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           A
           Caveat
           to
           the
           Cavaliers
           :
           OR
           AN
           ANTIDOTE
           AGAINST
           Mistaken
           Cordials
           :
           Dedicated
           to
           the
           Author
           of
           A
           CORDIAL
           FOR
           THE
           CAVALIERS
           .
        
         
           Sic
           Vos
           non
           Vobis
           ,
           &c.
           —
        
         
           LONDON
        
         
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Gun
           in
           Ivie-lane
        
         
           1661.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           CAVEAT
           TO
           THE
           CAVALIERS
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           THat
           Love
           which
           
             Covers
             many
             Faults
          
           ,
           may
           be
           allowed
           to
           
             Commit
             some
          
           ;
           they
           say
           a
           man
           may
           be
           kill'd
           with
           Kindnesse
           ,
           but
           we
           all
           know
           ,
           he
           may
           with
           Physick
           ,
           unlesse
           a
           strict
           accompt
           be
           taken
           both
           of
           the
           Quality
           of
           the
           Disease
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Temper
           of
           the
           Patient
           .
           Give
           me
           leave
           then
           to
           tell
           you
           Sir
           ,
           that
           tho'
           I
           do
           not
           rank
           my self
           among
           those
           
             Worthy
             and
             Deserving
             Gentlemen
          
           ,
           to
           whom
           your
           Cordial
           is
           particularly
           directed
           ,
           yet
           you
           may
           find
           me
           among
           the
           
             Poor
             Cavaliers
          
           ,
           to
           whom
           your
           
             Loyal
             Charity
          
           appears
           to
           extend
           :
           and
           (
           with
           great
           Honour
           to
           your
           Care
           )
           I
           must
           be
           free
           to
           acquaint
           you
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Party
           be
           not
           either
           Chameleons
           ,
           or
           Book-worms
           ,
           (
           to
           live
           upon
           Ayre
           ,
           or
           Paper
           )
           your
           Cordial
           will
           not
           do
           their
           Businesse
           .
        
         
           It
           troubles
           me
           exceedingly
           ,
           that
           You
           ,
           and
           I
           ,
           united
           by
           a
           Common
           Sense
           ,
           and
           Tye
           of
           Duty
           ,
           should
           so
           far
           
           differ
           about
           the
           manner
           of
           expressing
           it
           ,
           as
           to
           dissent
           in
           Print
           :
           yet
           since
           we
           both
           proceed
           upon
           one
           honest
           bottom
           ,
           a
           Zeal
           to
           serve
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           his
           Friends
           ,
           we
           may
           without
           Dishonour
           to
           that
           Noble
           end
           ,
           or
           the
           least
           injurie
           to
           our
           selves
           ,
           debate
           the
           several
           wayes
           ,
           and
           means
           that
           lead
           to
           't
           .
           I
           said
           ,
           we
           May
           ,
           I
           might
           have
           said
           ,
           we
           Must
           ,
           we
           Ought
           to
           do
           it
           :
           for
           (
           as
           the
           case
           stands
           )
           if
           either
           his
           Majesty
           mistake
           his
           Friends
           ,
           or
           They
           the
           King
           ;
           If
           Honest
           men
           either
           mistake
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           or
           
             one
             another
          
           ,
           the
           least
           weight
           on
           the
           wrong
           side
           ,
           Hazzards
           the
           main
           ,
           and
           Casts
           the
           Ballance
           :
        
         
           I
           come
           now
           (
           tho'
           unwillingly
           )
           to
           examine
           your
           Cordial
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           take
           in
           Sections
           ,
           as
           it
           lyes
           ,
           with
           due
           Respect
           to
           your
           Person
           ,
           and
           exact
           Justice
           to
           your
           Meaning
           .
        
         
           
             A
             CORDIAL
             FOR
             THE
             CAVALIERS
             .
          
           
             
               Worthy
               ,
               and
               Deserving
               Gentlemen
               ,
            
          
           
             1.
             
             IN
             the
             Affairs
             and
             Traverses
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             true
             rule
             ,
             (
             and
             't
             is
             a
             comfortable
             one
             )
             
               That
               He
               who
               dischargeth
               a
               good
               Conscience
               ,
               hath
               enough
               of
               his
               Own
               wherewith
               to
               reward
               Himself
               ,
               though
               he
               receive
               no
               compensation
               from
               any
               where
               else
               .
            
             The
             World
             knows
             ,
             and
             Envy
             it self
             doth
             acknowledge
             ,
             That
             in
             the
             late
             Confusions
             ,
             (
             which
             were
             of
             that
             length
             that
             might
             have
             shaken
             the
             firmest
             Spirits
             
             in
             their
             Loyaltie
             )
             you
             have
             discharg'd
             a
             
               Good
               Conscience
            
             three
             wayes
             ,
             towards
             your
             Creator
             ,
             towards
             your
             Country
             ,
             and
             towards
             your
             King
             ;
             your
             Religion
             bound
             you
             to
             the
             One
             ,
             Nature
             to
             the
             Other
             ,
             and
             your
             Allegiance
             to
             the
             Third
             ;
             And
             although
             many
             of
             you
             have
             not
             yet
             receiv'd
             what
             you
             expected
             for
             the
             
               two
               last
            
             ,
             yet
             touching
             the
             first
             whereunto
             the
             other
             also
             conduce
             )
             you
             are
             sure
             to
             have
             such
             a
             Reward
             one
             day
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             only
             be
             above
             all
             Merit
             ,
             but
             beyond
             all
             Imagination
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Eternity
             .
          
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             Cordial
             (
             Sir
             )
             of
             a
             
               Good
               Conscience
            
             ,
             we
             carry
             in
             our
             Bosomes
             ,
             for
             we
             have
             not
             stood
             out
             a
             Twenty
             years
             persecution
             ,
             to
             
               Blood
               ,
               Beggery
            
             ,
             and
             Bondage
             ,
             we
             knew
             not
             why
             .
             Nor
             are
             we
             Fainting
             yet
             ,
             wherefore
             
               this
               Drop
               of
               Comfort
            
             might
             have
             been
             saved
             .
          
           
             Should
             the
             same
             Fate
             ,
             call
             us
             to
             do
             the
             same
             Part
             over
             again
             ,
             (
             as
             things
             look
             scurvily
             )
             we
             would
             as
             chearfully
             lay
             down
             our
             Rags
             and
             Carkasses
             to
             serve
             his
             Majestie
             in
             Being
             ,
             at
             the
             same
             rate
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             Hazzarded
             ,
             and
             wasted
             them
             :
             First
             ,
             to
             Defend
             the
             
               Murthered
               Father
            
             ;
             and
             then
             ,
             to
             Restore
             his
             Royal
             and
             
               Banish'd
               Successor
            
             .
             This
             we
             would
             do
             ,
             upon
             a
             single
             and
             changeless
             Principle
             of
             Loyalty
             ,
             and
             Honour
             ,
             without
             the
             aid
             of
             
               Borrowed
               CORDIALLS
            
             .
             And
             yet
             we
             thank
             you
             for
             supplying
             us
             even
             with
             what
             we
             did
             not
             want
             .
          
           
             Your
             next
             care
             is
             to
             divert
             us
             by
             the
             Rewards
             of
             the
             
               next
               World
            
             ,
             from
             attending
             our
             Disappointments
             in
             This.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             
               Christian
               Care
            
             ,
             and
             we
             acknowledge
             it
             ,
             though
             possibly
             our
             Misfortunes
             might
             have
             brought
             us
             to
             That
             thought
             ,
             without
             the
             help
             of
             a
             Monitor
             .
          
           
             Thus
             far
             as
             Christians
             :
             You
             are
             now
             pleas'd
             to
             chear
             us
             up
             as
             Patriots
             and
             Subjects
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             2.
             
             Adde
             hereunto
             that
             I
             hold
             your
             Condition
             to
             be
             far
             from
             being
             desperate
             ,
             but
             that
             you
             may
             receive
             Rewards
             ,
             at
             least
             some
             Consideration
             from
             the
             other
             Two
             ,
             viz.
             from
             your
             King
             and
             Country
             ;
             for
             the
             present
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             represents
             your
             whole
             Country
             ,
             being
             compos'd
             of
             so
             many
             Wise
             ,
             and
             well
             weighed
             Gentlemen
             (
             whereof
             divers
             have
             been
             Co-sufferers
             with
             you
             )
             will
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             well
             hoped
             ,
             out
             of
             a
             sense
             thereof
             ,
             have
             such
             reflections
             upon
             your
             Sufferings
             and
             Services
             ,
             both
             Active
             and
             Passive
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             enable
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             whom
             the
             Law
             stiles
             ,
             
               The
               Fountain
               of
               Honour
               and
               Bounty
               ,
            
             and
             whereof
             indeed
             no
             other
             Power
             should
             partake
             with
             Him
             ,
             I
             say
             it
             may
             well
             be
             hoped
             ,
             that
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             before
             their
             Recesse
             ,
             will
             put
             his
             Majesty
             in
             a
             Capacity
             ,
             and
             Humblie
             Advise
             Him
             ,
             if
             not
             to
             Reward
             you
             ,
             yet
             to
             Relieve
             your
             present
             wants
             in
             such
             a
             measure
             ,
             that
             the
             Steed
             may
             not
             starve
             while
             the
             Grasse
             growes
             .
          
        
         
           
             2.
             
             I
             think
             it
             would
             as
             well
             have
             suited
             the
             quality
             of
             our
             Pretenses
             ,
             if
             what
             you
             call
             Reward
             had
             been
             stiled
             Bounty
             ,
             or
             Benevelence
             :
             for
             the
             best
             Actions
             of
             a
             Private
             person
             ,
             toward
             a
             Publique
             good
             ,
             are
             no
             further
             meritorious
             than
             by
             Imputation
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             
               major
               part
            
             of
             the
             
               Two
               houses
            
             ,
             we
             are
             as
             sensible
             of
             their
             Affections
             ,
             as
             of
             our
             own
             Distresses
             :
             but
             so
             Discreet
             withall
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             hope
             for
             Matters
             Impossible
             ,
             nor
             to
             ask
             things
             unreasonable
             :
             and
             That
             's
             our
             Choyce
             ;
             unless
             we
             much
             mistake
             the
             present
             state
             of
             this
             impoverished
             and
             exhausted
             Nation
             .
             But
             
               Much
               ,
               Little
            
             ,
             or
             Nothing
             ,
             our
             Duty
             is
             still
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             our
             Resolves
             to
             Dye
             as
             Loyal
             as
             we
             have
             Lived
             ;
             without
             gaping
             after
             
               Diego's
               Legacies
            
             ,
             and
             building
             Castles
             in
             the
             Ayre
             ,
             to
             entertain
             our
             wavering
             or
             shrinking
             Spirits
             .
             From
             the
             
               Two
               Houses
            
             ,
             your
             next
             motion
             is
             to
             the
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             3.
             
             You
             know
             well
             that
             the
             King
             hath
             been
             among
             us
             but
             a
             little
             more
             than
             the
             compasse
             of
             one
             year
             ,
             And
             his
             Grandfather
             Henry
             the
             Great
             of
             France
             ,
             was
             above
             seven
             years
             (
             which
             is
             an
             Age
             in
             our
             Law
             )
             before
             He
             could
             requite
             those
             who
             stuck
             to
             Him
             not
             much
             above
             twenty
             months
             in
             making
             Him
             Master
             of
             the
             Flowerdeluces
             ;
             You
             know
             the
             vast
             debts
             his
             Majesty
             hath
             payed
             both
             by
             Sea
             and
             Land
             ,
             which
             yet
             were
             not
             his
             own
             ,
             nor
             his
             Kingdoms
             ,
             but
             of
             that
             accursed
             usurping
             Common-wealth
             ,
             which
             exhausted
             more
             of
             the
             Publique
             Treasure
             ,
             than
             all
             the
             Kings
             of
             this
             Land
             ,
             since
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             were
             first
             coyn'd
             in
             it
             ;
             You
             know
             He
             is
             so
             shortned
             ,
             that
             He
             hath
             not
             yet
             provided
             bread
             for
             all
             of
             his
             own
             House
             ;
             He
             is
             in
             such
             a
             Condition
             ,
             that
             He
             cannot
             give
             his
             
               Royal
               Aunt
            
             that
             treatment
             which
             might
             be
             expected
             ;
             He
             hath
             not
             wherewith
             to
             go
             his
             Progresse
             :
             Consider
             what
             vast
             expences
             his
             Fleets
             at
             Sea
             ,
             his
             Lifeguard
             ,
             with
             other
             Garrisons
             do
             stand
             Him
             in
             ;
             As
             also
             what
             debts
             He
             drew
             upon
             Himself
             so
             many
             years
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             ,
             for
             his
             necessarie
             subsistence
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             3.
             
             So
             far
             are
             we
             from
             comprehending
             either
             the
             Need
             or
             Reason
             of
             this
             Argument
             ,
             we
             dare
             scarce
             ask
             the
             meaning
             of
             it
             ;
             or
             make
             appear
             how
             little
             it
             concerns
             us
             .
             Can
             it
             be
             Thought
             that
             Worthy
             and
             
               Deserving
               Gentlemen
            
             (
             such
             as
             you
             stile
             the
             Cavaliers
             )
             would
             presse
             upon
             the
             Kings
             Necessities
             ?
             Truly
             These
             Hints
             sound
             little
             lesse
             than
             Accusations
             .
             Allow
             us
             we
             beseech
             you
             to
             know
             something
             of
             Court-affairs
             although
             we
             have
             no
             Places
             there
             :
             and
             to
             discern
             the
             Bias
             of
             the
             Season
             as
             well
             as
             you
             can
             tell
             it
             us
             .
          
           
             We
             can
             very
             well
             recount
             how
             long
             his
             Majesty
             hath
             been
             in
             England
             ;
             and
             we
             have
             read
             when
             
               Henrie
               
               the
               Great
               of
               France
               ,
            
             appointed
             
               Pensions
               for
               lame
               Souldiers
               ,
               Paid
               his
               old
               Debts
               ,
            
             and
             pass'd
             an
             Edict
             for
             the
             Squeezing
             of
             Publique
             Spunges
             .
             We
             know
             our
             Share
             likewise
             of
             the
             King's
             Streights
             ,
             (
             and
             which
             is
             more
             ,
             the
             Reasons
             of
             them
             )
             but
             what
             's
             all
             this
             to
             Us
             ?
             We
             do
             not
             Importune
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             nor
             Charge
             him
             .
          
           
             Is
             it
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             our
             Relief
             must
             be
             the
             work
             of
             Time
             ;
             and
             to
             preach
             Patience
             to
             us
             ?
             Truly
             'twere
             hard
             we
             should
             not
             yet
             have
             learn'd
             That
             Lesson
             of
             all
             others
             which
             we
             have
             now
             been
             Twenty
             years
             in
             practising
             .
             But
             I
             shall
             wait
             upon
             you
             Forward
             .
          
        
         
           
             4.
             
             Now
             ,
             whereas
             some
             object
             he
             hath
             rewarded
             Round-heads
             ,
             Truly
             I
             believe
             if
             a
             Catalogue
             were
             made
             of
             those
             upon
             whom
             he
             hath
             conferr'd
             Honour
             or
             Office
             since
             his
             Return
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             found
             above
             twentie
             Cavaliers
             for
             one
             of
             any
             other
             upon
             whom
             he
             hath
             set
             any
             marks
             of
             Favour
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             albeit
             he
             came
             not
             in
             by
             the
             Presbyterian
             ,
             yet
             he
             could
             not
             have
             come
             in
             
               without
               Him
            
             so
             peaceably
             ,
             Though
             some
             alledge
             that
             what
             the
             Presbyterian
             did
             ,
             was
             not
             as
             much
             out
             of
             a
             
               Love
               to
               the
               King
            
             ,
             as
             out
             of
             a
             Hatred
             be
             bore
             to
             the
             Independent
             ,
             who
             may
             be
             said
             to
             have
             us'd
             the
             Presbyterian
             as
             the
             Fox
             useth
             to
             deal
             with
             the
             Badger
             ,
             who
             having
             found
             out
             his
             Chamber
             in
             the
             Earth
             ,
             he
             so
             berayeth
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             Badger
             comes
             thither
             no
             more
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Fox
             makes
             himself
             master
             of
             the
             hole
             .
          
        
         
           
             4.
             
             By
             your
             kind
             leave
             Sir
             ,
             Count
             again
             ,
             and
             I
             'm
             afraid
             you
             'll
             find
             a
             Dozen
             of
             Larks
             ,
             and
             a
             Capon
             ,
             instead
             of
             a
             Dozen
             of
             Capons
             ,
             and
             a
             Lark
             .
          
           
             We
             are
             not
             yet
             so
             Insolent
             as
             to
             Confine
             ,
             and
             Question
             the
             King's
             Bounties
             ;
             we
             do
             in
             truth
             complain
             ,
             and
             grieve
             ,
             to
             see
             a
             Faction
             pack'd
             by
             some
             whom
             his
             
             Majestie
             entrusts
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             rankest
             of
             his
             Enemies
             ;
             and
             to
             see
             divers
             persons
             recommended
             to
             the
             Kings
             Favour
             ,
             and
             unknown
             receive
             it
             too
             ,
             whose
             Foulness
             casts
             a
             Blot
             upon
             the
             Honour
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             supposed
             Antipathy
             betwixt
             the
             wrangling
             Presbyter
             ,
             and
             Independent
             :
             All
             comes
             to
             this
             ;
             they
             are
             Two
             
               Ravenous
               Beasts
            
             ,
             that
             agree
             well
             enough
             to
             devour
             Beeves
             and
             Muttons
             ,
             and
             prey
             upon
             the
             Innocent
             .
             So
             soon
             as
             the
             Object
             of
             their
             Common
             Appetite
             is
             spent
             ,
             they
             fall
             to
             worry
             one
             another
             ,
             yet
             in
             the
             heat
             of
             all
             their
             Fury
             ,
             cast
             but
             a
             Sheep
             betwixt
             them
             ,
             (
             a
             Cavalier
             )
             they
             shall
             
               Part
               ,
               Reconcile
               ,
               Fall
               on
               ,
            
             and
             share
             the
             Quarry
             .
             Now
             to
             your
             next
             Exception
             .
          
        
         
           
             5.
             
             Whereas
             som
             except
             against
             his
             Majesties
             lenity
             ,
             and
             Indulgence
             ,
             let
             Them
             know
             that
             
               Mercy
               is
               the
               inseparable
               Inmate
               of
               a
               magnanimous
               breast
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               noblest
               way
               of
               Revenge
               is
               to
               forget
               ,
               and
               scorn
               injuries
            
             ;
             I
             have
             read
             in
             Story
             ,
             that
             one
             thing
             which
             made
             Lewis
             the
             twelf
             of
             France
             most
             famous
             ,
             was
             a
             Speech
             which
             drop'd
             from
             Him
             ,
             when
             being
             advis'd
             by
             some
             of
             his
             Counsell
             to
             punish
             such
             and
             such
             as
             were
             profess'd
             Enemies
             unto
             Him
             ,
             while
             He
             was
             
               Duke
               of
               Orleans
            
             ,
             He
             answer'd
             ,
             
               That
               the
               King
               of
               France
               doth
               not
               use
               to
               revenge
               the
               Injuries
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               Orleans
            
             ;
             No
             more
             (
             with
             most
             humble
             submission
             be
             it
             spoken
             )
             doth
             
               King
               Charles
            
             resent
             much
             the
             wrongs
             that
             were
             done
             to
             
               CHARLES
               STUART
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             5.
             
             This
             is
             to
             enter
             further
             then
             becomes
             us
             into
             the
             Actions
             of
             our
             Soveraign
             .
             We
             do
             not
             blame
             the
             King's
             Indulgence
             ,
             but
             rather
             adore
             that
             Divine
             Sweetnesse
             of
             
             his
             Nature
             ;
             yet
             we
             detest
             those
             wretches
             that
             abuse
             it
             ,
             and
             we
             affirm
             ,
             that
             
               Mis-placed
               Mercy
               was
               his
               Fathers
               Ruine
               .
            
             To
             say
             that
             the
             
               Snake
               kill'd
               the
               man
               that
               gave
               it
               Life
               ,
               and
               warm'd
               it
               in
               his
               Bosome
               ,
            
             reflects
             upon
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             not
             the
             Charity
             .
          
           
             Nor
             by
             your
             Favour
             Sir
             ,
             is
             the
             Exercise
             of
             Mercy
             ,
             a
             Virtue
             ,
             in
             all
             Cases
             :
             Suppose
             Six
             Persons
             ready
             to
             perish
             for
             want
             of
             Bread
             ;
             Three
             of
             them
             ,
             Murtherers
             ,
             and
             my
             Enemies
             ;
             the
             other
             Three
             my
             
               Honest
               Friends
            
             :
             I
             can
             relieve
             but
             Half
             ,
             which
             Three
             shall
             I
             save
             ?
             Or
             if
             I
             be
             uncertain
             how
             my
             stock
             will
             hold
             out
             ,
             with
             which
             shall
             I
             begin
             ?
             In
             this
             case
             ,
             were
             not
             Mercy
             to
             the
             
               Guilty
               ,
               Cruelty
            
             to
             the
             
               Innocent
               ?
               Love
               your
               Enemies
            
             ,
             is
             not
             
               Hate
               your
               Friends
               :
               A
               will
               to
               save
               All
               ,
            
             is
             indeed
             a
             
               Princely
               Virtue
            
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             makes
             the
             Experiment
             ,
             shall
             most
             Infallibly
             
               destroy
               the
               best
            
             .
          
           
             As
             your
             Discourse
             of
             Mercy
             (
             to
             my
             thinking
             )
             needs
             a
             Distinction
             ,
             so
             has
             your
             Application
             of
             it
             ,
             one
             too
             
               much
               .
               King
               Charles
            
             distinguished
             from
             
               Charles
               Stuart
            
             ?
             All
             was
             
               King
               Charles
               ,
               Father
            
             and
             Son
             ;
             without
             the
             Interruption
             of
             a
             moment
             :
             nor
             were
             the
             wrongs
             done
             to
             
               Charles
               Stuart
            
             ,
             but
             to
             
               King
               Charles
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             6.
             
             Therefore
             ,
             Noble
             Cavaliers
             ,
             possess
             your
             Souls
             with
             Patience
             ,
             We
             have
             a
             most
             gracious
             King
             who
             is
             in
             the
             Meridian
             of
             his
             years
             ,
             and
             will
             live
             to
             reward
             all
             in
             time
             .
             In
             the
             confused
             medley
             of
             mundane
             affairs
             ,
             the
             Proverb
             often
             is
             verified
             ,
             
               Some
               have
               the
               hap
               ,
               but
               some
               stick
               still
               in
               the
               gapp
               ,
            
             Some
             have
             the
             fortune
             of
             preferment
             ,
             some
             not
             ,
             and
             't
             will
             be
             so
             to
             the
             worlds
             end
             .
             The
             Author
             hereof
             though
             during
             the
             many
             years
             that
             he
             was
             in
             prison
             for
             his
             loyaltie
             ,
             had
             3.
             sworn
             over
             his
             head
             in
             an
             Office
             of
             Credit
             that
             he
             should
             have
             had
             
               de
               jure
            
             ,
             yet
             it
             nothing
             discomposeth
             him
             ,
             
             being
             more
             than
             in
             hope
             of
             a
             compensation
             some
             other
             way
             .
          
        
         
           
             6.
             
             Why
             
               Noble
               Sir
            
             ,
             (
             at
             your
             Request
             )
             we
             
               will
               possesse
               our
               Souls
               with
               Patience
               .
            
             We
             know
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             our
             own
             Duty
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             rather
             serve
             him
             ,
             without
             Flattering
             ,
             then
             Flatter
             ,
             without
             serving
             him
             .
             We
             never
             hackny'd
             out
             our selves
             for
             Wages
             ,
             or
             Reward
             ;
             and
             sure
             that
             distance
             from
             whence
             your
             care
             descends
             to
             overlook
             us
             ,
             makes
             us
             appear
             Lesse
             then
             effectually
             we
             Are.
             You
             treat
             us
             in
             a
             Phrase
             ,
             better
             apply'd
             to
             stop
             a
             Bawling
             Mutiny
             ,
             than
             to
             compose
             a
             Generous
             Passion
             .
          
           
             If
             we
             are
             sad
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             so
             much
             because
             we
             are
             Poor
             ;
             nor
             has
             our
             Grief
             any
             disloyal
             mixture
             .
             But
             will
             you
             know
             what
             troubles
             us
             ?
          
           
             VVe
             find
             the
             Court
             dangerously
             throng'd
             with
             
               Parasites
               :
               Knaves
            
             represented
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             for
             Honest
             men
             ,
             and
             Honest
             men
             for
             Villeines
             :
             a
             watch
             upon
             his
             Majestie
             's
             Eare
             ,
             to
             keep
             out
             better
             Enformation
             :
             
               seditious
               Ministers
            
             protected
             ,
             and
             encouraged
             :
             Libels
             against
             the
             Authority
             ,
             and
             Person
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             dispersed
             even
             by
             his
             Majesties
             sworn
             Servants
             ;
             and
             to
             Discover
             Treason
             ,
             is
             of
             a
             consequence
             (
             in
             some
             respects
             )
             more
             hazardous
             ,
             than
             to
             commit
             it
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             our
             Grievances
             ,
             and
             to
             find
             the
             Reverence
             of
             Government
             invaded
             by
             the
             pretending
             ,
             but
             
               mistaken
               Preservers
            
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Let
             any
             man
             tell
             Titon
             (
             a
             Stationer
             in
             Fleetstreet
             ,
             and
             now
             of
             the
             Royal
             Trayn
             )
             of
             his
             
               True
               Pourtraicture
               of
               the
               Kings
               of
               England
               ,
            
             printed
             in
             1650.
             where
             the
             whole
             Line
             of
             the
             Stuarts
             is
             branded
             for
             Spurious
             :
             —
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             now
             living
             ,
             stung
             with
             the
             most
             exquisite
             ,
             
             and
             piercing
             point
             of
             Rhetorique
             and
             Malice
             :
             —
             —
             The
             late
             King
             handled
             worse
             than
             common
             modesty
             would
             treat
             his
             Murtherers
             :
             —
             Let
             a
             Man
             mention
             this
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             and
             his
             mouth
             's
             stopp'd
             with
             the
             Act
             of
             Indemnity
             :
             although
             this
             very
             Person
             hath
             of
             Late
             publish'd
             a
             Pamphlet
             ,
             of
             near
             equivalence
             to
             This
             ,
             against
             our
             Gracious
             ,
             and
             abused
             Soveraign
             .
             Are
             we
             obliged
             by
             the
             Act
             of
             Oblivion
             ,
             to
             quit
             our
             Nature
             ,
             and
             our
             Reason
             with
             our
             Passions
             :
             —
             to
             such
             a
             Losse
             of
             Memory
             ,
             as
             utterly
             defaces
             the
             very
             Images
             of
             things
             Past
             ,
             and
             robbs
             us
             of
             the
             benefit
             of
             our
             dear-bought
             experience
             ?
          
           
             VVe
             have
             our
             Private
             Causes
             of
             Disquiet
             too
             ,
             but
             Patience
             is
             your
             advise
             ,
             and
             without
             more
             adoe
             ,
             wee
             'll
             take
             it
             :
             especially
             encouraged
             by
             the
             President
             you
             set
             before
             us
             ,
             your
             
               Patient
               self
            
             .
             And
             yet
             if
             your
             Composure
             proceed
             from
             your
             Compensation
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Cohaerence
             renders
             it
             )
             your
             Instance
             does
             not
             reach
             Us.
             
          
           
             We
             do
             not
             envy
             you
             the
             Glory
             of
             your
             Sufferings
             ,
             and
             yet
             we
             do
             not
             need
             your
             Pattern
             to
             proceed
             by
             .
             We
             have
             among
             our selves
             Sir
             ,
             divers
             that
             would
             more
             willingly
             Repeat
             the
             very
             Losses
             and
             Hazards
             themselves
             then
             the
             Story
             of
             them
             :
             and
             for
             that
             modest
             Reason
             ,
             the
             Words
             of
             Some
             ,
             weigh
             down
             the
             Actions
             of
             Others
             .
          
           
             You
             proceed
             ,
             and
             conclude
             Thus
             ,
          
        
         
           
             7.
             
             And
             as
             we
             have
             a
             Gracious
             ,
             so
             have
             we
             a
             Glorious
             King
             ,
             the
             most
             Glorious
             that
             ever
             wore
             these
             three
             Crowns
             ,
             For
             all
             the
             eyes
             of
             Christendom
             are
             fix'd
             upon
             Him
             with
             a
             kind
             of
             astonishment
             and
             admiration
             ;
             and
             not
             only
             of
             Christendom
             ,
             but
             of
             all
             the
             World
             besides
             ,
             for
             't
             is
             written
             that
             the
             Great
             Turk
             should
             say
             ,
             
               If
               he
               were
               to
               change
               his
               Religion
               ,
               he
               would
               fall
               to
               Worship
               the
               God
               of
               King
            
             
             Charles
             of
             England
             ,
             
               who
               hath
               done
               such
               miracles
               for
               him
               ,
            
             such
             miracles
             that
             no
             story
             can
             parallel
             :
             And
             certainly
             ,
             
               God
               Almighty
               must
               needs
               love
               Him
               for
               whom
               he
               doth
               miracles
               :
            
             which
             that
             his
             Divine
             Majestie
             may
             continue
             to
             do
             ,
             are
             the
             incessant
             Prayers
             of
          
           
             
               
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                 Julii
                 1661.
                 
              
            
             
               J.
               H.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             7.
             
             We
             do
             not
             understand
             the
             Phrase
             of
             the
             Court
             :
             A
             Gracious
             Prince
             we
             have
             ,
             no
             doubt
             ,
             as
             ever
             Liv'd
             :
             but
             how
             so
             Glorious
             ,
             if
             so
             opprest
             as
             you
             have
             rendred
             him
             ,
             we
             do
             not
             comprehend
             .
             Great
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             Good
             we
             wish
             him
             ,
             and
             let
             That
             suffice
             .
             Love
             is
             the
             best
             Praise
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             Language
             of
             the
             Soul
             is
             Action
             .
             Till
             we
             are
             call'd
             to
             That
             ,
             our
             Prayer
             shall
             be
             ,
             
               that
               all
               the
            
             ENEMIES
             
               of
               the
               last
               King
               ,
               may
               prove
               the
            
             FRIENDS
             
               of
               this
            
             .
          
           
             
               R.
               L.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
           But
           where
           's
           the
           Cordial
           all
           this
           while
           ?
           you
           pretend
           to
           comfort
           people
           under
           
             Corporal
             necessities
          
           ,
           by
           telling
           them
           ,
           they
           have
           a
           
             Gracious
             Prince
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Good
             Cause
          
           ;
           you
           bid
           them
           not
           Despayr
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           possible
           they
           may
           receive
           their
           Reward
           —
           when
           the
           Publique
           shall
           have
           nothing
           else
           to
           do
           with
           their
           mony
           .
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           at
           Last
           .
           )
           VVords
           will
           not
           feed
           the
           Hungry
           ;
           nor
           Speculations
           clothe
           the
           Naked
           .
           This
           is
           no
           more
           than
           what
           we
           might
           have
           heard
           from
           a
           Good
           Old
           wife
           in
           a
           Chimny-Corner
           .
           
             Have
             a
             good
             Heart
             ;
             God's
             all-sufficient
             .
          
           This
           may
           Relieve
           the
           Mind
           ,
           but
           not
           the
           Body
           .
        
         
           Your
           Fourth
           and
           Fifth
           Sections
           are
           spent
           in
           the
           Defence
           of
           what
           we
           do
           not
           Oppose
           ,
           and
           not
           without
           Mistake
           ,
           
           even
           in
           the
           ground
           of
           your
           Plea.
           The
           King
           may
           give
           his
           Honours
           and
           
             Rewards
             ;
             -
             Pardon
          
           ,
           or
           Punish
           ,
           where
           ,
           and
           as
           he
           pleases
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           he
           may
           forgive
           such
           faults
           as
           God
           allows
           him
           to
           dispense
           with
           .
           )
           but
           still
           ,
           your
           Twenty
           to
           One
           ,
           is
           more
           oddes
           than
           the
           proportion
           will
           bear
           .
        
         
           The
           learned
           Bishop
           Sanderson
           ,
           concerning
           Oathes
           ,
           tells
           us
           ,
           That
           
             an
             Errour
             in
             the
             substance
             of
             the
             thing
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             proper
             cause
             of
             the
             Oath
             ,
             renders
             the
             Promise
             Invalid
             ,
             and
             the
             Obligation
             void
             .
          
           (
           Lect.
           4.
           
           Sect.
           13.
           )
           Upon
           which
           Equity
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           a
           question
           ,
           whether
           his
           Majesty
           be
           bound
           ,
           or
           not
           ,
           to
           make
           good
           all
           those
           Grants
           ,
           which
           by
           Deceipt
           ,
           
             about
             the
             substance
             of
             the
             Thing
             ,
          
           have
           been
           obtained
           from
           him
           ;
           
             the
             proper
             cause
          
           whereof
           was
           his
           perswasion
           of
           their
           Loyalty
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           pass'd
           such
           Grants
           .
           Under
           this
           Notion
           have
           been
           Dignified
           some
           Persons
           ,
           with
           whose
           Character
           I
           shall
           not
           foul
           my
           Paper
           ,
           further
           than
           Thus
           :
           Those
           blessings
           which
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           meant
           to
           shed
           upon
           his
           Friends
           ,
           fell
           upon
           his
           
             Enemies
             ;
             The
             VOYCE
             was
          
           JACOBS
           ,
           
             but
             the
             HANDS
             are
          
           ESAU'S
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           Main
           ,
           your
           Paper
           bears
           the
           Name
           of
           a
           Cordial
           ,
           without
           the
           Effect
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           such
           is
           our
           Condition
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           equally
           dangerous
           either
           to
           fasten
           upon
           
             false
             Comforts
          
           ,
           or
           
             neglect
             True
             ones
          
           .
           VVhat
           the
           King
           Does
           ,
           or
           Is
           ;
           what
           Hopes
           of
           Profit
           or
           Reward
           ;
           is
           not
           one
           jote
           material
           to
           our
           businesse
           .
           The
           Rule
           of
           Loyaltie
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           whatever
           may
           be
           the
           humour
           of
           the
           Prince
           ▪
           and
           he
           that
           makes
           Profit
           the
           Reason
           of
           his
           Virtue
           ,
           will
           ,
           when
           that
           Reason
           is
           gone
           ;
           think
           it
           likewise
           an
           Excuse
           of
           his
           wickednesse
           .
           Our
           best
           part
           is
           to
           behave
           our selves
           with
           Clearnesse
           and
           Prudence
           ;
           and
           honourably
           to
           Bear
           what
           we
           cannot
           
             honestly
             avoid
          
           :
           without
           mincing
           or
           palliating
           
           the
           Worst
           ,
           or
           Looking
           into
           the
           Starrs
           for
           Better
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           an
           Uncertainty
           of
           
             Events
             ,
             before
          
           us
           ;
           of
           
             Decree
             ,
             above
          
           us
           ;
           of
           Counsells
           ,
           and
           
             Design
             ,
             about
          
           us
           ;
           a
           Light
           ,
           and
           
             Guide
             within
          
           us
           :
           and
           ,
           
             if
             there
             be
             no
             new
             thing
             under
             the
             Sun
          
           ;
           the
           Future
           is
           Behind
           us
           .
        
         
           Be
           it
           our
           Care
           then
           to
           discover
           ,
           —
           
             what
             Dangers
          
           threaten
           us
           ;
           from
           whence
           ;
           which
           we
           may
           struggle
           with
           ;
           which
           not
           :
           how
           ,
           fairly
           to
           shunn
           all
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           square
           of
           Honesty
           and
           Reason
           ,
           mend
           a
           bad
           Game
           :
           All
           which
           may
           be
           effected
           ;
           by
           procuring
           that
           his
           Majestie
           may
           neither
           mistake
           his
           Friends
           ;
           nor
           the
           People
           his
           Majestie
           :
           together
           with
           a
           waryness
           ,
           not
           to
           rely
           upon
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           nor
           to
           Divide
           among
           our
           selves
           .
        
         
           These
           
             Four
             hints
          
           duly
           observed
           secure
           us
           ;
           (
           without
           a
           Miracle
           )
           as
           on
           the
           Contrary
           ,
           we
           fall
           into
           Disorder
           and
           Confusion
           .
        
         
           The
           First
           ,
           and
           
             grand
             Expedient
          
           ,
           is
           —
        
         
           
             I.
             That
             his
             Majesty
             may
             rightly
             understand
             his
             People
             .
          
           
             A
             Failing
             in
             this
             point
             would
             prove
             a
             Mischief
             without
             Remedie
             ,
             or
             Comfort
             :
             one
             of
             the
             saddest
             Judgements
             can
             befall
             a
             Prince
             or
             Nation
             .
             It
             gives
             Authority
             to
             a
             general
             Ruine
             :
             puts
             Loyaltie
             out
             of
             countenance
             ;
             and
             it
             makes
             Faith
             and
             Honour
             cheap
             and
             ridiculous
             .
          
           
             As
             the
             Mistake
             is
             Mortall
             ,
             so
             't
             is
             not
             easie
             to
             distinguish
             betwixt
             Truths
             and
             Appearances
             ;
             especially
             for
             a
             Prince
             so
             long
             unwonted
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             a
             Stranger
             to
             his
             People
             .
             Mens
             Hearts
             are
             not
             read
             in
             their
             Faces
             ;
             and
             we
             live
             in
             an
             age
             ,
             where
             commonly
             the
             
               Blackest
               Souls
            
             wear
             the
             
               cleerest
               Forheads
            
             ;
             and
             Confidence
             supplies
             the
             place
             of
             Merit
             :
             Let
             us
             not
             wonder
             then
             at
             benefits
             
             misplaced
             ,
             but
             rather
             labour
             to
             prevent
             ,
             by
             better
             Information
             ,
             so
             many
             dangerous
             ,
             tho'
             well-meaning
             disappointments
             :
             for
             his
             Majestie
             hath
             no
             other
             means
             of
             knowing
             his
             People
             ,
             then
             either
             faithfull
             Notice
             ,
             or
             long
             Observation
             ;
             and
             Delay
             kills
             us
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             not
             yet
             to
             impose
             upon
             his
             Majesties
             Free
             grace
             ;
             or
             intercept
             the
             Course
             ,
             and
             Influence
             of
             his
             Royal
             Goodness
             ,
             We
             are
             ,
             with
             Reverence
             ,
             to
             beleeve
             that
             where
             he
             knowes
             the
             Person
             he
             Preferrs
             ,
             or
             Saves
             ,
             he
             knowes
             likewise
             the
             Reason
             of
             his
             Bounty
             or
             Mercy
             :
             and
             we
             are
             not
             to
             pry
             into
             forbidden
             secrets
             .
             But
             where
             we
             find
             the
             King
             a
             Stranger
             either
             to
             the
             Action
             or
             the
             Person
             ;
             we
             may
             with
             fairnesse
             enough
             humbly
             acquaint
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             such
             and
             such
             Decimatours
             ,
             or
             High-Court-of-Iustice-men
             sit
             now
             upon
             the
             Bench
             :
             what
             such
             Ministers
             were
             ;
             such
             and
             such
             Officers
             of
             the
             Army
             :
             These
             Privy-Chambermen
             :
             Those
             
               something
               else
            
             .
             —
             In
             fine
             ,
             what
             hinders
             us
             to
             present
             his
             Majesty
             frankly
             with
             a
             view
             into
             what
             peoples
             hands
             ,
             Offices
             of
             
               Trust
               ,
               Credit
            
             ,
             and
             Profit
             ,
             are
             generally
             committed
             throughout
             the
             Nation
             ?
             when
             the
             King
             shall
             see
             ,
             how
             much
             beside
             his
             Royal
             expectation
             things
             are
             caryed
             :
             a
             Design
             set
             on
             Foot
             by
             the
             Confederates
             against
             his
             Father
             ;
             (
             for
             these
             Agreements
             are
             not
             the
             work
             of
             Chance
             )
             the
             Cropp
             of
             one
             Rebellion
             to
             become
             the
             Seed
             of
             another
             ,
             and
             his
             gracious
             Act
             of
             Pardon
             to
             his
             Enemies
             ,
             render'd
             (
             so
             much
             as
             in
             them
             lyes
             )
             a
             Condemnation
             of
             Himself
             ,
             and
             Friends
             :
             his
             Princely
             Wisedome
             will
             proceed
             according
             to
             the
             motions
             of
             his
             own
             good
             Pleasure
             ,
             and
             There
             we
             are
             to
             acquiesce
             ,
             without
             presuming
             to
             Advise
             ,
             or
             Direct
             ,
             unlesse
             our
             Lord
             and
             Master
             will
             have
             it
             so
             ;
             for
             having
             declared
             the
             matter
             of
             Fact
             ,
             the
             Iudgement
             and
             the
             Processe
             rests
             in
             his
             Majesty
             .
          
           
           
             By
             these
             means
             may
             the
             King
             assure
             himself
             against
             an
             
               open
               Combination
            
             ;
             the
             danger
             of
             having
             his
             Person
             seized
             by
             his
             Authority
             ;
             which
             tho'
             a
             great
             ,
             is
             not
             the
             onely
             hazzard
             our
             blessed
             Soveraign
             lyes
             exposed
             to
             .
             (
             
               Whom
               in
               his
               boundlesse
               mercy
               God
               deliver
               from
               all
               Conspiracies
               .
            
             )
          
           
             There
             are
             Four
             sorts
             of
             people
             ,
             which
             ,
             beyond
             doubt
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             will
             have
             a
             care
             of
             :
             1.
             
             
               His
               unconverted
               Enemies
            
             .
             2.
             
             
               His
               temporizing
               Friends
            
             .
             3.
             
             
               A
               corrupt
               Clergy
            
             .
             And
             4.
             
             
               A
               riotous
               Commonalty
            
             .
          
           
             The
             methode
             of
             Sedition
             ,
             is
             first
             to
             expose
             a
             Prince
             to
             Contempt
             ;
             and
             by
             Degrees
             to
             Hatred
             ;
             The
             Former
             of
             which
             proceeds
             very
             often
             from
             too
             much
             
               Lenity
               ,
               Humility
            
             ,
             or
             Patience
             ,
             toward
             Persons
             apt
             to
             abuse
             it
             .
             The
             Latter
             ;
             
               from
               the
               change
               of
               antient
               Lawes
               ,
               and
               Customes
               ,
               —
               Personal
               Cruelties
               ,
               —
               Profusion
               of
               the
               Publique
               Treasure
               ,
               and
               the
               Raysing
               of
               some
               few
               Families
               upon
               a
               General
               Ruine
               .
            
             VVhich
             Favourites
             are
             still
             the
             Forwardest
             in
             any
             dangerous
             Revolt
             ,
             against
             their
             Maker
             .
             For
             whosoever
             Askes
             and
             Getts
             more
             than
             befits
             a
             Prince
             to
             Give
             him
             ;
             as
             in
             the
             Obtaining
             of
             it
             he
             preferr'd
             his
             Own
             Good
             to
             his
             Masters
             ,
             so
             shall
             he
             in
             the
             Keeping
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             joyn
             his
             Interests
             with
             the
             stronger
             Party
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             
               Unconverted
               Enemies
            
             ,
             enough
             is
             said
             already
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             other
             
               Three
               sorts
               of
               People
            
             above-mention'd
             ,
             the
             very
             Naming
             of
             them
             should
             suffice
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Order
             of
             this
             Discourse
             will
             have
             it
             otherwise
             .
          
           
             A
             word
             then
             touching
             the
             King's
             Temporizing
             
             Friends
             ,
             who
             tho'
             lesse
             Numerous
             ,
             possesse
             yet
             greater
             Advantages
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             Confidence
             ,
             and
             Security
             ,
             than
             
             such
             whose
             Actions
             Common
             Reason
             cannot
             but
             look
             upon
             with
             an
             Eye
             of
             Jealousie
             .
             The
             Other
             ,
             design
             an
             
               Open
               Force
            
             upon
             the
             Crown
             ;
             
               These
               undermine
               it
            
             ;
             and
             in
             their
             several
             Stations
             closely
             serve
             the
             Thriving
             Interest
             .
             But
             These
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             may
             give
             himself
             the
             best
             accompt
             of
             ,
             and
             doubtlesse
             does
             ,
             sees
             all
             their
             doublings
             ;
             and
             will
             ,
             when
             time
             serves
             ,
             make
             a
             seasonable
             use
             of
             his
             Discoveries
             .
             His
             VVisedome
             knowes
             how
             to
             distingush
             a
             Person
             that
             sollicites
             him
             against
             his
             
               Conscience
               ,
               Honour
            
             ,
             or
             Reason
             ;
             from
             one
             that
             Loves
             him
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             excites
             a
             Prince
             to
             transgresse
             a
             
               Publique
               Law
            
             ,
             
             unless
             to
             save
             the
             Authority
             of
             Law
             it self
             ,
             is
             an
             Enemy
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             desires
             a
             Prince
             ,
             by
             stopping
             the
             mouthes
             of
             some
             Few
             Beggers
             ,
             to
             make
             Many
             ;
             is
             an
             Enemy
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             perswades
             a
             Prince
             to
             advance
             
               mean
               persons
            
             ;
             is
             an
             Enemy
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             advises
             a
             Prince
             to
             leave
             
               Old
               Friends
            
             for
             New
             ,
             to
             
               reward
               Treason
            
             ,
             and
             let
             Loyaltie
             go
             a
             Begging
             ;
             is
             an
             Enemy
             .
          
           
             In
             Fine
             :
             he
             that
             presses
             a
             Prince
             to
             any
             action
             of
             general
             Incovenience
             ,
             does
             his
             endeavour
             to
             divide
             him
             from
             the
             hearts
             of
             his
             people
             .
          
           
             Those
             that
             would
             make
             him
             Cheap
             ,
             go
             other
             wayes
             to
             work
             :
             and
             when
             a
             Prince
             is
             neither
             Lov'd
             ,
             nor
             Fear'd
             ,
             hee
             's
             in
             an
             ill
             Condition
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             disputes
             the
             Mandates
             of
             his
             Prince
             :
             neglects
             his
             Proclamations
             :
             behaves
             himself
             Rudely
             ,
             or
             talkes
             scurrilously
             in
             his
             Presence
             ,
             —
             lessens
             the
             Reverence
             of
             Majesty
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Third
             place
             ,
             comes
             a
             
               Corrupted
               Clergy
            
             ,
             none
             
             of
             the
             least
             Plagues
             to
             a
             Civil
             Government
             ,
             where-ever
             
             the
             Corruption
             lyes
             ,
             whether
             in
             Doctrine
             ,
             or
             in
             Manners
             :
             The
             One
             ,
             casting
             a
             Scandal
             upon
             Religion
             it
             self
             ;
             the
             Other
             ,
             seducing
             the
             People
             from
             the
             Right
             .
             And
             this
             may
             be
             observed
             ,
             the
             
               worse
               ▪
               Cause
            
             commonly
             carryes
             the
             
               best
               outside
            
             ;
             and
             by
             
               excessive
               shews
            
             of
             Holynesse
             ,
             takes
             off
             the
             Peoples
             thoughts
             from
             observing
             the
             
               little
               Truth
               and
               substance
            
             of
             it
             .
             On
             the
             Other
             side
             ;
             some
             Scandals
             to
             the
             Character
             there
             are
             ,
             that
             are
             more
             carefull
             how
             they
             Teach
             ,
             than
             how
             they
             Live
             ;
             as
             if
             a
             little
             Knowledge
             ,
             and
             a
             
               Good
               Cause
            
             ,
             would
             bear
             out
             an
             Enormity
             of
             Manners
             .
             That
             side
             that
             Drinks
             lesse
             ,
             takes
             it
             out
             in
             Treason
             :
             which
             is
             ,
             beyond
             controversie
             ,
             the
             excellency
             of
             VVickednesse
             ;
             for
             
               Lucifer
               himself
            
             was
             but
             a
             Traytour
             .
          
           
             In
             Fine
             ,
             the
             Clergy
             is
             in
             his
             Majesties
             eye
             ,
             whose
             Care
             ,
             and
             Prudence
             will
             easily
             discern
             ,
             and
             purge
             (
             tho
             never
             so
             small
             )
             the
             unhappy
             mixture
             .
          
           
             The
             Fourth
             ,
             and
             last
             Member
             of
             This
             Division
             ,
             is
             a
             
               Riotous
               Commonalty
            
             :
             which
             with
             great
             ease
             may
             be
             obliged
             ,
             and
             cannot
             without
             great
             hazzard
             be
             neglected
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             may
             need
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             some
             more
             
             expresse
             Information
             ,
             concerning
             the
             several
             Interests
             of
             several
             places
             ;
             and
             the
             Different
             Humours
             of
             the
             People
             .
             But
             let
             
               one
               General
            
             serve
             for
             all
             :
             the
             Prince
             that
             Pinches
             their
             Bellies
             ,
             loses
             their
             Hearts
             .
             Sir
             
               Francis
               Bacon
               ▪
            
             in
             his
             Essay
             of
             Seditions
             ,
             tells
             us
             ,
             That
             
               the
               multiplying
               of
               Nobility
               ,
               and
               other
               degrees
               of
               Quality
               ,
               in
               an
               over-degree
               of
               proportion
               to
               the
               Common
               people
               ,
               doth
               speedily
               bring
               a
               state
               to
               Necessity
               :
            
             which
             becomes
             yet
             more
             dangerous
             ,
             where
             it
             happens
             that
             the
             
               Antient
               Nobility
            
             is
             shrunk
             into
             Nothing
             ,
             and
             the
             
               New
               Nobility
            
             are
             to
             be
             
             raysed
             out
             of
             nothing
             :
             For
             There
             ,
             beside
             an
             universall
             Hatred
             toward
             those
             that
             are
             enriched
             out
             of
             the
             Common-stock
             ,
             there
             is
             also
             a
             strong
             and
             powerfull
             Pitty
             toward
             those
             that
             are
             cast
             down
             ,
             who
             under
             the
             Temptations
             of
             
               Great
               Indignities
            
             ,
             and
             
               Fair
               Occasions
            
             ,
             must
             be
             exceeding
             Honest
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             Troublesome
             .
          
           
             To
             conclude
             ;
             Those
             discontents
             must
             needs
             be
             dreadfull
             ,
             where
             
               Want
               ,
               Disgrace
               ,
               Revenge
               ,
               Number
               ,
            
             and
             Conduct
             ,
             meet
             to
             promote
             a
             Common
             mischief
             ,
             and
             only
             
               Passive
               Christianity
            
             to
             keep
             the
             Peace
             .
          
           
             Although
             we
             have
             been
             larger
             then
             becomes
             us
             possibly
             ,
             in
             the
             Discourse
             of
             publique
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             Dangers
             ,
             it
             remains
             yet
             that
             we
             say
             something
             concerning
             his
             Majesties
             Friends
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             Those
             of
             his
             Friends
             ,
             of
             whom
             we
             have
             said
             nothing
             among
             his
             Enemies
             .
          
           
             Wee
             'll
             take
             a
             view
             ,
             First
             ,
             of
             their
             Bulk
             :
             Next
             ,
             of
             
             their
             Quality
             :
             because
             it
             is
             the
             common
             business
             of
             the
             Popular
             Faction
             ,
             to
             cry
             themselves
             up
             for
             the
             Loyal
             and
             Numerous
             Party
             :
             and
             to
             disparage
             those
             that
             are
             so
             .
          
           
             The
             Number
             of
             the
             Non-conformists
             ,
             is
             no
             ill
             Calculation
             of
             the
             others
             strength
             :
             for
             (
             except
             Romanists
             )
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             have
             certainly
             the
             same
             Friends
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             the
             same
             Enemies
             .
             Upon
             that
             Reckoning
             will
             arise
             the
             odds
             of
             at
             least
             Thirty
             for
             One
             throughout
             the
             Nation
             .
             Even
             in
             
               Covent
               Garden
            
             ,
             a
             Parish
             of
             the
             
               Geneva
               stamp
            
             ,
             the
             odds
             was
             little
             lesse
             ,
             betwixt
             the
             late
             Petitioners
             for
             the
             
               Common
               Prayer
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Opposers
             of
             it
             .
             But
             in
             the
             Generall
             
               Declarations
               before
            
             the
             Kings
             Return
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Appearance
               afterward
            
             to
             receive
             him
             ,
             the
             Dis-proportion
             was
             yet
             greater
             ,
             and
             more
             evident
             .
          
           
             What
             was
             the
             Reason
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Godly
               Legions
            
             after
             
             they
             were
             baffled
             by
             the
             Independents
             ,
             would
             never
             yet
             joyn
             frankly
             with
             the
             Royalists
             ,
             but
             upon
             all
             occasions
             left
             them
             still
             in
             the
             Lurch
             ?
             Save
             only
             This
             :
             They
             were
             affraid
             of
             being
             
               Over
               number'd
            
             ,
             and
             so
             enforced
             to
             do
             his
             Majesties
             businesse
             ,
             when
             they
             intended
             but
             their
             Own.
             In
             brief
             ,
             they
             'll
             make
             a
             shift
             to
             croud
             half
             a
             Dozen
             Churches
             here
             about
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             they
             shew
             All.
             
          
           
             Come
             to
             the
             test
             of
             Loyalty
             ,
             't
             is
             more
             unequall
             .
             
             Their
             Faith
             ,
             at
             best
             ,
             is
             but
             of
             
               late
               date
               ,
               doubtfull
               continuance
            
             ,
             and
             
               suspected
               credit
            
             :
             (
             For
             ,
             one
             essential
             of
             Repentance
             ,
             is
             Restitution
             )
             But
             we
             live
             in
             an
             age
             of
             Miracles
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             strange
             thing
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             same
             instant
             ,
             all
             those
             that
             had
             been
             Twenty
             years
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             should
             become
             his
             Friends
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             had
             been
             as
             long
             for
             him
             ,
             should
             become
             his
             Enemies
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             would
             take
             a
             just
             accompt
             of
             the
             Other
             side
             ,
             let
             him
             begin
             with
             the
             first
             War
             ,
             and
             see
             how
             much
             Noble
             ,
             and
             Loyal
             Blood
             was
             spilt
             before
             the
             devout
             Traytors
             reach'd
             the
             Kings
             ;
             —
             How
             many
             Honourable
             ,
             and
             Wealthy
             Families
             were
             brought
             to
             Beggery
             ;
             —
             How
             many
             Poyson'd
             ,
             and
             dispatch'd
             in
             Gaols
             ,
             and
             for
             no
             other
             Crime
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             lov'd
             his
             Majesty
             .
          
           
             Look
             forward
             now
             ,
             and
             see
             if
             the
             Survivours
             of
             that
             execrable
             Tragedy
             ,
             prov'd
             not
             as
             faithfull
             afterwards
             to
             the
             Son
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             been
             to
             the
             Father
             .
             Was
             ever
             any
             Tyranny
             more
             severe
             ?
             any
             Conquest
             more
             Absolute
             ,
             any
             Attempt
             more
             Difficult
             ?
             Yet
             Poor
             ,
             and
             Disarm'd
             as
             they
             were
             ;
             —
             Death
             ,
             and
             almost
             Impossibilities
             before
             them
             ,
             —
             no
             Friends
             to
             Second
             them
             ,
             —
             no
             Reward
             to
             Encourage
             them
             ;
             —
             Did
             they
             not
             still
             pursue
             the
             
               Royal
               Cause
            
             ,
             —
             This
             Prince
             his
             Right
             and
             Title
             ;
             when
             
             these
             gay
             Gentlemen
             ,
             were
             quiet
             Lookers
             on
             ,
             that
             now
             perswade
             his
             Majesty
             
               They
               did
               the
               Businesse
            
             .
             Nor
             was
             it
             Rashness
             ,
             or
             Despair
             ,
             that
             Prick'd
             them
             on
             ,
             but
             Duty
             ,
             and
             Honour
             ;
             for
             if
             they
             would
             Then
             have
             been
             Villeins
             ,
             't
             is
             possible
             they
             might
             Now
             have
             pass'd
             for
             
               Honest
               men
            
             .
          
           
             VVhen
             they
             could
             Act
             no
             longer
             ,
             they
             served
             the
             King
             by
             Suffering
             ,
             and
             their
             Blouds
             fill'd
             up
             the
             measure
             of
             their
             Enemies
             wickednesse
             ,
             by
             Dying
             ,
             Ripening
             that
             Vengeance
             ,
             which
             Living
             they
             could
             not
             execute
             .
             These
             are
             Truths
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Nation
             can
             beare
             witnesse
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             VVhat
             can
             those
             People
             mean
             then
             ,
             but
             Mischief
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             whose
             businesse
             't
             is
             further
             to
             ruine
             those
             ,
             that
             are
             already
             undone
             for
             Serving
             him
             ?
             
               God
               grant
               his
               Majesty
               may
               not
               mistake
               his
               Friends
               .
            
             However
             ,
          
        
         
           
             II.
             God
             forbid
             that
             we
             should
             mistake
             his
             Majesty
             .
          
           
             IN
             this
             particular
             ,
             our
             Duty
             is
             short
             ,
             and
             Open.
             VVere
             all
             the
             Ills
             we
             suffer
             ,
             (
             joyned
             with
             as
             many
             more
             as
             we
             have
             hitherto
             endured
             )
             imposed
             upon
             us
             by
             the
             direct
             Will
             ,
             and
             Order
             of
             the
             King.
             —
             If
             he
             should
             say
             ,
             Hang
             half
             my
             Friends
             for
             their
             Fidelity
             ,
             and
             Sterve
             the
             rest
             for
             Gaping
             when
             they
             are
             Hungry
             :
             —
             We
             ought
             to
             take
             all
             This
             ,
             but
             as
             a
             sad
             Occasion
             of
             greater
             Honour
             ;
             a
             sharper
             Tryal
             of
             our
             Faith
             :
             or
             at
             the
             worst
             ,
             as
             an
             unkind
             requital
             of
             our
             Love
             ,
             but
             no
             discharge
             of
             Duty
             .
          
           
             The
             Authority
             of
             Princes
             is
             Divine
             ;
             and
             their
             Commission
             makes
             their
             
               Persons
               sacred
            
             .
             If
             They
             transgresse
             ,
             't
             is
             against
             God
             ,
             (
             whose
             Officers
             and
             Deputies
             they
             
             are
             )
             not
             against
             Us.
             If
             We
             transgresse
             ,
             't
             is
             both
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             Them
             ;
             —
             
               a
               double
               Disobedience
            
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             not
             yet
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             bound
             to
             thrust
             our
             Necks
             into
             the
             Nooze
             ,
             and
             offer
             up
             our selves
             as
             willing
             Sacrifices
             ,
             to
             appease
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Rage
             and
             Cruelty
             .
             No
             ,
             we
             may
             fairly
             shun
             the
             Mischief
             ,
             (
             unlesse
             a
             greater
             come
             in
             Competition
             )
             but
             not
             oppose
             the
             Power
             .
             That
             Subject
             is
             guilty
             of
             his
             Masters
             Bloud
             ,
             that
             sees
             the
             Person
             of
             his
             Prince
             in
             danger
             ,
             and
             does
             not
             interpose
             to
             save
             him
             ;
             though
             he
             be
             sure
             to
             Dye
             ,
             himself
             ,
             even
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             him
             whom
             he
             Preserves
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             it
             enough
             for
             Subjects
             ,
             to
             keep
             a
             Guard
             upon
             their
             Actions
             ,
             unlesse
             they
             set
             a
             VVatch
             likewise
             before
             
               the
               Doors
               of
               their
               Lipps
            
             ;
             their
             Tongues
             ,
             must
             be
             Tyed
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             their
             Hands
             ;
             Nay
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             Boylings
             of
             their
             Thoughts
             must
             be
             suppressed
             .
          
           
             VVe
             that
             are
             thus
             instructed
             in
             the
             Grounds
             ,
             and
             Termes
             of
             Duty
             ,
             even
             toward
             the
             worst
             of
             Kings
             ,
             cannot
             mistake
             our selves
             sure
             toward
             the
             Contrary
             ;
             and
             become
             doubly
             Guilty
             ;
             First
             ,
             by
             imputing
             our
             Misfortunes
             to
             a
             wrong
             Cause
             ;
             and
             then
             ,
             by
             an
             undutifull
             and
             simple
             menage
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             Gulfe
             betwixt
             his
             Majesty
             and
             Us
             :
             and
             ,
             as
             yet
             ,
             
               Darkness
               is
               upon
               the
               face
               of
               the
               Deep
               ;
               One
            
             does
             not
             clearly
             understand
             the
             Other
             .
          
           
             His
             Majesty
             is
             told
             indeed
             of
             a
             
               Loose
               ,
               Beggerly
               ,
               Prophane
            
             ,
             
             Tippling
             sort
             of
             People
             ,
             that
             call
             themselves
             Cavaliers
             :
             against
             whom
             ,
             under
             that
             appearance
             ,
             came
             forth
             his
             Majesties
             Proclamation
             ;
             by
             Some
             ,
             intended
             as
             a
             Stabb
             and
             Scandal
             to
             the
             
               Royal
               Party
            
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             
               King
               himself
            
             ,
             an
             Act
             of
             Piety
             ,
             and
             Prudence
             .
             Some
             that
             in
             probability
             occasioned
             That
             ,
             should
             have
             done
             well
             to
             have
             got
             one
             Clause
             inserted
             ,
             
               against
               Those
               that
               deny
               
               the
               Kings
               Authoritie
               to
               be
               above
               that
               of
               the
               Two
               Houses
               .
            
          
           
             On
             the
             Other
             side
             ;
             We
             are
             not
             lesse
             perplexed
             a-about
             our
             Soveraign
             ;
             all
             Meanes
             are
             used
             to
             
               Create
               ,
               Quicken
            
             ,
             and
             
               Foment
               Mis-understandings
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Last
             was
             Our
             King
             ,
             the
             Godly
             Party
             tells
             us
             ,
             but
             This
             is
             Theirs
             ;
             and
             the
             Presbyterian
             must
             be
             now
             the
             
               White
               Boy
            
             ,
             which
             looks
             as
             if
             't
             were
             so
             indeed
             ,
             if
             we
             compare
             Conditions
             ,
             and
             search
             no
             further
             then
             the
             Outside
             of
             the
             Differenee
             .
             He
             that
             sees
             
               Cromwells
               ,
               Brad
               ▪
               shaws
               ,
               St.
               Iohns
            
             his
             Creatures
             ,
             nay
             and
             the
             meanest
             of
             them
             ,
             laden
             with
             Offices
             ,
             and
             Honours
             ,
             may
             give
             himself
             a
             second
             Thought
             to
             understand
             the
             meaning
             of
             it
             :
             especially
             considering
             how
             many
             thousands
             of
             Loyal
             Subjects
             are
             ready
             to
             Perish
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             that
             ,
             which
             in
             great
             superfluity
             is
             scattered
             among
             scarce
             so
             many
             single
             persons
             of
             the
             other
             side
             .
          
           
             These
             Incongruities
             may
             trouble
             us
             ,
             but
             to
             impute
             them
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             were
             to
             commit
             a
             sin
             against
             Duty
             and
             Reason
             .
             So
             far
             is
             his
             Majesty
             from
             Allowing
             or
             Directing
             them
             ,
             they
             are
             kept
             as
             much
             as
             possibly
             ,
             from
             his
             bare
             Knowledge
             :
             The
             Plot
             is
             laid
             against
             Him
             ,
             and
             as
             they
             did
             before
             ,
             they
             do
             but
             now
             remove
             his
             Friends
             ,
             to
             make
             way
             to
             his
             Person
             .
             The
             Reason
             why
             we
             are
             not
             Relieved
             ,
             is
             This
             ,
             we
             put
             our
             Businesse
             into
             wrong
             hands
             ,
             and
             apply
             to
             the
             Causes
             of
             our
             mischief
             for
             the
             Remedy
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             If
             we
             look
             close
             to
             the
             matter
             ,
             we
             shall
             perceive
             that
             many
             of
             the
             Kings
             Favours
             were
             
               Extorted
               ;
               Some
               Surreptitiously
            
             obteyned
             ;
             
               Others
               ,
               Abus'd
            
             and
             Misapplyed
             by
             second
             hands
             ,
             that
             were
             entrusted
             to
             dispose
             of
             them
             better
             .
             But
             Finally
             ,
             Those
             which
             the
             King
             himself
             bestowed
             ,
             were
             given
             by
             the
             unquestionable
             Prerogative
             of
             his
             own
             Freedom
             ,
             the
             Grounds
             whereof
             ,
             in
             
             Part
             we
             know
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Whole
             we
             Reverence
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             another
             sort
             also
             of
             
               cold
               Comforters
            
             ,
             that
             tell
             us
             ,
             
               't
               is
               not
               Time
               yet
            
             .
             This
             ,
             to
             a
             company
             of
             wretches
             that
             can
             stay
             no
             longer
             then
             they
             can
             Fast
             ,
             yields
             little
             satisfaction
             .
          
           
             Are
             we
             such
             Owles
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             see
             the
             Sun
             at
             Noon
             ?
             'T
             is
             time
             Enough
             for
             some
             that
             tell
             us
             these
             fine
             things
             ,
             (
             even
             before
             the
             
               Kings
               Revenue
            
             is
             setled
             )
             to
             beg
             their
             
               Fourty
               ,
               Fifty
            
             ,
             nay
             their
             
               Hundred
               Thousand
               Pound
            
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Nation
             shall
             be
             drawn
             so
             low
             ,
             that
             every
             Tax
             runs
             Blood
             ;
             't
             is
             then
             Prognosticated
             ,
             that
             something
             shall
             be
             done
             for
             us
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             the
             Honour
             shall
             be
             ours
             ,
             to
             finish
             the
             undoing
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             furnish
             Argument
             for
             another
             War.
             
          
           
             This
             consequence
             looks
             not
             much
             wide
             ,
             but
             to
             prevent
             the
             worst
             ,
             
               rather
               let
               us
               Resolve
               to
               suffer
               any
               thing
               for
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               then
               cause
               him
               to
               suffer
               in
               the
               Least
               for
               us
               .
            
          
           
             Having
             hitherto
             discours'd
             
               the
               high
               Necessity
               of
               a
               right
               understanding
               betwixt
               King
               and
               People
               :
            
             Our
             next
             concern
             is
             ,
          
        
         
           
             III.
             Not
             to
             mistake
             our
             Enemies
             .
          
           
             To
             prevent
             mistakes
             ;
             by
             Our
             Enemies
             ,
             we
             intend
             only
             the
             Kings
             .
          
           
             IT
             was
             a
             Jolly
             saying
             betwixt
             Jest
             and
             Earnest
             ,
             of
             a
             Presbyterian
             to
             
               a
               Cavalier
               ,
               You
               told
               us
            
             Wee
             
               were
               Rebells
               once
               ,
               but
               wee
               'll
               make
            
             You
             
               so
               now
               ,
               before
               we
               have
               done
               with
               you
               ,
            
             and
             That
             's
             one
             part
             of
             their
             Design
             .
             If
             they
             can
             neither
             Sink
             ,
             nor
             Scatter
             us
             ,
             then
             to
             Transport
             us
             into
             undutifull
             distempers
             ,
             by
             (
             that
             which
             makes
             the
             
               Wise
               man
               ,
               Mad
            
             )
             Oppression
             .
             Rather
             then
             faile
             ,
             they
             
             shall
             Vote
             
               Loyalty
               ,
               Rebellion
            
             ,
             and
             charge
             the
             Author
             of
             this
             plain
             ▪
             and
             honest
             Pamphlet
             ,
             with
             Treason
             .
             But
             other
             Treason
             then
             Adherence
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             
               Law
               ,
               Conscience
               ,
               Honour
            
             ,
             and
             Reason
             ,
             they
             shall
             never
             bring
             us
             to
             .
             They
             do
             wisely
             therefore
             to
             give
             the
             main
             Attaque
             ,
             where
             we
             are
             Weakest
             ,
             and
             to
             attempt
             first
             upon
             our
             Necessities
             ,
             for
             they
             know
             our
             Honesty
             will
             hold
             out
             longer
             then
             our
             Fortunes
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             Course
             ,
             they
             purpose
             to
             lessen
             both
             our
             Credit
             ,
             and
             Number
             ,
             for
             Poverty
             is
             a
             fair
             step
             toward
             Contempt
             ,
             and
             they
             think
             want
             will
             drive
             men
             any
             whither
             to
             seek
             their
             Bread.
             They
             are
             not
             Ignorant
             of
             the
             Likelihood
             of
             (
             what
             they
             more
             then
             Covet
             )
             a
             
               Forrein
               War
            
             ,
             from
             whence
             (
             how
             fatall
             soever
             it
             prove
             to
             the
             Publique
             )
             they
             may
             pretend
             to
             reap
             these
             two
             Advantages
             .
             First
             ,
             they
             may
             pack
             their
             Gang
             with
             more
             Security
             at
             home
             ,
             when
             the
             Peoples
             eyes
             are
             all
             
               abroad
               :
               Secondly
            
             ,
             they
             fore-cast
             to
             have
             the
             Quarrel
             fought
             by
             the
             Hands
             of
             Cavaliers
             ,
             which
             is
             no
             other
             then
             to
             commit
             that
             Businesse
             to
             be
             dispatch'd
             by
             Foreigners
             ,
             which
             they
             cannot
             so
             conveniently
             do
             themselves
             .
             That
             it
             will
             come
             to
             this
             ,
             may
             rationally
             appear
             from
             the
             Constitution
             of
             those
             Missions
             allready
             designed
             .
          
           
             When
             by
             the
             Fate
             of
             War
             ,
             or
             that
             of
             Extreme
             
               Need
               ,
               some
            
             are
             Destroy'd
             ,
             the
             
               Rest
               Dispersed
            
             of
             the
             
               Kings
               Party
            
             ,
             and
             the
             designing
             Faction
             yet
             entire
             :
             who
             is
             not
             Prophet
             enough
             to
             fore-see
             the
             event
             ?
          
           
             
               This
               ,
               This
            
             is
             the
             Reward
             ,
             his
             Majesties
             
               new
               Friends
            
             have
             prepared
             for
             his
             
               old
               Ones
            
             .
             But
             
               Fore-warn'd
               ,
               Fore-arm'd
            
             .
          
           
             Let
             not
             a
             drowsie
             ,
             mopish
             Charity
             betray
             us
             into
             another
             Opinion
             :
             Are
             They
             Converted
             ?
             where
             's
             the
             Peccavi
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Thirty
               Pieces
               of
               Silver
            
             :
             the
             Confession
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Restitution
             ?
             where
             's
             the
             Inseparable
             Companion
             of
             
               Repentance
               ,
               a
               Godly
               Sorrow
            
             ;
             a
             Detestation
             ,
             not
             onely
             of
             the
             Sin
             it self
             ,
             but
             even
             of
             all
             their
             Complicates
             ,
             in
             so
             egregious
             a
             VVickednesse
             ?
             Their
             Knottes
             and
             their
             Dependencies
             are
             still
             the
             same
             they
             were
             .
             They
             are
             too
             Iovial
             to
             be
             Penitent
             .
             In
             snmm
             ;
             if
             they
             are
             Penitent
             ,
             where
             are
             the
             Signes
             ,
             or
             Fruits
             of
             their
             Conversion
             ?
             If
             not
             ,
             they
             are
             Dangerous
             .
             What
             doe
             we
             see
             more
             now
             than
             we
             did
             in
             1641
             ?
             Or
             in
             effect
             was
             not
             the
             Gospell-Prologue
             to
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             Late
             King
             ,
             the
             very
             Ayre
             of
             what
             we
             hear
             at
             present
             ?
          
           
             But
             that
             we
             may
             not
             be
             thought
             to
             babble
             ,
             
               let
               the
               whole
               Puritan
               Conclave
               lay
               their
               Heads
               together
               ,
               and
               bring
               their
               Party
               off
               ;
               or
               if
               they
               do
               not
               ,
               let
               them
               acknowledge
               that
               for
               once
               a
               Cavalier
            
             was
             in
             the
             right
             on
             't
             .
          
           
             
               If
               the
               People
               of
               whom
               we
               treat
               ,
               be
               not
               Penitent
               ,
               the
               King
               cannot
               be
               safe
               in
               their
               hands
               :
               If
               they
               be
               Penitent
               ,
               then
               are
               we
               to
               seek
               for
               a
               Religion
               :
               If
               they
               were
               never
               in
               the
               wrong
               ,
               then
               they
               'll
               use
               this
               King
               as
               they
               did
               his
               Father
               .
            
          
           
             TO
             passe
             over
             those
             properties
             of
             Repentance
             ,
             whereof
             God
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             Souls
             are
             the
             onely
             Judges
             ,
             namely
             ,
             Contrition
             and
             
               Conversion
               to
               God.
            
             Wee
             'll
             look
             a
             little
             what
             the
             Church
             sayes
             concerning
             the
             Other
             two
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             Confession
             and
             Satisfaction
             .
          
           
             Amesius
             sayes
             ,
             that
             a
             
               Publique
               Confession
            
             of
             Publique
             
             Sinnes
             is
             necessary
             ,
             to
             avoyd
             the
             Contagion
             of
             a
             Scandalous
             example
             .
          
           
             Preston
             in
             his
             Sermon
             upon
             
               Iudas
               Repentance
            
             reckons
             
             Confession
             a
             part
             of
             Repentance
             ;
             and
             so
             does
             Calvin
             in
             his
             Harmony
             upon
             the
             Evangelists
             .
             But
             Musculus
             upon
             Matt.
             27.
             3.
             most
             expresly
             .
             
               Ad
               veram
               Resipiscentiam
               pertinet
               peccati
               Confessio
               ;
               non
               ea
               tantum
               quae
               deo
               fit
               ,
               sed
               &
               quae
               hominibus
               ,
               quorum
               id
               interest
               ,
               &c.
            
             —
          
           
             Confession
             ,
             (
             sayes
             he
             )
             
               is
               requisite
               to
               true
               Repentance
               ,
               not
               onely
               That
               to
               God
               ,
               but
               to
               Men
               also
               ;
               (
               such
               as
               are
               concerned
               in
               it
               )
               that
               is
               ,
               to
               Those
               against
               whom
               the
               offence
               was
               committed
               ,
               and
               to
               such
               as
               to
               whom
               occasion
               was
               thereby
               given
               of
               offending
               .
            
             Judas
             
               his
               sinne
               was
               against
               Christ
               ;
               but
               in
               Betraying
               the
               Innocent
               Bloud
               ,
               he
               ministred
               occasion
               to
               the
               Priests
               and
               Elders
               of
               Sinning
               ,
               
                 by
                 giving
                 them
                 the
                 means
                 of
                 Taking
                 and
                 Condemning
                 him
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 summe
                 of
                 mony
                 :
                 —
              
               so
               he
               confessed
               as
               well
               before
               the
               Priests
               and
               Elders
               ,
               as
               to
               God.
               
            
          
           
             I
             
               have
               sinned
            
             (
             sayth
             
               Iudas
               )
               in
               Betraying
               Innocent
               bloud
               .
               He
               does
               not
               say
               ,
               (
               Peccastis
               )
            
             YE
             
               have
               sinned
               in
            
             CONDEMNING
             
               Innocent
               bloud
               ,
               but
               he
               complains
               that
            
             HE
             HIMSELF
             
               had
               sinned
               in
            
             DELIVERING
             
               it
               up
            
             .
          
           
             Now
             concerning
             Satisfaction
             .
          
           
             
               Non
               Remittetur
               Peccatum
               nisi
               Restituatur
               ablatum
               :
            
             saies
             St.
             Augustine
             .
             No
             Restitution
             ,
             no
             Remission
             .
          
           
             
               Non-Restitution
               is
               Damnation
               ;
               and
               Restitution
               is
               the
               way
               to
               Salvation
               ,
            
             (
             saies
             Stock
             of
             Repentance
             ,
             p.
             102.
             )
             and
             again
             :
             
               If
               it
               be
               a
               sin
               to
               Take
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               sin
               to
               Keep.
            
             (
             Ibid.
             p.
             92.
             )
          
           
             
               Non
               est
               vera
               Poenitentia
               ,
               ubi
               non
               Redditur
               quod
               malè
               fuerat
               ablatum
               ,
            
             (
             saies
             Marlorat
             upon
             Matth.
             )
          
           
             
               Perkins
               ,
               Dike
               ,
               Calvin
            
             ,
             all
             the
             world
             agree
             upon
             the
             Necessity
             of
             Restitution
             .
             In
             fine
             ,
             Non-Restitution
             is
             Theft
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             objected
             ;
             well
             ,
             but
             such
             and
             such
             are
             Poorer
             
             then
             they
             were
             ,
             others
             have
             
               gotten
               Nothing
            
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             are
             Pardoned
             .
          
           
             The
             Casuists
             tell
             us
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             
               Commands
               ,
               Directs
               ,
               Favours
            
             ,
             or
             
               Abets
               any
               unjust
               Action
               ,
               the
               consequence
               whereof
               is
               Damage
               to
               another
               :
            
             —
             That
             Person
             is
             bound
             to
             Restitution
             .
             But
             we
             might
             answer
             ,
             that
             much
             was
             spent
             of
             what
             they
             took
             from
             the
             Cavaliers
             ,
             to
             bear
             up
             against
             the
             Independents
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             
               Act
               of
               Indempnity
               :
               That
            
             saves
             them
             from
             the
             Law
             ,
             but
             
               in
               Foro
               Conscientiae
            
             't
             is
             no
             acquittal
             :
             It
             discharges
             the
             Penalty
             ,
             but
             not
             the
             Crime
             ,
             only
             an
             effectual
             Repentance
             can
             do
             that
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             admitted
             without
             Restitution
             .
             'T
             is
             not
             an
             
               Act
               of
               State
            
             ,
             that
             can
             dissolve
             a
             
               Ty
               of
               Conscience
            
             :
             that
             were
             to
             argue
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             Parliament
             could
             forgive
             Sins
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             last
             day
             ,
             when
             Inquisition
             shall
             be
             made
             for
             
               Bloud
               ,
               Theft
               ,
               Oppression
               ,
               &c.
            
             —
             We
             dare
             appeal
             to
             the
             Sworn
             Patrons
             of
             the
             Cause
             ,
             Smectymnuus
             themselves
             :
             what
             will
             an
             
               Act
               of
               Indempnity
            
             avail
             ,
             in
             Plea
             before
             the
             Great
             Tribunal
             ?
          
           
             So
             many
             Parents
             made
             Childlesse
             by
             
               Thy
               Sword
            
             ;
             so
             many
             
               Children
               Fatherlesse
            
             ;
             the
             Bloud
             of
             so
             many
             thousand
             
               Loyal
               Subjects
            
             spilt
             like
             water
             ,
             Common
             ,
             and
             Noble
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             the
             KINGS
             :
             and
             all
             this
             in
             a
             Cause
             where
             every
             
               Thought
               ,
               Word
               ,
               Action
               of
               Agreement
            
             was
             a
             
               Murther
               .
               Why
               shouldest
               not
               thou
               be
               Damn'd
               ?
            
          
           
             Lord
             (
             saies
             he
             )
             MURTHERS
             
               are
               Pardoned
               by
               the
               Act
               of
            
             INDEMPNITY
             .
          
           
             So
             many
             
               Plunders
               ,
               Robberies
               ,
               Sequestrations
               ,
               Decimations
               ,
               Confiscations
               :
            
             —
             to
             the
             undoing
             of
             many
             thousand
             rich
             Families
             ,
             and
             twenty
             times
             as
             many
             of
             the
             
             poorer
             sort
             ,
             that
             depended
             upon
             them
             :
             —
             What
             
               Sorrow
               ,
               Acknowledgement
               ,
               Reparation
            
             ,
             for
             all
             these
             Injuries
             ?
             what
             token
             of
             Repentance
             ?
             why
             therefore
             should'st
             not
             thou
             be
             Damn'd
             ?
          
           
             Hee
             pleads
             the
             Indempnity
             too
             .
          
           
             So
             many
             
               Grave
               Divines
            
             poyson'd
             in
             
               Winchester
               house
            
             :
             so
             many
             honest
             men
             of
             all
             sorts
             and
             qualities
             ,
             destroy'd
             by
             all
             varieties
             of
             misery
             :
             
               Smother'd
               ,
               Famish'd
            
             ,
             sold
             for
             Slaves
             because
             they
             would
             not
             fight
             against
             their
             Prince
             ,
             nor
             swear
             against
             their
             Consciences
             .
             Why
             should
             not
             ye
             that
             did
             all
             this
             ,
             be
             Damn'd
             ?
          
           
             
               The
               Act
               of
               Indempnity
               still
            
             .
          
           
             Go
             to
             your
             
               Rabbi
               Busy's
            
             now
             ,
             your
             three-pil'd
             goodly
             Levites
             ,
             that
             when
             ye
             did
             all
             This
             ,
             call'd
             you
             a
             
               Holy
               Covenanting
               People
            
             :
             bid
             them
             look
             over
             their
             whole
             stock
             of
             Shifts
             and
             
               Popular
               Distinctions
            
             ,
             and
             shew
             ye
             the
             least
             shadow
             of
             a
             Comfort
             .
             Which
             if
             they
             do
             ,
             they
             must
             overthrow
             this
             Assertion
             .
          
           
             
               Without
               REPENTANCE
               ,
               there
               can
               be
               no
               SALVATION
               ;
               and
               without
               RESTITUTION
               ,
               no
               REPENTANCE
               .
            
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             this
             were
             a
             Theme
             much
             fitter
             for
             a
             Pulpit-Zeal
             ,
             then
             
               Lawn
               Sleeves
            
             ,
             or
             the
             Crosse
             in
             Baptism
             :
             but
             in
             this
             point
             our
             
               Gospel
               Ministers
            
             are
             as
             mute
             as
             Fishes
             ,
             which
             manifestly
             shews
             the
             Core
             of
             the
             Faction
             .
             How
             can
             these
             people
             sleep
             with
             all
             this
             weight
             upon
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             unlesse
             by
             virtue
             of
             One
             of
             these
             
               Two
               Causes
            
             ?
             The
             Former
             ,
             a
             
               Reprobated
               ,
               and
               unfeeling
               
               hardnesse
               :
               the
               Other
               ,
               a
               good
               opinion
               of
               their
               first
               Engagement
               .
            
             he
             One
             way
             ,
             they
             are
             our
             Enemies
             upon
             a
             Principle
             of
             Iudgement
             :
             and
             the
             other
             way
             ,
             upon
             a
             score
             of
             
               boundlesse
               ,
               faithlesse
               wickednesse
            
             .
          
           
             The
             use
             we
             are
             to
             make
             of
             All
             ,
             is
             onely
             to
             look
             to
             our selves
             ,
             and
             to
             commit
             nothing
             to
             Hazzard
             ,
             that
             may
             be
             secured
             by
             Prudence
             .
             Which
             cautionary
             Prudence
             ,
             must
             not
             yet
             carry
             us
             beyond
             the
             line
             of
             Duty
             :
             For
             tho'
             as
             
               Christians
               ,
               they
            
             are
             not
             absolved
             by
             the
             Act
             of
             Indempnity
             ;
             yet
             as
             
               Subjects
               ,
               Wee
            
             are
             Obliged
             by
             it
             ,
             nor
             shall
             we
             start
             an
             Inch
             from
             the
             Literal
             strictnesse
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             an
             Act
             of
             Free
             ,
             and
             
               General
               Pardon
               ,
               Indempnity
            
             ,
             and
             Oblivion
             ,
             granted
             upon
             such
             Reasons
             ,
             and
             Conditions
             ,
             with
             such
             Provisoes
             and
             Limitations
             as
             are
             therein
             expressed
             ;
             extending
             from
             Ianuary
             1.
             1637.
             to
             Iune
             24.
             1660.
             
          
           
             As
             it
             is
             a
             Pardon
             ,
             we
             complain
             not
             ;
             Nor
             doe
             we
             pretend
             any
             
               Legal
               Right
            
             to
             what
             we
             have
             Lost
             ,
             in
             questioning
             their
             
               Consciencious
               Right
            
             to
             what
             they
             have
             Taken
             .
             If
             
               They
               will
            
             do
             what
             they
             ought
             not
             to
             doe
             ;
             —
             
               Keep
               it
            
             ;
             —
             We
             shall
             however
             doe
             what
             we
             ought
             to
             do
             ;
             —
             Sit
             down
             with
             Submission
             and
             Patience
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Indemnity
             is
             safe
             too
             .
          
           
             Nor
             do
             we
             at
             all
             entrench
             upon
             it
             as
             an
             Act
             of
             Oblivion
             :
             which
             forbids
             the
             MALICIOUS
             Revival
             of
             past
             differences
             ;
             and
             directs
             to
             
               the
               burying
               of
               all
               Seeds
               of
               Future
               Discords
               ,
               and
               Remembrance
               of
               the
               Former
               ,
               &c.
            
             —
          
           
             If
             the
             same
             things
             are
             now
             done
             over
             again
             by
             the
             same
             Party
             ,
             where
             lyes
             the
             MALICE
             of
             saying
             ,
             Have
             a
             care
             of
             the
             same
             hand
             again
             ?
             This
             is
             a
             hint
             of
             Caution
             ,
             
             not
             of
             Animosity
             :
             a
             means
             to
             Prevent
             Mischief
             ,
             not
             to
             Cause
             it
             .
          
           
             Nor
             do
             Wee
             charge
             Particulars
             :
             for
             beyond
             doubt
             ,
             there
             are
             True
             Converts
             ;
             &
             divers
             ,
             that
             even
             in
             the
             Counsells
             of
             the
             Kings
             Enemies
             ,
             did
             his
             Majesty
             service
             .
             We
             professe
             further
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             no
             Unkindnesse
             for
             such
             as
             have
             not
             shewd
             themselves
             against
             us
             ,
             since
             they
             received
             their
             Pardon
             :
             but
             touching
             the
             Rest
             ,
             we
             are
             at
             Liberty
             to
             speak
             our
             Thoughts
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             not
             be
             too
             Credulous
             then
             ,
             and
             gape
             after
             empty
             Hopes
             that
             will
             deceive
             us
             .
             VVe
             never
             Lost
             any
             thing
             by
             suspecting
             them
             ;
             we
             never
             gayned
             by
             Trusting
             them
             .
             In
             short
             ,
             Hee
             that
             will
             doe
             his
             Prince
             and
             Country
             a
             good
             Office
             ,
             let
             him
             but
             get
             a
             List
             of
             the
             Instruments
             ,
             and
             Officers
             they
             have
             put
             upon
             us
             ,
             (
             whereof
             the
             King
             knows
             nothing
             )
             and
             present
             it
             —
             to
             his
             Majesty
             .
             There
             will
             need
             no
             other
             proof
             of
             their
             Combination
             .
          
           
             Onely
             one
             word
             now
             ,
          
        
         
           
             IIII.
             That
             we
             divide
             not
             among
             our selves
             .
          
           
             UNder
             this
             notion
             ,
             (
             OUR
             SELVES
             )
             we
             understand
             ,
             all
             persons
             that
             are
             well-affected
             to
             the
             
               established
               Government
            
             :
             which
             must
             expect
             to
             be
             dealt
             with
             by
             the
             
               Factious
               Rest
            
             ,
             variously
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Reason
             of
             the
             Design
             ,
             and
             the
             Humour
             of
             the
             Party
             to
             be
             wrought
             upon
             .
             It
             will
             require
             not
             only
             Constancie
             ,
             but
             Skill
             ,
             so
             to
             demean
             our selves
             ,
             as
             to
             scape
             Oversights
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             dash
             upon
             Distemper
             :
             for
             we
             are
             to
             encounter
             ,
             both
             artificial
             Flatteries
             ,
             and
             sharp
             Provocations
             ;
             and
             so
             in
             danger
             to
             miscarry
             ,
             either
             upon
             Facility
             or
             Passion
             .
          
           
           
             Some
             are
             〈◊〉
             sighted
             ;
             and
             Those
             they
             startle
             into
             Fears
             and
             Iealousies
             ;
             concerning
             
               Religion
               ,
               Privileges
               ,
               the
               Fundamental
               Lawes
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Matters
             which
             being
             little
             understood
             ,
             and
             much
             esteemed
             ,
             are
             of
             great
             effect
             with
             the
             Common
             people
             .
             Not
             to
             be
             over-strict
             ;
             Some
             they
             Seduce
             ,
             Others
             they
             Corrupt
             ;
             and
             betwixt
             such
             as
             want
             either
             Braynes
             ,
             or
             Honesty
             ,
             they
             make
             up
             their
             Party
             .
          
           
             Machiavell
             ,
             and
             Experience
             are
             two
             great
             Masters
             ;
             and
             they
             have
             learn'd
             from
             Both
             ,
             that
             
               to
               Destroy
               a
               Prince
               ,
               the
               surest
               way
               is
               to
               begin
               with
               the
               generality
               of
               the
               People
               ,
            
             whom
             if
             they
             can
             but
             once
             possess
             with
             an
             Opinion
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             designes
             upon
             the
             Freedome
             of
             their
             Estates
             ,
             and
             Consciences
             ,
             the
             work
             's
             half
             done
             .
             To
             which
             end
             ,
             they
             themselves
             
               contrive
               ,
               necessitate
            
             ,
             nay
             and
             Impose
             ,
             (
             tho'
             privily
             )
             those
             very
             Grievances
             ,
             whereof
             they
             likewise
             prove
             the
             first
             Complainers
             :
             charging
             upon
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             what
             was
             done
             onely
             by
             their
             own
             Procurement
             ,
             and
             for
             Their
             Benefit
             .
             They
             handle
             the
             Rabble
             as
             they
             do
             Elephants
             ,
             they
             digg
             the
             Pit
             Themselves
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             have
             entrapped
             them
             ,
             Another
             must
             be
             employed
             to
             strike
             ,
             and
             to
             enrage
             the
             Beast
             ;
             They
             forsooth
             out
             of
             Zeale
             ,
             and
             Pity
             to
             the
             poor
             Creature
             ,
             Interpose
             ;
             take
             the
             Elephants
             part
             ,
             and
             by
             appearing
             to
             remove
             the
             Injuryes
             they
             
               Caused
               ,
               Winn
            
             ,
             and
             Reclayme
             the
             Beast
             .
             But
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             the
             Elephant
             serves
             Them
             ,
             not
             They
             the
             Elephant
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             a
             little
             observe
             ,
             how
             they
             have
             already
             strew'd
             the
             way
             to
             their
             Design
             .
          
           
             With
             Reverence
             to
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Act
             of
             Indemnity
             ,
             and
             with
             submission
             to
             the
             Force
             ,
             and
             Reason
             of
             it
             :
             wee
             'l
             begin
             There
             ;
             and
             understand
             it
             as
             a
             mixture
             of
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             Expedience
             ,
             granted
             on
             their
             behalfe
             
             whose
             Lives
             ,
             and
             Fortunes
             were
             forfeited
             to
             the
             Law.
             
          
           
             This
             Act
             makes
             them
             Masters
             ,
             in
             effect
             ,
             of
             the
             Booty
             of
             Three
             Nations
             :
             (
             bating
             Crown
             ,
             and
             Church-Lands
             )
             and
             all
             they
             have
             gotten
             by
             a
             Griping
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             Usurpation
             of
             allmost
             twenty
             years
             Continuance
             ,
             they
             may
             now
             call
             their
             Owne
             ;
             those
             People
             that
             Contested
             to
             preserve
             the
             Law
             ,
             being
             ,
             by
             these
             Penitents
             ,
             abandoned
             to
             the
             Comfort
             of
             an
             irreparable
             ,
             but
             an
             
               Honourable
               ruine
            
             .
          
           
             To
             what
             they
             had
             gotten
             before
             ,
             let
             us
             adde
             the
             Debt
             they
             left
             in
             Arriere
             both
             at
             Sea
             ,
             and
             Land
             ;
             together
             with
             what
             they
             have
             begg'd
             since
             ,
             in
             
               Mony
               ,
               Land
            
             ,
             and
             Office.
             Truly
             all
             this
             put
             together
             ,
             one
             would
             think
             might
             satisfie
             a
             Reasonable
             sort
             of
             People
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             look
             a
             little
             the
             other
             way
             .
             The
             King
             cannot
             but
             have
             contracted
             great
             Debts
             ,
             his
             Active
             Friends
             are
             Begger'd
             :
             and
             Those
             whose
             Inclinations
             were
             but
             
               suspected
               Loyal
            
             ,
             have
             smarted
             sufficiently
             for
             it
             .
             Come
             to
             the
             Generality
             ;
             ye
             shall
             not
             find
             quick
             Mony
             enough
             to
             keep
             Commerce
             alive
             ,
             all
             wanting
             ,
             and
             complaining
             .
             Now
             let
             us
             Rationally
             consider
             ,
          
           
             
               Whither
               does
               this
               Condition
               of
               the
               Publique
               tend
               ;
               and
               whence
               does
               it
               proceed
               ?
            
          
           
             The
             
               Kings
               Debts
            
             must
             be
             Payd
             ,
             his
             
               Revenue
               setled
            
             ,
             his
             
               Guards
               maintained
            
             ;
             and
             beyond
             all
             This
             ,
             (
             in
             common
             view
             ,
             a
             
               Forein
               war
            
             inevitable
             .
             (
             The
             Relief
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Friends
             ,
             is
             a
             thing
             but
             by
             
               the
               By
            
             ;
             that
             goes
             for
             nothing
             .
             )
             All
             this
             is
             necessary
             to
             be
             done
             ;
             but
             
               Where
               ,
               How
               ,
               Whence
            
             ,
             (
             without
             a
             Mine
             )
             who
             can
             imagine
             ?
             A
             General
             Imposition
             will
             hardly
             furnish
             it
             ,
             the
             Treasure
             of
             the
             Nation
             being
             drawn
             into
             so
             
               few
               hands
            
             ,
             and
             They
             too
             have
             the
             wit
             to
             keep
             it
             close
             ,
             for
             
             divers
             reasons
             ;
             as
             well
             to
             conceal
             their
             prodigious
             ,
             and
             most
             unconscionable
             Gettings
             ,
             as
             to
             secure
             their
             After-game
             ;
             which
             they
             are
             provident
             enough
             to
             expect
             .
          
           
             To
             rayse
             these
             Necessary
             and
             
               Large
               Summes
            
             ,
             if
             common
             ,
             and
             formal
             wayes
             will
             not
             suffice
             ,
             Others
             lesse
             acceptable
             must
             be
             thought
             upon
             .
             So
             that
             upon
             the
             whole
             ,
             either
             his
             Majesty
             cannot
             be
             supplyed
             ,
             even
             in
             those
             Exigencies
             which
             most
             concern
             the
             Honour
             ,
             and
             the
             Safety
             of
             the
             Nation
             :
             or
             else
             the
             Generality
             must
             suffer
             exceedingly
             by
             the
             Pressure
             ;
             to
             which
             some
             further
             trouble
             may
             possibly
             arise
             even
             from
             the
             manner
             of
             Imposing
             it
             .
          
           
             When
             Discontents
             come
             to
             this
             Ripenesse
             ,
             then
             is
             the
             time
             for
             the
             
               Old
               Patriots
            
             to
             put
             in
             again
             ,
             
               and
               mourn
               over
               the
               Oppressed
            
             .
             They
             shall
             shew
             the
             People
             what
             is
             against
             
               Magna
               Charta
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Petition
               of
               Right
               ,
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               and
               the
               Liberty
               of
               the
               Subject
               .
            
             Then
             shall
             they
             
               with
               all
               Dutyfull
               Reverence
               humbly
               declare
               to
               his
               Sacred
               Majesty
               that
               it
               is
               their
               Antient
               and
               Undoubted
            
             RIGHT
             ,
             &
             c.
             
          
           
             In
             short
             ,
             
               Great
               Payments
            
             will
             certainly
             cause
             
               Great
               Disquiets
            
             ;
             and
             there
             are
             those
             will
             take
             advantage
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             Clear
             and
             natural
             tendencie
             of
             Affairs
             ;
             and
             it
             behoves
             us
             to
             provide
             and
             Arm
             our selves
             against
             the
             Malice
             of
             it
             :
             which
             may
             be
             done
             ,
             by
             a
             sober
             Enquirie
             into
             the
             Grounds
             ,
             and
             Causes
             ;
             —
             by
             whose
             Contrivance
             and
             Design
             ,
             the
             Publique
             lyes
             reduced
             to
             this
             
               Extreme
               Necessity
            
             .
          
           
             The
             War
             occasioned
             our
             Destruction
             :
             but
             who
             occasioned
             the
             War
             ?
             wee
             'll
             only
             answer
             for
             our selves
             :
             that
             the
             
               Cavaliers
               Cause
            
             was
             as
             good
             as
             the
             
               Kings
               Title
            
             to
             the
             Crown
             .
             Briefly
             ,
             Those
             that
             have
             robb'd
             the
             Publique
             
             to
             Enrich
             themselves
             ,
             are
             the
             Cause
             why
             the
             Publique
             is
             not
             able
             to
             Support
             it self
             :
             
               Forfeited
               Estates
            
             would
             have
             set
             All
             clear
             ,
             without
             taking
             in
             either
             the
             
               Army
               Officers
            
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Converted
               Cavaliers
            
             into
             the
             Reckoning
             .
             Nay
             more
             ,
             they
             might
             have
             been
             left
             yet
             better
             then
             they
             began
             ,
             for
             they
             have
             been
             no
             ill
             Husbands
             of
             their
             Pillage
             .
             But
             so
             was
             the
             State
             of
             the
             Nation
             represented
             to
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             and
             such
             was
             his
             Royal
             Goodnesse
             ,
             that
             he
             thought
             fit
             to
             remit
             all
             ;
             and
             't
             is
             our
             Duty
             not
             to
             murmur
             at
             it
             :
             only
             let
             us
             not
             forget
             ,
             when
             it
             comes
             to
             the
             Question
             ,
             by
             what
             hand
             we
             perish
             .
          
           
             To
             conclude
             ,
             their
             Designs
             are
             frivolous
             ,
             if
             we
             our selves
             do
             not
             assist
             them
             ,
             either
             by
             Crediting
             against
             our
             Reason
             ,
             or
             by
             Ioyning
             with
             them
             against
             our
             Duty
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             our
             Open
             and
             Known
             Adversaries
             ,
             (
             if
             we
             can
             see
             or
             know
             any
             thing
             )
             but
             there
             's
             another
             sort
             ,
             which
             only
             time
             must
             unmasque
             ,
             and
             against
             whom
             ,
             this
             Caution
             (
             for
             the
             present
             )
             shall
             suffice
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Vaenalis
                 hominum
                 vita
                 est
                 ;
                 &
                 licitatores
                 capitum
                 nostrorum
                 publicè
                 regnant
                 .
              
            
             
               (
               Euphormio
               .
               )
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATUM
           .
        
         
           Page
           the
           6th
           .
           read
           Capons
           ,
           for
           Larkes
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
         
         
         
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47818-e3830
           
             Temporizing
             Friends
             .
          
           
             Evill
             Counsellours
             .
          
           
             A
             Corrupted
             Clergy
             .
          
           
             The
             Commonalty
             to
             be
             obliged
             .
          
           
             The
             Kings
             
               Old
               Friends
            
             more
             numerous
             than
             his
             New.
             
          
           
             More
             Loyal
             .
          
           
             Misunderstandings
             fomented
             betwixt
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Party
             .
          
           
             Lib.
             4
             de
             Consc.
             cap.
             15.