To the right honourable, the supreme authority of this nation, the Commons assembled in Parliament an appeal in the humble chain of justice against Tho. Lord Fairfax, general of the English army, raised, and declared to be raised, for the propogation and defence of impartial justice, and just liberty in the nation / by Captain William Bray ...
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             To the right honourable, the supreme authority of this nation, the Commons assembled in Parliament an appeal in the humble chain of justice against Tho. Lord Fairfax, general of the English army, raised, and declared to be raised, for the propogation and defence of impartial justice, and just liberty in the nation / by Captain William Bray ...
             Bray, William, 17th cent.
          
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             [s.n.],
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             1649.
          
           
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             TO
          
           The
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           the
           Supreme
           
             AUTHORITY
          
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           The
           Commons
           Assembled
           in
           
             PARLIAMENT
             :
          
        
         
           AN
           APPEAL
           
             IN
             THE
          
           Humble
           Claim
           of
           
             JVSTICE
          
           Against
           Tho.
           
           Lord
           Fairfax
           ,
           General
           of
           the
           English
           Army
           ,
           raised
           ,
           and
           declared
           to
           be
           raised
           ,
           for
           the
           propagation
           and
           defence
           of
           impartial
           Justice
           ,
           and
           just
           Liberty
           in
           the
           Nation
           ;
           By
           Captain
           WILLIAM
           BRAY
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Officers
           and
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           other
           the
           free
           People
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           that
           are
           for
           Righteousnesse
           ,
           Settlement
           and
           Peace
           .
        
         
           
             PROV.
             24.
             23.
             
          
           
             These
             things
             also
             belong
             to
             the
             wise
             :
             It
             is
             not
             good
             to
             have
             respect
             of
             persons
             in
             Judgement
             .
          
        
         
           
             PROV.
             28.
             21
             
          
           
             To
             have
             respect
             of
             persons
             is
             not
             good
             ,
             for
             a
             piece
             of
             bread
             that
             man
             will
             transgresse
             .
          
        
         
           
             PROV.
             29.
             25.
             
          
           
             The
             fear
             of
             man
             bringeth
             a
             snare
             :
             but
             whose
             putteth
             his
             trust
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             shall
             be
             safe
             .
          
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           in
           the
           Yeer
           1649.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           the
           Supreme
           Authority
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           The
           Commons
           Assembled
           in
           Parliament
           :
        
         
           An
           Appeal
           ,
           in
           the
           humble
           claim
           of
           Justice
           against
           
             THOMAS
          
           Lord
           
             FAIRFAX
             ,
          
           Generall
           of
           the
           English
           Army
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           By
           Captain
           
             WILLIAM
             BRAY
             .
          
        
         
           
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           traced
           the
           Actions
           of
           men
           in
           Authority
           ,
           and
           I
           find
           ,
           that
           (
           to
           my
           griefe
           )
           Justice
           and
           Righteousnesse
           (
           as
           names
           )
           are
           but
           a
           stalking
           horse
           to
           the
           designes
           of
           meer
           Power
           and
           Greatnesse
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           in
           a
           capacitie
           to
           lead
           whom
           it
           will
           ,
           like
           sheep
           to
           the
           slaughter
           ,
           without
           the
           bounds
           of
           Law
           or
           Reason
           .
           It
           will
           be
           admired
           at
           by
           some
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           contend
           against
           so
           great
           a
           Personage
           :
           But
           truly
           ,
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           that
           makes
           me
           willing
           to
           be
           silent
           now
           ,
           but
           this
           ,
           That
           I
           my self
           am
           compassed
           about
           with
           infirmities
           :
           But
           this
           is
           no
           argument
           why
           I
           should
           not
           seek
           Justice
           ;
           but
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           (
           together
           with
           others
           )
           inslaved
           ,
           and
           wasted
           time
           after
           time
           ,
           by
           the
           wils
           of
           men
           ,
           or
           of
           a
           man
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           I
           see
           the
           favour
           of
           my
           Enemy
           (
           he
           being
           great
           and
           potent
           )
           will
           make
           me
           many
           enemies
           ,
           because
           
           many
           gain
           honour
           and
           greatnesse
           meerly
           by
           it
           :
           But
           there
           is
           a
           God
           that
           impartially
           judgeth
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           the
           small
           and
           the
           great
           are
           all
           one
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           with
           just
           men
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           I
           expose
           my self
           by
           this
           to
           the
           power
           and
           stratagems
           of
           the
           Generall
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Polititians
           ,
           to
           undo
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           work
           their
           revenge
           upon
           me
           ,
           if
           the
           Lord
           of
           righteousnesse
           and
           justice
           doth
           not
           restrain
           them
           :
           but
           in
           this
           consideration
           (
           whatever
           my
           Enemies
           power
           and
           policies
           are
           )
           I
           shall
           give
           up
           my self
           wholly
           to
           the
           great
           Judge
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           trust
           him
           ,
           come
           life
           ,
           come
           death
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           He
           is
           great
           and
           potent
           by
           the
           bloud
           ,
           adventures
           and
           ruines
           of
           the
           people
           (
           the
           effects
           of
           War
           ;
           )
           and
           to
           me
           this
           is
           a
           great
           argument
           against
           the
           ingrossing
           of
           all
           power
           and
           authority
           into
           his
           brest
           ;
           and
           much
           more
           against
           the
           acting
           arbitrarily
           and
           unlimitedly
           against
           any
           member
           of
           the
           people
           or
           Common-weale
           :
           and
           to
           my
           reason
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           make
           such
           an
           end
           of
           War
           and
           bloud
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           is
           not
           worth
           the
           blood
           of
           one
           man
           (
           as
           it
           may
           probably
           extend
           )
           much
           lesse
           the
           bloud
           of
           so
           many
           thousands
           as
           have
           been
           slain
           in
           the
           War
           ,
           —
           Civill
           War
           .
           —
        
         
           1.
           
           Me
           thinks
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           consider
           the
           contest
           betwixt
           the
           King
           and
           this
           Honourable
           House
           :
           and
           surely
           ,
           I
           cannot
           beleeve
           ,
           but
           that
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           been
           for
           injustice
           ,
           Monarchy
           had
           still
           remained
           ;
           and
           I
           do
           not
           think
           that
           any
           just
           man
           would
           have
           lift
           up
           his
           hand
           to
           engage
           in
           War
           —
           Civill
           War
           —
           ,
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           shall
           professe
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           :
           for
           I
           am
           not
           against
           Government
           ,
           but
           can
           live
           with
           satisfaction
           either
           in
           
             Monarchie
             ,
             Aristocracie
             ,
          
           or
           
             Democracie
             :
          
           for
           to
           me
           nothing
           is
           essentiall
           ,
           but
           Justice
           and
           Righteousnesse
           in
           a
           Common-weal
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           cannot
           but
           consider
           the
           glorious
           expressions
           of
           Justice
           and
           Righteousnesse
           in
           the
           many
           Declarations
           of
           the
           Armie
           ;
           by
           which
           the
           Penman
           thereof
           ,
           and
           the
           chief
           heads
           did
           seem
           to
           be
           taken
           up
           conscientiously
           with
           the
           power
           of
           Justice
           ,
           in
           their
           engagement
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           excluded
           many
           that
           had
           formerly
           appeared
           valiant
           and
           fighting
           men
           in
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           their
           dishonour
           
           and
           infamy
           ;
           with
           this
           pretence
           ,
           That
           Justice
           and
           Reason
           did
           only
           justifie
           them
           ,
           and
           an
           intention
           of
           a
           speedy
           Settlement
           ,
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Laws
           of
           reason
           to
           the
           people
           .
           But
           there
           was
           a
           declining
           of
           that
           solemn
           Engagement
           ,
           which
           was
           like
           to
           have
           made
           all
           former
           Victories
           hazardous
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           totally
           endangered
           the
           Armie
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           well-affected
           people
           in
           the
           whole
           Nation
           .
           And
           it
           was
           Mr.
           
             Edward
             Hide
             's
          
           Speech
           at
           a
           Conference
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           6.
           
           
             Julii
             ,
          
           1641.
           against
           the
           Lord
           chief
           Justice
           ,
           Baron
           
             Davenport
             ,
          
           Baron
           
             Trevor
             ,
          
           and
           Baron
           
             Weston
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           Ship-money
           :
           
             These
             are
             the
             men
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             that
             by
             doing
             ,
             or
             not
             doing
             ,
             have
             brought
             this
             War
             upon
             us
             :
             By
             this
             means
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             the
             Peace
             of
             this
             Island
             is
             shaked
             ,
             and
             frighted
             into
             Tumults
             ,
             Commotions
             ,
             povertie
             and
             rage
             of
             War
             .
          
           And
           it
           had
           been
           an
           abuse
           of
           Providence
           for
           these
           men
           to
           have
           pretended
           providence
           for
           their
           desisting
           from
           good
           ,
           or
           their
           doing
           of
           evill
           :
           And
           I
           beleeve
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           have
           been
           received
           as
           an
           excuse
           to
           save
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           have
           used
           the
           expressions
           of
           providence
           ;
           which
           is
           much
           in
           use
           these
           times
           to
           countenance
           the
           Throne
           of
           arbitrary
           Power
           and
           Dominion
           over
           the
           People
           ,
           by
           men
           that
           are
           now
           made
           great
           and
           potent
           by
           their
           blood
           ,
           ruines
           ,
           and
           adventures
           in
           War
           ,
           —
           in
           Civil
           War
           —
           .
        
         
           
             3.
             
             I
             shall
             present
             my
             observation
             to
             you
             and
             the
             people
             concerning
             the
             latest
          
           Remonstrance
           
             from
             the
             Army
             at
             St.
          
           Albans
           .
           Pag.
           
             10.
             speaking
             against
             the
             King
             ,
          
           (
           viz.
           )
           Thus
           the
           people
           were
           made
           to
           depend
           mainly
           upon
           the
           King
           for
           all
           ,
           and
           his
           Interest
           made
           necessary
           to
           all
           ;
           the
           other
           pretences
           were
           but
           made
           use
           of
           to
           serve
           his
           ends
           ,
           and
           an
           easie
           way
           to
           set
           up
           Him
           an●
           his
           Interest
           above
           all
           .
        
         
           
             Pages
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           That
           no
           Common
           Councell
           or
           Parliaments
           at
           all
           should
           check
           him
           ;
           but
           that
           all
           matters
           of
           supreme
           Trust
           ,
           concerning
           safetie
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           else
           ,
           might
           rest
           in
           him
           ,
           without
           limit
           from
           ,
           or
           account
           to
           any
           upon
           earth
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           those
           extraordinary
           and
           arbitrary
           powers
           over
           the
           People
           ;
           yea
           ,
           their
           persons
           and
           consciences
           ,
           might
           be
           exercised
           at
           pleasure
           by
           himself
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           he
           pleased
           to
           derive
           the
           same
           unto
           .
        
         
         
           
             Page
             20.
             
          
           Snares
           and
           chains
           were
           laid
           upon
           consciencious
           and
           zealous
           men
           ,
           and
           the
           generalitie
           of
           people
           held
           in
           darknesse
           and
           superstition
           ,
           and
           a
           blind
           reverence
           of
           persons
           ,
           and
           outward
           things
           ,
           fit
           for
           Poperie
           and
           Slaverie
           .
        
         
           
             Page
             21.
             
          
           It
           was
           a
           brand
           of
           dishonour
           laid
           upon
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           prefer
           such
           as
           had
           a
           mixture
           of
           ambition
           and
           vain-glory
           ,
           with
           a
           servile
           spirit
           ,
           rendring
           them
           fit
           to
           serve
           anothers
           Power
           and
           Greatnesse
           ,
           for
           the
           enjoying
           some
           share
           therein
           to
           themselves
           .
        
         
           May
           it
           please
           this
           Honourable
           House
           to
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           speak
           a
           few
           words
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           good
           of
           many
           of
           the
           Commons
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           the
           Officery
           and
           Souldie●y
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           bone
           of
           my
           bone
           ,
           and
           flesh
           of
           my
           flesh
           ,
           now
           in
           being
           and
           hereafter
           to
           be
           ;
           men
           that
           have
           or
           shall
           adventure
           their
           precious
           bloud
           for
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           but
           not
           so
           ,
           as
           unnaturally
           and
           unreasonably
           to
           exclude
           themselves
           ,
           after
           their
           Successes
           and
           Deliverances
           ,
           from
           justice
           and
           right
           ?
        
         
           The
           disadvantages
           of
           Arbitrary
           power
           to
           reside
           in
           any
           person
           over
           all
           or
           any
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           may
           become
           at
           length
           to
           be
           so
           setled
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           will
           be
           a
           personal
           Interest
           in
           him
           and
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           a
           pretended
           Prerogative
           against
           the
           Publick
           Interest
           of
           common
           right
           ,
           peace
           and
           safetie
           ;
           and
           at
           length
           this
           Maxime
           will
           be
           brought
           in
           in
           time
           ,
           That
           the
           General
           can
           do
           no
           wrong
           ;
           even
           as
           it
           was
           said
           ,
           that
           
             The
             King
             can
             do
             no
             wrong
             ;
          
           which
           (
           as
           Mr.
           
           Solicitor
           
             Cook
          
           saith
           in
           
             King
             CHARLES
          
           his
           Case
           )
           is
           Blasphemy
           against
           the
           great
           God
           of
           Truth
           and
           Love
           ;
           for
           onely
           God
           cannot
           erre
           ;
           because
           ,
           what
           he
           wils
           is
           right
           because
           he
           wils
           it
           :
           
             And
             it
             is
             a
             sad
             thing
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             to
             consider
             that
             learned
             men
             ,
             for
             unworthy
             ends
             ,
             should
             use
             such
             art
             to
             subdue
             the
             people
             ,
             by
             transportation
             of
             their
             senses
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             them
             beleeve
             ,
             that
             the
             Law
             is
             ,
             
               That
               the
               King
               can
               do
               no
               wrong
               .
            
          
        
         
           In
           these
           times
           of
           confusion
           ,
           evill
           ,
           apostacie
           ,
           and
           warring
           unto
           bloud
           [
           which
           cryes
           ,
           ]
           I
           have
           weighed
           much
           
           with
           my self
           what
           is
           the
           onely
           way
           to
           compose
           our
           differences
           amongst
           our selves
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           compleat
           reconciliation
           :
           and
           I
           finde
           nothing
           so
           likely
           as
           a
           mutuall
           Agreement
           amongst
           the
           People
           ,
           by
           making
           of
           just
           Laws
           ,
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ;
           which
           is
           undemonstrable
           ,
           which
           needs
           no
           demonstration
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           for
           corruption
           and
           interests
           .
           
             It
             is
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             
               John
               Cook
            
             saith
             in
             his
             book
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             unanimous
             consent
             of
             all
             rationall
             men
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             written
             in
             every
             mans
             heart
             with
             the
             pen
             of
             a
             Diamond
             ,
             in
             Capital
             Letters
             ,
             and
             a
             Character
             so
             legible
             ,
          
           that
           he
           that
           runs
           may
           read
           .
           And
           it
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           the
           policie
           of
           Polititians
           ,
           to
           live
           honourably
           by
           the
           ruines
           and
           warrings
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           to
           keep
           off
           an
           insisting
           upon
           Laws
           of
           Settlement
           and
           Agreement
           ;
           and
           to
           insinuate
           into
           corruption
           and
           interests
           that
           are
           strongest
           and
           most
           prevalent
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           keep
           themselves
           in
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Sword
           without
           reason
           ,
           in
           War
           ,
           and
           after
           War
           :
           O
           sad
           end
           of
           War
           to
           the
           People
           !
           But
           now
           every
           drop
           of
           blood
           and
           injustice
           will
           be
           recorded
           in
           mindes
           of
           just
           men
           .
           
             England
          
           hath
           eys
           ;
           the
           people
           thereof
           will
           not
           be
           deluded
           after
           so
           much
           blood
           :
           And
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           ,
           that
           all
           impartiall
           men
           ,
           whether
           Presbyterians
           or
           Independents
           ,
           or
           any
           else
           under
           any
           other
           name
           ,
           (
           that
           are
           not
           choaked
           by
           preferments
           from
           the
           present
           Power
           ,
           or
           in
           expectation
           of
           Honour
           by
           favour
           and
           promise
           )
           would
           have
           impartial
           justice
           and
           an
           equall
           distribution
           according
           to
           principles
           amongst
           the
           people
           :
           And
           I
           hope
           ,
           there
           be
           many
           impartiall
           men
           that
           have
           places
           of
           Honour
           ,
           who
           (
           for
           their
           Countries
           sake
           )
           would
           willingly
           adventure
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           not
           common
           :
           
             Dominion
          
           and
           
             Avarice
          
           are
           the
           great
           gods
           of
           the
           world
           .
           But
           when
           Polititians
           do
           wave
           the
           
             Agreement
             of
             the
             People
          
           in
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nature
           and
           Reason
           ,
           then
           we
           may
           justly
           fear
           a
           Designe
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           because
           they
           would
           not
           have
           the
           people
           see
           ,
           nor
           understand
           :
           for
           then
           they
           know
           they
           could
           not
           do
           what
           they
           please
           ,
           and
           continue
           in
           the
           Throne
           :
           they
           could
           not
           get
           Persons
           to
           be
           esteemed
           more
           then
           Principles
           .
        
         
         
           But
           I
           shall
           shew
           unto
           this
           Honourable
           House
           ,
           how
           his
           Excellency
           the
           General
           of
           the
           English
           peoples
           Armie
           ,
           hath
           dealt
           with
           me
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           with
           other
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           how
           such
           actions
           are
           the
           paths
           of
           former
           Powers
           .
           And
           I
           shall
           shew
           of
           what
           a
           dangerous
           consequence
           the
           actings
           of
           the
           Generall
           are
           ,
           and
           how
           consonant
           to
           the
           late
           Kings
           actings
           amongst
           the
           people
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           Mr.
           Solicitor
           
             Cook
          
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             if
             any
             of
             those
             that
             
               tried
               the
               King
            
             shall
             turn
             Tyrants
             ,
             or
             consent
             to
             set
             up
             any
             kinde
             of
             Tyrannie
             by
             a
             Law
             ,
             or
             suffer
             any
             
               unmercifull
            
             domineering
             over
             the
             consciences
             ,
             persons
             and
             estates
             of
             the
             free
             people
             of
             this
             Land
             ,
             they
             have
             pronounced
             sentence
             against
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           
             Master
             Solicitor
             
               Cook
            
             hath
             these
             several
             Arguments
             against
             the
             Kings
             Tyranny
             and
             Policies
             ,
             cited
             in
             King
             
               Charls
            
             his
             CASE
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             The
             King
             ,
             when
             there
             ever
             was
             a
             spirit
             of
             Justice
             stirring
             and
             discovered
             in
             the
             House
             ,
             he
             sends
             the
             
               Black
               Rod
               ,
            
             and
             dissolves
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             Parliament
             men
             were
             fain
             to
             go
             home
             with
             a
             flea
             in
             their
             ear
             ,
             and
             tell
             the
             Free-holders
             in
             the
             Country
             of
             the
             bravery
             of
             the
             King
             and
             Lords
             .
             So
             the
             Generall
             ,
             &c.
             when
             he
             saw
             the
             spirit
             of
             Justice
             stirring
             in
             the
             Armie
             amongst
             the
             free
             people
             and
             Souldiery
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             that
             had
             adventured
             their
             bloud
             ,
             he
             dissolved
             their
             Generall
             Councell
             of
             two
             Officers
             and
             two
             Souldiers
             of
             every
             Regiment
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             If
             the
             people
             clamour
             for
             another
             Parliament
             ,
             then
             there
             goes
             out
             another
             Summons
             ;
             yet
             a
             way
             made
             to
             make
             all
             fruitlesse
             ,
             by
             a
             negative
             voyce
             that
             the
             people
             cannot
             save
             themselves
             without
             him
             ;
             and
             must
             cut
             their
             own
             throats
             ,
             if
             commanded
             so
             to
             do
             .
             So
             if
             
             any
             of
             the
             people
             in
             the
             Armie
             claim
             and
             clamour
             for
             their
             Rights
             ,
             even
             for
             their
             indisputable
             rights
             of
             Petitioning
             ;
             then
             presently
             there
             is
             an
             Order
             from
             the
             Generall
             and
             some
             other
             Officers
             ,
             or
             a
             Command
             and
             negative
             Voice
             ,
             to
             hinder
             the
             same
             :
             Whereas
             they
             charged
             
               Hollis
            
             and
             
               Stapleton
            
             for
             overthrowing
             the
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Subjects
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             in
             arbitrary
             ,
             violent
             ,
             and
             oppressive
             wayes
             ,
             and
             endeavoured
             by
             indirect
             and
             corrupt
             practices
             to
             delay
             and
             obstruct
             Justice
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             dammage
             and
             prejudice
             of
             divers
             of
             the
             poor
             Commoners
             of
             
               England
            
             petitioning
             for
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Another
             means
             he
             had
             to
             put
             some
             others
             between
             him
             and
             the
             Peoples
             hatred
             ,
             by
             a
             pretended
             prerogative
             to
             be
             the
             sole
             Judge
             of
             Chivalry
             ;
             and
             to
             have
             the
             sole
             power
             of
             conferring
             Honours
             ;
             that
             so
             he
             might
             be
             sure
             to
             have
             two
             against
             one
             to
             stand
             for
             his
             Prerogative
             against
             all
             right
             and
             reason
             .
             And
             so
             ,
             What
             gaping
             and
             depending
             upon
             the
             Generall
             after
             Places
             of
             Honour
             and
             Profit
             ;
             What
             undermining
             any
             one
             that
             is
             out
             of
             favour
             (
             though
             without
             cause
             ;
             )
             and
             what
             snares
             there
             are
             and
             have
             been
             laid
             for
             the
             casting
             out
             of
             those
             that
             have
             appeared
             conscientiously
             stedfast
             to
             their
             principles
             ,
             for
             the
             Rights
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             Let
             all
             rational
             men
             judge
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             Another
             means
             he
             had
             to
             delude
             the
             People
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             People
             beleeve
             ,
             That
             he
             had
             committed
             all
             Justice
             to
             the
             Judges
             ,
             and
             distributed
             the
             execution
             thereof
             into
             severall
             Courts
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             King
             cannot
             so
             much
             as
             imprison
             a
             man
             without
             Law
             or
             reason
             .
             But
             see
             what
             a
             mockery
             this
             was
             to
             Justice
             :
             If
             the
             King
             have
             a
             minde
             to
             have
             any
             publick
             spirited
             men
             removed
             out
             of
             the
             way
             ,
             this
             man
             is
             kill'd
             ,
             the
             murtherer
             known
             ,
             a
             Letter
             comes
             to
             the
             Judge
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             be
             it
             shall
             be
             found
             but
             Man-slaughter
             .
             So
             ,
             when
             the
             Lord
             did
             (
             though
             with
             much
             temperance
             ,
             as
             I
             appeal
             to
             the
             world
             )
             make
             
             me
             to
             own
             things
             that
             are
             just
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             own
             former
             words
             and
             actions
             (
             as
             after
             appears
             in
             my
             Case
             ;
             )
             then
             I
             was
             presently
             a
             mark
             to
             shoot
             at
             ;
             and
             though
             this
             hath
             not
             extended
             to
             murther
             mee
             as
             yet
             :
             yet
             it
             hath
             extended
             (
             as
             much
             as
             in
             him
             lay
             )
             to
             dis-repute
             mee
             ,
             and
             undoe
             mee
             ;
             snatch
             mee
             off
             by
             force
             from
             the
             common
             Cause
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             unmercifully
             make
             mee
             lyable
             to
             Insurrections
             and
             Invasiens
             ,
             if
             any
             shall
             be
             .
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             For
             matter
             of
             Libertie
             ;
             if
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             any
             Courtier
             sends
             a
             man
             to
             Prison
             ,
             if
             the
             Judge
             set
             him
             at
             libertie
             ,
             then
             he
             puts
             him
             out
             of
             his
             Place
             :
             which
             is
             (
             saith
             hee
             )
             a
             temptation
             too
             heavie
             for
             those
             that
             love
             money
             and
             Honour
             more
             then
             God
             .
             So
             ,
             if
             any
             one
             appears
             out
             of
             a
             reall
             affection
             to
             Justice
             ,
             for
             any
             one
             that
             is
             extremely
             oppressed
             ;
             then
             there
             is
             suspicion
             and
             jealousie
             ;
             and
             as
             the
             new
             Colonell
             
               John
               Reynolds
            
             said
             to
             one
             ,
             If
             hee
             should
             speak
             for
             mee
             ,
             he
             should
             prejudice
             himself
             ▪
          
           
             Sixthly
             ,
             The
             King
             pretended
             a
             Prerogative
             ,
             That
             he
             might
             avoid
             any
             of
             his
             Grants
             ;
             and
             so
             might
             cozen
             and
             cheat
             any
             man
             by
             a
             Law
             ;
             and
             the
             ground
             thereof
             ,
             That
             the
             Kings
             Grants
             shall
             be
             taken
             according
             to
             his
             intention
             :
             And
             by
             this
             means
             the
             Kings
             Grants
             have
             been
             like
             the
             Divels
             Oracles
             ,
             taken
             in
             any
             contrary
             sense
             for
             his
             own
             advantage
             .
             Whereas
             Master
             Solliciton
             
               Cook
            
             saith
             ,
             
               All
               the
               Judges
               in
               England
               cannot
               make
               one
               Case
               to
               be
               Law
               ,
               that
               is
               not
               Reason
               .
            
             But
             the
             General
             (
             though
             he
             hath
             joyned
             in
             many
             good
             things
             )
             hath
             made
             void
             his
             own
             solemn
             Engagements
             to
             the
             Souldiers
             and
             People
             ,
             hath
             imprisoned
             and
             cashiered
             those
             that
             have
             appeared
             consciencious
             to
             their
             Principles
             ;
             and
             used
             divers
             arbitary
             and
             oppressive
             wayes
             ,
             to
             make
             himself
             and
             his
             Creatures
             absolute
             and
             unlimited
             ,
             tending
             to
             the
             extreme
             
             prejudice
             of
             many
             of
             the
             Common-Weal
             ;
             
               (
               viz.
               )
            
             Officers
             and
             Souldiers
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             as
             appeared
             by
             his
             actions
             of
             Cashierement
             ,
             of
             Captain
             
               Ingram
               ,
            
             and
             then
             the
             Life-guard
             ,
             my self
             ,
             and
             divers
             others
             in
             the
             Engagement
             equally
             concerned
             ;
             and
             so
             he
             goes
             on
             to
             an
             absolute
             will
             ,
             divided
             interest
             ,
             and
             conquest
             over
             many
             of
             those
             that
             have
             engaged
             in
             
               England's
            
             bloud
             ,
             and
             appear
             for
             
               England's
            
             Libertie
             ,
             and
             at
             length
             may
             over
             all
             others
             ;
             contrary
             to
             the
             Declarations
             of
             the
             Army
             in
             opposing
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             in
             the
             Declaration
             of
             the
             fourteenth
             of
             
               June
               ,
            
             1647
             ,
             in
             the
             Volume
             ,
             
               pages
            
             40
             ,
             41
             ,
             42.
             
             But
             
               Conquest
               or
               Power
               makes
               a
               Title
               amongst
               Wolves
               and
               Bears
               ,
               but
               not
               amongst
               men
               ,
            
             as
             Master
             Sollicitor
             
               Cook
            
             saith
             against
             the
             King
             .
             What
             a
             sad
             thing
             is
             it
             ,
             that
             after
             our
             Engagements
             ,
             double
             and
             treble
             Engagements
             against
             Absolutenesse
             ,
             Tyranny
             ,
             Conquest
             ,
             Arbittarinesse
             ,
             the
             same
             things
             must
             be
             done
             amongst
             our selves
             ?
          
           
             And
             now
             I
             appeal
             to
             you
             for
             Judgement
             and
             Justice
             that
             may
             appear
             without
             partiality
             to
             the
             understandings
             of
             all
             unbiassed
             men
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             onely
             hint
             unto
             you
             the
             businesse
             of
             Warre
             in
             a
             few
             words
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
               )
            
             if
             I
             had
             deserted
             the
             Regiment
             at
             the
             time
             of
             the
             
               Agreement
               of
               the
               People
               ,
            
             I
             had
             been
             a
             perfidious
             fellow
             to
             my
             Principles
             ,
             and
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             Armie
             ;
             and
             by
             that
             means
             the
             Nations
             interest
             in
             that
             Regiment
             had
             been
             the
             Kings
             ▪
             for
             there
             were
             some
             Lords
             in
             the
             Quarters
             courted
             them
             to
             it
             .
             But
             this
             Honourable
             House
             ,
             and
             all
             rationall
             people
             may
             see
             how
             inhumanely
             I
             was
             used
             .
          
           
             After
             my
             being
             apprehended
             in
             the
             Field
             ,
             I
             was
             six
             weeks
             in
             custody
             at
             
               Windsor
               ,
            
             or
             thereabouts
             :
             I
             was
             justifiable
             in
             my
             grounds
             and
             reasons
             ,
             which
             did
             relate
             to
             the
             Engagement
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             The
             Agreement
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             the
             Generals
             just
             Authority
             :
             And
             I
             was
             declared
             justifiable
             by
             Lieutenant
             Generall
             
               Cromwell
               ,
            
             as
             many
             can
             witnesse
             ;
             and
             Commissary
             Generall
             
               Irevon
            
             told
             
             one
             in
             private
             
               (
               viz.
            
             Mr.
             
             
               Sexbye
               )
            
             that
             there
             was
             nothing
             against
             me
             .
             I
             was
             appointed
             my
             Command
             again
             under
             the
             notion
             of
             an
             holy
             Fast
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             desiring
             an
             union
             ,
             and
             imbracing
             one
             another
             in
             love
             ,
             (
             oh
             sad
             hypocrisie
             !
             )
             but
             it
             was
             to
             juggle
             me
             out
             of
             my
             right
             :
             (
             Reason
             and
             Justice
             being
             for
             me
             ,
             as
             doth
             after
             appear
             ;
             )
             that
             what
             Reason
             and
             Justice
             could
             not
             do
             ,
             Power
             should
             .
             After
             that
             ,
             the
             Generall
             seemed
             to
             be
             dis-satisfied
             :
             though
             Commissary
             General
             
               Ireton
            
             said
             ,
             That
             God
             did
             incline
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             Generall
             and
             Generall
             Councell
             to
             desire
             a
             union
             ,
             and
             embrace
             one
             another
             in
             love
             (
             his
             very
             expressions
             ,
             as
             many
             were
             witnesse
             ;
             )
             and
             so
             I
             had
             Lieutenant
             General
             
               Comwels
            
             Letter
             to
             
               Newcastle
               :
            
             But
             that
             Apostate
             ,
             my
             deadly
             enemy
             ,
             
               Henry
               Lilburn
            
             (
             having
             influence
             in
             the
             Generall
             ,
             when
             I
             came
             from
             
               Newcastle
               ,
            
             two
             hundred
             and
             ten
             miles
             from
             
               London
               )
            
             got
             me
             presently
             suspended
             my
             Command
             :
             after
             some
             five
             or
             six
             weeks
             stay
             ,
             suspension
             or
             confinement
             there
             ,
             a
             Commission
             was
             sent
             from
             the
             Generall
             for
             another
             to
             have
             my
             place
             .
             I
             had
             some
             losse
             also
             by
             the
             tedious
             journey
             :
             Lieutenant
             Colonel
             
               Henry
               Lilburn
            
             had
             also
             broken
             open
             my
             Trunk
             ,
             and
             seized
             upon
             my
             Commission
             ,
             and
             kept
             it
             .
             I
             was
             fain
             after
             all
             this
             to
             return
             to
             
               London
               .
            
             I
             had
             been
             four
             or
             five
             months
             or
             thereabouts
             strook
             out
             of
             the
             Muster-Rols
             of
             the
             Armie
             without
             cause
             .
             When
             I
             came
             to
             
               London
               ,
            
             I
             made
             my
             appeal
             to
             the
             General
             and
             his
             Counsell
             of
             War
             ,
             and
             delivered
             it
             to
             himself
             to
             be
             heard
             ,
             and
             for
             justice
             ;
             but
             I
             spake
             to
             the
             air
             ,
             I
             could
             not
             get
             it
             granted
             .
             After
             that
             I
             made
             many
             private
             Addresses
             by
             my self
             and
             others
             :
             He
             told
             me
             ,
             It
             was
             his
             pleasure
             .
             I
             offered
             to
             refer
             it
             to
             some
             Parliament-men
             to
             hear
             the
             businesse
             ,
             I
             could
             not
             have
             that
             granted
             :
             I
             offered
             to
             refer
             it
             to
             some
             consciencious
             Officers
             of
             the
             Armie
             in
             private
             ,
             I
             could
             not
             have
             that
             granted
             :
             Which
             actions
             were
             (
             under
             correction
             )
             contrary
             to
             the
             solemn
             Engagement
             of
             the
             Armie
             ,
             the
             Articles
             and
             Discipline
             of
             War
             ,
             and
             all
             manner
             of
             
             Christian
             Society
             and
             reason
             amongst
             men
             .
             —
             Oh
             unreasonablenessel
             —
             And
             at
             length
             ,
             all
             that
             I
             could
             get
             from
             the
             Generall
             ,
             was
             but
             twenty
             pound
             out
             of
             the
             contingent
             moneys
             .
             And
             the
             truth
             of
             it
             was
             ,
             it
             was
             extreme
             grievous
             to
             me
             to
             bring
             
               Odum
            
             upon
             the
             Generall
             and
             others
             ,
             with
             continuall
             hope
             :
             of
             his
             and
             others
             resurrection
             ,
             or
             standing
             for
             Principles
             of
             Justice
             and
             Freedom
             to
             the
             People
             :
             But
             now
             I
             see
             it
             is
             of
             such
             an
             extension
             ,
             as
             a
             continued
             design
             to
             disparage
             ,
             dishonor
             ,
             and
             destroy
             me
             ,
             and
             consequently
             others
             ;
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             be
             excused
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             all
             rationall
             men
             ,
             that
             I
             now
             speak
             :
             Though
             ,
             for
             enemies
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             Apostates
             ,
             I
             care
             not
             what
             they
             say
             .
          
           
             After
             all
             this
             injustice
             and
             dissatisfaction
             ,
             when
             others
             would
             have
             wrought
             upon
             these
             things
             ,
             and
             used
             it
             ,
             as
             an
             argument
             to
             me
             ,
             to
             revenge
             my
             own
             wrongs
             ,
             and
             publique
             injuries
             ;
             another
             pretending
             for
             the
             King
             and
             Justice
             ,
             insinuatingly
             ,
             politiquely
             ,
             and
             privately
             ,
             That
             if
             I
             would
             ,
             I
             might
             be
             a
             Colonell
             against
             the
             Grandees
             .
             But
             the
             Lord
             made
             me
             to
             abhorr
             such
             motions
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             kept
             me
             firm
             ,
             stedfast
             ,
             and
             sincere
             in
             the
             times
             of
             temptations
             ,
             wrongs
             ,
             apostasies
             ,
             and
             danger
             ,
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             the
             Army
             ,
             and
             this
             House
             ;
             and
             so
             to
             their
             persons
             ,
             though
             my
             person
             have
             been
             tossed
             like
             a
             Tennis-ball
             by
             them
             :
             And
             I
             raised
             a
             Troop
             against
             the
             bloody
             Insurrections
             ,
             and
             in
             constancy
             to
             my
             Principles
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Generals
             own
             privitie
             ,
             unto
             whom
             I
             did
             in
             my
             affections
             and
             civility
             go
             for
             that
             end
             .
             And
             when
             I
             was
             dismissed
             out
             of
             the
             County
             of
             
               Kent
               .
            
             I
             have
             ever
             since
             kept
             up
             my
             Troop
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             Freedom
             ,
             Justice
             ,
             and
             Peaceable
             settlement
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             in
             Colonell
             
               Reynold's
            
             Regiment
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             same
             Account
             that
             the
             Army
             and
             the
             well-affected
             of
             the
             House
             have
             manifested
             themselves
             ,
             have
             been
             at
             most
             excessive
             charges
             and
             damages
             this
             Five
             months
             in
             order
             thereunto
             ;
             and
             
             have
             been
             intrusted
             with
             the
             guard
             of
             the
             Kings
             own
             person
             ,
             at
             
               Hurst-Castle
            
             by
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             and
             command
             of
             Col.
             
               John
               Reinolds
               ,
            
             (
             voted
             a
             Col.
             of
             the
             Army
             by
             this
             House
             .
             )
          
           
             Yet
             notwithstanding
             may
             it
             please
             this
             supreme
             Authority
             ,
             I
             being
             at
             the
             Generall-Councell
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             on
             ,
             or
             about
             the
             first
             day
             of
             
               March
            
             last
             past
             ,
             and
             there
             being
             a
             Letter
             presented
             by
             some
             Sou
             ldiers
             ,
             to
             the
             Generall
             ,
             and
             the
             Councell
             ;
             it
             was
             put
             to
             the
             question
             and
             the
             Poll
             ,
             whether
             the
             Letter
             should
             be
             owned
             or
             not
             owned
             :
             And
             when
             I
             was
             demanded
             my
             Vote
             in
             the
             Councell
             ,
             (
             which
             should
             be
             free
             :
             )
             I
             told
             them
             ,
             That
             though
             I
             could
             have
             wished
             that
             many
             expressions
             that
             were
             taken
             offence
             at
             were
             left
             out
             ;
             yet
             in
             my
             Judgment
             the
             substance
             of
             the
             Letter
             did
             relate
             to
             the
             right
             of
             petitioning
             ,
             and
             to
             a
             petition
             that
             was
             presented
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             thought
             the
             work
             of
             that
             Court
             was
             to
             consider
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             I
             owned
             it
             ,
             though
             I
             had
             some
             temptation
             upon
             my
             spirit
             not
             to
             own
             it
             ,
             because
             I
             saw
             a
             designe
             upon
             me
             .
             A
             little
             after
             ,
             I
             was
             ignominiously
             and
             unreasonably
             cast
             out
             of
             the
             Councell
             ,
             and
             had
             not
             liberty
             (
             though
             I
             desired
             it
             )
             to
             speak
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             now
             grown
             a
             Capitall
             offence
             to
             speak
             a
             mans
             judgement
             in
             a
             Councell
             ,
             (
             which
             should
             be
             free
             )
             and
             as
             capitall
             a
             sin
             to
             speak
             a
             word
             for
             a
             private
             Souldier
             (
             though
             with
             never
             so
             much
             temperance
             )
             if
             contrary
             to
             the
             judgment
             of
             some
             Officers
             ;
             whereas
             it
             was
             offered
             by
             the
             Army
             ,
             as
             a
             necessary
             expedient
             that
             there
             might
             be
             a
             liberty
             of
             dissents
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             that
             the
             Nation
             might
             readily
             come
             to
             know
             ,
             who
             they
             are
             that
             perform
             their
             trust
             faithfully
             ,
             and
             who
             not
             ;
             and
             this
             was
             offered
             to
             render
             a
             Parliament
             less
             nocent
             ,
             
               Remonst
               .
            
             of
             23
             
               June
               ,
            
             and
             in
             the
             Volume
             of
             
               Declar.
               page
            
             143.
             
             
               We
               appeal
               to
               all
               men
               whether
               it
               be
               just
               or
               tolerable
               ,
               that
               any
               priviledge
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               should
               contrary
               to
               the
               
               Law
               of
               Nature
               make
               a
               man
               judge
               in
               his
               own
               case
               on
               concernment
               .
            
             But
             the
             Generall
             would
             have
             that
             unreasonable
             power
             and
             dominion
             which
             he
             would
             not
             give
             to
             Parliaments
             ,
             amd
             will
             not
             give
             that
             libertie
             that
             he
             takes
             to
             himself
             :
             Unto
             what
             pass
             will
             this
             Nation
             come
             to
             ,
             unless
             this
             honorable
             House
             justly
             interpose
             with
             their
             just
             Authority
             .
             But
             I
             humbly
             conceive
             ,
             That
             this
             honorable
             House
             ,
             the
             wel-affected
             in
             Army
             and
             Nation
             ,
             are
             bound
             in
             conscience
             ,
             to
             interpose
             in
             their
             dying
             Liberties
             ;
             for
             what
             man
             in
             the
             earth
             knowes
             where
             such
             practises
             and
             designes
             will
             end
             ;
             for
             after
             I
             was
             cast
             out
             of
             the
             Councell
             without
             just
             cause
             ,
             my
             Troop
             was
             given
             away
             to
             another
             ,
             and
             a
             Commission
             given
             to
             another
             to
             be
             in
             the
             Regiment
             ,
             and
             I
             could
             not
             have
             that
             indisputable
             Justice
             from
             the
             Generall
             ,
             to
             suspend
             it
             till
             the
             business
             was
             determined
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             though
             I
             desired
             it
             in
             private
             of
             him
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             desire
             the
             honourable
             House
             to
             consider
             the
             two
             Cases
             before
             laid
             down
             (
             not
             mentioning
             my
             former
             Arrears
             and
             losses
             in
             your
             service
             ,
             and
             for
             your
             sakes
             )
             by
             which
             injustice
             and
             wrongs
             will
             appear
             ,
             and
             by
             reason
             of
             which
             I
             am
             engaged
             in
             the
             world
             :
             and
             to
             consider
             that
             the
             Generall
             would
             by
             vertue
             of
             his
             negative
             voice
             ,
             (
             which
             the
             King
             so
             much
             stood
             upon
             under
             the
             specious
             notion
             of
             the
             use
             of
             his
             reason
             )
             deprive
             me
             of
             my
             right
             ,
             and
             give
             it
             to
             his
             creature
             ;
             and
             pretend
             that
             he
             hath
             an
             unlimited
             power
             to
             give
             ;
             and
             deny
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             please
             ,
             which
             may
             extend
             as
             well
             to
             kill
             ,
             and
             save
             alive
             ,
             as
             to
             honour
             and
             dethrone
             ,
             in
             an
             unreasonable
             arbitrary
             manen
             ;
             just
             like
             the
             Kings
             practise
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             shewed
             before
             .
             He
             himself
             can
             receive
             a
             Commission
             from
             Parliament
             ,
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             withstand
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             again
             and
             again
             ,
             and
             rend
             and
             tear
             in
             pieces
             all
             power
             ,
             and
             break
             all
             the
             reins
             of
             government
             ,
             as
             to
             former
             constitutions
             ,
             and
             tell
             them
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             not
             the
             me●r
             punctilio
             
             of
             a
             Commission
             ?
             but
             impartiall
             Justice
             ,
             and
             Freedom
             ,
             principles
             of
             nature
             and
             right
             reason
             is
             his
             Commission
             ,
             (
             which
             actions
             are
             only
             justifiable
             before
             God
             and
             Man
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             Justice
             and
             Freedom
             )
             but
             he
             can
             act
             arbitrarily
             ,
             unreasonably
             ,
             and
             fly
             to
             his
             own
             Sword
             and
             power
             ,
             without
             reason
             ,
             when
             he
             pleases
             ,
             to
             destroy
             the
             Nations
             friends
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             too
             (
             though
             not
             flatterers
             )
             in
             their
             freedom
             and
             Justice
             .
             This
             corruption
             may
             destroy
             the
             wel-being
             of
             this
             Army
             and
             Common-weal
             ;
             for
             if
             this
             House
             ,
             or
             any
             Officers
             or
             Souldiers
             in
             this
             Army
             ,
             do
             walk
             and
             speak
             never
             so
             reasonably
             ,
             yet
             power
             and
             Will
             may
             destroy
             and
             cast
             out
             both
             ,
             or
             doe
             both
             ;
             for
             by
             it
             he
             may
             doe
             one
             as
             justifiably
             as
             the
             other
             .
             And
             if
             God
             in
             his
             appointments
             should
             give
             a
             great
             part
             of
             this
             Army
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             future
             Enemies
             ,
             by
             future
             Warr
             and
             Blood
             ,
             then
             another
             part
             of
             the
             people
             of
             this
             Nation
             must
             be
             invited
             out
             with
             the
             names
             and
             expressions
             of
             Judgment
             and
             Conscience
             ;
             and
             after
             they
             have
             obtained
             Victory
             also
             with
             the
             loss
             of
             many
             thousands
             ,
             and
             the
             hazards
             of
             many
             more
             ;
             all
             their
             liberties
             ,
             and
             equal
             good
             and
             right
             ,
             shall
             be
             usurped
             and
             swallowed
             up
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             one
             man
             ,
             (
             or
             a
             few
             men
             )
             who
             may
             be
             partially
             swayed
             to
             destroy
             and
             save
             alive
             whom
             he
             please
             ;
             if
             he
             prove
             corrupt
             and
             apostatize
             as
             former
             powers
             have
             ,
             and
             so
             one
             corrupt
             man
             in
             power
             corrupts
             many
             more
             ,
             untill
             at
             length
             they
             will
             come
             to
             call
             corruption
             Justice
             ;
             and
             it
             must
             be
             so
             ,
             because
             they
             call
             it
             so
             ;
             and
             then
             he
             is
             worthy
             of
             death
             and
             cashierment
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             say
             ,
             The
             Crow
             is
             white
             .
          
           
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             shall
             profess
             my self
             to
             the
             world
             to
             be
             for
             the
             Generals
             personall
             Authority
             ,
             and
             power
             of
             Conduct
             (
             so
             long
             as
             this
             intrusted
             Authority
             thinks
             fit
             and
             just
             ;
             and
             as
             may
             appear
             by
             an
             address
             unto
             his
             Excellency
             written
             by
             my
             own
             hand
             ,
             and
             consented
             
             to
             by
             the
             Troops
             about
             two
             months
             last
             past
             )
             as
             much
             as
             any
             insinuater
             or
             flatterer
             that
             hath
             interposed
             between
             the
             Generall
             and
             me
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             Rights
             of
             the
             People
             ;
             and
             I
             should
             be
             glad
             if
             the
             Generall
             did
             walk
             truly
             ,
             justly
             ,
             and
             honourably
             ,
             sutable
             to
             such
             an
             Authority
             .
             But
             to
             have
             (
             as
             much
             as
             in
             him
             lay
             )
             my
             body
             ,
             little
             estate
             ,
             and
             more
             especially
             ,
             or
             above
             all
             ,
             the
             Liberties
             of
             my
             Country
             ,
             the
             liberty
             and
             freedom
             of
             my
             Conscience
             ,
             to
             be
             all
             enslaved
             at
             once
             by
             him
             ,
             I
             had
             rather
             be
             rack'd
             to
             death
             or
             destroyed
             by
             the
             General
             ,
             or
             by
             any
             unworthy
             ,
             mercenary-spirited
             ,
             insinuating
             Officer
             or
             Souldier
             ,
             then
             subscribe
             in
             that
             sense
             .
             And
             I
             professe
             impartially
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             what
             sense
             is
             expected
             from
             me
             else
             ,
             by
             these
             and
             the
             like
             actings
             :
             just
             like
             the
             actings
             of
             
               Willam
            
             the
             
               Norman
               Conquerour
               ,
            
             who
             deprived
             the
             English
             Natives
             of
             the
             comforts
             of
             Riches
             ,
             and
             Places
             ,
             and
             their
             smallest
             offences
             against
             his
             will
             and
             Norman
             Lawes
             ,
             were
             made
             grants
             to
             entitle
             him
             to
             their
             Lands
             ,
             and
             places
             of
             Trust
             ,
             to
             fulfill
             his
             lust
             ,
             satisfie
             his
             Creatures
             ,
             and
             carry
             on
             his
             Tyrannous
             designes
             over
             the
             People
             .
             And
             I
             do
             finde
             it
             a
             very
             great
             evill
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             People
             and
             the
             Souldiery
             claim
             just
             and
             undenyable
             things
             ;
             then
             presently
             some
             men
             commonly
             fly
             to
             a
             deceivable
             mistaking
             of
             the
             Question
             ,
             and
             subvert
             the
             People
             and
             Souldiery
             in
             their
             Cause
             ;
             and
             say
             that
             the
             men
             are
             against
             Authority
             ,
             as
             the
             King
             did
             against
             the
             Parliament
             :
             
             and
             so
             the
             People
             and
             Souldiery
             are
             jugled
             out
             of
             the
             Question
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             desire
             this
             Honourable
             House
             to
             consider
             ,
             That
             Injustice
             is
             the
             foundation
             of
             almost
             all
             evils
             in
             the
             world
             :
             and
             when
             Politique
             Murtherers
             (
             which
             are
             the
             greatest
             Murtherers
             in
             the
             world
             )
             give
             continued
             occasion
             ,
             then
             they
             cry
             out
             against
             the
             evil
             ,
             and
             rend
             and
             tear
             like
             unreasonable
             beasts
             of
             prey
             ;
             and
             cry
             out
             upon
             the
             Lambe
             ,
             if
             it
             seek
             but
             his
             just
             ,
             righteous
             ,
             naturall
             ,
             and
             reasonable
             safety
             ;
             they
             extremely
             offend
             ,
             and
             then
             they
             are
             offended
             if
             a
             man
             speak
             in
             his
             just
             cause
             ;
             like
             
               Tiberius
            
             the
             successor
             of
             
               Octavius
               ,
            
             who
             after
             a
             faigned
             clemency
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             Reign
             ,
             suffered
             no
             day
             to
             passe
             without
             shedding
             the
             blood
             of
             poor
             innocents
             ;
             and
             he
             prohibited
             on
             pain
             of
             death
             ,
             that
             no
             one
             should
             be
             so
             bold
             as
             to
             weep
             or
             to
             manifest
             sorrow
             :
             They
             make
             occasions
             ;
             they
             cry
             out
             of
             passions
             ,
             though
             they
             abundantly
             provoke
             .
          
           
             And
             therefore
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             sithence
             Authority
             is
             meerly
             for
             that
             end
             ,
             to
             doe
             Justice
             impartially
             ,
             that
             one
             might
             not
             oppresse
             another
             ,
             that
             Might
             may
             not
             ovorcome
             Right
             ;
             and
             since
             you
             have
             overturned
             the
             face
             of
             other
             personall
             Authorities
             ,
             cast
             out
             ,
             and
             imprisoned
             divers
             Members
             of
             your
             own
             House
             ,
             to
             their
             ignominie
             and
             dishonour
             ,
             nulled
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             ,
             impartially
             beheaded
             the
             King
             and
             some
             Lords
             ,
             and
             Declared
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             out
             of
             an
             affection
             to
             impartiall
             Justice
             
             and
             Righteousnesse
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             first
             Institution
             of
             authority
             by
             Judges
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             
               Deut.
            
             I.
             16
             ,
             17.
             
             I
             shall
             desire
             you
             would
             doe
             Justice
             for
             Justice
             sake
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             appear
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Officers
             and
             Souldiers
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             whom
             it
             justly
             concerns
             ,
             and
             unto
             whom
             I
             am
             deeply
             engaged
             ,
             whose
             Cause
             I
             make
             my
             own
             ,
             and
             whose
             blood
             I
             esteem
             as
             my
             own
             ,
             and
             unto
             whom
             I
             have
             now
             discharged
             my
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             then
             you
             will
             justly
             oblige
             me
             to
             manifest
             my self
             yours
             ,
             and
             to
             employ
             my
             small
             talent
             of
             reason
             and
             understanding
             for
             your
             service
             ,
             and
             in
             defence
             of
             your
             supreme
             Authority
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .