A letter to the Earle of Pembrooke concerning the times, and the sad condition both of Prince and people.
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             A letter to the Earle of Pembrooke concerning the times, and the sad condition both of Prince and people.
             Howell, James, 1594?-1666.
          
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             1648.
          
           
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           TO
           THE
           EARLE
           OF
           PEMBROOKE
           :
           Concerning
           the
           Times
           ,
           and
           the
           sa●●
           Condition
           both
           of
           Prince
           and
           People
           .
        
         
           The
           Land
           mourneth
           because
           of
           Oaths
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Yeare
           ,
           1648.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           PHILIP
           Earle
           of
           
             Pembrook
             ,
          
           and
           
             Mountgomery
             ,
          
           Knight
           of
           the
           most
           Noble
           Order
           of
           the
           Garter
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           His
           Majesties
           most
           Honourable
           Privy
           Counsell
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           THis
           Letter
           requires
           no
           Apology
           ,
           much
           lesse
           any
           pardon
           ,
           but
           may
           expect
           rather
           a
           good
           reception
           ,
           and
           thanks
           ,
           when
           your
           Lordship
           hath
           seriously
           perused
           the
           contents
           ,
           and
           ruminated
           well
           upon
           the
           matter
           it
           treats
           of
           ,
           with
           your
           second
           and
           third
           thoughts
           ,
           which
           usually
           carry
           with
           them
           a
           greater
           advantage
           of
           wisedome
           :
           It
           concernes
           not
           your
           body
           ,
           or
           temporall
           estate
           ,
           but
           things
           reflecting
           upon
           the
           noblest
           part
           of
           you
           ,
           your
           Soule
           ,
           which
           being
           a
           beame
           of
           Immortality
           ,
           and
           a
           type
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           is
           incomparably
           more
           precious
           ,
           and
           rendreth
           all
           other
           earthly
           things
           to
           be
           but
           bables
           and
           transitory
           trifles
           .
           Now
           ,
           the
           strongest
           tye
           ,
           the
           solemnest
           engagement
           and
           stipulation
           that
           can
           be
           betwixt
           the
           Soule
           and
           her
           Creator
           ,
           is
           an
           
             Oath
             .
          
           I
           doe
           not
           understand
           common
           tumultuary
           rash
           oaths
           ,
           proceeding
           from
           an
           ill
           habit
           ,
           or
           heat
           of
           passion
           upon
           sudden
           contingencies
           ,
           for
           such
           oaths
           bind
           one
           to
           nought
           else
           but
           to
           repentance
           :
           No
           ,
           I
           mean
           serious
           and
           legall
           oaths
           ,
           taken
           with
           a
           calm
           prepared
           spirit
           ,
           either
           for
           the
           asserting
           of
           truth
           ,
           and
           conviction
           of
           falshood
           ,
           or
           for
           fidelity
           in
           the
           execution
           of
           some
           Office
           or
           binding
           to
           civill
           Obedience
           and
           Loyaltie
           ,
           which
           is
           one
           of
           the
           essentiall
           Parts
           of
           a
           Christian
           .
           Such
           publick
           oaths
           legally
           made
           with
           the
           Royall
           assent
           of
           the
           Soveraigne
           ,
           
           whom
           they
           receive
           both
           legalitie
           and
           life
           ,
           else
           they
           are
           invalid
           and
           unwarrantable
           ;
           as
           they
           are
           religious
           acts
           in
           their
           own
           nature
           ,
           so
           is
           the
           taking
           and
           observance
           of
           them
           part
           of
           Gods
           honor
           ▪
           &
           there
           can
           be
           nothing
           more
           derogatory
           to
           the
           high
           Majesty
           and
           holinesse
           of
           his
           name
           ,
           nothing
           more
           dangerous
           ,
           destructive
           ,
           &
           damnable
           to
           humane
           souls
           ,
           then
           the
           infringment
           and
           eluding
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           omission
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           them
           .
           Which
           makes
           the
           
             Turks
             ,
          
           of
           whom
           Christians
           in
           this
           particular
           may
           learn
           a
           tender
           peece
           of
           humanity
           ,
           to
           be
           so
           cautious
           ,
           that
           they
           seldome
           or
           never
           administer
           an
           oath
           to
           Greek
           ,
           Jew
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Nation
           ;
           and
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           That
           if
           that
           Party
           sworn
           doth
           take
           that
           Oath
           upon
           hopes
           of
           some
           advantage
           ,
           or
           for
           evading
           of
           danger
           or
           punishment
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           rescinds
           it
           ,
           they
           think
           themselves
           to
           be
           involved
           in
           the
           Perjury
           ,
           and
           accessary
           to
           his
           damnation
           :
           Our
           Civill
           Law
           hath
           a
           Canon
           consonant
           to
           this
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           
             Mortale
             peccatum
             est
             ei
             praestare
             juramentum
             ,
             quem
             scio
             verisimiliter
             violaturum
             ;
             'T
             is
             a
             mortall
             sin
             to
             administer
             an
             Oath
             to
             him
             who
             I
             probably
             know
             will
             break
             it
          
           ;
           To
           this
           may
           allude
           another
           wholesome
           saying
           ,
           
             A
             false
             Oath
             is
             damnable
             ,
             a
             true
             Oath
             dangerous
             ,
             none
             at
             all
             the
             safest
             .
          
           How
           much
           then
           have
           they
           to
           answer
           for
           ,
           who
           of
           late
           years
           have
           fram'd
           such
           formidable
           coercive
           generall
           oaths
           ,
           to
           serve
           them
           for
           engines
           of
           State
           ,
           to
           lay
           battery
           to
           the
           Consciences
           and
           Soules
           of
           poor
           men
           ,
           and
           those
           without
           the
           assent
           of
           the
           Soveraign
           ,
           and
           opposite
           point
           blank
           to
           former
           Oaths
           they
           themselves
           had
           taken
           :
           these
           kind
           of
           
             Oaths
          
           the
           City
           hath
           swallowed
           lately
           in
           grosse
           ,
           and
           the
           Country
           in
           detaile
           ,
           which
           makes
           me
           confidently
           beleeve
           ,
           that
           if
           ever
           that
           saying
           of
           the
           holy
           Prophet
           ,
           
             The
             Land
             mourns
             for
             Oaths
             ,
          
           was
           applyable
           to
           any
           part
           of
           the
           habitable
           earth
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           now
           applied
           to
           this
           desperate
           Island
        
         
           But
           now
           I
           come
           to
           the
           maine
           of
           my
           purpose
           ,
           and
           to
           those
           
             Oaths
          
           your
           Lordship
           hath
           taken
           ,
           before
           this
           distracted
           
           time
           ,
           which
           ,
           the
           world
           knowes
           ,
           and
           your
           Conscience
           can
           testifie
           ,
           were
           divers
           ;
           They
           were
           all
           of
           them
           Solemn
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           Sacramentall
           
             Oaths
          
           (
           and
           indeed
           ,
           
             every
             Solemn
             Oath
             among
             the
             Ancients
             was
             held
             a
             Sacrament
             :
          
           )
           They
           all
           implyed
           ,
           and
           imposed
           an
           indispensible
           fidelity
           ,
           Truth
           and
           loyalty
           from
           you
           to
           your
           Soveraigne
           Prince
           ,
           your
           Liege
           Lord
           and
           Master
           the
           
             King
             :
          
           I
           will
           m●ke
           some
           instances
           :
           
             Your
             Lordship
          
           took
           an
           oath
           when
           Knight
           of
           the
           Bath
           ,
           
             To
             love
             your
             Soveraigne
             above
             all
             earthly
             Creatures
             ,
             and
             for
             His
             Right
             and
             Dignity
             to
             live
             and
             dye
             :
          
        
         
           By
           the
           oath
           of
           Supremacy
           you
           swear
           
             to
             beare
             faith
             and
             true
             alleagiance
             to
             the
             Kings
             Highnesse
             ,
             and
             to
             your
             power
             to
             defend
             all
             Iurisdictions
             ,
             Priviledges
             ,
             Preheminences
             ,
             and
             Authorities
             belonging
             to
             His
             Highnesse
             .
          
        
         
           Your
           Lordship
           took
           an
           oath
           when
           Privie
           Counsellor
           ,
           
             to
             be
             a
             true
             and
             faithfull
             Servant
             unto
             Him
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             knew
             or
             understood
             of
             any
             manner
             of
             thing
             to
             be
             attempted
             ,
             done
             ,
             or
          
           spoken
           
             against
             His
             Majesties
             Person
             ,
             Honour
             ,
             Crown
             ,
             or
             Dignity
             ,
             you
             sweare
             to
             let
             ,
             and
             withstand
             the
             same
             ,
             to
             the
             uttermost
             of
             your
             power
             ,
             and
             either
             cause
             it
             to
             be
             revealed
             to
             Himselfe
             ,
             or
             to
             others
             of
             His
             Privy
             Counsell
             :
          
           The
           oaths
           you
           took
           when
           Bedchamber
           man
           ,
           and
           L.
           Chamberlain
           bind
           you
           as
           strictly
           to
           His
           
             Person
             .
          
        
         
           
             Your
             Lordship
          
           may
           also
           call
           to
           memory
           when
           you
           were
           installed
           
             Knight
             of
             the
             Garter
             ,
          
           (
           whereof
           you
           are
           now
           the
           oldest
           living
           ,
           except
           a
           
             K.
          
           of
           
             Denmark
          
           )
           you
           solemnly
           swore
           
             to
             defend
             the
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Quarrels
             ,
             the
             Rights
             and
             Lordship
             of
             your
             Soveraigne
          
           :
           Now
           the
           Record
           tells
           us
           that
           the
           chiefest
           ground
           of
           instituting
           that
           
             Order
          
           by
           that
           heroicke
           Prince
           
             Edward
          
           the
           Third
           ,
           was
           ,
           That
           he
           might
           have
           choice
           gallant
           men
           ,
           who
           by
           
             Oath
          
           and
           
             Honour
          
           should
           adhere
           unto
           him
           in
           all
           dangers
           ,
           and
           difficulties
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           way
           of
           reciprocation
           ,
           he
           should
           protect
           and
           defend
           them
           ▪
           Which
           made
           
             Alfonso
          
           Duke
           of
           
             Calabria
             ,
          
           so
           much
           importune
           
             Henry
          
           the
           
           Eight
           to
           install
           him
           one
           of
           the
           Knights
           of
           the
           Garter
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           ingage
           King
           
             Harry
          
           to
           protect
           him
           against
           
             Charles
          
           the
           eighth
           ,
           who
           threatned
           then
           the
           conquest
           of
           
             Naples
             .
          
        
         
           How
           your
           
             Lordship
          
           hath
           acquitted
           your selfe
           of
           the
           performance
           of
           these
           Oaths
           ,
           your
           Conscience
           (
           that
           bosome
           record
           )
           can
           make
           the
           best
           affidavit
           ;
           Some
           of
           them
           oblige
           you
           
             to
             live
             and
             dye
          
           with
           King
           
             Charles
             ,
          
           but
           what
           
             Oaths
          
           or
           any
           thing
           like
           an
           
             Oath
          
           binds
           you
           
             to
             live
             and
             dye
          
           with
           the
           
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
          
           as
           your
           
             Lordship
          
           often
           gives
           out
           you
           will
           ,
           I
           am
           yet
           to
           learne
           :
           Unlesse
           that
           House
           which
           hath
           not
           power
           as
           much
           as
           to
           administer
           an
           
             Oath
             ,
          
           (
           much
           lesse
           to
           make
           one
           )
           can
           
             absolve
          
           you
           from
           your
           former
           
             Oaths
             ,
          
           or
           haply
           by
           their
           omnipotence
           
             dispence
          
           with
           you
           for
           the
           observance
           of
           them
           .
           Touching
           the
           
             Politicall
          
           capacity
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           I
           feare
           that
           will
           be
           a
           weak
           plea
           for
           your
           
             Lordship
          
           before
           the
           Tribunall
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           they
           who
           whisper
           such
           Chimeras
           into
           your
           eares
           abuse
           you
           in
           grosse
           ;
           but
           put
           case
           there
           were
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           politicall
           capacity
           distinct
           from
           the
           personall
           ;
           which
           to
           a
           true
           rationall
           man
           is
           one
           of
           the
           grossest
           Buls
           that
           can
           be
           ,
           yet
           these
           forementioned
           
             Oaths
          
           relate
           most
           of
           them
           meerly
           unto
           the
           
             Kings
             Person
             ,
          
           the
           individuall
           Person
           of
           
             King
             Charles
             ,
          
           as
           you
           are
           His
           domestick
           Counsellor
           ,
           and
           cubicular
           Servant
           .
        
         
           My
           
             Lord
             ,
          
           I
           take
           leave
           to
           tell
           your
           
             Lordship
          
           (
           and
           the
           Spectator
           sees
           sometimes
           more
           then
           the
           Gamester
           ,
           that
           the
           world
           extreamly
           marvels
           at
           you
           ,
           more
           then
           others
           ,
           and
           it
           makes
           those
           who
           wish
           you
           best
           to
           be
           transformed
           to
           wonder
           ,
           That
           your
           
             Lordship
          
           should
           be
           the
           first
           of
           your
           Race
           who
           decerted
           the
           
             Crowne
             ,
          
           which
           one
           of
           your
           Progenitors
           said
           ,
           he
           would
           still
           follow
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           thrown
           upon
           a
           hedge
           :
           Had
           your
           Princely
           Brother
           been
           living
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           been
           sooner
           torne
           by
           wild
           horses
           ,
           than
           have
           binded
           against
           it
           ,
           or
           abandoned
           the
           
             King
          
           his
           Master
           ,
           and
           fallen
           to
           
           such
           grosse
           Idolatry
           as
           to
           worship
           the
           
             Beast
             with
             many
             heads
             .
          
           The
           world
           also
           stands
           astonished
           ,
           that
           you
           should
           confederate
           to
           bring
           into
           the
           bowels
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           and
           make
           Elogiums
           of
           that
           hungry
           people
           which
           have
           been
           from
           all
           times
           so
           crosse
           and
           fatall
           to
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           and
           particularly
           to
           your
           
             own
          
           honour
           :
           Many
           thousands
           doe
           wonder
           that
           your
           
             Lordship
          
           should
           be
           brought
           to
           persecute
           with
           so
           much
           animosity
           and
           hatred
           ,
           that
           reverend
           
             Order
          
           in
           Gods
           Church
           which
           is
           contemporary
           with
           Christianity
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           whereunto
           you
           had
           once
           designed
           ,
           and
           devoted
           one
           of
           your
           dearest
           Sonnes
           so
           solemnly
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
           if
           this
           Monster
           of
           Reformation
           (
           which
           is
           like
           an
           infernall
           Spirit
           ,
           clad
           in
           white
           ,
           and
           hath
           a
           cloven
           head
           as
           well
           as
           feet
           )
           prevailes
           ,
           you
           shall
           find
           the
           same
           destiny
           will
           attend
           poore
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           did
           
             Bohemia
          
           which
           was
           one
           of
           the
           Flourishingst
           Kingdoms
           upon
           this
           part
           of
           the
           earth
           ;
           The
           Common
           People
           there
           ,
           repin'd
           at
           the
           Hierarchy
           and
           riches
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           thereupon
           a
           Parliament
           was
           pack'd
           ,
           where
           Bishop
           were
           demolished
           ;
           What
           followed
           ?
           The
           Nobles
           and
           Gentry
           went
           down
           next
           and
           afterwards
           the
           Crown
           it selfe
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           became
           a
           popular
           confus'd
           Anarchicall
           State
           ,
           and
           a
           Stage
           of
           bloud
           a
           long
           time
           ;
           so
           that
           at
           last
           ,
           when
           this
           Magot
           had
           done
           working
           in
           the
           braines
           of
           the
           foolish
           people
           ,
           they
           were
           glad
           to
           have
           recourse
           to
           Monarchy
           againe
           ,
           after
           a
           world
           of
           calamities
           ;
           though
           it
           degenerated
           from
           a
           successive
           Kingdome
           to
           an
           Elective
           .
           Me
           thinks
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           under
           favour
           ,
           that
           those
           notorious
           visible
           judgements
           which
           have
           fallen
           upon
           these
           Refiners
           of
           reform'd
           Religion
           should
           unbeguile
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           and
           open
           your
           eyes
           :
           For
           the
           hand
           of
           heaven
           never
           appeared
           so
           clearly
           in
           any
           humane
           actions
           :
           Your
           Lordship
           may
           well
           remember
           what
           became
           of
           the
           
             Hothams
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             Alexander
             Cary
             ,
          
           who
           were
           the
           two
           fatall
           wretches
           that
           began
           the
           War
           first
           ,
           one
           in
           the
           
             North
             ,
          
           the
           
           other
           in
           the
           
             South
             ;
             Your
             Lordship
          
           may
           be
           also
           pleased
           to
           remember
           what
           became
           of
           
             Brooks
          
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           
             Hambden
          
           ;
           the
           first
           whereof
           was
           dispatched
           by
           a
           deaf
           and
           dumb
           man
           out
           of
           an
           ancient
           Church
           which
           he
           was
           battering
           ,
           and
           that
           suddenly
           also
           ,
           for
           he
           fell
           stone
           dead
           in
           the
           twinkling
           of
           an
           eye
           ;
           Now
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           cavils
           he
           had
           against
           our
           
             Lythirgie
          
           was
           a
           clause
           of
           a
           Prayer
           there
           against
           
             sudden
             Death
             ,
          
           besides
           the
           fagge
           end
           of
           his
           Grace
           in
           that
           journey
           was
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           design
           was
           not
           pleasing
           to
           God
           ,
           he
           might
           perish
           in
           the
           action
           :
           For
           the
           other
           wiseaker
           ,
           he
           be
           sprinkled
           with
           his
           bloud
           ▪
           and
           received
           his
           death
           upon
           the
           same
           clod
           of
           earth
           in
           
             Buckingham
             shire
             ,
          
           where
           he
           had
           first
           assembled
           the
           poore
           Country
           people
           like
           so
           many
           Geese
           to
           drive
           them
           gagling
           in
           a
           mutiny
           to
           
             London
             ,
          
           with
           the
           Protestation
           in
           their
           Caps
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           since
           torn
           in
           Flitters
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           grown
           obsolet
           and
           quite
           out
           of
           use
           .
           Touching
           
             Pym
          
           and
           
             Stroud
             ,
          
           those
           two
           worthy
           Champions
           of
           the
           
             Vtopian
          
           cause
           ,
           the
           first
           being
           opened
           ,
           his
           stomack
           and
           guts
           were
           found
           to
           be
           full
           of
           pellets
           of
           bloud
           ;
           the
           other
           had
           little
           or
           no
           brain
           at
           all
           left
           in
           his
           skul
           being
           dead
           ,
           &
           lesse
           when
           he
           was
           living
           :
           For
           
             Hollis
          
           who
           carried
           the
           first
           scandalous
           Remonstrance
           (
           that
           work
           of
           night
           ,
           &
           the
           verdict
           of
           a
           sterv'd
           jury
           )
           to
           welcome
           the
           
             King
          
           from
           
             Scotland
          
           and
           was
           the
           
             first
          
           of
           the
           
             five
          
           Members
           who
           were
           impeached
           by
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           he
           hath
           been
           since
           ,
           your
           Lordship
           knowes
           ,
           the
           chiefe
           of
           the
           
             Eleven
          
           Members
           Impeached
           by
           themselves
           ,
           but
           with
           this
           difference
           ,
           That
           
             they
          
           had
           justice
           against
           him
           ,
           though
           the
           
             King
          
           could
           get
           none
           :
           But
           now
           that
           St.
           
             Hollis
          
           with
           the
           rest
           are
           a
           kind
           of
           Runnagates
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           scorn'd
           by
           all
           mankind
           ,
           and
           baffled
           every where
           ,
           yea
           ,
           even
           by
           the
           
             Boors
             of
             Holland
             ,
          
           and
           not
           daring
           to
           peep
           in
           any
           populous
           Town
           but
           by
           owle-light
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           I
           beleeve
           your
           
             Lordship
          
           hath
           good
           cause
           to
           remember
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           kind
           of
           riotous
           Rascals
           which
           rabled
           
           the
           King
           out
           of
           Town
           ,
           did
           drive
           away
           the
           Speaker
           in
           like
           manner
           with
           many
           of
           the●
           Membfps
           ,
           amongst
           whom
           your
           
             Lordship
          
           was
           fairly
           on
           his
           way
           ,
           to
           seek
           shelter
           of
           their
           Janizaries
           :
           Your
           
             Lordship
          
           must
           needs
           find
           what
           deadly
           fewds
           fall
           dayly
           'twixt
           the
           Presbyterian
           and
           Independent
           ,
           the
           two
           fiery
           brands
           that
           have
           put
           this
           poore
           Isle
           so
           long
           in
           combustion
           .
           But
           't
           is
           worthy
           your
           Lordships
           speciall
           notice
           ,
           how
           your
           dear
           Brethren
           the
           Scots
           (
           whom
           your
           Lordship
           so
           highly
           magnified
           in
           some
           of
           your
           publike
           Speeches
           )
           who
           were
           at
           first
           brought
           in
           for
           Hirelings
           against
           the
           King
           for
           them
           ,
           offer
           themselves
           now
           to
           come
           in
           against
           them
           for
           the
           King
           ;
           
             Your
             Lordship
          
           cannot
           be
           ignorant
           of
           the
           sundry
           clashes
           that
           have
           been
           'twixt
           the
           City
           and
           their
           Memberships
           ,
           and
           'twixt
           their
           Memberships
           and
           their
           men
           of
           war
           ,
           who
           have
           often
           wav'd
           and
           disobeyed
           their
           commands
           :
           
             How
          
           this
           tatterdemallian
           Army
           hath
           reduc'd
           this
           cow'd
           City
           ,
           the
           cheated
           Country
           ,
           and
           their
           once
           all-commanding
           Masters
           to
           a
           perfect
           passe
           of
           slavery
           ,
           to
           a
           true
           asinin
           condition
           ;
           They
           crow
           over
           all
           the
           ancient
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           though
           there
           be
           not
           found
           amongst
           them
           all
           but
           two
           
             Knights
          
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           well
           knowne
           there
           be
           hundred
           of
           private
           Gentlemen
           in
           the
           
             Kingdome
             ,
          
           the
           poorest
           of
           whom
           ,
           is
           able
           to
           buy
           this
           whole
           
             Host
             ,
          
           with
           the
           Generall
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Commanders
           :
           But
           't
           is
           not
           the
           first
           time
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Kings
          
           and
           Nobility
           of
           
             England
          
           have
           been
           
             baffled
          
           by
           petty
           comp●nions
           :
           I
           have
           read
           of
           
             Iack
             Straw
             ,
             Wat
             Tyler
          
           and
           
             Ket
          
           the
           Tanner
           ,
           with
           divers
           others
           that
           did
           so
           ,
           but
           being
           suppressed
           ,
           it
           tended
           to
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           
             King
          
           at
           last
           ;
           and
           what
           a
           world
           of
           examples
           are
           there
           in
           our
           story
           ,
           that
           those
           Noblemen
           who
           banded
           against
           the
           Crown
           ,
           the
           revenge
           of
           heaven
           ever
           found
           them
           out
           early
           or
           late
           ,
           at
           last
           .
        
         
           These
           ,
           with
           a
           black
           cloud
           of
           reciprocall
           Judgements
           
           more
           ,
           which
           have
           come
           home
           to
           these
           Reformers
           very
           dores
           ,
           shew
           ,
           that
           the
           hand
           of
           Divine
           Justice
           is
           in
           't
           ,
           and
           the
           holy
           Prophet
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             When
             Gods
             judgements
             are
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             then
             the
             Inhabitants
             should
             learn
             Iustice
             .
          
        
         
           Touching
           your
           
             Lordship
          
           in
           particular
           ,
           you
           have
           not
           ,
           under
           favour
           ,
           escap'd
           without
           some
           already
           ,
           and
           I
           wish
           more
           may
           not
           follow
           ;
           your
           
             Lordship
          
           may
           remember
           you
           lost
           one
           Son
           at
           
             Bridgenorth
             ,
          
           your
           deer
           Daughter
           at
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           your
           Son-in-Law
           at
           
             Newbury
             ,
          
           your
           Daughter-in-law
           at
           the
           
             Charter-house
          
           of
           an
           infamous
           disease
           ,
           how
           sickly
           your
           eldest
           Son
           hath
           been
           ;
           how
           part
           of
           your
           House
           was
           burnt
           in
           the
           country
           ,
           with
           others
           ,
           which
           I
           will
           not
           now
           mention
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           conclude
           this
           point
           with
           an
           observation
           of
           the
           most
           monstrous
           number
           of
           Witches
           that
           have
           swarm'd
           since
           these
           Wars
           ,
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           more
           (
           I
           dare
           say
           )
           then
           have
           been
           in
           this
           Island
           since
           the
           Devill
           tempted
           
             Eve
          
           ;
           for
           in
           two
           Counties
           only
           ,
           there
           hath
           been
           neer
           upon
           three
           hundred
           arraign'd
           ,
           and
           eightscore
           executed
           ;
           what
           a
           barbarous
           devilish
           office
           one
           had
           ,
           under
           colour
           of
           examination
           ,
           to
           torment
           poor
           silly
           Women
           with
           watchings
           ,
           pinchings
           ,
           and
           other
           artifices
           to
           find
           them
           for
           Witches
           :
           How
           others
           by
           a
           new
           invention
           of
           villany
           were
           connived
           at
           for
           seizing
           upon
           young
           children
           ,
           and
           hurrying
           them
           on
           ship-board
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           so
           transform'd
           ,
           that
           their
           Parents
           could
           not
           know
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           were
           carried
           over
           for
           new
           schismaticall
           Plantations
           .
           My
           
             Lord
             ,
          
           there
           is
           no
           villany
           that
           can
           en●er
           into
           the
           imagination
           of
           man
           ,
           hath
           been
           left
           here
           uncommitted
           ;
           no
           Crime
           ,
           from
           the
           highest
           Treason
           ,
           to
           the
           meanest
           Trespasse
           ,
           but
           these
           Reformers
           are
           guilty
           of
           .
           What
           horred
           acts
           of
           prophanesse
           have
           been
           perpetrated
           up
           and
           down
           !
           The
           Monuments
           of
           the
           dead
           have
           been
           rifled
           !
           Horses
           have
           been
           watred
           at
           the
           Church
           Font
           ,
           and
           sed
           upon
           the
           holy
           Table
           !
           Widowes
           ,
           Orphanes
           ,
           and
           Hospitalls
           ,
           
           have
           been
           commonly
           robbed
           ,
           and
           Gods
           House
           hath
           been
           plundred
           more
           then
           any
           .
           With
           what
           infandous
           blasphemies
           hath
           the
           Pulpits
           rung
           ,
           one
           crying
           out
           ,
           That
           
             this
             Parliament
             was
             as
             necessary
             for
             our
             Reformation
             ,
             as
             the
             comming
             of
             Christ
             was
             for
             our
             Redemption
             :
          
           Another
           belching
           out
           ,
           that
           if
           
             God
             Almighty
             did
             not
             prosper
             this
             Cause
             ,
             't
             were
             fitting
             he
             should
             change
             places
             with
             the
             Devill
             :
          
           Another
           ,
           that
           
             the
             worst
             things
             our
             Saviour
             did
             ,
             was
             the
             making
             of
             the
             Dominicall
             Prayer
             ,
             and
             saving
             the
             Thief
             upon
             the
             Crosse
             .
          
           O
           Immortall
           God
           ,
           is
           it
           possible
           that
           
             England
          
           should
           produce
           such
           Monsters
           ,
           or
           rather
           such
           infernall
           fiends
           shap'd
           with
           humane
           bodies
           !
           yet
           your
           
             Lordship
          
           sides
           with
           these
           men
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           enemies
           to
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           very
           name
           of
           
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           ;
           I
           'le
           instance
           onely
           in
           two
           ,
           who
           were
           esteem'd
           the
           Oracles
           of
           this
           holy
           Reformation
           ,
           
             Peters
          
           and
           
             Saltmarsh
          
           ;
           The
           first
           is
           known
           by
           thousands
           to
           be
           an
           infamous
           ,
           jugling
           ,
           and
           scandalous
           villain
           ,
           among
           other
           feats
           ,
           he
           got
           the
           Mother
           and
           Daughter
           with
           Child
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           offered
           to
           be
           publikely
           proved
           :
           I
           could
           speake
           much
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           but
           being
           dead
           ,
           let
           it
           suffice
           that
           he
           dyed
           mad
           and
           desperate
           .
           These
           were
           accounted
           the
           two
           Apostles
           of
           the
           Times
           .
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           't
           is
           high
           time
           for
           you
           to
           recollect
           your selfe
           ,
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           private
           closet
           of
           your
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           summon
           them
           all
           to
           counsel
           upon
           your
           pillow
           ;
           consider
           well
           the
           slavish
           condition
           your
           dear
           Countrey
           is
           in
           ,
           weigh
           well
           the
           sad
           case
           your
           liege
           Lord
           and
           Master
           is
           in
           ,
           how
           He
           is
           bereav'd
           of
           His
           Queen
           ,
           His
           Children
           ,
           His
           Servants
           ,
           His
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           of
           every
           thing
           in
           which
           there
           is
           any
           comfort
           ;
           observe
           well
           ,
           how
           neverthelesse
           ,
           God
           Almighty
           works
           in
           Him
           ,
           by
           inspiring
           Him
           with
           equality
           and
           calmnesse
           of
           mind
           ,
           with
           patience
           ,
           prudence
           ,
           and
           constancy
           ;
           how
           He
           makes
           His
           very
           
             crosses
          
           to
           stoop
           unto
           Him
           ,
           when
           His
           
             Subjects
          
           
           will
           not
           :
           Consider
           the
           monstrousnesse
           of
           the
           Propositions
           that
           are
           tendred
           
             Him
             ,
          
           wherein
           no
           losse
           then
           
             Crown
             Scepter
             ,
             and
             Sword
             ,
          
           which
           are
           things
           in-alienable
           from
           Majesty
           ,
           are
           in
           effect
           demanded
           ;
           nay
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           onely
           have
           
             Him
          
           transmit
           ,
           and
           resign
           
             His
          
           very
           intellectuals
           unto
           them
           ;
           but
           they
           would
           have
           
             Him
          
           make
           a
           sacrifice
           of
           
             His
          
           Soule
           ,
           by
           forcing
           
             Him
          
           to
           violate
           that
           solemn
           Sacramentall
           
             Oath
             He
          
           took
           at
           
             His
          
           Coronation
           ,
           when
           
             He
          
           was
           no
           
             Minor
             ,
          
           but
           come
           to
           a
           full
           maturity
           of
           reason
           and
           judgement
           :
           make
           it
           your
           own
           case
           ,
           
             my
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           that
           's
           the
           best
           way
           to
           Judge
           of
           
             His
          
           :
           Think
           upon
           the
           multiplicitie
           of
           solemn
           astringing
           
             Oaths
          
           your
           
             Lordship
          
           hath
           taken
           ,
           most
           whereof
           directly
           and
           solely
           enjoyn
           Faith
           and
           Loyalty
           to
           
             His
             Person
          
           ;
           Oh
           my
           Lord
           !
           wrong
           not
           your
           Soule
           so
           much
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           whom
           your
           body
           is
           but
           a
           ragge
           of
           rottennesse
           .
        
         
           Consider
           that
           acts
           of
           Loyaltie
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           are
           the
           fairest
           columns
           to
           beare
           up
           a
           Noblemans
           name
           to
           future
           ages
           ,
           and
           register
           it
           in
           the
           temple
           of
           immortality
           .
           Reconcile
           your self
           therfore
           speedily
           unto
           your
           liege
           Lord
           and
           Master
           ,
           think
           upon
           the
           infinite
           private
           obligations
           you
           have
           had
           both
           to
           
             Sire
             and
             Son
             :
          
           The
           Father
           kiss'd
           you
           often
           ,
           kisse
           you
           now
           the
           
             Sun
          
           lest
           
             He
          
           be
           too
           angry
           ;
           
             And
             Kings
             ,
          
           you
           will
           find
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           
             are
             like
             the
             Sun
             in
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             clouded
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             yet
             is
             he
             still
             in
             his
             Spheare
             ,
             and
             will
             break
             out
             again
             ,
             and
             shine
             as
             gloriously
             as
             ever
          
           ;
           Let
           me
           tell
           your
           
             Lordship
             ,
          
           that
           the
           people
           begin
           to
           grow
           extream
           weary
           of
           their
           Physitians
           ,
           they
           find
           the
           remedy
           to
           be
           far
           worse
           then
           their
           former
           disease
           ;
           nay
           ,
           they
           stick
           not
           to
           call
           some
           of
           them
           meer
           Quacksalvers
           ,
           rather
           then
           Physitians
           ;
           Some
           go
           further
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           they
           are
           no
           more
           Parliament
           ,
           then
           a
           Pye-powder
           Court
           at
           
             Bartholomew-faire
             ,
          
           there
           being
           all
           the
           essentiall
           parts
           of
           a
           true
           Parliament
           wanting
           in
           this
           ,
           as
           fairnesse
           of
           elections
           ,
           freedome
           of
           Speech
           ,
           fulnesse
           of
           
             Members
             ,
          
           
           nor
           have
           they
           any
           Head
           at
           all
           ;
           Besides
           ,
           they
           have
           broken
           all
           the
           fundamentall
           rules
           and
           priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           dishonoured
           that
           high
           Court
           more
           then
           any
           thing
           else
           :
           They
           have
           ravish'd
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           which
           they
           are
           sworne
           to
           maintain
           ,
           taken
           away
           our
           birth-right
           ,
           and
           transgressed
           all
           the
           Laws
           of
           heaven
           and
           earth
           :
           Lastly
           ,
           they
           have
           most
           perjuriously
           betrayed
           the
           trust
           the
           
             King
          
           reposed
           in
           them
           ,
           the
           trust
           their
           Countrey
           reposed
           in
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           reason
           and
           Law
           were
           now
           in
           date
           ,
           by
           the
           breach
           of
           their
           Priviledges
           ,
           and
           by
           betraying
           the
           double
           trust
           that
           is
           put
           in
           them
           ,
           they
           have
           dissolved
           themselves
           
             ipso
             facto
             ,
          
           I
           cannot
           tell
           how
           many
           thousand
           times
           ,
           notwithstanding
           that
           monstrous
           grant
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             ,
             that
             fatall
             Act
             of
             continuance
          
           ;
           And
           truely
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           to
           this
           day
           satisfied
           of
           the
           legality
           (
           though
           I
           am
           satisfied
           of
           the
           forciblenesse
           )
           of
           that
           Act
           ,
           whether
           it
           was
           in
           
             His
             Majesties
          
           power
           to
           passe
           it
           or
           no
           ;
           for
           the
           Law
           ever
           presupposeth
           these
           Clauses
           in
           all
           Con●essions
           of
           Grace
           ,
           in
           all
           Patents
           ,
           Charters
           ,
           and
           Grants
           whatsoever
           the
           
             King
          
           passeth
           ,
           
             Salvo
             jure
             Regio
             ,
             salvo
             jure
             Coronae
             .
          
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           as
           I
           presume
           to
           give
           your
           
             Lordship
          
           these
           humble
           cautions
           ,
           and
           advice
           in
           particular
           ,
           so
           I
           offer
           it
           to
           all
           other
           of
           your
           rank
           ,
           office
           ,
           and
           orders
           ,
           who
           have
           souls
           to
           save
           ,
           and
           who
           by
           solemn
           indispensable
           
             Oaths
          
           have
           ingaged
           them
           to
           be
           true
           and
           loyall
           to
           the
           Person
           of
           
             King
             Charles
             .
          
           Touching
           
             His
             politicall
          
           capacity
           ,
           which
           
             fancy
          
           hath
           been
           exploded
           in
           other
           Parliaments
           (
           except
           in
           that
           
             mad
          
           infamous
           Parliament
           ,
           where
           it
           was
           
             first
          
           hatched
           )
           and
           Acts
           p●ssed
           that
           it
           should
           be
           high
           and
           horrible
           Treason
           
             to
             seperate
             or
             distinguish
             the
             Person
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             from
             His
             Power
          
           ;
           I
           believe
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           this
           will
           not
           serve
           their
           turne
           at
           the
           dreadfull
           Bar
           of
           Divine
           Justice
           in
           the
           other
           world
           :
           Indeed
           that
           Rule
           of
           the
           Pagans
           makes
           for
           them
           ,
           
             Si
             Iusjurandum
             violandum
             
             est
             〈…〉
             dis
             causa
             violandum
             est
             ,
             If
             an
             Oath
             be
             any
             way
             frangible
             ▪
             tis
             frangible
             for
             a
             Kingdome
             :
          
           We
           find
           by
           wofull
           experience
           ,
           that
           according
           to
           this
           maxime
           ,
           they
           have
           made
           themselves
           all
           kings
           ,
           by
           violation
           of
           so
           many
           
             Oaths
          
           ;
           They
           have
           monopolized
           the
           whole
           power
           and
           wealth
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           into
           their
           own
           hands
           ;
           they
           cut
           ,
           shuffle
           ,
           deal
           ,
           and
           turn
           up
           what
           trump
           they
           please
           ,
           being
           Judges
           and
           Parties
           in
           every
           thing
           .
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           He
           who
           presents
           these
           humble
           advertisements
           to
           your
           
             Lordship
             ,
          
           is
           one
           who
           is
           inclin'd
           to
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             England
          
           in
           as
           high
           a
           degree
           of
           affection
           as
           possibly
           a
           free-born
           Subject
           can
           be
           ;
           One
           besides
           ,
           who
           wisheth
           your
           
             Lordships
          
           good
           ,
           with
           the
           preservation
           of
           your
           safety
           and
           honour
           ,
           more
           really
           ,
           then
           
             he
          
           whom
           you
           intrust
           with
           your
           secretest
           affairs
           ,
           or
           the
           
             white
             Iew
          
           of
           the
           upper
           house
           who
           hath
           infused
           such
           pernicious
           principles
           into
           you
           ;
           moreover
           ,
           one
           who
           hath
           some
           drops
           of
           bloud
           running
           in
           his
           veines
           ,
           which
           may
           claime
           kindred
           with
           your
           
             Lordship
             :
          
           And
           lastly
           ,
           he
           is
           
             One
             ,
          
           who
           would
           kisse
           your
           feet
           ,
           in
           lieu
           of
           your
           hands
           ,
           if
           your
           
             Lordship
          
           would
           be
           so
           sensible
           of
           the
           most
           desperate
           case
           of
           your
           poor
           Country
           ,
           as
           to
           employ
           the
           interests
           ,
           the
           opinion
           and
           power
           you
           have
           ,
           to
           restore
           the
           King
           your
           Master
           by
           English
           wayes
           ,
           rather
           then
           a
           hungry
           forrain
           people
           ,
           who
           are
           like
           to
           bring
           nothing
           but
           destruction
           in
           the
           Van
           ,
           confusion
           in
           the
           Reare
           ,
           and
           rapine
           in
           the
           
             Middle
             ,
          
           should
           have
           the
           honour
           of
           so
           glorious
           a
           work
           ,
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
           
             So
             ,
             humbly
             hoping
             your
             Lordship
             will
             not
             take
             with
             the
             left
             hand
             ,
             what
             I
             offer
             with
             the
             right
             ,
             I
             rest
             ,
             Your
             most
             truely
             devoted
             Servant
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .