A manifesto declaring what George Bishope hath been to the city of Bristoll and the particular persons now in authority therein and what hee hath received from them in recompence occasioned by the late sentence of banishment pronounced upon him by them, 16th, 7th Mon., 1665, and other useages for his conscience to God / by George Bishope.
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           A
           MANIFESTO
           Declaring
           What
           
             George
             Bishope
          
           hath
           been
           to
           the
           City
           of
           Bristoll
           ,
           and
           the
           particular
           Persons
           now
           in
           Authority
           therein
           ,
           and
           what
           Hee
           hath
           received
           from
           Them
           in
           RECOMPENCE
        
         
           Occasioned
           BY
           THE
           ●●te
           Sentence
           of
           Banishment
           Pronounced
           upon
           Him
           by
           Them
           ,
           16th
           .
           7th
           .
           Mon.
           1665
           and
           other
           useages
           for
           his
           Conscience
           to
           God.
           
        
         
           By
           
             GEORGE
             BISHOPE
          
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           have
           I
           seen
           ,
           and
           applyed
           my
           heart
           unto
           every
           work
           that
           is
           done
           under
           the
           Sun.
           There
           is
           a
           time
           wherein
           one
           Man
           ruleth
           over
           another
           to
           his
           own
           hurt
           .
           And
           so
           I
           saw
           the
           wicked
           buried
           who
           had
           come
           ,
           and
           gone
           from
           the
           place
           of
           the
           holy
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           forgotten
           in
           the
           City
           where
           they
           had
           so
           done
           .
           This
           is
           also
           vanity
           .
           
             
               Eccles
               .
               8.9
               ,
               10
               ,
               11.
               
            
          
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1665.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           MANIFESTO
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           Ever
           bore
           a
           Natural
           love
           to
           the
           City
           of
           Bristol
           ,
           the
           place
           of
           my
           Nativity
           ,
           and
           as
           opportunity
           ,
           and
           my
           understanding
           gave
           me
           leave
           ,
           I
           still
           improv'd
           it
           for
           the
           advantage
           thereof
           .
           I
           was
           very
           young
           when
           the
           Differences
           began
           between
           the
           Late
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           yet
           I
           inclined
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           those
           unto
           whom
           drew
           the
           more
           sober
           people
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           which
           had
           some
           influence
           upon
           me
           ;
           the
           fear
           of
           the
           Lord
           being
           with
           me
           from
           a
           Child
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           City
           was
           taken
           by
           
             Prince
             Rupert
          
           I
           was
           there
           ,
           and
           marched
           out
           with
           the
           Parliament's
           Forces
           ,
           and
           returned
           again
           when
           the
           City
           was
           retaken
           by
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           Being
           come
           to
           Bristol
           ,
           and
           setled
           there
           again
           ,
           I
           made
           it
           my
           business
           what
           in
           me
           lay
           ,
           to
           advantage
           the
           Good
           thereof
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           first
           place
           wrought
           what
           I
           could
           for
           the
           procuring
           of
           a
           Friendly
           Governour
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           place
           which
           had
           been
           miserably
           torn
           with
           Warrs
           and
           factions
           ,
           might
           have
           some
           reliefe
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           necessities
           thereof
           might
           arise
           in
           a
           calme
           and
           friendly
           favour
           above
           the
           sterrility
           that
           was
           over
           it
           through
           the
           harshness
           of
           the
           rough
           storms
           that
           had
           compassed
           it
           about
           ,
           and
           my
           endeavours
           herein
           were
           not
           without
           success
           ,
           for
           they
           produced
           Colonel
           
             Charles
             Fleetwood
          
           (
           a
           man
           as
           much
           to
           the
           purpose
           as
           could
           be
           desired
           )
           to
           be
           appointed
           Governour
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           in
           regard
           the
           City
           had
           been
           for
           sometime
           before
           sorely
           visited
           with
           the
           Plague
           ,
           and
           there
           died
           now
           upwards
           of
           One
           hundred
           a
           Week
           ,
           and
           the
           well
           and
           the
           sick
           were
           promiscuously
           together
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           
             Leagure
             ;
             I
          
           endeavoured
           the
           seperation
           of
           the
           Sick
           from
           the
           Well
           in
           place●
           convenient
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           streets
           or
           parts
           were
           generally
           infected
           ,
           Watchmen
           were
           set
           to
           keep
           them
           in
           ,
           which
           with
           other
           endeavours
           then
           used
           ,
           through
           the
           good
           hand
           of
           the
           Lord
           soon
           ceased
           the
           Contagion
           in
           that
           place
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           In
           regard
           that
           the
           City
           and
           the
           Country
           adjacent
           had
           been
           much
           harassed
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Leagure
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           attendencies
           of
           
             War
             ,
             I
          
           procured
           an
           Order
           from
           General
           Fairfax
           that
           
           no
           Forces
           but
           those
           of
           the
           Garrison
           should
           quarter
           in
           ,
           or
           about
           the
           City
           for
           the
           space
           of
           
             six
             miles
          
           ,
           which
           gave
           the
           City
           and
           the
           Country
           in
           particular
           ,
           much
           reliefe
           ,
           who
           came
           thereby
           to
           be
           freed
           from
           the
           hard
           Quartering
           of
           the
           Regiments
           ,
           and
           other
           Forces
           designed
           for
           Ireland
           ,
           which
           long
           lay
           in
           the
           Country
           before
           they
           were
           imbarqu'd
           .
        
         
           These
           things
           in
           their
           time
           put
           the
           City
           into
           a
           wholesome
           and
           quiet
           posture
           ,
           and
           unity
           ,
           and
           love
           seemed
           to
           spring
           therein
           ,
           and
           men
           began
           to
           forget
           the
           old
           Engagements
           wherein
           they
           had
           been
           mutually
           exercised
           to
           the
           detriment
           of
           each
           other
           ,
           and
           to
           apply
           themselves
           to
           things
           that
           concern'd
           their
           Own
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           of
           each
           other
           ;
           and
           I
           may
           truly
           say
           ,
           and
           I
           suppose
           there
           are
           yet
           alive
           those
           who
           can
           bear
           me
           testimony
           therein
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           Months
           space
           after
           the
           Reducing
           thereof
           ,
           there
           was
           such
           a
           Metamorphosis
           as
           had
           been
           scarcely
           seen
           during
           the
           Warrs
           in
           this
           Nation
           ;
           and
           great
           pitty
           it
           was
           (
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           was
           exercise
           enough
           to
           me
           to
           see
           the
           contrary
           ,
           as
           afterwards
           I
           found
           ,
           and
           therefore
           opposed
           that
           which
           gave
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           sequel
           manifests
           ;
           )
           that
           ever
           it
           should
           be
           turned
           into
           Winter
           again
           and
           those
           storms
           brought
           over
           it
           ,
           which
           had
           neer
           laid
           it
           in
           the
           dust
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           endeavours
           were
           not
           wanting-in
           me
           according
           to
           my
           Capacity
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           had
           opportunity
           to
           turn
           it
           aside
           ,
           which
           produced
           that
           which
           is
           part
           of
           the
           ensuing
           Relation
           ,
           in
           recompence
           of
           which
           some
           of
           my
           Neighbours
           ,
           fellow
           Citizens
           and
           Countrymen
           thus
           concern'd
           ,
           as
           the
           Relation
           makes
           manifest
           ,
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           place
           Banishment
           upon
           me
           ,
           and
           other
           usages
           ,
           barely
           
             for
             my
          
           Conscience
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           to
           
             his
             Worship
          
           ,
           who
           is
           a
           spirit
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           worshipped
           in
           spirit
           and
           in
           truth
           ,
           as
           the
           Frontispiece
           of
           
             this
             Relation
          
           ,
           or
           Manifesto
           instances
           it
           ;
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           in
           order
           speak
           .
        
         
           Long
           was
           not
           the
           day
           of
           this
           fair
           Sun
           shine
           ,
           and
           promising
           Prosperity
           of
           Bristol
           ,
           there
           was
           an
           eye
           that
           saw
           it
           ▪
           and
           did
           envy
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           attempted
           to
           hinder
           the
           progress
           thereof
           whil'st
           it
           was
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           the
           Morning
           ,
           and
           so
           drew
           a
           Cloud
           over
           it
           :
           Col.
           
             Charles
             Fleetwood
          
           though
           a
           person
           without
           exception
           (
           as
           then
           )
           saving
           that
           his
           spirit
           seemed
           to
           some
           who
           looked
           a
           squint
           ,
           too
           indulgent
           ,
           he
           savouring
           more
           of
           Vnity
           then
           Division
           ,
           rather
           to
           heal
           then
           widen
           Differences
           that
           had
           been
           ,
           though
           as
           to
           his
           N●●●●●●
           Capacity
           he
           was
           known
           to
           be
           both
           vigilant
           and
           stout
           ,
           was
           ●●●●●…
           a
           weeks
           time
           unworthily
           laid
           aside
           ,
           and
           
             M.
             G.
             Skippon
          
           by
           the
           sollicitation
           of
           some
           of
           this
           place
           above
           ,
           who
           had
           little
           known
           the
           
           sharpes
           of
           Swords
           ,
           or
           the
           the
           brunt
           of
           the
           Battel
           ,
           was
           placed
           in
           his
           stead
           ,
           and
           they
           themselves
           in
           the
           Capacity
           of
           doing
           what
           they
           pleased
           ,
           being
           with
           their
           Favourites
           and
           Relations
           most
           of
           them
           instated
           the
           men
           of
           the
           Committee
           therein
           ;
           who
           (
           with
           the
           new
           Governour
           )
           not
           long
           after
           came
           down
           to
           the
           City
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           state
           of
           the
           City
           began
           to
           alter
           ,
           and
           another
           face
           to
           appear
           upon
           it
           :
           Those
           of
           the
           contrary
           part
           who
           thought
           they
           had
           bought
           their
           peace
           in
           their
           large
           proportion
           of
           6000
           l.
           raised
           ,
           and
           given
           as
           a
           free
           contribution
           to
           the
           Army
           for
           their
           tenderness
           to
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           general
           forbearance
           to
           Plunder
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           secure
           in
           the
           Articles
           of
           Surrender
           ,
           were
           called
           upon
           to
           pay
           their
           5
           th
           .
           and
           20
           th
           .
           parts
           ,
           and
           after
           sometime
           summon'd
           to
           Composition
           ,
           or
           Sequestration
           ;
           In
           order
           whereunto
           Witnesses
           were
           examined
           as
           to
           what
           they
           had
           done
           during
           the
           being
           of
           the
           Forces
           of
           the
           contrary
           part
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           other
           Ald.
           
             Humphry
             Hook
          
           ,
           and
           several
           others
           of
           the
           Councel
           to
           the
           number
           of
           Thirteen
           ,
           were
           removed
           by
           a
           Vote
           of
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           Committee
           for
           the
           West
           ,
           without
           being
           called
           to
           answer
           ,
           or
           any
           due
           or
           legal
           conviction
           ,
           through
           the
           instigation
           of
           those
           who
           so
           carried
           things
           below
           as
           aforesaid
           .
           And
           Alderm
           .
           
             Francis
             Creswick
          
           who
           was
           chosen
           Mayor
           after
           the
           City
           was
           reduced
           ;
           Notwithstanding
           that
           he
           carried
           things
           without
           exception
           was
           put
           out
           also
           ,
           and
           another
           put
           in
           who
           had
           acted
           foot
           for
           foot
           the
           same
           that
           Alderman
           Creswick
           had
           done
           when
           the
           contrary
           part
           had
           the
           City
           meerly
           out
           of
           Faction
           ,
           to
           serve
           a
           private
           and
           a
           particular
           Interest
           :
           For
           Alderman
           Hooks
           abilities
           being
           well
           known
           to
           far
           exceed
           in
           the
           Governance
           of
           the
           City
           any
           of
           those
           who
           now
           seemed
           to
           bear
           the
           
             day
             ;
             he
          
           must
           be
           removed
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           were
           more
           related
           and
           seemed
           to
           adhere
           to
           him
           ,
           because
           otherwise
           that
           Faction
           must
           vaile
           in
           the
           City
           .
           And
           here
           began
           that
           unhappy
           encounter
           which
           gave
           much
           sorrow
           and
           trouble
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           to
           me
           much
           travel
           .
           For
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Councel
           were
           men
           that
           had
           been
           acting
           in
           the
           same
           day
           ,
           the
           same
           things
           ;
           yet
           they
           were
           kept
           in
           ,
           and
           these
           were
           put
           out
           ;
           as
           hereafter
           is
           mentioned
           .
        
         
           These
           proceedings
           were
           an
           abomination
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           hated
           them
           exceedingly
           ,
           the
           rather
           because
           I
           saw
           it
           was
           not
           so
           much
           for
           the
           advancement
           of
           the
           Interest
           unto
           which
           they
           pretended
           ,
           as
           indeed
           for
           the
           seting
           up
           of
           a
           particular
           Party
           ,
           or
           Faction
           ,
           the
           progress
           ,
           and
           issue
           of
           which
           hath
           tended
           to
           the
           undoing
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           
           For
           all
           things
           hitherto
           were
           carried
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           was
           the
           pretence
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           yet
           all
           concentred
           here
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           the
           private
           Comodity
           ,
           and
           advantage
           of
           some
           particular
           persons
           ,
           who
           as
           Horsleeches
           sucked
           the
           breasts
           of
           the
           opportunity
           to
           serve
           their
           purpose
           ,
           dividing
           the
           City
           into
           Factions
           for
           that
           end
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           the
           Publique
           .
        
         
           I
           hated
           also
           to
           see
           that
           almost
           intollerable
           Oppression
           ,
           viz.
           some
           of
           those
           very
           persons
           who
           in
           the
           former
           day
           had
           conjointly
           acted
           ,
           and
           with
           as
           much
           seeming
           zeal
           for
           the
           Interest
           then
           on
           foot
           ,
           now
           to
           sit
           in
           the
           Committee
           as
           Judges
           of
           those
           who
           with
           them
           had
           acted
           the
           same
           thing
           .
           To
           speak
           plainly
           ,
           to
           see
           Cavileer
           in
           shew
           fitting
           in
           Judgment
           upon
           Cavileer
           for
           the
           same
           things
           done
           jointly
           by
           each
           quatenus
           &
           quando
           Cavileers
           ,
           and
           to
           behold
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Counsil
           who
           together
           as
           one
           man
           strenuously
           appeared
           for
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           King
           to
           be
           reserved
           as
           well
           affected
           to
           the
           Parliament
           (
           for
           so
           the
           exclusion
           spake
           )
           and
           to
           act
           as
           such
           ,
           when
           
             Alderman
             Hook
          
           ,
           and
           those
           with
           him
           were
           ejected
           the
           Counsil
           ;
           for
           having
           done
           the
           same
           did
           smell
           so
           ranck
           of
           a
           Faction
           that
           it
           was
           manifest
           that
           it
           was
           not
           because
           the
           Parliaments
           Interest
           was
           in
           danger
           of
           being
           damnified
           ,
           if
           he
           and
           they
           had
           been
           continued
           ,
           but
           that
           some
           of
           those
           who
           now
           rose
           up
           to
           bear
           the
           day
           over
           them
           ,
           conceived
           themselves
           in
           danger
           by
           reason
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           them
           to
           be
           overtopt
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           not
           themselves
           but
           he
           and
           them
           would
           rule
           the
           City
           ,
           though
           for
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           ground
           of
           that
           ilfavoured
           (
           though
           called
           )
           Reformation
           was
           ,
           that
           themselves
           might
           bear
           the
           sway
           ;
           not
           that
           
             they
             themselves
          
           had
           been
           together
           bearing
           the
           sway
           for
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           King.
           And
           I
           appeal
           to
           those
           judicious
           unbiassed
           men
           whom
           the
           Faction
           swayed
           not
           ,
           who
           then
           minded
           those
           transactions
           as
           they
           then
           were
           ,
           and
           have
           since
           observed
           the
           issue
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           whether
           the
           
             measure
             I
          
           have
           given
           be
           not
           the
           Diameter
           of
           those
           Proceedings
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           I
           hated
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           an
           abomination
           to
           me
           ;
           and
           as
           I
           did
           upon
           all
           opportunities
           bear
           my
           Testimony
           against
           them
           ,
           foe
           which
           they
           sat
           in
           opposition
           to
           me
           ,
           so
           I
           endeavoured
           to
           out-work
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Interest
           ;
           and
           the
           Understanding
           I
           had
           I
           made
           use
           of
           to
           counterwork
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           to
           obviate
           the
           issue
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           which
           I
           saw
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           Natural
           effect
           :
           If
           in
           all
           these
           things
           
             they
             prospered
          
           ,
           viz.
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           &
           the
           particular
           persons
           therein
           that
           were
           men
           of
           Estates
           ,
           whom
           the
           enterchanges
           
           of
           the
           former
           day
           had
           brought
           into
           the
           capacity
           of
           Sequestration
           .
           In
           the
           prosecution
           of
           which
           I
           met
           with
           many
           notable
           and
           great
           Encounters
           (
           as
           what
           follows
           will
           in
           part
           make
           manifest
           )
           which
           were
           they
           to
           be
           attempted
           with
           money
           ,
           could
           not
           have
           been
           purchased
           of
           me
           at
           any
           rate
           .
           For
           the
           Obstractions
           I
           met
           with
           ,
           the
           length
           of
           time
           ,
           the
           most
           tedious
           waitings
           and
           Disappointments
           were
           such
           that
           (
           I
           speak
           in
           truth
           of
           heart
           )
           no
           such
           consideration
           could
           have
           wrought
           me
           over
           thereunto
           .
           Nevertheless
           I
           set
           my
           self
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           though
           Young
           (
           as
           I
           have
           said
           )
           and
           not
           having
           many
           to
           joyne
           with
           
             me
             ,
             I
          
           mean
           such
           as
           would
           make
           it
           their
           business
           to
           tug
           in
           such
           a
           matter
           ,
           yet
           I
           was
           determined
           in
           the
           thing
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           consequence
           ,
           obtained
           that
           which
           is
           some
           ground
           of
           this
           Relation
           .
        
         
           
             General
             Fairfax
          
           being
           near
           about
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           the
           head
           Quarters
           of
           the
           Army
           at
           Bath
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1646.
           after
           the
           first
           Warrs
           were
           over
           ,
           some
           of
           the
           men
           opprest
           as
           aforesaid
           foreseeing
           what
           was
           coming
           upon
           them
           ,
           applyed
           themselves
           to
           the
           General
           by
           Petition
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Interpretation
           of
           the
           Articles
           of
           Surrender
           ,
           hoping
           thereby
           to
           stemm
           ,
           if
           it
           might
           be
           the
           floud
           of
           Sequestration
           that
           was
           coming
           upon
           them
           ;
           who
           in
           a
           Letter
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           gave
           his
           sence
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           viz.
           That
           he
           intended
           by
           the
           fourth
           Article
           (
           which
           was
           that
           unto
           which
           they
           had
           particular
           resort
           )
           as
           much
           saving
           to
           the
           Corporation
           ,
           and
           the
           particular
           persons
           concern'd
           therein
           as
           was
           in
           his
           power
           to
           grant
           .
           Which
           was
           as
           much
           as
           could
           be
           expected
           at
           his
           hands
           ,
           considering
           the
           state
           he
           and
           the
           Army
           stood
           in
           at
           that
           time
           ;
           
             (
             sc
             .
          
           )
           as
           being
           thought
           in
           Principle
           and
           otherwise
           as
           to
           Religion
           ,
           not
           in
           order
           to
           that
           Reformation
           which
           
             those
             then
          
           in
           Power
           thought
           to
           settle
           in
           the
           Nation
           .
        
         
           I
           was
           at
           Bath
           when
           this
           thing
           was
           in
           agitation
           ,
           and
           I
           helped
           it
           forward
           with
           the
           General
           Officers
           what
           I
           could
           ,
           on
           whom
           I
           had
           an
           influence
           ,
           but
           it
           accomplisht
           nothing
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           not
           made
           use
           of
           .
           So
           things
           stood
           in
           reference
           to
           this
           as
           before
           ,
           and
           they
           lay
           objected
           to
           as
           much
           mischief
           as
           those
           that
           rose
           against
           them
           ,
           were
           able
           to
           do
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           their
           Disease
           was
           yet
           without
           a
           Remedy
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           this
           matter
           sprang
           of
           themselves
           through
           the
           opportunity
           of
           some
           friend
           of
           
             Alderman
             Hooks
          
           ,
           who
           accomplished
           it
           with
           the
           General
           ;
           which
           nevertheless
           was
           assisted
           by
           the
           
             General
             Officers
          
           ,
           whose
           agitation
           therein
           was
           not
           altogether
           useless
           ;
           their
           concurrence
           being
           something
           to
           the
           General
           therein
           ;
           with
           whom
           I
           had
           to
           do
           as
           aforesaid
           .
           Nor
           was
           it
           altogether
           unnecessary
           ,
           for
           thereby
           
           by
           they
           came
           to
           be
           so
           informed
           in
           the
           state
           of
           Affairs
           as
           to
           Bristol
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           brought
           into
           such
           a
           sence
           ,
           that
           for
           ever
           afterwards
           they
           assisted
           the
           good
           and
           benefit
           of
           the
           City
           what
           lay
           in
           their
           power
           .
           And
           indeed
           without
           them
           the
           things
           that
           were
           afterwards
           could
           not
           have
           been
           affected
           ,
           for
           their
           valour
           and
           success
           gave
           them
           to
           be
           something
           in
           the
           ordring
           of
           Affairs
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           especially
           where
           their
           Swords
           had
           led
           the
           way
           thereunto
           ,
           and
           wherein
           their
           honour
           as
           Souldiers
           was
           engaged
           in
           point
           of
           Articles
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           
             I
             laid
          
           the
           stress
           of
           the
           
             matter
             ,
             viz.
          
           upon
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           were
           with
           them
           in
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           Council
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           of
           Concernment
           in
           the
           Nation
           ;
           and
           the
           Others
           placed
           their
           Opposition
           against
           me
           in
           the
           Interest
           that
           was
           contrary
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           rugg
           became
           hard
           ,
           the
           
             chiefest
             Men
          
           in
           Power
           in
           England
           then
           on
           both
           sides
           being
           concern'd
           in
           the
           matter
           ▪
           and
           so
           it
           rose
           ,
           and
           fell
           as
           the
           Interests
           prosper'd
           ,
           who
           ,
           in
           other
           things
           as
           well
           as
           this
           ,
           had
           the
           Competition
           .
           Nor
           could
           I
           tell
           where
           better
           to
           place
           it
           then
           so
           ,
           viz.
           In
           the
           hands
           of
           those
           who
           had
           the
           Sword
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           whose
           business
           it
           was
           (
           as
           I
           have
           said
           )
           most
           properly
           ,
           and
           naturally
           to
           see
           it
           brought
           to
           pass
           ;
           who
           were
           best
           able
           ;
           who
           if
           they
           fell
           ,
           the
           thing
           must
           ,
           but
           in
           their
           standing
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           most
           likely
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           a
           Man
           might
           reasonably
           promise
           to
           himself
           the
           greatest
           prosperity
           .
        
         
           So
           things
           stood
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           were
           placed
           ,
           and
           here
           began
           the
           Engagement
           in
           the
           
             matter
             .
             I
          
           was
           considering
           with
           my
           self
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           how
           low
           it
           was
           brought
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Warres
           ,
           how
           it
           was
           a
           Port
           Town
           ;
           how
           the
           present
           Men
           that
           were
           of
           Estates
           were
           (
           mostly
           )
           the
           contrary
           party
           ;
           or
           such
           whom
           the
           Rules
           of
           Sequestration
           ,
           if
           strictly
           laid
           ,
           would
           take
           hold
           of
           ,
           as
           having
           had
           to
           do
           in
           things
           that
           by
           the
           Parliaments
           Orders
           were
           Sequestrable
           ;
           or
           would
           make
           them
           liable
           so
           to
           be
           ;
           how
           the
           Sequestration
           of
           them
           would
           be
           in
           a
           manner
           as
           a
           Statute
           of
           Banqueroutisme
           ,
           how
           one
           way
           ,
           or
           another
           ,
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           and
           Citizens
           that
           had
           been
           there
           whilest
           the
           City
           was
           not
           taken
           ,
           were
           in
           the
           capacity
           of
           Sequestration
           ;
           how
           the
           noise
           of
           this
           would
           spoile
           their
           Reputation
           (
           especially
           the
           Merchants
           )
           in
           Forraigne
           Parts
           ,
           and
           their
           Bills
           would
           be
           worth
           nothing
           ;
           how
           that
           Trade
           hereby
           would
           fall
           ,
           and
           being
           once
           lost
           or
           fallen
           into
           the
           Londoners
           hands
           (
           who
           watch't
           for
           it
           )
           would
           not
           easily
           ,
           if
           
             at
             all
          
           ,
           be
           recovered
           ;
           how
           that
           the
           Consequence
           would
           be
           matter
           of
           sorrow
           hereafter
           not
           to
           
           be
           recovered
           ;
           therefore
           I
           bestir'd
           my self
           ;
           and
           seeing
           that
           on
           this
           foot
           matters
           stood
           ,
           and
           clearly
           too
           ,
           in
           my
           understanding
           ;
           I
           resolved
           to
           do
           the
           part
           of
           a
           Native
           ,
           and
           Citizen
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           a
           
             Freeman
             ;
             One
          
           that
           was
           Free-borne
           ;
           and
           rather
           to
           hazard
           my self
           in
           the
           issue
           ,
           then
           that
           thorough
           any
           failer
           of
           mine
           ,
           the
           City
           should
           fall
           not
           to
           be
           recovered
           .
           And
           so
           mine
           own
           natural
           ,
           and
           
             (
             I
          
           may
           say
           )
           Native
           love
           to
           the
           City
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           first
           drew
           breath
           in
           such
           considerations
           as
           these
           prompted
           me
           (
           not
           any
           other
           ,
           or
           Person
           whatsoever
           ,
           for
           it
           arose
           in
           mine
           own
           breast
           )
           to
           what
           I
           afterwards
           undertook
           ,
           &
           perfected
           ;
           as
           by
           ,
           and
           by
           shall
           be
           made
           manifest
           .
        
         
           The
           Committee
           going
           on
           in
           their
           Examinations
           for
           Sequestration
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           exacting
           the
           5
           th
           .
           and
           20
           th
           .
           part
           ,
           I
           made
           it
           my
           business
           what
           I
           could
           to
           take
           off
           their
           edge
           ,
           and
           so
           wrought
           with
           some
           particular
           persons
           ,
           as
           (
           to
           give
           
             them
             their
          
           due
           )
           they
           took
           things
           so
           into
           consideration
           that
           they
           proceeded
           with
           no
           one
           effectually
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           but
           suffred
           things
           to
           fall
           ,
           and
           the
           heat
           by
           Degrees
           ,
           as
           the
           matters
           of
           consideration
           took
           place
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           leisure
           to
           receive
           them
           ;
           yet
           this
           was
           not
           presently
           nor
           at
           once
           ,
           that
           they
           so
           did
           but
           they
           held
           it
           on
           as
           they
           pleased
           ,
           and
           
             no
             one
          
           was
           certain
           ,
           (
           no
           not
           
             they
             themselves
          
           who
           were
           more
           moderate
           amongst
           them
           )
           whether
           they
           should
           so
           hold
           the
           matter
           among
           themselves
           ,
           or
           whether
           they
           should
           not
           otherwise
           be
           compell'd
           thereunto
           ,
           because
           the
           Oath
           of
           Committee-men
           seemed
           to
           oblige
           them
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           whil'st
           things
           lay
           thus
           in
           suspence
           ,
           neither
           done
           nor
           undone
           ,
           but
           in
           
             probability
             ,
             my
          
           travel
           was
           still
           continued
           upon
           me
           ,
           and
           my
           cares
           were
           least
           some
           sudden
           slip
           might
           effect
           it
           ,
           therefore
           I
           carried
           a
           wary
           eye
           on
           every
           hand
           ,
           least
           the
           thing
           being
           once
           done
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           past
           recovery
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           when
           the
           Election
           for
           Burgesses
           to
           fit
           in
           Parliament
           came
           to
           be
           ,
           I
           endeavoured
           what
           I
           could
           the
           bringing
           into
           Election
           Col.
           
             Charles
             Fleetwood
          
           aforesaid
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           a
           man
           of
           Moderation
           and
           Interest
           ,
           and
           probably
           in
           the
           House
           might
           best
           serve
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           whose
           condition
           was
           now
           brought
           very
           low
           ;
           at
           least
           he
           might
           serve
           for
           the
           turning
           by
           of
           that
           rigidity
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           means
           of
           the
           Instigation
           of
           some
           ,
           might
           produce
           a
           Sequestration
           .
           For
           I
           knew
           right
           well
           that
           if
           things
           in
           the
           fountain
           were
           not
           stopt
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           stream
           ,
           what
           was
           done
           ,
           or
           might
           be
           as
           to
           the
           stream
           ,
           might
           signifie
           little
           .
           And
           the
           rather
           minded
           I
           this
           thing
           ,
           because
           those
           who
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           drove
           on
           the
           Election
           ,
           
           sought
           to
           elect
           ,
           (
           and
           in
           the
           issue
           carried
           it
           ,
           though
           unduly
           )
           such
           in
           that
           place
           as
           would
           (
           and
           it
           afterwards
           proved
           so
           ,
           and
           I
           felt
           the
           effects
           of
           it
           in
           my
           after
           Prosecutions
           )
           force
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           ,
           though
           
             Major
             General
             Skippon
          
           the
           then
           Governour
           ,
           and
           my
           Superior
           Officer
           (
           for
           I
           was
           in
           command
           under
           him
           )
           and
           my
           very
           loving
           friend
           ,
           sat
           in
           the
           Hall
           in
           order
           to
           an
           Election
           ;
           yet
           before
           his
           face
           I
           prosecuted
           for
           the
           other
           with
           the
           uttermost
           that
           my
           Interest
           and
           strength
           was
           able
           ,
           and
           had
           accomplished
           it
           for
           Col.
           Fleetwood
           had
           the
           Pole
           been
           granted
           ,
           as
           neer
           as
           a
           man
           could
           well
           judge
           by
           a
           view
           in
           that
           matter
           ,
           but
           the
           business
           was
           otherwise
           packt
           ,
           and
           a
           return
           made
           by
           the
           Sheriffs
           presently
           in
           the
           Hall
           for
           those
           two
           ,
           on
           the
           foundation
           of
           whose
           after
           proceedings
           lay
           the
           misery
           ,
           and
           unhappiness
           of
           the
           
             City
             .
             I
          
           opposed
           it
           what
           I
           could
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           as
           foreseeing
           that
           which
           hath
           since
           proved
           in
           the
           end
           ;
           and
           something
           was
           sent
           up
           against
           the
           Election
           which
           was
           of
           weight
           ,
           but
           they
           being
           returned
           ,
           and
           coming
           to
           fit
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Guard
           against
           such
           things
           as
           these
           ,
           so
           as
           that
           the
           prosecution
           of
           things
           of
           this
           nature
           seldome
           received
           any
           effect
           ,
           especially
           where
           the
           persons
           opposed
           sided
           with
           or
           served
           the
           prevailing
           party
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           which
           these
           did
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           matter
           could
           never
           come
           within
           .
        
         
           There
           were
           
             many
             sober
          
           Citizens
           that
           were
           with
           me
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           such
           as
           had
           suffred
           much
           by
           the
           
             contrary
             party
          
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           this
           encounter
           put
           me
           to
           some
           ,
           yea
           a
           great
           trial
           ,
           for
           I
           thereby
           hazarded
           my
           Interest
           with
           the
           
             Major
             General
          
           then
           Governour
           ,
           and
           the
           loss
           of
           the
           friendship
           of
           that
           part
           of
           the
           City
           which
           I
           opposed
           in
           the
           Election
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           men
           returned
           themselves
           ;
           and
           moreover
           (
           as
           it
           might
           prove
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           did
           as
           hereafter
           will
           more
           appear
           )
           I
           apprehended
           it
           would
           lay
           a
           bone
           of
           contention
           between
           me
           and
           them
           ,
           and
           a
           ground
           of
           prejudice
           in
           them
           against
           me
           ,
           which
           had
           not
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Lord
           preserv'd
           me
           ,
           had
           been
           my
           ruine
           .
           For
           ,
           ever
           afterwards
           those
           then
           sitting
           as
           Burgesses
           in
           the
           House
           look
           upon
           me
           with
           a
           squint
           eye
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           could
           with
           their
           party
           wrought
           against
           me
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           the
           other
           Interest
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Army
           stood
           
             it
             thorough
          
           ,
           they
           had
           carried
           it
           against
           me
           :
           For
           ,
           with
           the
           opposite
           Interest
           to
           the
           
             Army
             they
          
           stood
           in
           this
           thing
           ,
           which
           gave
           a
           fore
           encounters
           ,
           and
           notable
           disappointments
           ,
           and
           a
           male
           interpretation
           of
           all
           that
           I
           did
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           party
           unto
           which
           th●…
           
           did
           adhere
           ;
           and
           if
           a
           hole
           could
           have
           been
           pickt
           in
           my
           Coat
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           been
           sure
           to
           have
           had
           it
           ;
           and
           they
           and
           that
           Interest
           would
           have
           served
           it
           upon
           me
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           disappointed
           .
        
         
           This
           struck
           the
           stroak
           between
           us
           ,
           and
           laid
           a
           perpetual
           ground
           of
           Opposition
           on
           their
           part
           against
           me
           ,
           when
           they
           saw
           that
           by
           no
           means
           they
           could
           court
           me
           to
           turn
           from
           that
           on
           which
           I
           was
           ;
           and
           they
           wrought
           at
           me
           as
           they
           pleased
           ;
           and
           words
           passed
           ,
           and
           actions
           from
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           not
           fit
           here
           to
           be
           related
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           summ●
           of
           the
           
             matter
             they
          
           secretly
           held
           me
           for
           their
           enemy
           ,
           and
           did
           against
           me
           what
           lay
           in
           their
           power
           ,
           though
           in
           all
           that
           
             I
             did
             I
             had
          
           nothing
           in
           mine
           eye
           but
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           City
           from
           that
           outrage
           which
           malice
           and
           wickedness
           sought
           to
           attempt
           against
           it
           ,
           which
           now
           arose
           to
           a
           great
           height
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           was
           enforc'd
           to
           attend
           the
           motions
           of
           it
           higher
           then
           this
           place
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           Parliament
           it self
           ,
           whither
           the
           heads
           of
           this
           Faction
           were
           removed
           ,
           and
           sat
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           had
           their
           influence
           .
        
         
           Hereunto
           I
           was
           inforced
           to
           lay
           my
           Leagure
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           to
           attend
           the
           motions
           of
           these
           Men
           above
           ,
           who
           here
           below
           had
           accomplisht
           little
           though
           it
           was
           endeavoured
           ;
           and
           because
           some
           principal
           Men
           of
           the
           contrary
           part
           ;
           
             viz.
             Alderman
             Hook
             ,
             Alderman
             James
             ,
             Alderman
             Francis
             Creswick
             ,
             &c.
          
           were
           called
           upon
           to
           Composition
           through
           the
           Instigation
           of
           those
           of
           the
           City
           who
           sate
           as
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           whereby
           those
           of
           this
           City
           who
           were
           in
           the
           like
           capacity
           ,
           were
           (
           in
           effect
           )
           called
           to
           the
           same
           ,
           therefore
           I
           removed
           the
           matter
           higher
           then
           this
           place
           ;
           and
           because
           I
           saw
           what
           force
           was
           engaged
           ,
           I
           thought
           to
           bring
           as
           good
           as
           themselves
           ,
           and
           so
           having
           considered
           of
           certain
           Considerations
           to
           the
           number
           of
           thirteen
           ,
           why
           the
           Citizens
           ,
           and
           Inhabitants
           of
           Bristoll
           should
           be
           freed
           from
           
             Sequestration
             ,
             I
          
           sent
           them
           up
           to
           a
           Friend
           at
           London
           to
           communicate
           them
           to
           the
           
             General
             Officers
          
           ,
           and
           to
           him
           who
           was
           then
           
             Lieutenant
             General
          
           ,
           to
           have
           their
           Judgments
           whether
           they
           were
           fitting
           ,
           or
           feiseable
           .
        
         
           Unto
           this
           I
           had
           an
           Answer
           ,
           that
           they
           judged
           them
           to
           be
           both
           ,
           and
           encouraged
           me
           to
           a
           coming
           up
           to
           London
           ,
           which
           having
           provided
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           I
           undertook
           ,
           bringing
           with
           me
           a
           Petition
           which
           I
           had
           drawn
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           unto
           which
           were
           subscribed
           the
           hands
           of
           several
           of
           the
           City
           that
           had
           been
           for
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           unto
           which
           were
           added
           the
           Reasons
           aforesaid
           ,
           desiring
           ,
           and
           endeavouring
           ,
           an
           Indemnity
           for
           the
           City
           .
        
         
         
           To
           the
           
             Lieutenant
             General
             I
          
           came
           ,
           after
           I
           was
           come
           up
           to
           London
           ,
           who
           so
           approved
           what
           I
           had
           drawn
           ,
           that
           he
           added
           another
           Consideration
           himself
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           that
           if
           I
           had
           no
           better
           a
           
             hand
             ,
             he
          
           would
           present
           it
           to
           the
           
             Parliament
             himself
          
           .
        
         
           I
           was
           very
           glad
           of
           this
           ;
           and
           the
           then
           Commissary
           General
           ,
           and
           other
           Officers
           that
           were
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           several
           others
           of
           the
           House
           that
           were
           friendly
           to
           the
           Army
           being
           possessed
           with
           the
           business
           ,
           the
           
             Lieutenant
             General
          
           took
           it
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           time
           to
           present
           it
           to
           the
           House
           ;
           but
           such
           had
           been
           the
           influence
           ,
           and
           preoccupation
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           sate
           as
           Burgesses
           ,
           that
           
             John
             Ash
          
           who
           was
           Chair-Man
           at
           Goldsmiths-Hall
           ,
           (
           whom
           upon
           this
           foot
           they
           had
           made
           my
           mortal
           Enemy
           )
           openly
           said
           —
           
             That
             I
             had
             married
             a
             Malignant
             of
             Bristol's
             Daughter
             ,
          
           and
           
             that
             I
             had
             my
             Wife
             on
             Consideration
             of
             freeing
             the
             Malignants
             of
             Bristoll
             from
             Sequestration
             .
          
        
         
           This
           troubled
           the
           
             Leiutenant
             General
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Commiss
             .
             General
          
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           very
           much
           ,
           who
           having
           not
           then
           in
           particular
           to
           remove
           such
           an
           obstruction
           unthought
           of
           ,
           thought
           fit
           to
           with-draw
           the
           matter
           till
           they
           had
           further
           spoken
           with
           me
           ,
           who
           finding
           (
           which
           were
           their
           thoughts
           before
           )
           that
           it
           was
           a
           meer
           calumny
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           upon
           no
           such
           consideration
           ,
           but
           as
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           Marriage
           of
           my
           Wife
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           Daughter
           of
           
             Alderman
             William
             Canne
          
           ,
           then
           Mayor
           of
           the
           City
           when
           I
           married
           her
           ;
           I
           had
           answered
           on
           my
           part
           what
           was
           fitting
           ,
           if
           not
           over
           ,
           and
           above
           what
           was
           usual
           ,
           upon
           my
           private
           particular
           ,
           they
           were
           greatly
           troubled
           ;
           and
           being
           in
           great
           indignation
           that
           the
           opportunity
           was
           thus
           put
           by
           ,
           as
           well
           on
           the
           Cities
           part
           unto
           which
           they
           were
           wrought
           into
           a
           great
           regard
           ,
           as
           on
           
             mine
             ;
             they
          
           determined
           to
           attempt
           something
           else
           ,
           and
           because
           the
           City
           had
           Articles
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           the
           4
           th
           .
           of
           those
           Articles
           of
           Surrender
           the
           Citizens
           and
           Inhabitants
           were
           to
           be
           defended
           from
           all
           ,
           manner
           of
           force
           and
           violence
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           preserved
           in
           their
           Persons
           and
           Estates
           ,
           as
           the
           said
           Article
           hath
           it
           more
           at
           large
           ,
           which
           these
           Proceedings
           seemed
           to
           invade
           ;
           therefore
           they
           determined
           to
           endeavour
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           for
           the
           establishing
           a
           Court
           for
           Articles
           to
           stand
           indifferently
           between
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           as
           Supream
           Judge
           between
           them
           both
           in
           p●int
           of
           Articles
           ,
           and
           because
           this
           could
           not
           be
           done
           for
           Bristol
           alone
           as
           seeming
           too
           particular
           ,
           and
           so
           a
           Repulse
           might
           be
           received
           ,
           they
           resolved
           to
           attempt
           it
           
           for
           the
           
             General
             ,
             viz.
          
           as
           to
           all
           Articles
           in
           which
           Bristols
           particular
           might
           be
           included
           .
        
         
           I
           helped
           the
           matter
           what
           I
           could
           ,
           and
           forwarded
           it
           ,
           and
           attended
           the
           Members
           Instrumental
           therein
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           suggesting
           what
           was
           thought
           Material
           therein
           ,
           which
           cost
           me
           a
           very
           long
           and
           wearisom
           attendance
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           also
           chargable
           ,
           till
           it
           was
           effected
           ;
           which
           Act
           passed
           and
           had
           the
           General
           inclusion
           as
           aforesaid
           .
        
         
           The
           Act
           being
           passed
           ,
           and
           the
           Court
           coming
           to
           fit
           ,
           of
           which
           
             Nathanael
             Brent
          
           Knight
           was
           then
           
             President
             ,
             I
          
           procured
           a
           Letter
           from
           some
           of
           the
           chief
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           from
           
             Col.
             Charles
             Fleetwood
          
           ,
           in
           particular
           to
           
             John
             Steel
          
           then
           Recorder
           of
           London
           ,
           to
           be
           Counsil
           in
           the
           Matter
           ,
           which
           he
           accepted
           ,
           and
           promised
           ;
           and
           I
           also
           obtained
           
             Gen.
             Fairfax
          
           and
           Leiutenant
           Cromwell's
           Letters
           to
           the
           Court
           (
           who
           were
           many
           of
           
             them
             Members
          
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           had
           to
           doing
           in
           
             this
             my
          
           friendly
           assistance
           ;
           )
           in
           way
           of
           Explanation
           to
           the
           Articles
           ,
           and
           what
           their
           sence
           was
           ,
           and
           intended
           when
           they
           granted
           the
           same
           ,
           with
           other
           passages
           to
           induce
           them
           ,
           not
           fit
           here
           to
           be
           mentioned
           .
        
         
           So
           being
           prepared
           on
           every
           hand
           as
           well
           as
           I
           could
           ,
           I
           attended
           with
           the
           Counsil
           aforesaid
           in
           the
           Court
           being
           the
           first
           cause
           attempted
           in
           the
           Court
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           the
           cause
           wherefore
           the
           Court
           was
           attempted
           to
           be
           impowr'd
           :
           So
           when
           the
           Counsil
           had
           spoken
           ,
           and
           I
           had
           opened
           Matters
           for
           a
           long
           space
           of
           time
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Leagure
           of
           Bristol
           ,
           and
           my
           particular
           knowledge
           in
           some
           Transactions
           ,
           and
           the
           state
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           the
           reasonableness
           of
           what
           was
           proposed
           ,
           it
           was
           very
           clear
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           so
           ,
           
             nemine
             contradicente
          
           ,
           they
           voted
           ,
           That
           by
           the
           4
           th
           .
           Article
           of
           the
           Surrender
           of
           Bristol
           ,
           the
           Citizens
           ought
           to
           be
           freed
           from
           Sequestration
           ,
           for
           any
           thing
           done
           by
           them
           to
           that
           time
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ordred
           that
           the
           Commissioners
           at
           
             Goldsmit●
             shall
          
           should
           forbear
           proceeding
           upon
           the
           Citizens
           for
           any
           thing
           done
           by
           them
           to
           that
           time
           ,
           unless
           any
           thing
           of
           Delinquency
           could
           be
           proved
           against
           them
           since
           the
           Surrender
           thereof
           :
           As
           by
           the
           Copy
           of
           the
           Order
           it self
           ,
           which
           is
           ready
           to
           be
           produced
           ,
           may
           more
           plainly
           appear
           .
        
         
           This
           command
           (
           as
           I
           may
           so
           call
           it
           )
           was
           sent
           to
           Goldsmiths-Hall
           ,
           &
           upon
           the
           Petition
           of
           
             Humphry
             Hook
             ,
             Alex
             James
             ,
             Francis
             Creswick
          
           and
           
             Edward
             Caple
             ,
             (
             Son
             in
             Law
          
           to
           the
           said
           
             Francis
             Creswick
          
           )
           which
           I
           drew
           ,
           who
           were
           called
           upon
           as
           to
           Composition
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           
           was
           it
           grounded
           ,
           because
           being
           called
           upon
           as
           to
           Composition
           who
           had
           Articles
           ,
           there
           was
           ground
           wherefore
           the
           Court
           for
           Articles
           should
           take
           cognizance
           of
           their
           being
           so
           called
           upon
           as
           to
           composition
           :
           And
           hereupon
           the
           whole
           contrary
           Party
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           by
           this
           Act
           had
           privilege
           as
           to
           Articles
           to
           appeal
           ,
           who
           ,
           I
           suppose
           will
           confess
           that
           many
           of
           them
           received
           much
           right
           ,
           and
           advantage
           ;
           which
           upon
           occasion
           of
           Bristol
           ,
           was
           thus
           brought
           to
           effect
           ,
           and
           produced
           .
        
         
           Here
           rested
           the
           Matter
           about
           two
           dayes
           time
           ,
           during
           which
           the
           Commissioners
           at
           Goldsmiths-Hall
           grumbled
           much
           at
           the
           matter
           ,
           &
           
             John
             Ash
          
           in
           particular
           ,
           who
           wrote
           peremtorily
           to
           the
           Court
           thereabouts
           .
           And
           great
           muttrings
           in
           the
           house
           there
           was
           about
           the
           Courts
           determination
           ,
           through
           occasion
           of
           the
           Burgesses
           ,
           who
           made
           it
           their
           business
           to
           incense
           the
           House
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           ceased
           not
           till
           upon
           one
           consideration
           or
           the
           other
           ,
           the
           House
           over-ruled
           the
           Judgment
           given
           by
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           appointed
           another
           to
           be
           President
           ,
           and
           the
           
             (
             then
             )
             Atturny
             General
          
           ,
           to
           attend
           the
           Court
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           Now
           that
           the
           Burgesses
           were
           instrumental
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           and
           the
           persons
           who
           were
           the
           occasion
           of
           the
           forcing
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           many
           of
           the
           
             (
             then
          
           )
           Members
           then
           informed
           me
           ;
           and
           
             John
             Ash
          
           in
           particular
           ,
           being
           calmly
           spoken
           to
           by
           some
           friends
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           Petitioners
           ,
           wherefore
           he
           drove
           on
           things
           so
           against
           the
           Petitioners
           ,
           and
           Bristol
           ;
           said
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           
             That
             he
             could
             not
             help
             it
             in
             regard
             that
             the
             Burgesses
             had
             complained
             to
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             received
             a
             check
             thereupon
             for
             not
             proceeding
             therein
             .
          
        
         
           This
           put
           me
           to
           new
           work
           again
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Lieutenant
             General
          
           being
           made
           Lieutenant
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           coming
           to
           Bristol
           for
           
             Transportation
             ,
             I
          
           came
           down
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           and
           here
           spake
           to
           him
           about
           this
           matter
           ,
           who
           spake
           to
           me
           to
           draw
           a
           Letter
           to
           the
           Court
           for
           Articles
           which
           he
           would
           sign
           for
           that
           purpose
           :
           So
           I
           drew
           a
           Letter
           very
           significant
           ,
           which
           he
           signed
           ,
           wherein
           he
           placed
           his
           expedition
           to
           Ireland
           to
           be
           grounded
           on
           what
           the
           Court
           should
           do
           in
           reference
           to
           what
           he
           had
           wrote
           ;
           alledging
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           that
           
             he
             knew
             not
             what
             his
             Expedition
             thither
             might
             signifie
             ,
             if
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             Army
             should
             not
             be
             made
             good
             in
             point
             of
             Articles
             .
          
        
         
           This
           was
           sent
           ,
           and
           delivered
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           who
           hitherto
           had
           proceeded
           little
           in
           reference
           to
           Bristol
           ,
           and
           because
           a
           starting
           hole
           was
           found
           out
           for
           what
           the
           Parliament
           had
           overruled
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
             
             the
             Articles
             for
             Bristol
             were
             not
             formally
             confirmed
             by
             the
             House
             .
          
           There
           being
           a
           Clause
           in
           the
           Act
           that
           gave
           them
           Cognizance
           of
           such
           Articles
           only
           ,
           as
           the
           House
           had
           
             confirmed
             ;
             I
          
           was
           constrained
           to
           rummage
           among
           the
           Parliament
           Rolles
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           out
           of
           them
           (
           which
           I
           did
           my
           
             self
             )
             all
          
           such
           passages
           as
           had
           proceeded
           in
           the
           House
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Surrender
           of
           
             Bristol
             ,
             viz.
             The
             thanks
             of
             the
             House
             to
             the
             Generall
             Officers
             ,
             and
             Army
             upon
             Col.
          
           Ingoldsby's
           
             Narrative
             in
             the
             House
             of
             the
             Proceedings
             of
             the
             Army
             as
             to
          
           Bristol
           .
           
             The
             day
             of
             Thanksgiving
             ordred
             throughout
             the
             Nation
             for
             the
             Surrender
             of
             the
             said
             place
             ,
             their
             Letter
             to
             the
             General
             ,
             and
             sundry
             other
             things
             ,
          
           which
           I
           abstacted
           and
           delivered
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           amounting
           in
           the
           whole
           to
           
             more
             then
             a
             Confirmation
          
           .
           For
           indeed
           ,
           that
           Surrender
           considering
           the
           season
           of
           the
           Year
           (
           being
           in
           the
           approach
           of
           Winter
           )
           and
           the
           Reputation
           thereof
           ,
           and
           the
           Armies
           liberty
           thereupon
           to
           prosecute
           to
           the
           end
           of
           that
           War
           ,
           was
           of
           as
           much
           consequence
           to
           the
           Parliaments
           part
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           against
           them
           when
           it
           was
           taken
           by
           that
           Party
           which
           was
           contrary
           .
        
         
           Nevertheless
           ,
           neither
           the
           one
           nor
           the
           other
           could
           prevaile
           ,
           neither
           the
           Letter
           ,
           nor
           the
           Abstract
           ,
           nor
           whatsoever
           was
           offred
           ,
           to
           have
           a
           Salvo
           to
           the
           former
           order
           of
           the
           Court
           ;
           the
           influence
           of
           the
           House
           through
           the
           Burgesses
           sollicitation
           lying
           in
           the
           way
           ,
           but
           still
           they
           held
           it
           to
           that
           Clause
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Confirmation
           of
           the
           House
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           sollications
           were
           forced
           there
           to
           cease
           ,
           without
           any
           further
           advantage
           then
           a
           prompting
           the
           Parties
           concerned
           to
           
             Goldsmith
             shall
          
           and
           a
           recommendation
           of
           them
           thither
           for
           an
           easie
           Composition
           ;
           forasmuch
           as
           by
           the
           said
           Article
           the
           Petitioners
           might
           suppose
           themselves
           (
           and
           to
           have
           some
           reason
           for
           that
           purpose
           )
           to
           be
           freed
           from
           Sequestration
           :
           And
           one
           of
           the
           Petitioners
           distrusting
           the
           issue
           of
           things
           at
           last
           ,
           and
           being
           promised
           favour
           by
           
             John
             Ash
          
           at
           Goldsmiths-Hall
           ,
           viz.
           
             Alexander
             James
          
           ,
           took
           the
           opportunity
           ,
           so
           did
           
             Alderman
             Waliis
          
           also
           ,
           who
           was
           
             no
             Petitioner
          
           but
           in
           the
           same
           predicament
           .
           And
           thus
           this
           Matter
           came
           to
           be
           broken
           ,
           and
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Petitioners
           own
           hands
           at
           last
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           brought
           thus
           far
           ,
           and
           Goldsmiths-Hall
           in
           a
           capacity
           of
           having
           to
           do
           with
           them
           ;
           And
           indeed
           it
           was
           the
           design
           of
           that
           time
           thus
           to
           break
           them
           ;
           unto
           which
           some
           of
           their
           own
           hands
           served
           .
           And
           here
           Matters
           for
           a
           while
           rested
           .
        
         
           The
           truth
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           there
           were
           many
           Lords
           ,
           and
           others
           then
           in
           the
           City
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Surrender
           ,
           that
           were
           concern'd
           in
           that
           
           Article
           ,
           who
           either
           had
           ,
           or
           were
           in
           a
           condition
           of
           compounding
           for
           considerable
           Estates
           ;
           who
           if
           they
           had
           been
           excluded
           ,
           the
           order
           for
           the
           Validity
           of
           that
           Article
           had
           not
           been
           expunged
           .
           And
           so
           much
           for
           that
           business
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           a
           Vessel
           in
           the
           Sea
           which
           had
           lost
           her
           Oares
           and
           Rudder
           ,
           so
           were
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Petitioners
           ,
           and
           other
           Citizens
           ,
           who
           thought
           themselves
           in
           the
           same
           condition
           ,
           tossed
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           serving
           themselves
           as
           they
           could
           ,
           sometimes
           this
           way
           ,
           sometimes
           that
           ,
           till
           another
           expedient
           came
           to
           be
           pitcht
           upon
           ,
           which
           might
           give
           them
           relief
           ,
           though
           yet
           as
           to
           what
           had
           been
           offred
           the
           Court
           for
           Articles
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           thereof
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Cessation
           ;
           and
           not
           with
           that
           violence
           at
           Goldsmiths-Hall
           as
           to
           them
           ,
           were
           things
           prosecuted
           as
           usual
           ,
           upon
           the
           ground
           before
           mentioned
           .
           The
           Commissioners
           at
           Goldsmiths-Hall
           had
           an
           Exeunt
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           forced
           to
           give
           way
           to
           a
           new
           Bill
           that
           authorized
           several
           new
           Commissioners
           ,
           who
           sat
           at
           Haberdashers-Hall
           who
           were
           impowred
           to
           all
           those
           things
           relating
           to
           Sequestration
           ,
           and
           particular
           persons
           in
           every
           County
           were
           appointed
           as
           Subcommissioners
           for
           Sequestrations
           ,
           and
           these
           applied
           themselves
           in
           discharge
           of
           that
           Office
           ,
           and
           the
           Rules
           were
           very
           strickt
           ,
           so
           that
           no
           man
           who
           had
           publiquely
           to
           do
           on
           the
           contrary
           part
           could
           (
           probably
           )
           escape
           them
           ;
           and
           those
           who
           were
           appointed
           for
           Subcommissioners
           for
           Sommersetshire
           made
           their
           Progress
           to
           Bristol
           ,
           as
           included
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Sommerset
           ,
           and
           made
           demand
           of
           the
           Committee
           the
           Papers
           that
           lay
           before
           them
           concerning
           Sequestrations
           .
        
         
           This
           appeared
           as
           a
           new
           furnace
           ,
           wherein
           to
           terrifie
           those
           Citizens
           ,
           and
           to
           turn
           aside
           all
           that
           had
           been
           on
           the
           contrary
           before
           ,
           so
           I
           looked
           on
           the
           Act
           ,
           and
           finding
           there
           that
           the
           Subcommissioners
           must
           be
           men
           of
           the
           same
           County
           ,
           and
           considering
           that
           Bristol
           was
           a
           City
           and
           County
           of
           it self
           ,
           I
           thought
           there
           was
           a
           hole
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           this
           ground
           those
           Subcommissioners
           had
           nothing
           to
           do
           in
           Bristol
           ,
           being
           not
           (
           all
           of
           them
           though
           one
           was
           )
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           City
           .
        
         
           This
           flaw
           I
           shewed
           to
           my
           Cozen
           Haggatt
           (
           who
           was
           both
           a
           Councellor
           at
           Law
           ,
           and
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Committee
           ,
           who
           before
           ,
           and
           then
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           vigorously
           acted
           with
           me
           ,
           and
           with
           whom
           I
           particularly
           corresponded
           in
           this
           freedom
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           who
           here
           acted
           what
           lay
           in
           him
           ,
           as
           I
           did
           above
           ,
           though
           now
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Men
           concern'd
           ,
           as
           ill
           rewarded
           )
           and
           told
           him
           that
           I
           thought
           it
           
           would
           be
           well
           if
           he
           would
           communicate
           it
           to
           the
           Committee
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           of
           my
           mind
           in
           both
           ,
           and
           so
           wrought
           that
           the
           Committee
           denied
           the
           Papers
           that
           lay
           before
           them
           to
           these
           Subcommissioners
           as
           not
           being
           capacitated
           by
           the
           Act
           thereunto
           ,
           being
           not
           Inhabitants
           .
           Nevertheless
           on
           they
           proceeded
           on
           their
           own
           legs
           ,
           and
           part
           of
           
             Alderman
             Hooks
          
           Estate
           in
           Sommersetshire
           was
           sequestred
           ,
           and
           part
           in
           Gloucestershire
           by
           the
           Subcommissioners
           of
           that
           County
           ,
           and
           one
           came
           to
           his
           House
           to
           Inventory
           his
           Goods
           in
           the
           City
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           was
           put
           to
           it
           ,
           for
           the
           matter
           was
           precidential
           to
           all
           ,
           for
           though
           the
           Burgesses
           to
           wave
           the
           business
           of
           the
           Articles
           ,
           suggested
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           
             only
             two
          
           or
           three
           Malignants
           ,
           Hook
           ,
           &c.
           that
           were
           in
           prosecution
           ,
           and
           no
           others
           intended
           ;
           thereby
           making
           the
           matter
           little
           ,
           yet
           having
           broke
           the
           ice
           on
           them
           ,
           the
           rest
           must
           have
           followed
           ;
           for
           the
           same
           Rules
           served
           for
           the
           one
           as
           for
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           the
           leading
           men
           being
           overcome
           ,
           the
           rest
           must
           follow
           :
           the
           Commissioners
           at
           Haberdashers-Hall
           having
           about
           200.
           on
           the
           List
           :
           Though
           with
           this
           Dawberry
           ,
           their
           Emissaries
           thought
           to
           charme
           the
           residue
           so
           concerned
           in
           the
           City
           into
           an
           Opinion
           that
           the
           matter
           was
           not
           of
           that
           moment
           ,
           nor
           would
           have
           reflection
           (
           at
           least
           in
           intent
           )
           upon
           them
           ,
           so
           as
           that
           they
           needed
           to
           fear
           .
           Hereby
           turning
           aside
           their
           general
           sence
           and
           appearance
           in
           the
           Matter
           ,
           and
           endeavouring
           the
           lessning
           of
           that
           which
           was
           attempted
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           To
           those
           of
           Gloucestershire
           ,
           viz.
           
             Capt.
             Buck
          
           ,
           and
           Hancolk
           ,
           Col.
           
             Nath.
             Rich.
          
           (
           at
           my
           desire
           )
           and
           my
           self
           wrote
           ,
           who
           thereupon
           took
           off
           the
           seizure
           in
           order
           to
           Sequestration
           on
           Hook's
           Estate
           ,
           and
           for
           those
           of
           Sommersetshire
           I
           so
           wrought
           that
           they
           were
           soon
           turned
           out
           ,
           and
           such
           Men
           put
           in
           their
           places
           ,
           as
           upon
           whom
           I
           had
           an
           influence
           ,
           whom
           by
           Letters
           and
           otherwise
           I
           kept
           off
           from
           Bristol
           ,
           least
           they
           should
           run
           themselves
           into
           a
           Premunire
           as
           acting
           in
           cases
           where
           they
           were
           not
           Commissionated
           .
        
         
           This
           stemm'd
           the
           Tide
           again
           ,
           and
           gave
           some
           respite
           ;
           nevertheless
           the
           endeavours
           of
           the
           other
           part
           were
           not
           wanting
           to
           bring
           it
           on
           afresh
           with
           Haherdashers-Hall
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           fountain
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           to
           cause
           their
           suffring
           .
        
         
           With
           Haberdashers-Hall
           I
           was
           forced
           now
           to
           work
           ,
           and
           several
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           I
           engaged
           with
           the
           Reason
           of
           the
           thing
           not
           to
           act
           ;
           and
           of
           this
           number
           Three
           there
           were
           ,
           a
           fourth
           was
           Newtral
           ,
           and
           cared
           to
           do
           little
           in
           the
           matter
           :
           So
           that
           the
           Orders
           from
           them
           to
           the
           Subcommissioners
           lay
           sometime
           a
           Moneth
           together
           unsigned
           ,
           
           there
           being
           but
           seven
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           signing
           required
           a
           Majority
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           .
           One
           while
           I
           held
           them
           with
           one
           thing
           ,
           and
           another
           while
           with
           another
           ;
           and
           sometimes
           I
           wrote
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           made
           use
           of
           the
           then
           state
           of
           the
           Nation
           that
           required
           there
           should
           be
           no
           irritation
           ,
           especially
           of
           such
           a
           City
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           time
           ,
           which
           might
           turn
           much
           to
           prejudice
           :
           And
           because
           I
           knew
           not
           what
           might
           be
           the
           Consequence
           ,
           at
           last
           I
           got
           the
           Matter
           in
           the
           House
           again
           as
           to
           the
           particular
           of
           
             Alderman
             Hook
          
           and
           the
           rest
           ,
           which
           being
           not
           so
           well
           timed
           by
           the
           Speaker
           ,
           it
           being
           early
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           and
           the
           Members
           that
           were
           to
           assist
           it
           ,
           not
           being
           present
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Burgesses
           crusht
           it
           in
           the
           bud
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           died
           .
           The
           motion
           arose
           from
           a
           Letter
           General
           Fairfax
           wrote
           to
           the
           House
           in
           that
           particular
           ,
           which
           I
           procured
           ,
           and
           gave
           to
           the
           Speaker
           who
           presented
           it
           .
        
         
           Then
           I
           wrought
           in
           the
           Counsil
           of
           
             State
             ,
             (
             I
          
           being
           then
           at
           White-hall
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           though
           they
           being
           then
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           they
           gave
           no
           such
           appellation
           ,
           such
           an
           appellation
           being
           to
           a
           state
           improper
           ,
           yet
           Secretary
           I
           was
           ,
           and
           such
           was
           the
           term
           that
           by
           their
           order
           they
           gave
           me
           .
           )
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           wrought
           with
           the
           Counsil
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           exhibited
           considerations
           to
           them
           according
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           and
           so
           accomplished
           that
           some
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           were
           sent
           for
           by
           the
           Counsil
           to
           appear
           before
           them
           ,
           where
           we
           had
           a
           hearing
           ;
           but
           neither
           here
           could
           any
           thing
           be
           accomplished
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           workings
           of
           the
           Burgesses
           with
           some
           of
           the
           Counsil
           ,
           though
           the
           
             (
             then
          
           )
           President
           and
           others
           did
           what
           they
           could
           :
           The
           matter
           indeed
           ,
           not
           so
           properly
           relating
           unto
           them
           to
           judge
           in
           ,
           seeing
           the
           Law
           was
           as
           to
           Sequestration
           ,
           otherwise
           then
           as
           to
           a
           prudent
           suspension
           of
           putting
           the
           Law
           in
           execution
           ,
           where
           (
           probably
           )
           such
           execution
           might
           return
           to
           a
           greater
           prejudice
           ,
           and
           to
           commend
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           whole
           to
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           This
           gave
           a
           little
           breathing
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           being
           found
           no
           otherwise
           acting
           ,
           but
           in
           reference
           to
           their
           Oaths
           in
           the
           discharge
           of
           what
           they
           had
           undertaken
           according
           to
           the
           Rules
           that
           were
           set
           them
           ,
           which
           being
           prompted
           to
           by
           others
           instigation
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           were
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           it
           could
           be
           expected
           to
           have
           no
           other
           influence
           .
        
         
           Nevertheless
           ,
           things
           ended
           not
           here
           ,
           but
           new
           sollicitations
           to
           Sequestration
           produced
           new
           Orders
           ,
           and
           a
           peremptory
           Letter
           by
           
           the
           Commissioners
           was
           sent
           down
           to
           the
           Committee
           in
           reference
           to
           
             their
             Non-Sequestration
          
           ,
           demanding
           the
           Copies
           of
           the
           Papers
           that
           were
           before
           them
           ,
           for
           that
           purpose
           threatning
           to
           lay
           a
           fine
           upon
           their
           heads
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           Serjeant
           at
           Armes
           moreover
           should
           be
           sent
           for
           Creswick's
           Land
           also
           at
           Langford
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Sommerset
           was
           sequestred
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           the
           Committee
           gave
           a
           manly
           Reply
           ,
           my
           Coz.
           Haggat
           being
           Instrumental
           therein
           ,
           who
           drew
           it
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           
             John
             Creswick
          
           I
           informed
           the
           Commissioners
           that
           his
           father
           Alderman
           Creswick
           aforesaid
           was
           dead
           ,
           who
           in
           
             his
             life
          
           time
           was
           not
           sequestred
           ,
           and
           now
           his
           Estate
           was
           devided
           among
           his
           Children
           ,
           and
           this
           particular
           part
           of
           it
           to
           his
           Son
           John
           ,
           whom
           none
           of
           their
           Rules
           had
           included
           for
           Sequestration
           :
           So
           that
           the
           matter
           fell
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           and
           the
           Sequestration
           was
           taken
           off
           ;
           as
           did
           the
           other
           by
           the
           return
           to
           the
           Letter
           aforesaid
           .
           So
           this
           tide
           was
           stemm'd
           again
           ,
           and
           a
           Pause
           there
           was
           .
        
         
           Now
           drew
           neer
           the
           time
           wherein
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Army
           marched
           out
           of
           Scotland
           into
           England
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           an
           ordinary
           time
           in
           England
           :
           The
           Counsil
           of
           State
           then
           bestir'd
           themselves
           ,
           and
           Intelligence
           they
           had
           from
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Nation
           every
           day
           (
           for
           so
           it
           was
           laid
           )
           of
           what
           was
           done
           therein
           ,
           and
           how
           their
           Militia
           advanced
           .
           From
           Bristol
           also
           they
           received
           an
           account
           amongst
           the
           rest
           ,
           of
           what
           was
           done
           in
           that
           City
           ,
           which
           the
           Counsil
           so
           took
           and
           I
           was
           careful
           so
           to
           improve
           that
           they
           ordred
           it
           to
           be
           reported
           to
           the
           House
           by
           
             Henry
             Vane
          
           Kt.
           then
           
             High
             Steward
          
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           who
           being
           willing
           to
           do
           it
           a
           kindness
           ,
           and
           having
           been
           assistant
           unto
           me
           in
           my
           endeavours
           for
           the
           City
           ,
           so
           managed
           it
           that
           a
           Letter
           of
           Thanks
           was
           ordred
           by
           the
           House
           to
           be
           sent
           to
           Bristol
           for
           their
           good
           affection
           unto
           them
           :
           And
           that
           the
           City
           might
           not
           be
           put
           to
           charge
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           I
           procured
           a
           Bill
           of
           500
           l.
           to
           be
           sent
           also
           by
           the
           Counsil
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           towards
           what
           should
           be
           done
           therein
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           Worcester
           business
           was
           over
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           were
           upon
           an
           Act
           of
           Indemnity
           ,
           and
           I
           thought
           it
           high
           time
           now
           to
           look
           about
           ,
           and
           to
           finish
           what
           I
           had
           with
           so
           much
           travel
           ,
           and
           
             more
             then
             three
             years
          
           expence
           of
           time
           ,
           endeavoured
           to
           bring
           to
           pass
           .
           Therefore
           least
           this
           Act
           should
           be
           closed
           with
           an
           exclusion
           of
           
             Bristol
             ,
             I
          
           drew
           a
           third
           Petition
           to
           the
           House
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           several
           Citizens
           and
           Inhabitants
           of
           Bristol
           that
           had
           been
           well
           affected
           to
           them
           ,
           who
           
           had
           signed
           the
           first
           Petition
           aforesaid
           ,
           and
           I
           adjoyned
           thereto
           certain
           Considerations
           wherefore
           the
           Parliament
           should
           grant
           Bristol
           an
           Indemnity
           ;
           and
           I
           engaged
           in
           the
           Delivery
           and
           prosecution
           thereof
           ,
           the
           most
           leading
           men
           that
           then
           were
           in
           the
           House
           ;
           As
           the
           then
           Lord
           General
           ,
           Lord
           Commissioner
           Whitlock
           ,
           Lord
           Grey
           of
           Groby
           ,
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Vane
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             Arthur
             Hazelrig
          
           ,
           Col.
           
             Hen.
             Martin
          
           ,
           Major
           Sallaway
           ,
           the
           Lord
           
             Commissioner
             Lisle
          
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           
             St.
             Johns
          
           ,
           &c.
           with
           many
           others
           ;
           who
           well
           timing
           the
           thing
           ,
           took
           their
           opportunity
           ,
           and
           being
           presented
           the
           House
           ,
           so
           spake
           ,
           that
           the
           Parliament
           voted
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           
             That
             if
             the
             Instructions
             for
             the
             Act
             of
             Indemnity
             ,
             and
             general
             Pardon
             in
             the
             general
             did
             not
             reach
          
           Bristol
           
             in
             particular
          
           ,
           Bristol
           
             should
             have
             a
             particular
             Act
             of
             Indemnity
             for
             it self
          
           ;
           and
           ordred
           the
           Petition
           and
           Considerations
           annext
           ,
           to
           be
           left
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Clark
           of
           the
           House
           for
           that
           purpose
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           thought
           pretty
           well
           ,
           yet
           I
           could
           not
           judge
           the
           matter
           secure
           whilst
           there
           was
           any
           thing
           between
           this
           and
           the
           thing
           done
           ,
           I
           having
           received
           so
           many
           disappointments
           ,
           and
           well
           knowing
           that
           Votes
           of
           Parliament
           many
           times
           admit
           of
           Alterations
           ;
           and
           as
           Ships
           at
           Sea
           are
           forced
           oft
           times
           according
           to
           the
           Winds
           ;
           but
           principally
           was
           I
           jealous
           of
           Haberdashers-Hall
           ,
           and
           the
           workings
           of
           the
           opposite
           party
           there
           that
           hitherto
           had
           given
           me
           that
           exercise
           in
           the
           matter
           ;
           least
           that
           now
           upon
           the
           closing
           of
           the
           
             thing
             ,
             they
          
           should
           struggle
           to
           undo
           my
           work
           ,
           and
           to
           finish
           their
           own
           .
           And
           the
           rather
           was
           I
           confiderate
           in
           the
           matter
           ,
           because
           when
           the
           Vote
           aforesaid
           passed
           the
           House
           ,
           I
           being
           in
           the
           Lobby
           attending
           what
           should
           be
           done
           ,
           I
           saw
           one
           of
           the
           Burgesses
           come
           out
           ,
           as
           not
           able
           to
           stay
           therein
           ,
           when
           he
           saw
           it
           like
           to
           be
           carried
           when
           the
           Vote
           passed
           ;
           so
           least
           any
           thing
           should
           again
           come
           between
           the
           cup
           and
           the
           lip
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           use
           to
           say
           )
           between
           the
           Vote
           and
           the
           finishing
           ,
           least
           Haberdashers-Hall
           should
           yet
           interpose
           ,
           or
           be
           driven
           thereunto
           ,
           I
           drew
           a
           few
           lines
           unto
           
             them
             ,
          
           ,
           signifying
           what
           the
           Parliament
           had
           done
           ,
           because
           ,
           being
           not
           enacted
           ,
           these
           Commissioners
           were
           not
           bound
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           what
           was
           voted
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           desiring
           them
           to
           forbear
           any
           further
           prosecutions
           on
           Bristol
           till
           what
           the
           Parliament
           would
           do
           in
           the
           thing
           might
           come
           to
           be
           understood
           :
           Which
           some
           of
           the
           Members
           aforesaid
           signed
           ,
           particularly
           the
           Lord
           Commissioner
           Whitlock
           (
           whom
           upon
           the
           withdrawing
           of
           
             Edmund
             Prideaux
          
           to
           be
           Atturny
           General
           ,
           I
           bespoke
           and
           procured
           
           to
           be
           Recorder
           of
           Bristol
           ,
           that
           so
           by
           his
           Relation
           he
           might
           have
           the
           more
           open
           opportunity
           to
           do
           that
           good
           which
           was
           in
           his
           heart
           to
           do
           for
           the
           City
           )
           Sir
           
             Hen.
             Vane
          
           ,
           with
           some
           others
           ,
           but
           as
           for
           the
           Burgesses
           one
           or
           both
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           I
           am
           sure
           one
           of
           them
           refused
           to
           put
           his
           hand
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           This
           had
           its
           effect
           on
           Haberdashers-Hall
           ,
           at
           least
           they
           did
           nothing
           further
           in
           the
           Sequestration
           of
           Bristol
           ,
           and
           so
           one
           of
           the
           general
           Instructions
           of
           the
           Act
           of
           Indemnity
           ,
           having
           this
           clause
           in
           particular
           ,
           viz.
           
             That
             all
             those
             that
             were
             not
             actually
             sequestred
             before
             such
             a
             day
             of
          
           September
           1649.
           
             should
             be
             freed
             from
             Sequestration
          
           ;
           those
           of
           the
           City
           who
           had
           been
           on
           the
           contrary
           Party
           were
           freed
           from
           Sequestration
           ,
           they
           not
           being
           actually
           sequestred
           before
           the
           said
           day
           of
           September
           .
           And
           so
           the
           keeping
           off
           the
           actual
           Sequestration
           of
           Bristol
           during
           those
           years
           wherein
           the
           Matters
           were
           tossed
           up
           and
           down
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           and
           thorough
           such
           difficulties
           wrought
           in
           order
           to
           this
           time
           ,
           which
           finisht
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           freed
           those
           who
           had
           so
           much
           Resolution
           as
           to
           hold
           it
           out
           (
           which
           was
           the
           whole
           except
           some
           few
           particular
           persons
           aforesaid
           )
           from
           Sequestration
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           I
           made
           an
           end
           of
           my
           work
           ,
           which
           I
           began
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           out
           of
           mine
           own
           particular
           Consideration
           of
           the
           good
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           the
           particular
           persons
           therein
           ,
           without
           the
           influence
           of
           any
           other
           persons
           whatsoever
           ;
           and
           which
           (
           through
           many
           sore
           and
           long
           attendances
           ,
           
             disappointments
             ,
             abuses
          
           ,
           and
           oppositions
           ,
           sometimes
           waiting
           six
           ,
           sometimes
           eight
           Weeks
           together
           from
           Bristol
           upon
           them
           ,
           then
           when
           at
           Whitehall
           ,
           applying
           the
           whole
           of
           my
           Interest
           ,
           besides
           what
           else
           of
           trouble
           and
           anxiety
           of
           Spirit
           did
           intervene
           ,
           and
           other
           troubles
           in
           a
           thing
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           chosen
           rather
           to
           forget
           ,
           then
           by
           remembring
           to
           renew
           my
           sorrows
           again
           .
           )
           I
           finished
           ,
           not
           with
           greater
           advantage
           to
           the
           Citizens
           ,
           and
           the
           City
           it self
           ,
           being
           considered
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           then
           satisfaction
           to
           my
           self
           ,
           and
           gladness
           of
           heart
           that
           I
           had
           (
           though
           with
           all
           the
           Appendices
           aforesaid
           )
           accomplished
           the
           Peace
           and
           Welfare
           of
           my
           Native
           place
           ,
           and
           the
           Citizens
           therein
           concerned
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           said
           ;
           hoping
           at
           least
           justly
           expecting
           that
           in
           the
           peace
           thereof
           I
           might
           enjoy
           peace
           ,
           and
           that
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           this
           being
           done
           for
           them
           ,
           which
           no
           place
           in
           England
           obtained
           but
           themselves
           ,
           and
           thus
           freely
           by
           me
           ,
           (
           for
           they
           to
           this
           day
           never
           asked
           me
           what
           it
           cost
           me
           ?
           nor
           gave
           me
           Consideration
           therein
           ,
           nor
           did
           I
           ever
           receive
           any
           thing
           at
           their
           hands
           ,
           directly
           or
           indirectly
           ,
           for
           what
           I
           so
           did
           for
           them
           therein
           ;
           and
           what
           
           charge
           and
           trouble
           I
           was
           at
           ;
           wise
           men
           may
           guess
           ,
           but
           cannot
           thoroughly
           understand
           ;
           )
           I
           say
           ,
           hoping
           at
           least
           justly
           expecting
           that
           in
           the
           Peace
           thereof
           I
           might
           sit
           down
           in
           peace
           ,
           and
           that
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           this
           being
           thus
           freely
           done
           by
           me
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           done
           for
           no
           place
           ,
           I
           might
           in
           the
           love
           and
           good
           will
           of
           those
           for
           whom
           I
           had
           acted
           ,
           and
           from
           whom
           (
           I
           may
           modestly
           say
           )
           deserv'd
           it
           ,
           have
           my
           future
           recess
           ,
           and
           being
           in
           that
           place
           when
           opportunity
           called
           me
           to
           return
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           my
           retirement
           therein
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           have
           found
           it
           other
           wise
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           which
           hath
           given
           the
           occasion
           of
           this
           adjusting
           of
           Accounts
           with
           them
           ,
           already
           hitherto
           ,
           and
           hereafter
           to
           be
           mentioned
           .
           For
           being
           put
           on
           this
           foot
           of
           Banishment
           in
           the
           eye
           of
           those
           who
           do
           not
           understand
           me
           ,
           nor
           know
           the
           ground
           and
           reason
           wherefore
           it
           is
           so
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           nor
           what
           I
           have
           been
           to
           this
           place
           ,
           and
           the
           particular
           Men
           therein
           who
           have
           sentenc'd
           me
           thereunto
           ,
           I
           am
           rendred
           and
           bespoken
           (
           as
           the
           thing
           it self
           signifies
           )
           such
           a
           person
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           judgment
           of
           those
           with
           whom
           I
           live
           ,
           as
           deserves
           not
           a
           being
           in
           my
           Native
           Country
           ;
           whom
           therefore
           the
           Lawes
           and
           those
           in
           Power
           with
           whom
           I
           live
           ,
           sent
           me
           from
           thence
           :
           Therefore
           it
           lay
           upon
           me
           as
           a
           necessity
           to
           my
           own
           Reputation
           and
           credit
           among
           men
           to
           this
           Generation
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Ages
           to
           come
           ,
           thus
           to
           do
           my
           self
           right
           ,
           that
           so
           it
           may
           appear
           that
           it
           was
           for
           no
           evil
           deed
           ,
           but
           having
           done
           many
           
             Good
             things
          
           among
           them
           ,
           I
           am
           thus
           Banished
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           what
           I
           have
           already
           ,
           and
           have
           yet
           further
           to
           say
           I
           have
           ,
           and
           shall
           say
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           contrary
           thereunto
           disprove
           me
           who
           can
           :
           For
           ,
           I
           have
           only
           minded
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           to
           do
           my
           self
           this
           necessary
           right
           ,
           whereunto
           had
           I
           not
           been
           thus
           compelled
           ,
           I
           had
           been
           in
           silence
           ,
           and
           these
           things
           together
           with
           my
           person
           had
           in
           process
           of
           time
           when
           I
           had
           finished
           my
           work
           in
           my
           Generation
           (
           for
           ought
           that
           I
           know
           should
           ever
           have
           proceeded
           from
           me
           ,
           of
           these
           kind
           of
           Reckonings
           )
           been
           laid
           in
           the
           Dust
           :
           But
           (
           as
           I
           have
           said
           )
           I
           am
           compelled
           hereunto
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           are
           concern'd
           must
           hear
           their
           Reckoning
           which
           they
           have
           thus
           compell'd
           ,
           which
           must
           stand
           from
           Generation
           to
           Generation
           on
           record
           against
           them
           ,
           which
           shall
           never
           be
           bloted
           out
           ;
           and
           let
           the
           Witness
           of
           God
           in
           all
           Men's
           Consciences
           ,
           even
           in
           them
           of
           their
           own
           Principle
           judge
           when
           they
           have
           considered
           this
           throughout
           ,
           whether
           have
           proved
           natural
           to
           Bristol
           ,
           they
           or
           I
           ?
           Or
           whether
           they
           have
           done
           to
           me
           as
           they
           would
           be
           done
           unto
           themselves
           ?
           Or
           whether
           they
           have
           rendred
           unto
           me
           a
           recompence
           that
           is
           meet
           ?
        
         
         
           I
           am
           not
           ignorant
           how
           even
           this
           that
           I
           have
           said
           may
           come
           to
           bear
           a
           misconstruction
           ,
           and
           how
           it
           may
           be
           judged
           that
           I
           do
           this
           either
           for
           Ostentation
           ,
           or
           to
           bespeak
           my
           self
           with
           them
           ,
           with
           whom
           I
           have
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           fall
           under
           ,
           or
           seek
           favour
           from
           them
           .
           But
           I
           am
           satisfied
           in
           that
           neither
           the
           one
           nor
           the
           other
           thus
           stand
           with
           me
           ,
           but
           only
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           being
           (
           I
           say
           again
           )
           thus
           compell'd
           thereunto
           :
           And
           let
           him
           that
           is
           most
           envious
           ,
           but
           put
           himself
           in
           my
           stead
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           case
           his
           own
           ,
           as
           is
           mine
           ,
           and
           I
           dare
           stand
           to
           his
           judgment
           therein
           ;
           I
           say
           it
           is
           only
           because
           this
           thing
           of
           Banishment
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           it
           ,
           renders
           me
           as
           aforesaid
           in
           the
           eye
           of
           those
           who
           know
           me
           not
           to
           have
           so
           deserved
           ,
           that
           I
           so
           write
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           decision
           hereof
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           Lord
           who
           knows
           my
           heart
           and
           uprightness
           therein
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           witness
           in
           Men
           ,
           as
           he
           shall
           please
           to
           give
           it
           opperation
           in
           them
           ,
           being
           sensible
           of
           his
           presence
           which
           is
           with
           me
           herein
           ,
           without
           whom
           and
           his
           motion
           thereunto
           I
           had
           not
           written
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           proceed
           ,
           thus
           were
           things
           finished
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           but
           this
           was
           not
           all
           ,
           but
           rather
           one
           Act
           for
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           which
           in
           process
           of
           time
           through
           many
           changes
           and
           various
           Interruptions
           and
           Difficulties
           was
           thus
           brought
           unto
           effect
           ,
           My
           Natural
           Love
           to
           my
           Native
           City
           ended
           not
           here
           ,
           nor
           was
           it
           herein
           only
           terminated
           ,
           but
           as
           I
           had
           opportunity
           ,
           and
           was
           in
           the
           place
           of
           Power
           ,
           my
           love
           led
           me
           to
           serve
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           particular
           Citizens
           and
           Inhabitants
           thereof
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           there
           are
           few
           men
           that
           then
           were
           judged
           to
           be
           Men
           of
           Estates
           ,
           and
           had
           business
           but
           found
           the
           benefit
           of
           my
           endeavour
           one
           way
           or
           another
           ,
           and
           of
           my
           being
           in
           a
           Capacity
           to
           do
           them
           service
           .
        
         
           The
           Company
           of
           Merchants
           ,
           I
           suppose
           will
           do
           me
           right
           herein
           ,
           who
           being
           pursued
           by
           one
           Lewis
           upon
           the
           Patent
           for
           Calve-skins
           ,
           and
           Butter
           ,
           and
           endeavour'd
           to
           be
           brought
           under
           great
           damage
           ,
           found
           my
           help
           .
           Oft
           times
           they
           had
           addresses
           to
           the
           then
           Committee
           for
           the
           Navy
           in
           that
           Case
           :
           Their
           Delegates
           can
           witness
           how
           ready
           I
           was
           to
           assist
           them
           there
           ,
           as
           oft
           as
           they
           came
           up
           ,
           and
           with
           what
           suc●…ess
           :
           Then
           when
           that
           particular
           came
           to
           that
           height
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           endeavours
           and
           suspensions
           ,
           a
           peremptory
           day
           was
           set
           ,
           them
           to
           plead
           in
           the
           Exchequer
           ,
           or
           Judgment
           would
           be
           given
           against
           them
           ,
           their
           then
           Alderman
           (
           those
           of
           them
           that
           are
           yet
           alive
           )
           and
           others
           that
           were
           then
           of
           that
           Company
           are
           able
           ,
           and
           I
           suppose
           will
           testifie
           (
           if
           not
           the
           Generality
           of
           the
           Company
           )
           
           that
           I
           gave
           them
           notice
           from
           Whitehall
           of
           this
           peremptory
           rule
           ,
           which
           without
           their
           knowledge
           (
           having
           not
           so
           minded
           that
           business
           as
           they
           ought
           )
           was
           so
           set
           ,
           &
           how
           that
           when
           they
           came
           up
           to
           me
           I
           so
           wrought
           that
           in
           the
           morning
           by
           nine
           of
           the
           Clock
           I
           got
           the
           matter
           of
           Judgment
           by
           the
           Parliament
           taken
           off
           ,
           which
           had
           it
           not
           been
           so
           done
           ,
           had
           been
           given
           in
           the
           afternoon
           in
           the
           Exehequer
           against
           them
           ,
           to
           the
           Damage
           ,
           as
           was
           then
           said
           ,
           of
           above
           Twenty
           Thousand
           Pounds
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           also
           I
           suppose
           ,
           yet
           alive
           of
           Merchants
           that
           then
           were
           not
           of
           the
           Company
           ,
           who
           can
           testifie
           ,
           that
           being
           pursued
           by
           the
           same
           Lewis
           upon
           the
           foot
           of
           treble
           Damages
           ,
           which
           amounted
           to
           a
           great
           height
           upon
           particular
           persons
           ,
           because
           that
           the
           taking
           off
           of
           the
           Judgments
           aforesaid
           was
           upon
           Petition
           of
           the
           Company
           of
           Merchants
           ,
           and
           they
           being
           not
           actually
           of
           the
           Company
           were
           not
           concern'd
           in
           the
           Order
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           mistake
           ;
           for
           upon
           their
           Petition
           of
           the
           Company
           of
           Merchants
           it
           was
           granted
           which
           had
           reference
           to
           all
           Merchants
           whatsoever
           that
           had
           to
           do
           in
           Calve-skins
           and
           Butter
           ,
           not
           that
           it
           was
           granted
           only
           to
           those
           Merchants
           who
           were
           of
           the
           Company
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           Critisme
           ,
           or
           rather
           than
           which
           was
           sought
           to
           evade
           the
           Judgment
           so
           far
           as
           to
           them
           .
           I
           think
           there
           are
           yet
           alive
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           that
           can
           witness
           that
           having
           put
           their
           matters
           into
           the
           Court
           of
           Indemnity
           ,
           which
           was
           then
           at
           Haberdashers-Hall
           ,
           I
           appeared
           there
           of
           my
           self
           without
           their
           desire
           ,
           and
           pleaded
           their
           Matters
           so
           ,
           none
           of
           them
           being
           present
           ,
           nor
           any
           one
           of
           Councel
           for
           them
           ,
           when
           the
           Council
           on
           the
           other
           side
           pleaded
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           so
           accomplished
           it
           with
           the
           Commissioners
           that
           they
           were
           freed
           therefrom
           ,
           it
           amounting
           to
           some
           in
           the
           summ
           of
           800
           l.
           a
           piece
           ,
           and
           to
           some
           1200
           l.
           as
           was
           then
           said
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           they
           cannot
           say
           that
           they
           so
           much
           as
           paid
           for
           my
           comeing
           thither
           .
        
         
           Then
           when
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           little
           Parliament
           (
           so
           called
           )
           the
           Company
           of
           Merchants
           were
           summon'd
           before
           a
           Committee
           of
           them
           to
           answer
           as
           to
           that
           whole
           business
           upon
           the
           same
           suggestions
           in
           the
           Painted
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           retired
           from
           Whitehall
           ,
           I
           judge
           there
           are
           yet
           in
           being
           those
           of
           them
           that
           can
           bear
           me
           record
           ,
           that
           at
           their
           desire
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Winter
           I
           rod
           up
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           time
           of
           hearing
           was
           come
           ,
           their
           Opponents
           seeing
           me
           appear
           with
           Papers
           in
           my
           hand
           (
           for
           I
           told
           the
           Merchants
           that
           I
           would
           if
           they
           pleased
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           were
           ,
           plead
           the
           Matter
           my self
           without
           
           any
           Councel
           )
           with-drew
           their
           Information
           ,
           the
           matter
           falling
           thereby
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           and
           how
           that
           I
           put
           them
           to
           no
           other
           trouble
           that
           Journey
           ,
           (
           if
           so
           be
           my
           being
           with
           them
           at
           their
           desire
           was
           a
           trouble
           )
           then
           to
           bear
           up
           and
           down
           and
           there
           my
           own
           charge
           .
        
         
           Afterwards
           since
           that
           Parliament
           ,
           having
           the
           shew
           of
           some
           trouble
           again
           ,
           I
           drew
           the
           state
           of
           that
           case
           ,
           and
           gave
           to
           the
           late
           
             Alderman
             Joseph
             Jackson
          
           ,
           (
           who
           had
           been
           up
           about
           the
           other
           ,
           with
           the
           other
           Aldermen
           ,
           and
           I
           suppose
           was
           then
           Master
           of
           the
           Company
           ,
           when
           I
           so
           stated
           the
           case
           )
           and
           desired
           him
           to
           shew
           it
           to
           whomsoever
           that
           hereafter
           should
           question
           them
           thereabouts
           ,
           and
           it
           would
           satisfie
           them
           ,
           which
           proved
           the
           effect
           ;
           so
           that
           to
           this
           day
           they
           have
           thereabouts
           received
           (
           as
           I
           know
           of
           ,
           and
           I
           judge
           I
           should
           have
           heard
           of
           it
           if
           it
           had
           been
           so
           ,
           having
           been
           their
           friend
           therein
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           City
           )
           any
           further
           trouble
           :
           As
           the
           said
           
             Alderman
             Jackson
          
           (
           were
           he
           alive
           )
           for
           his
           time
           (
           and
           others
           since
           )
           could
           (
           at
           least
           )
           the
           Paper
           it self
           will
           )
           testifie
           .
           All
           that
           I
           received
           in
           consideration
           of
           that
           whole
           business
           for
           the
           said
           Company
           was
           ,
           they
           did
           of
           themselves
           (
           for
           I
           am
           sure
           there
           was
           therein
           no
           influence
           of
           mine
           )
           make
           me
           free
           ,
           or
           gave
           me
           the
           freedom
           of
           the
           Company
           .
        
         
           Then
           when
           Virginia
           came
           to
           be
           discoursed
           of
           ,
           which
           was
           then
           held
           by
           the
           contrary
           Party
           ,
           and
           Ships
           were
           talked
           of
           to
           be
           sent
           thither
           to
           reduce
           it
           ;
           some
           Merchants
           of
           London
           would
           have
           excluded
           Bristol
           ,
           which
           of
           my
           self
           I
           then
           opposed
           and
           prevented
           ,
           none
           of
           the
           City
           being
           there
           with
           me
           ,
           they
           indeed
           not
           knowing
           thereof
           :
           And
           so
           the
           exclusion
           of
           that
           trade
           was
           prevented
           ,
           which
           now
           is
           become
           the
           Principal
           Forreign
           Trade
           of
           the
           City
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           business
           of
           English
           Tobacco
           ,
           I
           assisted
           the
           bringing
           forth
           of
           that
           Act
           against
           the
           Planting
           thereof
           ,
           being
           discommodious
           to
           a
           greater
           benefit
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           destructive
           to
           Land
           ,
           which
           in
           England
           hath
           better
           uses
           ;
           and
           in
           procuring
           the
           Act
           for
           Navigation
           ,
           I
           bore
           a
           share
           which
           had
           its
           influence
           on
           the
           good
           of
           the
           City
           .
        
         
           When
           
             Edward
             Caple
          
           was
           sequestred
           in
           Gloucestershire
           ,
           and
           so
           called
           upon
           to
           compound
           in
           his
           absence
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           his
           Wifes
           Sollicitor
           had
           elap'st
           the
           day
           appointed
           for
           such
           as
           were
           in
           his
           Qualification
           ,
           and
           she
           was
           hard
           bestead
           with
           trouble
           in
           the
           thing
           ;
           I
           laid
           by
           mine
           own
           occasion
           then
           in
           London
           ,
           (
           which
           then
           was
           of
           some
           considerable
           loss
           to
           me
           )
           and
           pittying
           her
           condition
           ,
           seeing
           her
           in
           danger
           of
           distraction
           if
           her
           matters
           could
           not
           be
           retrived
           ;
           I
           went
           
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           being
           within
           the
           Bar
           had
           some
           ruffle
           with
           the
           then
           Chief
           Baron
           ,
           who
           desired
           
             me
             to
             let
             them
             alone
             ,
             and
             not
             hinder
             them
             in
             the
             doing
             of
             Justice
             ;
             I
          
           told
           him
           that
           I
           was
           not
           there
           to
           hinder
           them
           in
           the
           doing
           of
           Justice
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           might
           do
           it
           :
           For
           ,
           what
           Justice
           (
           said
           I
           )
           is
           it
           for
           a
           man
           to
           loose
           the
           benefit
           of
           Composition
           ,
           who
           really
           intends
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           Law
           ,
           because
           the
           negligence
           or
           falshood
           of
           his
           Solliciter
           had
           brought
           him
           within
           the
           expiration
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           and
           so
           excluded
           him
           the
           benefit
           of
           Composition
           ,
           as
           was
           the
           case
           of
           
             Edward
             Caple
          
           ,
           which
           to
           me
           was
           a
           hard
           case
           :
           At
           length
           I
           so
           wrought
           what
           with
           the
           one
           Baron
           ,
           and
           what
           with
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           the
           Sequestrator
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           dismist
           :
           The
           matter
           in
           question
           being
           50
           l.
           a
           year
           free
           Land
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           I
           remember
           )
           was
           her
           Jointure
           ,
           and
           seven
           years
           Arrears
           thereof
           ,
           which
           was
           as
           much
           as
           if
           I
           had
           given
           it
           her
           in
           her
           Pocket
           ,
           besides
           it
           saved
           her
           from
           Distraction
           .
        
         
           The
           Woman
           was
           Sister
           to
           
             Henry
             Creswick
          
           now
           Alderman
           ,
           Eldest
           Son
           to
           Alderman
           
             Francis
             Creswick
          
           aforesaid
           ;
           Who
           in
           Recompence
           of
           what
           I
           did
           (
           as
           hath
           been
           said
           )
           for
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           his
           Fathers
           House
           ,
           and
           his
           Brother
           John
           ,
           and
           this
           his
           Sister
           
             Sarah
             Caple
          
           ,
           and
           hir
           Wifes
           Father
           ,
           Alderman
           
             Humphry
             Hook
          
           ,
           (
           as
           aforesaid
           )
           then
           which
           no
           man
           had
           done
           more
           for
           a
           Family
           in
           this
           Nation
           ;
           having
           not
           only
           saved
           him
           a
           Composition
           ,
           but
           delivered
           him
           from
           the
           force
           of
           the
           Burgesses
           ,
           and
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Great
           Men
           of
           that
           Party
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           notwithstanding
           that
           his
           Estate
           was
           in
           part
           under
           Sequestration
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           goods
           of
           his
           House
           Inventoryed
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           very
           great
           Estate
           (
           as
           aforesaid
           )
           and
           consequently
           to
           himself
           in
           the
           quiet
           enjoyment
           of
           what
           he
           had
           by
           his
           own
           Father
           ,
           and
           his
           Wives
           ,
           which
           I
           think
           was
           some
           Thousands
           of
           Pounds
           thick
           ,
           he
           having
           the
           more
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           the
           state
           had
           none
           ,
           and
           his
           being
           freed
           himself
           with
           the
           rest
           that
           had
           been
           on
           the
           contrary
           party
           ,
           as
           at
           large
           hath
           been
           declared
           ;
           I
           having
           been
           alwayes
           a
           tender
           friend
           to
           him
           and
           them
           never
           having
           given
           them
           so
           much
           as
           the
           least
           just
           personal
           cause
           of
           Offence
           ,
           but
           having
           been
           alwayes
           in
           love
           and
           tenderness
           to
           them
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           I
           say
           in
           Recompence
           he
           caused
           me
           to
           be
           taken
           from
           a
           Meeting
           ,
           wherein
           We
           were
           quietly
           waiting
           on
           the
           Lord
           without
           offence
           to
           any
           ,
           with
           divers
           of
           my
           Friends
           and
           fellow
           Citizens
           ,
           Men
           of
           Quality
           and
           Reputation
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           he
           was
           Mayor
           ,
           and
           then
           committed
           me
           
           to
           the
           Guard
           at
           the
           Guildhall
           ,
           where
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           my
           Friends
           I
           lay
           all
           night
           on
           the
           Boards
           in
           Georges
           Chapel
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           Marshalsey
           ,
           an
           old
           pittiful
           house
           ,
           ready
           as
           a
           man
           would
           think
           to
           have
           fallen
           about
           one's
           eares
           ,
           when
           we
           had
           large
           Houses
           of
           our
           own
           neer
           ,
           which
           lay
           for
           the
           most
           part
           empty
           .
           And
           (
           to
           add
           no
           more
           )
           signed
           the
           Warrant
           for
           my
           third
           Conviction
           upon
           the
           first
           Bill
           of
           which
           I
           stood
           indicted
           ,
           and
           sate
           on
           the
           Bench
           as
           one
           of
           the
           Court
           that
           sentenc'd
           me
           to
           Banishment
           ,
           and
           signed
           the
           Warrant
           for
           my
           Transportation
           ,
           though
           an
           Alderman
           that
           sate
           by
           him
           refused
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           had
           done
           no
           such
           Kindness
           ,
           there
           being
           only
           the
           Relation
           of
           Brother
           in
           Law
           between
           us
           ,
           whose
           Name
           is
           
             Tho.
             Langton
          
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           shew
           what
           an
           ingrate
           spirit
           lay
           in
           his
           breast
           ,
           and
           how
           
             unworthy
             he
          
           was
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           upon
           the
           first
           Indictment
           aforesaid
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           words
           of
           soberness
           ,
           and
           moderation
           desired
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           reasonable
           ,
           a
           Copy
           of
           my
           Indictment
           ,
           and
           the
           Convictions
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           not
           be
           put
           to
           plead
           to
           a
           thing
           of
           that
           weight
           ,
           as
           was
           that
           of
           which
           I
           stood
           Indicted
           ;
           the
           Consequence
           of
           which
           might
           remove
           me
           from
           my
           Native
           Country
           ,
           
             my
             Family
             ,
             Children
             ,
             Estate
             ,
             Relations
             ,
          
           &c.
           barely
           upon
           the
           hearing
           of
           a
           Paper
           read
           ;
           Minding
           them
           that
           they
           also
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           
             We
             all
             must
             appear
             before
             the
             Judgment
             Seat
             of
             Christ
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           behoved
           them
           and
           us
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           as
           that
           we
           might
           be
           able
           to
           give
           a
           good
           account
           before
           him
           ;
           telling
           them
           also
           that
           if
           the
           Case
           were
           theirs
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           stood
           where
           I
           did
           ,
           which
           for
           ought
           they
           knew
           (
           I
           said
           )
           they
           might
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           as
           was
           my
           Case
           ;
           they
           would
           ,
           if
           it
           fell
           within
           their
           Consideration
           ,
           desire
           the
           same
           ;
           which
           drew
           teares
           from
           some
           in
           the
           Hall
           ,
           Into
           a
           great
           rage
           he
           fell
           ,
           and
           in
           great
           bitterness
           of
           spirit
           ;
           Unprovoked
           ,
           unexpected
           ,
           unthought
           of
           ,
           when
           all
           were
           silent
           ,
           very
           falsly
           ,
           and
           maliciously
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           highest
           Ingratitude
           ,
           and
           unworthiness
           ,
           said
           to
           this
           effect
           —
           
             That
             I
             ,
             and
             my
             Complices
             had
             sate
             in
             Judgment
             upon
             their
             Estates
             ,
             and
             his
             in
             particular
          
           —
           who
           never
           sate
           in
           Judgment
           upon
           him
           ,
           or
           them
           ,
           or
           their
           Estates
           ;
           or
           
             was
             one
          
           of
           the
           Committee
           ,
           but
           helped
           them
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           declared
           ,
           To
           whom
           I
           replyed
           —
           
             I
             never
             sate
             in
             Judgment
             upon
             you
             ,
             but
             have
             saved
             you
             ,
          
           and
           
             this
             is
             thy
             gratitude
          
           —
           and
           I
           added
           ,
           
             some
             such
             like
             kind
             of
             payment
             ,
             I
             shall
             have
             from
             some
             more
             of
             you
             by
             and
             by
          
           —
           The
           Court
           was
           offended
           with
           him
           for
           this
           Retaliation
           ,
           and
           
             Alderman
             Knight
          
           himself
           ,
           
           who
           sate
           next
           him
           ,
           thought
           it
           but
           an
           unworthy
           payment
           ;
           and
           that
           therefore
           he
           was
           too
           blame
           ,
           and
           so
           
             jogged
             him
          
           to
           be
           silent
           ,
           though
           at
           the
           same
           time
           in
           other
           things
           ,
           he
           there
           shewed
           himself
           bad
           enough
           and
           in
           particular
           to
           me
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Isle
           of
           Man
           was
           reduced
           ,
           one
           Child
           of
           
             this
             City
          
           was
           concern'd
           in
           a
           Ship
           there
           taken
           ,
           and
           sent
           to
           me
           thereabouts
           ;
           I
           spake
           to
           the
           Council
           ,
           who
           so
           much
           credited
           what
           I
           said
           to
           them
           about
           the
           Vessel
           ,
           that
           without
           so
           much
           as
           a
           Deposition
           ,
           or
           further
           Testemony
           ,
           they
           Ordered
           the
           Ship
           ,
           and
           her
           Appurtenances
           to
           be
           (
           and
           which
           was
           )
           delivered
           to
           
             him
             ,
             I
          
           am
           sure
           it
           cost
           him
           not
           a
           farthing
           as
           to
           me
           .
        
         
           My
           Kinsman
           
             John
             Wright
          
           being
           summoned
           peremptorily
           to
           appear
           by
           such
           a
           day
           before
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           for
           Sequestration
           ,
           which
           was
           within
           three
           or
           four
           dayes
           of
           the
           time
           when
           the
           summons
           was
           left
           him
           ,
           which
           was
           with-held
           from
           serving
           ,
           on
           purpose
           that
           he
           might
           be
           surpriz'd
           ,
           it
           being
           in
           the
           depth
           of
           Winter
           ,
           and
           neer
           
             Pauls
             fair
             ,
             his
          
           Wife
           also
           miscarrying
           on
           the
           fright
           thereof
           ;
           wrote
           up
           to
           me
           ,
           who
           appeared
           for
           him
           before
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           and
           publiquely
           charged
           a
           Member
           then
           present
           ,
           of
           that
           Committee
           ,
           that
           he
           served
           that
           matter
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           a
           Brother
           of
           his
           who
           was
           in
           suite
           of
           Law
           with
           one
           Whitehead
           about
           a
           parcel
           of
           Land
           ,
           whom
           
             John
             Wright
          
           assisted
           (
           he
           being
           a
           man
           of
           Estate
           ,
           and
           a
           Merchant
           )
           to
           with-draw
           him
           from
           which
           ,
           or
           to
           make
           him
           suffer
           ,
           if
           he
           would
           not
           ,
           this
           was
           offred
           :
           Whereupon
           ,
           and
           upon
           what
           else
           was
           suggested
           by
           me
           in
           that
           matter
           ,
           he
           was
           discharged
           ;
           and
           an
           Order
           made
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           no
           person
           should
           be
           required
           to
           appear
           before
           them
           untill
           matter
           of
           Delinquency
           was
           first
           sworn
           ,
           and
           made
           good
           ,
           which
           was
           of
           advantage
           to
           all
           that
           were
           concern'd
           in
           such
           matters
           as
           well
           as
           
             John
             Wright
          
           :
           And
           I
           do
           not
           remember
           (
           nay
           I
           am
           certain
           it
           is
           so
           )
           that
           it
           cost
           
             John
             Wright
          
           so
           much
           as
           the
           charge
           of
           his
           Post-Letter
           to
           me
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Lady
             St.
             Johns
          
           Wife
           to
           〈◊〉
           Arundel
           of
           Warder
           Castle
           (
           who
           was
           here
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           man
           under
           some
           Distemper
           of
           Melancholy
           )
           being
           in
           great
           distress
           ,
           (
           and
           a
           very
           stranger
           to
           me
           )
           in
           so
           much
           that
           she
           was
           constrained
           in
           a
           strange
           place
           to
           sell
           off
           the
           little
           Goods
           she
           had
           to
           give
           her
           bread
           ,
           and
           speaking
           with
           me
           ,
           I
           was
           so
           sensible
           of
           her
           condition
           ,
           making
           it
           my
           own
           case
           ,
           that
           I
           never
           left
           till
           with
           the
           Committee
           here
           and
           above
           she
           had
           a
           clearing
           ,
           and
           enjoyed
           
           her
           Estate
           and
           Land
           again
           ;
           which
           that
           Noble
           Woman
           (
           for
           I
           call
           her
           as
           she
           was
           )
           if
           alive
           ,
           or
           her
           then
           Husband
           ,
           or
           Eldest
           Son
           ,
           can
           at
           large
           testifie
           :
           She
           was
           a
           Papist
           (
           so
           called
           )
           and
           her
           Husband
           ,
           and
           great
           Oppression
           was
           exercised
           on
           her
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           I
           saw
           her
           delivered
           ,
           which
           was
           my
           only
           Recompence
           .
        
         
           Nor
           was
           I
           here
           limited
           ,
           or
           did
           limit
           my
           self
           ,
           but
           my
           tenderness
           extended
           it self
           to
           others
           that
           suffred
           :
           Some
           Monies
           I
           gathered
           and
           gave
           to
           Bishop
           Howel's
           Wife
           ,
           who
           with
           her
           Children
           ,
           when
           this
           City
           was
           taken
           ,
           was
           found
           in
           distress
           ;
           and
           several
           of
           the
           then
           Ministers
           had
           their
           Relief
           from
           me
           ,
           who
           were
           not
           prosecuted
           when
           Articles
           were
           sent
           against
           them
           ;
           in
           particular
           
             Henry
             Jones
          
           of
           Stevens
           ,
           and
           who
           being
           cast
           out
           ,
           I
           got
           in
           again
           ,
           as
           was
           
             Richard
             Pounal
          
           at
           John's
           in
           particular
           .
        
         
           The
           time
           would
           fail
           me
           if
           I
           should
           instance
           all
           :
           the
           City
           was
           under
           a
           great
           blur
           of
           Malignancy
           ,
           the
           Burgesses
           held
           it
           on
           as
           they
           could
           as
           aforesaid
           ;
           all
           Matters
           ran
           athwart
           ,
           and
           through
           the
           fire
           were
           drawn
           ,
           that
           were
           accomplished
           ,
           by
           reason
           thereof
           ,
           for
           the
           City
           ,
           till
           after
           the
           time
           of
           Worcester
           I
           never
           gave
           over
           whil'st
           I
           had
           time
           or
           opportunity
           to
           serve
           its
           welfare
           ,
           till
           all
           was
           accomplished
           .
           I
           never
           thought
           it
           too
           much
           that
           I
           did
           ,
           nor
           of
           what
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           ever
           did
           I
           ,
           or
           do
           I
           repent
           ;
           I
           had
           no
           sinister
           end
           in
           my
           eye
           ,
           that
           would
           now
           have
           shewn
           it self
           ;
           I
           did
           it
           whil'st
           I
           had
           opportunity
           ,
           to
           do
           good
           to
           them
           ,
           who
           I
           knew
           would
           requite
           me
           evil
           .
           I
           have
           my
           desire
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           of
           these
           men
           in
           particular
           ,
           for
           whom
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           I
           never
           received
           from
           them
           an
           Obligation
           :
           I
           am
           glad
           I
           had
           the
           opportunity
           ,
           and
           that
           
             it
             is
             done
          
           .
           The
           Welfare
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           not
           the
           destruction
           thereof
           ,
           have
           I
           sought
           .
           Well
           may
           it
           prosper
           say
           I
           ,
           and
           be
           multiplied
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           Peace
           and
           Prosperity
           thereof
           ,
           the
           Nation
           may
           have
           peace
           ,
           and
           prosper
           ,
           though
           for
           my
           love
           ,
           and
           being
           thus
           in
           order
           thereunto
           ,
           I
           am
           Banisht
           my
           Native
           City
           ,
           and
           Country
           to
           Barbados
           ,
           (
           with
           many
           more
           of
           my
           Brethren
           )
           for
           my
           Conscience
           to
           God
           in
           Recompence
           ;
           which
           no
           Law
           pointed
           me
           but
           to
           ,
           for
           I
           was
           not
           named
           therein
           ,
           but
           to
           them
           that
           it
           gave
           power
           to
           execute
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           discretion
           it
           is
           by
           Law
           lest
           ,
           whom
           to
           take
           ,
           and
           whether
           to
           take
           any
           or
           no
           ,
           that
           they
           found
           at
           our
           Meetings
           ;
           which
           Discretion
           of
           theirs
           hath
           been
           thus
           exercised
           to
           me
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           thus
           to
           them
           ,
           who
           have
           alwayes
           carried
           my
           self
           civil
           ,
           and
           a
           friend
           to
           them
           ;
           who
           with
           as
           much
           Integrity
           of
           heart
           ,
           and
           
           more
           Industry
           have
           endeavoured
           their
           ,
           and
           the
           prosperity
           of
           the
           City
           then
           ever
           I
           did
           to
           get
           penny
           for
           my
           Child
           ;
           in
           Recompence
           of
           which
           they
           will
           not
           suffer
           me
           to
           breath
           in
           my
           Native
           Country
           for
           my
           Conscience
           ,
           though
           the
           foot
           of
           the
           prosperity
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           City
           stands
           upon
           what
           I
           have
           freely
           done
           for
           them
           and
           the
           City
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           as
           to
           my
           particular
           ,
           well
           may
           the
           City
           prosper
           ,
           and
           be
           multiplied
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           peace
           and
           prosperity
           thereof
           the
           Nation
           may
           have
           peace
           and
           prosper
           ,
           but
           I
           fear
           ,
           nay
           I
           am
           certain
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           wil●
           visit
           for
           these
           things
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           whose
           is
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           the
           Dominion
           thereof
           ,
           for
           which
           we
           suffer
           ,
           will
           lay
           Bristol
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           done
           London
           an
           
             heap
             for
             this
             thing
          
           ;
           which
           I
           would
           not
           have
           had
           ,
           and
           therefore
           wrote
           to
           their
           Mayor
           
             John
             Lawford
          
           therein
           :
           For
           ,
           that
           which
           led
           me
           to
           save
           it
           when
           I
           had
           power
           ,
           gave
           me
           Bowels
           over
           it
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           not
           in
           the
           capacity
           to
           save
           ,
           nor
           have
           I
           had
           so
           much
           as
           a
           rising
           thought
           in
           me
           of
           revenge
           to
           them
           herein
           ,
           but
           is
           tears
           have
           wept
           over
           it
           and
           them
           ,
           desiring
           that
           in
           
             this
             their
          
           day
           they
           would
           
             know
             the
             things
             that
             concern
             their
             peace
          
           :
           and
           so
           have
           sought
           their
           peace
           ,
           when
           they
           my
           ruine
           ;
           and
           it
           hath
           been
           no
           small
           occasion
           of
           my
           suffering
           that
           they
           on
           his
           foot
           who
           hath
           saved
           th●●
           should
           come
           to
           split
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           the
           Consequence
           ,
           the
           Lord
           hath
           spoken
           It.
           
        
         
           
             
               Newgate
               Prison
            
             Bristol
             
               the
               25
               
                 th
                 .
                 of
                 the
              
               8
               
                 th
                 Moneth
              
               1665.
               
            
             
               where
               I
               remain
               as
               a
            
             Banished
             
               Person
               waiting
               who
               shall
               be
            
             my
             
               Executioners
               therein
            
             .
          
           
             GEORGE-BISHOPE
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           END
           .