Englands lamentation, or, The out-cry of the people against opression and the oppressors Whitfeld, William. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A65917 of text R18451 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W1996A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A65917 Wing W1996A ESTC R18451 12559748 ocm 12559748 63136 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A65917) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 63136) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 950:16) Englands lamentation, or, The out-cry of the people against opression and the oppressors Whitfeld, William. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for the author, London : 1660. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Broadside. eng Despotism -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Governors Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides A65917 R18451 (Wing W1996A). civilwar no Englands lamentation. Or, the out-cry of the people against opression and the oppressors. Whitfeld, William 1660 1301 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 C The rate of 15 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-02 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-03 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-04 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2008-04 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Englands Lamentation . OR , The Out-Cry of the PEOPLE against Opression and the Opressors . The good man is perished out of the Earth , and there is none upright amongst men ; they lie in waite for blood , they hunt every man his Brother with a Net , that they may do evil with both hands ; and the great man uttereth his mischievous desire , so they wrap it up ; the best of them is as a bryar , the most upright is sharper 2.3 . then a Thorn bedge ; The day of thy Watchmen , and the day of thy visitation now shall be their perplexity . We may also lament with Jeremiah , The Elders have ceased from the Gate , the young wen from their Musick , the Joy of our heart is ceased , Our dance is turned into mourning : the crown is fallen from our head , woe unto us for we have 15. sinned . We may say of our Elders , that for many years they could not fit in the Gate for reeling , like Hoggs which have made themselves drunk with the Lees or Dreggs of Wine . Oh ! woe un●o us that we English-men should be so Ruled and Governed by such beastly Swine , who have been routing their Noses in the durt and filth of this World as Swine does , preparing themselves for the day of wrath . We did complaine and ●tlive against a sprig of Birtch , but we have brought upon our selves a Rod of Iron . Our Rulers hath been like unto Mircuris Images which look one way and points another in their Declarations , sometimes swear very beautiful , but in their opperation like unto an Apple in the West-Indes , which is very pleasant to the eye , and sweet unto the Nostrells ; but poysons the eaters , which makes and causes the good people to mourn . A common Lyar who will believe , and a continual Thief who will trust ; but poor England hath been plagued with both in their Governouts ; who have broken all Oaths , Covenants and Acts of Parliament ; and contrary to the trust reposed in them by the Good People of the Land , Tyrannically wrought into their own hands other mens Estates and Lands ; Yea , such Lands , as they pretended should be for the vse and benefit of the Publick , have they converted to their own private coveteous ends . Oh! how England groaneth under the burthen of Treason , Rebellion and Oppression ! How is the Countrey charged , and Trading decayed , by such treacherous , Rebellious cruel Governours , who who changes Government as they please , and forces the good people of the Land to obey them ; Drawing out Armys from one place to another , marching up and down the Land for the accomplishing of their own ends , their Honours and Opinions , to the utter undoing of many thousands for want of Trading , in City and Country . The cunning Artificer has no work , the Shop-keeper languisheth , all Arts and Sciences is decayed . We may say , that since the breath of our Nostrels has been gone the Marriner mourneth , the Marchant languisheth ; the Marriner for his practise , the Marchant for his goods , and the Owner for his Ships . Misery and Callamity hath beset us , and will swallow us up , without scme remedy . Secondly , How many have enriched themselves by the ruines of Noble persons , and the sele of the late Kings Lands : such Members of the stump are known better then they ought to be trusted ; but how to have these Lands again from such persons , for the Common-wealth , a King , or single person is not difficult , if Law and Justice might be put in execution against the Committee of Safety , for their opression , Treason , and Rebellion . First , for comming in a Hostile manner with Horse and Foot , upon what pretence soever , to the Parliament , not to demand 5 Members , but to bringforth , and to dissolve that which they themselves did bring together , and did acknowledge to be a Lawful Parliament , and received Commissions from them , and drew out an Army against Sir George Booth to maintain them so to be , to the loss of blood and limbs , and the great impoverishing of the good people of this Nation ; for lesse guilt of Treason , Murther and Rebellion , then might be found in our Governours . KING CHARLES had 3 Kingdoms rent from him , and his Life also , and with him the Lands and Lives of most honourable persons , whose Lives are much lamented for by the poor of this Nation , for their wonted charity , to cloath their backs , and feed the bellies of the poor , who is so much oppressed by Englands Tyrannical Governours ; For these things our hearts are faint , and for these things our eys are dim ; But shall England die to preserve such Tyrants to live , to deceive and destroy the good People of this poor Nation , to make their own Interest ? Woe unto us , men hath shed and lost their blood upon such mould which hath brought forth Weeds , to poyson and famish them rather then fruits to feed them . Our Governours hath often pretended themselves to be men fearing God , and of tender Consciences : and therefore did alow Liberty of Conscience , And we find also , that they have taken to themselves Liberty enough , and have made their Consciences wide enough to swallow up the poor of this Nation , saving only such which are guided by the fame Spirit ; which Spirit hath declared it self by the fruits thereof , which hath been to make use of the Lives and blood of men , to accomplish their own covetious ends ; and that which adds to our misery , is that from men we can expect no Reformation , Hippacrites are so mixt together in this Nation . If we have a Free choyce in this Nation for a Free Parliament , though we know that to be most Legall , and the eys of the whole Nation is upon it , and does desire it for to be instrumental for to bring in Commerce and trading in the Nations , and to remove burthens and opressions , and to take off that Iron Rod off our Backs ; but we never had , and we fear never shall have , such free and full trading as England had , when all Christian Princes sent Embassadours to a Single person , which was a power to Treat with . But for our changes , neither Prince nor Peasant can have fast hold with them , who hath been the ruine of poor distressed and distracted England ; yet , although we can put no more confidence in man , yet in the Mercy of God , we have hope , that He which for our sins hath thrown us down , in his due time will raise us up ; and that he who hath so wounded us , will heal us with that plaister that shall heal us . Se be it . WILLIAM WHITFELD . LONDON , Printed for the Author , 1660. Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A65917e-30 Micah 2.3 . Lam. 4. 15. Manchenel apple .