Cawls
             ,
             Spider-webs
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             over-worn
             Trophies
             of
             Antiquity
             .
             The
             Cimmerians
             in
             their
             Dwellings
             ,
             resemble
             these
             in
             their
             Lodgings
             ;
             onely
             their
             Lights
             are
             different
             :
             Those
             receive
             some
             scattered
             Beamlings
             by
             their
             Mountain-Crannies
             ;
             these
             by
             their
             forlorn
             Loop-holes
             .
             Her
             constant
             Inhabitants
             ,
             to
             their
             dis-comfort
             ,
             retain
             such
             Back-biters
             ,
             that
             though
             they
             give
             them
             sustenance
             ,
             yet
             they
             startle
             them
             sleeping
             and
             waking
             with
             their
             too
             obsequious
             adherence
             .
             The
             Musique
             of
             this
             House
             ,
             holds
             in
             consort
             with
             the
             Trapezites
             ,
             all
             Iron
             .
             If
             her
             Meniey
             were
             as
             constant
             in
             their
             Affection
             ,
             as
             in
             their
             Mansion
             ;
             as
             firmly
             link'd
             in
             the
             bonds
             of
             fidelity
             ,
             as
             in
             their
             Links
             of
             a
             necessitated
             Society
             ,
             they
             were
             a
             brave
             amicable
             Family
             .
             Either
             her
             own
             parcimony
             ,
             or
             her
             In-mates
             penury
             is
             such
             ,
             as
             she
             keeps
             no
             Open-house
             .
             So
             short
             is
             she
             in
             her
             wages
             ,
             and
             so
             spare
             in
             her
             solace
             ,
             as
             her
             Servants
             are
             weary
             of
             her
             before
             an
             end
             of
             their
             first
             quarters
             service
             .
             She
             's
             careless
             from
             whence
             they
             come
             ,
             but
             infinitely
             cautious
             how
             they
             goe
             away
             .
             And
             if
             they
             goe
             away
             without
             her
             favour
             ,
             they
             are
             in
             great
             danger
             to
             break
             their
             necks
             for
             their
             labour
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             II.
             The
             Anatomy
             of
             a
             Iaylor
             .
          
           
             HE
             is
             a
             brave
             boisterous
             Blade
             ;
             one
             who
             has
             made
             a
             contract
             with
             his
             tongue
             and
             look
             :
             with
             the
             latter
             to
             look
             ugly
             ;
             with
             the
             other
             to
             speak
             harshly
             .
             He
             is
             a
             cunning
             Falconer
             ;
             and
             with
             his
             imperious
             Whistle
             keeps
             his
             
               mu'd
               fowl
            
             in
             such
             command
             ,
             as
             they
             hold
             themselves
             blessed
             when
             they
             are
             without
             the
             sound
             of
             his
             call
             .
          
           
             He
             is
             active
             in
             the
             exercise
             of
             his
             Mannacles
             ,
             Boults
             ,
             and
             Fetters
             .
             He
             binds
             his
             Apprentices
             to
             such
             hard
             conditions
             ,
             as
             some
             are
             enforced
             with
             the
             loss
             of
             their
             lives
             to
             purchase
             their
             freedom
             .
             He
             is
             so
             richly
             disciplined
             in
             the
             Aray
             of
             Oaths
             and
             Curses
             ,
             as
             he
             has
             learn'd
             to
             damn
             his
             unhappy
             Family
             with
             no
             less
             facility
             than
             felicity
             .
             This
             makes
             the
             Devil
             hugg
             him
             Morning
             and
             Evening
             ,
             charging
             him
             to
             go
             on
             in
             his
             Work
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             be
             sure
             of
             his
             Wages
             .
             His
             onely
             Fees
             derive
             their
             gratuities
             from
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             people
             .
             If
             you
             tell
             him
             of
             the
             Iaylor
             in
             the
             Acts
             ;
             he
             either
             believes
             not
             the
             Story
             :
             or
             he
             calls
             him
             a
             White-liver'd
             Officer
             to
             make
             Conscience
             his
             Commander
             .
             He
             is
             of
             such
             a
             base
             quality
             ,
             as
             to
             feed
             himself
             ,
             he
             starves
             his
             Meniey
             .
             Shreeks
             ,
             groans
             and
             Lachrymae
             are
             his
             delicious
             harmony
             .
             
             He
             has
             so
             dis-used
             himself
             to
             Civility
             ,
             as
             he
             cannot
             utter
             one
             word
             of
             comfort
             ,
             to
             gain
             him
             a
             Kingdom
             .
             If
             his
             poor
             famished
             family
             receive
             a
             reward
             ;
             it
             returns
             to
             his
             Ward
             .
             While
             they
             ,
             poor
             Souls
             ,
             pray
             for
             their
             Benefactors
             :
             He
             becomes
             whole
             Sharer
             .
             The
             poor
             
               Prisoners
               Box
            
             is
             his
             Exchequer
             ;
             his
             Prisoners
             ,
             his
             Spongies
             ;
             their
             ruine
             ,
             his
             raising
             ;
             their
             famine
             ,
             the
             improvement
             of
             his
             fortune
             .
             All
             his
             Keyes
             are
             made
             for
             Spring-locks
             ;
             they
             will
             shut
             of
             themselves
             ,
             but
             never
             open
             .
          
           
             This
             surly
             Mastive
             glories
             in
             nothing
             more
             than
             in
             displeasing
             ;
             and
             where
             he
             dare
             not
             bite
             ,
             to
             be
             snarling
             .
             He
             makes
             more
             disheartned
             Spirits
             tremble
             one
             day
             ,
             than
             he
             did
             for
             his
             sins
             all
             his
             life
             .
             His
             onely
             triumph
             is
             over
             misery
             :
             and
             his
             resolution
             to
             exclude
             mercy
             .
             He
             hath
             no
             time
             to
             pray
             ,
             lest
             he
             should
             neglect
             his
             charge
             .
             Yet
             for
             a
             fat
             bribe
             in
             a
             Corner
             ,
             he
             will
             not
             stick
             to
             truck
             with
             his
             well-lin'd
             Prisoner
             :
             though
             by
             his
             voluntary
             escape
             he
             hazard
             an
             halter
             .
             Generally
             ,
             he
             never
             looks
             up
             to
             heaven
             ,
             but
             when
             he
             is
             posting
             to
             hell
             :
             and
             now
             the
             unaccustomed
             thought
             of
             his
             sins
             makes
             his
             Journey
             seem
             long
             and
             heavy
             :
             but
             let
             him
             comfort
             himself
             ;
             it
             is
             all
             down-bank
             ,
             and
             that
             will
             make
             it
             seem
             more
             easie
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             III.
             A
             Iaylors
             Wife
             .
          
           
             WE
             have
             done
             with
             Pluto
             ;
             we
             are
             now
             to
             pluck
             one
             feather
             from
             the
             Wing
             of
             his
             dainty
             Duckling
             Proserpina
             .
             Would
             you
             have
             her
             Picture
             drawn
             to
             life
             ?
             That
             curious
             Holland
             Artist
             
               Hans
               Carvile
            
             ,
             though
             he
             had
             the
             absolutest
             fancy
             in
             pourtraying
             the
             Devil
             ,
             could
             not
             do
             it
             if
             he
             were
             living
             :
             yet
             we
             will
             shadow
             ,
             though
             we
             cannot
             to
             her
             full
             body
             so
             exquisitely
             limn
             her
             .
          
           
             For
             her
             Constitution
             and
             Composition
             ,
             they
             suit
             as
             neerly
             with
             her
             Iaylors
             Disposition
             ,
             as
             Charon
             and
             Acheron
             .
             Since
             the
             very
             hour
             that
             she
             put
             her
             Wedding-ring
             on
             her
             knotty
             finger
             ,
             it
             has
             been
             her
             highest
             ambition
             to
             mould
             her self
             to
             her
             surly
             Husbands
             humor
             :
             and
             to
             observe
             his
             deportment
             in
             every
             posture
             .
             The
             Wheel
             of
             her
             tongue
             is
             of
             a
             perpetual
             motion
             ;
             yet
             generally
             she
             spits
             as
             much
             as
             she
             speaks
             ;
             wherein
             I
             must
             caution
             you
             to
             keep
             your
             distance
             ;
             and
             not
             to
             come
             within
             the
             compass
             of
             her
             Sent
             ;
             for
             the
             very
             steam
             which
             drills
             from
             her
             fluets
             ,
             retains
             more
             venome
             than
             the
             foam
             of
             a
             mad
             Dogg
             .
             She
             's
             an
             intollerable
             Slut
             ;
             yet
             he
             that
             should
             venture
             to
             call
             her
             so
             ,
             might
             be
             sure
             to
             have
             a
             dark
             Lobby
             for
             his
             lodging
             .
             Any
             one
             
             may
             smell
             her
             ,
             before
             he
             see
             her
             ;
             so
             strongly
             is
             she
             chafed
             with
             Kitching
             pomander
             .
             She
             has
             usually
             more
             fat
             on
             her
             skirts
             ,
             than
             many
             of
             her
             starv'd
             Meniey
             have
             on
             their
             Ribs
             .
             Her
             A
             pricock
             Nose
             is
             a
             common
             Sewer
             ,
             ever
             runing
             ;
             so
             as
             her
             tongue
             cannot
             be
             more
             active
             ,
             than
             that
             is
             fluent
             .
             To
             save
             a
             Faggot
             ,
             every
             Winter
             Morn
             ,
             she
             makes
             fuell
             of
             her
             Maids
             ;
             bestowing
             more
             basting
             of
             them
             ,
             than
             she
             doth
             on
             her
             meat
             .
             Her
             complexion
             (
             lest
             you
             should
             neglect
             her
             when
             you
             see
             her
             )
             holds
             near
             resemblance
             to
             a
             parcel
             of
             scorched
             Lard
             :
             yet
             she
             has
             a
             conceit
             there
             is
             not
             a
             morsel
             about
             her
             ,
             but
             infinitely
             deserves
             love
             .
             If
             she
             take
             notice
             of
             an
             handsom
             well-timbered
             Prisoner
             ,
             that
             promiseth
             ability
             in
             his
             feature
             ;
             She
             will
             not
             stick
             to
             reserve
             some
             of
             her
             best
             reversions
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             cram
             him
             ,
             not
             by
             way
             of
             Alms
             ,
             but
             for
             her
             own
             benevolence
             .
             She
             changeth
             not
             her
             Clothes
             half
             so
             often
             as
             she
             doth
             her
             Maids
             .
             For
             her
             heavy
             houshold
             ,
             though
             their
             appetite
             be
             strong
             ,
             their
             repast
             is
             weak
             .
             Thus
             in
             a
             double
             restraint
             these
             poor
             wretches
             suffer
             ;
             air
             and
             fare
             ;
             thraldom
             and
             hunger
             ;
             and
             in
             these
             ,
             He
             has
             vow'd
             to
             keep
             them
             as
             short
             in
             the
             One
             ,
             as
             She
             means
             to
             abridge
             them
             in
             the
             Other
             .
             Yet
             it
             is
             strange
             ;
             amidst
             all
             these
             dis-gusts
             ,
             She
             's
             infinitely
             dear
             to
             her
             Guests
             .
             Now
             to
             bring
             her
             to
             bed
             ,
             if
             her
             Iaylor
             lose
             her
             ,
             you
             may
             be
             confident
             who
             
             will
             have
             her
             .
             But
             I
             perceive
             her
             diving
             ,
             like
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             Vault
             ;
             we
             will
             leave
             her
             to
             her
             long
             sleep
             ;
             and
             thrice
             happy
             had
             many
             of
             her
             In-mates
             been
             if
             she
             had
             never
             wakt
             .
          
        
         
           
             IV.
             The
             Porter
             .
          
           
             ALL
             hail
             to
             Cerberus
             !
             how
             desperately
             the
             Tartarian
             Cur
             looks
             ?
             His
             uncertain
             revenues
             consist
             wholly
             of
             rewards
             :
             and
             these
             his
             unhallow'd
             Keys
             keep
             in
             the
             circumference
             of
             their
             Wards
             .
             He
             has
             no
             other
             vails
             to
             support
             him
             ;
             so
             as
             he
             becomes
             no
             less
             unnecessarily
             lasie
             ,
             than
             necessarily
             lousie
             .
          
           
             The
             onely
             way
             to
             act
             Malevolo
             ,
             is
             to
             fall
             into
             poverty
             .
             And
             he
             is
             already
             fallen
             upon
             that
             Rock
             .
             He
             cannot
             speak
             affably
             ,
             if
             you
             should
             hang
             him
             ;
             unless
             he
             observe
             an
             hopeful
             visitant
             approaching
             his
             Gate
             :
             and
             then
             he
             labors
             to
             strain
             courtesie
             with
             his
             ingenerous
             inbred
             quality
             ;
             and
             to
             open
             to
             him
             with
             an
             unmannerly
             congy
             .
             He
             is
             infinitely
             weary
             in
             doing
             nothing
             ;
             and
             yet
             should
             you
             take
             him
             from
             his
             unprofitable
             vocations
             ,
             he
             would
             adventure
             to
             do
             somthing
             worse
             than
             nothing
             .
             He
             sleeps
             as
             much
             as
             he
             either
             eats
             or
             drinks
             :
             but
             that
             's
             not
             his
             fault
             ,
             but
             his
             slow
             Benefactors
             :
             
             for
             he
             has
             Ericthous
             bowels
             to
             receive
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             any
             open-hearted
             Vitellius
             to
             give
             .
             He
             counterfeits
             a
             pleasant
             shrug
             ,
             upon
             the
             admittance
             of
             a
             well-crammed
             Prisoner
             ;
             and
             his
             first
             morning
             visit
             must
             be
             reserv'd
             for
             his
             Chamber
             .
             Now
             ,
             you
             must
             not
             conceive
             this
             to
             be
             out
             of
             any
             love
             to
             his
             Guest
             ;
             but
             meerly
             for
             his
             Morning
             Draught
             and
             a
             Canonical
             Toast
             :
             which
             many
             times
             (
             bar
             basket
             reversions
             )
             serves
             him
             for
             his
             whole
             days
             repast
             .
             This
             Dogg
             in
             a
             doublet
             ,
             should
             he
             be
             called
             to
             an
             account
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             you
             should
             hear
             such
             a
             reckning
             as
             would
             partake
             more
             of
             Cannibal
             than
             Christian.
             He
             had
             retyred
             hours
             enough
             to
             say
             his
             Prayers
             in
             :
             but
             he
             held
             Devotion
             such
             an
             Antipos
             to
             his
             profession
             ,
             as
             he
             mightily
             feared
             he
             should
             lose
             his
             place
             ,
             by
             inuring
             his
             idle
             hours
             to
             any
             such
             pious
             pratice
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             after
             his
             long
             useless
             service
             ,
             wherein
             neither
             he
             himself
             reaped
             much
             profit
             ,
             nor
             his
             Prisoners
             solace
             ;
             looking
             with
             the
             Swan
             upon
             his
             feet
             ,
             he
             perceives
             he
             has
             purchased
             something
             that
             will
             stick
             near
             him
             ,
             when
             all
             his
             acquaintance
             leave
             him
             :
             Gout
             and
             Dropsie
             ,
             which
             hale
             him
             along
             from
             his
             Porters-lodge
             to
             a
             lower
             Century
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             V.
             The
             Century
             .
          
           
             ARe
             men
             of
             the
             Livery
             .
             Red-coats
             ,
             Blew-coats
             ,
             Green-coats
             ,
             White-coats
             ;
             nay
             ,
             Turn-coats
             in
             hope
             of
             better
             pay
             .
             They
             are
             as
             vigilant
             and
             as
             prudent
             (
             for
             ought
             I
             know
             )
             as
             those
             watchful
             Birds
             of
             the
             Capitol
             .
             They
             are
             sufficiently
             indoctrinated
             in
             their
             words
             of
             command
             ;
             which
             they
             use
             upon
             all
             occasions
             :
             
               Stand
               ,
               who
               goes
               there
               ?
               —
               Corporall
               !
            
             They
             are
             principally
             versed
             in
             Parades
             and
             Reliefs
             .
             They
             hold
             themselves
             privileged
             men
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Arms
             :
             and
             scorn
             the
             repulse
             of
             a
             stranger
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             they
             cling
             together
             .
             Night
             rovers
             are
             their
             best
             Benefactors
             .
             These
             ,
             what
             occasion
             soever
             they
             pretend
             ,
             must
             untruss
             ,
             or
             let
             them
             be
             sure
             to
             suffer
             disgrace
             .
             Now
             should
             you
             single
             them
             out
             ,
             and
             put
             them
             to
             any
             Interogatories
             ,
             you
             were
             not
             to
             expect
             from
             them
             any
             resolutions
             in
             affairs
             of
             discipline
             (
             wherein
             they
             are
             generally
             better
             fed
             than
             taught
             :
             )
             for
             they
             hold
             it
             sufficient
             knowledge
             to
             return
             an
             account
             under
             what
             Captain
             they
             serve
             .
             For
             any
             other
             questions
             ,
             it
             were
             needless
             for
             you
             to
             demand
             :
             seeing
             they
             are
             bound
             to
             answer
             no
             more
             than
             they
             know
             .
             Those
             Golden
             and
             
               Silver
               Shields
            
             in
             the
             Athenian
             Guards
             ,
             were
             to
             their
             glory
             none
             of
             this
             Century
             .
             These
             are
             
             onely
             known
             to
             their
             Country
             Arms
             :
             which
             they
             mean
             more
             ordinarily
             than
             orderly
             to
             manage
             upon
             any
             State-service
             .
             Some
             of
             these
             ,
             to
             save
             their
             Hamlet
             an
             unnecessary
             charge
             ;
             by
             their
             provident
             husbanding
             of
             their
             Powder
             ;
             have
             not
             discharged
             their
             Muskets
             ,
             since
             their
             first
             admittance
             to
             that
             military
             Order
             .
             They
             hold
             shedding
             of
             blood
             ,
             be
             the
             quarrel
             never
             so
             fair
             nor
             cause
             just
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             
               crying
               sin
            
             ;
             therefore
             to
             clear
             their
             innocent
             souls
             from
             that
             soil
             ,
             they
             have
             religiously
             vow'd
             never
             to
             draw
             (
             unless
             it
             be
             upon
             great
             advantage
             )
             in
             their
             own
             defence
             .
             Yet
             like
             Garden-Doggs
             ,
             they
             are
             very
             fierce
             on
             the
             night
             ;
             especially
             if
             they
             be
             backt
             ,
             and
             find
             a
             remisseness
             of
             spirit
             in
             their
             Assailant
             .
             Yet
             I
             would
             have
             their
             Spectators
             retain
             this
             opinion
             of
             them
             ;
             that
             they
             are
             brave
             metall'd
             Blades
             ,
             Sparks
             of
             honor
             ;
             and
             such
             as
             will
             make
             their
             Centuries
             smoak
             again
             to
             display
             their
             vallour
             .
             There
             is
             nothing
             but
             it
             may
             be
             usefully
             imployed
             to
             some
             end
             or
             other
             :
             this
             makes
             these
             terrible
             Myrmidons
             use
             their
             Match
             instead
             of
             Tinder
             ,
             while
             others
             (
             more
             active
             in
             tossing
             a
             Pipe
             than
             a
             Pike
             )
             receive
             light
             from
             their
             labor
             .
             But
             nights
             are
             cold
             and
             long
             ;
             and
             if
             Moon-light
             ,
             fuller
             of
             danger
             ;
             for
             then
             Trees
             send
             forth
             their
             shadows
             ,
             which
             at
             first
             fight
             resemble
             enemies
             :
             But
             perceiving
             those
             shady
             Bushes
             to
             be
             no
             Foes
             ,
             but
             meer
             Apparitions
             to
             delude
             them
             ,
             they
             are
             content
             before
             their
             Reliefs
             to
             take
             a
             Nap
             ;
             where
             we
             do
             leave
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             VI.
             The
             fat
             Prisoner
             .
          
           
             IS
             one
             that
             is
             given
             to
             the
             flesh
             ,
             as
             the
             flesh
             is
             given
             to
             him
             ;
             for
             if
             otherwise
             ,
             he
             might
             be
             as
             thin
             as
             other
             of
             his
             fellow-Rats
             ,
             who
             feed
             on
             the
             same
             Commons
             ,
             but
             batten
             not
             so
             well
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             concoction
             ;
             or
             in
             that
             they
             have
             not
             such
             merry
             hearts
             to
             allay
             their
             affliction
             .
             This
             May-Bird
             can
             sing
             as
             sweetly
             in
             a
             Cage
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             were
             in
             a
             Forrest
             .
             He
             accounts
             his
             imprisonment
             the
             Embleme
             of
             his
             life
             :
             and
             his
             life
             neither
             unhappier
             nor
             shorter
             by
             being
             a
             Prisoner
             .
             He
             findes
             freedom
             in
             his
             greatest
             restraint
             ;
             and
             that
             
               inward
               liberty
            
             which
             many
             Libertines
             who
             have
             the
             wide
             world
             to
             walk
             in
             ,
             could
             never
             purchase
             .
          
           
             But
             these
             are
             Contemplative
             men
             ,
             who
             make
             Heaven
             their
             Object
             ;
             and
             consequently
             ,
             whatsoever
             is
             here
             below
             ,
             their
             Subject
             .
          
           
             Now
             ,
             there
             be
             other
             fatlings
             who
             cram
             themselves
             in
             security
             .
             Their
             Pot
             ,
             Pipe
             and
             merry
             company
             so
             besots
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             make
             no
             difference
             at
             all
             betwixt
             bondage
             and
             liberty
             .
             These
             have
             put
             off
             all
             cares
             ;
             and
             like
             Porkets
             in
             a
             Sty
             ,
             feed
             without
             thought
             of
             provision
             ;
             and
             like
             loose
             Epicures
             ,
             turn
             from
             their
             Troughs
             without
             thansgiving
             .
             Wherein
             ,
             though
             they
             ow
             to
             God
             for
             their
             Ordinary
             ;
             yet
             such
             debts
             
             retain
             least
             hold
             in
             their
             memory
             .
             You
             may
             see
             the
             world
             here
             drawn
             up
             in
             a
             small
             Epitome
             .
             This
             Prison
             holds
             as
             much
             as
             the
             world
             :
             all
             her
             inhabitants
             are
             either
             good
             or
             bad
             .
             Here
             is
             a
             good
             Prisoner
             ;
             and
             he
             makes
             contemplation
             his
             reflection
             :
             Divine
             Service
             is
             his
             Souls
             Solace
             .
             Nothing
             can
             confine
             him
             ,
             because
             he
             finds
             nothing
             fit
             to
             entertain
             him
             ,
             that
             Earth
             may
             afford
             him
             .
             This
             apprehension
             moves
             him
             to
             esteem
             of
             a
             Prison
             as
             a
             place
             of
             more
             freedom
             than
             the
             world
             ;
             because
             he
             finds
             fewer
             inducements
             to
             decline
             him
             from
             pursuit
             of
             his
             future
             liberty
             ,
             than
             he
             found
             in
             the
             world
             .
             Whereas
             that
             
               bad
               fatling
            
             or
             sensual
             Prisoner
             is
             content
             with
             any
             place
             ,
             that
             may
             be-lull
             his
             cloudy
             understanding
             in
             a
             careless
             sleep
             .
             Freedom
             and
             bondage
             are
             indifferently
             equal
             to
             his
             fruitless
             pilgrimage
             ;
             being
             neither
             beneficial
             to
             himself
             nor
             his
             neighbour
             in
             the
             One
             nor
             the
             Other
             .
          
           
             Now
             he
             who
             fats
             himself
             with
             true
             Hearts-ease
             ,
             feeds
             his
             appetite
             with
             diviner
             hopes
             ,
             than
             to
             satisfie
             it
             with
             the
             Prodigals
             husks
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             VII
             .
             The
             Lean
             Prisoner
             .
          
           
             HE
             is
             a
             living
             Sceleton
             ;
             a
             breathing
             Ghost
             ;
             the
             remainder
             of
             a
             greater
             work
             ;
             or
             the
             wasted
             portion
             of
             his
             Purveyors
             provision
             ;
             or
             a
             shadow
             that
             has
             lost
             his
             substance
             .
             This
             Iack-a-Lent
             ,
             an
             old
             In-mate
             in
             that
             ancient
             Fabrick
             of
             Iohn
             a
             Gant
             ,
             promiseth
             at
             the
             first
             sight
             as
             if
             he
             had
             put
             on
             the
             habit
             of
             some
             Hermit
             or
             Anachorite
             ;
             having
             procured
             such
             a
             divorce
             from
             his
             flesh
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             onely
             entred
             into
             Covenant
             with
             his
             spirit
             .
             But
             all
             is
             not
             Gold
             that
             glisters
             .
             Sanctity
             is
             not
             wholly
             confined
             to
             an
             Hermitage
             ,
             nor
             Mortification
             to
             lean
             Chops
             and
             a
             pale
             visage
             .
             Spare
             bodies
             may
             have
             strong
             appetites
             .
             Cambletes
             was
             lean
             ,
             though
             gluttonous
             ;
             and
             Camillus
             fat
             ,
             though
             abstemious
             .
             Wood
             of
             Kent
             had
             sere
             ribs
             ,
             but
             a
             sore
             stomack
             .
             The
             lean
             ,
             with
             Pharaohs
             Kine
             ,
             are
             apt
             to
             devour
             the
             fat
             .
             But
             let
             us
             judge
             the
             best
             ;
             for
             if
             his
             weak
             exhausted
             feature
             proceed
             from
             the
             defective
             reversions
             of
             a
             trencher
             ,
             he
             merits
             pity
             ,
             bearing
             the
             Characters
             of
             his
             penury
             in
             such
             dying
             colours
             in
             his
             physnomy
             ;
             but
             if
             marrow-eating
             Envy
             bring
             him
             to
             this
             infirmity
             ,
             he
             may
             thank
             himself
             for
             his
             own
             malady
             .
             Now
             you
             shall
             take
             this
             for
             a
             constant
             rule
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             more
             this
             Scare-crow
             
             is
             estranged
             from
             the
             flesh
             ;
             by
             so
             much
             neerer
             is
             he
             allyed
             to
             the
             Spirit
             :
             you
             shall
             scarcely
             find
             one
             in
             an
             age
             to
             parallel
             Galba's
             constitution
             ,
             to
             have
             a
             quick
             enlivened
             brain
             ,
             and
             a
             gross
             corpulent
             bulk
             .
             The
             leanest
             body
             ,
             the
             activest
             spirit
             .
             Nay
             generally
             partaking
             most
             of
             that
             ingenious
             humor
             of
             Melancholy
             ,
             he
             becomes
             a
             singular
             proficient
             in
             Machavels
             policy
             .
             Brutus
             was
             fatter
             than
             Cassius
             ;
             but
             less
             dangerous
             .
             But
             our
             poor
             Mammet
             ,
             as
             he
             depends
             upon
             the
             Basket
             ,
             so
             he
             studies
             no
             Maxims
             of
             State.
             He
             proves
             that
             Axiom
             good
             ,
             
               It
               is
               more
               miserable
               to
               have
               a
               stomach
               without
               meat
               ,
               than
               to
               have
               meat
               without
               a
               stomach
               .
            
             Now
             his
             dogged
             Jaylor
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             wonted
             humor
             ,
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             he
             fares
             as
             well
             as
             the
             rest
             ,
             but
             he
             has
             a
             
               Caninum
               appetitum
            
             ,
             which
             makes
             him
             eat
             more
             than
             he
             can
             digest
             .
             But
             believe
             no
             such
             Cheats
             ;
             he
             could
             digest
             far
             more
             than
             he
             eats
             .
             But
             having
             long
             ago
             left
             his
             flesh
             ;
             he
             is
             now
             bethinking
             himself
             to
             leave
             the
             world
             .
             That
             was
             a
             burden
             he
             did
             so
             little
             love
             ,
             as
             he
             desired
             to
             leave
             ;
             and
             now
             loath
             any
             longer
             to
             live
             :
             next
             to
             his
             sins
             ,
             he
             repents
             himself
             of
             nothing
             more
             ,
             but
             that
             He
             ,
             who
             has
             held
             all
             his
             time
             for
             an
             upright
             Dealer
             ,
             should
             now
             for
             want
             of
             flesh
             ,
             become
             a
             Worm-cheater
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             VIII
             .
             The
             restrained
             Cavaliere
             ,
             with
             his
             Melancholy
             Fancy
             .
          
           
             IS
             Iohn
             for
             the
             King
             in
             all
             parts
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             He
             had
             a
             brave
             spirit
             before
             he
             was
             impounded
             ;
             and
             now
             in
             his
             restraint
             he
             has
             a
             desire
             to
             fight
             ;
             but
             Fetters
             instead
             of
             Indentures
             have
             so
             bound
             him
             to
             good
             behaviour
             ,
             as
             his
             appetite
             is
             cooled
             ;
             his
             approved
             valour
             must
             thaw
             and
             resolve
             to
             vapor
             ,
             and
             content
             himself
             with
             the
             recollected
             honour
             of
             being
             once
             a
             Souldier
             ;
             yet
             like
             gumm'd
             Grogram
             ,
             he
             will
             fret
             ,
             though
             he
             cannot
             fight
             ;
             and
             if
             his
             Genius
             be
             so
             happy
             ,
             conjure
             up
             all
             the
             Muses
             to
             assist
             him
             in
             his
             Satyrical
             humor
             ,
             and
             twist
             him
             some
             whip-cords
             to
             lash
             his
             unconscionable
             flint-hearted
             Jaylor
             ;
             and
             this
             he
             does
             metally
             ,
             like
             a
             daring
             Retainer
             :
             
               
                 Didst
                 thou
                 but
                 know
                 ,
                 dogg'd
                 Iaylor
                 ,
                 whom
                 thou
                 hast
              
               
                 In
                 those
                 vast
                 jaws
                 of
                 thy
                 damp
                 Prison
                 plac't
                 ;
              
               
                 With
                 cheerful
                 rays
                 thou'dst
                 look
                 upon
                 thy
                 guest
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 hold
                 thy
                 Mansion
                 by
                 his
                 seizure
                 blest
                 .
              
               
                 Pure
                 Nectar
                 Rivolets
                 drain'd
                 from
                 our
                 brains
              
               
                 Like
                 
                   Aqua
                   fortis
                
                 shall
                 eat
                 through
                 thy
                 chains
                 .
              
               
                 Grumble
                 not
                 ,
                 Island
                 Curr
                 !
                 Here
                 is
                 a
                 man
              
               
                 Would
                 hook
                 thy
                 Nose
                 ,
                 were
                 't
                 thou
                 Leviathan
                 .
              
               
                 Wits
                 sleight
                 restraint
                 !
                 our
                 Spirits
                 never
                 felt
              
               
                 Cares
                 of
                 those
                 keys
                 hang
                 dangling
                 at
                 thy
                 belt
                 .
              
            
             
             Thus
             this
             impaled
             Minotaur
             domineers
             within
             his
             own
             Grate
             ;
             while
             looking
             about
             him
             ,
             and
             observing
             his
             mean
             accommodation
             ,
             he
             begins
             to
             take
             a
             more
             curious
             survey
             of
             his
             incurious
             Lodging
             ;
             which
             he
             calls
             
               The
               Captains
               Cage
            
             ;
             and
             with
             a
             Jaylors
             curse
             ,
             in
             this
             sort
             he
             anatomizeth
             his
             despicable
             case
             .
             
               
                 A
                 Captive-Captain
                 lay
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 room
                 ,
              
               
                 He
                 held
                 his
                 Bed
                 the
                 Embleme
                 of
                 his
                 Tombe
                 .
              
               
                 Dark
                 as
                 a
                 Charnel-house
                 :
                 no
                 spirit
                 did
                 move
              
               
                 But
                 Rats
                 and
                 Mice
                 below
                 ,
                 and
                 rain
                 above
                 :
              
               
                 So
                 as
                 he
                 need't
                 not
                 wash
                 his
                 Couch
                 with
                 tears
                 ,
              
               
                 Such
                 streaming
                 showrs
                 drill'd
                 down
                 about
                 his
                 ears
                 .
              
               
                 Besides
                 ,
                 an
                 Herd
                 of
                 grunting
                 Hoggs
                 so
                 nigh
                 ,
              
               
                 None
                 could
                 discern
                 his
                 Lodging
                 from
                 their
                 Stye
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 kennel
                 too
                 of
                 bawling
                 Curs
                 lay
                 there
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 all
                 night
                 long
                 were
                 yelping
                 in
                 his
                 ear
                 .
              
               
                 Near
                 this
                 a
                 chimney
                 that
                 would
                 keep
                 no
                 fire
                 ;
              
               
                 "
                 Thus
                 did
                 his
                 passive
                 pensive
                 hours
                 expire
                 .
              
               
                 "
                 If
                 this
                 a
                 thraldom
                 might
                 not
                 stiled
                 be
                 ,
              
               
                 "
                 Prisons
                 are
                 Paradoxes
                 unto
                 me
                 .
              
            
             It
             is
             great
             pity
             that
             his
             friends
             and
             fortunes
             should
             so
             neglect
             him
             ;
             or
             his
             own
             meriting
             parts
             become
             such
             strangers
             to
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             can
             neither
             finde
             the
             one
             to
             comfort
             ,
             nor
             the
             other
             to
             support
             him
             .
             He
             concludes
             therefore
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             
               Mad
               world
            
             ;
             and
             those
             that
             fawn
             on
             it
             ,
             the
             
             maddest
             fools
             in
             it
             .
             He
             hears
             of
             Sallies
             ,
             Skirmishes
             ,
             and
             Battels
             ;
             but
             what
             are
             these
             to
             his
             Bolts
             ?
             The
             report
             of
             the
             change
             of
             a
             Prisoner
             would
             enliven
             him
             far
             better
             .
             But
             Valour
             must
             not
             be
             redeemed
             with
             Copper
             .
             Though
             his
             Field-actions
             deserved
             Praise
             ,
             yet
             must
             they
             not
             purchase
             his
             person
             freedome
             without
             a
             Price
             .
             And
             poor
             
               restrained
               Cavalier
            
             ,
             he
             's
             as
             far
             from
             giving
             as
             lending
             .
          
           
             He
             remains
             dis-roab'd
             ,
             and
             dis-arm'd
             :
             his
             onely
             shift
             then
             must
             be
             Best-be-trust
             ,
             or
             he
             must
             stay
             there
             without
             Bayl.
             Others
             may
             be
             enlarged
             by
             
               Publique
               Faith
            
             ,
             which
             he
             cannot
             .
             Well
             ,
             this
             is
             his
             comfort
             ,
             though
             he
             be
             restrain'd
             in
             body
             ,
             he
             has
             deriv'd
             from
             his
             mind
             that
             liberty
             ,
             as
             he
             can
             fight
             without
             Arms
             ,
             and
             conquer
             his
             Passions
             in
             their
             highest
             extremity
             .
             Let
             him
             then
             dying
             ,
             be
             honour'd
             with
             an
             Hearse
             ,
             whose
             living
             valour
             was
             never
             rewarded
             worse
             .
             Nay
             ,
             should
             his
             Body
             want
             the
             honour
             of
             a
             Shrine
             ,
             yet
             let
             his
             Memory
             live
             in
             the
             Kalendar
             of
             Fame
             ,
             while
             we
             indorse
             this
             Inscription
             upon
             his
             neglected
             Grave
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           CHOICE
           CABINET
           COUNSEL
           .
        
         
           
             Aperiatur
             Scrinium
             ,
          
           
             Ut
             reperiatur
             Consilium
             .
          
           
             Proclus
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sperate
             Miseri
             ,
          
           
             Cavete
             Foelices
             .
          
        
         
           What
           precious
           treasures
           best
           inrich
           the
           mind
           ,
        
         
           Vnlock
           this
           Cabinet
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           find
           .
        
         
           Gemms
           may
           be
           stoln
           ,
           or
           lustre
           lose
           with
           rust
           ;
        
         
           But
           these
           more
           pure
           than
           to
           resolve
           to
           dust
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           CHOICE
           CABINET
           COUNSEL
           .
        
         
           
             
               SALVIAN
               .
            
             
               O
               calame
               adjuro
               te
               ,
               ne
               literam
               trahas
               nec
               lineam
               ;
               in
               qua
               pro
               viribus
               non
               delineas
               Dei
               gloriam
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             I.
             Advice
             to
             a
             Peer
             .
          
           
             YOU
             are
             a
             Person
             of
             Descent
             ;
             ennoble
             it
             with
             actions
             of
             Desert
             .
             There
             is
             nothing
             that
             detracts
             more
             from
             the
             splendour
             of
             an
             eminent
             Family
             ,
             than
             to
             be
             ignorant
             in
             that
             which
             may
             most
             and
             in
             the
             liveliest
             colours
             pourtray
             it self
             noble
             .
          
           
             The
             antient
             Roman
             Peerage
             became
             not
             onely
             distinguishable
             by
             their
             House
             or
             Coat
             ,
             but
             by
             one
             peculiar
             virtue
             or
             other
             lineally
             descendent
             and
             inherent
             to
             that
             Race
             :
             As
             the
             Publicolae
             for
             Curtesy
             ;
             the
             Scaevolae
             for
             Sobriety
             ;
             the
             Lentuli
             for
             Liberality
             ;
             the
             Gracci
             for
             Gravity
             ;
             the
             Appii
             for
             Equity
             ;
             the
             Coriolani
             for
             Majesty
             ;
             the
             Aureliani
             for
             Piety
             ;
             and
             the
             Marii
             
             for
             Magnanimity
             .
             Which
             ornaments
             dignify'd
             them
             much
             more
             than
             all
             that
             blood
             which
             ran
             through
             their
             veins
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             been
             known
             to
             some
             persons
             equal
             to
             you
             in
             rank
             ,
             and
             equipage
             of
             State
             ,
             though
             different
             in
             their
             Extraction
             .
             For
             some
             of
             these
             were
             Born
             ,
             others
             Made
             great
             .
             And
             in
             these
             may
             be
             found
             as
             great
             a
             difference
             in
             their
             Humour
             ,
             as
             was
             in
             the
             lineal
             derivation
             or
             accidental
             constitution
             of
             their
             Honour
             .
             The
             one
             had
             receiv'd
             a
             native
             freedome
             ,
             such
             a
             genuine
             and
             unaffected
             comportment
             ,
             as
             his
             very
             Carriage
             might
             play
             the
             Herauld
             ,
             and
             deblazon
             his
             Linage
             .
             The
             other
             equally
             great
             ,
             but
             his
             demean
             so
             levell'd
             that
             greatness
             ,
             as
             it
             laid
             it
             flat
             ,
             and
             mis-shap'd
             the
             person
             for
             acception
             of
             any
             such
             state
             .
             So
             as
             ,
             it
             had
             been
             much
             better
             for
             that
             surreptitious
             Mushrom
             to
             have
             held
             still
             to
             his
             slow
             ,
             but
             safe
             private
             growth
             ;
             than
             by
             his
             undeserved
             rise
             to
             expose
             his
             pittifull
             grandeur
             to
             a
             scornfull
             censure
             .
          
           
             Some
             of
             these
             we
             have
             known
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             flowrishingst
             States
             ,
             who
             during
             their
             times
             of
             privacy
             ,
             liv'd
             in
             fair
             repute
             ;
             more
             lov'd
             than
             envy'd
             ,
             though
             after
             swoln
             high
             ,
             more
             envy'd
             than
             lov'd
             :
             and
             never
             less
             pitied
             ,
             than
             when
             they
             stood
             in
             most
             need
             on
             't
             .
          
           
             These
             ,
             likewise
             ,
             in
             their
             first
             Entrance
             to
             State-Affairs
             ,
             were
             accounted
             Grave
             and
             Prudential
             Men
             ;
             and
             ,
             in
             the
             opinion
             of
             those
             who
             
             perused
             the
             Draught
             of
             their
             Actions
             ,
             Passages
             and
             Debates
             ,
             held
             most
             fitting
             to
             become
             great
             ,
             before
             they
             came
             to
             be
             great
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             the
             opinion
             which
             most
             men
             had
             of
             Galba
             ,
             whose
             unexpected
             Ascent
             to
             Honour
             ,
             had
             so
             estrang'd
             him
             from
             his
             native
             humour
             ,
             as
             he
             appeared
             not
             the
             same
             Man
             in
             Command
             ,
             which
             he
             shewed
             himself
             to
             be
             when
             Commanded
             :
             And
             no
             doubt
             ,
             but
             this
             change
             of
             disposition
             took
             it's
             origen
             from
             some
             sociable
             infection
             ,
             by
             consorting
             with
             such
             ,
             whose
             Applauses
             deluded
             him
             ;
             and
             by
             their
             palpable
             Parasitism
             so
             madded
             him
             ,
             as
             it
             made
             him
             forgetful
             of
             his
             Rise
             ,
             and
             unmindful
             of
             his
             Fall.
             
          
           
             Whence
             I
             collect
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             nothing
             that
             may
             improve
             ,
             or
             disadvantage
             Greatness
             more
             ,
             (
             whether
             it
             be
             derived
             from
             eminence
             of
             Life
             ,
             or
             dignity
             of
             Place
             )
             than
             the
             Company
             which
             he
             frequents
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             an
             excellent
             Advice
             therefore
             of
             that
             
               Divine
               Moral
            
             ,
             in
             wishing
             us
             to
             make
             choice
             of
             such
             Companions
             ,
             
               in
               whose
               Society
               we
               have
               hope
               ,
               either
               to
               better
               them
               ,
               or
               be
               better'd
               by
               them
               .
            
             Stains
             are
             ever
             most
             discernible
             in
             purest
             Cloaths
             .
             Neither
             can
             Greatness
             in
             a
             Civil
             State
             become
             any
             subterfuge
             to
             Guiltiness
             :
             whence
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             the
             Spartans
             held
             ever
             the
             Crime
             of
             a
             Peer
             most
             worthy
             of
             imparallel'd
             punishment
             .
             And
             hence
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             their
             
               Great
               Men
            
             were
             call'd
             Optimates
             :
             Great
             ,
             because
             Good.
             Peers
             ,
             
             sayes
             that
             antient
             Sage
             ,
             as
             they
             over-peer
             others
             in
             Greatness
             ,
             so
             should
             they
             surmount
             others
             in
             Goodness
             ;
             otherwise
             they
             build
             a
             Low
             Story
             upon
             an
             High
             Foundation
             .
          
           
             Now
             ,
             as
             Ambition
             can
             find
             you
             no
             wings
             to
             mount
             up
             higher
             ;
             so
             be
             it
             your
             care
             to
             prepare
             you
             Arches
             to
             make
             your
             high-rais'd
             Structures
             appear
             stronger
             ;
             let
             Amity
             be
             your
             best
             Monopoly
             ,
             which
             is
             procur'd
             with
             least
             cost
             ,
             and
             at
             best
             hand
             by
             debonair
             Carriage
             and
             Affability
             .
             Add
             to
             these
             ,
             Acts
             of
             Piety
             ;
             being
             seasonably
             perform'd
             ,
             they
             will
             incomparably
             become
             you
             .
             Go
             to
             the
             Forest
             ;
             it
             will
             inform
             you
             :
             The
             highest
             Trees
             give
             the
             fairest
             Umbrage
             ;
             They
             stand
             for
             Shrouding
             ,
             not
             Crushing
             their
             Inferiours
             .
          
        
         
           
             II.
             Advice
             to
             a
             Pesant
             .
          
           
             LEt
             not
             the
             lowness
             of
             thy
             present
             Condition
             inslave
             thee
             to
             a
             Pesantly
             resolution
             .
             If
             thou
             really
             partake
             of
             Man
             ,
             thou
             wilt
             lose
             nothing
             of
             thy
             dimension
             .
             Thou
             canst
             not
             be
             outwardly
             so
             despicably
             low
             ;
             as
             thy
             rightly-aspiring
             thoughts
             shall
             not
             make
             thee
             intellectually
             high
             .
          
           
             Though
             *
             Codrus
             had
             ragg'd
             Cloaths
             ,
             he
             could
             
             imbroder
             them
             with
             Royal
             thoughts
             .
             It
             is
             only
             in
             thee
             ,
             that
             has
             power
             to
             ennoble
             thee
             ,
             and
             imbellish
             thy
             poverty
             with
             a
             rich
             and
             graceful
             Livery
             .
             But
             ,
             methinks
             I
             see
             thee
             ,
             like
             a
             poor
             Male-content
             ,
             throwing
             thine
             Eyes
             abroad
             ;
             as
             if
             thou
             sentst
             them
             forth
             as
             spyes
             ,
             or
             scouts
             ,
             to
             make
             a
             discovery
             of
             all
             the
             Estates
             of
             such
             Persons
             as
             confine
             ,
             or
             neighbour
             near
             thee
             .
             And
             ,
             what
             return
             do
             these
             envious
             Centinels
             render
             thee
             ?
             In
             their
             Relations
             ,
             I
             must
             no
             less
             freely
             than
             friendly
             tell
             thee
             ,
             how
             infinitely
             they
             abuse
             thee
             :
             These
             suggest
             unto
             thee
             (
             and
             such
             Counsellors
             be
             the
             worst
             Consorts
             )
             that
             Nature
             has
             played
             the
             part
             of
             a
             niggardly
             and
             unjust
             Step-Dame
             with
             thee
             ,
             in
             drawing
             in
             the
             Breasts
             of
             her
             Bounty
             towards
             thee
             and
             thy
             Relations
             ;
             and
             so
             freely
             laying
             them
             open
             unto
             others
             .
             And
             is
             this
             all
             those
             
               Corrupt
               Agents
            
             can
             whisper
             to
             thee
             ?
             Let
             me
             advise
             thee
             ,
             lest
             thou
             become
             depraved
             before
             thou
             converse
             with
             Reason
             .
             A
             perswasive
             Enemy
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             a
             palliated
             Amity
             ,
             may
             make
             his
             surprize
             of
             thee
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             small
             difficulty
             ,
             when
             he
             finds
             no
             considerable
             Force
             to
             resist
             his
             Fury
             .
             Admit
             thou
             wer't
             the
             poorest
             and
             contemptiblest
             wretch
             that
             ever
             breathed
             ;
             born
             naked
             ,
             and
             born
             to
             a
             naked
             Fortune
             :
             yet
             ,
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             thou
             canst
             not
             live
             so
             naked
             as
             thou
             wer
             't
             born
             .
             Thou
             wantedst
             then
             the
             strength
             of
             those
             active
             faculties
             which
             thou
             now
             enjoyest
             ,
             appearing
             then
             so
             
             helpless
             ,
             as
             thou
             wantedst
             Native
             Supplies
             to
             help
             thy self
             .
             Tell
             me
             ;
             what
             wantest
             thou
             in
             thy self
             ,
             unless
             thou
             want
             the
             injoyment
             of
             thy self
             ?
             And
             ,
             what
             is
             it
             that
             deprives
             thee
             of
             this
             essential
             Liberty
             ?
             I
             shall
             briefly
             inform
             thee
             in
             that
             ,
             which
             may
             infinitly
             improve
             thee
             .
             There
             is
             a
             webb
             in
             thine
             eye
             ;
             which
             attracts
             unto
             it
             the
             steam
             of
             Envy
             .
             This
             brings
             thee
             to
             expostulate
             too
             arrogantly
             with
             thine
             own
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             to
             over-value
             thy self
             in
             the
             Ballance
             of
             Native
             worth
             ;
             above
             others
             whose
             Descent
             or
             Providence
             has
             rais'd
             them
             to
             more
             Wealth
             .
             Let
             not
             this
             grieve
             thee
             :
             these
             may
             harbour
             more
             needy
             and
             beggarly
             thoughts
             than
             thy self
             ;
             unless
             Discontent
             have
             thrown
             thee
             below
             thy self
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             property
             of
             humane
             felicity
             ,
             to
             involve
             those
             who
             hugg
             it
             ,
             in
             mazy
             and
             inextricable
             precipices
             of
             misery
             .
             Forerunning
             times
             do
             not
             only
             afford
             us
             plenty
             of
             Tragical
             Examples
             :
             but
             if
             we
             look
             homeward
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             variety
             of
             such
             deplorable
             Objects
             and
             surviving
             Presidents
             of
             Our
             own
             .
             Such
             ,
             who
             have
             tasted
             bitterly
             of
             this
             Wormwood-Lecture
             ,
             and
             sensibly
             felt
             how
             the
             grandeur
             of
             
               Surreptitious
               Honour
            
             ,
             purchased
             more
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             Fate
             ,
             than
             any
             visible
             act
             of
             Merit
             ,
             has
             become
             destructive
             to
             the
             Safety
             of
             the
             Pursuer
             ,
             and
             an
             inevitable
             Snare
             to
             the
             Enjoyer
             .
             For
             ,
             having
             their
             wings
             once
             dipt
             in
             the
             Birdlime
             of
             Ambition
             ;
             
             the
             more
             they
             struggled
             with
             it
             ,
             the
             more
             they
             were
             enwreathed
             by
             it
             .
             A
             serious
             Consideration
             of
             our
             own
             Condition
             would
             perfect
             the
             Work
             ;
             and
             fortifie
             his
             Resolves
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             Eye
             of
             the
             World
             is
             most
             despicable
             ,
             against
             all
             the
             insults
             and
             braves
             of
             Fortune
             :
             nay
             ,
             make
             him
             such
             a
             Compleat
             Man
             ,
             as
             his
             
               outward
               contempt
            
             may
             beget
             in
             him
             an
             
               inward
               content
            
             .
             The
             Way
             is
             short
             and
             easie
             ;
             and
             not
             only
             so
             ,
             but
             of
             a
             dayly
             presidential
             occurrency
             :
             there
             is
             no
             corner
             in
             any
             Street
             ,
             nor
             walk
             in
             any
             Field
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             afford
             thee
             a
             Receipt
             ;
             the
             fault
             is
             thine
             ,
             if
             thou
             make
             not
             Application
             for
             thy
             Cure.
             Thou
             art
             sick
             to
             see
             others
             whole
             :
             and
             in
             opinion
             most
             poor
             ,
             when
             thou
             seest
             an
             other
             rich
             .
             This
             is
             a
             dangerous
             Eye-sore
             ,
             and
             requires
             a
             soveraign
             Eye-salve
             .
             To
             have
             ones
             eye
             evil
             ,
             because
             an
             other
             's
             good
             ,
             is
             an
             Emblem
             of
             extremest
             envy
             .
             To
             bring
             thee
             then
             to
             partake
             more
             of
             Man
             than
             Sathan
             ,
             for
             no
             fury
             more
             Satanical
             ;
             wheresoever
             thou
             sojournest
             ,
             look
             not
             upon
             the
             state
             nor
             style
             of
             the
             mighty
             ;
             but
             on
             the
             shroud
             ,
             and
             skrip
             of
             the
             needy
             .
             Not
             on
             the
             Highest
             ,
             but
             on
             the
             Lowest
             :
             and
             then
             ballance
             thy
             condition
             with
             his
             .
             Peruse
             this
             Lecture
             seriously
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             highly
             improve
             thee
             .
             Thou
             hast
             received
             more
             than
             thou
             deservedst
             :
             and
             in
             an
             ampler
             manner
             ,
             and
             greater
             measure
             ,
             than
             those
             who
             were
             much
             better
             .
             And
             know
             thus
             much
             ,
             for
             no
             knowledge
             more
             advantagious
             ,
             
             that
             by
             getting
             Mastery
             over
             thy self
             ,
             thou
             becom'st
             Master
             of
             the
             whole
             World
             :
             And
             though
             thou
             be
             but
             a
             
               Little
               One
            
             ,
             yet
             by
             reducing
             those
             Passions
             in
             thee
             ,
             and
             making
             them
             
               loyal
               subjects
            
             to
             thy
             Soveraignty
             ,
             the
             Commander
             of
             the
             Vniverse
             ,
             as
             HE
             styl'd
             himself
             ,
             might
             not
             compare
             with
             thee
             .
             He
             is
             no
             Pesant
             but
             a
             Prince
             ,
             who
             can
             subdue
             himself
             ,
             and
             make
             him
             affections
             his
             Vassals
             .
          
        
         
           
             III.
             Advice
             to
             a
             Landlord
             .
          
           
             YOu
             are
             a
             Man
             in
             Command
             :
             and
             a
             petty
             Prince
             within
             your
             own
             Mannor
             .
             You
             say
             to
             one
             ,
             
               Go
               ,
               and
               he
               goeth
               :
               and
               to
               another
               ,
               Come
               ,
               and
               he
               cometh
               .
            
             Do
             not
             abuse
             your
             power
             .
             Confine
             it
             ,
             lest
             you
             be
             confined
             by
             it
             .
             It
             was
             an
             excellent
             Lesson
             ;
             and
             if
             you
             follow
             it
             ,
             the
             practice
             will
             redound
             much
             to
             your
             benefit
             .
             
               Live
               after
               that
               manner
               with
               your
               Inferiours
               ,
               as
               you
               would
               have
               your
               Superiours
               live
               with
               you
               .
            
             It
             would
             disgust
             you
             to
             be
             insulted
             over
             by
             another
             :
             Observe
             the
             same
             Rule
             ,
             it
             will
             guard
             you
             in
             your
             height
             ,
             and
             secure
             you
             from
             hate
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             danger
             more
             incident
             to
             Greatness
             ,
             than
             to
             be
             blown
             up
             by
             the
             Bladder
             of
             their
             opinionate
             grandeur
             ;
             which
             with
             a
             
               Lethaean
               
               draught
            
             ,
             brings
             them
             to
             forget
             their
             friends
             ,
             but
             themselves
             most
             .
             It
             is
             Honours
             that
             changeth
             Manners
             ;
             and
             in
             short
             time
             thaws
             those
             Mannors
             which
             chang'd
             their
             Manners
             ,
             into
             nothing
             .
             Promotion
             is
             a
             perilous
             bait
             to
             an
             insolent
             and
             inconsiderate
             spirit
             :
             who
             can
             better
             lord
             it
             ,
             than
             define
             it
             .
             He
             no
             sooner
             begins
             to
             nible
             ,
             than
             the
             Hook
             fastneth
             on
             his
             Gills
             ,
             exposing
             him
             for
             a
             Prey
             ,
             to
             what
             he
             meant
             to
             make
             his
             Prey
             on
             .
          
           
             There
             be
             two
             menacing
             Shelves
             ,
             which
             it
             were
             fitting
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             and
             Command
             in
             their
             Sea-Fare
             ,
             should
             be
             cautious
             of
             :
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   Light
                   Counsel
                
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   Loose
                   Company
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Of
             these
             I
             shall
             advise
             our
             
               young
               Masters
            
             ,
             who
             ,
             Lapwing-like
             ,
             be
             newly
             crept
             out
             of
             the
             thin
             shell
             of
             their
             Guardianship
             ,
             to
             carry
             their
             eyes
             about
             them
             ,
             and
             by
             timely
             prevention
             divert
             a
             surprize
             .
             It
             shall
             be
             your
             fortune
             sometimes
             to
             incounter
             such
             Counsel
             ,
             as
             under
             shady
             and
             plausible
             pretences
             ,
             seconded
             with
             Ceremonial
             Protests
             ,
             will
             go
             along
             with
             you
             in
             the
             quest
             of
             your
             own
             fancy
             .
             These
             cunning
             Coy-ducks
             are
             so
             well
             train'd
             in
             the
             Discipline
             of
             Youth
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             got
             the
             Art
             of
             Diving
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             next
             place
             of
             complying
             with
             any
             humour
             :
             and
             to
             mould
             themselves
             in
             all
             Formality
             ,
             to
             their
             temper
             .
             If
             Sensual
             ,
             Sense
             is
             the
             only
             string
             they
             strike
             on
             .
             They
             will
             Chalk
             out
             a
             
             way
             to
             this
             Prodigal
             Sensualist
             to
             compleat
             al
             his
             illimited
             desires
             ,
             by
             satisfying
             all
             his
             Sense
             in
             the
             Epicureal
             injoyment
             of
             one
             Nights
             dalliance
             :
             whereof
             a
             debaucht
             rioting
             Ranter
             ,
             within
             the
             Walls
             of
             this
             City
             not
             many
             years
             ago
             left
             to
             Posterity
             a
             fearful
             Example
             :
             bestowing
             on
             his
             
               five
               Senses
            
             on
             one
             Night
             ,
             by
             the
             perswasive
             suggestion
             of
             his
             vicious
             Consorts
             ,
             
               five
               hundred
               pounds
            
             :
             Which
             profuse
             spending
             brought
             him
             to
             leap
             at
             a
             Crust
             before
             his
             dying
             .
             Thus
             did
             this
             lavish
             Landslord
             by
             his
             over-eager
             hunting
             and
             hugging
             of
             his
             own
             Humour
             ,
             not
             only
             detract
             from
             his
             Native
             Honour
             ,
             but
             by
             his
             careless
             course
             become
             the
             last
             of
             his
             House
             :
             Flying
             out
             of
             his
             Estate
             ,
             before
             his
             wings
             had
             rais'd
             his
             flight
             to
             half
             his
             age
             .
          
           
             But
             though
             Examples
             be
             held
             so
             moving
             ,
             a
             they
             ever
             leave
             the
             deepest
             impression
             :
             yet
             
               Moral
               Advice
            
             operates
             strongly
             upon
             the
             Affections
             ,
             being
             rendred
             by
             a
             modest
             Pen
             ,
             and
             without
             colour
             of
             Self
             interest
             ;
             being
             the
             only
             Coloquintida
             that
             disrelisheth
             this
             Service
             ;
             making
             it
             most
             suspected
             ,
             where
             it
             should
             be
             most
             imployed
             .
          
           
             The
             safest
             and
             securest
             way
             then
             ,
             that
             you
             can
             possibly
             walk
             in
             ,
             is
             with
             a
             circumspect
             eye
             to
             reflect
             upon
             your
             own
             condition
             ;
             and
             in
             no
             wise
             to
             suffer
             either
             the
             pravity
             of
             Counsel
             ,
             nor
             corruption
             of
             Society
             to
             have
             that
             influence
             over
             you
             ,
             as
             to
             mis-guide
             you
             ,
             or
             make
             you
             
             swell
             above
             your self
             ;
             which
             many
             have
             done
             ,
             and
             willingly
             perished
             under
             their
             own
             weight
             :
             and
             fatal
             is
             that
             Burden
             which
             crusheth
             down
             the
             Bearer
             .
             Let
             me
             then
             advise
             you
             (
             for
             your
             attention
             to
             it
             may
             be
             infinitly
             useful
             to
             you
             )
             not
             to
             magnifie
             your self
             in
             the
             Priority
             of
             your
             Place
             ,
             nor
             Precedency
             of
             Command
             .
             Your
             Tenants
             be
             your
             
               Oeconomick
               Servants
            
             ;
             play
             you
             the
             part
             of
             a
             discreet
             and
             temperate
             Master
             .
             Make
             them
             yours
             by
             the
             Cement
             of
             Love
             ,
             not
             the
             extremity
             of
             Law
             ;
             for
             that
             were
             the
             way
             to
             crush
             them
             ,
             rather
             than
             cherish
             them
             .
             They
             hold
             on
             you
             ;
             uphold
             them
             who
             rely
             on
             you
             .
             It
             were
             very
             rare
             to
             see
             indigent
             Farmers
             to
             have
             a
             thriving
             Landlord
             .
             Oppression
             is
             such
             a
             Ring-worm
             ,
             as
             it
             spreads
             all
             over
             the
             face
             of
             his
             Estate
             ,
             and
             blemisheth
             the
             beauty
             of
             it
             .
             If
             your
             desire
             be
             to
             live
             well
             and
             happily
             ,
             let
             them
             live
             well
             and
             peaceably
             that
             are
             ranked
             under
             you
             .
             That
             Master
             either
             imprudently
             or
             parcimoniously
             manageth
             his
             Family
             ,
             who
             suffers
             his
             Meniey
             to
             starve
             through
             penury
             .
             What
             is
             it
             ,
             or
             whereto
             avails
             it
             to
             command
             Men
             without
             hearts
             ?
             The
             way
             to
             gain
             their
             Affections
             ,
             is
             to
             acquit
             them
             of
             Exactions
             .
             Affability
             is
             the
             Adamant
             to
             attract
             them
             ;
             and
             Bounty
             the
             Balm
             to
             preserve
             them
             .
             Dead
             Flies
             spoil
             the
             sweetest
             Ointments
             :
             Breathless
             and
             feeble
             Offices
             in
             their
             Chief
             ,
             beget
             disesteem
             in
             his
             Relations
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             IV.
             Advice
             to
             a
             Farmer
             .
          
           
             YOu
             are
             call'd
             to
             a
             Vocation
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             such
             a
             commendable
             Station
             ,
             as
             no
             Commonwealth
             ,
             whereto
             Monarchies
             are
             oftimes
             reduced
             ,
             can
             possibly
             subsist
             without
             it
             .
             The
             
               Royal
               Pale
            
             ,
             sayes
             the
             Italian
             Proverb
             ,
             must
             receive
             it's
             nourishment
             from
             the
             
               Milk
               payl
            
             .
             It
             is
             not
             so
             low
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             High
             may
             derive
             ,
             not
             only
             an
             usual
             Supportance
             ,
             but
             an
             essential
             Subsistence
             from
             it
             .
             
               Gordian
               ,
               Probus
               ,
               Timoleon
            
             ,
             and
             Codrus
             might
             promise
             themselves
             much
             more
             composedness
             of
             mind
             ,
             and
             happy
             retirement
             from
             the
             various
             bickerings
             of
             this
             Surging
             Main
             ,
             the
             World
             ,
             I
             mean
             ,
             in
             their
             injoyment
             of
             privacy
             ,
             wherein
             they
             were
             educated
             ;
             than
             the
             attainment
             of
             an
             higher
             Estate
             ,
             whereto
             they
             were
             afterwards
             advanced
             .
             
               I
               would
               not
               ,
               said
               that
               Tarentine
               Farmer
               ,
               change
               my
               Cultre
               for
               a
               Sceptre
               .
            
             Content
             is
             worth
             a
             Crown
             :
             for
             many
             Crowns
             fall
             short
             of
             Content
             .
          
           
             Now
             in
             this
             homely
             condition
             ,
             wherein
             you
             are
             stated
             ,
             it
             behoves
             you
             to
             walk
             warily
             ,
             lest
             you
             make
             your
             too
             sollicitous
             care
             your
             greatest
             enemy
             .
             Be
             it
             your
             Principal
             Design
             then
             (
             seeing
             every
             Vocation
             ,
             be
             it
             Publick
             or
             Private
             ,
             is
             measur'd
             forth
             by
             its
             own
             proper
             line
             ,
             or
             
             dimension
             )
             to
             consider
             the
             aim
             and
             end
             of
             your
             Calling
             .
             Your
             sole
             Management
             consists
             in
             Manuring
             ,
             Maturing
             and
             Cultivating
             your
             Ground
             :
             and
             accommodating
             your
             Grainge
             ,
             the
             Seat
             of
             your
             Family
             ,
             with
             all
             Accommodations
             suitable
             to
             a
             Person
             of
             your
             quality
             ;
             concluding
             handsomely
             with
             the
             Poet
             :
             
               
                 †
                 "
                 Neat
                 be
                 my
                 House
                 ,
                 my
                 Pastures
                 richly
                 grown
                 ,
              
               
                 "
                 My
                 Corn-Fields
                 till'd
                 by
                 no
                 hand
                 but
                 mine
                 own
                 .
              
            
             But
             in
             this
             care
             of
             their
             culture
             ,
             you
             have
             an
             
               Inner
               Field
            
             that
             must
             not
             be
             forgotten
             .
             Your
             security
             or
             neglect
             in
             this
             ,
             would
             argue
             your
             remissness
             of
             Husbandry
             in
             all
             .
          
           
             You
             have
             your
             Weedhooks
             ,
             with
             other
             necessary
             Instruments
             ,
             for
             ridding
             your
             ground
             of
             all
             noxious
             or
             unprofitable
             Weeds
             .
             Not
             a
             Brake
             ,
             Thorn
             ,
             nor
             Bramble
             ,
             must
             stand
             in
             your
             way
             ,
             to
             hinder
             the
             increase
             of
             better
             fruits
             .
             Now
             ,
             Weeds
             are
             but
             the
             Emblems
             of
             Vices
             ;
             just
             as
             the
             
               purest
               grains
            
             ,
             or
             
               choicest
               flowers
            
             are
             the
             representatives
             of
             Vertues
             .
             Let
             no
             Misselto
             spread
             near
             your
             Vine
             ;
             no
             Ivy
             intwist
             your
             Elm
             ;
             no
             Darnel
             infect
             your
             Field
             .
             *
             
               If
               Thou
               wilt
               Sow
               in
               the
               Soil
               of
               mine
               heart
               (
               said
               that
               Glory
               of
               the
               Eastern
               Church
               )
               the
               Seeds
               of
               Vertues
               ;
               needfull
               
               it
               will
               be
               ,
               that
               thou
               first
               weed
               out
               of
               mine
               heart
               the
               Thorns
               of
               Vices
               .
            
          
           
             Whence
             you
             may
             gather
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             your
             Inward
             Culture
             that
             conduceth
             most
             to
             your
             honour
             :
             and
             that
             good
             Manners
             lay
             the
             best
             foundation
             to
             any
             Mannor
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             as
             all
             rubbish
             is
             to
             be
             remov'd
             ,
             before
             the
             Ground-work
             be
             lay'd
             ;
             so
             in
             your
             Cultivage
             ,
             there
             be
             three
             Infectious
             Seeds
             ,
             wherewith
             you
             are
             never
             to
             be
             acquainted
             ,
             if
             ever
             you
             expect
             success
             ,
             or
             a
             fair
             account
             from
             your
             harvest
             .
          
           
             It
             has
             been
             the
             constant
             custom
             of
             some
             Farmers
             ,
             in
             imitation
             of
             that
             miserable
             Bithinian
             ;
             to
             carry
             ever
             about
             them
             an
             
               Erra
               Pater
            
             ,
             to
             inform
             their
             Sollicitous
             Knowledg
             what
             years
             are
             ,
             by
             that
             erring
             Divination
             ,
             probably
             conjectur'd
             to
             prove
             dear
             ,
             or
             cheap
             .
             If
             dear
             ,
             the
             Farmer
             ,
             to
             increase
             his
             profit
             ,
             makes
             it
             his
             Design
             to
             raise
             the
             Market
             ,
             by
             digressing
             from
             the
             Course
             of
             a
             Farmer
             ,
             and
             playing
             the
             part
             of
             a
             Forestaller
             ,
             or
             Ingrosser
             .
             But
             this
             advantageous
             Contractor
             of
             Mammon
             ,
             many
             times
             dis-inherits
             him
             of
             his
             future
             hopes
             in
             Sion
             :
             when
             his
             
               mouth
               shall
               be
               filled
               with
               gravel
               ,
            
             how
             empty
             shall
             those
             Barns
             appear
             to
             his
             
               infinite
               thoughts
            
             ,
             which
             were
             lately
             so
             much
             inlarged
             ?
             Let
             it
             be
             then
             your
             happiness
             to
             confine
             your
             desires
             ,
             by
             making
             them
             suitable
             to
             your
             Calling
             .
             Covetousness
             is
             such
             a
             
               spreading
               Tetter
            
             ,
             as
             it
             blemisheth
             the
             favour
             of
             the
             Owner
             .
             The
             Postil
             of
             Content
             is
             
             an
             excellent
             Lesson
             ;
             not
             only
             to
             improve
             ,
             but
             compleat
             the
             Work
             of
             your
             Vocation
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             another
             Locust
             which
             feeds
             oft
             on
             the
             fruits
             of
             your
             Providence
             ;
             and
             seazeth
             on
             you
             when
             least
             suspected
             .
             You
             see
             your
             Neighbours
             Pastures
             look
             more
             cheerfully
             ;
             his
             Corn-fields
             promise
             more
             plentuously
             ;
             his
             Vineyards
             ,
             Hop-yards
             ,
             with
             whatsoever
             else
             may
             appear
             most
             commodious
             ,
             increasing
             more
             fruitfully
             :
             and
             these
             beget
             in
             you
             Envy
             .
             Estrange
             this
             from
             you
             ;
             let
             your
             eye
             rejoyce
             in
             the
             Welfare
             of
             your
             Neighbour
             :
             it
             will
             redound
             richly
             in
             Success
             to
             your
             Labour
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             should
             Passion
             transport
             you
             ,
             may
             Architas
             temper
             lessen
             your
             Anger
             ,
             who
             told
             his
             lazy
             Hind
             ,
             
               He
               would
               have
               beaten
               him
               ,
               if
               he
               had
               not
               been
               angry
               with
               him
               .
            
          
           
             Be
             it
             your
             care
             to
             continue
             and
             end
             the
             Lease
             of
             your
             Farm
             for
             Life
             ,
             with
             this
             constant
             Rule
             ,
             
               To
               keep
               a
               good
               Conscience
               in
               all
               things
               ,
               both
               towards
               God
               and
               Man.
            
             Acts
             24.16
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             V.
             Advice
             to
             a
             simple
             Countrey
             Curat
             .
          
           
             I
             Am
             doubtful
             now
             whether
             I
             speak
             to
             a
             Mechanick
             ,
             or
             a
             Scholar
             .
             If
             to
             the
             former
             ,
             a
             good
             homely
             Homily
             is
             the
             highest
             pitch
             of
             his
             Divinity
             :
             which
             ,
             having
             read
             Understandingly
             ,
             Distinctly
             ,
             and
             Audibly
             ;
             he
             rests
             confident
             that
             he
             has
             sufficiently
             perform'd
             a
             Curats
             duty
             .
             Small
             Tithes
             exact
             small
             Pains
             .
             These
             Places
             be
             for
             most
             part
             bestow'd
             on
             such
             ,
             who
             remain
             destitute
             of
             all
             Places
             :
             And
             like
             some
             poor
             maimed
             Hospitallers
             ,
             become
             ravished
             with
             Devotion
             ;
             not
             so
             much
             
               with
               it
            
             ,
             as
             
               to
               it
            
             :
             being
             forc'd
             thereto
             rather
             through
             need
             than
             zeal
             .
             These
             ,
             as
             they
             know
             not
             what
             metall
             Latin
             is
             made
             on
             :
             so
             their
             greatest
             study
             is
             (
             unless
             it
             be
             the
             Art
             of
             catching
             of
             Flyes
             with
             Domitian
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             trifling
             pursute
             )
             to
             keep
             their
             
               shallow
               Sconces
            
             warm
             .
             Numerous
             Night-caps
             must
             secure
             them
             :
             for
             those
             Night
             Mounteroes
             reach
             to
             the
             highest
             purchase
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             a
             neighbourly-morning
             Noggin
             ,
             which
             wheels
             about
             with
             much
             cheerfulness
             :
             drilling
             along
             with
             no
             less
             freedom
             in
             frivolous
             impertinences
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Curat
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             his
             least
             care
             to
             Teach
             ;
             so
             is
             it
             in
             the
             lowest
             of
             his
             Fellows
             desires
             to
             be
             taught
             .
             Doctrine
             and
             Vse
             they
             never
             heard
             of
             :
             
             and
             for
             Application
             ,
             they
             know
             not
             what
             it
             means
             .
             Though
             this
             Countrey-Coridon
             Curat
             ,
             never
             heard
             of
             a
             Peripatetick
             all
             his
             time
             ,
             he
             resembles
             him
             much
             in
             his
             gradual-motion
             .
             For
             ,
             he
             walks
             circularly
             ,
             sits
             rarely
             ;
             fearing
             ,
             belike
             ,
             it
             might
             bring
             him
             into
             an
             acquaintance
             with
             a
             Study
             ;
             wherewith
             he
             has
             ever
             held
             distance
             ,
             as
             an
             Enemy
             to
             his
             Health
             ,
             and
             an
             
               unseasonable
               Guest
            
             to
             his
             House
             .
             Night-watchings
             ,
             intending
             Studies
             ,
             are
             held
             dangerous
             ;
             but
             these
             are
             such
             strangers
             to
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             has
             profest
             to
             all
             his
             penurious
             Family
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             never
             trouble
             his
             sleep
             :
             nor
             procure
             disquiet
             to
             his
             ignorant
             Meneiy
             .
             Now
             ,
             to
             acquaint
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             he
             partakes
             of
             a
             Scribe
             (
             for
             his
             creeping
             thoughts
             fall
             many
             paces
             below
             a
             Pharise
             )
             his
             illiterate
             Girdle
             is
             constantly
             furnish'd
             with
             Pen
             and
             Inkhorn
             :
             which
             he
             usually
             imploys
             upon
             occasion
             (
             and
             with
             a
             glad
             welcom
             entertains
             he
             such
             occasions
             )
             of
             making
             
               Last
               Wills
            
             and
             Testaments
             ;
             whereof
             ,
             though
             he
             retain
             some
             antiquated
             Presidents
             ,
             he
             acts
             so
             illegally
             ,
             and
             errs
             so
             egregiously
             ,
             as
             his
             Pen
             occasioneth
             much
             expence
             :
             As
             many
             Lines
             ;
             so
             many
             grounds
             of
             Sutes
             .
             Much
             like
             the
             
               Spanish
               Curat
            
             ;
             who
             could
             set
             down
             large
             Legacies
             ,
             but
             find
             no
             means
             ,
             from
             whence
             those
             Legacies
             should
             arise
             .
             The
             Annual
             ,
             Revenue
             of
             these
             Contingences
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             but
             small
             :
             his
             hopes
             are
             ,
             they
             will
             prove
             more
             permanent
             than
             Tithes
             .
             These
             have
             been
             
             oft-times
             questioned
             ,
             and
             whether
             legal
             or
             no
             ,
             stoutly
             and
             strongly
             canvased
             :
             But
             his
             Instruments
             never
             ,
             unless
             by
             the
             Testators
             ,
             and
             that
             concern'd
             not
             him
             .
          
           
             This
             unscholiastick
             Curat
             ,
             as
             he
             never
             took
             breath
             from
             an
             Academy
             ;
             So
             it
             is
             vehemently
             to
             be
             suspected
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             some
             
               Mechanick
               Bungler
            
             ,
             before
             he
             was
             raised
             to
             the
             Degree
             of
             a
             Reader
             :
             which
             you
             shall
             easily
             discover
             by
             the
             Impression
             ,
             or
             colourable
             Character
             of
             his
             finger
             ;
             which
             usually
             leaves
             the
             mark
             ,
             or
             badge
             of
             his
             Profession
             ,
             upon
             his
             Homily
             ,
             or
             accustomed
             place
             of
             his
             Reading
             .
             The
             Privilege
             of
             his
             Ignorance
             ,
             being
             no
             Companion
             to
             late
             Studies
             ,
             secures
             his
             Person
             from
             three
             notable
             inconveniences
             .
             For
             ,
             in
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             least
             of
             his
             fears
             to
             lose
             his
             sight
             with
             too
             much
             Reading
             ;
             or
             lose
             his
             wits
             with
             too
             long
             plodding
             ;
             or
             be
             tax'd
             of
             maintaining
             either
             Scism
             or
             Heresie
             ,
             by
             his
             subtilty
             in
             disputing
             .
             Besides
             these
             three
             Assurances
             ,
             he
             has
             one
             advantage
             more
             above
             the
             Rank
             of
             his
             higher
             qualified
             Brethren
             :
             for
             ,
             as
             his
             Patron
             needs
             not
             fear
             any
             Lapse
             ,
             so
             his
             
               poor
               Clark
            
             stands
             in
             no
             fear
             at
             all
             of
             a
             Competitor
             :
             so
             bare
             is
             the
             Pasture
             as
             he
             's
             an
             hungry
             Pastor
             that
             would
             seek
             it
             :
             Yet
             were
             it
             sitting
             to
             help
             him
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             Advice
             ;
             though
             he
             need
             small
             assistance
             for
             gathering
             his
             Tithe
             .
             The
             Advice
             I
             shall
             give
             you
             ,
             my
             
               Shallow
               Teacher
            
             ,
             shall
             be
             this
             :
             You
             pretend
             to
             no
             Learning
             
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             ;
             do
             not
             senselesly
             vapour
             it
             in
             the
             Alehouse
             :
             For
             a
             Puppy
             to
             act
             the
             part
             of
             a
             Rabby
             ,
             were
             a
             daring
             fancy
             ,
             or
             madding
             frenzy
             ,
             which
             would
             admit
             no
             office
             in
             the
             Sanctuary
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             mean
             either
             to
             save
             your self
             or
             others
             by
             your
             Book
             ;
             deliver
             nothing
             by
             the
             Book
             .
             Sow
             no
             Pillows
             under
             your
             
               Patrons
               Elbows
            
             .
             As
             you
             are
             taken
             for
             an
             ungifted
             and
             
               unordinated
               Man
            
             ;
             be
             it
             your
             Gift
             ;
             while
             others
             Preach
             ,
             but
             will
             not
             say
             the
             
               Lords
               Prayer
            
             ;
             to
             say
             the
             
               Lords
               Prayer
            
             ,
             though
             you
             cannot
             Preach
             .
             Neither
             must
             you
             in
             this
             Trace
             the
             steps
             of
             that
             
               Timing
               Preacher
            
             ,
             who
             to
             please
             the
             
               Lord
               of
               the
               Mannor
            
             ,
             was
             perswaded
             to
             continue
             his
             
               Pater
               Noster
            
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             his
             Patron
             continued
             his
             ten
             pound
             Pension
             :
             which
             was
             an
             Action
             of
             Price
             ,
             but
             no
             Devotion
             .
          
           
             Be
             it
             your
             care
             to
             be
             of
             the
             number
             of
             those
             
               Ignorant
               Ones
            
             ,
             who
             catch
             Heaven
             by
             their
             honest
             Simplicity
             ;
             rather
             than
             those
             
               Learned
               Ones
            
             ,
             who
             purchase
             Hell
             by
             their
             too
             subtile
             Curiosity
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             VI.
             Advice
             to
             a
             Countrey
             Iustice.
             
          
           
             WE
             are
             now
             to
             give
             Advice
             to
             One
             ,
             who
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             his
             Place
             ,
             if
             that
             vertue
             be
             not
             vitiated
             ,
             nor
             the
             Eminency
             of
             his
             Condition
             debased
             ,
             might
             pretend
             justly
             to
             the
             Power
             of
             a
             
               Iudicial
               Monitor
            
             ,
             in
             giving
             Advice
             unto
             others
             .
             But
             seeing
             how
             no
             Progress
             incountereth
             with
             more
             dangerous
             By-ways
             ,
             than
             the
             Circuit
             of
             Iustice
             ;
             our
             design
             shall
             be
             this
             :
             First
             ,
             to
             propose
             a
             Directory
             in
             the
             Course
             of
             his
             Proceeding
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             second
             place
             ,
             to
             caution
             him
             of
             some
             perillous
             Occurrences
             ,
             which
             not
             declined
             ,
             might
             ingage
             his
             repute
             to
             an
             irreparable
             contempt
             ,
             and
             his
             judgment
             to
             an
             apparent
             dis-esteem
             .
          
           
             Neither
             is
             it
             our
             meaning
             in
             this
             Draught
             to
             inlarge
             our
             Discourse
             ,
             by
             defining
             ,
             or
             dilating
             on
             the
             Office
             of
             Iustice
             :
             seeing
             there
             be
             more
             Subjects
             under
             that
             Notion
             published
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             Title
             distinguished
             ,
             than
             usefully
             observed
             ,
             or
             practically
             administred
             .
          
           
             His
             Division
             was
             well
             approv'd
             ,
             who
             ,
             in
             his
             Itineray
             held
             ,
             that
             the
             Duty
             of
             a
             Iustice
             wholly
             depended
             on
             these
             two
             particulars
             ;
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Execution
                 of
                 Justice
                 ;
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Exhibition
                 of
                 Mercy
                 .
              
            
          
           
           
             In
             the
             former
             ,
             Consideration
             is
             to
             be
             had
             of
             the
             Quality
             of
             the
             Offender
             .
             Hope
             of
             Conversion
             in
             a
             young
             bashful
             Transgressor
             ,
             not
             only
             begs
             ,
             but
             exacts
             remission
             :
             at
             least
             a
             mitigation
             of
             Punishment
             ,
             in
             comparison
             of
             an
             antient
             Offender
             ,
             whose
             habitual
             misdemeanure
             has
             made
             him
             a
             stranger
             to
             Hope
             ,
             and
             a
             Decoy
             to
             the
             follies
             of
             our
             Time.
             
          
           
             This
             Distinction
             requires
             great
             Discretion
             in
             a
             
               Countrey
               Iustice
            
             :
             Let
             me
             then
             advise
             him
             ,
             for
             his
             better
             avoiding
             of
             a
             more
             dangerous
             precipice
             ,
             to
             cloath
             his
             countenance
             sometimes
             with
             a
             cheerful
             aspect
             ,
             and
             shew
             a
             mild
             spirit
             to
             a
             penitent
             Peccant
             .
             Let
             him
             act
             the
             indulgent
             Barnabas
             ,
             rather
             than
             a
             severe
             Bonarges
             .
             No
             Son
             of
             thunder
             ;
             but
             of
             a
             calm
             and
             compassionate
             temper
             :
             Especially
             ,
             where
             dispositions
             appear
             farr
             apter
             to
             be
             won
             by
             mildness
             ,
             than
             reform'd
             by
             roughness
             :
             For
             ,
             these
             menacing
             and
             violent
             Reclaimings
             ,
             do
             generally
             harden
             ,
             rather
             than
             soften
             an
             indulgent
             and
             ingenuous
             nature
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             sometimes
             heard
             of
             a
             fiery-furious
             Iustice
             ,
             who
             usually
             breathed
             nothing
             but
             Whipping
             and
             Commitment
             ;
             and
             from
             the
             Authority
             of
             his
             Place
             ,
             publickly
             protested
             before
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             
               That
               if
               he
               might
               be
               designed
               any
               long
               time
               to
               sit
               on
               that
               Bench
               ,
               he
               would
               so
               secure
               the
               Countrey
               from
               Felony
               ,
               as
               a
               Bush
               should
               keep
               a
               Sheep
               ;
            
             Yet
             ,
             that
             very
             
             night
             ,
             was
             an
             Ambush
             lay'd
             for
             this
             severe
             Iustices
             Horse
             ,
             and
             stoln
             out
             o'
             th'
             Pasture
             .
          
           
             Whence
             we
             conclude
             with
             that
             Excellent
             Moral
             ,
             
               That
               Justice
               mixt
               with
               Mercy
               wins
               most
               hearts
               ,
               and
               reclaims
               vice
               best
               .
            
             Draco's
             Laws
             being
             writ
             in
             blood
             ,
             dispatcht
             more
             than
             they
             reform'd
             .
             Yet
             shall
             I
             ever
             firmly
             adhere
             to
             that
             Position
             :
             
               That
               too
               much
               indulgence
               shown
               to
               the
               Evil
               ,
               redounds
               ever
               to
               the
               prejudice
               of
               the
               Good.
               
            
          
           
             There
             be
             three
             fearful
             Eye-sores
             which
             darken
             the
             Light
             ,
             and
             blemish
             the
             Sight
             of
             Iustice.
             Amity
             ,
             Enmity
             ,
             base
             Lucre
             ,
             by
             prostituting
             Justice
             as
             a
             Mercenary
             Commodity
             .
             This
             caus'd
             the
             Athenians
             to
             Emblematize
             Iustice
             with
             
               Blind
               Eyes
            
             ,
             and
             
               Lame
               Hands
            
             .
             Blind
             ,
             that
             She
             might
             not
             distinguish
             Persons
             :
             Lame
             ,
             that
             She
             might
             not
             receive
             Bribes
             .
             Whence
             our
             
               Countrey
               Iustice
            
             may
             collect
             ,
             how
             derogatory
             those
             Noble
             Assertors
             held
             it
             to
             be
             to
             their
             Profession
             ,
             to
             corrupt
             Justice
             for
             Reward
             ;
             much
             more
             to
             divide
             Stakes
             ,
             or
             admit
             of
             Sharing
             with
             their
             
               Puny
               Clarks
            
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             compleat
             him
             ;
             that
             he
             may
             appear
             not
             only
             a
             Reader
             of
             Statutes
             at
             Large
             ,
             but
             an
             approv'd
             Practiser
             of
             what
             he
             Professeth
             ,
             we
             shall
             present
             to
             him
             such
             a
             President
             ,
             whose
             Example
             ,
             if
             he
             imitate
             to
             life
             ,
             he
             shall
             need
             no
             other
             advice
             to
             direct
             him
             ,
             no
             other
             line
             to
             regulate
             him
             .
             His
             resolution
             in
             the
             course
             of
             his
             
             Profession
             was
             this
             :
             
               I
               have
               offred
               my
               Sacrifice
               on
               the
               Altar
               of
               Themis
               :
               and
               I
               mean
               to
               perform
               what
               I
               have
               already
               profest
               .
               Mine
               Ear
               shall
               be
               open
               to
               the
               Orphans
               Cause
               ;
               mine
               Hand
               ready
               to
               wipe
               off
               the
               Widdows
               Tear.
               Active
               shall
               every
               Faculty
               be
               to
               promote
               Justice
               ,
               remove
               Injuries
               ,
               and
               to
               render
               every
               one
               his
               due
               .
            
             Observe
             this
             exactly
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             acquit
             your self
             ,
             not
             only
             a
             Iustice
             ,
             but
             a
             Patriot
             of
             your
             Countrey
             .
          
        
         
           
             VII
             .
             Advice
             to
             an
             Heir
             .
          
           
             HEre
             am
             I
             to
             bestow
             my
             Advice
             on
             an
             Heir
             ;
             or
             a
             Thing
             that
             partakes
             more
             of
             Ayr
             than
             any
             other
             substance
             :
             Yet
             furnish'd
             with
             substance
             more
             than
             enough
             to
             pursue
             feathers
             in
             the
             Ayr.
             Give
             me
             leave
             now
             ,
             after
             the
             long-wish'd
             departure
             of
             your
             Father
             ,
             to
             offer
             to
             you
             some
             Directions
             ,
             which
             the
             heat
             and
             height
             of
             your
             vast
             hopes
             would
             never
             till
             now
             afford
             you
             time
             to
             consider
             .
          
           
             Now
             ,
             in
             your
             Entrance
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             this
             gorgeous
             Theatre
             of
             humane
             glory
             ;
             where
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             ,
             you
             may
             act
             the
             part
             of
             the
             
               Prodigal
               Son
            
             ,
             without
             hope
             of
             returning
             to
             your
             Father
             :
             I
             should
             advise
             you
             to
             take
             special
             
             care
             of
             your
             inward
             cure
             .
             You
             think
             all
             is
             well
             with
             you
             :
             and
             from
             thence
             ariseth
             your
             greatest
             danger
             .
             A
             disease
             insensible
             ,
             is
             ever
             most
             incurable
             .
             Youth
             is
             a
             malady
             of
             it self
             ,
             till
             it
             be
             purged
             of
             those
             malignant
             humours
             which
             deprave
             it
             :
             and
             strengthned
             with
             such
             Soveraign
             Receipts
             as
             may
             preserve
             it
             .
             But
             ,
             to
             no
             condition
             is
             youth
             more
             troublesome
             than
             to
             his
             ,
             who
             is
             advanced
             to
             fortunes
             .
             Every
             Place
             to
             him
             is
             a
             Snare
             .
             No
             object
             of
             Beauty
             ,
             but
             an
             attractive
             Lure
             to
             Fancy
             :
             and
             an
             Ingredience
             to
             a
             Frenzy
             .
             Various
             faces
             beget
             in
             him
             distracted
             affections
             .
             Privacy
             and
             Retirement
             breeds
             in
             his
             troubled
             thoughts
             sundry
             discontents
             .
             He
             understands
             his
             Pupillage
             to
             be
             past
             ,
             and
             that
             hee
             's
             become
             his
             own
             Guardian
             :
             which
             makes
             his
             
               Cinque
               Ports
            
             so
             weakly
             guarded
             .
             For
             Acquaintance
             he
             needs
             not
             hunt
             after
             them
             ;
             the
             report
             of
             his
             over-swoln
             fortunes
             playes
             the
             Coy
             ,
             and
             brings
             them
             in
             Sholes
             to
             his
             Store-house
             :
             And
             these
             angle
             cunningly
             after
             his
             humour
             .
             They
             will
             oppose
             him
             in
             nothing
             that
             may
             delight
             him
             .
             He
             must
             be
             their
             Prince
             so
             long
             as
             his
             Conduit
             flowes
             :
             the
             decrease
             whereof
             he
             either
             mindes
             not
             ,
             or
             disvalues
             .
             Thus
             is
             this
             
               Paphlagonian
               Partridge
            
             no
             sooner
             sprung
             ,
             than
             catch't
             in
             every
             Springe
             .
          
           
             Yet
             though
             he
             has
             lost
             himself
             ,
             we
             intend
             not
             to
             lose
             him
             ;
             so
             long
             as
             there
             appears
             the
             least
             hope
             of
             retriving
             him
             ,
             or
             any
             probable
             means
             
             of
             recovering
             him
             .
             Let
             us
             then
             apply
             a
             timely
             cure
             to
             this
             violent
             distemper
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             wonder
             much
             at
             his
             boundless
             expence
             ;
             it
             hath
             been
             ever
             observed
             ,
             that
             a
             great
             Scatterer
             is
             the
             usual
             Successour
             of
             a
             great
             Gaherer
             .
             We
             may
             imagin
             that
             this
             
               young
               Heir
            
             had
             such
             a
             Providor
             ,
             as
             he
             left
             him
             a
             Nest
             well
             feathred
             ,
             before
             he
             adventur'd
             to
             flicker
             in
             the
             World.
             All
             was
             got
             to
             his
             hand
             ;
             which
             made
             him
             more
             ready
             to
             spend
             ,
             what
             never
             troubled
             his
             sleep
             to
             get
             ,
             nor
             wrought
             upon
             his
             providence
             to
             keep
             .
             He
             has
             heard
             ,
             perchance
             ,
             his
             Father
             say
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             taken
             more
             delight
             in
             Sparing
             ,
             than
             ever
             his
             Heir
             could
             do
             in
             Spending
             .
             And
             to
             make
             an
             Experiment
             of
             his
             Fathers
             Observation
             ,
             he
             meant
             to
             take
             a
             Tryal
             in
             this
             Seed-fur
             of
             his
             fortunes
             .
             Now
             ,
             what
             is
             all
             this
             but
             a
             Career
             of
             Youth
             ;
             an
             Excursion
             so
             familiar
             ,
             as
             it
             growes
             quite
             expung'd
             out
             of
             the
             Catalogue
             of
             Serious
             Errors
             ?
             yet
             some
             Receipts
             must
             be
             us'd
             ,
             lest
             too
             much
             indulgence
             abuse
             his
             youth
             .
          
           
             Go
             to
             then
             ,
             Wilde-Oats
             ,
             we
             must
             of
             necessity
             deal
             a
             little
             roughly
             with
             you
             :
             We
             are
             to
             injoyn
             you
             a
             restraint
             .
             And
             Confinement
             being
             so
             Common
             a
             Censure
             ,
             cannot
             abridge
             much
             the
             pursute
             of
             your
             pleasure
             .
             Retain
             that
             Maxim
             ,
             for
             it
             holds
             infallible
             :
             
               One
               Months
               liberty
               depraves
               Youth
               more
               ,
               than
               a
               whole
               Years
               discipline
               will
               reform
               .
            
             The
             benefit
             of
             Retirement
             ,
             
             and
             recess
             from
             Society
             ,
             we
             shall
             not
             need
             to
             press
             much
             ,
             variety
             of
             Instances
             may
             illustrate
             it
             .
             Grave
             and
             Reverend
             Patriots
             have
             we
             had
             here
             within
             our
             Pale
             ,
             whose
             Native
             dispositions
             moulded
             them
             Libertines
             ;
             but
             by
             a
             prudent
             coercion
             of
             their
             straying
             affections
             ,
             they
             became
             high
             improvers
             of
             their
             Knowledg
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             such
             expert
             State-Pilots
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             held
             fitting
             to
             sit
             at
             the
             Stern
             of
             the
             State.
             This
             it
             is
             ,
             at
             retired
             hours
             to
             
               read
               men
            
             ;
             not
             such
             as
             the
             freedom
             of
             folly
             has
             acquainted
             you
             withall
             ;
             for
             those
             were
             attractive
             Lures
             to
             train
             you
             to
             lightness
             :
             and
             expose
             your
             malleable
             nature
             to
             all
             loosness
             .
             The
             Perusal
             of
             those
             whom
             I
             recommend
             to
             your
             choice
             ,
             will
             season
             your
             youth
             so
             maturely
             ,
             as
             folly
             shall
             become
             a
             stranger
             to
             your
             fancy
             :
             All
             Extravagancy
             a
             Reformade
             in
             your
             family
             .
             This
             will
             make
             you
             an
             Heir
             of
             fame
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             fortune
             .
             Hold
             such
             an
             even
             poize
             in
             the
             management
             of
             your
             Estate
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             constantly
             observe
             this
             Rule
             :
             
               Never
               to
               spend
               ,
               where
               honest
               frugality
               bids
               you
               spare
               :
               nor
               spare
               ,
               where
               reputation
               bids
               you
               spend
               .
            
             This
             shall
             render
             you
             discreetly
             generous
             in
             both
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             VIII
             .
             Advice
             to
             a
             younger
             Brother
             .
          
           
             NAture
             hath
             brought
             you
             the
             later
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             not
             to
             your
             disadvantage
             ,
             but
             improvement
             .
          
           
             He
             only
             appears
             seated
             above
             the
             World
             ,
             who
             intermedleth
             least
             with
             the
             World.
             He
             only
             has
             the
             Earth
             at
             his
             command
             ,
             who
             sphears
             his
             divine
             thoughts
             above
             the
             command
             of
             Earth
             .
             Your
             fortunes
             have
             exempted
             you
             from
             too
             much
             incumbrance
             with
             these
             Inferiours
             :
             and
             consequently
             inlarged
             your
             affections
             to
             those
             Superiour
             .
          
           
             From
             a
             Survey
             of
             your
             Extraction
             ,
             you
             find
             your self
             behind
             your
             Brother
             in
             nothing
             but
             time
             .
             And
             this
             redounds
             highly
             too
             ,
             to
             your
             advantage
             .
             For
             it
             is
             observed
             in
             Births
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Plants
             ,
             that
             the
             later
             growths
             render
             the
             maturest
             and
             fullest
             fruits
             .
             You
             know
             your self
             to
             be
             a
             Cyen
             of
             the
             same
             Stock
             and
             Mould
             ,
             and
             generally
             of
             a
             more
             purely-refin'd
             and
             rarifi'd
             Minde
             :
             (
             without
             vanity
             or
             arrogance
             in
             relation
             to
             your
             quality
             be
             it
             spoken
             )
             if
             the
             liberty
             of
             your
             own
             disposition
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             malignant
             effects
             ,
             impede
             not
             the
             proficience
             of
             those
             
               Innate
               Seeds
            
             originally
             sown
             in
             you
             .
          
           
             Those
             Privileges
             and
             Indowments
             given
             you
             
             by
             Nature
             ,
             to
             parallel
             the
             Revenues
             of
             your
             
               Elder
               Brother
            
             ,
             are
             rich
             and
             exquisite
             .
             Pregnancy
             of
             Wit
             ;
             Promptness
             in
             Conceipt
             ;
             Quickness
             of
             Apprehension
             ;
             and
             Happiness
             of
             Memory
             in
             reteining
             .
             These
             abilities
             be
             generally
             intailed
             on
             you
             ,
             to
             supply
             other
             temporary
             defects
             ,
             which
             the
             Poet
             handsomly
             glanced
             at
             ,
             saying
             :
             
               
                 Nature
                 by
                 secret
                 influence
                 held
                 it
                 fit
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 th'
                 
                   younger
                   Brood
                
                 should
                 have
                 the
                 
                   elder
                   Wit.
                
                 
              
            
             What
             dishonour
             then
             were
             it
             unto
             you
             to
             debase
             ,
             or
             debauch
             those
             Native
             Parts
             ,
             so
             richly
             imbellished
             ,
             either
             by
             the
             foyl
             of
             worthless
             Society
             ,
             or
             by
             an
             ungenerous
             Education
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             
               Second
               Nature
            
             ,
             and
             usually
             corrupts
             the
             Spring-head
             with
             some
             impure
             mixture
             ?
             Our
             Calidonian
             Neighbour
             is
             to
             be
             commended
             in
             this
             (
             and
             really
             in
             little
             else
             ;
             )
             where
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             a
             qualified
             Person
             ,
             he
             will
             not
             suffer
             his
             
               younger
               Sons
            
             to
             nestle
             long
             under
             their
             Mothers
             Wings
             ;
             but
             sends
             them
             abroad
             to
             be
             Educated
             :
             and
             consequently
             by
             Language
             ,
             Discourse
             and
             Carriage
             so
             inabled
             ,
             as
             their
             Demean
             appears
             graceful
             ,
             their
             Society
             grateful
             in
             all
             their
             Addresses
             .
             Which
             Improvement
             ,
             by
             help
             of
             Education
             (
             if
             we
             may
             believe
             ingenuous
             Barclay
             )
             raiseth
             it self
             to
             a
             
               Story
               higher
            
             in
             his
             Countrey
             ,
             than
             any
             other
             Nation
             in
             Europe
             :
             which
             
             he
             attributes
             to
             the
             apprehensive
             capacity
             ,
             observation
             and
             confidence
             of
             his
             own
             Natives
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             :
             For
             Education
             of
             their
             youngre
             Sons
             ,
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             of
             our
             Countrey
             are
             praise-worthy
             ;
             for
             ,
             in
             stead
             of
             Mannors
             at
             home
             ,
             it
             is
             their
             care
             to
             furnish
             them
             with
             Manners
             abroad
             .
             No
             convenient
             cost
             is
             debarred
             them
             ,
             nor
             divertisement
             admitted
             them
             ,
             that
             may
             any
             way
             obstruct
             their
             proficiency
             .
             Wherein
             their
             Native
             ingenuity
             ,
             furthered
             by
             an
             industrious
             docility
             ,
             acts
             so
             happily
             ;
             
               As
               ,
               what
               Studies
               soever
               they
               encline
               to
               ,
               they
               prosper
               in
               them
               with
               wonderfull
               success
               .
               None
               are
               more
               patient
               of
               Military
               duties
               ,
               nor
               more
               valiant
               in
               Fight
               ,
               
                 being
                 led
                 on
                 by
                 confident
                 Leaders
                 .
              
               Nor
               do
               the
               Muses
               ever
               appear
               more
               beautifull
               ,
               than
               when
               they
               inspire
               the
               breasts
               of
               *
               Scots
               .
               They
               are
               capable
               also
               of
               City-business
               ,
               and
               can
               fit
               their
               industry
               to
               any
               kind
               ,
               either
               of
               Life
               or
               Fortune
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               those
               that
               travel
               ,
               or
               rather
               wander
               in
               a
               poor
               fashion
               ,
               and
               rely
               upon
               no
               other
               meanes
               ,
               than
               going
               to
               the
               Houses
               of
               their
               Countreymen
               ,
               which
               are
               grown
               rich
               in
               other
               Lands
               ;
               and
               demand
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               the
               tribute
               of
               their
               Countrey
               ,
               as
               they
               partake
               not
               of
               that
               
                 generous
                 Rank
              
               ,
               so
               are
               they
               most
               intollerable
               in
               their
               proud
               beggery
               .
            
          
           
             But
             there
             is
             nothing
             wherein
             they
             deserve
             
             more
             praise
             ,
             than
             in
             their
             providing
             so
             for
             the
             younger
             ,
             as
             they
             shall
             never
             need
             to
             be
             pinn'd
             on
             the
             sleeve
             of
             the
             Elder
             .
             A
             great
             fault
             in
             our
             
               English
               Gentry
            
             ,
             who
             usually
             make
             their
             
               younger
               Sons
            
             their
             
               elder
               Brothers
               Falconers
            
             :
             or
             expose
             them
             to
             such
             desperate
             fortunes
             ,
             and
             withall
             so
             incapable
             of
             any
             serviceable
             imployment
             ,
             as
             for
             want
             of
             a
             better
             way
             ,
             they
             oftimes
             make
             the
             High-Way
             their
             Calling
             .
             Be
             it
             your
             principal
             care
             then
             ,
             
               hopeful
               Sir
            
             ,
             (
             for
             so
             must
             I
             hold
             you
             ,
             till
             vanity
             lose
             my
             hopes
             in
             you
             )
             that
             as
             by
             course
             of
             Nature
             through
             your
             Minority
             ,
             there
             is
             left
             to
             you
             less
             ,
             so
             by
             your
             pious
             industry
             you
             would
             improve
             it
             more
             .
             This
             will
             inlarge
             the
             fame
             of
             your
             Discretion
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Fortune
             ;
             And
             raise
             a
             fair
             Fabrick
             to
             a
             younger
             House
             .
          
        
         
           
             IX
             .
             Advice
             to
             a
             Gallant
             .
          
           
             YOur
             Profession
             is
             Gallantry
             :
             and
             standing
             on
             that
             Punto
             ,
             you
             look
             to
             be
             handled
             more
             softly
             and
             tenderly
             .
             Otherwise
             ,
             you
             mean
             to
             act
             the
             Rantor
             ,
             though
             no
             Hector
             (
             for
             your
             thoughts
             have
             dispenc'd
             long
             ago
             with
             that
             Complement
             of
             valour
             )
             in
             a
             phantastick
             shrug
             ,
             or
             an
             impertinent
             vapour
             .
             Yet
             will
             not
             all
             this
             avert
             a
             considerate
             Pen
             from
             coping
             with
             your
             dangling
             Plume
             .
             Neither
             shall
             we
             lay
             our
             disgust
             ,
             so
             
             much
             upon
             the
             vanity
             of
             your
             Habit
             ;
             for
             that
             may
             suit
             with
             the
             levity
             of
             our
             time
             :
             as
             that
             Epidemical
             Habit
             of
             Vice
             sufficiently
             discovered
             in
             your
             fruitless
             expence
             of
             time
             .
             Shall
             we
             trace
             your
             Steps
             from
             Morn
             to
             Night
             ?
             we
             shall
             find
             in
             your
             Wals
             and
             By-wayes
             a
             continued
             Night
             .
             The
             first
             Idol
             you
             adore
             is
             your
             Glass
             ;
             wherein
             you
             court
             your self
             in
             such
             an
             accurate
             mean
             ,
             as
             if
             Narcissus
             were
             reviv'd
             ,
             and
             presented
             there
             ,
             purposely
             to
             admire
             his
             own
             shadow
             .
             What
             a
             tricking
             and
             trimming
             ,
             purfling
             and
             poudring
             ,
             painting
             and
             perfuming
             bestow
             you
             on
             the
             Case
             ,
             while
             you
             neglect
             the
             Instrument
             !
             which
             adulterate
             daubing
             makes
             Nature
             appear
             a
             stranger
             to
             her self
             .
             And
             whereto
             tends
             all
             this
             ?
             Truth
             is
             ,
             I
             may
             safely
             conclude
             with
             that
             serious
             *
             Cynick
             :
             
               If
               it
               be
               done
               for
               your self
               ,
               it
               is
               madness
               :
               and
               if
               for
               another
               ,
               it
               is
               sin
               .
            
             By
             this
             time
             we
             are
             to
             imagin
             you
             compleatly
             accoutred
             for
             the
             visit
             of
             your
             Ladies
             chamber
             ;
             which
             to
             your
             honour
             ,
             flies
             quickly
             open
             ,
             to
             give
             the
             freer
             admittance
             to
             your
             amorous
             encounter
             .
             Present
             access
             promiseth
             no
             less
             prosperous
             success
             :
             which
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             sometimes
             in
             your
             thoughts
             to
             expedite
             to
             your
             advantage
             ;
             yet
             falling
             doubtful
             in
             your
             resolves
             ,
             whether
             to
             suit
             her
             for
             a
             Wife
             ,
             or
             a
             Mistriss
             ,
             you
             grow
             cooler
             in
             your
             pursuit
             ,
             than
             you
             were
             in
             the
             beginning
             .
             This
             troubles
             you
             more
             ,
             than
             the
             recollection
             
             of
             your
             mis-spent
             hours
             .
             Let
             me
             draw
             near
             you
             ;
             what
             do
             you
             pitch
             upon
             in
             this
             Contest
             ?
             Have
             you
             weigh'd
             her
             ?
             Is
             she
             too
             light
             for
             a
             Wife
             :
             and
             too
             cunning
             for
             a
             Mistriss
             ?
             Leave
             her
             ,
             before
             your
             thoughts
             be
             too
             impressively
             fixed
             on
             her
             :
             lest
             she
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             play
             the
             Mistriss
             ,
             and
             become
             your
             
               Commandress
               .
               Alcides
            
             was
             as
             strong
             as
             you
             ;
             and
             Omphale
             made
             him
             her
             slave
             .
             So
             imperious
             is
             licentious
             Love.
             
          
           
             But
             ,
             having
             taken
             leave
             of
             your
             Love-sick
             Lady
             (
             who
             at
             least
             pretends
             so
             )
             with
             promise
             of
             an
             evening
             visit
             ;
             your
             next
             Address
             must
             be
             to
             the
             Ordinary
             ;
             where
             you
             incounter
             with
             more
             variety
             of
             dishes
             to
             give
             relish
             to
             your
             luscious
             appetite
             ;
             than
             any
             useful
             discourse
             to
             improve
             your
             knowledg
             .
             Nay
             ,
             should
             occasion
             be
             offer'd
             ,
             (
             as
             there
             will
             be
             some
             ever
             who
             take
             care
             to
             satisfie
             their
             Brains
             as
             well
             as
             their
             Bellies
             )
             of
             helps
             that
             way
             ;
             your
             Conceipt
             ,
             by
             running
             a
             wool-gathering
             after
             lighter
             fancies
             ,
             sends
             you
             away
             as
             empty
             as
             you
             came
             .
             Gaming
             ,
             Tennis
             ,
             Baloun
             ,
             Bilyard
             ,
             with
             other
             light
             dalliance
             ,
             have
             so
             forestall'd
             your
             unsetled
             judgment
             ,
             as
             they
             will
             give
             no
             free
             admittance
             to
             the
             intervene
             of
             any
             Serious
             Discourse
             .
             Neither
             could
             any
             thing
             more
             be
             expected
             from
             you
             ;
             seeing
             the
             Principles
             of
             those
             who
             had
             the
             greatest
             influence
             on
             you
             ,
             and
             nearest
             interest
             in
             you
             ,
             could
             make
             you
             no
             dangerous
             person
             for
             Designs
             :
             nor
             accurate
             for
             matter
             of
             Discourse
             ,
             
             Your
             Mercer
             ,
             Milliner
             ,
             Taylor
             ,
             and
             Perfumer
             ,
             though
             they
             made
             you
             a
             neat
             
               Outward
               Man
            
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             with
             all
             their
             Art
             so
             compleat
             you
             ,
             as
             to
             present
             you
             Inwardly
             suitable
             to
             an
             Intelligible
             Company
             .
             It
             is
             your
             Ambition
             too
             ,
             frequently
             to
             visit
             the
             Court
             ;
             whereto
             usually
             you
             no
             sooner
             come
             ,
             than
             you
             are
             pitifully
             caught
             .
             Court-Baits
             are
             cunningly
             laid
             :
             and
             your
             youthful
             eyes
             cannot
             discover
             them
             ,
             till
             you
             are
             taken
             in
             them
             .
             Masks
             ,
             Presentments
             ,
             Revels
             ,
             and
             Reer-Bankets
             ,
             have
             been
             in
             our
             calmer
             times
             ,
             attractive
             Lures
             to
             gallant
             Fancies
             :
             which
             once
             set
             on
             fire
             ,
             were
             not
             quickly
             quench't
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             one
             thing
             likewise
             ,
             that
             you
             have
             been
             much
             noted
             for
             ,
             in
             your
             very
             gate
             :
             
               None
               who
               past
               by
               you
               ,
               could
               do
               you
               a
               greater
               injury
               than
               not
               to
               observe
               you
               .
            
             Such
             was
             your
             conceipt
             ,
             that
             a
             gallant
             Posture
             could
             attract
             nothing
             less
             than
             the
             Eye
             of
             an
             Admirer
             .
             But
             this
             is
             such
             an
             easie
             error
             ,
             as
             humane
             frailty
             weav's
             it's
             Apology
             .
             Your
             thoughts
             in
             this
             aim
             at
             no
             more
             than
             a
             debonair
             regreet
             :
             And
             ,
             that
             Man
             is
             well
             bought
             ,
             who
             costs
             but
             a
             Salutation
             .
          
           
             As
             the
             Cinamon-Tree
             may
             be
             your
             emblem
             ,
             whose
             Bark
             is
             better
             than
             the
             Body
             ;
             so
             may
             you
             expect
             justly
             for
             most
             honour
             to
             be
             done
             to
             that
             part
             ,
             which
             your
             esteem
             holds
             most
             worthy
             .
          
           
             Thus
             Sir
             ,
             have
             you
             heard
             your
             distemper
             :
             
             and
             the
             way
             to
             cure
             you
             ,
             is
             to
             wound
             you
             .
             No
             Sin-salve
             without
             sense
             of
             Sin.
             Corrosives
             must
             be
             used
             ,
             before
             Cordials
             be
             applyed
             .
             You
             are
             to
             be
             launced
             ,
             before
             the
             Cicatrice
             be
             closed
             .
             Your
             wilde
             affections
             spread
             so
             broad
             ,
             they
             must
             be
             pruned
             .
             Your
             Ancestors
             have
             left
             you
             a
             vast
             Estate
             :
             this
             should
             not
             make
             you
             a
             Libertine
             ;
             but
             Liberal
             to
             those
             that
             be
             indigent
             .
             Would
             you
             be
             call'd
             a
             Gallant
             ?
             let
             your
             gallant
             actions
             proclaim
             you
             worthy
             of
             that
             Style
             .
             He
             who
             goes
             forth
             to
             see
             a
             Man
             aray'd
             in
             
               soft
               Raiment
            
             ,
             disparageth
             his
             Judgment
             ,
             in
             preferring
             the
             Cabinet
             before
             the
             Iewel
             inclosed
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             X.
             Advice
             to
             his
             Mistriss
             .
          
           
             
               Mistriss
               ;
            
          
           
             YOu
             have
             got
             a
             
               gallant
               Platonick
            
             ;
             but
             in
             relation
             to
             that
             Title
             ,
             question
             may
             be
             made
             whether
             you
             or
             your
             spruce
             Servant
             understand
             it
             .
             The
             Style
             is
             lately
             minted
             :
             and
             strangely
             rendred
             .
             Plato
             ,
             though
             he
             lov'd
             to
             go
             neat
             ,
             he
             was
             too
             wise
             ,
             to
             appear
             phantastickly
             garish
             :
             Neither
             was
             he
             so
             effeminate
             ,
             as
             to
             give
             free
             reigns
             to
             his
             affections
             :
             though
             his
             desires
             sometimes
             cloz'd
             in
             this
             period
             .
             
               So
               he
               might
               have
               his
               Eyes
               to
               read
               with
               ,
               his
               conceipt
               to
               apprehend
               what
               he
               read
               ,
               his
               memory
               to
               retein
               what
               he
               had
               read
               and
               conceiv'd
               ,
               
               and
               a
               Woman
               with
               her
               necessary
               attendance
               to
               serve
               him
               ;
               whatsoever
               might
               befall
               him
               ,
               should
               not
               perplex
               him
               .
            
          
           
             Which
             sociable
             assistance
             holds
             concurrence
             with
             that
             best
             and
             most
             infallible
             Directory
             :
             and
             may
             serve
             for
             a
             Rule
             to
             every
             distinct
             Family
             or
             Society
             .
             He
             who
             saw
             all
             things
             ,
             saw
             with
             his
             Providential
             Eye
             ,
             
               That
               it
               was
               not
               good
               for
               Man
               to
               be
               alone
               .
            
             And
             therefore
             gave
             him
             a
             Fellow-helper
             .
             This
             divine
             †
             Ethnick
             having
             attained
             the
             happiness
             (
             as
             is
             generally
             thought
             )
             of
             perusing
             the
             Book
             of
             the
             
               Old
               Law
            
             ;
             and
             of
             conference
             too
             with
             the
             profoundest
             Rabbies
             ,
             might
             be
             sufficiently
             informed
             touching
             the
             authority
             of
             this
             Precept
             :
             and
             so
             captivate
             his
             understanding
             to
             the
             Letter
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             in
             honour
             to
             the
             Law-giver
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             make
             search
             through
             every
             Coast
             ,
             Creek
             and
             Corner
             of
             his
             
               Platonick
               Commonweal
            
             ;
             and
             find
             me
             one
             passage
             in
             it
             ,
             that
             authorizeth
             you
             ,
             my
             lovely
             Mistriss
             ,
             being
             Married
             ,
             to
             entertain
             any
             Platonick
             ,
             or
             affectionate
             Confident
             .
             Or
             any
             such
             Allowance
             as
             Alimony
             by
             a
             discontented
             Lady
             petitioned
             :
             or
             any
             such
             suit
             by
             the
             Court
             of
             the
             
               Areopagites
               ,
               Ephorists
            
             ,
             or
             
               Roman
               Conclave
            
             admitted
             .
             Defects
             in
             an
             Husband
             were
             in
             those
             times
             held
             so
             excusable
             to
             a
             Wife
             ;
             that
             if
             the
             Man
             chanc'd
             to
             have
             a
             *
             
               stinking
               breath
            
             ,
             
             the
             Woman
             ,
             out
             of
             an
             honest
             simplicity
             ,
             thought
             every
             Man
             had
             the
             like
             .
             No
             deformity
             could
             estrange
             their
             fancy
             ,
             after
             Hymen
             had
             ty'd
             the
             Knot
             .
          
           
             Now
             Madam
             ,
             how
             differently
             play
             you
             your
             Game
             with
             these
             amorous
             Coyes
             !
             Neither
             is
             one
             Favourite
             sufficient
             for
             your
             various
             appetite
             .
             Recollect
             yourself
             ;
             and
             value
             that
             most
             ,
             which
             becomes
             a
             Woman
             best
             .
             Modesty
             is
             the
             choicest
             Ornament
             that
             Beauty
             can
             put
             on
             .
             It
             takes
             in
             more
             Lovers
             and
             Admirers
             in
             an
             hour
             ,
             than
             wanding
             eyes
             can
             purchase
             in
             a
             year
             .
          
           
             
               I
               would
               woo
               thee
               ,
               if
               thou
               didst
               not
               prevent
               me
               ,
               said
               that
               witty
               Suter
               .
            
             How
             many
             lose
             themselves
             by
             sending
             forth
             loose
             eyes
             ?
             Had
             Dinah
             never
             stragled
             ,
             she
             had
             kept
             her
             fame
             unblemished
             .
             It
             was
             an
             antient
             custom
             among
             the
             Romans
             ,
             for
             the
             Married
             Women
             ,
             upon
             their
             first
             return
             home
             ,
             and
             entrance
             into
             their
             Houses
             ,
             to
             put
             off
             their
             Shooes
             ;
             implying
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             no
             more
             to
             roam
             abroad
             ,
             but
             keep
             within
             doors
             .
             Whence
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             the
             †
             Snayl
             became
             the
             Huswifes
             Emblem
             ,
             carrying
             her
             house
             alwayes
             about
             with
             her
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             Mistriss
             ,
             you
             to
             whom
             I
             direct
             my
             Discourse
             ,
             and
             intend
             my
             Advices
             ,
             have
             not
             yet
             entred
             into
             that
             
               Honourable
               State.
            
             I
             will
             speak
             to
             you
             therefore
             as
             to
             a
             Maiden-Mistriss
             ,
             in
             which
             rank
             ,
             howsoever
             it
             be
             with
             
             you
             ,
             you
             desire
             to
             be
             numbred
             :
             and
             acquaint
             you
             with
             some
             Caveats
             ,
             which
             may
             highly
             improve
             you
             ,
             being
             duely
             observed
             .
          
           
             Supposing
             you
             to
             be
             such
             a
             Person
             ,
             as
             hath
             a
             disposing
             power
             of
             your self
             and
             Fortunes
             ;
             beware
             that
             you
             make
             not
             your
             own
             breast
             a
             treacherous
             Guardianess
             in
             betraying
             your
             trust
             .
             And
             herein
             your
             Sex
             oftimes
             suffers
             through
             too
             much
             Credulity
             .
             Pretenders
             to
             love
             are
             dangerous
             Orators
             to
             taking
             Eares
             .
             If
             Vows
             ,
             Protests
             ,
             or
             if
             need
             require
             ,
             Decoys
             Dam's
             may
             work
             the
             feat
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             fall
             a
             grain
             short
             of
             Perdition
             ,
             to
             purchase
             your
             indanger'd
             affection
             :
             Whereof
             ,
             should
             they
             once
             become
             Masters
             ,
             They
             would
             render
             you
             of
             all
             others
             ,
             the
             unhappiest
             Mistrisses
             .
             No
             sooner
             lov'd
             than
             loath'd
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             notion
             lost
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             But
             admit
             ,
             Mistriss
             ,
             you
             were
             of
             another
             humour
             :
             and
             could
             stand
             strongly
             upon
             your
             Guard
             ,
             in
             defiance
             to
             all
             Assailants
             .
             Yet
             suffering
             Death
             to
             enter
             in
             by
             the
             Windows
             ,
             you
             may
             unawares
             make
             your self
             a
             Prey
             to
             a
             pleasing
             Pretender
             ,
             and
             become
             his
             Slave
             ,
             who
             ,
             with
             all
             his
             heart
             would
             have
             been
             your
             Servant
             .
             An
             handsome
             feature
             ,
             I
             confess
             ,
             is
             the
             Object
             of
             Fancy
             :
             and
             this
             it
             is
             ,
             you
             say
             ,
             has
             brought
             you
             to
             thraldom
             :
             and
             a
             Tyrant
             to
             your self
             .
             Nay
             ,
             so
             farr
             estrang'd
             you
             from
             what
             you
             were
             ,
             as
             it
             has
             brought
             you
             to
             be
             a
             Suter
             ,
             where
             you
             were
             before
             a
             Commander
             .
          
           
           
             By
             falling
             into
             this
             precipice
             ,
             you
             should
             irreparably
             lose
             your self
             .
             For
             Women
             to
             woo
             Men
             detracts
             from
             the
             honour
             of
             Women
             .
             This
             Task
             lies
             properly
             on
             the
             Mans
             side
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             wittily
             made
             good
             by
             that
             antient
             Arabian
             Aphorism
             :
             where
             this
             Question
             being
             ask't
             ,
             why
             Man
             should
             rather
             seek
             the
             Woman
             ,
             than
             Woman
             the
             Man
             ?
             It
             is
             answered
             ;
             
               Because
               Man
               has
               lost
               more
               by
               Woman
               ,
               than
               Woman
               by
               Man
               :
               having
               lost
               his
               Rib
               ,
               he
               goes
               to
               seek
               it
               .
            
          
           
             In
             one
             word
             ,
             he
             contracted
             the
             Excellency
             of
             a
             Woman
             in
             a
             short
             ,
             but
             exact
             Epitome
             ,
             who
             set
             forth
             his
             Mistriss
             in
             these
             words
             :
             
               She
               is
               Modest
               ,
               and
               knows
               her self
               .
            
             Which
             President
             might
             make
             you
             a
             
               Compleat
               Mistriss
            
             ;
             and
             your
             
               Servant
               fortunate
            
             in
             his
             Choice
             .
          
        
         
           
             XI
             .
             Advice
             to
             him
             that
             will
             take
             it
             .
          
           
             WE
             are
             now
             to
             open
             our
             Mindian
             gate
             a
             little
             wider
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Confluence
             of
             all
             sorts
             that
             are
             now
             to
             enter
             .
             As
             for
             those
             who
             appear
             so
             opinionately
             wise
             ,
             as
             they
             hold
             themselves
             sphear'd
             above
             the
             
               Tropical
               Point
            
             of
             Advice
             ;
             we
             shall
             leave
             them
             ,
             without
             exception
             ,
             to
             themselves
             ,
             to
             negotiate
             like
             
               active
               Brain-worms
            
             in
             their
             Vtopian
             State
             ;
             where
             their
             Conclusions
             may
             pass
             for
             Current
             ,
             and
             exempt
             from
             
             Censure
             ;
             being
             wrapt
             up
             in
             such
             
               Cloudy
               Dictats
            
             ,
             as
             like
             those
             
               Aegyptian
               Hieroglophicks
            
             ,
             drained
             from
             Polyarchus
             Cave
             ,
             they
             surpass
             the
             understanding
             both
             of
             the
             Speaker
             and
             Hearer
             .
             *
             May
             Apuleius
             in
             his
             
               Golden
               Ass
            
             become
             their
             Tutor
             :
             for
             our
             Genius
             has
             dis-claim'd
             the
             Charge
             of
             any
             such
             unprofitable
             Teacher
             .
          
           
             We
             intend
             therefore
             our
             Advice
             to
             such
             only
             ,
             who
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Title
             of
             this
             Essay
             ,
             
               will
               take
               it
            
             .
          
           
             Neither
             shall
             we
             presume
             to
             give
             our
             Advice
             to
             the
             Counsellor
             ,
             whose
             Profession
             consists
             in
             Advice
             ,
             (
             though
             much
             might
             be
             spoken
             in
             it
             )
             how
             
               fat
               fees
            
             open
             his
             Lungs
             ;
             and
             discover
             his
             Receipts
             by
             the
             Eagre
             pursuit
             of
             his
             Clients
             Cause
             ;
             which
             Aeschines
             censur'd
             highly
             in
             Demosthenes
             Pleadings
             :
             arguing
             an
             Oxe
             to
             be
             in
             his
             mouth
             when
             he
             pleaded
             for
             an
             indigent
             Client
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Lean
               Fees
               begot
               Low
               Friends
            
             .
             This
             might
             allude
             to
             a
             pleasant
             Passage
             obviously
             occurring
             betwixt
             two
             eminent
             Counsellors
             in
             our
             time
             ;
             no
             less
             facetiously
             answered
             than
             tartly
             objected
             :
             The
             one
             having
             receiv'd
             for
             his
             Fee
             a
             rich
             Chariot
             and
             four
             gallant
             Barbs
             bravely
             equipag'd
             ,
             was
             twitted
             by
             his
             Adversary
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Stay
               Brother
               ,
               drive
               not
               so
               fast
            
             ;
             which
             the
             other
             no
             less
             pregnantly
             than
             presently
             retorted
             in
             this
             sort
             :
             
               Give
               me
               leave
               Brother
               ,
               I
               ride
               not
               Poast
               .
            
             Covertly
             
             jerking
             at
             his
             Office
             ,
             who
             by
             his
             Poast-Masters
             Place
             had
             vastly
             inhanc'd
             his
             Revenues
             .
          
           
             But
             so
             truly
             meriting
             be
             sundry
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             in
             this
             Profession
             ,
             as
             their
             alacrity
             in
             the
             prosecution
             of
             a
             poor
             Mans
             Cause
             ,
             being
             grounded
             on
             Justness
             ,
             vindicates
             their
             uprightness
             from
             any
             such
             imputation
             .
             Let
             us
             then
             divert
             our
             Course
             from
             Him
             ,
             and
             make
             our
             Application
             to
             his
             Client
             ;
             who
             with
             a
             
               potent
               Purse
            
             labours
             to
             support
             an
             
               impotent
               Cause
            
             .
          
           
             Our
             Advice
             to
             this
             litigious
             Agent
             then
             shall
             be
             this
             :
             that
             he
             be
             cautious
             in
             the
             fulness
             of
             his
             Fortunes
             ,
             of
             such
             Pursutes
             .
             Admit
             ,
             he
             proceed
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             a
             Cramm'd
             Purse
             ,
             prosperously
             succeed
             ;
             that
             Success
             will
             prove
             a
             Canker
             :
             for
             ,
             by
             injoying
             of
             what
             which
             is
             not
             his
             own
             ,
             he
             shall
             ruine
             that
             which
             is
             his
             own
             ;
             and
             make
             his
             Posterity
             suffer
             ,
             through
             his
             scandalous
             usage
             of
             so
             injurious
             a
             Possessor
             .
             Many
             Rich
             Fathers
             have
             by
             this
             means
             made
             their
             Heirs
             die
             Beggers
             .
             A
             Predecessors
             care
             avails
             nothing
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             seconded
             by
             a
             Superiour
             Blessing
             .
          
           
             Our
             Advice
             to
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             ,
             whose
             Descents
             and
             Estates
             have
             enstyl'd
             them
             eminent
             in
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             shall
             cloze
             in
             this
             .
             Let
             their
             Breeding
             be
             a
             Signal
             Evidence
             of
             the
             Family
             from
             whence
             they
             came
             .
             Education
             is
             the
             best
             Cognizance
             of
             an
             antient
             Extraction
             .
             None
             can
             gather
             from
             what
             we
             wear
             ,
             what
             we
             are
             ,
             
             or
             what
             we
             were
             .
             It
             is
             our
             language
             and
             demean
             that
             deblazon
             us
             best
             .
             Metall
             upon
             Metall
             is
             false
             Heraldry
             :
             and
             so
             be
             all
             garish
             imbellishments
             to
             the
             real
             Constitution
             of
             Gentry
             .
          
           
             We
             might
             observe
             even
             in
             these
             later
             times
             ,
             wherein
             Persons
             of
             Rank
             and
             Quality
             are
             to
             be
             compleatly
             accoutred
             to
             the
             refinement
             of
             this
             Age
             wherein
             they
             live
             ;
             how
             much
             they
             prejudice
             those
             Native
             Abilities
             wherewith
             they
             were
             at
             first
             indowed
             ;
             as
             likewise
             that
             Splendor
             of
             an
             Antient
             Family
             ,
             from
             whence
             they
             descended
             ;
             by
             being
             left
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             bestowing
             the
             first-fruits
             of
             their
             time
             ,
             those
             prime
             Flowers
             of
             their
             Youth
             (
             wherein
             the
             choisest
             and
             generoust
             Seeds
             are
             not
             only
             sown
             ,
             but
             spring
             to
             their
             best
             proficience
             ;
             )
             upon
             debaucht
             Societies
             and
             unbred
             Consorts
             much
             below
             themselves
             .
             Their
             acquaintance
             with
             a
             
               Countrey
               Can
            
             ,
             quickned
             with
             the
             pleasing
             Title
             of
             a
             
               Brave
               Lord
            
             ,
             or
             a
             
               Gallant
               young-Master
            
             ,
             madds
             them
             above
             measure
             .
             Whereas
             ,
             if
             they
             frequented
             Company
             suitable
             to
             their
             quality
             ,
             they
             might
             find
             with
             less
             expence
             ,
             and
             more
             useful
             experience
             ,
             what
             would
             best
             become
             them
             both
             in
             Places
             of
             Pleasure
             and
             Judicature
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             propose
             them
             to
             whom
             we
             direct
             our
             Polemical
             Discourse
             ,
             Places
             of
             Improvement
             ;
             as
             Vniversities
             are
             fittest
             for
             laying
             the
             foundation
             ;
             So
             
               Inns
               of
               Courts
            
             be
             the
             properest
             for
             Civil
             Mean
             and
             Deportment
             .
          
           
           
             The
             one
             for
             grounding
             ,
             the
             other
             for
             maturing
             .
          
           
             Scholastical
             Breeding
             ,
             if
             it
             rise
             no
             higher
             ,
             may
             be
             accounted
             Pedantical
             ;
             but
             being
             compleated
             by
             Conference
             ,
             and
             choice
             Conversation
             ,
             it
             becomes
             graceful
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             nothing
             that
             could
             move
             Democritus
             to
             more
             vehement
             laughter
             ,
             than
             to
             hear
             the
             amorous
             discourse
             of
             a
             Stoical
             Scholar
             .
             His
             Passion
             was
             presented
             with
             such
             unbecoming
             expressions
             ,
             as
             if
             Pallas
             had
             been
             his
             Venus
             ,
             or
             Minerva
             his
             Mistriss
             .
          
           
             For
             Travel
             ,
             it
             is
             such
             an
             Ornament
             to
             Gentry
             ,
             as
             it
             affords
             in
             Table-treats
             a
             voluble
             tongue
             ;
             whereas
             a
             want
             of
             it
             begets
             silence
             :
             unless
             Ignorance
             assume
             to
             it self
             so
             much
             confidence
             as
             to
             discourse
             of
             what
             it
             knows
             not
             ;
             and
             consequently
             discover
             want
             of
             Sense
             ,
             without
             apprehension
             of
             shame
             .
          
           
             An
             intelligent
             Traveller
             is
             the
             Expeditest
             Mathematician
             ;
             for
             he
             carries
             his
             Globe
             alwayes
             about
             him
             .
             But
             some
             we
             have
             ,
             who
             no
             sooner
             lose
             the
             sight
             of
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             than
             they
             lose
             themselves
             .
             These
             learn
             Forein
             Fashions
             ,
             but
             never
             how
             to
             fashion
             themselves
             .
             They
             retein
             the
             Garb
             ,
             but
             not
             the
             essential
             Grace
             of
             Travel
             .
          
           
             But
             set
             these
             Shools
             of
             
               Learning
               ,
               Law
            
             and
             Travel
             aside
             ;
             if
             our
             Gentry
             have
             a
             thought
             of
             improving
             their
             knowledg
             at
             home
             (
             for
             all
             dispositions
             
             are
             not
             for
             lanching
             the
             Depths
             )
             our
             own
             Metropolis
             ,
             (
             having
             now
             recovered
             her
             long-sequestred
             Wits
             )
             is
             such
             an
             Academy
             ,
             as
             it
             may
             furnish
             you
             with
             a
             various
             Society
             ,
             stor'd
             with
             Wits
             of
             all
             sizes
             ,
             humours
             and
             composures
             :
             Not
             only
             apt
             to
             return
             pleasing
             accents
             to
             the
             Ear
             ,
             but
             rich
             notions
             to
             the
             Intellect
             .
          
           
             In
             which
             Allay
             ,
             if
             your
             discretion
             make
             you
             so
             happy
             ,
             as
             to
             entertain
             into
             your
             intimacy
             the
             best
             :
             such
             I
             mean
             ,
             as
             may
             rather
             improve
             you
             ,
             than
             delude
             you
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             subtile
             impostures
             ,
             usually
             practised
             by
             our
             late
             Trap'nners
             ,
             surprize
             you
             .
             From
             which
             prudent
             Election
             ,
             in
             relation
             to
             Society
             ,
             you
             shall
             reap
             this
             benefit
             :
             it
             will
             so
             clearly
             distinguish
             your
             quality
             ,
             and
             in
             your
             
               better
               parts
            
             so
             exquisitly
             accommodate
             you
             ,
             that
             not
             one
             hour
             shall
             pass
             by
             you
             ,
             which
             may
             not
             highly
             redound
             to
             your
             advantage
             .
             Such
             Acquaintance
             will
             beget
             in
             you
             no
             Repentance
             .
             It
             will
             appear
             by
             your
             demean
             ,
             that
             you
             have
             read
             men
             ;
             the
             usefull'st
             knowledg
             for
             a
             Gentleman
             .
             Books
             are
             excellent
             means
             to
             steal
             away
             hours
             ;
             but
             serious
             Consorts
             render
             you
             the
             best
             Illustrations
             on
             them
             :
             These
             return
             Spectacles
             for
             all
             Sights
             .
             Representing
             more
             
               true
               Lights
            
             than
             all
             our
             
               New
               Lights
            
             can
             render
             .
             *
             For
             these
             effuse
             no
             deceiving
             ,
             but
             an
             intellective
             splendor
             ,
             operating
             strongly
             upon
             the
             faculties
             
             of
             the
             Soul
             ;
             and
             dilating
             their
             effects
             ,
             not
             onely
             to
             the
             direction
             of
             themselves
             ,
             but
             instruction
             of
             others
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             an
             observable
             Error
             in
             this
             Nation
             ,
             (
             which
             we
             could
             wish
             were
             a
             stranger
             to
             it
             ;
             )
             Many
             of
             our
             
               Pen-feathred
               youngsters
            
             be
             no
             sooner
             mounted
             to
             their
             Fathers
             Saddles
             ,
             than
             they
             become
             eagre
             hunters
             after
             Good-fellows
             :
             and
             to
             ingratiate
             them
             the
             more
             ,
             will
             make
             them
             rather
             their
             Pensioners
             ,
             than
             lose
             the
             benefit
             of
             their
             unnecessary
             Acquaintance
             .
             Their
             only
             care
             is
             ,
             with
             the
             Cumin
             of
             their
             inconsiderate
             bounty
             to
             lure
             those
             
               Wild
               Pigeons
            
             to
             their
             Coat
             .
             Too
             fruitless
             a
             Charge
             to
             bestow
             on
             such
             a
             Covy
             .
          
           
             It
             were
             easie
             to
             make
             a
             Dish
             of
             Meat
             worth
             a
             groat
             ,
             at
             a
             crowns
             expence
             ;
             or
             to
             use
             that
             strict
             Laconian
             adage
             :
             
               It
               is
               an
               hard
               purchase
               to
               gain
               a
               Friend
               with
               the
               Sale
               of
               a
               Farm.
               
            
             We
             shall
             conclude
             him
             then
             to
             have
             forfeited
             his
             Judgment
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             pursute
             of
             Friends
             or
             Companions
             ,
             entertains
             such
             a
             Choice
             as
             may
             admit
             a
             Change.
             
          
           
             A
             Bushell
             of
             Salt
             antiently
             was
             held
             a
             Measure
             little
             enough
             to
             Season
             Acquaintance
             :
             It
             were
             too
             rash
             confidence
             then
             to
             make
             a
             Companion
             at
             first
             sight
             his
             Secretary
             ,
             or
             Bosome
             Friend
             .
             This
             hath
             been
             the
             ruine
             of
             many
             .
             Persons
             of
             all
             conditions
             may
             experimentally
             instance
             it
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             for
             those
             who
             are
             cry'd
             up
             for
             the
             Wits
             of
             the
             time
             ;
             we
             would
             advise
             them
             to
             be
             well
             known
             to
             those
             with
             whom
             they
             converse
             facetiously
             ,
             or
             vent
             their
             Conceipts
             .
          
           
             Of
             all
             Creatures
             ,
             none
             more
             dangerous
             than
             Satyrs
             :
             who
             ,
             while
             they
             brush
             great
             Mens
             Cloaths
             ,
             they
             fearfully
             trench
             upon
             their
             own
             safety
             ,
             by
             exposing
             their
             freedom
             to
             the
             various
             construction
             of
             the
             Company
             .
             Some
             there
             be
             ,
             who
             would
             rather
             lose
             their
             Friend
             than
             their
             Iest.
             But
             such
             Conceipts
             cost
             too
             dear
             .
             These
             had
             need
             of
             many
             Friends
             ,
             or
             their
             Wits
             will
             protest
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             return
             them
             Bankrupts
             .
             It
             is
             the
             infelicity
             of
             some
             petulant
             wits
             to
             bring
             their
             Owners
             Heads
             under
             the
             Hearers
             Girdle
             ,
             by
             their
             indiscreet
             Flashes
             .
             To
             be
             merry
             and
             wise
             is
             a
             good
             Rule
             ;
             but
             many
             through
             intemperance
             ,
             or
             too
             much
             confidence
             ,
             usually
             transgress
             that
             bound
             .
          
           
             That
             Sage
             Precept
             deserves
             your
             remembrance
             :
             
               Be
               Stoical
               to
               none
               ;
               affable
               to
               all
               ;
               but
               open
               thy
               breast
               to
               few
               .
            
          
           
             By
             which
             means
             ,
             he
             may
             sleep
             without
             fear
             ,
             and
             awake
             without
             affront
             .
          
           
             Of
             such
             we
             may
             justly
             conclude
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             attained
             to
             an
             happy
             Period
             in
             their
             Progress
             ;
             who
             can
             look
             upon
             the
             World
             with
             contempt
             ,
             and
             entertain
             their
             Condition
             with
             content
             .
             These
             can
             fix
             the
             eye
             of
             their
             Contemplation
             with
             a
             cheerful
             aspect
             upon
             Heaven
             ,
             as
             
             their
             only
             Land-mark
             .
             Whatsoever
             is
             below
             them
             ,
             they
             hold
             them
             such
             contemptible
             Objects
             ,
             as
             they
             deserve
             not
             their
             Enterview
             .
             These
             know
             how
             to
             put
             in
             practice
             that
             excellent
             Advice
             ,
             in
             shutting
             up
             the
             Windows
             ,
             that
             their
             House
             may
             Shine
             .
             Their
             Eyes
             ,
             those
             Windows
             of
             the
             Body
             must
             not
             be
             imployed
             in
             any
             Office
             that
             may
             unbecome
             them
             .
             Nor
             any
             other
             Sense
             in
             that
             which
             may
             detract
             from
             her
             honour
             that
             commands
             them
             .
             Such
             a
             Regiment
             cannot
             chuse
             but
             atchieve
             brave
             acts
             ,
             wheresoever
             ingaged
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             an
             infallible
             Maxim
             ,
             that
             he
             who
             lives
             so
             as
             every
             day
             were
             his
             last
             ,
             must
             necessarily
             take
             his
             leave
             of
             the
             World
             without
             a
             Sigh
             :
             and
             entertain
             the
             Summons
             of
             Death
             with
             a
             Smile
             .
          
           
             The
             Consequence
             holds
             ,
             that
             he
             who
             sets
             his
             rest
             upon
             the
             Place
             of
             true
             rest
             ,
             neglects
             not
             his
             Work
             ,
             but
             makes
             Spiritual
             Labour
             his
             Convoy
             to
             eternal
             rest
             :
             Such
             a
             Work-man
             is
             no
             Idler
             in
             the
             Market-place
             ;
             but
             at
             the
             first
             hour
             of
             the
             day
             goes
             down
             into
             the
             Vineyard
             :
             and
             having
             cheerfully
             performed
             the
             Course
             of
             his
             imployment
             ,
             he
             makes
             the
             Evening
             his
             dayes
             Accomptant
             :
             closing
             his
             nightly
             return
             with
             this
             useful
             question
             :
             
               O
               my
               Soul
               ,
               what
               hast
               thou
               done
               this
               day
               ?
            
             A
             mind
             so
             Devotionally
             exercised
             ,
             makes
             the
             Natural
             Sun
             his
             Spiritual
             Emblem
             :
             The
             Sun
             ,
             as
             it
             shines
             brighter
             at
             its
             setting
             ,
             than
             its
             rising
             ;
             so
             the
             splendor
             of
             his
             exemplary
             
             Life
             appears
             Clearest
             at
             his
             Ending
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             nothing
             more
             inglorious
             to
             Age
             ,
             than
             for
             an
             Old
             Man
             to
             have
             no
             other
             Argument
             to
             prove
             his
             years
             ,
             than
             his
             Gray
             Hairs
             .
             Like
             an
             Almanack
             out
             of
             date
             ;
             a
             neglected
             Address
             ,
             or
             a
             defac'd
             Record
             ,
             he
             appears
             in
             every
             Conference
             ,
             or
             Passage
             of
             Consequence
             .
             Though
             his
             many
             mis-spent
             years
             have
             made
             him
             an
             Elder
             in
             the
             Ward
             where
             he
             lives
             :
             and
             the
             Revestry
             admit
             him
             a
             voice
             in
             the
             Election
             of
             a
             Lecturer
             ;
             others
             ,
             less
             old
             ,
             but
             more
             ripe
             ,
             supply
             the
             number
             ;
             while
             he
             is
             left
             to
             himself
             with
             leasure
             enough
             to
             wipe
             his
             reverend
             beard
             ,
             and
             content
             his
             weak
             sense
             with
             the
             place
             of
             a
             Cipher
             .
          
           
             These
             would
             make
             rare
             Elders
             for
             deciding
             
               Doctrinal
               Controversies
            
             :
             or
             Stating
             Cases
             of
             Conscience
             .
             What
             numerous
             emergent
             Errors
             have
             we
             known
             to
             have
             been
             broached
             from
             the
             Principles
             of
             such
             pretending
             Rabbies
             ;
             whose
             reverend
             esteem
             lay
             only
             in
             the
             Colour
             of
             their
             Hair
             ?
             Such
             advantage
             had
             Time
             given
             them
             ,
             as
             their
             years
             authorized
             them
             with
             an
             ignorant
             confidence
             to
             set
             up
             ,
             what
             the
             succession
             of
             many
             years
             could
             not
             pull
             down
             .
          
           
             Hence
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             one
             of
             our
             
               Modern
               States-Men
            
             ,
             from
             his
             long
             Experience
             in
             sitting
             at
             the
             Stern
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             wisely
             concluded
             ,
             
               That
               he
               never
               knew
               any
               Constitutions
               all
               his
               time
               more
               
               inconsistent
               with
               a
               Politick
               State
               ,
               than
               those
               which
               came
               from
               a
               Gray
               Head
               ,
               and
               a
               Green
               Brain
               .
               A
               face
               of
               gravity
               made
               them
               appear
               what
               they
               were
               not
               ;
               but
               a
               clear
               judgment
               would
               present
               them
               in
               their
               own
               shape
               ,
               and
               discover
               to
               the
               World
               what
               they
               were
               .
            
          
           
             In
             Arguments
             of
             Discourse
             ,
             the
             recollection
             of
             our
             own
             thoughts
             ,
             assisted
             by
             the
             observation
             of
             others
             ,
             is
             the
             only
             way
             to
             gain
             Wisdom
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             loves
             to
             hear
             himself
             talk
             ,
             seldom
             improves
             his
             Knowledg
             .
          
           
             Many
             by
             too
             much
             talk
             have
             lost
             themselves
             ;
             few
             or
             none
             by
             silence
             .
          
           
             Harpocrates
             with
             his
             finger
             on
             his
             Mouth
             was
             held
             the
             
               Wisest
               Sign
            
             in
             Athens
             .
          
           
             That
             Spartan
             Sage
             seriously
             observing
             how
             one
             sufficiently
             ripe
             in
             years
             ,
             spake
             like
             a
             young
             Man
             :
             
               I
               should
               have
               adjudged
               you
               (
               said
               he
               )
               worthy
               to
               sit
               in
               the
               Highest
               Place
               ,
               till
               I
               heard
               you
               speak
               ;
               but
               your
               tongue
               has
               dishonoured
               your
               age
               :
               come
               then
               down
               ,
               and
               give
               that
               
                 young
                 Man
              
               room
               ,
               whose
               downy
               Chin
               pretends
               more
               to
               age
               in
               his
               express
               ,
               than
               you
               to
               Sense
               ,
               with
               all
               your
               aged
               Experience
               .
            
             It
             is
             the
             tongue
             that
             either
             betrays
             ,
             or
             improves
             the
             Iudgment
             .
             A
             Member
             better
             ordinated
             for
             Service
             than
             Command
             .
          
           
             Our
             Advice
             should
             now
             descend
             from
             the
             Laity
             to
             the
             Clergy
             ;
             which
             admits
             sundry
             Divisions
             .
             
             But
             those
             many
             Scisms
             and
             Divisions
             among
             themselves
             ,
             may
             save
             me
             that
             labour
             .
             Be
             it
             their
             Task
             to
             Preach
             both
             by
             Word
             and
             Work
             :
             that
             ,
             what
             their
             tongue
             speaks
             to
             others
             ,
             their
             exemplary
             life
             may
             Preach
             to
             themselves
             and
             others
             .
             A
             Lamp
             stored
             with
             such
             oyl
             ,
             will
             burn
             with
             
               pure
               Zeal
            
             .
             One
             Accent
             breathing
             on
             the
             heart
             ,
             is
             worth
             a
             thousand
             sounding
             in
             the
             Ear.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TWO
           CHOICE
           CHARACTERS
           Suitable
           to
           these
           TIMES
           .
           
             
               1.
               
               A
               Countrey
               Commissioner
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               A
               State-Competitor
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             1.
             
             A
             Countrey
             Commissioner
          
           
             IS
             an
             Instrument
             pretending
             to
             Peace
             ;
             and
             by
             his
             long
             imployment
             might
             effectually
             advance
             it
             ,
             if
             his
             twilight
             Judgment
             could
             either
             contrive
             the
             way
             of
             composing
             it
             ,
             or
             some
             self-interest
             ,
             or
             
               partial
               respect
            
             (
             dangerous
             Eye-sores
             in
             all
             Commissional
             Courses
             ,
             )
             did
             not
             
             obstruct
             his
             Proceedings
             in
             this
             Path-way
             to
             Peace
             .
             Now
             there
             be
             two
             Instrumentals
             of
             this
             Profession
             ,
             who
             run
             descant
             on
             different
             keys
             .
             The
             one
             would
             seem
             to
             know
             more
             than
             they
             do
             :
             the
             other
             to
             know
             more
             than
             they
             seem
             .
             It
             would
             make
             a
             Stoick
             laugh
             ,
             were
             his
             thoughts
             never
             so
             clowdy
             ,
             nor
             confin'd
             to
             an
             unsociable
             privacy
             ,
             to
             observe
             the
             Posture
             of
             that
             seeming-wise
             Commissioner
             ;
             how
             demurely
             he
             stroaks
             his
             reverend
             Beard
             :
             and
             with
             a
             grave
             politick
             nod
             ,
             shaking
             his
             shallow
             nodle
             ,
             (
             having
             heard
             an
             Intergotory
             ,
             which
             he
             understands
             not
             )
             most
             authentically
             concludes
             :
             —
             
               There
               lies
               the
               knot
               of
               the
               business
               .
            
             But
             it
             partakes
             too
             much
             Gordian
             for
             his
             numm'd
             fingers
             to
             unty
             .
             Nor
             skills
             it
             much
             how
             the
             Commission
             runs
             ;
             who
             bolder
             than
             blind
             Baiard
             ?
             His
             confidence
             will
             boulster
             out
             his
             Non-sense
             ,
             and
             make
             him
             appear
             to
             the
             judgment
             of
             those
             ,
             whose
             brains
             were
             pounded
             in
             the
             same
             Morter
             with
             his
             own
             ;
             and
             whose
             conceipts
             might
             be
             found
             by
             a
             measuring
             cast
             of
             equal
             size
             ,
             a
             
               Sage
               Sophy
            
             .
          
           
             His
             return
             home
             informs
             the
             whole
             Family
             with
             his
             
               Commissionary
               Carriage
            
             ;
             how
             he
             canvas'd
             the
             Cause
             ;
             puzled
             the
             Witnesses
             ,
             and
             made
             black
             appear
             white
             to
             the
             amazement
             of
             his
             Hearers
             .
             So
             highly
             transported
             is
             this
             
               Countrey
               Dottrell
            
             with
             his
             wants
             ,
             as
             he
             holds
             them
             for
             unparallel'd
             Parts
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             my
             fortune
             ,
             in
             my
             younger
             years
             ,
             to
             be
             
             known
             to
             one
             of
             these
             Shallops
             ;
             a
             Person
             of
             a
             strong-pretending
             design
             ,
             but
             weak
             dispatch
             .
             There
             was
             nothing
             that
             contented
             him
             more
             ,
             than
             to
             have
             an
             Oar
             in
             every
             ones
             Boat
             :
             his
             Sickle
             in
             anothers
             Harvest
             .
             As
             for
             Commissionary
             Employments
             ,
             though
             poorly
             vers'd
             in
             such
             addresses
             ,
             this
             officious
             Pragmatist
             would
             ever
             make
             one
             ,
             if
             either
             his
             Personal
             Application
             to
             the
             Parties
             interessed
             ,
             or
             the
             free
             offer
             of
             himself
             would
             procure
             his
             admittance
             .
             It
             hapned
             one
             day
             ,
             that
             this
             obsequious
             Agent
             ,
             who
             usually
             bestowed
             many
             dayes
             to
             small
             purpose
             ,
             was
             nominated
             a
             Commissioner
             in
             a
             business
             of
             Consequence
             ,
             and
             distance
             to
             the
             place
             of
             his
             dwelling
             :
             which
             quickned
             his
             morning
             awake
             for
             his
             more
             seasonable
             attendance
             .
             Yet
             ,
             in
             his
             way
             ,
             resolving
             to
             call
             on
             his
             Neighbour
             ,
             a
             down-right
             Boor
             ,
             and
             never
             acquainted
             with
             such
             imployments
             ;
             
               Are
               you
               asleep
            
             ,
             said
             this
             wise
             Arbitrator
             ,
             
               that
               all
               things
               are
               so
               husht
               and
               quiet
               about
               you
               ?
               Yes
               truly
               ,
            
             answered
             his
             Neighbour
             ,
             
               I
               am
               taking
               my
               morning
               nap
               ,
               for
               I
               have
               little
               else
               to
               do
               .
               O
               well
               are
               you
               ,
            
             reply'd
             this
             Sir
             Politick
             Pol
             ,
             
               that
               God
               has
               lent
               you
               so
               small
               a
               Talent
               of
               understanding
               ;
               you
               may
               take
               your
               rest
               ,
               while
               my
               abilities
               will
               not
               suffer
               me
               to
               sleep
               :
               One
               or
               other
               is
               ever
               relying
               on
               my
               head-piece
               !
            
          
           
             Now
             tell
             me
             ,
             was
             not
             this
             a
             brave
             Arbitrary
             Squib
             to
             compose
             differences
             ?
             And
             should
             many
             of
             these
             
               wise
               Pretenders
            
             pass
             the
             Inquisition
             ,
             
             we
             might
             find
             them
             falling
             into
             the
             same
             rank
             or
             file
             :
             onely
             deluded
             with
             Self-opinion
             ,
             and
             consequently
             in
             the
             Ballance
             of
             Iudgment
             ,
             wherein
             all
             human
             actions
             are
             equally
             poized
             ,
             deservingly
             sleighted
             and
             disvalued
             .
             But
             such
             simple
             arrogance
             is
             ever
             most
             noxious
             to
             it self
             .
             He
             who
             would
             be
             thought
             wiser
             than
             he
             is
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             those
             Parts
             which
             he
             has
             not
             ,
             lesseneth
             himself
             in
             the
             weak
             discovery
             of
             those
             he
             has
             .
             Iugurth
             had
             a
             great
             advantage
             of
             Hyemsal
             .
             He
             had
             the
             happiness
             to
             speak
             little
             ,
             and
             do
             much
             :
             whereas
             the
             other
             had
             the
             property
             to
             speak
             much
             ,
             and
             do
             little
             .
             That
             Client
             gave
             good
             advice
             to
             his
             Advocate
             ,
             in
             telling
             him
             roundly
             ,
             
               If
               he
               stood
               for
               him
               ,
               let
               him
               speak
               materially
               ,
               or
               not
               at
               all
               .
            
             Those
             who
             over-doe
             the
             work
             ,
             generally
             in
             affairs
             of
             this
             nature
             ,
             pull
             down
             more
             than
             they
             set
             up
             :
             and
             by
             their
             Superstructure
             give
             their
             Adversary
             ground
             for
             erecting
             a
             Story
             higher
             than
             he
             intended
             :
             or
             upon
             the
             weakness
             of
             such
             a
             foundation
             he
             could
             have
             probably
             expected
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             such
             as
             these
             are
             fearless
             Bugbears
             in
             Commissionary
             Causes
             ;
             they
             love
             to
             hear
             themselves
             talk
             ;
             which
             gives
             occasion
             to
             their
             solid
             Opponent
             ,
             to
             use
             those
             words
             with
             an
             acute
             ,
             but
             composed
             passion
             ,
             which
             Aeschines
             return'd
             to
             Pithias
             :
             
               Good
               God
               ,
               when
               will
               this
               long-lung'd
               wittall
               leave
               his
               babling
               !
            
             The
             only
             office
             of
             these
             self-wits
             consists
             in
             a
             fruitless
             appearance
             to
             
             their
             behalf
             ,
             for
             whom
             they
             are
             nam'd
             ;
             but
             much
             to
             the
             Parties
             prejudice
             for
             whom
             he
             appears
             :
             being
             no
             less
             ignorant
             than
             arrogant
             in
             returning
             what
             he
             should
             ,
             or
             discussing
             what
             he
             ought
             to
             his
             benefit
             ;
             for
             whom
             ,
             to
             his
             honour
             ,
             he
             sat
             like
             a
             Cypher
             ,
             without
             advancing
             his
             cause
             for
             whom
             he
             stood
             .
          
           
             Good
             Causes
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             wiser
             Commissioners
             ,
             or
             they
             will
             in
             a
             Terme
             or
             two
             dwindle
             to
             nothing
             ;
             and
             shape
             the
             Plaintiffs
             Suit
             to
             the
             neglected
             habit
             of
             a
             
               Forma
               Pauperis
            
             :
             and
             so
             leave
             him
             like
             Plato's
             naked
             Man
             ,
             with
             two
             feet
             ,
             but
             without
             feathers
             .
             A
             pitifull
             pittiless
             Spectacle
             in
             a
             Court
             of
             Justice
             !
          
           
             We
             are
             now
             to
             return
             you
             the
             character
             of
             a
             Spirit
             more
             genuine
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             stronger
             temper
             .
             The
             last
             we
             presented
             on
             the
             Stage
             ,
             spake
             much
             ,
             but
             knew
             little
             ;
             but
             you
             shall
             hear
             one
             now
             ,
             who
             ,
             though
             he
             speak
             little
             ,
             knows
             much
             .
             Empty
             Vessels
             send
             forth
             ever
             the
             shrillest
             sound
             :
             whereas
             deepest
             Foords
             stream
             a-long
             with
             the
             calmest
             course
             .
             And
             experimentally
             shall
             that
             Man
             find
             this
             
               close
               Politician
            
             ,
             who
             takes
             occasion
             to
             imploy
             him
             ,
             no
             less
             full
             of
             danger
             ,
             than
             he
             is
             of
             depth
             .
             He
             has
             a
             self-interest
             in
             every
             Commission
             :
             and
             can
             angle
             cunningly
             in
             troubled
             waters
             :
             and
             to
             display
             him
             in
             his
             native
             colour
             ,
             Reward
             holds
             such
             influence
             over
             him
             ,
             as
             it
             has
             power
             to
             over-byas
             him
             ;
             by
             tracing
             the
             steps
             of
             Coelius
             ,
             who
             pleaded
             best
             with
             his
             
               left
               hand
            
             .
          
           
           
             Such
             State-Cheats
             ,
             though
             covertly
             carryed
             ,
             be
             frequently
             practised
             .
             Hope
             of
             profit
             ,
             said
             that
             divine
             Cynick
             ,
             beats
             strongly
             upon
             the
             pulse
             of
             honesty
             .
             His
             previous
             intentions
             may
             be
             clear
             and
             integrious
             ;
             his
             resolves
             for
             whom
             he
             deals
             ,
             rightly
             byassed
             ,
             and
             equally
             ballanced
             ;
             but
             some
             friendly
             advertisements
             ,
             inclosed
             in
             
               gilt
               paper
            
             ,
             quite
             turn
             the
             hinges
             ,
             and
             drive
             those
             honest
             resolves
             upon
             nibling
             at
             a
             dangerous
             attractive
             bait
             ,
             soon
             out
             of
             doors
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             sometimes
             disputable
             ,
             whether
             it
             were
             better
             for
             one
             ,
             in
             a
             Case
             of
             Judicature
             ,
             to
             make
             choice
             of
             an
             Agent
             ,
             who
             would
             betray
             his
             Cause
             through
             simplicity
             ;
             or
             of
             such
             an
             one
             ,
             who
             would
             make
             a
             prey
             of
             him
             by
             his
             subtilty
             .
             Neither
             of
             them
             is
             good
             ;
             but
             the
             determination
             of
             this
             intricate
             question
             closeth
             in
             this
             :
             whether
             it
             were
             easier
             to
             digest
             (
             though
             they
             be
             both
             meats
             of
             hard
             concoction
             )
             suffering
             under
             an
             apparent
             foe
             ,
             or
             a
             pretending
             friend
             ?
             Thus
             have
             we
             found
             you
             
               two
               Commissioners
            
             ,
             both
             appearing
             ,
             but
             neither
             worthy
             approving
             .
             For
             ,
             as
             the
             one
             might
             by
             his
             
               ingenuous
               simplicity
            
             betray
             your
             Cause
             ,
             wherein
             he
             is
             interessed
             :
             So
             might
             the
             other
             ,
             by
             his
             
               partial-gilt
               subtilty
            
             ,
             expose
             your
             credulity
             to
             prejudice
             ,
             where
             you
             least
             suspected
             .
             To
             decline
             these
             precipices
             ,
             no
             course
             clearer
             nor
             safer
             ,
             than
             to
             make
             choice
             of
             such
             ,
             whom
             your
             own
             assiduate
             experience
             ,
             or
             repute
             of
             the
             Countrey
             wherein
             they
             live
             ,
             inform
             
             you
             sufficiently
             ,
             both
             of
             their
             honesty
             and
             knowledg
             .
             And
             distinct
             notions
             you
             may
             easily
             find
             in
             these
             ,
             whether
             they
             in
             that
             qualification
             ,
             merit
             your
             approvement
             or
             no.
             For
             ,
             if
             honest
             ,
             they
             will
             return
             you
             that
             Answer
             which
             that
             antient
             Sage
             gave
             to
             his
             Son-in-Law
             ,
             in
             a
             case
             of
             like
             nature
             :
             
               I
               am
               yours
               in
               just
               Causes
               onely
               .
            
             Neither
             will
             these
             Commissioners
             (
             presupposing
             them
             honest
             )
             make
             it
             their
             onely
             work
             to
             sit
             upon
             Examination
             of
             Witnesses
             (
             though
             of
             principal
             concern
             to
             their
             office
             )
             but
             to
             address
             Proposals
             of
             Peace
             ;
             and
             pursue
             those
             Motions
             with
             that
             discreet
             moderation
             ,
             as
             it
             may
             produce
             effect
             ,
             unless
             the
             spirit
             of
             contention
             ,
             usually
             reigning
             in
             litigious
             Plaintiffs
             ,
             obstruct
             it
             :
             It
             is
             a
             grounded
             Maxim
             ,
             that
             the
             best
             Commissioners
             be
             the
             effectuall'st
             Peace-makers
             .
             They
             erect
             a
             Chancery
             within
             themselves
             ,
             and
             conscientiously
             compose
             the
             quarrel
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             Knowledg
             ,
             being
             the
             
               second
               requisite
            
             ;
             Practical
             Experience
             is
             the
             best
             Directory
             ;
             chalking
             him
             forth
             the
             way
             wherein
             he
             is
             to
             walk
             ;
             which
             accompanied
             with
             Integrity
             ,
             compleats
             the
             Work.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             2.
             
             A
             State-Competitor
          
           
             IS
             an
             High-Flyer
             ;
             hatcht
             in
             an
             airly
             Ayry
             ;
             apt
             to
             mount
             before
             he
             find
             wings
             ;
             bred
             to
             the
             disquiet
             of
             all
             ,
             but
             most
             to
             himself
             .
             For
             the
             Triumphs
             of
             Miltiades
             will
             not
             suffer
             Themistocles
             to
             sleep
             .
             He
             is
             all
             quick-silver
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             career
             ,
             of
             such
             a
             
               perpetual
               motion
            
             ;
             as
             Phaeton-like
             ,
             he
             gallops
             over
             the
             
               twelve
               Signs
            
             in
             a
             moment
             :
             but
             resolves
             his
             ayry
             grandure
             like
             a
             Squib
             ,
             with
             the
             presentment
             of
             a
             Flash
             ,
             to
             nothing
             .
             *
             Having
             left
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             breathing
             too
             foggy
             vapours
             for
             his
             queazy
             stomack
             ,
             his
             resolves
             hold
             for
             traversing
             the
             Court
             :
             where
             he
             takes
             notice
             of
             an
             early
             State-Favourite
             ,
             who
             by
             his
             
               timely
               rising
            
             had
             out-run
             him
             :
             but
             he
             means
             ,
             if
             his
             designs
             fail
             him
             not
             ,
             to
             win
             ground
             on
             him
             ,
             and
             out-strip
             him
             too
             ;
             by
             fishing
             so
             artfully
             with
             his
             golden
             hook
             ,
             and
             strength
             of
             assisting
             Relations
             .
          
           
             He
             has
             so
             much
             wit
             as
             to
             humour
             the
             Times
             :
             and
             to
             attempt
             with
             a
             conscientious
             indifferency
             whatsoever
             may
             advance
             his
             own
             interest
             .
             But
             for
             as
             much
             as
             one
             must
             creep
             before
             he
             go
             ;
             he
             treads
             the
             Pallace-yard
             at
             first
             gingerly
             ;
             talks
             demurely
             :
             and
             in
             every
             Posture
             composeth
             his
             counterfeat
             garb
             to
             that
             gravity
             ,
             as
             if
             Ambition
             
             were
             his
             Alien
             ,
             and
             
               Stoicall
               Civility
            
             his
             Darling
             .
             But
             ,
             finding
             the
             way
             of
             being
             great
             is
             to
             become
             popular
             ;
             he
             makes
             it
             his
             onely
             work
             to
             ingratiate
             himself
             first
             with
             the
             Pedantry
             :
             and
             by
             their
             applause
             ,
             easily
             acquir'd
             by
             a
             gracefull
             aspect
             ,
             and
             arguments
             of
             bounty
             ,
             to
             mount
             one
             story
             higher
             .
             Hot
             Embers
             cannot
             lye
             long
             raked
             up
             in
             ashes
             ,
             some
             sparks
             will
             break
             forth
             ,
             and
             discover
             their
             confined
             heat
             .
             Suppose
             him
             then
             entring
             the
             Lobby
             ;
             where
             he
             acquaints
             himself
             with
             some
             necessary
             Appendices
             to
             the
             Court
             ;
             laying
             his
             Project
             ,
             how
             by
             their
             means
             he
             may
             raise
             his
             infant
             hopes
             to
             their
             intended
             height
             .
             And
             it
             falls
             out
             seasonably
             ;
             for
             by
             their
             conduct
             he
             makes
             way
             for
             his
             future
             preferment
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             he
             moves
             slowly
             .
             Weak
             wings
             impt
             with
             such
             slender
             helps
             cannot
             promise
             any
             speedy
             nor
             successive
             flight
             :
             He
             must
             not
             then
             rest
             here
             .
             Neither
             can
             he
             expect
             by
             his
             early
             rise
             to
             find
             any
             firm
             footing
             .
             He
             has
             read
             of
             Mazarella's
             fate
             ;
             and
             by
             his
             example
             ,
             loth
             would
             he
             be
             ,
             that
             his
             fore-noon
             honour
             should
             be
             crush'd
             down
             by
             an
             after-noon
             fall
             :
             or
             suffer
             his
             infant-Glory
             to
             set
             in
             a
             Cloud
             .
             But
             his
             attentive
             Ears
             open
             to
             all
             reports
             that
             may
             any
             way
             conduce
             to
             his
             advantage
             ;
             no
             less
             opportunately
             than
             fortunately
             hear
             of
             a
             late-mounted
             Lord
             ,
             highly
             advanced
             ,
             but
             meanly
             gifted
             .
             One
             ,
             who
             by
             his
             immerited
             growth
             ,
             having
             over-swoln
             himself
             ,
             makes
             an
             Idol
             of
             
             his
             Titular
             Honour
             .
             Yet
             this
             self-conceipted
             Pharisee
             stands
             in
             needs
             of
             a
             Scribe
             ,
             to
             supply
             his
             defects
             ;
             having
             nothing
             to
             subscribe
             him
             great
             ,
             saving
             an
             illegible
             mould
             of
             dis-joynted
             Letters
             ;
             which
             presents
             a
             name
             above
             the
             apprehension
             of
             a
             Reader
             .
             This
             Place
             ,
             though
             far
             below
             his
             aims
             ,
             this
             fresh-water
             Courtier
             accepts
             :
             and
             within
             few
             Months
             ,
             by
             his
             dextrous
             Pen
             ,
             and
             the
             Grace
             his
             insinuation
             has
             got
             ,
             he
             becomes
             too
             big
             for
             his
             Place
             :
             and
             what
             might
             be
             wondred
             at
             ,
             Competitor
             to
             his
             Master
             :
             whom
             he
             oft-times
             out-strips
             ,
             leaving
             him
             as
             bare
             in
             esteem
             as
             he
             was
             of
             merit
             .
             But
             ,
             no
             great
             Competition
             can
             be
             observed
             in
             this
             :
             we
             are
             to
             climb
             higher
             ;
             and
             in
             our
             ascent
             make
             choice
             of
             such
             Subjects
             ,
             who
             appear
             equally
             seated
             in
             a
             sphear
             of
             Greatness
             ;
             but
             jealous
             of
             one
             anothers
             rising
             ;
             contrive
             wayes
             of
             undermining
             them
             ;
             though
             the
             issue
             tend
             to
             their
             own
             ruine
             .
             And
             this
             we
             derive
             from
             the
             Main
             Wheels
             ,
             and
             Principal
             Movers
             in
             State-affairs
             :
             wherein
             every
             one
             sitting
             near
             the
             Stern
             ,
             transported
             with
             the
             height
             of
             ambition
             ,
             and
             immoderate
             heat
             of
             preeminent
             desires
             ,
             has
             made
             a
             private
             contract
             by
             way
             of
             Covenant
             ,
             with
             his
             endeered
             thoughts
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             either
             appear
             absolute
             in
             his
             commands
             ,
             or
             fall
             under
             his
             own
             burden
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             accomplish
             his
             ends
             (
             which
             many
             times
             bring
             him
             to
             an
             untimely
             end
             )
             he
             neglects
             
             no
             opportunity
             ,
             nor
             declines
             any
             difficulty
             .
             Relations
             in
             these
             ambitious
             contests
             are
             wholly
             dis-valued
             .
             The
             neerer
             they
             be
             in
             blood
             ,
             these
             Competitions
             generally
             procure
             them
             more
             hate
             ;
             which
             seldom
             ends
             without
             blood
             .
             Of
             so
             high
             an
             estimate
             is
             the
             purchase
             of
             Honour
             ,
             as
             it
             challengeth
             a
             Prerogative
             above
             affinity
             ,
             amity
             ,
             or
             what
             may
             seem
             dearest
             to
             Humane
             Society
             ▪
             Caesar
             will
             admit
             of
             no
             Competitor
             .
             Two
             Suns
             cannot
             shine
             in
             one
             Sphear
             :
             nor
             two
             Eagles
             sharers
             in
             one
             Prey
             .
             It
             is
             above
             belief
             to
             observe
             how
             Rivolets
             of
             blood
             ,
             streaming
             from
             one
             vein
             ,
             should
             divide
             their
             course
             into
             severall
             Chanels
             :
             and
             by
             their
             impetuous
             motion
             ,
             make
             their
             influences
             appear
             so
             brackish
             and
             distastfull
             one
             to
             another
             .
             Cast
             your
             eye
             aside
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             see
             what
             a
             coil
             this
             State-negotiator
             makes
             ,
             to
             make
             himself
             envy'd
             !
             Sleep
             is
             a
             stranger
             to
             his
             eyes
             ,
             and
             Rest
             an
             alien
             to
             those
             fruitless
             Projects
             of
             his
             active
             Brain
             .
             He
             suspects
             a
             Foe
             ,
             though
             he
             see
             none
             ;
             but
             truth
             is
             ,
             he
             has
             reason
             to
             be
             jealous
             of
             none
             more
             than
             himself
             .
             For
             ,
             Ambition
             hath
             been
             held
             the
             onely
             self-betrayer
             of
             her
             Master
             .
             Any
             one
             might
             justly
             wonder
             ,
             how
             Man
             ,
             indu'd
             with
             reason
             ,
             and
             highly
             inabled
             by
             conference
             ,
             should
             suffer
             himself
             to
             be
             so
             deluded
             with
             the
             shadow
             of
             Greatness
             :
             which
             his
             Experience
             sufficiently
             informs
             him
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             most
             incentive
             fuell
             for
             kindling
             Enmity
             ,
             and
             the
             greatest
             disturber
             of
             Bosomquiet
             
             and
             security
             .
             For
             ,
             how
             should
             those
             sacred
             Palms
             of
             Peace
             flourish
             ,
             where
             this
             Endive
             is
             planted
             ?
             Neither
             is
             it
             the
             fortune
             of
             these
             
               rising
               Gourds
            
             ,
             by
             their
             premature
             growth
             ,
             to
             beget
             Foes
             ;
             but
             to
             make
             Foes
             of
             their
             best
             Friends
             ,
             and
             that
             deservingly
             :
             for
             the
             acquisition
             of
             those
             immerited
             Honours
             usually
             so
             deprave
             their
             manners
             ,
             and
             disorder
             their
             affections
             ,
             as
             their
             grandure
             makes
             them
             forgetful
             of
             themselves
             ;
             and
             with
             a
             slight
             aspect
             to
             pass
             by
             their
             antient
             Acquaintance
             .
             Philotas
             ,
             when
             his
             Friend
             ,
             who
             might
             have
             formerly
             challenged
             an
             interest
             in
             him
             ,
             preferred
             his
             Sute
             unto
             him
             ,
             hoping
             by
             his
             powerful
             mediation
             to
             prevail
             in
             his
             address
             ,
             he
             neglectfully
             rejected
             him
             ;
             telling
             him
             ,
             "
             He
             knew
             him
             not
             :
             But
             after
             that
             this
             Petitioner
             had
             return'd
             him
             sundry
             signal
             evidences
             of
             their
             former
             familiarity
             ;
             
               O
               ,
               said
               that
               high-swoln
               Favourite
               ,
               I
               must
               confess
               ,
               I
               did
               sometimes
               know
               you
               ;
               but
               I
               am
               not
               the
               same
               I
               was
               then
               .
               Too
               much
               familiarity
               with
               Persons
               of
               your
               quality
               might
               make
               me
               lose
               my self
               :
               and
               consequently
               eclipse
               that
               splendor
               which
               the
               Princes
               favour
               has
               bestow'd
               on
               me
               .
            
          
           
             This
             it
             was
             ,
             which
             made
             that
             Divine
             Moralist
             to
             define
             Honour
             an
             Imposture
             ,
             because
             apt
             to
             delude
             the
             Owner
             ;
             by
             moulding
             numerous
             fancies
             in
             his
             brain
             :
             and
             by
             too
             eagre
             a
             pursute
             ,
             and
             acquiesce
             to
             his
             humour
             ;
             which
             in
             
             short
             time
             exposeth
             his
             distemper'd
             Fancy
             to
             that
             incurable
             Frenzy
             ,
             as
             he
             becomes
             his
             own
             Idolater
             :
             He
             holds
             himself
             secure
             ,
             when
             most
             at
             distance
             with
             security
             :
             holding
             that
             most
             dear
             unto
             him
             ,
             which
             proves
             his
             assiduate
             enemy
             .
             Thus
             in
             this
             State-Contest
             ,
             it
             is
             their
             onely
             labour
             to
             shoulder
             out
             one
             another
             ;
             where
             the
             stronger
             wins
             the
             Prize
             ;
             whiles
             his
             disheartned
             Competitor
             sinks
             down
             with
             dishonour
             :
             So
             as
             he
             may
             properly
             use
             those
             words
             ,
             which
             Eumenes
             did
             to
             Demetrius
             :
             
               I
               had
               been
               equal
               to
               thee
               in
               Honour
               ,
               if
               thy
               Shoulders
               had
               not
               weighed
               heavier
               .
            
             But
             what
             advantage
             gains
             the
             Conqueror
             by
             this
             Master-prize
             ?
             A
             disguise
             onely
             ,
             and
             an
             
               undermining
               danger
            
             .
          
           
             His
             Disguise
             puts
             on
             a
             vizard
             of
             State
             gallantry
             ,
             shrouded
             with
             converse
             ,
             and
             acquaintance
             from
             strangers
             ;
             wherein
             he
             grows
             an
             infinite
             Proficient
             ,
             both
             for
             Dress
             and
             Language
             :
             Having
             got
             the
             Spanish
             Shrug
             ,
             and
             the
             French
             Cringe
             ,
             with
             all
             those
             Courtly
             Garbs
             and
             Postures
             that
             may
             most
             estrange
             him
             from
             the
             knowledg
             of
             his
             Familiars
             .
             His
             quaint
             Complement
             too
             has
             so
             well
             school'd
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             can
             cross
             Proverbs
             ,
             and
             tell
             the
             World
             that
             
               Interest
               can
               lie
            
             :
             For
             ,
             his
             aims
             ,
             in
             advantage
             to
             his
             own
             Interest
             ,
             have
             altered
             his
             shape
             ,
             by
             moulding
             him
             much
             like
             Tiberius
             ,
             walking
             in
             the
             Clouds
             ,
             and
             dissembling
             a
             guize
             unknown
             to
             his
             best
             Friends
             ;
             seeming
             in
             appearance
             least
             ,
             what
             he
             is
             
             is
             really
             most
             .
             But
             it
             fares
             with
             him
             in
             his
             unexpected
             fall
             ,
             as
             it
             doth
             usually
             with
             all
             State-Favourites
             in
             their
             decline
             .
             For
             ,
             as
             they
             slighted
             their
             Friends
             in
             their
             rising
             ;
             they
             find
             none
             to
             commiserate
             their
             condition
             at
             their
             setting
             .
             By
             shewing
             to
             their
             Inferiours
             a
             scornful
             contempt
             in
             their
             Height
             ;
             they
             became
             contemptible
             to
             their
             deserted
             Acquaintance
             in
             their
             Ebb.
             His
             allusion
             was
             not
             improper
             ,
             who
             resembled
             State-Competitors
             to
             
               Court
               Combatants
            
             .
             Whence
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             that
             
               Heavenly
               Dog
            
             (
             for
             so
             Laertius
             calls
             him
             )
             being
             askt
             what
             was
             done
             at
             Court
             ?
             told
             them
             ,
             
               That
               they
               were
               tripping
               up
               one
               anothers
               heels
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             for
             that
             
               undermining
               danger
            
             ,
             whereto
             (
             as
             we
             formerly
             toucht
             )
             they
             are
             most
             incident
             ;
             they
             appear
             commonly
             nearest
             to
             it
             ,
             when
             they
             hold
             themselves
             most
             distanc'd
             from
             it
             .
             Though
             Damocles
             Sword
             hang
             over
             his
             head
             by
             an
             hair
             ;
             the
             sweetness
             of
             Soveraignty
             deludes
             him
             with
             the
             britle
             promise
             of
             Security
             .
          
           
             This
             rising
             Sprig
             sprung
             up
             to
             a
             surreptitious
             growth
             ,
             though
             numerous
             Competitors
             ,
             like
             cunning
             Pioners
             ,
             labour
             to
             undermine
             him
             ;
             and
             his
             
               timing
               followers
            
             dayly
             fall
             from
             him
             (
             for
             such
             Rats
             will
             not
             stay
             long
             ,
             when
             they
             see
             their
             House
             fall
             to
             decay
             )
             but
             in
             quest
             of
             better
             Masters
             swim
             with
             the
             stream
             ,
             pursuing
             the
             current
             of
             that
             time
             ,
             which
             may
             afford
             to
             their
             hungry
             hopes
             most
             advantage
             .
             Yet
             this
             secure
             
             Favourite
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             is
             so
             belulled
             with
             the
             Lethargy
             of
             his
             expiring
             honour
             ,
             as
             he
             takes
             no
             notice
             of
             these
             previous
             signals
             ,
             nor
             divining
             Notions
             of
             his
             ensuing
             ruine
             :
             but
             conceipts
             that
             he
             has
             clipt
             the
             wings
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             and
             that
             she
             has
             no
             power
             to
             fly
             from
             him
             .
             Mean
             while
             ,
             his
             feathers
             fall
             from
             him
             ;
             finding
             by
             degrees
             that
             his
             seam-rent
             Estate
             falls
             neither
             under
             any
             Predicament
             of
             quantity
             ;
             nor
             his
             declining
             Honour
             under
             any
             Predicament
             of
             quality
             :
             but
             both
             shrunk
             down
             into
             a
             desperate
             precipice
             ,
             without
             remedy
             ,
             or
             hope
             of
             recovery
             .
          
           
             And
             so
             good
             night
             Competitor
             .
             The
             Court-gate
             is
             shut
             ,
             and
             no
             hope
             of
             admittance
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           PHANATICK
        
         
           IS
           a
           State-Empyrick
           ,
           who
           pretends
           ,
           and
           prescribes
           too
           ,
           sundry
           preposterous
           ,
           or
           adventitious
           (
           and
           to
           himself
           most
           advantagious
           Cures
           )
           to
           all
           diseases
           ,
           but
           effects
           no
           Cure.
           Yet
           the
           unbounded
           impudence
           of
           this
           Mercenary
           Mountebank
           is
           such
           ,
           as
           he
           must
           of
           necessity
           paste
           his
           poysonous
           Bills
           on
           every
           Post
           :
           and
           like
           a
           cunning
           Impostor
           ,
           disperse
           them
           in
           every
           blinde
           Corner
           .
        
         
           He
           pretends
           to
           Architecture
           ,
           but
           acts
           more
           for
           Superstructure
           than
           Foundation
           .
           He
           would
           play
           the
           Navigator
           too
           ,
           but
           without
           direction
           of
           Card
           ,
           use
           of
           Stern
           ,
           or
           Rudder
           :
           which
           must
           no
           less
           necessarily
           ,
           than
           fatally
           ,
           expose
           his
           misguided
           Vessell
           to
           an
           inevitable
           danger
           .
           He
           has
           such
           Aery
           Crotchets
           in
           his
           Whymsicall
           brain
           ,
           as
           he
           dare
           not
           safely
           discover
           ,
           lest
           
             Common
             Sense
          
           should
           convince
           him
           of
           Error
           :
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           ,
           he
           holds
           fast
           to
           his
           
             Phanatick
             Principles
          
           ,
           and
           maugre
           all
           opposition
           ,
           scorns
           to
           bough
           a
           foot
           of
           ground
           from
           his
           groundless
           
           Positions
           .
           He
           partakes
           of
           no
           Humour
           less
           than
           Loyalty
           :
           having
           profest
           himself
           a
           Mortal
           Enemy
           to
           all
           Rules
           and
           Rights
           of
           Soveraignty
           .
           Yet
           should
           it
           be
           left
           to
           his
           Choice
           to
           give
           Laws
           to
           a
           Nation
           ,
           or
           Mould
           Principles
           for
           the
           Settlement
           of
           a
           new
           Government
           ;
           what
           an
           Vtopian
           State
           would
           he
           shape
           us
           ?
           Our
           late
           cry'ddown
           RVMP
           would
           appear
           a
           rare
           Common-wealth
           unto
           it
           !
           He
           's
           a
           Bird
           of
           so
           changable
           an
           Ayry
           ,
           as
           he
           cannot
           hold
           to
           one
           Nest
           :
           Neither
           can
           he
           for
           a
           World
           make
           his
           latter
           hour
           an
           approver
           of
           what
           he
           resolv'd
           on
           in
           the
           former
           .
           He
           attests
           his
           Life
           to
           be
           a
           constant
           Duel
           ;
           wherein
           for
           want
           of
           a
           Combatant
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           stick
           to
           present
           a
           Challenge
           to
           himself
           :
           and
           ingage
           his
           own
           Person
           to
           be
           his
           own
           Assailant
           ,
           aspersing
           a
           dishonour
           on
           himself
           ,
           should
           he
           chance
           to
           fail
           in
           answering
           this
           self-quarrell
           :
           being
           incomparably
           at
           more
           distance
           with
           himfelf
           than
           any
           other
           Creature
           .
           Were
           he
           a
           Master
           of
           Musick
           he
           would
           fix
           much
           upon
           Ayrs
           ,
           wherewith
           his
           unsetled
           brain
           is
           more
           than
           sufficiently
           stored
           .
           His
           only
           Musical
           Lecture
           would
           run
           wholly
           on
           Division
           ;
           the
           highest
           Rapsody
           of
           his
           Fancy
           .
           He
           holds
           it
           an
           impossibility
           for
           any
           Common-wealth
           to
           derive
           its
           Essence
           of
           Government
           from
           Order
           :
           He
           findes
           no
           such
           Rule
           in
           his
           Syntaxis
           .
           For
           recreation-sake
           he
           loves
           Fishing
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           be
           in
           
             Troubled
             waters
          
           .
           Wherein
           if
           it
           be
           his
           fortune
           to
           catch
           any
           nibbling
           too
           greedily
           
           at
           his
           Bait
           ;
           he
           handles
           them
           ,
           and
           hales
           them
           to
           that
           Precipice
           ,
           whereto
           his
           distractions
           have
           irreparably
           thrown
           him
           .
           By
           this
           time
           ,
           his
           irregular
           impudence
           has
           dragg'd
           him
           to
           that
           desperate
           madness
           ,
           as
           he
           starts
           at
           the
           name
           of
           a
           KING
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           some
           Prodigious
           Title
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           has
           ever
           appear'd
           to
           his
           Anarchial
           Conceptions
           .
           Would
           you
           have
           him
           discovered
           in
           his
           own
           posture
           ?
           Trust
           me
           ,
           he
           were
           a
           rare
           Limner
           that
           could
           do
           it
           .
           Protean
           shapes
           cannot
           vye
           with
           his
           for
           variety
           .
           Sometimes
           like
           a
           melancholy
           Don
           ,
           with
           his
           armes
           a
           Kembo
           ,
           he
           walkes
           as
           if
           he
           went
           to
           quarrel
           with
           his
           own
           Shaddow
           .
           The
           Ayr
           breaths
           unkindly
           on
           him
           .
           The
           Sun
           too
           untimely
           cloaths
           his
           Beauty
           in
           a
           Cloud
           ,
           purposely
           to
           dis-relish
           him
           :
           nothing
           suits
           well
           with
           his
           humour
           ,
           because
           he
           personates
           to
           life
           a
           Man
           quite
           out
           of
           his
           humour
           .
           But
           truth
           is
           ,
           he
           has
           lost
           himself
           ,
           by
           losing
           the
           Issue
           of
           his
           Designs
           .
           Either
           was
           his
           Plot
           too
           high
           for
           his
           Pate
           ,
           or
           his
           Pate
           too
           open
           for
           his
           Plot
           ,
           as
           both
           fail'd
           him
           in
           his
           hopefullest
           addresses
           .
           Again
           ,
           should
           you
           see
           him
           in
           the
           Career
           of
           his
           successfull
           Projects
           strut
           along
           like
           a
           Man
           of
           a
           new
           mold
           ,
           or
           rather
           like
           one
           made
           up
           of
           Wainscot
           ,
           you
           would
           take
           him
           for
           a
           nice
           Representative
           ,
           formally
           modish
           all
           o're
           ;
           for
           as
           his
           look
           appears
           so
           supercilious
           ,
           as
           it
           redarts
           every
           eye
           with
           a
           scorn
           ;
           so
           be
           his
           joynts
           so
           inflexible
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           submit
           to
           no
           Civil-Salute
           .
           But
           thanks
           to
           his
           sinister
           Stars
           ,
           
           seldom
           ,
           or
           never
           be
           his
           hateful
           Assays
           accompanied
           with
           such
           success
           ,
           as
           it
           may
           afford
           him
           occasion
           long
           to
           rejoyce
           :
           or
           for
           Good
           Men
           who
           abhor
           his
           Designs
           greatly
           to
           repine
           .
           States
           appear
           ever
           in
           their
           fullest
           Orb
           ,
           and
           highest
           Splendor
           ,
           when
           this
           State-shark
           by
           a
           vertical
           Swinge
           ,
           is
           at
           his
           lowest
           Ebb
           ,
           and
           quite
           driven
           out
           of
           his
           humour
           .
           Neither
           yet
           could
           any
           Sage
           ,
           or
           apprehensive
           Head-piece
           hold
           such
           a
           Shallop
           as
           this
           ,
           a
           Person
           of
           considerable
           danger
           to
           any
           well-managed
           State.
           For
           ,
           observe
           him
           generally
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           find
           him
           without
           much
           Scrutiny
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           make
           villany
           his
           Minion
           ,
           and
           Treachery
           his
           Bosom-Companion
           :
           yet
           he
           becomes
           so
           unfaithfull
           a
           Secretary
           to
           his
           own
           Counsells
           ,
           as
           they
           either
           betray
           him
           ,
           or
           he
           circumvents
           himself
           by
           discovering
           them
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           my
           fortune
           sometimes
           to
           be
           known
           to
           a
           
             Stirring
             Spirit
          
           of
           this
           Leven
           ;
           who
           ,
           beside
           his
           transcendent
           dexterity
           in
           designing
           (
           the
           prime
           faculty
           of
           this
           latter
           age
           )
           pretended
           to
           be
           a
           Person
           singularly
           gifted
           in
           the
           smooth
           art
           of
           a
           Pen-Man
           ;
           and
           to
           compleat
           the
           work
           which
           his
           Address
           shap't
           him
           to
           ,
           he
           had
           a
           
             Reserved
             Character
          
           of
           such
           intricacy
           as
           none
           ever
           attained
           the
           Use
           ,
           or
           Clavis
           of
           it
           beside
           himself
           .
           But
           see
           how
           farr
           he
           went
           beside
           himself
           !
           For
           that
           artful
           secrecy
           whereof
           he
           was
           foolishly
           confident
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           Agency
           of
           his
           
             Rebellious
             Sectaries
          
           ,
           might
           procure
           him
           a
           badge
           of
           honour
           (
           as
           the
           
           Tide
           turn'd
           )
           twicht
           up
           his
           blasted
           hopes
           in
           an
           halter
           .
           This
           was
           a
           Phanaticks
           fate
           of
           high
           prize
           .
           May
           all
           such
           who
           nere
           leave
           a
           Civil
           State
           without
           a
           Flame
           ,
           Perish
           in
           the
           like
           Nouze
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           distinguish
           him
           ,
           and
           display
           his
           native
           quality
           in
           his
           own
           posture
           and
           colour
           ;
           I
           shall
           give
           you
           the
           trouble
           to
           render
           you
           this
           troublesome
           Creature
           in
           a
           clearer
           Character
           .
           That
           as
           the
           Leper
           in
           the
           Old
           Law
           was
           to
           proclaim
           his
           dangerous
           Infection
           ,
           by
           crying
           out
           ,
           
             I
             am
             unclean
             ,
             I
             am
             unclean
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           as
           upon
           the
           Door
           of
           any
           Person
           ,
           whose
           house
           was
           visited
           with
           the
           Plague
           ,
           this
           has
           been
           ,
           and
           is
           usually
           writ
           in
           fair
           Rubrick-Letters
           ,
           
             Lord
             have
             Mercy
             upon
             us
          
           :
           so
           this
           
             Contagious
             Member
          
           ,
           whose
           Factious
           Nature
           out-strips
           the
           malignity
           of
           the
           worst
           infectious
           distemper
           ,
           may
           be
           publickly
           discovered
           ,
           and
           his
           hatefull
           Society
           timely
           avoided
           :
           which
           ,
           unless
           severely
           censured
           ,
           might
           bring
           to
           that
           State
           which
           he
           labours
           to
           imbroil
           ,
           an
           Epidemical
           Infection
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           neither
           the
           least
           ,
           nor
           lowest
           of
           his
           mischiefs
           ,
           wherewith
           his
           seditious
           Forge
           is
           plentuously
           stored
           ;
           of
           having
           the
           faculty
           of
           playing
           the
           State-Libeller
           :
           And
           he
           holds
           correspondence
           with
           his
           
             Instrumental
             Ingles
          
           to
           disperse
           those
           
             Tart
             Papers
          
           .
           Wherein
           it
           is
           the
           endeavour
           of
           these
           
             Phanatick
             Malecontents
          
           to
           vilifie
           the
           Quality
           of
           those
           Persons
           ,
           whom
           in
           Loyalty
           they
           are
           obliged
           to
           serve
           .
           And
           ,
           from
           whence
           
           Originally
           springs
           this
           Anarchial
           Spleen
           ?
           Either
           from
           a
           private
           disgust
           ,
           of
           being
           crost
           in
           the
           pursute
           of
           their
           Preferment
           ;
           which
           their
           daring
           confidence
           brought
           them
           into
           an
           easie
           belief
           ,
           that
           their
           Parts
           ,
           and
           Qualities
           well
           deserved
           :
           or
           from
           an
           imbred
           hate
           to
           such
           who
           were
           preferred
           before
           them
           .
           This
           begot
           amongst
           the
           antient
           Ethnicks
           that
           ingenuity
           of
           fancy
           ,
           in
           their
           height
           and
           heat
           of
           Ambition
           ,
           and
           violent
           torrent
           of
           Competition
           ,
           as
           they
           in
           short
           time
           practis'd
           the
           art
           of
           teaching
           their
           
             incaged
             Birds
          
           articulately
           to
           prate
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           taught
           Diallect
           scornfully
           to
           jeer
           their
           Contestees
           ,
           whether
           they
           were
           in
           quest
           of
           Fancy
           or
           Honour
           .
           This
           it
           was
           that
           made
           that
           egregious
           Buffoon
           of
           Mantua
           to
           prefer
           a
           Bill
           of
           Inditement
           against
           a
           
             Scandalous
             Bird
          
           ,
           as
           he
           call'd
           her
           ,
           for
           impeaching
           his
           Fame
           ;
           for
           which
           dammage
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           the
           roguish
           Bird
           could
           never
           make
           him
           amends
           .
           But
           we
           have
           here
           other
           
             Phanatick
             Fools
          
           to
           supply
           the
           office
           of
           those
           
             Canting
             Fowls
          
           ,
           who
           play
           the
           Night-walkers
           (
           for
           their
           works
           hate
           the
           light
           )
           making
           it
           their
           only
           design
           to
           asperse
           dishonour
           upon
           Persons
           of
           Honour
           :
           nay
           ,
           to
           blast
           Soveraignty
           with
           an
           ignominious
           touch
           ;
           purposely
           to
           weaken
           Loyalty
           ,
           by
           alienating
           the
           fluctuant
           affections
           of
           such
           Timists
           from
           their
           Allegiance
           ;
           whose
           malleable
           temper
           might
           have
           prov'd
           sound
           enough
           ,
           if
           those
           poysonous
           Ingrediences
           had
           not
           corrupted
           their
           Principles
           .
           And
           to
           effect
           
           their
           Essay
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           usual
           Custom
           of
           these
           Phanaticks
           ,
           to
           lay
           plausive
           ,
           and
           attractive
           Baits
           to
           catch
           those
           unwary
           Novices
           .
           Privileges
           of
           Right
           ;
           Liberty
           of
           Subject
           ;
           and
           a
           Levelling
           Line
           ,
           Chalking
           forth
           a
           way
           to
           the
           freedom
           of
           a
           
             Platonick
             Common-weal
          
           ,
           are
           specious
           inducements
           to
           State-Libertines
           .
           They
           are
           weary
           of
           the
           Yoak
           of
           Subjection
           ;
           and
           hold
           it
           an
           Aegyptian
           Bondage
           ;
           till
           a
           legal
           Censure
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           Contingency
           (
           which
           must
           be
           of
           a
           corroding
           quality
           )
           reclaim
           them
           from
           their
           folly
           .
        
         
           Truth
           is
           ,
           this
           Phanatick
           ,
           whose
           ranting
           humour
           convicts
           him
           a
           Phrentick
           ,
           having
           already
           forfeited
           his
           Wits
           ,
           and
           expos'd
           his
           Interest
           to
           all
           hazards
           ,
           has
           so
           desperately
           suffered
           that
           small
           pittance
           of
           Iudgment
           whereto
           he
           pretended
           (
           if
           any
           were
           extant
           )
           to
           be
           over-sway'd
           ,
           and
           over-swoln
           with
           Passion
           ,
           as
           his
           distemper
           admits
           small
           hopes
           of
           recovery
           .
           Neither
           is
           this
           turbulent
           Spirit
           onely
           predominant
           over
           him
           ;
           for
           it
           has
           begot
           in
           him
           such
           a
           self-opinionate
           madness
           ,
           as
           he
           would
           hold
           it
           a
           
             madder
             Parliament
          
           than
           that
           antient
           Session
           at
           Oxford
           ,
           if
           he
           were
           not
           made
           sole
           -
           Chairman
           in
           it
           :
           yet
           were
           he
           design'd
           for
           that
           Place
           ,
           he
           would
           vary
           so
           much
           in
           his
           distracted
           Judgment
           ,
           from
           what
           he
           had
           formerly
           stated
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           gon
           to
           Bedlam
           for
           some
           new
           advice
           .
           He
           would
           play
           his
           part
           bravely
           with
           the
           Antipodes
           :
           for
           it
           has
           been
           ever
           his
           course
           to
           walk
           in
           a
           Tract
           contrary
           to
           other
           Men
           :
           resembling
           
           none
           so
           nearly
           as
           Damocles
           ,
           whose
           use
           it
           was
           to
           sweat
           in
           the
           Shade
           ,
           and
           shake
           in
           the
           Sun.
           He
           is
           naturally
           affected
           to
           no
           humour
           more
           than
           an
           unsociable
           kind
           of
           Stoicism
           :
           and
           would
           gladly
           play
           the
           down-right
           Cynick
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           so
           much
           wit
           as
           to
           present
           the
           
             Moral
             Dog
          
           in
           his
           right
           posture
           .
           But
           ,
           having
           neither
           read
           Books
           to
           inform
           him
           ,
           nor
           Men
           to
           improve
           him
           ,
           he
           falls
           off
           pitifully
           ,
           discovering
           his
           defects
           in
           all
           .
           For
           all
           this
           ,
           that
           un-steady
           Anvile
           of
           his
           Brain
           must
           be
           alwayes
           set
           a-working
           ;
           which
           ,
           though
           it
           prove
           no
           less
           useless
           to
           himself
           ,
           than
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           State
           ;
           that
           day
           passeth
           not
           over
           his
           head
           ,
           which
           affords
           not
           new
           matter
           for
           some
           occasional
           Project
           or
           other
           :
           but
           so
           imprudently
           carried
           ,
           as
           in
           stead
           of
           the
           States
           ,
           it
           falls
           out
           happily
           the
           Projectors
           Traitor
           .
        
         
           Shall
           we
           now
           suppose
           this
           Grand-Gull
           catcht
           in
           his
           own
           Gin
           ?
           But
           let
           him
           expect
           no
           Reprieve
           ,
           nor
           least
           hope
           of
           Indemnity
           .
           That
           Politick
           Tiberius
           who
           could
           walk
           so
           covertly
           in
           the
           Clouds
           ;
           and
           disguise
           his
           designs
           beyond
           the
           reach
           of
           discovery
           ;
           after
           his
           detection
           ,
           and
           detention
           of
           some
           notorious
           Persons
           of
           this
           quality
           ,
           though
           he
           were
           much
           sollicited
           by
           his
           nearest
           Favourites
           for
           their
           inlargement
           ,
           he
           return'd
           them
           this
           unsatisfactory
           Answer
           :
           
             Lions
             and
             Leopards
             may
             be
             kept
             in
             their
             Grates
             without
             fear
             ;
             but
             so
             cannot
             these
             State-Whifflers
             :
             for
             those
             wilde-Beasts
             are
             satisfied
             with
             
             their
             prey
             without
             further
             designing
             ;
             whereas
             these
             Tame-Beasts
             prey
             upon
             the
             fat
             of
             the
             Estate
             ,
             and
             act
             our
             Ruine
             by
             their
             undermining
             .
          
        
         
           Designs
           come
           from
           Reason
           ;
           which
           no
           Grate
           can
           confine
           :
           whereas
           Creatures
           govern'd
           by
           sense
           are
           by
           restraint
           secure
           .
           Whence
           we
           may
           gather
           ,
           that
           no
           Art
           ,
           nor
           Experiment
           ,
           be
           it
           never
           so
           exquisite
           ,
           may
           apply
           any
           Cure
           to
           this
           Sore
           ;
           nor
           Cordial
           to
           allay
           this
           Malady
           (
           acting
           so
           strongly
           for
           disloyalty
           )
           saving
           that
           Licinian
           Cord
           which
           prepared
           a
           nouze
           for
           a
           Phanatick
           Neck
           ,
           to
           secure
           that
           indanger'd
           State
           from
           the
           attempts
           of
           a
           bosom
           Foe
           ,
           and
           fatal
           issue
           of
           a
           grounded
           fear
           .
        
         
           In
           his
           perusal
           of
           those
           
             Divine
             Counsells
          
           ,
           which
           should
           (
           if
           his
           Brains
           were
           rightly
           setled
           )
           have
           especial
           influence
           over
           him
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           one
           Precept
           he
           relisheth
           worse
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           
             Fearing
             God
             ,
             Honouring
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             from
             medling
             with
             seditious
             Men.
          
           It
           was
           never
           his
           happiness
           to
           be
           vers'd
           in
           these
           Principles
           ,
           and
           consequently
           of
           hard
           digestion
           to
           his
           crude
           Stomack
           .
           He
           is
           highly
           discontented
           ,
           both
           with
           our
           Government
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ;
           yet
           can
           his
           ravell'd
           judgment
           find
           no
           just
           exception
           to
           quarrell
           with
           either
           .
           He
           has
           his
           constant
           Emissories
           ,
           whom
           ,
           if
           his
           Fortunes
           mount
           so
           high
           ,
           he
           makes
           his
           Pensioners
           :
           but
           ,
           in
           very
           short
           time
           they
           either
           grow
           weary
           of
           their
           Master
           ,
           or
           he
           of
           them
           :
           the
           honesty
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           jealousie
           of
           the
           other
           procures
           
           a
           divorse
           betwixt
           them
           .
           Yet
           this
           foreslows
           not
           his
           work
           :
           he
           can
           Swim
           ,
           and
           hold
           up
           his
           Head
           in
           those
           Waters
           of
           Division
           ,
           without
           help
           ;
           unless
           the
           Bladder
           of
           vain-glory
           hoise
           him
           up
           ;
           which
           by
           a
           fatal
           overture
           unexpectedly
           ,
           makes
           him
           Sink
           under
           his
           Burden
           ,
           by
           intangling
           himself
           in
           the
           weeds
           of
           inextricable
           ruine
           .
        
         
           The
           onely
           News
           which
           take
           him
           in
           the
           reading
           of
           any
           Diurnall
           ,
           is
           the
           Variance
           ,
           and
           Dissention
           of
           States
           .
           No
           Countrey-Cormorant
           can
           delight
           more
           in
           the
           prediction
           of
           a
           Dearth
           ,
           than
           he
           of
           a
           Princes
           Death
           :
           or
           some
           dangerous
           imbroilment
           in
           the
           mis-management
           of
           Publick
           Affairs
           .
           He
           makes
           himself
           most
           known
           by
           three
           discoveries
           ;
           
             Habit
             ,
             Company
          
           ,
           and
           Discourse
           .
           In
           the
           first
           as
           phantastick
           ,
           as
           his
           Brain
           is
           Phanatick
           .
           Some
           quaint
           humerous
           device
           or
           other
           must
           help
           to
           distinguish
           him
           by
           a
           special
           Badge
           ,
           or
           Cognizance
           ,
           from
           Persons
           of
           other
           Subsistence
           .
           We
           have
           had
           here
           domineering
           among
           us
           our
           
             Titere
             Tuu's
          
           ,
           and
           
             Bugle
             Blew's
             .
             Hectors
          
           ,
           and
           Blades
           of
           Metall
           these
           pretended
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           ,
           without
           doubt
           ,
           had
           prov'd
           so
           ,
           if
           their
           Courage
           had
           kept
           Correspondence
           with
           their
           Countenance
           .
           But
           these
           two
           stood
           at
           such
           distance
           ,
           as
           
             Camp
             Valour
          
           ,
           and
           
             Carpet
             Honour
          
           could
           not
           in
           their
           Scutcheons
           shew
           more
           difference
           .
           None
           more
           generally
           daring
           in
           tongue
           ,
           nor
           more
           provoking
           in
           affronts
           ,
           nor
           less
           performing
           
           in
           actions
           of
           Challenge
           .
           That
           word
           of
           reputation
           appears
           at
           first
           sight
           a
           Notion
           of
           high
           Consequence
           ;
           Life
           is
           but
           a
           vapour
           in
           Competition
           with
           it
           :
           yet
           will
           they
           vapour
           out
           ,
           rather
           than
           ingage
           their
           Persons
           for
           preserving
           it
           .
           Opinion
           is
           as
           close
           to
           them
           as
           their
           Garment
           :
           Both
           which
           they
           usually
           put
           off
           at
           night
           :
           but
           the
           change
           of
           the
           one
           is
           at
           more
           charge
           than
           the
           other
           :
           the
           one
           may
           keep
           its
           place
           ,
           while
           the
           other
           is
           at
           pawn
           .
           Where
           the
           disposure
           of
           his
           Raiment
           ,
           in
           all
           Mens
           esteem
           ,
           redounds
           more
           to
           his
           honour
           ,
           and
           renders
           him
           the
           sweeter
           savour
           :
           for
           his
           Opinion
           is
           distastfull
           to
           Common
           sense
           ,
           while
           the
           Credit
           of
           his
           Habit
           lies
           in
           Lavender
           .
        
         
           For
           his
           Company
           ,
           he
           makes
           choice
           of
           such
           ,
           as
           none
           would
           make
           choice
           of
           but
           himself
           .
           Whether
           antient
           Separists
           ,
           or
           fresh
           Proselites
           ,
           they
           are
           boulted
           from
           the
           same
           Bran
           ,
           and
           unleaven'd
           Lump
           ,
           whereof
           himself
           was
           moulded
           .
           Birds
           of
           a
           Feather
           flock
           together
           .
           A
           dangerous
           Communion
           (
           trust
           me
           )
           for
           a
           Civil
           Society
           to
           mix
           with
           .
           These
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           better
           imployment
           (
           for
           baser
           Stuff
           cannot
           be
           vended
           ,
           nor
           to
           the
           Brokers
           disadvantage
           more
           exposed
           )
           pull
           out
           their
           wilde
           ,
           and
           illiterate
           Notes
           ;
           which
           upon
           their
           unhappy
           perusal
           retein
           the
           like
           concurrence
           ,
           and
           concordance
           ,
           as
           their
           harsh
           ,
           and
           disharmonious
           Spirits
           which
           Pen'd
           them
           .
        
         
           These
           ,
           in
           the
           Production
           of
           their
           dis-joynted
           Annotations
           (
           if
           their
           
             Extemporal
             Spirits
          
           will
           
           spare
           them
           so
           much
           time
           ,
           as
           to
           deliver
           their
           
             giddy
             Conceptions
          
           in
           Writing
           )
           pretend
           to
           infinite
           humility
           ;
           yet
           in
           their
           
             Conventual
             Assemblies
          
           ,
           they
           cannot
           so
           cunningly
           palliate
           their
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           but
           a
           
             supercilious
             immeriting
          
           Conceipt
           of
           their
           own
           Parts
           (
           holding
           themselves
           incomparably
           Gifted-Men
           )
           makes
           their
           Ambition
           burst
           out
           ;
           and
           after
           some
           frivolous
           ,
           fruitless
           disputes
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           tincture
           of
           Wit
           ,
           or
           vigour
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           many
           times
           fall
           from
           breaking
           Priscians
           head
           (
           a
           most
           dispensable
           Error
           )
           to
           
             break
             Peace
          
           with
           their
           own
           .
           Each
           of
           them
           would
           play
           the
           Rabbi
           ;
           yet
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           of
           a
           Iewish
           Nature
           ,
           they
           cannot
           possibly
           acquire
           that
           Honour
           ;
           seeing
           neither
           Civil
           Carriage
           ,
           nor
           Language
           will
           afford
           any
           of
           them
           the
           repute
           of
           a
           Scholar
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ends
           their
           Convention
           generally
           with
           Contention
           ;
           their
           Society
           with
           
             Civil
             Warr
          
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           Civility
           .
           Their
           Pharisaical
           Pride
           will
           admit
           no
           Shroud
           ;
           an
           eagre
           pursute
           after
           Preeminence
           leaves
           them
           incapable
           of
           shame
           :
           
             undeservingly
             high
          
           ,
           being
           of
           more
           estimate
           with
           them
           ,
           than
           
             deservingly
             low
          
           .
        
         
           To
           descend
           to
           their
           Discourse
           ,
           it
           is
           egregiously
           Course
           :
           Circularly
           prodigious
           ,
           having
           neither
           head
           nor
           foot
           .
           Ridiculously
           impertinent
           ,
           yet
           ever
           hinting
           at
           faction
           ,
           to
           discover
           the
           malignity
           of
           their
           disposition
           .
        
         
           "
           They
           have
           heard
           how
           Kings
           are
           bound
           by
           
           their
           Piety
           ,
           and
           by
           no
           other
           Obligation
           .
           But
           they
           hold
           this
           for
           no
           Authentick
           Assertion
           :
           they
           would
           have
           the
           wayes
           of
           Princes
           chalked
           forth
           by
           their
           Line
           ;
           and
           by
           their
           Judgment
           to
           rise
           or
           fall
           .
           They
           hold
           their
           Clandestine
           Counsells
           in
           extent
           farr
           above
           all
           Arbitrary
           Power
           .
           This
           scrues
           them
           up
           to
           that
           Confidence
           ,
           as
           it
           brings
           them
           to
           knock
           ,
           with
           that
           saucy
           Rocheller
           ,
           at
           his
           Princes
           Gate
           ,
           and
           like
           one
           of
           our
           New-illuminated
           Saintlings
           ,
           rapt
           with
           a
           Phanatick
           Fury
           ,
           cry
           out
           :
           
             Keep
             not
             back
             Counsel
             when
             it
             may
             do
             good
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             said
             the
             Prince
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             good
             I
             will
             take
             advice
             of
             mine
             own
             heart
             ,
             and
             so
             try
             the
             goodness
             of
             it
             ;
             for
             I
             have
             heard
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             to
             answer
             to
             your
             Scripture
             ;
             
               Take
               Counsel
               of
               thine
               own
               heart
               ,
               for
               there
               is
               none
               more
               faithful
               unto
               Thee
               than
               it
               .
            
          
           This
           still'd
           the
           
             Phanatical
             Separist
          
           ,
           leaving
           him
           to
           his
           Cabinet
           Counsel
           ,
           without
           any
           farther
           unmannerly
           addresses
           .
           Again
           ,
           some
           of
           these
           
             impostur'd
             Furies
          
           have
           such
           Worms
           in
           their
           Brains
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           have
           frequently
           heard
           ,
           how
           ,
           
             He
             that
             provoketh
             a
             King
             to
             anger
             sinneth
             against
             his
             own
             Soul
          
           ;
           Yet
           will
           not
           these
           tumultuary
           Incendiaries
           stick
           to
           exasperate
           his
           indignation
           ,
           not
           onely
           by
           their
           Seditious
           Doctrine
           ,
           but
           by
           their
           Statizing
           Libels
           ;
           which
           sufficiently
           manifests
           their
           Qualification
           ,
           and
           from
           what
           Spirits
           such
           phrensies
           arise
           .
        
         
           But
           these
           may
           be
           thought
           to
           pass
           under
           the
           
           Notion
           of
           Ranters
           ;
           we
           will
           return
           to
           our
           profest
           ,
           or
           rather
           
             possest
             Phanatick
          
           ,
           that
           Mock-Sun
           ,
           or
           New-Light
           ;
           who
           ,
           by
           his
           Incredible
           Illuminations
           ,
           Inspirations
           ,
           Revelations
           ,
           and
           Enthusiastick
           Rapsodies
           ,
           intranceth
           his
           deluded
           Followers
           .
           This
           Gloworme
           ,
           with
           his
           deceiving
           Splendor
           ,
           and
           Adulterate
           Fervor
           ,
           holds
           nearer
           resemblance
           to
           none
           ,
           than
           the
           Pharisaical
           Gnostick
           ,
           who
           pretends
           to
           be
           as
           perfect
           as
           any
           Apostle
           .
           Or
           like
           the
           Frontless
           
             Mounte
             Qank
          
           ,
           who
           takes
           the
           Confidence
           ,
           with
           a
           Mimick
           gesture
           to
           delude
           simple
           People
           with
           his
           Sophisticated
           Druggs
           .
           So
           this
           
             Doctrinal
             quack
          
           cheats
           his
           weak
           Auditory
           by
           the
           Decoy
           of
           Specious
           Spiritual
           Titles
           .
           Copper
           all
           over
           ,
           though
           they
           bear
           an
           Orient
           Colour
           .
           These
           
             Whited
             Walls
          
           are
           all
           for
           Faith
           ;
           grounding
           their
           Subsistence
           on
           other
           Mens
           Works
           .
           Active
           Zelots
           in
           pursute
           of
           gain
           ,
           wherein
           they
           prove
           such
           useful
           Saduces
           ,
           as
           they
           get
           no
           Proselite
           without
           a
           gainful
           Contract
           .
           Conscience
           is
           their
           only
           Impost
           ,
           which
           they
           scrue
           up
           to
           their
           highest
           Interest
           :
           wherein
           they
           trace
           the
           thriving
           steps
           of
           a
           cunning
           Prostitute
           ,
           who
           will
           make
           sure
           work
           to
           have
           something
           in
           hand
           before
           he
           deal
           .
        
         
           Thus
           makes
           our
           Phanatick
           such
           use
           of
           his
           angling
           ,
           without
           much
           
             useful
             Doctrine
          
           ,
           as
           his
           
             Temporal
             Purchase
          
           farr
           surmounts
           the
           value
           of
           his
           
             Spiritual
             Practice
          
           .
           For
           this
           over-fed
           Porket
           has
           been
           so
           fatned
           in
           his
           Sty
           ,
           so
           highly
           improv'd
           
           in
           the
           grandeur
           of
           his
           State
           ;
           as
           he
           is
           now
           resolv'd
           to
           
             bid
             his
             Soul
             take
             her
             rest
             .
          
           But
           ,
           sleep
           she
           may
           in
           her
           Scism
           ,
           and
           slumber
           without
           sense
           of
           her
           Sin
           ;
           but
           rest
           she
           cannot
           .
        
         
           To
           limn
           this
           Phanatick
           to
           his
           full
           body
           :
           and
           display
           him
           in
           his
           native
           Hypocritical
           Quality
           ,
           would
           require
           much
           art
           ,
           and
           more
           expence
           of
           time
           ,
           than
           a
           discreet
           Pen
           would
           willingly
           bestow
           on
           such
           an
           ayry
           Subject
           ;
           whose
           Principles
           disown
           the
           Interest
           of
           a
           Subject
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           BLACK
           ROD
           ,
           A
           DIALOGUE
           .
        
         
           CALANUS
           .
           ATREUS
           .
        
         
           
             CAlanus
             .
          
           
             How
             now
             Atreus
             !
             what
             's
             become
             of
             your
             
               Black
               Rod
            
             ?
             Is
             it
             grown
             out
             of
             request
             ?
             or
             is
             it
             your
             Consuls
             
               Iubile
               year
            
             ,
             that
             we
             must
             have
             no
             more
             Whipping
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             You
             are
             i
             th'
             right
             on
             't
             Calanus
             ;
             it
             fares
             with
             me
             as
             it
             does
             with
             Schoolmasters
             at
             
               Solemn
               Times
            
             ;
             who
             are
             bound
             by
             Orders
             to
             lay
             up
             their
             Rods
             for
             a
             season
             .
             But
             my
             hope
             is
             ,
             the
             House
             of
             Correction
             will
             not
             be
             alwayes
             shut
             .
             
             We
             have
             
               great
               Peccants
            
             ,
             if
             they
             durst
             be
             discovered
             :
             and
             such
             ,
             as
             by
             a
             
               Chymical
               Application
            
             would
             turn
             every
             Sprig
             of
             my
             
               Sable
               Rod
            
             into
             pure
             
               Ophir
               Gold.
            
             O
             the
             dayes
             that
             I
             have
             seen
             !
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             Golden
             dayes
             ,
             no
             doubt
             ,
             Atreus
             ,
             those
             were
             for
             your
             Office
             ,
             and
             fit
             for
             a
             Comitial
             Service
             ;
             when
             the
             Doves
             went
             down
             ,
             and
             our
             Kites
             mounted
             up
             .
             Your
             only
             fishing
             was
             in
             
               troubled
               waters
            
             .
             No
             matter
             for
             the
             Spaun
             ,
             so
             the
             Lobsters
             throve
             .
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             What
             mean
             you
             by
             those
             
               Lobsters
               ,
               Calanus
            
             ?
             we
             had
             none
             such
             in
             our
             Pool
             .
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             Then
             had
             your
             Pool
             falln
             down
             :
             and
             the
             
               Good
               Old
               Cause
            
             utterly
             ruin'd
             without
             redemption
             .
             Tush
             Sir
             ,
             your
             long
             Personal
             imployment
             cannot
             suffer
             you
             to
             be
             ignorant
             of
             those
             many
             Ebbs
             and
             Flows
             which
             our
             brave
             Capitol
             ,
             since
             it
             lost
             his
             Head
             ,
             has
             grapled
             withall
             :
             and
             in
             their
             Civil
             Domestick
             Wars
             ,
             made
             their
             
               Consul
               House
            
             (
             to
             their
             Honour
             be
             it
             spoken
             ,
             being
             what
             no
             Record
             can
             sufficiently
             commemorate
             )
             for
             want
             of
             forein
             Foes
             ,
             to
             quarrel
             with
             it self
             .
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             all
             true
             ;
             But
             what
             did
             these
             brawls
             advantage
             my
             Place
             ?
             What
             Fees
             came
             by
             all
             their
             bustling
             to
             the
             authority
             of
             my
             Rod
             ?
             These
             Corrections
             which
             one
             gave
             another
             did
             not
             benefit
             me
             an
             hair
             .
             As
             one
             Member
             was
             ejected
             ,
             another
             came
             presently
             elected
             .
             Like
             Hydra's
             heads
             ,
             no
             sooner
             was
             one
             cut
             off
             ,
             than
             another
             
             started
             up
             .
             Or
             like
             Iacks
             in
             a
             Virginal
             ,
             that
             string
             which
             lately
             sounded
             slowest
             and
             stillest
             ,
             rose
             next
             turn
             to
             that
             height
             ,
             as
             it
             vapour'd
             sharpest
             and
             quickest
             .
             But
             ,
             what
             was
             all
             this
             to
             my
             Rod
             ?
             Not
             one
             word
             of
             Commitment
             all
             this
             while
             .
             All
             these
             being
             State-Delinquents
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             highest
             qualification
             :
             (
             for
             two
             Parliamentary
             Apprentice
             Ships
             at
             least
             had
             most
             of
             those
             Lobsops
             sat
             at
             their
             
               Gamaliel
               Pims
            
             feet
             ,
             to
             inable
             them
             in
             Principles
             of
             Dis-allegiance
             ,
             maintaining
             Arguments
             of
             Treason
             to
             the
             advantage
             of
             the
             dis-affected
             party
             )
             were
             feathers
             of
             one
             Wing
             ;
             and
             would
             not
             adventure
             to
             accuse
             one
             another
             :
             Being
             all
             Brethren
             in
             iniquity
             ,
             and
             equally
             guilty
             .
             Besides
             ,
             their
             Parity
             pleaded
             their
             Impunity
             ;
             for
             Equals
             are
             not
             permitted
             legally
             to
             inflict
             punishment
             upon
             their
             fellows
             .
             Which
             made
             their
             Legion
             compleat
             .
             Uncleaner
             Spirits
             could
             not
             be
             caften
             out
             than
             what
             they
             had
             taken
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             Howsoever
             the
             World
             went
             ,
             Atreus
             ,
             that
             
               righteous
               Synagogue
            
             having
             Hell
             so
             nearly
             neighbouring
             it
             ;
             and
             their
             
               associating
               Forces
            
             upon
             
               Free
               quarter
            
             so
             closely
             billetted
             ,
             it
             could
             not
             want
             fresh
             supplies
             to
             recrute
             and
             furnish
             their
             State-Store-house
             with
             Complices
             active
             enough
             for
             their
             purpose
             :
             and
             highly
             useful
             for
             settlement
             of
             their
             Vtopian
             Government
             ,
             or
             Anarchial
             Purchase
             .
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             mean
             of
             our
             Hell
             under
             Westminster
             ,
             
             though
             that
             victualling
             Fire
             be
             hot
             ,
             it
             were
             happy
             for
             some
             of
             those
             
               ravenous
               Kite's
            
             if
             they
             had
             not
             an
             hotter
             Fire
             within
             them
             .
             But
             to
             fill
             up
             those
             vacancies
             ,
             which
             Mortality
             ,
             or
             their
             mutinous
             spirits
             have
             occasioned
             ,
             there
             may
             be
             moulded
             Supplies
             enow
             to
             furnish
             their
             
               Augean
               Stables
            
             with
             fresh
             Furies
             ;
             and
             in
             stead
             of
             their
             
               Secluded
               Members
            
             ;
             whereof
             ,
             there
             be
             some
             ,
             I
             dare
             positively
             avouch
             ,
             have
             as
             
               conscientious
               hearts
            
             ,
             though
             not
             
               organical
               ears
            
             ,
             as
             any
             of
             that
             
               Pharisaical
               Leven
            
             can
             really
             pretend
             to
             ;
             unkennel
             such
             a
             
               Triennial
               Tribe
            
             ,
             as
             may
             make
             up
             their
             late
             breaches
             ,
             and
             repair
             the
             defects
             of
             their
             
               dwindling
               Rump
            
             ,
             to
             their
             infinite
             advantage
             .
             For
             ,
             though
             one
             make
             no
             Number
             ;
             nay
             ,
             though
             Vnity
             has
             been
             a
             long
             stranger
             to
             their
             
               Consumptive
               Assembly
            
             ;
             yet
             there
             is
             a
             
               Mercury
               Vein
            
             that
             bubleth
             up
             ;
             and
             with
             a
             surreptitious
             heat
             ,
             like
             another
             
               Promethean
               Fire
            
             ,
             enliveneth
             those
             decayed
             Members
             ;
             which
             otherwise
             would
             have
             resembled
             that
             frost-bitten
             Snake
             in
             the
             Fable
             ;
             that
             had
             utterly
             perished
             ,
             had
             not
             a
             timely
             warmth
             unexpectedly
             (
             and
             by
             the
             Snake
             unthankfully
             )
             revived
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             No
             more
             Sir
             ,
             I
             can
             without
             the
             help
             of
             any
             Mineralist
             ,
             dive
             into
             your
             Vein
             .
             A
             subtile
             seditious
             Volpone
             as
             ever
             wrought
             under
             ground
             .
             Catiline
             and
             Cethegus
             were
             but
             Novices
             to
             that
             Politick
             Pioner
             .
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             It
             seems
             you
             know
             him
             by
             his
             Character
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             Know
             him
             !
             why
             ,
             all
             Albion
             knows
             him
             for
             a
             Persidious
             ,
             Perjur'd
             ,
             Pernicious
             Mushroom
             Peer
             .
             One
             who
             has
             resolv'd
             his
             Conscience
             to
             such
             a
             Wax-like-temper
             ,
             as
             it
             can
             mold
             it self
             to
             any
             feature
             .
             No
             shape
             but
             it
             can
             assume
             ,
             to
             serve
             his
             Masters
             turn
             .
             Sinon
             was
             a
             Saint
             to
             this
             Gipsy
             .
             This
             was
             he
             ,
             (
             and
             he
             shall
             be
             marked
             with
             a
             Theta
             to
             all
             Posterity
             )
             who
             swore
             away
             the
             life
             of
             the
             
               Wisest
               Statist
            
             that
             ever
             breath'd
             in
             Britany
             .
             I
             have
             many
             times
             wondred
             upon
             recollection
             of
             his
             numerous
             rogueries
             ,
             what
             Privilege
             that
             Prodigy
             of
             Men
             could
             challenge
             to
             himself
             from
             evading
             the
             Censure
             of
             your
             Rod
             !
             His
             unexemplary
             Exorbitance
             ,
             being
             exposed
             to
             all
             mischief
             ,
             deserved
             the
             extremest
             punishment
             that
             any
             National
             Law
             could
             inflict
             upon
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             confest
             ;
             and
             that
             might
             be
             conceiv'd
             the
             onely
             Cause
             why
             he
             escaped
             my
             Lash
             .
             For
             his
             imparallel'd
             impiety
             might
             have
             justly
             holden
             my
             Black-Rod
             an
             Instrument
             of
             impunity
             .
             Higher
             and
             heavier
             Judgments
             are
             reserved
             for
             him
             ;
             which
             his
             
               Anabaptisticall
               zeal
            
             ,
             were
             it
             
               thrice
               dipt
            
             in
             his
             
               Phanatical
               Iordan
            
             ,
             might
             not
             decline
             ,
             nor
             with
             all
             his
             hypocritical
             elevation
             of
             Eyes
             ,
             possibly
             divert
             .
             Some
             of
             which
             
               Wormwood
               Iudgments
            
             have
             lately
             befaln
             his
             execrable
             Family
             .
             The
             Top-branch
             whereof
             was
             fearfully
             lopt
             off
             with
             an
             Hatchet
             of
             Despair
             ;
             and
             his
             Chaplain
             near
             the
             very
             same
             time
             took
             a
             resolution
             
             to
             confine
             his
             Doctrinal
             Honour
             to
             the
             strait
             circumference
             of
             a
             Self-twisted
             Halter
             .
             Thus
             decayed
             the
             Spaun
             ;
             but
             the
             Head
             of
             these
             Cantarides
             survives
             ,
             which
             either
             Exile
             ,
             or
             a
             fatal
             end
             will
             no
             doubt
             speedily
             abridge
             ;
             by
             staying
             his
             course
             from
             poysoning
             any
             more
             this
             distracted
             State
             with
             his
             hateful
             Principles
             .
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             What
             might
             the
             cause
             be
             of
             his
             inveterate
             Splene
             towards
             the
             Person
             of
             Strafford
             ;
             being
             one
             so
             eminent
             both
             for
             Courage
             and
             Counsel
             ,
             as
             no
             State
             could
             render
             it self
             more
             happy
             ,
             than
             in
             the
             injoyment
             of
             so
             prudent
             and
             resolute
             a
             Consul
             ?
             Surely
             his
             absolute
             demean
             might
             rather
             deserve
             a
             pious
             emulation
             ,
             or
             judicious
             admiration
             ,
             than
             any
             malignant
             endevour
             of
             detracting
             from
             such
             a
             Complement
             of
             Honour
             .
             This
             was
             such
             animosity
             in
             an
             Enemy
             ,
             as
             it
             admits
             no
             President
             .
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             You
             must
             know
             ,
             Calanus
             ,
             that
             the
             Bee
             and
             Spider
             are
             of
             different
             nature
             .
             From
             Flowers
             of
             the
             same
             influence
             or
             operation
             ,
             the
             one
             sucks
             honey
             ,
             the
             other
             poyson
             .
             What
             in
             others
             merited
             Approbation
             and
             Imitation
             ,
             begot
             in
             him
             Envy
             and
             Detraction
             ;
             the
             poysonous
             fruits
             of
             his
             Serpentine
             Ambition
             .
             It
             was
             his
             grief
             ,
             to
             see
             Goodness
             grow
             great
             .
             Neither
             was
             this
             all
             .
             He
             understood
             (
             which
             was
             an
             ementitious
             conceipt
             ,
             not
             worth
             harbouring
             in
             an
             honest
             breast
             )
             that
             some
             of
             those
             Titles
             bestowed
             on
             him
             for
             his
             incomparable
             service
             to
             
             his
             Prince
             ,
             and
             high
             improvement
             to
             the
             State
             ,
             had
             relation
             by
             way
             of
             Denomination
             to
             one
             of
             his
             
               usurped
               Mannors
            
             :
             from
             which
             groundless
             occasion
             ,
             this
             rankling
             heat
             of
             that
             raging
             Rabby
             broke
             forth
             into
             that
             unmanly
             fury
             ,
             as
             he
             found
             a
             way
             (
             a
             way
             leading
             to
             Death
             )
             of
             dispensing
             with
             the
             ruine
             of
             his
             perjur'd
             Soul
             ,
             upon
             condition
             he
             might
             bereave
             his
             supposed
             Enemy
             of
             life
             .
             And
             all
             this
             was
             acted
             in
             the
             Capitol
             :
             and
             yet
             unreveng'd
             .
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             a
             Person
             ,
             doubtless
             ,
             of
             high
             accomplishment
             :
             nay
             ,
             such
             an
             one
             as
             Nature
             and
             Art
             might
             seem
             to
             have
             contended
             whether
             of
             them
             should
             have
             more
             obliged
             him
             to
             their
             endeerments
             :
             So
             amply
             had
             they
             contributed
             in
             their
             several
             offices
             to
             the
             compleating
             of
             that
             States-Man
             .
             So
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             my
             fortune
             one
             day
             to
             hear
             this
             positively
             asserted
             in
             a
             Company
             of
             unquestion'd
             judgments
             :
             That
             if
             he
             had
             surviv'd
             the
             various
             distempers
             of
             those
             times
             ,
             and
             the
             subtile
             practices
             of
             his
             profest
             Enemies
             ,
             by
             whom
             he
             became
             treacherously
             surprized
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             least
             suspected
             ,
             unawares
             attach'd
             ;
             he
             had
             not
             onely
             secured
             his
             unfortunate
             Master
             from
             all
             ensuing
             danger
             ;
             and
             preserv'd
             the
             safety
             and
             union
             of
             the
             State
             to
             his
             succeeding
             honour
             ▪
             but
             likewise
             in
             the
             management
             of
             State-Affairs
             ,
             as
             far
             over-topt
             OLIVER
             ,
             for
             all
             his
             jugling
             compliance
             with
             MAZARENE
             ;
             as
             ever
             Mazarene
             did
             the
             short-Mushroom
             honour
             of
             hair-brain'd
             
             Mazarella
             .
             Never
             was
             Head-piece
             more
             richly
             stor'd
             ,
             nor
             more
             undeservedly
             lopped
             .
             Which
             was
             strongly
             attested
             by
             that
             Politick
             Cardinal
             ;
             who
             ,
             upon
             the
             report
             of
             his
             Execution
             ,
             used
             these
             words
             :
             
               Had
               that
               mad
               seditious
               Isle
               but
               one
               Wise
               Man
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               could
               it
               render
               him
               no
               better
               reward
               ,
               nor
               find
               other
               imployment
               for
               his
               Head
               ,
               than
               to
               put
               it
               up
               in
               a
               Bagg
               ,
               and
               confine
               his
               Wisdom
               to
               so
               early
               a
               Shroud
               !
            
             This
             States-Mans
             jeer
             might
             have
             brought
             those
             who
             were
             Principal
             Actors
             in
             contriving
             his
             death
             ,
             to
             a
             deep
             resentment
             of
             that
             irreparable
             wound
             they
             had
             given
             to
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             in
             their
             relentless
             pursuance
             of
             his
             Tragedy
             :
             But
             ,
             hope
             of
             reward
             ,
             or
             desire
             of
             revenge
             had
             so
             preoccupated
             their
             thoughts
             ,
             as
             it
             had
             steel'd
             them
             with
             that
             wilde
             Irish
             antient
             resolution
             ,
             Never
             to
             hold
             themselves
             secure
             from
             their
             Foe
             ,
             till
             they
             might
             play
             at
             foot-ball
             with
             his
             head
             .
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             That
             was
             the
             onely
             way
             indeed
             to
             catch
             the
             Old
             One
             :
             But
             some
             of
             those
             
               diving
               Didappers
            
             have
             since
             that
             time
             no
             less
             unfortunatly
             catch't
             themselves
             .
             It
             had
             been
             much
             better
             for
             them
             to
             have
             falln
             gently
             under
             the
             lash
             of
             my
             Rod
             ,
             than
             desperately
             to
             have
             twisted
             nouzes
             for
             their
             own
             necks
             ,
             as
             some
             of
             those
             Achitophels
             have
             lately
             done
             .
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             was
             done
             to
             their
             honour
             ,
             for
             it
             sav'd
             the
             Hangman
             a
             labour
             .
             But
             ,
             in
             
             earnest
             tell
             me
             Atreus
             ,
             how
             will
             this
             
               fagging
               Rump
            
             be
             made
             up
             ;
             how
             will
             it
             be
             piec'd
             and
             supply'd
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             Calanus
             ,
             our
             gelded
             Synodal
             ,
             or
             Parliament
             .
             Epitome
             ,
             maintains
             Rules
             contrary
             to
             the
             Principles
             of
             all
             Philosophy
             ;
             for
             they
             have
             hitherto
             most
             resolutely
             held
             a
             Vacuum
             ;
             whereof
             ,
             though
             Pryn
             ,
             with
             other
             more
             
               Auricular
               Members
            
             ,
             labour'd
             strongly
             to
             continue
             them
             ;
             their
             opinions
             ,
             (
             because
             Legal
             and
             Loyal
             )
             would
             not
             be
             admitted
             ;
             the
             doors
             of
             that
             Self-mad-House
             were
             commanded
             to
             be
             shut
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             those
             Excepted
             Members
             wholly
             Secluded
             ;
             and
             in
             part
             so
             confin'd
             ,
             as
             they
             became
             debarred
             from
             challenging
             their
             just
             and
             lawful
             Privilege
             in
             the
             House
             ;
             which
             by
             antient
             Prescription
             ,
             and
             successive
             Concession
             ,
             they
             might
             duely
             pretend
             to
             .
             But
             those
             few
             scattered
             Gleanings
             that
             remain
             shaking
             and
             shuddring
             within
             ,
             have
             good
             cause
             to
             be
             more
             feverish
             than
             those
             who
             are
             shut
             out
             .
             For
             they
             cannot
             chuse
             but
             hear
             a
             muttring
             of
             a
             Change
             :
             and
             then
             woe
             be
             to
             them
             if
             the
             Tide
             turn
             .
             For
             ,
             then
             take
             heed
             that
             the
             Capitol
             be
             not
             metamorphosed
             into
             a
             Scaffold
             .
             Where
             those
             peremptory
             pragmatical
             Coxcombs
             ,
             so
             much
             inraged
             with
             spleen
             ,
             or
             transported
             with
             Disloyalty
             of
             spirit
             ,
             must
             be
             brought
             forth
             of
             those
             Tyring-houses
             ,
             wherein
             they
             have
             been
             so
             long
             disguising
             themselves
             ,
             to
             act
             their
             
               last
               Parts
            
             
             in
             the
             closing
             Scene
             of
             a
             pittiless
             Tragedy
             ,
             to
             their
             own
             surviving
             Shame
             ,
             and
             Dishonour
             of
             their
             Countrey
             .
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             O
             brave
             times
             ,
             when
             Treason
             shall
             hang
             like
             a
             Ball
             in
             the
             Ayr
             !
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             Mean
             time
             ,
             it
             is
             thought
             we
             must
             call
             up
             a
             
               Francepane
               Fry
            
             of
             
               Green
               Wits
            
             ,
             as
             a
             merry
             Greek
             term'd
             them
             ,
             to
             fill
             up
             that
             shatter'd
             Vacancy
             with
             a
             fresh
             supply
             of
             pitiful
             Ratlebrains
             .
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             Howsoever
             ,
             till
             that
             Breach
             be
             made
             up
             ;
             it
             remains
             a
             
               Broken
               Company
            
             .
             A
             Consort
             which
             runs
             wholly
             upon
             Divisions
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             Ear-pleasing
             accent
             of
             harmony
             .
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             A
             Bankrupt
             Factory
             ,
             trust
             me
             ;
             protested
             against
             in
             every
             Countrey
             but
             our
             own
             :
             and
             in
             our
             own
             too
             ,
             if
             we
             had
             as
             much
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             private
             Splene
             to
             discover
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             This
             would
             prove
             a
             brave
             gainful
             time
             for
             you
             ,
             Atreus
             ,
             if
             the
             Power
             of
             your
             Authority
             were
             not
             eclypsed
             .
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             Not
             at
             all
             Sir
             ;
             The
             Multiplicity
             of
             Offenders
             would
             soon
             wear
             out
             my
             Rod.
             When
             the
             Members
             of
             a
             
               Whole
               House
            
             are
             to
             be
             call'd
             to
             the
             Barr
             ,
             who
             will
             be
             left
             to
             censure
             them
             ?
             They
             might
             be
             accounted
             fools
             in
             the
             highest
             measure
             ,
             if
             they
             should
             fall
             flat
             under
             their
             own
             Censure
             ;
             or
             pronounce
             Sentence
             upon
             themselves
             without
             recognizance
             of
             their
             Speaker
             .
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             true
             ;
             but
             have
             you
             not
             had
             
             sometimes
             Persons
             (
             and
             those
             eminent
             Ones
             )
             of
             that
             Leven
             under
             your
             Lash
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             Never
             Sir
             ;
             my
             
               Black
               Rod
            
             observed
             ever
             that
             regular
             discipline
             ,
             as
             it
             became
             a
             State-Academy
             for
             all
             degrees
             ,
             Sciences
             and
             Professions
             .
             We
             had
             Learned
             Laud
             ;
             nay
             ,
             the
             little
             Wren
             could
             not
             evade
             my
             Gyn
             ;
             and
             these
             were
             my
             Chaplains
             in
             Ordinary
             for
             Divinity
             .
             Bacon
             for
             Courtship
             and
             Oratory
             .
             Eliot
             and
             Seymour
             for
             State-Policy
             .
             Bridgman
             and
             Palmer
             for
             legal
             Authority
             .
             Thus
             was
             my
             Oeconomy
             held
             an
             Vniversity
             ,
             while
             the
             Capitol
             held
             up
             his
             head
             ,
             and
             exalted
             his
             horns
             to
             the
             distressed
             Members
             of
             this
             Nation
             .
             These
             knew
             how
             to
             Suffer
             ;
             and
             how
             to
             gain
             honour
             by
             their
             suffering
             .
             These
             knew
             how
             to
             kiss
             the
             Rod
             meekly
             ,
             receive
             their
             Censure
             mildly
             ,
             and
             pay
             my
             Fees
             freely
             .
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             That
             was
             an
             Age
             indeed
             ,
             Atreus
             ,
             for
             Midas
             to
             turn
             all
             into
             Gold.
             But
             how
             came
             you
             to
             be
             so
             unhappily
             Iack
             out
             of
             Office
             ?
             you
             became
             either
             too
             high
             for
             your
             Place
             ;
             or
             your
             Place
             too
             hot
             for
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             O
             Sir
             ,
             have
             you
             not
             heard
             a
             Story
             ;
             which
             though
             it
             be
             a
             fiction
             ,
             yet
             it
             retains
             a
             singular
             Moral
             ;
             how
             Proserpine
             had
             her
             Misset
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Pluto
             his
             Cerberus
             ;
             but
             it
             was
             ever
             observ'd
             that
             the
             poor
             Misset
             was
             husht
             ,
             and
             gave
             not
             a
             yelp
             ,
             when
             that
             
               Hellish
               Mastiff
            
             begun
             to
             roar
             !
             So
             fared
             it
             with
             me
             and
             my
             Officials
             .
             No
             sooner
             was
             the
             
               High
               Court
               of
               Iustice
            
             erected
             ,
             and
             
             with
             poor
             Cavaliers
             blood
             imbrued
             ,
             than
             my
             
               Black
               Rod
            
             became
             untwisted
             .
             It
             was
             not
             for
             us
             
               inferiour
               Groundlings
            
             to
             mutter
             ,
             much
             less
             to
             murmur
             ,
             when
             that
             
               terrible
               Minotaur
            
             begun
             to
             thunder
             .
             The
             Gibbet
             grew
             farr
             above
             the
             height
             of
             my
             Rod.
             The
             Tower-Hill
             Axe
             soon
             cut
             in
             pieces
             those
             blasted
             Sprigs
             of
             my
             dis-authorized
             Lash
             .
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             the
             State
             ,
             like
             a
             late-recover'd
             Bedlam
             ,
             is
             rid
             of
             both
             .
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             true
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             Lunacy
             so
             violent
             ,
             but
             it
             has
             its
             
               Lucida
               Intervalla
            
             ;
             but
             one
             forein
             drop
             of
             Coloquintida
             strengthned
             with
             a
             
               Spanish
               ,
               French
            
             ,
             or
             Imperial
             Ingredience
             may
             utterly
             spoil
             the
             Concoction
             of
             our
             English
             broath
             .
             'T
             were
             good
             to
             be
             merry
             and
             wise
             .
             But
             wise
             we
             cannot
             be
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             we
             have
             Foes
             within
             and
             without
             us
             ,
             to
             exercise
             their
             fury
             ,
             or
             practise
             their
             designs
             upon
             us
             .
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             But
             is
             there
             any
             such
             fear
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             Such
             fear
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             falln
             into
             a
             Quotidian
             Ague
             .
             I
             am
             sure
             there
             appear
             many
             Banks
             in
             Holland
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             gilded
             over
             by
             the
             yellow
             Streams
             of
             Tagus
             ,
             or
             Pactolus
             ;
             and
             all
             these
             built
             up
             and
             deposited
             for
             fear
             of
             an
             
               Inland
               Breach
            
             ,
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             their
             confident
             Trustees
             ,
             by
             our
             rich
             Coffemen
             ,
             those
             well-lin'd
             Consuls
             of
             our
             Capitol
             .
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             They
             suspect
             a
             change
             then
             .
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             Assure
             your self
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             they
             sweat
             for
             't
             :
             
             and
             if
             it
             prov'd
             otherwise
             ,
             all
             our
             Nation
             would
             find
             cause
             to
             sweat
             ;
             the
             danger
             appearing
             so
             Epidemical
             .
             For
             ,
             though
             we
             subsist
             like
             
               Monstrous
               Members
            
             without
             an
             *
             Head
             ;
             yet
             the
             revolution
             of
             some
             few
             years
             has
             so
             habituated
             us
             to
             misery
             ,
             as
             many
             of
             us
             are
             become
             wholly
             so
             stupid
             and
             senseless
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             had
             never
             injoyed
             an
             Head
             ,
             nor
             we
             subject
             to
             that
             Head.
             
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             The
             Fable
             of
             the
             Frogs
             and
             their
             King
             will
             be
             e're
             long
             verifi'd
             in
             us
             :
             we
             have
             been
             so
             jealous
             of
             our
             own
             ;
             or
             made
             our
             own
             so
             contemptible
             to
             us
             ;
             as
             we
             have
             given
             way
             to
             those
             who
             had
             no
             property
             in
             us
             ,
             to
             pretend
             a
             Title
             to
             that
             which
             most
             concern'd
             us
             .
             The
             sad
             consequence
             whereof
             has
             brought
             us
             to
             that
             desperate
             Condition
             ,
             as
             no
             man
             may
             safely
             challenge
             a
             propriety
             in
             his
             own
             .
             The
             onely
             way
             to
             live
             peaceably
             ,
             is
             to
             suffer
             patiently
             :
             and
             with
             a
             pleasing
             smile
             (
             though
             there
             be
             no
             cause
             for
             't
             )
             to
             entertain
             the
             affronts
             of
             an
             imperious
             Incroacher
             with
             such
             indifference
             ;
             as
             neither
             the
             Agent
             may
             take
             occasion
             of
             picking
             a
             quarrel
             at
             his
             Murmuring
             ;
             nor
             the
             Patient
             prejudice
             his
             Cause
             by
             his
             remediless
             Contesting
             .
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             a
             gallant
             Cow'd
             State
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ;
             when
             just
             Men
             must
             suffer
             ,
             because
             they
             want
             power
             to
             preserve
             their
             right
             .
             Surely
             ,
             those
             Viceroys
             which
             we
             have
             lately
             had
             ,
             were
             Mock-Protectors
             ;
             for
             ,
             whereas
             they
             should
             
             have
             protected
             the
             Subject
             from
             injury
             ,
             they
             became
             so
             taken
             up
             with
             Self-interest
             ,
             as
             they
             minded
             onely
             their
             own
             Soveraignty
             .
          
        
         
           
             Calanus
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             whom
             might
             the
             blame
             hereof
             be
             more
             properly
             imputed
             ,
             than
             to
             our
             
               Degenerate
               Peerage
            
             ?
             whose
             Descent
             seem'd
             to
             partake
             more
             of
             Coach-man
             ,
             Page
             ,
             or
             Usher
             ,
             than
             the
             Linage
             of
             a
             noble
             Progenitor
             ,
             —
             These
             deserv'd
             your
             Rod
             more
             than
             any
             Delinquent
             .
          
        
         
           
             Atreus
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             true
             ;
             but
             they
             so
             innocently
             Courted
             their
             Peace
             ,
             as
             my
             indulgence
             granted
             them
             ease
             :
             and
             deservingly
             brought
             me
             to
             the
             loss
             of
             my
             Place
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           QUEST
           of
           INQUIRY
           ,
           Without
           hope
           of
           RECOVERY
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 WHere
                 's
                 now
                 your
              
               Burleygh
               ,
               Cicil
               ,
               Walsingham
               ,
            
             
               Brave
               Furbisher
               ,
               Drake
               ,
               Hawkins
               ,
               Nottingham
               ?
            
             
               Their
               hush't
               in
               Clay
               .
               These
               that
               your
               Isle
               affords
            
             
               Are
               Silken-Civet-comfet-Curtain-Lords
               ,
            
             
               Brisk-cringing
               Senatours
               as
               Apius
               was
               ,
            
             
               Who
               spent
               the
               Morn
               in
               courting
               of
               his
               Glass
               .
            
          
        
         
           THese
           Dimensions
           following
           were
           Writ
           in
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Honour
           of
           our
           Island
           ,
           and
           those
           Eminent
           and
           thrice-Noble
           Commanders
           now
           in
           Imployment
           :
           In
           Answer
           to
           a
           Forein
           Critical
           Pasquil.
           
        
         
           Mean
           while
           ,
           our
           Royal
           
             Marine
             Martialists
          
           fear
           little
           ,
           but
           that
           their
           Albyon
           Embarg
           shall
           transform
           their
           
             Spungy
             Satyrs
          
           into
           
             Sea-Souc't
             Naiades
          
           :
           and
           in
           short
           time
           make
           them
           serviceable
           Negro's
           ,
           to
           dive
           and
           fish
           for
           Pearls
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           REPLY
           .
        
         
           
             HOld
             Critick
             ,
             hold
             ;
             —
             We
             have
             as
             gallant
             men
          
           
             For
             Valour
             and
             brave
             Discipline
             as
             then
             .
          
           
             Take
             a
             Survey
             of
             our
             Victorious
             Fleet
             ,
          
           
             With
             which
             should
             Neptune
             with
             his
             Convoy
             meet
             ,
          
           
             They
             'd
             veil
             their
             Top-Sails
             ,
             shouting
             ,
             let
             's
             give
             room
             ,
          
           
             "
             
               St.
               George
            
             with
             his
             stout
             Myrmidons
             are
             come
          
           
             "
             To
             Scour
             the
             Seas
             ;
             't
             were
             fitting
             we
             gave
             way
          
           
             "
             When
             Regents
             of
             the
             Ocean
             bear
             sway
             .
          
           
             How
             pale
             does
             Tethis
             look
             ,
             fearing
             to
             be
          
           
             Made
             Captive
             to
             our
             glorious
             Soveraignty
             ?
          
           
             A
             Navy
             more
             magnanimous
             never
             came
          
           
             To
             slice
             the
             surface
             of
             the
             Ocean
             .
          
           
             Steered
             by
             expert
             Mariners
             ;
             th'
             Event
          
           
             Must
             needs
             prove
             prosperous
             when
             
               High
               Descent
            
          
           
             Co-centre
             with
             
               brave
               spirits
            
             :
             —
             This
             will
             take
             ,
          
           
             And
             make
             a
             greater
             State
             than
             Holland
             shake
             .
          
           
           
             Eye
             those
             renowned
             Dukes
             ,
             winged
             with
             youth
             ,
          
           
             With
             what
             deep
             scorn
             they
             look
             on
             Carpet
             slouth
             !
          
           
             They
             'r
             all
             Elyxir'd
             in
             their
             vernal
             age
             ,
          
           
             Hugging
             no
             News
             like
             to
             a
             quick
             Ingage
             .
          
           
             These
             be
             
               Mars
               Sons
            
             ,
             and
             must
             to
             Honour
             rise
             ,
          
           
             While
             Others
             are
             for
             catching
             Butterflyes
             ▪
          
           
             Nor
             do
             I
             fear
             but
             I
             shall
             one
             day
             hear
          
           
             Their
             Fames
             as
             Large
             as
             Guy's
             or
             Godfrey's
             were
             ;
          
           
             And
             mount
             their
             spreading
             Wings
             from
             Gath
             to
             Dan
             ,
          
           
             And
             cause
             the
             Turk
             renounce
             his
             Alcoran
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cease
             Critick
             then
             ;
             of
             Heroes
             boast
             no
             more
             ,
          
           
             We
             have
             as
             
               Royal
               Sparks
            
             as
             e're
             before
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           HIS
           KNOWING
           FRIEND
           R.
           P.
           A
           COMMISSIONER
           For
           The
           SVBSIDY
           .
        
         
           FRiend
           (
           for
           a
           more
           really
           amicable
           Title
           I
           cannot
           give
           you
           )
           we
           hear
           you
           are
           named
           a
           Commissioner
           for
           the
           Subsidies
           :
           wherein
           you
           may
           appear
           by
           your
           even
           and
           unbianc'd
           Carriage
           ,
           instrumentally
           Serviceable
           both
           to
           Prince
           and
           Subject
           .
           For
           your
           better
           accommodation
           wherein
           ,
           take
           along
           with
           you
           these
           necessary
           Cautions
           :
           which
           conscientiously
           observ'd
           ,
           will
           bring
           you
           off
           fairly
           
           in
           the
           discharge
           of
           that
           Office
           whereto
           you
           are
           deputed
           :
           and
           return
           you
           honest
           ;
           which
           in
           all
           Commands
           ,
           Publick
           or
           Private
           ,
           reteins
           in
           it
           that
           high
           concernment
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           principally
           to
           be
           valued
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           Offices
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           justly
           and
           legally
           grounded
           ,
           because
           from
           satisfactory
           Principles
           derived
           ;
           there
           arise
           many
           times
           sundry
           grand
           inconveniences
           from
           the
           inconsiderate
           Election
           of
           our
           Deputies
           .
           While
           some
           ambitiously
           affected
           ,
           pursue
           nothing
           more
           eagerly
           than
           to
           have
           a
           Name
           in
           the
           Roul
           ;
           though
           they
           know
           not
           what
           to
           do
           in
           it
           ,
           either
           in
           relation
           to
           their
           Prince
           or
           Countrey
           .
        
         
           To
           be
           thought
           Great
           ,
           or
           Wise
           ,
           is
           their
           summary
           End
           ;
           though
           their
           indiscreet
           Carriage
           merit
           neither
           of
           those
           attributes
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           my
           fortune
           lately
           to
           be
           present
           at
           One
           of
           these
           
             Sessionary
             Commissions
          
           ;
           where
           One
           of
           that
           
             Knowing
             Brotherhood
          
           desiring
           nothing
           more
           than
           to
           be
           held
           by
           the
           Commonty
           an
           eminent
           awful
           Man
           ,
           suddenly
           starting
           up
           ,
           took
           a
           great
           Oath
           ,
           (
           even
           by
           his
           rich
           Plume
           of
           Feathers
           )
           that
           if
           the
           Subsidy
           Men
           then
           and
           there
           assembled
           did
           not
           forthwith
           pay
           in
           their
           Moneys
           ,
           
             He
             would
             smook
             them
          
           .
           Whereto
           ,
           one
           no
           less
           Metally
           than
           Wittily
           answered
           him
           :
           
             Sir
             ,
             by
             smooking
             us
             ,
             you
             may
             chance
             to
             singe
             your
             own
             Feather
             ,
             and
             so
             darnish
             the
             colour
             of
             your
             Oath
             ;
             
             which
             were
             a
             great
             pity
             ,
             being
             the
             handsomst
             thing
             about
             you
             .
          
           Which
           smart
           Answer
           begot
           such
           a
           general
           laughter
           in
           the
           Court
           ,
           as
           Silence
           could
           not
           be
           procur'd
           ,
           though
           often
           commanded
           ,
           a
           long
           time
           after
           .
        
         
           Was
           not
           this
           fair-plum'd
           Commissioner
           of
           a
           quick
           dispatch
           ?
           yes
           sure
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           weak
           brood
           ;
           rightly
           numbred
           amongst
           those
           Hymerian
           Flyes
           ,
           or
           Picene
           Emmets
           ,
           hatcht
           before
           they
           got
           shape
           .
        
         
           These
           Rhadamantades
           ,
           who
           scatter
           their
           brains
           in
           the
           Ayr
           ,
           should
           be
           used
           like
           that
           
             Florentine
             Fool
          
           ;
           who
           ,
           holding
           himself
           the
           best
           Man
           in
           Florence
           ,
           was
           sentenc'd
           to
           be
           Whipt
           out
           of
           his
           humour
           by
           two
           Dwarfs
           ,
           till
           wearied
           with
           their
           lashings
           ,
           he
           no
           less
           senselesly
           than
           pitifully
           avouched
           ,
           that
           Dwarfs
           were
           taller
           than
           Gyants
           ;
           and
           that
           high
           Men
           were
           the
           lowest
           men
           in
           Florence
           :
           which
           absurdity
           sav'd
           him
           from
           further
           Correction
           .
           Howsoever
           ,
           to
           perfect
           the
           Cure
           in
           these
           
             Ayry
             Ranters
          
           ,
           whom
           this
           Age
           looks
           upon
           as
           the
           infinitest
           Pretenders
           ,
           confident'st
           Undertakers
           ,
           and
           Profusest
           Scatterers
           in
           all
           our
           Island
           ;
           it
           were
           not
           amiss
           if
           they
           were
           put
           to
           School
           (
           if
           capable
           of
           such
           useful
           Knowledg
           )
           before
           they
           be
           admitted
           to
           Publick
           Interests
           .
           Assistants
           in
           these
           should
           not
           be
           of
           a
           low
           level
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           antiently
           decreed
           by
           the
           Ephori
           ,
           in
           that
           flourishing
           State
           of
           Athens
           ;
           that
           no
           Beardless
           Person
           ,
           were
           he
           of
           what
           quality
           or
           descent
           soever
           ,
           
           should
           be
           call'd
           as
           Assistant
           in
           any
           Publick
           Service
           of
           State
           ;
           though
           that
           was
           by
           maturer
           deliberation
           ,
           mainly
           opposed
           ,
           alleging
           ,
           how
           many
           might
           be
           young
           in
           years
           ,
           who
           were
           old
           in
           houres
           .
           How
           incapable
           then
           are
           they
           who
           appear
           neither
           old
           in
           years
           nor
           houres
           ,
           for
           management
           of
           any
           Publick
           Affair
           conducing
           to
           the
           welfare
           of
           the
           State
           ?
           
             Were
             it
             not
             a
             great
             madness
             ,
             said
             our
             Soveraign
             King
             Iames
             ,
             (
             a
             Prince
             whose
             constant
             addresses
             were
             beautified
             with
             Palms
             of
             Peace
             )
             for
             the
             Master
             of
             a
             Team
             of
             Horses
             ,
             being
             furnish'd
             with
             some
             of
             a
             clearer
             sight
             ,
             to
             set
             a
             
               blind
               Horse
            
             before
             ?
          
           We
           have
           store
           of
           quick-sighted
           Men
           ;
           let
           such
           be
           deputed
           ,
           leaving
           these
           Ayry-Spirited
           Lapwings
           ,
           who
           leave
           their
           Nests
           before
           they
           'r
           taught
           to
           fly
           .
        
         
           Such
           flickering
           Birds
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           untimely
           flight
           ,
           have
           been
           ever
           held
           incapable
           of
           publick
           imployments
           :
           Persons
           of
           prudent
           and
           composed
           tempers
           are
           the
           properest
           Engines
           for
           such
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           the
           discreetest
           Moderators
           betwixt
           Prince
           and
           Subject
           ;
           by
           rendring
           to
           the
           One
           what
           he
           by
           his
           Prerogative
           may
           justly
           demand
           ;
           and
           informing
           the
           other
           what
           he
           ought
           duely
           to
           perform
           .
        
         
           In
           your
           Personal
           Execution
           of
           which
           Office
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           imitate
           the
           course
           of
           an
           expert
           and
           experient'st
           Pilot
           ,
           by
           avoiding
           such
           perilous
           Shelves
           as
           may
           probably
           indanger
           your
           
             Commissionary
             
             Passage
          
           .
           These
           are
           briefly
           toucht
           in
           the
           Act
           it self
           ,
           by
           which
           you
           are
           to
           be
           directed
           ;
           and
           expresly
           taught
           ,
           to
           do
           nought
           either
           for
           
             Fear
             ,
             Favour
          
           ,
           or
           Hatred
           .
           Being
           the
           very
           same
           which
           our
           best
           Ethnicks
           exactly
           observed
           in
           their
           Course
           of
           Justice
           ;
           commanding
           ,
           that
           nothing
           should
           be
           acted
           to
           the
           dishonour
           of
           their
           Proceedings
           ,
           either
           for
           
             Amity
             ,
             Enmity
          
           ,
           or
           Commodity
           :
           Such
           an
           even
           and
           equal
           Scale
           poized
           the
           Conduct
           of
           their
           Actions
           .
           And
           this
           they
           did
           ,
           without
           any
           future
           hope
           of
           a
           fruition
           of
           further
           glory
           ,
           than
           their
           Poetical
           fancy
           of
           those
           
             Elysian
             Fields
          
           ,
           and
           their
           imaginary
           Fame
           to
           Posterity
           ;
           the
           sole
           aims
           of
           their
           Eternity
           .
        
         
           That
           small
           glimpse
           ,
           or
           beamling
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           received
           from
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           without
           any
           farther
           influence
           ,
           produc'd
           these
           rare
           effects
           ;
           which
           might
           justly
           beget
           a
           shame
           in
           those
           ,
           who
           more
           divinely
           illumined
           ,
           though
           they
           believe
           an
           Eternity
           ,
           and
           the
           End
           of
           their
           Creation
           ,
           Supreme
           Felicity
           ;
           fall
           incomparably
           short
           of
           those
           Naturalists
           in
           the
           Course
           of
           Judicature
           ,
           nay
           ,
           even
           of
           Civil
           Morality
           .
           Store
           of
           Instances
           might
           be
           return'd
           you
           in
           this
           ,
           deserving
           no
           less
           your
           admiration
           than
           imitation
           .
        
         
           Rake
           up
           the
           Records
           of
           former
           times
           ,
           wherein
           true
           Native
           Honesty
           flourished
           ,
           and
           
             Political
             Designs
          
           (
           of
           the
           
             Teeming
             Birth
          
           whereof
           every
           Nation
           sadly
           laboureth
           )
           appeared
           Strangers
           ;
           and
           you
           shall
           find
           sundry
           imitable
           Mirrors
           of
           
           this
           kind
           ;
           whose
           uprightness
           in
           the
           management
           of
           State-Affairs
           needed
           no
           other
           Annal
           ,
           nor
           Monument
           to
           Memorize
           them
           ,
           than
           the
           continued
           Fame
           of
           their
           unquestion'd
           deportment
           ;
           which
           begot
           to
           them
           a
           reverence
           ,
           and
           an
           unsought
           for
           advancement
           in
           the
           Common-Weal
           where
           they
           were
           seated
           .
        
         
           As
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           to
           insist
           upon
           every
           particular
           that
           may
           obstruct
           your
           Course
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           your
           Office
           ,
           whereto
           you
           are
           designed
           ;
           you
           shall
           find
           one
           of
           those
           Ethnicks
           ,
           though
           a
           firm
           Professor
           ,
           and
           Preserver
           of
           Amity
           ,
           neglect
           the
           sollicitancy
           of
           his
           Friend
           in
           an
           action
           of
           Favour
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Dear
             is
             my
             Friend
             ,
             but
             dearer
             is
             my
             Reputation
             :
             I
             may
             have
             many
             Friends
             ,
             though
             I
             lose
             thee
             ;
             but
             in
             losing
             God
             ,
             I
             can
             have
             no
             more
             :
             there
             is
             but
             one
             God.
             He
             is
             a
             treacherous
             Friend
             ,
             who
             makes
             his
             Friend
             a
             Foe
             to
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           Neither
           were
           these
           less
           armed
           against
           the
           fury
           of
           Revenge
           .
           Enmity
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           mortal
           ,
           could
           not
           decline
           them
           ,
           no
           more
           than
           Amity
           could
           over-byas
           them
           in
           the
           direct
           line
           and
           path
           of
           their
           proceedings
           .
           One
           of
           them
           could
           say
           ,
           like
           a
           brave
           Commander
           of
           his
           own
           Affections
           ,
           
             I
             shall
             accompt
             it
             the
             lowest
             of
             my
             Scene
             ,
             to
             take
             Revenge
             of
             mine
             Enemy
             to
             my
             own
             disadvantage
             .
             Neither
             do
             I
             intend
             to
             play
             so
             much
             the
             Fools
             part
             ,
             to
             ingage
             a
             Publick
             reproach
             for
             a
             Private
             revenge
             .
             He
             does
             
             himself
             the
             greatest
             wrong
             ,
             who
             labours
             to
             right
             himself
             ,
             by
             doing
             his
             Enemy
             wrong
             .
             In
             Publick
             Places
             ,
             where
             Offices
             of
             Justice
             are
             to
             be
             Administred
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             due
             to
             every
             one
             justly
             distributed
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             least
             thought
             of
             a
             bosom-injury
             is
             to
             be
             fomented
             ,
             much
             less
             discovered
             .
             He
             deserves
             not
             the
             Place
             where
             he
             sits
             ,
             who
             sits
             only
             to
             take
             revenge
             of
             him
             whom
             he
             hates
             .
          
        
         
           That
           discreet
           *
           Sage
           well
           deserved
           to
           be
           called
           to
           the
           Dignity
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Ephori
           ,
           who
           knew
           (
           by
           the
           attest
           of
           the
           whole
           Senat
           )
           how
           to
           bear
           and
           digest
           injuries
           :
           and
           in
           what
           manner
           to
           demean
           himself
           on
           the
           Seat
           of
           Iustice
           ;
           neither
           by
           eying
           his
           Friend
           with
           a
           countenance
           of
           Favour
           ,
           nor
           his
           Foe
           with
           an
           intentional
           displeasure
           .
           Whence
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           in
           Athens
           were
           set
           up
           in
           their
           High
           Court
           of
           Judicature
           ,
           Astraeas
           Scale
           ,
           and
           Tidaeus
           Shield
           :
           the
           one
           to
           ballance
           the
           justness
           of
           the
           Cause
           ;
           the
           other
           to
           support
           it
           .
           For
           Experience
           ,
           our
           best
           Mistriss
           ,
           in
           the
           process
           of
           Humane
           Affairs
           ,
           may
           sufficiently
           inform
           us
           ;
           that
           though
           Justice
           bestow
           her
           strength
           and
           utmost
           endeavour
           ,
           the
           best
           Cause
           may
           suffer
           ,
           wanting
           a
           powerful
           Fortress
           to
           support
           her
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           another
           Shelf
           too
           ,
           no
           less
           dangerous
           than
           either
           of
           the
           former
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           Commodity
           ;
           being
           such
           an
           universal
           Leprosie
           ,
           as
           we
           may
           worthily
           accompt
           him
           a
           rare
           Man
           ,
           that
           is
           advanc'd
           to
           a
           Place
           of
           Profit
           ,
           or
           Receipt
           of
           Custom
           ,
           
           and
           has
           got
           the
           faculty
           of
           holding
           his
           
             mercenary
             hand
          
           from
           taking
           .
           This
           self-interest
           is
           a
           perillous
           Copes-mate
           ;
           apt
           to
           infect
           where
           it
           consorts
           .
           Nay
           ,
           such
           an
           absolute
           Commandress
           over
           this
           
             Little
             World
          
           ,
           Man
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           held
           the
           Wheel
           ;
           that
           with
           its
           career
           turns
           the
           course
           of
           all
           his
           actions
           .
           O
           how
           many
           have
           inconsiderately
           perished
           by
           the
           poysonous
           Pills
           of
           this
           familiar
           and
           bosom-nurs'd
           Impostor
           !
        
         
           We
           shall
           little
           need
           to
           travel
           far
           for
           Instances
           of
           this
           kind
           :
           our
           own
           Coast
           can
           furnish
           us
           with
           plentious
           store
           ,
           and
           in
           high
           Place
           ,
           and
           of
           eminent
           quality
           :
           Persons
           excellently
           gifted
           ,
           who
           ,
           miserably
           depraved
           by
           that
           infectious
           malady
           of
           corrupt
           Gehezi
           ,
           suffer'd
           themselves
           to
           ingage
           their
           honour
           for
           shameful
           lucre
           :
           nay
           ,
           to
           aggravate
           their
           folly
           ,
           how
           many
           have
           we
           known
           ,
           who
           ,
           continent
           enough
           in
           their
           own
           desires
           ,
           through
           an
           ambitious
           humour
           of
           maintaining
           their
           
             riotous
             followers
          
           in
           a
           deportment
           above
           their
           rank
           or
           quality
           ,
           have
           patiently
           endur'd
           to
           see
           themselves
           with
           
             open
             eyes
          
           palpably
           cousen'd
           ,
           and
           abused
           ,
           by
           those
           
             Officious
             Lerchers
          
           ,
           and
           
             Licentious
             Lechers
          
           ,
           to
           their
           irreparable
           dishonour
           ,
           without
           gain
           to
           themselves
           !
        
         
           Now
           for
           this
           Office
           whereto
           you
           are
           deputed
           ,
           much
           cannot
           be
           expected
           ,
           because
           little
           will
           be
           offered
           ;
           yet
           as
           Petilarceny
           by
           our
           Law
           is
           punishable
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             Higher
             Felony
          
           ,
           though
           in
           a
           lower
           quality
           :
           so
           there
           be
           sundry
           
             petty
             abuses
          
           
           which
           may
           usually
           occurr
           ,
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           these
           Offices
           ,
           which
           by
           a
           superiour
           Power
           ,
           deserve
           due
           Censure
           .
           And
           ,
           from
           what
           source
           may
           these
           Obliquities
           arise
           ,
           but
           from
           your
           easie
           connivence
           towards
           those
           
             Puny
             Clarks
          
           imployed
           under
           you
           ?
        
         
           These
           ,
           though
           they
           know
           little
           ,
           they
           can
           find
           out
           the
           way
           of
           exacting
           Fees
           ,
           where
           none
           are
           due
           .
           No
           Discharge
           nor
           Acquittance
           must
           pass
           upon
           Receipt
           without
           advantage
           :
           wherein
           ,
           though
           it
           redound
           to
           the
           Clarks
           Gain
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           properly
           call'd
           the
           Masters
           Crime
           .
           Neither
           can
           I
           be
           less
           than
           jealous
           of
           the
           Officers
           themselves
           ,
           but
           that
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           through
           their
           indigence
           of
           spirit
           ,
           will
           not
           stick
           to
           become
           Master-Sharers
           in
           these
           imposed
           Exactions
           .
           But
           ,
           this
           is
           contriv'd
           so
           covertly
           ,
           that
           they
           know
           how
           to
           wipe
           their
           Mouths
           when
           they
           have
           eaten
           the
           sacrifice
           :
           resting
           secure
           from
           the
           confidence
           they
           have
           ,
           that
           none
           sees
           them
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           Subject
           not
           onely
           prayes
           ,
           but
           pays
           for
           the
           tender
           of
           his
           own
           ;
           returning
           dis-satisfied
           in
           all
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           cannot
           receive
           from
           the
           penurious
           Clark
           an
           Acquittance
           for
           what
           he
           has
           pay'd
           ,
           unless
           he
           inlarge
           the
           Accompt
           above
           what
           the
           Act
           injoyns
           the
           Subject
           to
           pay
           ,
           or
           the
           Officer
           to
           receive
           .
        
         
           Such
           as
           these
           deserve
           well
           to
           have
           that
           punishment
           inflicted
           on
           them
           ,
           which
           that
           
             Sicilian
             Rogue
          
           had
           pronounced
           on
           him
           for
           abusing
           the
           
           State
           with
           his
           Forgeries
           ,
           and
           counterfeat
           Declarations
           :
           being
           Sentenc'd
           to
           have
           his
           skin
           flaid
           ▪
           and
           made
           Parchment
           on
           ;
           whereon
           was
           to
           be
           writ
           in
           fair
           Capitals
           all
           such
           abusive
           Cheats
           as
           he
           had
           used
           :
           and
           to
           have
           it
           hung
           up
           in
           the
           
             Publick
             Court
          
           for
           an
           Annual
           Record
           ,
           or
           Caveat
           to
           Posterity
           ▪
           to
           deterr
           others
           from
           practising
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           Neither
           is
           it
           to
           be
           doubted
           ,
           but
           if
           due
           Examination
           were
           taken
           at
           this
           time
           of
           the
           mis-carriage
           of
           our
           Officials
           ,
           there
           might
           be
           found
           more
           than
           a
           
             good
             number
          
           guilty
           in
           this
           kind
           .
           Nor
           is
           there
           any
           thing
           more
           seriously
           considerable
           in
           these
           Publick
           Accompts
           ,
           than
           an
           exact
           inquisition
           after
           these
           self-interested
           men
           ;
           whose
           corrupt
           demeanure
           too
           usually
           foments
           a
           disgust
           betwixt
           Prince
           and
           Subject
           .
           This
           the
           Historian
           well
           observed
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             That
             Vespatians
             Collectors
             of
             his
             
               Vrine
               Money
            
             discontented
             the
             Romans
             more
             ,
             than
             the
             Imposition
             .
          
           Wherein
           one
           no
           less
           smartly
           than
           wittily
           reply'd
           to
           a
           Tax-Master
           ,
           upon
           his
           exaction
           of
           Fees
           :
           
             It
             seems
             ,
             Friend
             ,
             by
             your
             high
             demands
             ,
             that
             we
             must
             pay
             more
             than
             our
             Water
             comes
             to
             :
             We
             are
             well
             contented
             with
             paying
          
           Caesar
           
             for
             distilling
             our
             Water
             ,
             but
             not
             with
             you
             for
             casting
             it
             .
          
        
         
           These
           Casters
           are
           such
           Castawayes
           ,
           as
           they
           oft-times
           cast
           down
           the
           Governor
           under
           whom
           they
           live
           ,
           and
           by
           whose
           Command
           they
           are
           deputed
           to
           such
           tempting
           Offices
           .
           Tempting
           I
           may
           justly
           term
           them
           ;
           for
           ,
           methinks
           ,
           I
           hear
           them
           ingenuously
           
           confess
           with
           that
           corrupt
           Factor
           ,
           
             They
             could
             be
             as
             honest
             as
             any
             Mortals
             breathing
             ,
             if
             profit
             did
             not
             tempt
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Which
           aery
           excuse
           the
           notorioust
           Way-man
           may
           make
           ,
           in
           defence
           of
           his
           taking
           Trade
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           these
           ;
           for
           were
           there
           no
           hope
           of
           gain
           ,
           the
           Thief
           would
           take
           no
           pleasure
           in
           his
           peremtory
           Way-dialect
           of
           Stand
           and
           Deliver
           .
           Neither
           can
           I
           see
           why
           a
           severer
           Sentence
           should
           be
           pronounced
           on
           an
           
             High-way
             Taker
          
           ,
           than
           a
           State-Iugler
           .
           Their
           desires
           are
           grounded
           on
           equal
           Principles
           ;
           the
           onely
           difference
           in
           their
           course
           of
           Practice
           is
           this
           :
           the
           one
           playes
           his
           tricks
           more
           covertly
           than
           the
           other
           .
           The
           one
           wears
           his
           Visard
           on
           his
           Face
           ,
           the
           other
           on
           his
           Breast
           .
           But
           much
           less
           Art
           is
           requir'd
           in
           that
           Work
           of
           the
           Way
           ,
           than
           Designs
           of
           the
           Pate
           .
           This
           relyes
           much
           on
           an
           active
           spirit
           ;
           that
           on
           a
           subtile
           brain
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           how
           I
           have
           sometimes
           in
           my
           imployment
           in
           these
           Services
           ,
           usually
           observed
           how
           the
           indigence
           of
           Agents
           ,
           bestow'd
           on
           these
           Affairs
           ,
           works
           strange
           effects
           in
           the
           current
           of
           all
           Publick
           Proceedings
           .
           Honesty
           is
           dangerously
           incountred
           ,
           when
           accosted
           by
           Poverty
           .
        
         
           Ships
           Sail
           safely
           ,
           and
           hold
           their
           road
           calmly
           ,
           when
           they
           meet
           with
           no
           surging
           waves
           to
           combat
           with
           ,
           nor
           contrary
           winds
           to
           play
           ,
           and
           apply
           their
           fury
           on
           their
           Top-sails
           .
        
         
           In
           these
           times
           ,
           where
           Corruption
           has
           crept
           so
           
           subtilely
           into
           every
           
             Official
             Corner
          
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           strange
           kind
           of
           confidence
           rides
           on
           its
           foot-Cloath
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           got
           a
           privilege
           to
           abuse
           Iustice
           with
           impunity
           ;
           it
           were
           a
           rare
           sight
           to
           see
           a
           Person
           of
           that
           even
           temper
           ,
           whom
           Fortune
           cannot
           conquer
           ,
           nor
           hope
           of
           preferment
           alter
           .
           The
           thoughts
           of
           a
           
             better
             World
          
           become
           such
           strangers
           to
           Man
           ,
           as
           they
           un-man
           him
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           forgetful
           of
           his
           Primitive
           honour
           ,
           or
           of
           rising
           hopes
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           It
           were
           easie
           to
           present
           to
           your
           view
           ,
           with
           out
           any
           
             artificial
             Scean
          
           at
           all
           ,
           to
           display
           them
           ,
           sundry
           Persons
           desertlesly
           made
           great
           ,
           how
           they
           have
           laid
           a
           rust
           on
           their
           
             gilded
             Honour
          
           ;
           as
           if
           they
           intended
           by
           a
           
             just
             fate
          
           ,
           through
           their
           abusive
           Cheats
           ,
           and
           dangerous
           Designs
           ,
           to
           throw
           themselves
           down
           to
           the
           dust
           from
           whence
           they
           were
           raised
           .
        
         
           These
           might
           be
           compared
           to
           that
           unadvis'd
           Numidian
           ,
           who
           being
           advanc'd
           from
           a
           Flax-man
           to
           a
           Place
           of
           Quality
           ;
           but
           resting
           dis-satisfi'd
           with
           that
           Preferment
           ,
           by
           playing
           the
           cunning
           Jugler
           ,
           he
           was
           adjudged
           to
           have
           his
           new-purchas'd
           Honour
           twich't
           up
           in
           a
           
             Flaxen
             Halter
          
           ,
           from
           whence
           he
           had
           his
           first
           Rise
           and
           Vocation
           .
        
         
           That
           wise
           Politician
           gave
           us
           a
           singular
           Caution
           in
           the
           Election
           of
           Persons
           fit
           to
           bear
           Offices
           .
           Never
           to
           make
           choice
           of
           such
           as
           are
           found
           either
           weak
           in
           Estate
           ,
           Judgment
           ,
           or
           suspected
           Fidelity
           .
           And
           he
           confirms
           his
           Assertion
           with
           impregnable
           Reasons
           .
        
         
         
           Cursorily
           and
           methodically
           then
           to
           dilate
           on
           all
           these
           ,
           with
           the
           inconveniences
           that
           usually
           befall
           in
           the
           Election
           of
           such
           as
           are
           lyable
           to
           any
           of
           those
           foresaid
           prejudices
           :
           In
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           I
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           call
           to
           mind
           the
           ingenuous
           confession
           of
           that
           faulty
           Pretorian
           ,
           who
           being
           not
           onely
           accused
           ,
           but
           impeached
           of
           sundry
           corrupt
           proceedings
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           his
           Office
           ,
           appear'd
           so
           unwilling
           to
           clear
           himself
           of
           those
           Crimes
           ,
           whereof
           he
           was
           accused
           ,
           as
           he
           freely
           acknowleged
           ;
           
             That
             the
             Corruption
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             became
             censur'd
             ,
             sprung
             not
             from
             any
             
               depraved
               affection
            
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             weakness
             of
             his
             condition
             ,
             concluding
             ;
             That
             he
             would
             have
             been
             honest
             enough
             ,
             if
             his
             want
             had
             given
             him
             leave
             .
          
        
         
           Those
           times
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           resembled
           these
           we
           live
           in
           :
           Poverty
           was
           too
           low
           a
           step
           to
           raise
           any
           one
           to
           Preferment
           .
           The
           Court-gate
           was
           shut
           to
           them
           who
           knock'd
           with
           an
           empty
           hand
           :
           which
           our
           *
           Modern
           Poet
           wittily
           shadowed
           at
           ,
           saying
           :
           
             
               Curia
               Pauperibus
               clausa
               est
               :
               Hic
               solus
               honores
            
             
               Aulicus
               emeruit
               qui
               Satur
               aere
               fuit
               .
            
             
               He
               that
               is
               poor
            
             
               Must
               stand
               at
               Door
            
             
               Though
               loyal
               to
               the
               King
               ;
            
             
               While
               One
               more
               base
               ,
            
             
               Swoln
               great
               by
               's
               Place
               ,
            
             
               May
               boldly
               enter
               in
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           It
           is
           the
           property
           of
           these
           to
           make
           use
           of
           those
           old
           English
           Proverbs
           ,
           
             By
             making
             Hay
             while
             the
             Sun
             shines
          
           :
           and
           
             Striking
             while
             the
             Iron
             is
             hot
             .
          
           Now
           ,
           would
           you
           know
           from
           whence
           this
           intentiveness
           usually
           proceeds
           ?
           This
           ariseth
           from
           a
           jealousie
           they
           apprehend
           from
           their
           own
           Carriage
           :
           They
           fear
           the
           discovery
           of
           their
           actions
           :
           and
           consequently
           deprival
           of
           their
           Places
           ;
           for
           depravation
           can
           expect
           no
           less
           than
           deprivation
           .
           This
           quickneth
           their
           endeavours
           in
           hope
           to
           be
           rich
           :
           and
           store
           their
           ravenous
           Nests
           with
           others
           Feathers
           .
           These
           be
           those
           Kings-fishers
           who
           prey
           both
           by
           Land
           and
           Water
           .
           They
           take
           all
           for
           Fish
           that
           comes
           to
           Net
           :
           without
           sticking
           at
           small
           game
           before
           they
           stand
           out
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           whereas
           they
           are
           advertis'd
           by
           some
           of
           their
           Confidents
           (
           for
           these
           must
           have
           their
           Coys
           ,
           or
           they
           shall
           play
           Bankrupts
           in
           their
           Office
           )
           that
           their
           reign
           is
           not
           likely
           to
           be
           long
           ,
           in
           regard
           ,
           the
           Eyes
           of
           those
           Counties
           ,
           where
           they
           officiate
           ,
           have
           taken
           Notice
           of
           their
           Shuffling
           :
           their
           onely
           way
           then
           to
           thrive
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           play
           at
           Catch-doult
           ,
           and
           to
           gather
           up
           his
           Crums
           before
           the
           Table
           be
           drawn
           :
           and
           so
           be
           call'd
           to
           Accompt
           ,
           before
           he
           has
           had
           sufficient
           time
           ,
           either
           to
           receive
           his
           full
           share
           ,
           or
           discharge
           the
           Audit.
           But
           in
           these
           ,
           as
           in
           Places
           of
           higher
           Command
           ,
           and
           richer
           Imployment
           ,
           Those
           ,
           who
           cordially
           wish
           their
           Security
           ,
           apply
           this
           seasonable
           counsel
           to
           their
           distemper'd
           
           brains
           and
           occasional
           fears
           :
           presently
           after
           the
           full
           Receipts
           of
           their
           rackt
           Fees
           ,
           or
           Commissionary
           Bribes
           ,
           to
           make
           recourse
           to
           their
           Countrey
           House
           ,
           and
           play
           least
           in
           sight
           ;
           till
           the
           Storm
           be
           past
           ,
           and
           the
           State-Inquisition
           run
           out
           of
           breath
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           they
           be
           found
           egregiously
           Criminal
           ,
           they
           have
           Presidents
           in
           their
           Pockets
           ,
           instrumental
           enough
           for
           rebating
           the
           edge
           of
           Justice
           .
           It
           is
           not
           so
           long
           since
           but
           they
           can
           well
           remember
           (
           and
           may
           those
           Sanguinary
           times
           be
           ever
           ached
           in
           Rubrick
           Letters
           )
           how
           those
           plump
           Assassinats
           ,
           who
           had
           inlarged
           their
           Babel
           Buildings
           many
           Stories
           high
           upon
           our
           ruines
           ,
           had
           mounted
           their
           Banks
           in
           forein
           Nations
           ;
           hoping
           by
           that
           means
           ,
           if
           it
           should
           chance
           that
           times
           should
           change
           ,
           and
           Rebellion
           fall
           from
           it self
           ,
           to
           support
           their
           decays
           by
           those
           transported
           ,
           but
           extorted
           treasures
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           there
           imbursed
           :
           So
           wise
           was
           Treason
           in
           providing
           for
           its
           own
           supportance
           and
           security
           against
           a
           time
           of
           Extremity
           .
        
         
           But
           their
           
             Crocodile
             Eggs
          
           prov'd
           adle
           ;
           and
           their
           Hatchers
           miserable
           :
           may
           the
           like
           Issue
           befall
           these
           indigent
           
             Corrupt
             Commissioners
          
           ,
           who
           officiate
           onely
           for
           Self-interest
           ,
           to
           the
           dishonour
           of
           their
           Soveraign
           ,
           and
           prejudice
           of
           his
           People
           .
        
         
           Neither
           can
           we
           less
           than
           doubt
           but
           that
           these
           
             close
             Pioneres
          
           of
           our
           State
           ,
           by
           Plowing
           deep
           with
           
           our
           own
           Heyfers
           ,
           have
           been
           the
           occasion
           of
           sowing
           the
           Seed
           of
           Sedition
           in
           our
           late-imbroiled
           Nation
           .
        
         
           So
           dangerous
           it
           is
           to
           exasperate
           a
           Multitude
           in
           raising
           and
           levying
           Assesses
           (
           be
           they
           never
           so
           legal
           ;
           )
           by
           prolling
           avaricious
           Officers
           ,
           who
           make
           it
           their
           Vocation
           to
           abuse
           the
           Subject
           ,
           to
           inrich
           themselves
           :
           and
           lay
           a
           Ground-work
           ,
           by
           their
           seldom-thriving
           providence
           ,
           for
           their
           succeeding
           ,
           but
           successless
           Posterity
           .
           So
           quickly
           was
           the
           flame
           of
           their
           rising
           fortunes
           quenched
           ,
           and
           to
           ashes
           pittilesly
           reduced
           .
        
         
           What
           fearful
           Consequences
           these
           
             Needful
             Agents
          
           have
           produc'd
           ,
           Records
           in
           all
           times
           will
           manifest
           .
        
         
           High
           Taxes
           are
           sufficient
           foments
           to
           Division
           ,
           without
           such
           offensive
           Instruments
           ,
           who
           too
           often
           estrange
           stirring
           spirits
           from
           their
           Allegeance
           .
        
         
           Neither
           be
           those
           to
           be
           made
           choice
           on
           for
           Commissioners
           ,
           in
           raising
           ,
           ordering
           ,
           and
           collecting
           of
           these
           Subsidies
           ,
           or
           any
           dispensatory
           Act
           ,
           who
           are
           of
           a
           weak
           or
           shallow
           Iudgment
           .
        
         
           These
           may
           be
           Men
           of
           a
           good
           meaning
           ,
           but
           wanting
           discretion
           to
           manage
           their
           meaning
           ,
           they
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           involved
           in
           many
           inextricable
           Windings
           ,
           and
           gross
           Errors
           ;
           which
           their
           easie
           apprehensions
           and
           indulgent
           humours
           expose
           them
           to
           :
           being
           so
           unable
           to
           proportion
           a
           Charge
           ,
           as
           they
           usually
           lay
           the
           
             heaviest
             
             load
          
           on
           the
           
             weakest
             back
          
           :
           all
           which
           they
           doe
           without
           the
           least
           intention
           of
           injury
           ,
           but
           meerly
           forth
           of
           ignorance
           ,
           or
           simplicity
           :
           which
           might
           have
           been
           covertly
           ,
           and
           without
           discovery
           shrouded
           ,
           if
           their
           ambitious
           weakness
           could
           have
           been
           contented
           with
           privacy
           ,
           and
           wisely
           retired
           from
           the
           pursuance
           of
           Publick
           imployment
           .
           *
           For
           ,
           as
           Preferment
           is
           the
           best
           Herald
           in
           displaying
           the
           temper
           of
           the
           enjoyer
           ;
           so
           
             Publick
             Ingagements
          
           discover
           best
           the
           abilities
           of
           the
           Undertaker
           .
        
         
           Galba
           was
           held
           worthy
           of
           an
           Empire
           ,
           till
           he
           became
           an
           Emperour
           :
           and
           Caelius
           to
           be
           Consul
           ,
           till
           he
           was
           made
           a
           Consul
           .
           We
           know
           not
           what
           men
           be
           ,
           nor
           how
           they
           may
           prove
           ,
           untill
           the
           Places
           ,
           or
           Offices
           ,
           whereto
           they
           are
           deputed
           ,
           take
           off
           their
           Visards
           ,
           and
           present
           them
           naked
           .
        
         
           That
           
             Divine
             Cynick
          
           ,
           one
           no
           less
           wise
           than
           surly
           ,
           being
           one
           day
           at
           a
           Feast
           (
           un-invited
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           for
           his
           inbred
           incivility
           rendred
           him
           unsuitable
           for
           such
           Meetings
           )
           observing
           a
           Guest
           amongst
           the
           rest
           to
           sit
           silent
           ,
           whil'st
           others
           appear'd
           more
           free
           in
           their
           discourse
           ;
           with
           a
           rough
           brow
           addressed
           his
           speech
           unto
           him
           in
           this
           manner
           :
           
             If
             Wise
             ,
             thou
             art
             a
             Fool
             in
             holding
             thy
             peace
             ;
             If
             a
             Fool
             ,
             thou
             art
             wise
             in
             holding
             it
             .
          
        
         
           Such
           Weaklings
           as
           these
           ,
           who
           are
           of
           a
           
             Pen-feather'd
             
             Iudgment
          
           ,
           might
           make
           good
           use
           of
           this
           Observation
           :
           ever
           looking
           on
           Harpocrates
           Signe
           ,
           with
           his
           finger
           on
           his
           mouth
           :
           For
           more
           Wisdom
           is
           shown
           in
           not
           speaking
           at
           all
           ,
           than
           in
           speaking
           to
           no
           purpose
           .
           Of
           which
           impertinency
           we
           shall
           hear
           many
           of
           our
           
             Commissionary
             Rank
          
           highly
           conscious
           .
        
         
           This
           might
           be
           instanc'd
           in
           that
           ignorant
           Want-brain
           ;
           who
           ,
           assuming
           to
           himself
           the
           Authority
           of
           Examining
           a
           Clark
           of
           the
           Market
           (
           an
           Office
           ,
           doubtlessly
           ,
           more
           abused
           than
           any
           other
           throughout
           the
           Kingdom
           )
           made
           this
           simple
           demand
           in
           a
           Publick
           Assembly
           ,
           
             Whether
             by
             the
             vertue
             of
             his
             Office
             he
             was
             to
             weigh
             the
             Bakers
             bread
             by
             
               Troys
               Weight
            
             ,
             or
             
               Haver
               de
               Poy
            
             ?
          
           Whereto
           the
           Clark
           no
           less
           ingeniously
           answered
           :
           
             Your
             Worship
             might
             as
             well
             ask
             me
             ,
             why
             Broad
             Cloath
             should
             not
             be
             measur'd
             as
             well
             by
             the
             Bushel
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             Yard
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Chusing
           of
           such
           
             Empty
             Casks
          
           ,
           which
           sound
           lowdest
           when
           emptiest
           ,
           redounds
           ever
           to
           the
           dishonour
           of
           the
           Undertaker
           ,
           the
           Scandal
           of
           the
           Preferrer
           ,
           and
           Prejudice
           of
           all
           such
           as
           stand
           lyable
           to
           the
           ignorance
           of
           their
           Censure
           .
           But
           to
           insist
           no
           longer
           on
           these
           ,
           I
           am
           briefly
           to
           give
           a
           touch
           of
           a
           more
           dangerous
           and
           untunable
           Instrument
           ,
           for
           the
           managery
           of
           State-Affairs
           ,
           than
           either
           of
           the
           other
           .
           For
           ,
           neither
           he
           whose
           Estate
           is
           indigent
           :
           Nor
           he
           who
           is
           of
           a
           weak
           and
           defective
           Iudgment
           ,
           can
           possibly
           appear
           so
           fatally
           
           noxious
           in
           the
           blameless
           discharge
           of
           their
           Duties
           ,
           as
           he
           who
           retains
           such
           a
           Coar
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           as
           it
           can
           afford
           no
           room
           to
           lodge
           Fidelity
           in
           to
           his
           Prince
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           other
           two
           ,
           as
           the
           one
           had
           more
           Policy
           than
           Honesty
           ;
           the
           other
           more
           
             simple
             Honesty
          
           than
           
             prudent
             Policy
          
           :
           So
           he
           ,
           whom
           we
           are
           now
           to
           speak
           of
           ,
           and
           whom
           we
           are
           ,
           like
           an
           impartial
           Herald
           ,
           to
           deblazon
           in
           his
           own
           native
           colours
           ,
           is
           an
           Engine
           of
           Treachery
           .
        
         
           Under
           a
           fair
           and
           loyal
           Habit
           ,
           he
           ever
           lodgeth
           a
           Seianus
           spirit
           .
           He
           is
           never
           found
           fishing
           in
           calm
           Waters
           :
           being
           the
           onely
           Incendiary
           to
           blow
           the
           Coals
           of
           Division
           in
           every
           peaceable
           State.
           
        
         
           Neither
           is
           he
           onely
           treacherously
           Ambitious
           ,
           but
           malitiously
           Envious
           .
        
         
           As
           one
           of
           these
           Seditious
           innovating
           spirits
           lately
           used
           one
           of
           his
           Fellow-Commissioners
           ,
           far
           honester
           than
           himself
           ,
           accusing
           him
           to
           be
           a
           Red-Letter'd
           Man
           ,
           (
           meaning
           a
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           )
           and
           consequently
           incapable
           of
           any
           such
           Commission
           .
           But
           being
           brought
           to
           their
           Book
           by
           One
           discreeter
           than
           them
           both
           ,
           they
           were
           so
           equally
           learn'd
           ,
           as
           neither
           of
           them
           could
           distinguish
           a
           Red
           Letter
           from
           a
           Black.
           
        
         
           Howsoever
           ,
           though
           some
           of
           these
           be
           no
           Book-men
           ,
           they
           have
           designing
           Pates
           ,
           apt
           to
           Mint
           and
           Mould
           Mischief
           to
           their
           future
           advantage
           ,
           be
           the
           Ground-work
           never
           so
           Sandy
           whereon
           they
           build
           .
        
         
         
           I
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           strengthen
           your
           opinion
           in
           this
           point
           with
           variety
           of
           Instances
           ;
           we
           have
           had
           sufficient
           store
           hovering
           at
           our
           own
           Gates
           ;
           the
           sad
           shares
           whereof
           ,
           even
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           appear
           in
           the
           ruines
           of
           many
           loyal
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           should
           sound
           these
           State-Whiflers
           to
           the
           bottom
           ,
           (
           and
           no
           Inquisition
           more
           necessary
           )
           we
           might
           find
           them
           under
           the
           counterfeit
           pretence
           of
           loyal
           Service
           ,
           from
           which
           their
           disjoynted
           affections
           have
           been
           long
           estranged
           ,
           seemingly
           to
           bemoan
           the
           heavy
           condition
           of
           a
           Subject
           ,
           and
           how
           compassionately
           They
           suffer'd
           in
           that
           behalf
           ,
           seeing
           him
           crusht
           with
           the
           insupportable
           burden
           of
           his
           Pressures
           .
        
         
           And
           whereto
           tends
           all
           this
           ,
           but
           to
           exasperate
           the
           Subject
           against
           his
           Soveraign
           :
           and
           under
           the
           colour
           of
           a
           gracious
           Commissioner
           ,
           act
           the
           part
           of
           a
           graceless
           Traitor
           ?
        
         
           All
           which
           ,
           to
           trace
           the
           Observation
           of
           a
           judicious
           and
           well-studied
           States-Man
           ,
           occasionally
           ariseth
           from
           the
           security
           of
           a
           remiss
           ,
           or
           libertine
           Prince
           ,
           who
           indulgeth
           his
           affections
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           they
           beget
           in
           him
           a
           Lethargy
           to
           the
           Affairs
           of
           State
           :
           which
           might
           be
           instanc'd
           in
           
             Domitian
             ,
             Vitellius
          
           ,
           and
           Decian
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           Divine
           Providence
           has
           return'd
           us
           such
           a
           Prince
           ,
           who
           by
           his
           vigilant
           inspection
           over
           his
           Military
           and
           Civil
           concerns
           ,
           and
           timely
           remove
           of
           all
           such
           
             pernicious
             Instruments
          
           ,
           as
           never
           ingaged
           for
           their
           Soveraign
           ,
           yet
           had
           so
           
           much
           impudence
           ,
           as
           to
           expect
           Honours
           ,
           with
           other
           advantagious
           helps
           ,
           the
           least
           whereof
           they
           neither
           merited
           ,
           nor
           by
           
             derserving
             Favourites
          
           pursued
           :
           Has
           hereby
           revived
           our
           late
           depressed
           Spirits
           ,
           by
           shutting
           his
           Royal
           Gates
           of
           these
           
             abusive
             Court-ingles
          
           :
           and
           by
           consequence
           ,
           his
           Highness
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           has
           his
           loyal
           Subjects
           in
           their
           Primitive
           security
           ,
           and
           his
           Sacred
           Person
           in
           a
           calm
           and
           peaceful
           safety
           .
        
         
           Such
           is
           the
           assured
           confidence
           of
           all
           
             loyal
             Spirits
          
           ,
           whose
           known
           fidelity
           can
           abide
           the
           touch
           ,
           and
           whose
           integrity
           never
           incurred
           taint
           .
           Nor
           can
           it
           be
           imagined
           ,
           much
           less
           feared
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           royal
           gratitude
           of
           so
           
             gracious
             a
             Master
          
           will
           amply
           gratifie
           their
           gallant
           Service
           ,
           who
           have
           ingaged
           their
           Lifes
           ,
           Freedoms
           ,
           and
           Fortunes
           in
           defence
           of
           his
           Cause
           ,
           and
           Preservation
           of
           his
           Person
           .
           So
           as
           those
           treacherous
           Assassins
           could
           not
           be
           more
           mischievous
           in
           plotting
           his
           ruine
           ,
           than
           Sacred
           Providence
           appear'd
           each
           where
           propitious
           ,
           in
           preparing
           an
           
             Hollow
             Oak
          
           for
           his
           Shelter
           ,
           in
           a
           time
           of
           necessity
           :
           but
           
             loyal
             Hearts
          
           to
           succour
           in
           his
           height
           of
           extremity
           .
           Which
           gracious
           and
           unexemplary
           Deliverance
           ,
           may
           it
           be
           writ
           with
           the
           Point
           of
           a
           Diamond
           in
           the
           Memories
           both
           of
           Prince
           and
           People
           ;
           that
           our
           Thankfullness
           may
           never
           incurr
           an
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           for
           such
           a
           signal
           Evidence
           of
           Mercy
           .
        
         
           But
           leaving
           these
           dangerous
           Tetters
           which
           we
           
           formerly
           touched
           ,
           and
           wherewith
           Publick
           Commissions
           have
           been
           usually
           tainted
           ;
           holding
           them
           the
           refuse
           of
           a
           corrupt
           State
           ,
           and
           as
           we
           ought
           ,
           in
           an
           incapacity
           to
           any
           Magisterial
           Service
           ;
           my
           conclusive
           Cloze
           shall
           be
           an
           Address
           to
           Your self
           ,
           for
           whose
           use
           ,
           in
           this
           Your
           Commissionary
           Charge
           ,
           I
           prepared
           these
           Advertisements
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           It
           is
           well
           known
           to
           your
           Countrey
           ,
           wherein
           you
           have
           shown
           your self
           an
           eminent
           and
           faithful
           Member
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           liable
           to
           none
           of
           those
           Exceptions
           above-mention'd
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           in
           the
           
             First
             Place
          
           ,
           your
           fulness
           of
           Estate
           has
           free'd
           you
           from
           being
           indigent
           ;
           and
           consequently
           no
           way
           necessitated
           to
           take
           rewards
           .
        
         
           Nor
           by
           those
           excellent
           helps
           of
           your
           Education
           and
           Natural
           Parts
           ,
           so
           weak
           in
           Iudgment
           ,
           as
           to
           appear
           ignorant
           of
           what
           you
           ought
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           Nor
           in
           the
           Principles
           of
           Loyalty
           so
           deficient
           ,
           as
           to
           swerve
           the
           least
           Iota
           from
           your
           Allegiance
           .
        
         
           Being
           thus
           furnish'd
           ,
           what
           less
           can
           be
           expected
           ,
           but
           that
           you
           will
           go
           on
           with
           honour
           :
           and
           to
           your
           Reputation
           hold
           that
           Dimension
           ,
           as
           may
           suit
           with
           a
           Person
           of
           your
           Quality
           ,
           a
           deserving
           Branch
           of
           your
           Family
           ,
           by
           clearing
           your self
           from
           jealousie
           ,
           and
           rendring
           content
           with
           all
           indearment
           to
           your
           Countrey
           ?
        
         
           Neither
           is
           it
           sufficient
           to
           approve
           your self
           onely
           blameless
           in
           your
           own
           deportment
           ,
           which
           
           ought
           to
           be
           Exemplary
           :
           but
           to
           rectifie
           others
           of
           your
           Society
           ,
           if
           in
           any
           point
           blame-worthy
           .
           For
           that
           Position
           will
           ever
           hold
           water
           :
           
             He
             ,
             who
             holds
             in
             Competition
             ,
             or
             stands
             joyntly
             impowr'd
             by
             Commission
             ;
             and
             in
             that
             parity
             ,
             or
             equality
             of
             Command
             ,
             understands
             his
             Fellow
             to
             be
             in
             the
             irregular
             course
             of
             his
             Proceedings
             an
             Offender
             ;
             makes
             himself
             guilty
             of
             the
             Offence
             ,
             if
             he
             act
             not
             by
             his
             best
             Endevour
             to
             reform
             that
             Error
             .
          
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           look
           on
           your
           
             Subsidy
             Men
          
           with
           an
           equal
           eye
           ;
           the
           serious
           survey
           whereof
           will
           present
           an
           Act
           of
           Justice
           and
           Piety
           .
        
         
           
             Post-script
             .
          
           
             WE
             heard
             of
             late
             that
             you
             were
             grown
             eminent
             in
             the
             Eye
             of
             the
             Court.
             Play
             the
             rare
             Phoenix
             ,
             an
             
               Honest
               Man.
            
             
          
           
             Abuse
             not
             the
             Princes
             Favour
             ,
             to
             inhance
             your
             own
             honour
             .
             The
             Court
             is
             no
             place
             of
             permanence
             .
             This
             day
             one
             story
             higher
             ;
             next
             day
             so
             low
             ,
             as
             none
             can
             fall
             lower
             .
             The
             onely
             way
             to
             remain
             long
             Great
             ,
             is
             by
             a
             
               deserving
               Mean
            
             to
             attain
             and
             retein
             Grace
             .
             To
             beg
             a
             Pardon
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             for
             preferring
             ,
             or
             begging
             any
             unjust
             Sute
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Earth
             .
             Neither
             can
             any
             Clawing
             Courtier
             
             gain
             so
             much
             by
             his
             Compliance
             on
             Earth
             ,
             as
             he
             loseth
             by
             his
             thoughts
             Non-residence
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
           
             Remember
             this
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             thrive
             as
             well
             ,
             though
             you
             Clime
             not
             so
             high
             ,
             as
             the
             best
             .
          
           
             
               Your
               Constant
               PHILOCLES
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           DEFENSIVE
           LETTER
           ,
           IN
           VINDICATION
           OF
           HIS
           FRIENDS
           HONOVR
           :
           Occasioned
           upon
           our
           late
           ASSESSES
           .
        
         
           FAme
           has
           been
           ever
           held
           of
           a
           more
           lavish
           tongue
           and
           swift
           wing
           ,
           than
           just
           in
           her
           Relations
           :
           This
           I
           hope
           the
           World
           will
           find
           verified
           in
           you
           .
           Your
           Countrey
           has
           made
           choice
           of
           you
           for
           her
           Patriot
           ;
           do
           not
           betray
           her
           trust
           .
           Accompt
           it
           your
           highest
           Preferment
           ,
           
           and
           without
           boasting
           ,
           your
           prime
           glory
           ,
           to
           advance
           the
           Conveniencies
           of
           your
           Countrey
           .
           And
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           your
           knowing
           endeavours
           may
           appear
           more
           instrumental
           herein
           ,
           take
           an
           exact
           survey
           of
           the
           accomodations
           and
           advantages
           properly
           conducing
           to
           that
           
             County
             ,
             Burrough
          
           ,
           or
           Mannor
           ,
           whereof
           you
           stand
           elected
           ,
           and
           deputed
           an
           assistant
           Member
           .
        
         
           Neither
           is
           it
           onely
           to
           fall
           into
           your
           consideration
           ,
           how
           ,
           by
           your
           discreet
           addresses
           ,
           you
           may
           advance
           the
           interests
           of
           that
           Place
           for
           which
           you
           stand
           ingaged
           ,
           nay
           Conscientiously
           obliged
           ;
           but
           ,
           how
           you
           may
           by
           a
           prudent
           and
           provident
           inspection
           avoid
           all
           obstructive
           wayes
           that
           shall
           occasion
           any
           dis-advantage
           in
           the
           improvement
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           should
           be
           the
           constant
           Task
           of
           all
           your
           
             fellow
             Consuls
          
           ,
           whose
           study
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           imployed
           about
           fishing
           in
           
             troubled
             waters
          
           ,
           as
           our
           Factious-fiery
           Spirits
           are
           usully
           affected
           :
           whose
           frisking
           humours
           hunt
           onely
           after
           a
           Change
           :
           making
           it
           the
           least
           of
           their
           care
           ,
           or
           fear
           ,
           if
           the
           State
           became
           a
           Bedlam
           ,
           so
           it
           were
           an
           House
           of
           their
           Foundation
           ;
           or
           a
           Political
           dis-joynted
           Body
           of
           their
           own
           Constitution
           .
           Nor
           like
           Court-Fauns
           ,
           complying
           with
           the
           Current
           of
           the
           time
           :
           and
           making
           Self-ends
           their
           primary
           designs
           .
           These
           have
           their
           Hooks
           trimm'd
           with
           the
           pleasantest
           ,
           but
           the
           perilousest
           Baits
           .
           Honours
           and
           Places
           be
           the
           attractive
           Adamants
           of
           these
           
           Eminent
           Favourites
           .
           Countrey
           relations
           ,
           with
           whatsoever
           is
           held
           most
           dear
           to
           conscientious
           Men
           ,
           must
           fall
           under
           the
           Grand
           Inquisition
           ;
           or
           what
           is
           worse
           ,
           incurr
           that
           
             Epidemical
             prejudice
          
           to
           all
           Royalists
           ,
           a
           perpetual
           
             Act
             of
             Oblivion
          
           .
           Preferments
           are
           personal
           concerns
           ,
           and
           must
           take
           place
           before
           Countrey
           Debates
           ,
           or
           Publick
           Interests
           ,
           else
           must
           these
           Cabinet
           Agents
           ,
           who
           officiate
           for
           themselves
           ,
           lose
           by
           the
           bargain
           .
        
         
           Dear
           Friend
           ,
           our
           long
           acquaintance
           ,
           seconded
           with
           such
           mutual
           regreets
           ,
           have
           deeply
           ingag'd
           me
           to
           the
           precious
           tender
           of
           your
           repute
           .
           Some
           will
           not
           stick
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           your
           Name
           is
           in
           the
           Class
           of
           those
           Court-shadows
           :
           and
           the
           pursute
           after
           Honour
           has
           made
           you
           forget
           the
           Place
           from
           whence
           you
           came
           ,
           or
           the
           Errand
           for
           which
           you
           were
           sent
           .
           Trust
           me
           ,
           I
           should
           rather
           wish
           you
           dead
           to
           Earth
           ,
           than
           live
           to
           such
           Fame
           .
           But
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           the
           World
           does
           bely
           you
           ,
           otherwise
           shall
           the
           world
           make
           me
           a
           stranger
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           Dead
           Flyes
           corrupt
           the
           precioust
           Ointments
           :
           and
           vicious
           Agents
           are
           fatally
           noxious
           to
           the
           best
           imployments
           .
           Therefore
           was
           it
           antiently
           observed
           in
           the
           Athenian
           State
           ,
           that
           none
           were
           to
           be
           Elected
           one
           of
           the
           Ephori
           ,
           a
           Place
           of
           Consular
           Dignity
           ,
           unless
           he
           were
           a
           Person
           of
           unquestion'd
           fame
           ,
           and
           whose
           eyes
           were
           shut
           from
           rewards
           ,
           or
           admiring
           Greatness
           .
           It
           is
           not
           long
           since
           (
           for
           we
           retein
           yet
           the
           scarrs
           of
           those
           Civil
           
           wounds
           and
           Warrs
           amongst
           us
           )
           your self
           was
           inrowled
           a
           Martial
           Commander
           in
           His
           defence
           ,
           to
           whom
           we
           owe
           our
           Allegeance
           .
           In
           which
           service
           ,
           what
           clear
           evidences
           of
           your
           prowess
           and
           valour
           were
           manifested
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           I
           shall
           ,
           as
           one
           known
           to
           your
           native
           Modesty
           ,
           be
           sparing
           to
           relate
           ;
           leaving
           it
           to
           the
           attest
           of
           your
           Countrey
           ,
           where
           your
           actions
           purchas'd
           that
           surviving
           glory
           .
           Onely
           let
           me
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           that
           Morning
           Canto
           ,
           which
           ,
           amidst
           all
           your
           dangers
           and
           disasters
           ,
           you
           so
           cheerfully
           breathed
           .
        
         
           
             The
             rising
             Sun
             shines
             gracefully
             on
             me
             ,
          
           
             Because
             a
             Subject
             sworn
             to
             Loyalty
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           ,
           upon
           what
           grounds
           could
           it
           be
           imagined
           ,
           how
           the
           gallantry
           of
           such
           an
           active
           spirit
           should
           so
           eagerly
           nibble
           at
           the
           light
           bait
           of
           fading
           honour
           ,
           or
           the
           deceiving
           hope
           of
           Preferment
           ;
           which
           generally
           begets
           more
           Foes
           than
           Friends
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           leaving
           the
           Projector
           weary
           of
           his
           purchase
           ,
           renders
           him
           a
           spectacle
           of
           scorn
           to
           his
           sleighted
           Family
           ?
        
         
           Let
           us
           search
           the
           Records
           of
           all
           such
           Men
           as
           have
           taken
           their
           rise
           by
           indirect
           wayes
           in
           these
           State-Assemblies
           !
           we
           may
           ,
           perchance
           ,
           find
           them
           ,
           like
           Isis
           Ass
           ,
           loaden
           with
           Honour
           ;
           so
           richly
           has
           their
           Complyance
           with
           Persons
           of
           Place
           gilded
           their
           
             New
             foundations
          
           ,
           for
           moulding
           ,
           
           or
           advancing
           pernicious
           Designs
           .
           But
           mark
           the
           issue
           of
           these
           timing
           Wits
           ,
           with
           the
           usual
           Catastrophe
           that
           attends
           them
           !
           They
           fall
           into
           such
           contempt
           by
           the
           purchase
           of
           their
           Mercenary
           and
           Immerited
           Honour
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           usually
           entertained
           by
           their
           abused
           Countrey
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           applause
           and
           approbation
           ,
           with
           scorn
           and
           derision
           .
        
         
           Hence
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           Stoick
           accompted
           the
           Lackquey
           more
           happy
           than
           his
           Master
           that
           road
           on
           his
           foot-Cloath
           .
           Though
           the
           one
           be
           fuller
           of
           State
           ,
           the
           other
           rests
           more
           secure
           .
           For
           the
           higher
           stands
           ever
           most
           exposed
           to
           danger
           .
           In
           publick
           imployments
           (
           if
           his
           abilities
           ingage
           his
           attendance
           in
           them
           )
           his
           actions
           become
           liable
           to
           censure
           :
           wherein
           ,
           if
           any
           Proposal
           ,
           or
           definite
           conclusion
           appear
           out
           of
           square
           ,
           the
           Instrument
           must
           be
           question'd
           .
           Admit
           it
           be
           never
           so
           lightly
           devious
           ,
           it
           must
           undergo
           the
           test
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           formal
           in
           most
           ,
           if
           defective
           in
           one
           ,
           a
           severe
           interpretation
           will
           accompany
           it
           .
           One
           drop
           of
           Coloquintida
           will
           spoil
           a
           whole
           Pot
           of
           Pottage
           .
           Especially
           in
           Publick
           Concerns
           ;
           where
           the
           voice
           of
           the
           People
           sounds
           loud
           .
        
         
           Every
           Tax
           ,
           or
           Assess
           ,
           becomes
           their
           Phlebotomist
           ;
           extracting
           blood
           from
           their
           veins
           :
           and
           native
           heat
           from
           the
           vital
           parts
           .
        
         
           One
           small
           Chick
           snatcht
           by
           the
           Kite
           ,
           begets
           more
           passion
           in
           a
           Pesant
           ,
           than
           the
           loss
           of
           an
           
           herd
           of
           Cattel
           suffer'd
           by
           a
           Community
           .
           This
           Individual
           Man
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           his
           own
           Sharer
           ,
           so
           in
           his
           suffrings
           he
           finds
           no
           equal
           Partner
           .
           Of
           others
           wounds
           nor
           wrongs
           he
           has
           no
           resentment
           ,
           so
           he
           injoy
           his
           own
           welfare
           and
           freedom
           .
           But
           when
           not
           onely
           one
           limb
           ,
           but
           the
           whole
           Body
           Politick
           groans
           under
           a
           burden
           of
           suitable
           nature
           ,
           it
           acts
           in
           the
           sufferers
           a
           communicable
           distemper
           .
           Then
           ,
           like
           our
           quaking
           Separatists
           ▪
           they
           find
           out
           retiring
           Places
           to
           vent
           their
           discontents
           in
           .
           Then
           they
           discover
           their
           Conditions
           ,
           ballanc'd
           with
           their
           insupportable
           pressures
           :
           but
           principally
           their
           joynt
           practises
           ,
           how
           they
           might
           inflict
           due
           revenge
           (
           so
           implacable
           is
           popular
           fury
           )
           upon
           the
           Designers
           of
           their
           sufferings
           :
           who
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           if
           they
           should
           fall
           into
           their
           clutches
           ,
           would
           expect
           no
           better
           usage
           than
           Absyrtus
           receiv'd
           from
           the
           remorceless
           hands
           of
           Medea
           ,
           to
           be
           rent
           piece-meal
           .
           Nor
           than
           ,
           that
           cunning
           ,
           but
           cruel
           Artist
           ,
           in
           that
           Tyrannick
           reign
           of
           Phalaris
           ,
           who
           commanded
           ,
           that
           the
           Inventor
           should
           be
           first
           tortur'd
           in
           his
           own
           Engine
           .
        
         
           Just
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           those
           whose
           onely
           study
           is
           Complacency
           :
           and
           whose
           supreme
           ends
           are
           self-ends
           ,
           should
           close
           their
           dayes
           in
           misery
           ,
           weaving
           up
           their
           Comical
           Court-Jubile
           in
           an
           Epilogue
           ;
           breathing
           nothing
           but
           disconsolate
           ayrs
           of
           an
           ensuing
           Tragedy
           .
           Such
           was
           the
           fate
           of
           Philotas
           :
           and
           may
           the
           like
           Issue
           personat
           
           the
           constant
           office
           of
           an
           Vsher
           to
           every
           Court-Sycophant
           :
           who
           ,
           under
           a
           seeming
           pretence
           of
           feeding
           the
           Exchequer
           ,
           starves
           the
           State.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           observ'd
           how
           that
           insinuating
           Favourite
           of
           Vespasian
           ,
           having
           closely
           whisper'd
           into
           the
           Emperours
           eares
           ,
           what
           vast
           advantage
           that
           unbecoming
           Tax
           of
           Vrin-Money
           would
           bring
           into
           his
           Coffers
           ;
           as
           one
           whose
           minde
           was
           naturally
           addicted
           to
           a
           pursute
           of
           profit
           :
           He
           hugged
           his
           design
           ,
           promising
           him
           an
           ample
           Reward
           for
           his
           ingenious
           contrivance
           of
           so
           useful
           a
           way
           (
           atrack
           never
           trod
           before
           )
           for
           inhancing
           the
           Revenues
           of
           his
           Treasury
           .
           But
           ,
           afterwards
           advertis'd
           ,
           how
           this
           Claw-Back
           pursu'd
           his
           own
           Interest
           ,
           making
           it
           his
           endeavour
           to
           become
           Contractor
           for
           that
           Grand
           Imposition
           ,
           and
           consequently
           not
           onely
           abuse
           the
           Subject
           ,
           but
           cheat
           the
           Emperour
           ;
           his
           hateful
           Projections
           brought
           him
           into
           such
           general
           contempt
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           not
           onely
           discarded
           the
           Court
           ,
           where
           he
           had
           such
           eminent
           reception
           :
           but
           in
           his
           Countrey
           too
           ,
           where
           he
           had
           forfeited
           his
           Reputation
           :
           being
           not
           onely
           scorn'd
           ,
           but
           houted
           at
           ,
           and
           Stigmatiz'd
           with
           this
           Mark
           of
           distinction
           :
           *
           
             Behold
             how
             proudly
             and
             hatefully
             that
             Piss-pot
             of
          
           Vespasian
           
             struts
             along
          
           !
        
         
           Sundry
           instances
           of
           this
           ungracious
           kind
           might
           be
           found
           ,
           both
           in
           our
           own
           time
           ,
           and
           Climes
           ,
           who
           appear'd
           eminent
           Ornaments
           in
           the
           
           Seats
           of
           Justice
           ,
           in
           their
           Countrey
           ;
           but
           ,
           no
           sooner
           call'd
           up
           by
           Publick
           Votes
           ,
           to
           do
           their
           Prince
           and
           Countrey
           Service
           ,
           than
           a
           Surreptitious
           hope
           of
           Preferment
           made
           them
           forgetful
           of
           their
           just
           imployment
           ;
           by
           playing
           the
           Crickets
           ,
           and
           hatching
           their
           
             Crocodile
             Eggs
          
           in
           Chimney
           Corners
           ;
           and
           Moulding
           
             Strange
             Assesses
          
           to
           dis-gust
           the
           People
           ,
           for
           their
           own
           interest
           .
           But
           ,
           a
           general
           contempt
           abridg'd
           most
           of
           these
           Mens
           days
           with
           a
           languishing
           discontent
           .
           Where
           I
           leave
           them
           .
        
         
           Be
           it
           your
           care
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           justifi'd
           your
           carriage
           in
           Publick
           Places
           ,
           to
           come
           off
           fair
           in
           your
           Deportment
           and
           Demeanure
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           Recourse
           ,
           you
           may
           return
           into
           your
           Countrey
           with
           Honour
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           A
           MALIGNANT
           ,
           Disswading
           HIM
           from
           HIS
           RESOLUTION
           .
        
         
           DEar
           Sir
           ;
           If
           any
           considerate
           reflection
           upon
           your
           Estate
           ,
           Repute
           ,
           the
           Affectionatest
           Wishes
           of
           your
           Intimatest
           Friends
           ,
           or
           a
           fair
           compliance
           with
           those
           ,
           who
           are
           nearest
           to
           you
           in
           blood
           ,
           or
           dearest
           in
           your
           esteem
           ,
           may
           prevail
           with
           you
           :
           timely
           consider
           your
           own
           hazardous
           condition
           .
           In
           your
           Ahderence
           and
           Loyalty
           to
           your
           Prince
           ,
           it
           can
           never
           repent
           you
           :
           you
           Walk
           in
           a
           smooth
           Conscientious
           Path
           :
           wherein
           ,
           howsoever
           some
           Occurrents
           may
           ,
           through
           a
           distemper'd
           Surfet
           of
           Peace
           ,
           interpose
           themselves
           ;
           they
           cannot
           
           perplex
           a
           Spirit
           Loyally
           affected
           .
           Pure
           and
           Integrious
           Minds
           are
           compared
           to
           sweet
           Odours
           :
           the
           more
           pounded
           ,
           the
           more
           redolent
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           if
           this
           pretended
           Cause
           of
           Publick
           safety
           ,
           or
           State-security
           ,
           counterpoize
           your
           Friends
           perswasions
           :
           Discuss
           every
           Motive
           ,
           and
           your
           discreeter
           judgment
           shall
           find
           every
           Argument
           that
           may
           be
           Objected
           by
           the
           
             Malignant
             Party
          
           ,
           infinitly
           defective
           .
           Their
           Propositions
           ,
           like
           Draco's
           Maxims
           ,
           writ
           all
           in
           blood
           .
           Aspersions
           thrown
           upon
           our
           Politick
           and
           Ecclesiastick
           Government
           ,
           without
           ground
           :
           Nothing
           desired
           by
           them
           ,
           that
           may
           conduce
           to
           the
           Publick
           good
           ;
           but
           by
           his
           Majesty
           with
           much
           alacrity
           seconded
           .
           So
           as
           ,
           unless
           a
           Well-Planted
           ,
           and
           long-flourishing
           Monarchy
           should
           be
           reduc'd
           to
           an
           Aristocracy
           ,
           or
           which
           is
           more
           to
           be
           fear'd
           ,
           an
           absolute
           Anarchy
           ;
           What
           could
           be
           with
           more
           facility
           inclin'd
           to
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           the
           Votes
           and
           Voices
           of
           a
           
             small
             remainder
          
           :
           who
           seem
           rather
           to
           stand
           upon
           singularity
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           than
           advancement
           of
           their
           Countreys
           honour
           ?
           What
           Miserie
           's
           these
           wofull
           Distractions
           have
           brought
           to
           our
           State
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           eye
           ,
           unless
           prejudicate
           ,
           but
           apparently
           sees
           ,
           and
           seeing
           suffers
           .
           This
           ,
           even
           many
           of
           those
           who
           nearliest
           sided
           with
           them
           ,
           have
           lately
           observed
           ,
           and
           so
           sensibly
           apprehended
           ;
           as
           they
           have
           interceded
           an
           Accommodation
           :
           wherein
           ,
           perceiving
           an
           averseness
           in
           some
           few
           Parliamentaries
           ,
           (
           and
           those
           
           who
           have
           run
           so
           deep
           an
           hazard
           upon
           his
           Majesties
           Displeasure
           ,
           as
           they
           find
           themselves
           hopeless
           ,
           by
           their
           Disloyal
           and
           Malapert
           passages
           ,
           to
           recover
           their
           impeach'd
           honour
           )
           They
           have
           since
           wholly
           declin'd
           from
           adhering
           to
           them
           :
           and
           ,
           with
           a
           Zealous
           Loyalty
           ,
           applyed
           themselves
           to
           his
           Majesties
           Commands
           :
           with
           a
           resolute
           desertion
           of
           all
           such
           ,
           whose
           Propositions
           trenched
           upon
           such
           desperate
           ends
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           very
           City
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           the
           Parliaments
           Exchequer
           ,
           has
           of
           late
           ,
           upon
           Maturer
           Consideration
           ,
           withdrawn
           their
           Contribution
           ;
           perceiving
           clearly
           ,
           how
           it
           neither
           suited
           with
           their
           Profit
           nor
           Honour
           ;
           but
           the
           utter
           ruine
           and
           extinction
           of
           both
           together
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           if
           you
           reserve
           your
           Eye
           for
           Events
           ;
           excepting
           these
           late
           *
           Lancashire
           Defeats
           ,
           you
           shall
           see
           their
           York-shire
           Forces
           defeated
           and
           dispersed
           ;
           Or
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           look
           nearer
           the
           Sun
           ,
           you
           shall
           collect
           ,
           by
           a
           more
           just
           and
           credible
           discovery
           ,
           than
           any
           Diurnal
           Relation
           ,
           (
           which
           ,
           for
           the
           Stationers
           Profit
           ,
           and
           Parliamentaries
           Credit
           ,
           becomes
           generally
           a
           Mint
           of
           untruths
           ,
           and
           unjustificable
           fictions
           )
           how
           his
           Majesties
           Forces
           daily
           increase
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliaments
           decrease
           :
           So
           ,
           as
           now
           ,
           success
           begins
           to
           smile
           upon
           the
           Justness
           of
           his
           Cause
           .
        
         
           Dear
           Sir
           ,
           with
           an
           unequal
           and
           uninteressed
           eye
           fix
           upon
           these
           :
           suffer
           your self
           to
           be
           undeceived
           ;
           
           and
           compose
           the
           residue
           of
           your
           Resolves
           to
           such
           fair
           and
           noble
           Presidents
           ,
           whose
           timely
           aversion
           from
           pertinacy
           ,
           and
           conversion
           to
           Loyalty
           ,
           have
           begot
           them
           esteem
           ;
           to
           their
           States
           and
           Persons
           safety
           :
           those
           individual
           fruits
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Fidelity
           .
           The
           least
           acquiescence
           whereto
           ,
           seconded
           by
           your
           own
           Pen
           ,
           shall
           incomparably
           cloze
           with
           the
           desires
           of
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             Affectionate
             well-wisher
             ,
             Vpon
             Retractation
             of
             your
             convinc'd
             error
             ,
             And
             Reliction
             of
             your
             Phanatick
             Humour
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Upon
           the
           LATE
           PLOT
           .
        
         
           HOw
           is
           it
           Zimries
           ,
           that
           you
           thus
           do
           Plot
           ;
        
         
           And
           ne're
           content
           you
           with
           the
           Preys
           you
           've
           got
           ?
        
         
           Look
           to
           your
           
             Ravenous
             Claws
          
           expos'd
           to
           pillage
           ,
        
         
           On
           every
           Loyal
           State
           ,
           Grange
           ,
           Mansion
           ,
           Village
           !
        
         
           Could
           not
           your
           Harpyes-fury
           be
           content
        
         
           With
           good
           Mens
           rapine
           ,
           ruine
           ,
           banishment
           ,
        
         
           Nor
           all
           the
           Miseries
           that
           Sea
           or
           Land
        
         
           By
           th'
           Tyranny
           of
           your
           licentious
           hand
        
         
           Could
           lay
           upon
           us
           ,
           satisfie
           your
           thirst
           ,
        
         
           Nor
           move
           remorse
           for
           what
           you
           did
           at
           first
           ;
        
         
           But
           Breath
           fresh
           veins
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           festring
           wound
        
         
           Larger
           and
           deeper
           than
           your
           Agents
           found
        
         
           In
           their
           
             Persidious
             Practise
          
           ;
           when
           no
           doubt
        
         
           Their
           aime
           was
           to
           destroy
           both
           Branch
           and
           Root
           ?
        
         
           Yet
           ,
           what
           was
           done
           against
           you
           for
           all
           this
           ?
        
         
           A
           fair
           
             Act
             of
             Oblivion
          
           Signed
           is
        
         
         
           For
           your
           Indemnity
           :
           and
           by
           it
           rest
        
         
           Safe
           ,
           having
           richly
           feather'd
           your
           Nest
        
         
           With
           Spoile
           of
           Royallists
           ,
           who
           ,
           well-affected
           ;
        
         
           Came
           short
           in
           Reaping
           th'
           Harvest
           they
           expected
           .
        
         
           "
           Some
           Honours
           they
           might
           get
           ,
           but
           ,
           all
           the
           while
        
         
           "
           Revenues
           wanted
           to
           support
           their
           Style
           :
        
         
           And
           ,
           as
           th'
           Weakest
           ever
           goes
           to
           th'
           Wall
           ,
        
         
           These
           had
           been
           fitter
           for
           an
           Hospital
           ;
        
         
           And
           there
           remain
           Immur'd
           ,
           secure
           ,
           at
           ease
           ,
        
         
           Than
           receive
           Honours
           when
           they
           want
           their
           Fees
        
         
           Thrice-happy
           Knights
           of
           Windsor
           who
           have
           go
        
         
           Both
           States
           and
           Styles
           for
           which
           you
           ventur'd
           not
        
         
           Nor
           felt
           
             hard
             Duties
          
           ,
           such
           as
           we
           have
           done
           ,
        
         
           Yet
           most
           of
           us
           blink-ey'd
           are
           look
           upon
           .
        
         
           Maugre
           these
           storms
           ,
           our
           thoughts
           be
           calm
           and
           still
        
         
           As
           if
           we
           were
           rewarded
           to
           our
           Will.
        
         
           So
           loyal
           and
           so
           faithfull
           try'd
           were
           we
           ,
        
         
           Wee
           'd
           fight
           for
           th'
           King
           in
           spite
           of
           poverty
           .
        
         
           Our
           Resolution
           could
           not
           be
           compar'd
        
         
           With
           theirs
           ,
           who
           fought
           to
           purchase
           a
           reward
           ,
        
         
           And
           that
           unjustly
           gain'd
           :
           for
           your
           delights
        
         
           Were
           to
           make
           us
           poor
           naked
           Adamites
           .
        
         
           Prowess
           and
           Prudence
           chalked
           forth
           our
           way
           ,
        
         
           Scorning
           those
           
             Craving
             Spirits
          
           fought
           for
           Pay
           ,
        
         
           So
           long
           as
           they
           'd
           Revenues
           of
           their
           own
           ,
        
         
           Or
           self-supportance
           to
           rely
           upon
           :
        
         
         
           They
           bearded
           danger
           ,
           and
           for
           honour
           fought
           ,
        
         
           Accompting
           Life
           a
           Tribute
           that
           they
           ought
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           
             right
             Gallantry
          
           ;
           for
           it
           did
           bring
           ,
        
         
           Midst
           all
           Extremes
           ,
           some
           comfort
           to
           our
           King
           :
        
         
           For
           in
           his
           service
           having
           spent
           their
           Store
           ,
        
         
           They
           spent
           their
           blood
           ,
           what
           could
           a
           Sov'raign
           more
           ?
        
         
           How
           much
           have
           you
           abus'd
           his
           Clemency
           ,
        
         
           Who
           ,
           having
           granted
           you
           Impunity
        
         
           For
           your
           
             mischievous
             pillage
          
           ,
           must
           be
           forc't
        
         
           To
           have
           your
           
             new
             Conspiracies
          
           indor'st
        
         
           In
           
             Sanguine
             Characters
          
           ,
           so
           deep
           imbru'd
        
         
           As
           they
           display
           your
           high
           ingratitude
           ;
        
         
           And
           ,
           make
           you
           Prodigies
           in
           after
           times
           ,
        
         
           Blushing
           at
           you
           who
           blush'd
           not
           at
           your
           Crimes
           ?
        
         
           How
           often
           have
           I
           in
           my
           Pastures
           known
        
         
           A
           Rogue
           Prance
           on
           a
           Horse
           that
           was
           mine
           own
           ,
        
         
           And
           ,
           in
           a
           brave
           insulting
           frontless
           sort
           ,
        
         
           Yet
           ,
           durst
           I
           not
           call
           him
           in
           question
           for
           't
           ?
        
         
           How
           often
           have
           I
           seen
           my
           Fatlings
           kill'd
           ?
        
         
           My
           Grounds
           and
           Medows
           by
           your
           Heifers
           till'd
           ?
        
         
           How
           often
           have
           I
           by
           mine
           own
           Door
           gone
           ,
        
         
           And
           seen
           my
           Pales
           and
           Houses
           trampled
           down
           :
        
         
           The
           Owner
           quite
           estranged
           from
           his
           Nest
           ,
        
         
           As
           if
           he
           had
           therein
           no
           Interest
           ?
        
         
           Rebells
           ,
           what
           would
           you
           have
           ?
           -
           
             I
             'd
             have
             you
             teacht
          
           ,
        
         
           As
           to
           us
           
             Cavaliers
             Hugh
             Peters
          
           Preacht
           .
        
         
         
           Would
           you
           enjoy
           our
           Lands
           ,
           our
           Stock
           ,
           our
           Store
           ,
        
         
           Or
           what
           's
           most
           deare
           to
           us
           :
           what
           would
           you
           more
           ?
        
         
           Take
           it
           ;
           nay
           ,
           in
           your
           seazure
           you
           'r
           so
           speedy
           ,
        
         
           As
           like
           
             Bould
             Men
          
           yee'ave
           taken
           it
           already
           .
        
         
           Let
           our
           Estates
           your
           Beggary
           advance
           ,
        
         
           Onely
           reserve
           us
           our
           Allegeance
        
         
           Which
           you
           ne'r
           car'd
           for
           :
           our
           sole
           task
           was
           toyl
           ,
        
         
           Restraint
           ,
           hard
           duties
           ,
           you
           receiv'd
           the
           Spoyl
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           when
           we
           were
           made
           bare
        
         
           And
           lean
           ,
           as
           ever
           Pharaohs
           Cattel
           were
           ;
        
         
           Such
           
             large
             Indulgence
          
           your
           
             brave
             Acts
          
           receive
           ,
        
         
           You
           'r
           free'd
           from
           Stigma's
           ,
           none
           dare
           call
           you
           Knave
           ,
        
         
           Roundhead
           ,
           or
           Crop-ear
           ,
           but
           be
           entertain'd
        
         
           For
           Friends
           ,
           when
           you
           have
           our
           Possessions
           gain'd
           .
        
         
           Yet
           ,
           while
           we
           must
           not
           call
           you
           this
           nor
           that
           ,
        
         
           We
           needs
           must
           hold
           you
           th'
           Assassins
           o
           th'
           State.
        
         
           But
           ,
           this
           we
           utter
           not
           ,
           for
           wee
           'r
           become
        
         
           To
           speak
           more
           with
           our
           thoughts
           than
           with
           our
           tongue
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           would
           not
           such
           
             desertless
             tyes
          
           as
           these
           ,
        
         
           Keep
           you
           from
           acting
           New
           Conspiracies
           ?
        
         
           "
           By
           this
           ,
           you
           knew
           to
           Justice
           what
           belong'd
           ,
        
         
           "
           To
           leave
           your
           States
           to
           them
           whom
           you
           had
           wrong'd
           .
        
         
           Howsoe're
           Heav'ns
           Iudgments
           shown
           ,
           your
           own
           hand
           delves
           ,
        
         
           What
           Grace
           remitted
           ,
           ruine
           to
           your selves
           .
        
         
           Those
           whom
           Heav'n
           means
           to
           shatter
           ,
           those
           it
           mads
           ,
        
         
           As
           may
           appear
           by
           these
           Rebellious
           Lads
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Upon
           the
           FACE
           of
           REBELLION
           :
           By
           the
           Hand
           of
           a
           ROYALLIST
           ,
           ARTFULLY
           DEBLAZON'D
           .
        
         
           REbellion
           headed
           Faction
           in
           this
           sort
           ,
        
         
           But
           prais'd
           be
           Heav'n
           ,
           some
           Heads
           were
           set
           up
           for
           't
           ;
        
         
           May
           Treason
           thrive
           so
           .
           -
           Seldom
           seen
           we
           have
        
         
           Sedition
           go
           gray-headed
           to
           the
           Grave
           .
        
         
           A
           Beast
           of
           Many
           Heads
           ;
           we
           well
           may
           call
        
         
           That
           Monsterous
           ,
           which
           grows
           Anarchical
           :
        
         
           Who
           kick
           at
           Princely
           Power
           ,
           &
           spurn
           a
           Crown
           ,
        
         
           Yet
           could
           brook
           wel
           to
           wear
           one
           of
           their
           own
           .
        
         
         
           These
           were
           those
           Nimrod-Nemeses
           of
           wrath
           ,
        
         
           Who
           beggar'd
           their
           Friends
           by
           
             Publick
             Faith
          
           ;
        
         
           Grinding
           them
           to
           th'
           
             Bare
             Bones
          
           ;
           much
           time
           mis-spent
           ,
        
         
           To
           make
           their
           Parliament
           a
           Iackalent
           ,
        
         
           Or
           a
           Shrove-Cock
           ,
           a
           whirle-gig
           of
           State
           ,
        
         
           For
           ev'ry
           Wag
           to
           throw
           his
           Cudgel
           at
           .
        
         
           These
           could
           not
           chuse
           ,
           but
           they
           might
           clearly
           see
           ,
        
         
           No
           Station
           manag'd
           without
           Soveraignty
           .
        
         
           Rivers
           owe
           their
           Allegeance
           to
           their
           Spring
           ,
        
         
           And
           ,
           these
           ,
           who
           had
           their
           Influence
           from
           the
           King
        
         
           Became
           his
           Tyrants
           .
           —
           But
           ,
           that
           Scean
           is
           done
           ,
        
         
           "
           May
           ne're
           such
           Acts
           stain
           th'
           face
           of
           Albion
           .
        
         
           "
           And
           may
           our
           Scutchions
           still
           Distinction
           bear
           ,
        
         
           "
           Betwixt
           a
           Rebell
           and
           a
           Cavaliere
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           FAREVVELL
           -
           CAROL
           ,
           To
           All
           COMMITTEE
           CARLES
           .
        
         
           FArewell
           
             Committee
             Men
          
           ,
           if
           ye
           be
           Men
           ,
        
         
           For
           ,
           I
           'd
           be
           loath
           to
           dedicate
           my
           Pen
        
         
           To
           Savages
           ;
           though
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           too
           ,
        
         
           Th'
           uncivil
           Arabs
           would
           forbear
           to
           do
           ,
        
         
           As
           you
           have
           done
           ,
           to
           any
           Neighbours
           State
           ,
        
         
           To
           pill
           him
           ,
           and
           confine
           him
           to
           a
           Grate
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           of
           your
           goodness
           ,
           I
           retein
           a
           Sense
           ,
        
         
           By
           whom
           I
           've
           purchased
           such
           Patience
           ,
        
         
         
           As
           I
           shall
           wish
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           have
           the
           grace
        
         
           To
           have
           the
           like
           ,
           when
           you
           are
           in
           like
           case
           :
        
         
           And
           ,
           in
           like
           case
           you
           must
           ,
           or
           else
           our
           State
        
         
           Must
           grow
           Anarchial
           and
           desperate
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           I
           must
           startle
           you
           ,
           how
           e're
           it
           please
           ,
        
         
           And
           cure
           you
           of
           your
           Lethargies
           disease
           .
        
         
           "
           It
           spoils
           the
           operation
           of
           a
           Pill
           ,
        
         
           "
           For
           to
           apply
           it
           to
           the
           Patients
           will.
        
         
           Lend
           then
           your
           Eares
           ,
           ye
           zealous
           Tribe
           of
           Gad
           ,
        
         
           Since
           you
           have
           squeaz'd
           the
           substance
           that
           I
           had
           ;
        
         
           I
           'm
           late-resolv'd
           ,
           by
           th'
           benefit
           of
           art
           ,
        
         
           To
           act
           with
           Dennis
           ,
           the
           School-Masters
           Part.
        
         
           Of
           Rod
           and
           Custos
           I've
           provision
           made
           ,
        
         
           For
           fit
           materials
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           my
           Trade
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           with
           You
           first
           I
           purpose
           to
           proceed
           ,
        
         
           For
           ,
           some
           of
           you
           can
           neither
           write
           nor
           read
           ;
        
         
           To
           ope
           the
           door
           of
           your
           intelligence
           ,
        
         
           At
           least
           ,
           to
           teach
           you
           how
           to
           conster
           sense
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           School
           you
           in
           Rules
           of
           Division
           ,
        
         
           
             Christs
             Cross
          
           was
           late
           enacted
           Superstition
           .
        
         
           My
           Discipline
           more
           novell
           points
           affords
           ,
        
         
           
             As
             ,
             first
             ,
             for
             the
          
           due
           joyning
           of
           your
           words
           :
        
         
           Wherein
           ,
           your
           Censures
           have
           so
           conscious
           been
           ,
        
         
           As
           ,
           those
           who
           heard
           you
           ,
           knew
           not
           what
           they
           mean
           :
        
         
           Belching
           forth
           words
           of
           such
           stupendious
           wonder
           ,
        
         
           Who
           heard
           you
           blest
           them
           from
           you
           ,
           as
           from
           thunder
           .
        
         
           For
           Numbers
           too
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           onely
           two
           ,
        
         
           Yet
           ,
           in
           your
           Summing
           ,
           you
           displace
           them
           so
           ;
        
         
           The
           Private
           ne're
           throve
           better
           ,
           Publick
           worse
           ;
        
         
           For
           ,
           th'
           Publick
           creeps
           into
           the
           Private
           purse
           .
        
         
         
           For
           Gerunds
           ,
           they
           'r
           Diurnals
           ,
           and
           pretends
        
         
           All
           must
           be
           Supines
           that
           are
           CHARLES
           his
           friends
           .
        
         
           For
           Cases
           ,
           they
           'r
           so
           strangely
           ordered
           here
           ,
        
         
           The
           Vocative
           sounds
           onely
           Cavaliere
           .
        
         
           For
           Articles
           ,
           their
           credit
           's
           so
           decay'd
           ,
        
         
           That
           they
           are
           broke
           so
           soon
           as
           they
           are
           made
           .
        
         
           For
           Genders
           ,
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           yee
           'r
           such
           Men
           ,
        
         
           I
           'de
           have
           you
           hold
           that
           Rule
           of
           Origen
           ;
        
         
           Your
           Genitals
           meer
           Ablatives
           ,
           Dear
           Brother
           ,
        
         
           That
           none
           hereafter
           may
           beget
           another
           .
        
         
           For
           Pronouns
           ,
           Nouns
           ,
           Verbs
           ,
           Adverbs
           ,
           Participles
           ,
        
         
           They
           'r
           all
           become
           Apocrypha's
           Disciples
           ;
        
         
           The
           Loyal
           ranked
           amongst
           Adjectives
           ,
        
         
           Who
           stand
           for
           
             Parliament
             Noun-Substantives
          
           .
        
         
           For
           your
           Declining
           ,
           in
           this
           madding
           time
           ,
        
         
           You
           teach
           the
           well-affected
           to
           decline
           ;
        
         
           Other
           Declensions
           ye
           never
           seek
           ,
        
         
           But
           hold
           them
           in
           your
           Conclave
           
             Heathen
             Greek
          
           .
        
         
           For
           Interjections
           ,
           Blades
           of
           
             pure
             affections
          
        
         
           In
           their
           advance
           meet
           still
           with
           Interjections
           :
        
         
           So
           ,
           as
           if
           two
           Suns
           shine
           within
           one
           Sphere
           ,
        
         
           Then
           in
           one
           Realm
           Round-head
           and
           Cavaliere
           .
        
         
           For
           Persons
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           respect
           ,
           save
           those
        
         
           Who
           are
           the
           Senats
           friends
           ,
           and
           Scepters
           foes
           :
        
         
           And
           by
           these
           you
           may
           guess
           how
           the
           World
           goes
           ,
        
         
           For
           Scepter
           Friends
           are
           ever
           out
           at
           toes
           .
        
         
           For
           Praepositions
           ,
           those
           are
           set
           before
        
         
           As
           
             Lucky
             Birds
          
           ,
           who
           th'
           Capitol
           adore
           :
        
         
           For
           weekly
           Packets
           these
           Relations
           bring
           ,
        
         
           That
           Prae
           rides
           for
           the
           State
           ,
           Post
           for
           the
           King.
        
         
         
           For
           Concords
           ,
           to
           produce
           them
           were
           a
           Ridle
           ,
        
         
           The
           squeaking
           Bagpipe
           suits
           not
           with
           the
           Fidle
           :
        
         
           Yet
           there
           's
           some
           hope
           this
           harmony
           may
           take
           ,
        
         
           Seeing
           Divisions
           our
           best
           Musick
           make
           .
        
         
           For
           Conjugations
           ,
           after
           times
           may
           sing
           ,
        
         
           "
           The
           Conjugal
           Estate
           has
           lost
           her
           Ring
           :
        
         
           With
           our
           late
           Presbyterian
           Translation
           ,
        
         
           Changing
           our
           Font
           into
           a
           Peuter
           Bason
           .
        
         
           For
           your
           Conjunctions
           ,
           never
           hope
           to
           see
        
         
           Any
           use
           of
           them
           while
           these
           Factions
           be
           :
        
         
           But
           ,
           for
           Disjunctions
           ,
           they
           are
           freely
           sown
        
         
           'Twixt
           Sire
           and
           Son
           in
           every
           Countrey
           Town
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           trouble
           you
           with
           Moods
           and
           Tences
           ,
        
         
           England
           has
           banish'd
           them
           with
           her
           
             five
             Sences
          
           .
        
         
           Time
           was
           ,
           Time
           is
           ;
           but
           so
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           ,
        
         
           The
           
             present
             Tence
          
           is
           not
           the
           same
           it
           was
           .
        
         
           These
           Principles
           ,
           and
           Elements
           of
           art
        
         
           I
           shall
           inform
           you
           in
           with
           all
           my
           heart
           ;
        
         
           But
           ,
           being
           Scholars
           ,
           you
           must
           be
           corrected
           ,
        
         
           Which
           you
           would
           hardly
           brook
           o
           th'
           well-affected
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           it
           will
           scarcely
           be
           believ'd
           of
           any
           ,
        
         
           You
           should
           be
           whipt
           ,
           when
           you
           have
           lasht
           so
           many
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           if
           to
           learn
           ,
           your
           Roundheads
           have
           no
           will
           ,
        
         
           In
           Gods
           name
           be
           meer
           Ignoramus
           still
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           if
           these
           Rudiments
           to
           you
           seem
           dimmer
           ,
        
         
           Let
           th'
           Parliament
           inform
           you
           by
           their
           Primer
           .
        
         
           
             From
             my
             Private
             School
             near
             New
             -
             Bridewell
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           SEQUESTERES
           SONNET
           .
        
         
           
             COme
             ,
             come
             and
             tell
             me
             thou
             quaint
             thing
             ,
          
           
             Late
             sequestred
             for
             the
             King
             ,
          
           
             What
             needst
             thou
             care
             ,
             since
             thou
             mayest
             share
          
           
             In
             freedom
             of
             the
             cheerfull'st
             ayr
             ?
          
           
             Such
             liberty
             may
             give
             content
             to
             Subjects
             ,
          
           
             When
             their
             Princes
             are
             injoyned
             to
             restraint
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thou
             hast
             a
             Cell
             ,
             an
             impal'd
             Croft
             ,
          
           
             Shady
             Arbour
             ,
             downy
             toft
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             where
             is
             he
             ,
             Sequesters
             thee
             ,
          
           
             Or
             dare
             tax
             thy
             libertie
             ?
          
           
             Loves
             liberty
             ,
             which
             gives
             content
             to
             Subjects
             ,
          
           
             While
             Princes
             stand
             debarr'd
             from
             fancy
             by
             restraint
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Can
             I
             be
             poor
             ,
             or
             feel
             annoy
             ,
          
           
             When
             I
             am
             rich
             in
             earthly
             joy
             ?
          
           
             Shall
             I
             pule
             ,
             cry
             ,
             moan
             ,
             pine
             or
             dye
             ,
          
           
             Or
             put
             finger
             in
             mine
             eye
             ,
          
           
             Because
             State-sharks
             collect
             the
             rent
             of
             Subjects
             ,
          
           
             Vnto
             their
             loss
             ,
             and
             Soveraigns
             discontent
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Shall
             I
             ,
             fond
             I
             ,
             throb
             Lachrymae
             ,
          
           
             Or
             act
             part
             of
             Malevole
          
           
             With
             folded
             armes
             ,
             surpriz'd
             with
             charms
             ,
          
           
             Or
             bemoan
             my
             forfet
             Farms
             ?
          
           
             An
             estrang'd
             Alien
             to
             content
             of
             Subjects
             ,
          
           
             Who
             suffer
             in
             their
             Soveraigns
             late
             restraint
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Yes
             ,
             that
             I
             swear
             may
             drain
             a
             tear
             ,
          
           
             Else
             all
             the
             World
             should
             not
             hear
          
           
             Me
             moan
             my self
             ,
             though
             run
             on
             shelf
             ,
          
           
             For
             a
             patch
             of
             worldly
             pelf
             :
          
           
             A
             little
             portion
             gives
             content
             to
             Subjects
             ,
          
           
             Who
             wish
             no
             more
             of
             all
             their
             store
             ,
          
           
             Than
             KINGS
             Infranchisement
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           No
           Mean
           ,
           No
           Man.
           
        
         
           WHat
           is
           this
           Pomp
           ,
           this
           Port
           ,
           this
           flowr
           of
           glory
           ,
        
         
           But
           a
           meer
           pageant
           ,
           or
           a
           naked
           story
           ,
        
         
           Presenting
           Man
           what
           his
           extraction
           is
           ,
        
         
           And
           ,
           what
           an
           unblest
           State
           is
           humane
           bliss
           ?
        
         
           If
           rich
           ,
           hee
           's
           proud
           ;
           if
           poor
           ,
           he
           envies
           them
        
         
           Who
           swell
           with
           more
           estate
           ,
           or
           more
           esteem
           .
        
         
           If
           Fool
           ,
           should
           he
           all
           Ophirs
           oar
           possess
           ,
        
         
           The
           more
           he
           has
           ,
           he
           does
           injoy
           the
           less
           .
        
         
           If
           wise
           ,
           his
           own
           house
           cannot
           him
           contain
           ,
        
         
           Some
           forein
           projects
           must
           surprize
           his
           brain
           ;
        
         
           Where
           ,
           while
           he
           feeds
           on
           hopes
           ,
           and
           seekes
           to
           prey
        
         
           On
           others
           fall
           ,
           his
           own
           falls
           to
           decay
           :
        
         
           For
           ,
           how
           should
           he
           retein
           least
           hope
           ,
           to
           come
        
         
           To
           wealth
           abroad
           ,
           that
           cannot
           thrive
           at
           home
           ?
        
         
           But
           ,
           if
           Ambition
           wing
           our
           ayry
           flight
           ,
        
         
           Look
           not
           how
           high
           we
           fly
           ,
           but
           where
           we
           light
           .
        
         
           Who
           to
           his
           own
           State
           can
           his
           thoughts
           confine
           ,
        
         
           He
           in
           his
           Croft
           enjoyes
           an
           Indian
           Mine
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           HIGHLY
           HONOURED
           AND
           GENEROUSLY
           ACCOMPLISH'D
           ,
           Sr
           
             PHILIP
             MVSGRAVE
          
           ;
           GOVERNOUR
           OF
           CARLISLE
           :
        
         
           A
           PERSON
           ,
           
             
               Whose
               LOYALTY
               to
               his
               SOVERAIGN
               ;
            
             
               CONSTANCY
               to
               his
               COVNTREY
               ;
            
             
               INTIMACY
               to
               his
               OWN
               ;
            
             
               INTEGRITY
               to
               ALL
               ;
            
          
        
         
           
             Have
             Rendered
             Him
          
           
             
               EMINENT
               in
               the
               Acception
               of
               his
               PRINCE
               ;
            
             
               DEAR
               in
               the
               Estimate
               of
               the
               STATE
               ;
            
          
        
         
           
             R.
             B.
             HIS
             most
             AFFECTIONATE
             KINSMAN
             ,
             and
             SERVANT
             ,
             PRESENTS
             the
             ADDRESS
             of
             these
             TWO
             COVNTREY-INTERESTS
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           INTEREST
           OF
           WEST
           MERLAND
           .
        
         
           THis
           County
           stands
           highly
           ingaged
           to
           her
           own
           Interest
           :
           a
           People
           frugal
           and
           tenacious
           :
           naturally
           inclined
           to
           Industry
           ;
           which
           may
           be
           an
           Argument
           of
           Her
           Frugality
           ;
           made
           good
           by
           that
           Italian
           Maxim
           ,
           
             That
             which
             we
             get
             with
             our
             own
             hands
             ,
             we
             ever
             forego
             with
             heavy
             hearts
             .
          
           Hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           way
           readier
           to
           ingratiate
           their
           Commonty
           ,
           than
           to
           claw
           them
           with
           an
           opinion
           of
           moderating
           their
           Charge
           :
           or
           declining
           the
           face
           of
           hostility
           without
           cost
           .
        
         
         
           They
           are
           infinitely
           sensible
           of
           the
           emptying
           of
           their
           own
           pail
           ,
           be
           they
           never
           so
           lightly
           milkt
           .
           For
           the
           Publick
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Star
           of
           such
           a
           Magnitude
           above
           them
           ,
           or
           distance
           from
           them
           ,
           that
           albeit
           they
           derive
           all
           their
           light
           from
           that
           Orbe
           ;
           yet
           so
           individually
           cemented
           are
           these
           to
           their
           own
           ,
           as
           they
           hold
           the
           Publick
           proficience
           ,
           or
           deficience
           ,
           smally
           concerns
           them
           .
           A
           little
           Tax
           foments
           such
           distaste
           ,
           as
           it
           operates
           more
           violently
           upon
           the
           pulse
           of
           their
           spirit
           ,
           than
           a
           precipice
           of
           the
           whole
           State.
           (
           The
           Pesants
           and
           Plebeians
           we
           onely
           hint
           at
           )
           for
           the
           Gentry
           are
           generally
           of
           that
           clear
           and
           candid
           nature
           ,
           and
           grounded
           on
           such
           
             loyal
             Principles
          
           ,
           as
           might
           be
           instanced
           in
           those
           sad-wasting
           times
           of
           our
           late
           distractions
           ,
           where
           it
           was
           observed
           ,
           that
           never
           any
           of
           Quality
           ,
           within
           the
           whole
           Barony
           ,
           was
           ever
           known
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           against
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ;
           or
           ,
           for
           their
           own
           security
           ,
           contract
           with
           an
           Associate
           County
           .
        
         
           This
           County
           consists
           of
           two
           sorts
           ;
           and
           in
           these
           two
           ,
           dissorted
           into
           different
           opinions
           .
           The
           Gentry
           and
           Commonty
           .
           For
           Nobility
           ,
           some
           antient
           Structures
           she
           reteins
           ,
           as
           Monuments
           ,
           or
           Trophies
           of
           their
           owners
           quality
           ;
           but
           either
           by
           the
           irrevocable
           decree
           of
           fate
           ,
           or
           deplorable
           violation
           of
           their
           faith
           ,
           they
           are
           divided
           from
           their
           Countrey
           ;
           leaving
           onely
           those
           main
           and
           massy
           piles
           for
           Land-marks
           ,
           or
           aged
           reliques
           of
           their
           pristine
           Magnificence
           and
           Glory
           .
           The
           Gent.
           here
           ,
           
           are
           generally
           well-bred
           ;
           though
           in
           times
           of
           distraction
           ,
           more
           apt
           to
           Command
           than
           to
           be
           obey'd
           .
           There
           is
           nothing
           that
           begets
           more
           breaches
           in
           their
           Society
           ,
           nor
           discords
           in
           their
           harmony
           ,
           than
           that
           deluding
           bait
           of
           popularity
           :
           Which
           puts
           me
           in
           mind
           of
           that
           State-axiom
           ,
           
             He
             cannot
             be
             justly
             regular
             ,
             that
             desires
             to
             be
             popular
             .
          
           Self-opinion
           ,
           drawn
           from
           the
           propriety
           of
           their
           own
           worth
           ,
           or
           a
           reflexion
           to
           their
           Family
           or
           Birth
           ,
           become
           inducements
           many
           times
           to
           ambitious
           and
           elated
           spirits
           ,
           to
           quarrel
           with
           Authority
           :
           
             For
             a
             supposed
             parity
             ,
             cannot
             brook
             priority
             .
          
           This
           makes
           Propositions
           concluded
           in
           the
           Evening
           ,
           to
           lose
           their
           vigour
           and
           validity
           in
           the
           Morning
           .
           While
           the
           distasted
           precedency
           of
           the
           person
           ,
           not
           the
           inequality
           of
           the
           proposition
           ,
           occasions
           this
           opposition
           .
        
         
           This
           County
           holding
           such
           gradual
           distance
           from
           the
           Sun
           ;
           I
           mean
           ,
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Court
           ;
           has
           been
           in
           publick
           Assemblies
           ,
           where
           the
           protection
           of
           Counties
           was
           debated
           ,
           and
           with
           great
           deliberation
           carefully
           secured
           ;
           as
           an
           inconsiderable
           place
           ,
           dis-regardfully
           sleighted
           ;
           nothing
           in
           it
           worthy
           to
           be
           valued
           :
           it
           was
           left
           to
           support
           it self
           ,
           or
           suffer
           :
           The
           Sun
           shining
           then
           in
           a
           clear
           Zodiack
           ,
           would
           not
           dart
           one
           small
           beamling
           on
           her
           .
           Yet
           ,
           it
           is
           admirable
           to
           observe
           ,
           how
           this
           obscure
           and
           deserted
           Angle
           ,
           in
           times
           of
           greatest
           distemper
           ;
           even
           then
           ,
           when
           men
           ,
           and
           
           all
           things
           so
           miserably
           jarring
           ,
           had
           seem'd
           to
           change
           their
           nature
           ;
           stood
           ever
           firm
           ,
           and
           immutable
           in
           her
           fidelity
           ;
           and
           resolute
           in
           contemning
           those
           assassinate
           braves
           and
           threats
           of
           a
           confining
           Enemy
           .
           Besides
           ,
           never
           did
           County
           ,
           to
           her
           succeeding
           glory
           ,
           in
           testimony
           of
           her
           Piety
           ,
           open
           her
           bosom
           more
           freely
           to
           return
           hospitality
           to
           such
           ,
           as
           were
           pursued
           by
           the
           Enemy
           .
        
         
           Being
           a
           Nook
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           other
           Shires
           ;
           yet
           One
           of
           the
           very
           last
           Counties
           that
           veil'd
           to
           their
           over-powerful
           Enemy
           :
           and
           upon
           such
           Signal
           Conditions
           ,
           as
           ,
           that
           Foe
           to
           Fidelity
           could
           not
           glory
           much
           in
           the
           purchase
           of
           his
           Mercenary
           and
           ignominious
           victory
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           to
           give
           a
           further
           addition
           to
           their
           unquestion'd
           valour
           and
           renown
           ,
           it
           has
           been
           reported
           ,
           how
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           when
           that
           
             Handfull
             of
             Men
          
           (
           being
           held
           a
           narrow
           and
           inconsiderate
           County
           )
           spit
           defiance
           in
           the
           face
           of
           their
           Enemy
           ;
           making
           this
           their
           constant
           Impreze
           :
           
             INTACTA
             EST
          
           WESTRIA
           VIRGO
           ;
           Which
           ,
           (
           being
           without
           derogation
           to
           their
           Honour
           afterwards
           subdu'd
           ,
           or
           rather
           compounded
           with
           to
           lay
           down
           their
           Arms
           )
           They
           changed
           into
           this
           :
           
             VITIATA
             EST
          
           WESTRIA
           VIRGO
           .
           Which
           unexpected
           ,
           but
           necessitated
           Overture
           ,
           wrought
           such
           distempers
           upon
           some
           of
           their
           Commanders
           ;
           as
           they
           could
           not
           endure
           to
           remain
           any
           longer
           in
           those
           polluted
           Nests
           ,
           wherein
           such
           
             Ravenous
             
             Fowls
          
           pretended
           an
           Interest
           .
           Mean
           time
           ,
           those
           loyal-hearted
           Souldiers
           left
           behind
           ,
           though
           discomfited
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           discouraged
           ;
           for
           ,
           though
           the
           insulting
           Enemy
           was
           more
           in
           number
           ,
           They
           never
           durst
           incounter
           them
           without
           great
           advantage
           ,
           such
           was
           their
           valour
           .
        
         
           It
           has
           been
           reported
           ,
           that
           even
           at
           such
           time
           as
           those
           late
           Malignants
           ,
           who
           bounded
           near
           her
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           daily
           recruit
           of
           their
           numerous
           Forces
           ,
           might
           probably
           perplex
           her
           ;
           when
           their
           powers
           increased
           ,
           and
           their
           Victories
           vain-gloriously
           dispersed
           ;
           yet
           ,
           the
           very
           Colonels
           ,
           and
           chief
           Commanders
           of
           their
           Enemies
           Faction
           seriously
           interceded
           their
           Association
           ;
           so
           formidable
           was
           the
           prowess
           of
           this
           small
           County
           to
           a
           populous
           Army
           ,
           a
           victorious
           Enemy
           .
           Yet
           could
           neither
           Promises
           nor
           Menaces
           make
           a
           breach
           upon
           that
           impregnable
           Fortress
           of
           their
           Loyalty
           .
           They
           disclaimed
           all
           concurrence
           with
           State-competitors
           :
           when
           Crowns
           and
           Scepters
           lay
           at
           Stake
           ;
           they
           neither
           held
           it
           safe
           ,
           nor
           honourable
           ,
           to
           admit
           least
           acquiescence
           ,
           much
           less
           adherence
           to
           such
           fomenters
           of
           debate
           .
           This
           enforced
           the
           Enemy
           to
           stand
           continually
           upon
           his
           Guard
           ,
           to
           his
           great
           disadvantage
           :
           which
           ,
           though
           it
           injoyned
           this
           County
           to
           a
           constant
           charge
           ,
           yet
           it
           conduced
           highly
           to
           their
           safety
           ,
           and
           preservation
           of
           their
           honour
           .
           Howbeit
           ,
           some
           scattered
           aspersions
           have
           lately
           spread
           themselves
           ;
           which
           ,
           at
           the
           first
           blush
           ,
           may
           seem
           
           to
           some
           prejudicate
           opinions
           ,
           detractive
           from
           the
           reputation
           of
           this
           County
           :
           but
           upon
           more
           mature
           and
           serious
           discussion
           of
           every
           particular
           (
           though
           my
           Person
           be
           a
           stranger
           to
           those
           Parts
           ,
           which
           may
           imply
           an
           impartial
           Pen
           )
           I
           have
           heard
           it
           amply
           debated
           ,
           and
           unanimously
           concluded
           ,
           that
           no
           action
           was
           committed
           ,
           nor
           design
           omitted
           ,
           that
           might
           any
           way
           derogate
           from
           their
           Honour
           :
           for
           ,
           by
           labouring
           to
           surprize
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           as
           was
           apparently
           proved
           ,
           they
           might
           ,
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           have
           made
           way
           for
           the
           Enemy
           to
           seize
           upon
           the
           Rendevouz
           for
           that
           County
           ;
           which
           would
           not
           have
           been
           so
           easily
           repriz'd
           ,
           being
           once
           possessed
           ;
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           within
           it
           ,
           and
           places
           adjacent
           to
           it
           ;
           whose
           affections
           were
           dangerously
           corrupted
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           held
           by
           an
           excellent
           refined
           judgment
           ,
           for
           a
           
             gallant
             action
          
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           decline
           the
           fury
           of
           a
           powerful
           neighbouring
           Enemy
           ,
           without
           forein
           Protection
           :
           which
           ,
           by
           their
           Commanders
           care
           ,
           hath
           been
           bravely
           performed
           :
           crowning
           the
           issue
           of
           their
           actions
           with
           undaunted
           resolution
           .
        
         
           The
           Souldiers
           ,
           who
           are
           designed
           to
           keep
           Garrison
           in
           these
           Parts
           ,
           are
           Men
           of
           proper
           Personage
           ,
           and
           strong
           Constitutions
           :
           and
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           of
           stout
           and
           resolute
           Courage
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           put
           to
           it
           .
           But
           ,
           their
           near
           adjoyning
           service
           to
           their
           own
           doors
           ,
           makes
           them
           more
           remiss
           in
           their
           attendance
           .
           This
           Opinion
           has
           been
           generally
           
           retein'd
           of
           them
           :
           
             Better
             Souldiers
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             well
             disciplin'd
             ,
             and
             farther
             distanc'd
             from
             home
             ,
             never
             March'd
             into
             any
             Field
             :
             but
             their
             thought
             of
             home
             ,
             and
             a
             neglected
             Family
             ,
             makes
             them
             less
             intentive
             to
             Affairs
             Military
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Shire
           is
           divided
           into
           two
           parts
           ;
           but
           the
           Baronry
           is
           the
           Beauty
           and
           Glory
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           for
           her
           more
           civiliz'd
           Commonty
           .
           For
           the
           other
           part
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           their
           Commons
           are
           more
           servile
           ,
           but
           less
           civil
           :
           and
           ,
           to
           the
           happiness
           of
           their
           Commanders
           ,
           not
           so
           ready
           to
           argue
           ,
           as
           to
           obey
           .
           Whereto
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           so
           inured
           from
           their
           infancy
           ;
           as
           Obedience
           is
           more
           acceptable
           to
           them
           than
           Soveraignty
           .
        
         
           The
           Shire-Town
           is
           Apleby
           ,
           which
           merits
           preeminence
           onely
           for
           antiquity
           :
           for
           Kendall
           ,
           being
           the
           Garrison-Town
           for
           the
           County
           ,
           has
           been
           ever
           renowned
           for
           her
           affluence
           of
           commerce
           ,
           and
           confluence
           of
           People
           :
           Being
           a
           Burgess
           highly
           fam'd
           for
           her
           Manufactory
           in
           Woolwork
           :
           which
           ,
           by
           their
           experienc'd
           industry
           ,
           became
           infinitely
           commodious
           to
           the
           Corporation
           and
           Parts
           adjacent
           :
           though
           of
           late
           much
           decreasing
           .
           Which
           ,
           it
           were
           to
           be
           wish'd
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           timely
           supply'd
           ,
           and
           cheerfully
           reviv'd
           ,
           by
           the
           assistance
           and
           application
           of
           those
           Members
           in
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           who
           stand
           obliged
           ,
           upon
           their
           Election
           ,
           to
           promote
           the
           Interests
           of
           their
           Countrey
           ;
           by
           removing
           all
           probable
           occurrencies
           
           that
           may
           obstruct
           the
           improvement
           of
           it
           .
           An
           imployment
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           more
           corresponsive
           to
           their
           Place
           ,
           whereto
           they
           are
           ,
           by
           the
           Votes
           and
           Voices
           of
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           deputed
           ;
           than
           any
           Self-seeking-Interest
           ,
           wherewith
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           that
           sharp
           
             Northern
             ayr
          
           will
           not
           suffer
           them
           to
           be
           infected
           .
           Neither
           has
           it
           been
           the
           least
           of
           her
           happiness
           ,
           to
           have
           enjoyed
           such
           loyal
           and
           circumspect
           Magistrates
           ;
           as
           by
           their
           vigilancy
           and
           fidelity
           ,
           made
           it
           their
           prime
           terrestrial
           task
           ,
           to
           intercept
           these
           Enemies
           of
           the
           State.
           Such
           Centinels
           deserve
           cherishing
           ,
           and
           high
           approvement
           ;
           especially
           in
           these
           times
           so
           anxiously
           shaking
           and
           shuddring
           .
           Neither
           can
           too
           much
           circumspection
           be
           used
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           Dis-affectionates
           in
           that
           Place
           ;
           their
           private
           desertion
           of
           the
           Publick
           Cause
           ;
           and
           their
           aversion
           from
           all
           accommodation
           or
           intention
           to
           Peace
           .
           The
           beauty
           of
           Sodoms
           Aples
           was
           onely
           in
           their
           colour
           :
           and
           ,
           the
           purity
           of
           these
           ,
           onely
           in
           their
           tinsell-zeal
           lustre
           .
           Their
           seeming
           compliance
           in
           the
           Cause
           ,
           cannot
           palliat
           the
           Core
           of
           their
           heart
           .
           Sin
           ever
           retains
           the
           sting
           of
           shame
           :
           Neither
           can
           it
           be
           such
           a
           faithful
           Secretary
           to
           it self
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           ,
           when
           least
           expected
           ,
           and
           less
           importuned
           ,
           discover
           its
           guilt
           .
        
         
           Many
           private
           passages
           present
           admittance
           to
           this
           Town
           of
           Garrison
           :
           but
           ,
           no
           In-lets
           more
           dangerous
           than
           *
           ill-hearts
           ,
           where
           the
           poyson
           of
           
           dis-affection
           has
           instill'd
           that
           infusion
           ,
           as
           ,
           no
           spirit
           holds
           more
           influence
           over
           some
           pretended
           Zelots
           of
           them
           ,
           than
           that
           viperous
           fury
           of
           Rebellion
           .
           Well
           may
           the
           Malignants
           promise
           to
           themselves
           a
           grateful
           harvest
           to
           their
           Labours
           ,
           when
           they
           plough
           their
           accursed
           Ground
           with
           their
           Enemies
           Heifers
           .
           But
           ,
           these
           Brambles
           are
           not
           so
           many
           ,
           but
           they
           might
           be
           quickly
           Weeded
           ,
           did
           not
           Impunity
           thaw
           Authority
           ;
           and
           leave
           Delinquents
           more
           presumingly
           indurate
           .
        
         
           Sundry
           Forts
           ,
           Rampires
           ,
           and
           Barricadoes
           have
           been
           in
           the
           most
           convenient
           and
           incursive
           places
           lately
           erected
           ,
           by
           the
           care
           of
           those
           Governours
           successively
           imployed
           in
           Garrison
           :
           amongst
           which
           ,
           One
           of
           principal
           concernment
           ,
           being
           an
           antient
           artificial
           Mount
           ,
           and
           in
           form
           resembling
           one
           of
           those
           Pyrenaean
           Mountains
           ,
           dividing
           France
           from
           Spain
           ;
           and
           distinguished
           by
           a
           Device
           or
           Model
           ,
           like
           a
           Cap
           of
           Maintenance
           ,
           upon
           the
           top
           :
           a
           Work
           ,
           certainly
           ,
           of
           incomparable
           art
           ,
           ingenuity
           and
           consequence
           .
           This
           stands
           as
           a
           Counter-mure
           ,
           by
           an
           equal
           level
           ,
           and
           opposal
           to
           the
           Castle
           ;
           which
           Castle
           ,
           though
           ruinous
           and
           demolished
           ,
           is
           shortly
           to
           be
           Fortified
           ,
           if
           all
           designs
           proceed
           ,
           as
           are
           intended
           .
           But
           ,
           now
           those
           hopes
           of
           reparation
           have
           run
           themselves
           quite
           out
           of
           breath
           :
           Peace
           and
           Unity
           being
           the
           safest
           Ports
           ,
           and
           securest
           Forts
           that
           Human
           Policy
           can
           erect
           .
        
         
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           if
           this
           County
           be
           at
           unity
           within
           it self
           ,
           it
           will
           prove
           a
           grievous
           Eye-sore
           to
           the
           strongest
           Assailant
           :
           neither
           can
           this
           Sacred
           Chain
           of
           Union
           be
           dissolved
           but
           by
           two
           means
           :
           First
           ,
           By
           a
           surreptitious
           Envy
           ,
           fomented
           in
           some
           of
           the
           Gentry
           ,
           towards
           the
           Persons
           that
           are
           in
           Command
           :
           Or
           ,
           this
           particular
           respect
           in
           the
           Commonty
           (
           a
           too
           Epidemical
           Malady
           )
           wherein
           private
           gain
           must
           over-ballance
           the
           Publick
           good
           .
           To
           cure
           these
           ,
           no
           Receipt
           more
           soverain
           ,
           than
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           for
           the
           Gentry
           ,
           without
           reluctancy
           ,
           or
           private
           agency
           ,
           to
           submit
           their
           Wills
           to
           the
           fair
           Commands
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           derive
           from
           their
           Superiours
           a
           legal
           precedency
           :
           And
           ,
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           for
           the
           Commonty
           to
           decline
           their
           own
           opinion
           ,
           and
           ,
           to
           adhere
           wholly
           to
           their
           Commanders
           ;
           by
           whose
           advice
           ,
           they
           may
           not
           onely
           be
           regulated
           ,
           wherein
           their
           own
           discretion
           cannot
           supply
           them
           ;
           But
           so
           compleatly
           furnished
           ,
           as
           timely
           prevention
           ,
           the
           life
           of
           Policy
           ,
           may
           hereafter
           secure
           them
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           INTEREST
           OF
           CVMBERLAND
           .
        
         
           A
           Cunning
           cautelous
           People
           ;
           Patient
           of
           Labour
           ;
           and
           plyable
           to
           Commands
           :
           Which
           observance
           in
           them
           ,
           is
           rather
           to
           be
           imputed
           to
           the
           discreet
           carriage
           of
           their
           Gentry
           ,
           than
           the
           innate
           affection
           ,
           or
           disposition
           of
           the
           Commonty
           .
           Who
           ,
           if
           a
           prudent
           awe
           did
           not
           subdue
           them
           ,
           could
           be
           easily
           induced
           to
           play
           the
           Masters
           .
           Neither
           was
           it
           possible
           for
           them
           to
           confine
           so
           long
           upon
           a
           subtile
           neighbouring
           Nation
           ,
           but
           they
           must
           necessarily
           receive
           some
           tincture
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           retein
           it
           in
           them
           .
           They
           are
           pithy
           in
           their
           discourse
           ,
           and
           nimble
           in
           their
           bargaining
           .
           Antiently
           ,
           this
           County
           ,
           as
           our
           former
           
           was
           ,
           has
           been
           much
           ingaged
           to
           *
           
             Border
             service
          
           :
           in
           the
           pursute
           whereof
           ,
           by
           freedom
           of
           booties
           ,
           it
           returned
           generally
           more
           gainer
           than
           loser
           .
        
         
           The
           Gentry
           of
           this
           County
           has
           been
           ever
           much
           addicted
           to
           Recreation
           ;
           as
           Hunting
           ,
           Hawking
           ,
           Horse-races
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           gentile
           pleasures
           .
           Now
           ,
           by
           the
           late
           breaking
           in
           of
           these
           Distractions
           and
           uncivil
           quarrels
           ,
           to
           their
           Honour
           ,
           they
           address'd
           their
           imployments
           wholly
           to
           the
           Discipline
           of
           Armes
           .
           Many
           of
           these
           have
           received
           several
           Commands
           ;
           some
           of
           Centuries
           ,
           others
           of
           Colonies
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           select
           quality
           ,
           of
           Brigades
           .
           Certain
           differences
           (
           upon
           the
           prevalency
           of
           some
           dis-affected
           spirits
           ,
           who
           itched
           after
           nothing
           more
           than
           Innovation
           )
           sprung
           up
           dangerously
           in
           the
           beginning
           :
           but
           ,
           the
           Serpent
           was
           nipt
           in
           the
           head
           :
           and
           the
           Gockatrice
           broken
           in
           the
           egg
           ,
           before
           it
           was
           hatched
           .
           Some
           dangerous
           Instruments
           we
           have
           obviously
           heard
           of
           in
           our
           travel
           to
           those
           parts
           ;
           who
           were
           ,
           by
           their
           peculiar
           Places
           and
           Offices
           ,
           highly
           interessed
           in
           the
           Counties
           Affairs
           ;
           and
           these
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           dishonour
           of
           their
           Place
           and
           Person
           ,
           made
           Marchandize
           of
           their
           Offices
           :
           preferring
           the
           receipt
           of
           a
           sordid
           servile
           profit
           ,
           before
           the
           estimation
           of
           their
           Family
           ,
           conscience
           or
           credit
           .
           
             Alexander
             Severus
          
           would
           have
           smoak'd
           such
           mercenary
           venders
           of
           smoke
           .
           Xerxes
           would
           have
           pulled
           their
           skin
           over
           their
           eares
           .
           But
           ,
           
           this
           official
           corruption
           is
           such
           a
           contagion
           ,
           as
           it
           cannot
           conceal
           its
           poyson
           .
           The
           Partridge
           is
           said
           to
           make
           her
           nest
           of
           stoln
           Egges
           ,
           which
           she
           hath
           not
           layed
           ;
           but
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Birds
           are
           hatched
           ,
           the
           true
           Mother
           calls
           them
           all
           away
           from
           their
           theevish
           step-Dame
           ;
           the
           Story
           needs
           no
           Oedipus
           .
        
         
           The
           prime
           Seat
           ,
           or
           Garrison
           for
           this
           County
           ,
           is
           Carlisle
           ;
           a
           dainty
           ,
           free
           and
           fertile
           soyl
           .
           Yet
           ,
           either
           through
           sloath
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           occult
           cause
           (
           notwithstanding
           the
           delicacy
           and
           fruitfulness
           of
           the
           Seat
           )
           the
           People
           are
           generally
           poor
           and
           necessitous
           :
           preferring
           a
           sleepy
           supine
           life
           ,
           before
           any
           industrious
           gain
           .
        
         
           Their
           near
           adjacency
           to
           that
           disloyal
           and
           ungrateful
           People
           ,
           the
           Scots
           ,
           with
           their
           constant
           Traffick
           and
           commerce
           with
           them
           ,
           has
           begot
           in
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           too
           near
           a
           congruence
           ,
           and
           concurrence
           in
           their
           affections
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           diverse
           Factious
           Separatists
           ,
           who
           desire
           nothing
           more
           than
           Division
           ,
           or
           rather
           a
           privation
           in
           all
           Government
           ;
           have
           familiarly
           repaired
           to
           those
           parts
           ,
           and
           freely
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           communicated
           to
           them
           their
           counsels
           .
           So
           dangerous
           is
           the
           stream
           of
           dis-allegeance
           ,
           when
           it
           interveines
           it self
           in
           any
           descending
           line
           of
           blood
           ,
           or
           to
           use
           their
           own
           word
           for
           it
           ,
           of
           Clan
           .
           And
           ,
           as
           the
           Snow-ball
           gathers
           by
           rowling
           :
           so
           These
           ,
           by
           pretending
           plausive
           ends
           ,
           many
           times
           find
           Assistants
           
           and
           ready
           Agents
           to
           further
           their
           Designs
           .
        
         
           Religion
           is
           a
           specious
           pretence
           ;
           but
           ,
           for
           illiterate
           and
           undisciplinary
           Persons
           to
           be
           reducers
           and
           reformers
           of
           a
           long-establish'd
           Church-Government
           ;
           and
           ,
           to
           find
           
             false
             wards
          
           in
           that
           Key
           ,
           which
           has
           so
           freely
           and
           fruitfully
           opened
           the
           door
           ,
           for
           so
           many
           Ages
           ,
           to
           People
           of
           all
           Conditions
           :
           it
           is
           such
           an
           Anathematiz'd
           Doctrine
           ,
           as
           he
           that
           inclines
           to
           it
           ,
           cannot
           but
           acknowledg
           himself
           miserably
           deluded
           .
        
         
           To
           labour
           a
           seasonable
           prevention
           of
           these
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           especial
           care
           of
           the
           Gentry
           of
           both
           Counties
           ,
           to
           levy
           their
           Forces
           timely
           ,
           and
           by
           applying
           a
           present
           Remedy
           ,
           to
           decline
           an
           approaching
           Malady
           .
           In
           this
           ,
           they
           all
           concurred
           ,
           and
           happily
           succeeded
           .
           For
           ,
           upon
           the
           very
           first
           appearance
           of
           Force
           ,
           these
           groundless
           Malignants
           had
           the
           Manners
           to
           lay
           down
           their
           Arms
           ,
           and
           to
           embrace
           Loyalty
           .
           So
           easily
           were
           they
           to
           be
           reclaimed
           ,
           whom
           lightness
           of
           opinion
           had
           so
           weakly
           ensnared
           :
           and
           a
           precipitate
           assent
           to
           indiscreet
           counsel
           ,
           so
           unadvisedly
           perswaded
           .
        
         
           Yet
           ,
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           no
           Vintage
           so
           carefully
           intended
           ,
           but
           some
           Clusters
           will
           be
           left
           ungathered
           ;
           no
           Harvest
           so
           painfully
           earned
           ,
           but
           some
           Eares
           left
           ungleaned
           :
           though
           the
           main
           Fabrick
           were
           demolished
           ,
           there
           appeared
           some
           Refuse
           ,
           or
           Rubbish
           ,
           arising
           from
           those
           Ruines
           ,
           which
           might
           supply
           fresh
           Materials
           to
           erect
           a
           new
           Pile
           of
           mischief
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           prevented
           .
        
         
         
           The
           opinion
           which
           is
           held
           of
           the
           Agent
           ,
           whether
           his
           designs
           aym
           at
           Loyalty
           ,
           or
           dis-Allegiance
           ,
           works
           wonderful
           impressions
           :
           This
           might
           be
           collected
           by
           the
           passages
           of
           one
           Gentleman
           ,
           too
           deeply
           interested
           in
           these
           Civil
           Divisions
           :
           whose
           moral
           honesty
           had
           so
           possest
           him
           of
           a
           good
           opinion
           generally
           ,
           as
           his
           precipicious
           actions
           received
           the
           better
           construction
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           this
           opinion
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ;
           that
           our
           best
           Men
           ,
           being
           deluded
           ,
           and
           imployed
           upon
           ill
           business
           ,
           do
           ever
           the
           worst
           Offices
           .
           A
           debaucht
           Slave
           ,
           who
           has
           sold
           himself
           to
           all
           impiety
           ,
           can
           never
           find
           many
           Favourites
           ,
           nor
           Followers
           ;
           unless
           they
           be
           such
           as
           are
           casten
           in
           the
           same
           Mould
           :
           Civil
           reserved
           Men
           ,
           who
           carry
           their
           eyes
           about
           them
           ,
           will
           be
           jealous
           of
           the
           Design
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Agent
           .
           Catiline
           may
           find
           a
           Cethegus
           ;
           but
           ,
           to
           see
           him
           associated
           ,
           either
           by
           a
           Cato
           ,
           or
           a
           Brutus
           ,
           were
           a
           miracle
           .
           Let
           evil
           Men
           then
           be
           put
           upon
           ill
           actions
           :
           for
           ,
           when
           good
           Men
           are
           seen
           in
           them
           ,
           or
           consort
           with
           those
           that
           appear
           for
           them
           ;
           they
           attract
           many
           Shadows
           ;
           and
           make
           those
           practises
           ,
           which
           in
           their
           own
           native
           Simples
           ,
           are
           poysonous
           ,
           seem
           to
           deluded
           judgments
           ,
           who
           are
           mis-led
           ,
           by
           their
           opinion
           of
           the
           Agents
           ,
           cordial
           and
           commodious
           .
           We
           shall
           not
           need
           here
           to
           distinguish
           Him
           by
           any
           nearer
           or
           clearer
           Character
           :
           the
           knowledg
           of
           his
           *
           Person
           has
           aspired
           to
           that
           growth
           with
           most
           men
           in
           those
           Parts
           ;
           as
           these
           may
           present
           him
           in
           his
           full
           body
           ,
           without
           
           any
           farther
           discovery
           .
           It
           were
           to
           be
           wished
           ,
           that
           ,
           as
           mis-understanding
           has
           seduced
           him
           ,
           so
           some
           clear
           ,
           solid
           ,
           and
           dis-ingaged
           judgment
           may
           reduce
           him
           ;
           which
           by
           these
           calmer
           times
           has
           been
           effected
           :
           rendring
           him
           both
           morally
           and
           conscientiously
           Loyal
           .
           But
           ,
           we
           have
           retraited
           too
           farr
           from
           the
           Interess
           of
           this
           County
           .
        
         
           Their
           Shire-Town
           is
           strongly
           fortified
           ;
           with
           useful
           Ordnance
           furnished
           :
           and
           by
           an
           experienced
           Governour
           *
           Commanded
           :
           So
           ,
           as
           though
           the
           continual
           attendance
           of
           Troops
           of
           Horse
           ,
           and
           maintenance
           of
           a
           constant
           Garrison
           ,
           may
           appear
           a
           burden
           to
           the
           County
           :
           yet
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           vicinity
           of
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           who
           is
           apt
           to
           entertain
           all
           opportunate
           advantages
           of
           hostility
           ,
           this
           charge
           becomes
           their
           Sanctuary
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           it
           to
           be
           omitted
           ,
           what
           Zeal
           their
           Magistrate
           ,
           with
           other
           Countrey
           Officers
           ,
           have
           expressed
           to
           the
           Publick
           Cause
           ;
           and
           in
           it
           ,
           how
           they
           have
           manifested
           their
           affections
           to
           such
           ,
           who
           had
           deserted
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           by
           bogling
           at
           Authority
           :
           labouring
           to
           reduce
           them
           by
           gratulatory
           Letters
           ,
           and
           Messages
           of
           Amity
           ;
           but
           ,
           see
           the
           ingratitude
           of
           Malignants
           !
           So
           far
           were
           they
           from
           being
           perswaded
           ,
           as
           these
           honest
           Officers
           were
           ,
           by
           them
           ,
           uncivilly
           answered
           ;
           twiting
           them
           with
           the
           vices
           wherewith
           they
           had
           
           known
           them
           formerly
           to
           be
           acquainted
           :
           Wishing
           one
           of
           them
           to
           look
           to
           his
           Wench
           ;
           another
           to
           his
           Bribe
           :
           and
           to
           leave
           them
           to
           their
           Fortunes
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           this
           ,
           let
           us
           reflect
           upon
           their
           Quality
           ,
           and
           Harmony
           in
           Commands
           .
           Although
           they
           have
           a
           Commander
           in
           Chief
           ,
           designed
           over
           both
           the
           Counties
           :
           who
           ,
           out
           of
           his
           candor
           and
           affability
           ,
           is
           pleased
           ,
           in
           all
           freedom
           and
           familiarity
           to
           communicate
           his
           Counsels
           to
           them
           ;
           yet
           some
           resulting
           spirits
           there
           have
           been
           ,
           who
           varied
           much
           from
           the
           antient
           Israelites
           disgust
           :
           for
           ,
           their
           desire
           pitched
           upon
           this
           ,
           to
           have
           a
           Stranger
           Ruler
           over
           them
           ;
           rather
           than
           One
           who
           was
           Born
           and
           Bred
           among
           them
           .
           But
           ,
           so
           equally
           were
           his
           thoughts
           composed
           ,
           as
           by
           none
           of
           these
           affronts
           could
           he
           suffer
           himself
           to
           be
           distempered
           ;
           seeing
           ,
           it
           fares
           generally
           with
           the
           most
           Military
           Agent
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           active
           Instrument
           of
           State
           ,
           as
           it
           does
           with
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           esteemed
           in
           his
           own
           Countrey
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           an
           excellent
           observation
           of
           a
           compassionate
           Roman
           ,
           touching
           
             Scipio
             African
          
           :
           
             O
             what
             a
             gallant
             General
             were
             African
             ,
             if
             he
             were
             in
             any
             Countrey
             but
             his
             own
             !
             But
             ,
             brave
             actions
             ,
             grounded
             upon
             pure
             intentions
             ,
             cannot
             lose
             their
             guerdon
             .
          
           The
           Sun
           ,
           after
           it
           has
           wrastled
           with
           a
           Cloud
           ,
           shews
           his
           beauty
           in
           more
           fullness
           .
           For
           ,
           the
           affections
           of
           the
           Gentry
           become
           more
           clear
           than
           
           they
           were
           ,
           being
           wonn
           by
           their
           Commanders
           affability
           ,
           his
           infatigable
           care
           for
           the
           Publick
           ,
           his
           dis-regard
           to
           his
           own
           profit
           .
        
         
           Vertitur
           Aquilonis
           auspicium
           mutando
           Proverbium
           :
        
         
           "
           Ab
           Aquilone
           omne
           bonum
           ,
        
         
           "
           Nobile
           nobis
           dedit
           donum
           ,
        
         
           "
           Regi
           vitam
           &
           coronam
           ;
        
         
           "
           Aulam
           nitidam
           ,
           &
           Stabilem
           Thronum
           ,
        
         
           "
           Pacis
           palmam
           ,
           aureum
           pomum
           .
        
         
           "
           Mittat
           per
           orbem
           vaga
           fama
           sonum
           ;
        
         
           "
           Matura
           pensans
           messe
           Colonum
           :
        
         
           "
           Miretur
           Auster
           nunc
           Aquilonem
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           AN
           ADVERTISEMENT
           TO
           THE
           PERUSER
           .
        
         
           BE
           pleased
           ,
           Candid
           Reader
           ,
           to
           bestow
           your
           eye
           upon
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           Characters
           methodically
           digested
           ,
           and
           analogically
           couched
           ;
           principally
           intended
           and
           artfully
           disposed
           for
           the
           benefit
           and
           pleasure
           of
           any
           Competent
           and
           unbyassed
           Reader
           .
           The
           strength
           of
           whose
           appetite
           commonly
           becomes
           allay'd
           by
           tedious
           
             Tables
             ,
             Indexes
          
           ,
           and
           intricate
           Preambles
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A29225-e4110
           
             *
             
               The
               like
               we
               read
               of
            
             Abdolominus
             in
             Curtius
             .
             lib.
             4.
             
          
           
             †
             
               
                 Sit
                 mihi
                 compta
                 domus
                 ;
                 sit
                 frugibus
                 aptus
                 agellus
                 ;
              
               
                 Sint
                 meà
                 culturae
                 praedia
                 nota
                 meae
                 .
              
               
                 Alem.
                 
              
            
          
           
             *
             
               Aug.
               Med.
               c.
            
             36.
             
          
           
             *
             Barcley
          
           
             *
             
               Diog.
               Cyn.
            
             
          
           
             †
             Plato
             .
          
           
             *
             Plutarch
             .
             in
             vit
             .
             Macrel
             .
             in
             Saturn
             .
          
           
             †
             
               Dom.
               po●●
            
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Nunc
               loqu●●●●bus
               ,
               &
               pronunciantibus
               plenus
               est
               orbis
               :
               Docent
               quae
               non
               didicerunt
               .
               Magist
               :
               sunt
               ,
               cum
               discipuli
               ante
               non
               suerunt
               .
            
             Hier.
             
          
           
             *
             Communicable
             knowledg
             the
             fittingst
             Chair-Man
             in
             publick
             Societies
             and
             private
             Families
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29225-e12130
           
             *
             Ambition
             ,
             saith
             wise
             Montpellier
             ,
             though
             it
             have
             a
             strong
             Constitution
             ,
             it
             has
             a
             squeamish
             Stomack
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29225-e16200
           
             *
             Relating
             to
             the
             Raging
             Reign
             of
             our
             late
             Protector
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29225-e20460
           
             *
             Cleob.
             
          
           
             *
             Camp.
             
               In
               Sylv.
            
             
          
           
             *
             Ambition
             cloathed
             with
             Ignorance
             ,
             falls
             ever
             short
             of
             its
             Expectance
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29225-e24120
           
             *
             
               Ecce
               quàm
               fastuosè
               &
               fastidiosè
            
             Vespasiani
             
               lasanum
               prodit
            
             !
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29225-e24910
           
             *
             Relating
             to
             those
             late
             Parliamentary
             Imbroilments
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29225-e29900
           
             *
             Pretending
             Zealots
             ,
             the
             mainest
             Fomenters
             of
             Rebellion
             :
             relating
             ever
             to
             our
             late
             distracted
             times
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29225-e30650
           
             *
             The
             〈◊〉
             Foundation
             of
             a
             Tenant-Right
             .
          
           
             *
             A
             Gentleman
             highly
             valued
             for
             his
             discreet
             Government
             in
             those
             times
             .
          
           
             *
             If
             a
             precipicious
             Passion
             ,
             or
             an
             impropriation
             to
             opinion
             transport
             him
             not
             ;
             whereto
             maturity
             of
             time
             ,
             advice
             ,
             and
             long
             experience
             ,
             have
             seasonably
             made
             him
             a
             stranger
             .