Citt and Bumpkin, or, A learned discourse upon swearing and lying and other laudable qualities tending to a thorow reformation : the second part.
         Citt and Bumpkin Part 2
         L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
      
       
         
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             Citt and Bumpkin, or, A learned discourse upon swearing and lying and other laudable qualities tending to a thorow reformation : the second part.
             Citt and Bumpkin Part 2
             L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
          
           [6], 32 p.
           
             Printed for Henry Brome ...,
             London :
             1680.
          
           
             A reply to Charles Blount's Appeal from the country to the city. Cf. Kitchen, G. Sir Roger L'Estrange, p. 255-256.
             Attributed to Sir Roger L'Estrange. Cf. BM.
             A first part, Citt and Bumpkin, in a dialogue over a pot of ale, was published earlier the same year.
             Errata on p. 38.
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           CITT
           AND
           BUMPKIN
           ,
           OR
           ,
           A
           Learned
           Discourse
           upon
           SWEARING
           And
           LYING
           ,
           And
           other
           Laudable
           Qualities
           tending
           TO
           A
           
             Thorow
             Reformation
          
           .
        
         
           THE
           SECOND
           PART
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Gun
           in
           
             S.
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           ,
           1680.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           
             Time
             ,
             Pains
          
           ,
           and
           Good-Will
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           employ'd
           upon
           my
           Duty
           ,
           in
           the
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           from
           the
           Malice
           of
           bold
           ,
           and
           
             petulant
             Libells
          
           :
           And
           not
           one
           word
           of
           Reply
           ,
           save
           only
           from
           the
           pittifull
           Expounder
           of
           my
           Answer
           to
           the
           Appeal
           ;
           (
           mentioned
           elsewhere
           )
           which
           was
           ,
           (
           in
           truth
           )
           so
           
             clamorously
             silly
          
           ,
           that
           instead
           of
           an
           Abuse
           ,
           it
           prov'd
           a
           Complement
           .
           But
           to
           see
           the
           Luck
           on
           't
           :
           Just
           as
           I
           was
           about
           to
           take
           out
           my
           Quietus
           ;
           the
           Cause
           ,
           cold
           i'
           th'
           mouth
           ;
           and
           to
           every
           bodies
           thinking
           ,
           without
           either
           Breath
           or
           Pulse
           ;
           behold
           
             Two
             unanswerable
             Confutations
          
           ;
           the
           One
           ,
           in
           Manuscript
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           a
           
             Familiar
             Epistle
          
           ;
           and
           the
           Other
           ,
           in
           Print
           .
           The
           Letter
           was
           a
           Prologue
           to
           the
           Book
           ,
           as
           the
           Book
           may
           (
           in
           good
           time
           )
           be
           a
           Prologue
           to
           the
           Pillory
           ;
           if
           making
           the
           King
           One
           of
           the
           
             Three
             Estates
          
           ,
           may
           recommend
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           to
           That
           Preferment
           .
           This
           Epistle
           of
           his
           crept
           in
           the
           dark
           one
           night
           into
           my
           
             Booksellers
             Shop
          
           ;
           as
           Naturally
           as
           if
           his
           Mother
           had
           been
           a
           Bulker
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Man
           's
           no
           Bastard
           neither
           ,
           at
           least
           by
           the
           Mothers
           side
           ;
           as
           you
           will
           finde
           by
           his
           Stile
           and
           Logick
           :
           which
           speaks
           him
           as
           true
           a
           Son
           of
           the
           Kirk
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Pamphlett
           had
           been
           written
           with
           the
           very
           Milk
           of
           his
           Dam.
           It
           is
           drawn
           out
           into
           
             Two
             Large
             Folio's
          
           ;
           and
           truly
           too
           much
           ,
           and
           too
           beastly
           ,
           to
           recite
           at
           length
           ;
           so
           that
           I
           shall
           only
           present
           ye
           with
           ,
           here
           and
           there
           a
           Tast
           ,
           of
           his
           Vein
           ,
           and
           Humour
           ,
           and
           some
           short
           Notes
           upon
           it
           ,
           by
           the
           By.
           He
           begins
           ,
           
             Monsieur
             CRACK
          
           .
           Now
           there
           may
           arise
           some
           Controversy
           perhaps
           ,
           among
           the
           Criticks
           ,
           about
           the
           Word
           Crack
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           shall
           Expound
           it
           to
           ye
           :
           but
           you
           'le
           finde
           the
           Rest
           to
           be
           Exceeding
           plain
           .
        
         
         
           One
           Griffith
           wrote
           a
           smart
           Paper
           of
           Verses
           upon
           Dr.
           Wild
           ,
           wherein
           he
           call'd
           him
           the
           
             Presbyterians
             Jack-Pudding
          
           ,
           This
           was
           an
           Allusion
           proper
           enough
           ;
           for
           why
           should
           not
           Mountebanks
           in
           Religion
           have
           their
           Jack-Puddings
           as
           well
           as
           Mountebanks
           in
           Physick
           ?
           But
           however
           ,
           the
           Dr.
           took
           mee
           to
           be
           the
           Authour
           of
           the
           Coppy
           ,
           and
           in
           Revenge
           ,
           (
           the
           News-book
           being
           at
           that
           time
           in
           my
           hand
           )
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           Christen
           me
           the
           Crack-fart
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           (
           As
           it
           may
           be
           many
           an
           honest
           mans
           Fortune
           to
           have
           a
           Wag
           to
           his
           God-father
           .
           This
           Secret
           I
           have
           told
           the
           Reader
           in
           Confidence
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           it
           shall
           go
           no
           further
           :
           and
           upon
           that
           assurance
           I
           'le
           proceed
           .
        
         
           [
           'T
           is
           no
           new
           thing
           
             (
             says
             the
             Letter-man
          
           )
           for
           Pimping
           to
           raise
           a
           Villain
           to
           preferment
           ;
           and
           that
           has
           been
           of
           late
           your
           daily
           bread
           :
           For
           what
           is
           all
           yonr
           
             Impudent
             Scribling
          
           ,
           but
           the
           Act
           of
           Procuring
           ,
           for
           Popery
           and
           
             Tyranny
             .
             ]
             So
             that
             writing
             for
             the
          
           King
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           Church
           
             it
             seems
             ,
             is
             writing
             for
          
           Popery
           and
           Tyranny
           .
        
         
           
             And
             again
          
           ,
           Dr.
           Oates
           is
           as
           much
           above
           your
           
             Malicious
             Raillery
          
           ,
           as
           you
           are
           below
           
             Common
             Honesty
          
           ;
           and
           even
           CARE
           ,
           I
           am
           Confident
           can
           bestow
           time
           better
           ,
           then
           in
           minding
           the
           Yelps
           of
           such
           a
           Cerberus
           ,
           such
           a
           
             Prostituted
             Rascall
          
           ,
           a
           Sycophant
           to
           
             Cromwell
             ;
             betrayer
             Then
          
           of
           
             Cavaliers
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           Now
           if
           it
           be
           
             Malicious
             Raillery
          
           ,
           to
           magnify
           Dr.
           
             Oates's
             services
          
           ;
           to
           emprove
           his
           Discoveries
           ;
           to
           Illustrate
           his
           Evidence
           ;
           to
           recommend
           his
           Writings
           ;
           to
           elevate
           his
           Abilities
           ;
           to
           set
           forth
           his
           Hazzards
           (
           on
           Both
           Sides
           )
           as
           well
           from
           the
           Fanatiques
           ,
           as
           the
           Jesuits
           ;
           to
           maintain
           him
           for
           a
           
             Canonicall
             Asserter
          
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           against
           all
           Gainsayers
           ;
           to
           Enumerate
           the
           Good-Offices
           he
           has
           render'd
           to
           the
           
             poor
             Protestants
          
           ,
           and
           to
           pray
           that
           he
           may
           be
           rewarded
           according
           to
           his
           Deserts
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           good
           he
           has
           done
           us
           :
           If
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           be
           
             Malicious
             Raillery
          
           ,
           then
           am
           I
           
           guilty
           of
           it
           :
           But
           if
           all
           This
           be
           Good
           ,
           where
           's
           the
           Malice
           ?
           Or
           if
           it
           be
           True
           ,
           where
           's
           the
           Raillery
           ?
           And
           this
           is
           not
           all
           neither
           ;
           the
           purging
           of
           my
           Self
           :
           But
           whosoever
           calls
           this
           Deference
           and
           Justice
           to
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           Raillery
           ,
           does
           manifestly
           imply
           the
           Ground
           of
           it
           to
           be
           False
           ;
           to
           the
           wounding
           of
           the
           
             Drs.
             Testimony
          
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           blasting
           of
           him
           in
           the
           Reputation
           of
           his
           
             Literature
             ,
             Probity
          
           and
           Manners
           .
        
         
           
             There
             's
             the
             same
             hand
             again
             in
          
           Tom
           and
           Dick
           ;
           
             (
             for
             I
             'le
             publish
             his
             Pamphlet
             for
             him
             .
             )
          
           pag.
           28.
           
           L'Estrange
           
             (
             he
             says
          
           )
           has
           Serenaded
           
             Dr.
             Oates
          
           of
           late
           most
           notably
           ;
           and
           caress'd
           him
           ,
           just
           as
           Joab
           did
           
             Abner
             .
             In
             which
             Case
             I
             shall
             Appeal
             to
          
           Authority
           for
           Justice
           
             upon
             the
          
           Defamer
           
             of
             the
          
           Kings
           Evidence
           ,
           
             and
             a
          
           Loyall
           Subject
           
             both
             in
          
           One.
           
             In
             the
             same
             Page
             he
             makes
             a
             Proffer
             at
             an
             Argument
             .
          
           He
           that
           is
           not
           against
           us
           
             (
             he
             says
          
           )
           is
           with
           us
           :
           But
           L'Estrange
           
             never
             wrote
          
           against
           Papists
           ,
           
             and
             therefore
             he
             's
             a
          
           Papist
           :
           
             by
             which
             Rule
             ,
             if
             the
          
           Authour
           
             never
             wrote
          
           against
           Lame
           Giles
           in
           Holburn
           ,
           
             or
             a
          
           Little
           Lowsy
           Monky
           
             in
             the
          
           Old-Bayly
           ,
           
             then
             the
          
           Authour
           
             is
             a
          
           Lame
           Giles
           in
           Holburn
           ,
           
             or
             a
          
           Little
           Lowsy
           Monky
           
             in
             the
          
           Old-Bayly
           .
           
             The
             man
          
           Sweats
           
             ye
             see
             ,
             on
             the
             behalf
             of
             the
          
           Dr
           ,
           
             but
             when
             he
             comes
             to
          
           his
           friend
           
             CARE
             he
             's
          
           stark
           mad
           ,
           
             (
             the
             Lord
             bless
             us
             )
             and
             falls
             into
          
           Fits
           ;
           Cerberus
           ,
           Rascal
           ,
           Sycophant
           ,
           Traytor
           ;
           
             (
             for
             there
             's
             a
             wonderful
             Sympathy
             ,
             you
             must
             know
             ,
             betwixt
             the
          
           Author
           
             and
             this
             same
          
           Care.
           )
           
             But
             these
             are
             the
          
           Ornaments
           ,
           and
           Idioms
           
             of
             his
             Profession
             ;
             I
             must
             not
             call
             them
          
           Lies
           ,
           but
           Presbyterianisms
           .
        
         
           
             Yet
             again
          
           ,
           [
           Really
           Roger
           ,
           Thy
           Fiddle
           is
           as
           Damnably
           out
           of
           Tune
           ,
           and
           Thy
           Credit
           as
           much
           out
           at
           Elbows
           ,
           as
           when
           thou
           didst
           
             prostitute
             Body
             and
             Soul
          
           to
           
             Noll's
             High
             Nose
          
           ;
           and
           thou
           wilt
           look
           shortly
           worse
           by
           half
           then
           Harris
           in
           the
           Pillory
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             And
             yet
             once
             more
          
           ,
           Prethee
           get
           S
           —
           (
           that
           Quintessence
           of
           Knavery
           )
           or
           any
           of
           the
           
             St.
             Omer-Rogues
          
           ,
           thy
           Common
           ▪
           
           Companions
           ;
           I
           see
           thee
           ,
           and
           some
           
             Irish
             Cutthrotes
          
           every
           Night
           with
           thee
           ,
           at
           Man's
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Here
           's
           
             Another
             Flower
          
           of
           his
           Rhetorique
           ,
           and
           the
           Blaspheming
           of
           a
           
             Protestant
             Martyr
          
           ,
           over
           and
           above
           ;
           with
           two
           or
           three
           Presbyterianisms
           more
           ,
           into
           the
           Bargain
           .
        
         
           Here
           's
           
             Wit
             at
             Will
          
           ye
           see
           ,
           in
           the
           Dialect
           ,
           directly
           of
           a
           
             Western
             Barge
          
           :
           But
           the
           Man
           's
           in
           a
           Course
           of
           Physick
           ,
           and
           there
           's
           no
           more
           Contending
           with
           him
           ,
           then
           with
           the
           Governor
           of
           a
           Night-Cart
           ,
           that
           carries
           his
           Arguments
           in
           his
           Tubs
           .
           It
           is
           said
           to
           be
           the
           Work
           of
           one
           
             Harry
             Langly-Samuel
          
           :
           But
           whoever
           it
           is
           ,
           by
           my
           Troth
           ,
           I
           do
           e'enpitty
           the
           Wretch
           ,
           for
           he
           's
           
             set
             On
          
           ,
           and
           only
           Barks
           for
           a
           Crust
           .
           But
           upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           there
           went
           more
           Heads
           then
           One
           ,
           I
           'le
           assure
           ye
           ,
           to
           this
           Learned
           Piece
           ;
           and
           (
           as
           
             Lacies
             Wench
          
           (
           in
           
             Monsieur
             Ragou
          
           )
           said
           of
           her
           Bastard
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           
             Troops
             Child
          
           :
           And
           a
           very
           
             Unmannerly
             Brat
          
           it
           is
           ;
           I
           'le
           be
           judg'd
           by
           the
           Thrid-Merchant
           else
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           conclude
           in
           a
           grave
           Word
           or
           two
           ,
           this
           way
           of
           Fooling
           is
           neither
           my
           Talent
           ,
           nor
           my
           Inclination
           ;
           but
           I
           have
           great
           Authorities
           yet
           ,
           for
           the
           taking
           up
           of
           This
           Humour
           ,
           in
           regard
           not
           only
           of
           the
           Subject
           but
           of
           the
           Age
           we
           Live
           in
           ,
           whieh
           runs
           so
           much
           upon
           the
           Droll
           ,
           that
           hardly
           any
           thing
           else
           will
           down
           with
           it
           .
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           further
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           Dress
           of
           Levity
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           only
           avoided
           the
           Scurrility
           of
           a
           Buffon
           ,
           and
           the
           Hyperbole
           of
           an
           Extravagant
           ,
           and
           
             Unnatural
             Satyr
          
           ;
           but
           I
           have
           endeavour'd
           to
           paint
           
             Truth
             it self
          
           to
           the
           Life
           ,
           without
           any
           Prepossessions
           of
           Malevolence
           against
           either
           Parties
           ,
           or
           Persons
           .
           The
           King
           and
           the
           Church
           have
           been
           already
           destroy'd
           (
           even
           within
           Our
           Memories
           )
           under
           the
           Disguises
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Holiness
           .
           And
           these
           Dialogues
           are
           only
           presented
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           as
           a
           kinde
           of
           
             Historical
             Map
          
           of
           our
           
             Late
             Miseries
          
           ;
           that
           by
           
             laying
             Open
          
           the
           Rocks
           ,
           and
           Sands
           that
           we
           perisht
           upon
           before
           ,
           the
           People
           may
           be
           Caution'd
           against
           the
           Danger
           ,
           and
           Designe
           of
           a
           
             Second
             Miscarriage
          
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           CITT
           and
           BVMPKIN
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Second
             Part.
             
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               LEt
               's
               ee'n
               jogg
               on
               to
               Hampstead
               then
               ;
               and
               talk
               it
               out
               ,
               where
               we
               may
               Look
               about
               us
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               
                 True
                 man
                 's
              
               a
               meddling
               -
               Coxcomb
               ,
               and
               there
               's
               an
               end
               on
               't
               .
               An
               Eves-dropping-Cur
               ,
               to
               bolt
               in
               upon
               us
               out
               of
               a
               Closet
               so
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               'T
               is
               as
               I
               told
               ye
               ,
               
               Bumpkin
               ,
               and
               ye
               may
               lay
               it
               down
               for
               a
               Maxim
               ;
               that
               SWEARING
               and
               LYING
               
                 Governs
                 the
                 World.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               
                 Why
                 what
                 do
                 ye
                 think
                 of
              
               Canting
               ,
               Cousening
               ,
               Plotting
               ,
               Poysoning
               ,
               Supplanting
               ,
               Suborning
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               'T
               is
               all
               from
               the
               
                 Same
                 Root
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Conning
               of
               
                 This
                 Lesson
              
               makes
               ye
               Master
               of
               your
               Trade
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Of
               what
               Trade
               ,
               as
               thou
               lov'st
               me
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               The
               Trade
               of
               Mankind
               ,
               Bumpkin
               ;
               the
               Trade
               of
               Knavery
               :
               The
               Trade
               
                 of
                 turning
              
               Dirt
               into
               Gold
               :
               The
               Trade
               of
               Advancing
               Rascalls
               ,
               and
               Overturning
               Governments
               ;
               the
               Trade
               
                 of
                 taking
                 the
              
               Covenant
               with
               One
               hand
               ,
               
                 and
                 Cutting
                 a
              
               Throat
               
                 with
                 the
              
               Other
               ;
               the
               Trade
               
                 of
                 the
              
               Temple-walks
               ;
               The
               honest
               Affidavit-Trade
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               But
               dost
               thou
               call
               this
               an
               Honest
               Trade
               ,
               Citt
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               yes
               ,
               Bumpkin
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               
                 very
                 Honest
                 Trade
              
               that
               a
               man
               's
               the
               Better
               for
               ;
               and
               he
               's
               a
               very
               
                 Honest
                 Man
              
               too
               that
               lives
               by
               his
               Calling
               .
               Why
               it
               brings
               Power
               ,
               and
               Reputation
               along
               with
               it
               ;
               nay
               and
               it
               brings
               Mony
               too
               ,
               that
               brings
               Everything
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Reputation
               say'st
               thou
               ?
               why
               they
               're
               two
               of
               the
               
                 Damn'dest
                 Qualities
              
               in
               Nature
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               And
               yet
               
                 these
                 two
                 Damn'd
                 Qualities
              
               ,
               as
               thou
               cal'st
               them
               ,
               got
               the
               Better
               of
               the
               
                 Late
                 King
              
               ;
               and
               afterward
               of
               the
               Commons
               ;
               and
               after
               That
               ,
               of
               the
               Protector
               ;
               and
               to
               be
               Plain
               with
               ye
               ,
               Bumkin
               ,
               't
               is
               all
               that
               we
               our selves
               have
               to
               trust
               to
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               I
               cannot
               imagine
               what
               kind
               of
               Swearing
               and
               Lying
               it
               is
               that
               ye
               speak
               of
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               I
               do
               not
               speak
               of
               the
               way
               of
               the
               Bulleys
               ;
               the
               Dam-meb●ys
               ,
               or
               the
               
                 Irish
                 Cut-throats
              
               :
               I
               hate
               that
               
                 Confounding
                 ,
                 Damning
                 ,
                 Sinking
              
               ,
               
               Rotting
               humour
               of
               Swearing
               .
               I
               am
               for
               the
               Swearing
               Seldome
               ,
               and
               to
               Purpose
               ;
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               for
               the
               Engaging
               of
               a
               Party
               ;
               or
               for
               the
               making
               out
               of
               a
               
                 Stabbing
                 Evidence
              
               ,
               or
               so
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               
                 Oh
                 ho
                 ,
                 I
                 understand
                 ye
                 now
                 :
                 and
                 the
              
               Scrupling
               
                 of
                 a
              
               Small
               Oath
               
                 gives
                 a
                 man
              
               Credit
               
                 in
                 a
              
               Great
               One.
               
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               There
               's
               a
               great
               difference
               ,
               
               betwixt
               Swearing
               in
               a
               
               Religious-way
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               Profane
               ;
               though
               the
               Substance
               of
               the
               
                 Thing
                 Sworn
              
               come
               all
               to
               the
               same
               Passe
               :
               for
               there
               's
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               Hell
               in
               the
               case
               ,
               on
               both
               sides
               .
               As
               in
               the
               Instance
               now
               of
               the
               Late
               
                 Protestations
                 ,
                 Vows
                 ,
                 Oaths
              
               ,
               and
               Covenants
               ,
               that
               were
               Sworn
               in
               the
               Presence
               of
               the
               Allmighty
               and
               
                 Everliving
                 God
              
               ;
               and
               as
               the
               Lords
               and
               Commons
               should
               
                 Answer
                 for
                 't
                 at
                 the
                 Last
                 day
                 :
              
               In
               assertion
               of
               their
               Zeal
               ,
               and
               Affection
               for
               His
               
                 Majesties
                 Honour
              
               ,
               and
               Authority
               ,
               and
               the
               Establishment
               of
               our
               
                 Religion
                 ,
                 Laws
              
               ,
               and
               Liberties
               .
               What
               a
               Dignity
               ,
               what
               a
               Majesty
               is
               here
               in
               the
               very
               Stile
               ,
               and
               Number
               !
               Though
               in
               the
               Conclusion
               let
               me
               tell
               ye
               ,
               the
               Project
               went
               quite
               to
               another
               Tune
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Ay
               ay
               ;
               the
               Damme
               of
               the
               Covenant
               in
               the
               Church
               strikes
               a
               man
               with
               such
               a
               Reverence
               methinks
               ,
               over
               the
               
                 Hectors
                 Scandalous
                 Damme
              
               in
               a
               Tavern
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Most
               acutely
               observ'd
               :
               for
               the
               Scandall
               lies
               in
               the
               Condition
               of
               the
               Place
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Sound
               of
               the
               words
               ,
               not
               in
               the
               Meaning
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               I
               had
               Terrible
               Qualmes
               at
               first
               ,
               
               Citt
               ,
               about
               the
               Swallowing
               of
               Oaths
               ,
               and
               other
               Puntillos
               of
               Scruple
               ;
               but
               they
               are
               nothing
               so
               Frequent
               of
               Late
               ,
               nor
               so
               Troublesome
               as
               they
               were
               wont
               to
               be
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               That
               will
               All
               over
               Bumpkin
               in
               time
               .
               Where
               's
               the
               
                 Good
                 Fellow
              
               that
               did
               not
               Puke
               upon
               his
               
                 First
                 Debauch
              
               !
               And
               a
               Bawd
               is
               never
               the
               lesse
               Reverend
               ,
               because
               she
               Whimper'd
               perhaps
               some
               Five
               and
               Fifty
               Years
               agoe
               ,
               for
               the
               Losse
               of
               her
               Maydenhead
               .
               Nay
               it
               was
               a
               good
               while
               ,
               before
               our
               
                 Hero's
                 Themselves
              
               could
               bring
               their
               Oaths
               of
               Allegiance
               ,
               and
               their
               Covenants
               to
               Conjobble
               together
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Why
               for
               that
               matter
               ;
               All
               's
               but
               
                 Use
                 Citt
              
               ;
               All
               's
               but
               Use.
               
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Nothing
               in
               the
               World
               else
               :
               And
               when
               a
               man
               has
               got
               the
               Trick
               on
               't
               ,
               if
               he
               has
               taken
               
                 Twenty
                 Oaths
              
               ,
               hee
               'le
               fetch
               ye
               up
               
                 any
                 One
              
               of
               them
               again
               ,
               that
               you
               'le
               call
               for
               ,
               with
               as
               much
               ease
               ,
               as
               the
               Water-drinker
               at
               Bartholomew-Fair
               does
               his
               
                 Several
                 Liquors
              
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               certain
               ,
               
               that
               an
               Oath
               ,
               or
               the
               calling
               of
               God
               to
               Witnesse
               ,
               is
               the
               most
               Solemn
               ,
               and
               
                 Universall
                 Tye
              
               in
               Nature
               ,
               and
               so
               Accompted
               ,
               among
               People
               of
               all
               Nations
               ,
               and
               Opinions
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               And
               there
               's
               no
               doubt
               ,
               but
               the
               Influence
               that
               it
               has
               upon
               mens
               minds
               ,
               is
               the
               most
               Powerfull
               of
               all
               Impressions
               ;
               and
               of
               the
               greatest
               effect
               ,
               in
               the
               Manage
               of
               our
               most
               Important
               affairs
               .
               So
               that
               it
               is
               no
               wonder
               to
               see
               all
               matters
               of
               the
               Highest
               moment
               ,
               as
               well
               Private
               ,
               as
               Publique
               ,
               as
               well
               Warrantable
               ,
               as
               Not
               ,
               committed
               to
               this
               way
               of
               Caution
               ,
               and
               Test.
               
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               'T
               is
               very
               true
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Case
               of
               
                 Testimony
                 ,
                 Civil
                 Duty
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Canonical
                 Obedience
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Now
               as
               the
               Wit
               of
               Man
               could
               never
               invent
               a
               more
               Competent
               Expedient
               ,
               
               then
               
                 These
                 Oaths
              
               ,
               well
               apply'd
               ,
               for
               the
               Maintainance
               of
               the
               Government
               ,
               and
               the
               Support
               of
               
                 Publick
                 Justice
              
               :
               So
               whosoever
               would
               Dissolve
               this
               Frame
               ,
               must
               finde
               a
               way
               to
               introduce
               
                 OTHER
                 OATHS
              
               in
               Opposition
               to
               These
               ;
               and
               to
               turn
               the
               Edg
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               against
               it self
               ,
               by
               drawing
               the
               most
               
                 Popular
                 Lawyers
              
               ,
               and
               Divines
               into
               the
               Party
               .
               This
               is
               the
               Naked
               Truth
               of
               the
               business
               ;
               and
               to
               deal
               plainly
               with
               ye
               ,
               unless
               you
               give
               me
               your
               
                 Solemn
                 Oath
              
               ,
               that
               you
               'l
               be
               True
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               Firm
               to
               the
               
                 Cause
                 in
                 hand
              
               ,
               I
               must
               not
               move
               one
               Inch
               further
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Why
               then
               by
               all
               that
               was
               ever
               sworn
               by
               before
               ,
               I
               will
               be
               Both.
               
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               The
               League
               is
               now
               struck
               ,
               and
               the
               sooner
               we
               Unmasque
               ,
               the
               better
               ;
               for
               it
               begets
               Freedom
               ,
               and
               Confidence
               in
               each
               Other
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Here
               are
               two
               difficulties
               in
               the
               way
               ,
               which
               I
               would
               fain
               have
               remov'd
               ;
               the
               One
               is
               ,
               how
               to
               get
               the
               People
               to
               take
               such
               an
               Oath
               of
               Opposition
               as
               is
               here
               Imagin'd
               ;
               and
               the
               Other
               is
               how
               to
               Countenance
               ,
               and
               Palliate
               the
               keeping
               of
               That
               Oath
               ,
               when
               they
               have
               Taken
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               It
               was
               the
               Masterpiece
               of
               our
               Late
               Reformers
               ,
               
               to
               Contrive
               such
               an
               Oath
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Sense
               ,
               and
               Grammer
               of
               it
               carry'd
               the
               face
               of
               a
               Provision
               for
               the
               
                 Common
                 benefit
              
               ,
               and
               Security
               ,
               both
               of
               King
               and
               People
               ,
               upon
               pretence
               that
               the
               
                 Government
                 Civil
              
               ,
               and
               Ecclesiastical
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Protestant
                 Religion
                 it self
              
               were
               all
               in
               danger
               .
               This
               plausible
               Imposture
               went
               down
               with
               the
               Common
               People
               ,
               without
               much
               Examination
               ;
               especially
               under
               the
               Colour
               of
               a
               
                 Parliamentary
                 Authority
              
               to
               back
               it
               :
               And
               it
               was
               so
               far
               from
               appearing
               at
               first
               Blush
               ,
               to
               thwart
               the
               
                 Regular
                 Oaths
              
               of
               the
               Government
               ,
               that
               it
               seem'd
               to
               the
               Multitude
               ,
               rather
               to
               Second
               
               and
               Enforce
               them
               .
               But
               when
               they
               came
               to
               finde
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               sworn
               to
               they
               knew
               not
               what
               ,
               and
               that
               
                 This
                 Covenant
              
               ,
               being
               Originally
               design'd
               for
               an
               Engine
               to
               Vnhinge
               the
               Government
               ,
               the
               Takers
               of
               it
               were
               ty'd
               up
               to
               the
               sense
               of
               the
               Imposers
               :
               They
               had
               but
               this
               Choice
               before
               'um
               ;
               either
               to
               comply
               with
               the
               Ends
               of
               the
               Caball
               that
               set
               it
               a
               foot
               ,
               or
               to
               deliver
               up
               their
               Lives
               ,
               and
               Fortunes
               at
               Mercy
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               So
               that
               the
               Letter
               of
               the
               Oath
               ,
               was
               For
               the
               Government
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Intent
                 Against
              
               it
               .
               But
               what
               Arguments
               did
               they
               use
               for
               the
               supporting
               of
               it
               ,
               after
               the
               Discovery
               of
               the
               Fraud
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Only
               the
               Common
               Arguments
               of
               Exorbitant
               Power
               ;
               
                 Jayls
                 ,
                 Plunders
                 ,
                 Confiscations
                 ,
                 Axes
                 ,
                 Gibbets
                 ,
              
               &c.
               for
               breach
               of
               Covenant
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Well
               ,
               but
               there
               was
               a
               Train
               of
               
                 Contradictory
                 Oaths
              
               afterward
               ,
               One
               upon
               the
               heel
               of
               another
               ,
               thorough
               I
               know
               not
               how
               many
               Changes
               of
               State
               ;
               what
               became
               of
               the
               Covenant
               in
               
                 those
                 Revolutions
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt
               
            
             
               The
               
                 Single
                 Covenant
              
               had
               
                 all
                 those
                 Oaths
              
               in
               the
               Belly
               of
               it
               ;
               
               and
               as
               many
               more
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               possible
               to
               find
               Cases
               within
               the
               Compasse
               of
               human
               Apprehension
               :
               For
               it
               imported
               an
               Absolute
               and
               
                 Implicit
                 Resignation
              
               to
               the
               Will
               and
               Pleasure
               ,
               of
               whoever
               was
               Vppermost
               ;
               so
               that
               the
               Submissions
               of
               those
               times
               were
               only
               look't
               upon
               as
               Passive
               ,
               and
               
                 Temporary
                 Yieldings
              
               to
               the
               
                 Present
                 Power
              
               ,
               still
               as
               
                 One
                 Interest
              
               justled
               
                 out
                 another
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               And
               there
               were
               some
               too
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               ,
               that
               when
               they
               were
               once
               Fool'd
               out
               of
               the
               way
               ,
               made
               it
               a
               matter
               of
               Conscience
               not
               to
               be
               set
               Right
               again
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Oh
               ,
               there
               were
               a
               great
               many
               that
               thought
               themselves
               bound
               by
               the
               
                 Latter
                 Oath
              
               ,
               and
               Discharg'd
               of
               the
               Former
               ;
               Especially
               ,
               when
               they
               had
               got
               the
               better
               end
               of
               the
               Staff
               ,
               and
               
                 All
                 Power
                 is
                 from
                 God
              
               ,
               in
               
                 Their
                 Favour
              
               .
               But
               to
               be
               short
               ,
               whatout
               of
               
                 Fear
                 ,
                 Shame
                 ,
                 Weakness
                 ,
                 Obstinacy
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               like
               ;
               they
               stuck
               to
               the
               Combination
               ,
               and
               made
               themselves
               Masters
               of
               the
               Government
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               You
               have
               here
               set
               forth
               in
               this
               famous
               Instance
               of
               the
               Covenant
               ,
               how
               Easily
               and
               by
               what
               Means
               the
               Multitude
               may
               be
               inveigled
               into
               Engagements
               ;
               and
               you
               have
               laid
               open
               the
               Consequences
               of
               such
               Leagues
               ,
               and
               the
               Difficulty
               of
               Retriving
               them
               :
               But
               how
               shall
               we
               apply
               .
               
                 This
                 Modell
              
               now
               to
               
                 our
                 Purpose
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Why
               just
               as
               They
               apply'd
               the
               
                 Holy
                 League
              
               of
               France
               ,
               to
               Theirs
               :
               for
               the
               Common
               people
               have
               the
               very
               same
               Passions
               ,
               the
               
               same
               
                 Weaknesses
                 ,
                 Now
              
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               then
               :
               and
               if
               some
               of
               our
               
                 Cock-brayn'd
                 Zelots
              
               had
               not
               
                 out-run
                 the
                 Constable
              
               ,
               we
               might
               have
               been
               half
               way
               to
               our
               Journeys
               end
               by
               this
               time
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Nay
               the
               truth
               of
               it
               is
               Citt
               ;
               
               the
               Nation
               is
               nothing
               near
               so
               hott
               upon
               the
               businesse
               now
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               some
               Ten
               or
               
                 Twelve
                 months
                 agoe
              
               :
               and
               they
               grow
               still
               cooler
               and
               cooler
               methinks
               ,
               every
               day
               more
               then
               other
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               And
               what
               's
               the
               Reason
               of
               all
               This
               ,
               now
               ?
               we
               play
               out
               Game
               too
               open
               ,
               and
               the
               Plot
               's
               Discover'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Well
               well
               Citt
               ,
               some
               body
               will
               smoak
               for
               this
               One
               day
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               If
               we
               could
               have
               contented
               our selves
               with
               an
               Orderly
               Emprovement
               of
               the
               
                 Popish
                 Conspiracy
              
               ,
               and
               gone
               thorough
               the
               work
               of
               Religion
               ,
               before
               we
               meddled
               with
               Matter
               of
               State
               ;
               we
               had
               done
               the
               Jobb
               ,
               but
               the
               Republicans
               hurry'd
               us
               on
               so
               fast
               :
               (
               Ay
               and
               
                 Great
                 ones
              
               too
               )
               I
               should
               be
               lo●h
               (
               as
               thou
               sayst
               )
               to
               be
               in
               some
               of
               their
               Jackets
               for
               't
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Nay
               really
               I
               was
               sensible
               of
               it
               my self
               ,
               that
               they
               did
               things
               
                 hand
                 over
                 head
              
               ;
               and
               ran
               on
               many
               times
               without
               either
               Fear
               or
               Wit.
               But
               however
               ,
               I
               shouldbe
               glad
               to
               be
               particularly
               Instructed
               how
               far
               they
               did
               Well
               or
               
                 Ill
                 ,
                 What
              
               they
               should
               have
               done
               instead
               on
               't
               ,
               where
               they
               did
               amiss
               ;
               and
               what
               we
               our
               
                 selves
                 are
              
               to
               do
               ,
               as
               the
               Case
               stands
               with
               Vs
               at
               present
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               a
               Contemplation
               well
               digested
               ,
               and
               I
               'le
               speak
               by
               and
               by
               to
               thy
               four
               Questions
               in
               course
               as
               they
               lye
               .
            
             
               We
               have
               been
               hammering
               (
               thou
               knowest
               )
               at
               Popery
               ,
               
               
                 Ceremonies
                 ,
                 Subscriptions
                 ,
                 Oaths
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Tests
                 ,
                 Liberty
                 of
                 Conscience
              
               ,
               and
               now
               and
               then
               a
               snap
               at
               
                 Arbitrary
                 Power
              
               ,
               ever
               since
               the
               King
               came
               in
               ,
               without
               gaining
               any
               ground
               upon
               the
               Government
               more
               then
               what
               we
               bought
               with
               our
               
                 hard
                 mony
              
               ;
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               so
               many
               flowers
               of
               the
               Crown
               ,
               for
               so
               many
               Taxes
               ,
               and
               Supplies
               .
               (
               The
               Nation
               being
               divided
               upon
               these
               Points
               ,
               and
               the
               Crown
               and
               Church-Party
               standing
               in
               Opposition
               to
               the
               Other
               )
               .
               At
               length
               broke
               out
               this
               accursed
               Design
               upon
               the
               Life
               of
               our
               Sovereign
               ,
               and
               our
               
                 Establish'd
                 Religion
              
               .
               Which
               Providence
               united
               
                 Both
                 Interests
              
               in
               
                 One
                 Common
                 Cause
              
               ,
               though
               with
               
                 differing
                 Ends.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               This
               you
               '
               l
               say
               ,
               was
               a
               fair
               Foundation
               laid
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Total
               destruction
               of
               the
               Papists
               ,
               but
               when
               
                 That
                 's
                 done
                 ,
                 Citt
              
               ,
               where
               are
               we
               to
               be
               Next
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Why
               that
               will
               never
               be
               done
               man
               ;
               
               while
               there
               's
               a
               Surplice
               or
               a
               
                 Blew
                 Garter
              
               in
               the
               Three
               Kingdoms
               .
               For
               there
               's
               your
               
               Church-Papist
               ,
               your
               Pentioner-Papist
               ,
               your
               
                 Papist
                 in
                 Masquerade
              
               ,
               your
               
                 Concealed
                 Papist
              
               ,
               these
               are
               all
               of●um
               forty
               times
               worse
               then
               your
               
                 Known
                 ,
                 Jesuited
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Barefaced
                 Papist
              
               .
               And
               in
               One
               word
               ,
               't
               is
               as
               easy
               a
               thing
               to
               give
               any
               man
               the
               mark
               of
               the
               Beast
               ,
               that
               stands
               in
               
                 Our
                 way
              
               ,
               as
               for
               a
               Horse-courser
               to
               make
               a
               Star
               in
               a
               
                 Jades
                 Forehead
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Without
               all
               doubt
               Citt
               ,
               and
               whosoever
               does
               not
               
                 Petition
                 ,
                 Protest
                 ,
                 Associate
                 ,
                 Covenant
                 ,
                 Act
                 ,
              
               and
               Believe
               as
               We
               do
               ,
               is
               a
               Rank
               Papist
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Nay
               ,
               
               I
               'le
               go
               further
               with
               ye
               Bumkin
               ;
               I
               'le
               tell
               ye
               by
               a
               mans
               Evidence
               ,
               his
               Furniture
               ,
               his
               Trunk
               ,
               his
               Brains
               ,
               or
               his
               Estate
               ,
               without
               ever
               examining
               his
               Faith
               ,
               whether
               he
               be
               a
               Protestant
               or
               a
               Papist
               .
               I
               have
               led
               ye
               a
               little
               out
               of
               your
               way
               ,
               to
               shew
               ye
               this
               secret
               ,
               and
               assure
               your self
               ,
               
                 whenever
                 this
                 Cloak
                 fails
                 ye
                 ,
                 y'
                 are
                 left
                 Naked
                 :
              
               But
               now
               to
               the
               Question
               of
               menaging
               This
               Occasion
               .
            
             
               So
               far
               as
               the
               Court
               ,
               
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               the
               Bench
               went
               along
               with
               us
               ,
               in
               the
               Opening
               ,
               the
               Exposing
               ,
               the
               Discountenancing
               ,
               and
               passing
               Sentence
               upon
               this
               
                 Hellish
                 Plot
              
               ,
               we
               could
               not
               do
               amiss
               .
               And
               then
               it
               was
               well
               follow'd
               ,
               in
               getting
               the
               
                 Popish
                 Lords
              
               out
               of
               the
               House
               ;
               In
               dividing
               the
               Order
               of
               Bishops
               ,
               into
               
                 Three
                 Protestants
              
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Rest
                 ,
                 Papists
              
               ;
               as
               it
               has
               been
               since
               ,
               in
               feeding
               the
               Peoples
               Jealousies
               all
               over
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               with
               daily
               Intelligences
               of
               
                 New
                 Fires
                 ,
                 New
                 Plots
                 ,
                 New
                 Discoveries
                 ,
              
               to
               keep
               their
               
                 Fears
                 Waking
              
               ,
               though
               in
               most
               Cases
               without
               any
               Ground
               whatsoever
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               'T
               was
               a
               plain
               thing
               there
               ,
               in
               some
               of
               the
               Penmen
               of
               the
               Narrative
               to
               bring
               the
               King
               into
               the
               Plot
               against
               himself
               ,
               was
               't
               not
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Well
               ,
               and
               was
               it
               not
               a
               notable
               Push
               ,
               to
               charge
               it
               so
               home
               upon
               the
               Council
               ,
               that
               
                 they
                 would
                 clap
                 Vp
                 no
                 body
                 for
                 't
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               And
               really
               ,
               to
               give
               the
               Intelligences
               their
               due
               ,
               they
               ha'n't
               spar'd
               telling
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               the
               Judges
               ,
               and
               the
               Bishops
               ,
               their
               Own
               neither
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               It
               has
               been
               well
               enough
               done
               too
               ,
               to
               brand
               those
               for
               
                 Publick
                 Enemies
              
               ,
               that
               would
               not
               go
               along
               with
               us
               ;
               and
               for
               Popishly-Affected
               ,
               that
               but
               so
               much
               as
               open
               their
               Mouths
               for
               Moderation
               ;
               to
               ply
               his
               Majesty
               with
               Petitions
               ,
               the
               City
               and
               Country
               ,
               with
               
                 Speeches
                 ,
                 Remonstrances
              
               ,
               and
               Appeals
               .
               The
               Starting
               the
               Case
               of
               the
               Succession
               was
               not
               amiss
               neither
               ,
               nor
               the
               President
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeths
               Association
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum
               :
            
             
               But
               I
               have
               heard
               my
               Old
               Master
               speak
               of
               
                 that
                 Association
              
               ,
               as
               a
               Trick
               of
               State
               ,
               with
               a
               special
               regard
               to
               the
               Queen
               of
               Scots
               ,
               and●
               
               that
               though
               Cambden
               makes
               the
               Queen
               say
               that
               
                 she
                 had
                 no
                 knowledge
                 of
                 it
                 before
                 it
                 was
                 presented
                 ,
              
               he
               does
               not
               say
               so
               yet
               himself
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               There
               have
               been
               several
               Deliberations
               also
               upon
               Entring
               into
               
                 Publick
                 Protestations
              
               of
               
                 Joyning
                 as
                 One
                 man
                 against
                 Popery
                 ,
              
               that
               have
               been
               very
               Favourable
               to
               our
               Purpose
               :
               And
               it
               was
               no
               Ill
               Contrivance
               ,
               the
               Burning
               of
               the
               Pope
               ,
               with
               that
               Solemnity
               in
               Fleet-street
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               And
               what
               do
               ye
               think
               of
               the
               List
               of
               the
               
                 Unanimous
                 Club
              
               of
               Voters
               ?
               (
               That
               about
               the
               
                 Court
                 Pensioners
              
               I
               mean
               ;
               )
               That
               was
               a
               Notable
               device
               ,
               let
               me
               tell
               ye
               :
               for
               hardly
               any
               of
               them
               got
               into
               the
               House
               after
               .
               But
               still
               if
               all
               this
               has
               been
               so
               much
               to
               our
               Advantage
               ,
               how
               comes
               it
               that
               we
               lose
               Ground
               ,
               and
               that
               any
               thing
               else
               should
               take
               place
               Against
               us
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               We
               may
               e'en
               thank
               a
               Company
               of
               
                 Hot-headed
                 Fools
              
               in
               our
               
                 own
                 Party
              
               .
               
               For
               taking
               off
               the
               
                 Masque
                 too
              
               soon
               ;
               and
               for
               Writing
               and
               Printing
               so
               unseasonably
               against
               the
               
                 Civil
                 Government
              
               whatever
               came
               uppermost
               :
               which
               they
               have
               done
               to
               that
               degree
               of
               
                 Inconsiderate
                 Rashness
              
               ,
               that
               the
               
                 Long
                 Parliament
              
               had
               an
               Army
               in
               the
               Field
               ,
               before
               they
               ventur'd
               half
               so
               far
               .
               They
               have
               already
               set
               the
               
                 Lords
                 and
                 Commons
              
               above
               the
               King
               ,
               plac'd
               the
               Government
               in
               the
               People
               ,
               nay
               ,
               they
               have
               been
               Nibbling
               already
               at
               the
               Militia
               ,
               the
               Power
               of
               Life
               and
               Death
               ,
               and
               of
               Calling
               ,
               and
               
                 Dissolving
                 Parliaments
              
               :
               They
               have
               Reviv'd
               the
               19
               
                 Old
                 Propositions
              
               ;
               tearing
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               Ministers
               out
               of
               the
               very
               Arms
               of
               their
               Master
               ;
               and
               they
               have
               as
               good
               as
               told
               the
               King
               in
               plain
               terms
               before-hand
               ,
               what
               he
               is
               to
               Trush
               to
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               speak
               here
               of
               any
               of
               our
               
                 Parliamentary
                 Proceedings
              
               ;
               but
               of
               the
               Licence
               of
               
                 Private
                 Libertines
              
               that
               write
               and
               talk
               at
               random
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Nay
               't
               is
               but
               too
               True
               ,
               Citt
               ;
               For
               't
               has
               been
               cast
               in
               my
               Teeth
               Twenty
               times
               :
               
                 Matters
                 are
                 come
                 to
                 a
                 fine
                 Passe
                 ,
              
               they
               cry
               ,
               
                 when
                 the
                 Kings
              
               Life
               
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 preserv'd
                 by
                 those
                 that
                 would
                 take
                 the
              
               Crown
               
                 off
                 on
                 's
                 head
                 ;
                 and
                 the
              
               Protestant
               Religion
               
                 by
                 the
              
               Profest
               Enemies
               
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 of
              
               England
               .
               But
               now
               ye
               have
               told
               me
               wherein
               they
               did
               Well
               and
               Ill
               ,
               let
               me
               hear
               in
               the
               Next
               place
               what
               they
               should
               have
               done
               if
               You
               had
               been
               their
               Adviser
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               They
               should
               have
               Perpetuated
               the
               Apprehensions
               of
               Popery
               by
               Good
               Husbandry
               and
               Manage
               ;
               without
               running
               the
               whole
               Party
               down
               at
               a
               Heat
               ,
               till
               there
               was
               hardly
               a
               Papist
               left
               in
               a
               Country
               for
               a
               man
               to
               throw
               his
               Cap
               at
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Why
               That
               's
               the
               thing
               ,
               man
               ;
               They
               have
               destroy'd
               the
               Game
               
               to
               that
               degree
               that
               we
               are
               e'en
               ready
               to
               Eat
               up
               one
               another
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Ay
               ,
               ay
               ;
               
               So
               many
               Poachers
               ,
               they
               have
               spoyl'd
               all
               :
               We
               should
               have
               kept
               a
               stock
               of
               Priests
               and
               Jesuits
               in
               Reserve
               ,
               and
               playd'um
               off
               now
               and
               then
               ,
               one
               after
               another
               at
               Leisure
               .
               This
               would
               have
               entertain'd
               the
               Multitude
               well
               enough
               ;
               and
               kept
               the
               Humour
               in
               a
               Ferment
               ,
               and
               Disposition
               for
               
                 greater
                 matters
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               
                 Very
                 Right
              
               ,
               Citt
               ;
               
                 We
                 should
                 have
              
               Hang'd
               to
               day
               
                 as
                 we
                 may
              
               Hang
               to
               morrow
               ;
               
                 for
                 an
              
               Execution
               
                 is
                 an
              
               Execution
               ;
               
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 but
                 of
              
               One
               ,
               
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 of
              
               Twenty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               
               and
               we
               see
               besides
               ,
               that
               
                 much
                 Bloud
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Numerous
                 Executions
              
               turn
               the
               
                 Holy
                 Rage
              
               of
               a
               People
               many
               times
               into
               a
               Foolish
               ,
               and
               
                 Degenerate
                 Pitty
              
               :
               over
               and
               above
               ,
               that
               at
               the
               Other
               Thrifty
               rate
               ,
               we
               could
               never
               have
               wanted
               matter
               to
               work
               upon
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               There
               's
               hardly
               any
               thing
               ,
               Citt
               ;
               that
               has
               done
               us
               more
               Mischief
               ,
               
               then
               the
               Accusing
               of
               This
               Lord
               ,
               That
               Commoner
               ;
               This
               Bishop
               ,
               That
               Alderman
               ;
               This
               Citizen
               ,
               That
               Country-Gentleman
               ;
               for
               Popishly-Affected
               ;
               when
               the
               whole
               world
               knows'um
               to
               be
               
                 Church-of
                 England-Protestants
              
               .
               One
               crys
               't
               is
               Spite
               to
               the
               Person
               ,
               Another
               will
               have
               it
               to
               be
               Malice
               to
               the
               Government
               ;
               a
               Third
               calls
               the
               Enformers
               a
               Company
               of
               Rogues
               ,
               that
               Care
               not
               what
               they
               say
               ,
               and
               brings
               a
               Scandall
               upon
               
                 better
                 Evidence
              
               ,
               Nay
               and
               who
               knows
               at
               last
               ,
               but
               these
               pittyfull
               Fellows
               may
               be
               set
               on
               by
               the
               Papists
               ,
               to
               disparage
               the
               Plot
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Not
               unlikely
               Bumpkin
               ;
               For
               there
               's
               nothing
               makes
               men
               more
               Secure
               ,
               and
               Carelesse
               ,
               in
               the
               Case
               of
               
                 Reall
                 Dangers
              
               ,
               then
               the
               Frequent
               Triffing
               of
               them
               with
               
                 False
                 Alarms
              
               .
               But
               yet
               let
               me
               tell
               ye
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Other
               point
               ;
               that
               it
               is
               not
               Simply
               the
               Charging
               of
               men
               ,
               (
               according
               to
               your
               Instances
               )
               for
               Popishly-affected
               ,
               but
               the
               Charging
               of
               them
               Vnreasonably
               ,
               that
               does
               Us
               the
               great
               Mischief
               .
               For
               our
               work
               will
               never
               go
               on
               without
               Popery
               ;
               and
               rathen
               
                 Want
                 Papists
              
               ,
               we
               must
               Create
               them
               .
               But
               This
               is
               not
               a
               Project
               to
               be
               perfected
               at
               a
               Heat
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               And
               we
               are
               not
               in
               Condition
               ,
               Citt
               ;
               to
               wait
               the
               doing
               of
               it
               by
               Degrees
               .
               What
               becomes
               of
               us
               Now
               Then
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Oh
               ,
               set
               your
               heart
               at
               ease
               for
               That
               ,
               Bumkin
               .
               we
               have
               Twenty
               Irons
               in
               the
               Fire
               ;
               and
               if
               those
               fail
               ,
               we
               'le
               have
               twenty
               Fires
               more
               ,
               and
               Twenty
               times
               as
               many
               Irons
               again
               in
               every
               Fire
               .
               We
               should
               have
               gone
               on
               ,
               fair
               and
               softly
               ,
               in
               the
               very
               steps
               of
               our
               Predecessors
               :
               But
               if
               men
               will
               leave
               the
               plain
               Road
               ,
               
               and
               be
               trying
               Experiments
               ,
               upon
               their
               Own
               Heads
               ,
               over
               
                 Hedge
                 and
                 Ditch
              
               ,
               to
               finde
               out
               a
               nearer
               way
               to
               their
               Journeys
               End
               ;
               
               who
               can
               help
               it
               ,
               if
               they
               break
               a
               Leg
               or
               an
               Arm
               by
               the
               way
               ,
               and
               so
               fall
               short
               at
               last
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Why
               then
               't
               is
               but
               so
               much
               time
               lost
               ,
               and
               going
               back
               into
               the
               Road
               again
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Just
               as
               if
               when
               a
               man
               has
               shewed
               himself
               and
               Frighted
               up
               the
               Fowl
               ,
               you
               should
               send
               him
               back
               again
               to
               his
               Stalking-horse
               to
               make
               his
               Shoot
               .
               But
               as
               it
               is
               ,
               however
               ,
               we
               must
               make
               the
               best
               of
               a
               Bad
               Game
               ,
               and
               take
               our
               measures
               as
               we
               see
               Occasion
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               As
               how
               ,
               
                 take
                 our
                 Measures
              
               ,
               I
               prethee
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               As
               thus
               Bumkin
               .
               We
               must
               shape
               our
               Course
               ,
               
               according
               to
               the
               Circumstances
               before
               us
               ,
               with
               a
               respect
               to
               the
               Power
               ,
               and
               Interest
               of
               
                 Parties
                 ,
                 Change
              
               of
               Counsels
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               State
               ,
               the
               Humour
               ,
               and
               the
               Instruments
               of
               Government
               :
               So
               that
               what
               's
               Beneficial
               to
               day
               ,
               may
               be
               Dangerous
               to
               morrow
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               Profitable
               again
               the
               Next
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               But
               how
               shall
               the
               
                 Common
                 People
              
               judge
               of
               these
               Niceties
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Why
               they
               are
               not
               to
               Judge
               at
               all
               ye
               Fool
               ;
               but
               to
               be
               menag'd
               ,
               with
               
                 Invisible
                 Wires
              
               like
               Puppets
               ;
               and
               not
               to
               know
               either
               the
               Why
               ,
               or
               the
               What
               ,
               of
               things
               ,
               but
               to
               do
               as
               they
               are
               bid
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               I
               have
               been
               expecting
               a
               good
               while
               that
               ye
               should
               say
               something
               concerning
               Swearing
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Why
               so
               I
               Have
               ,
               and
               so
               I
               Will.
               But
               I
               'le
               first
               give
               ye
               the
               whole
               Scheme
               of
               the
               business
               in
               short
               .
               The
               Government
               can
               never
               be
               Vndermin'd
               ,
               but
               by
               a
               Confederacy
               ;
               there
               can
               be
               no
               Confederacy
               without
               an
               Oath
               :
               Nor
               any
               thought
               of
               a
               
                 Popular
                 Oath
              
               ,
               without
               a
               Colour
               of
               some
               Authority
               to
               Countenance
               it
               ;
               Nor
               any
               
                 Colourable
                 Authority
              
               ,
               but
               in
               a
               
                 Well-Affected
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
              
               ;
               and
               
                 that
                 Qualification
              
               depends
               wholly
               upon
               a
               Right
               Choice
               of
               the
               Members
               ,
               as
               
                 that
                 Choice
              
               again
               depends
               upon
               the
               
                 good
                 Inclination
              
               of
               those
               that
               Chuse
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               So
               that
               the
               Good-Will
               of
               the
               People
               is
               the
               Key
               of
               the
               Work
               ;
               and
               we
               have
               gain'd
               that
               point
               already
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               We
               HAD
               gain'd
               it
               Bumkin
               ,
               
               but
               they
               fall
               off
               most
               confoundedly
               .
               The
               next
               step
               ,
               is
               a
               
                 Well-principled
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
              
               .
               (
               and
               the
               Rest
               follows
               in
               Course
               ,
               )
               How
               this
               will
               prove
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               but
               the
               Nation
               has
               been
               warn'd
               sufficiently
               against
               your
               
               
                 Ecclesiastieal
                 Officers
                 ,
                 Prelatical
                 Men
                 ,
                 Courtiers
                 ,
                 Pentioners
                 ,
                 Debauchees
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               like
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Nay
               ,
               we
               made
               the
               veriest
               Rogues
               of
               'um
               ,
               in
               the
               Countrys
               too
               :
               As
               
                 Papists
                 ,
                 Atheists
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Devil
               and
               all
               .
               And
               yet
               ,
               let
               me
               tell
               ye
               ,
               the
               Court
               ,
               and
               Country-Party
               carry'd
               it
               in
               many
               places
               in
               spite
               of
               the
               Hearts
               of
               us
               ;
               but
               that
               's
               no
               fault
               of
               Ours
               ,
               you
               'l
               say
               .
               Hold
               a
               little
               ,
               Did
               not
               you
               tell
               me
               t'other
               day
               that
               we
               should
               bring
               our
               Petitions
               about
               again
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               I
               did
               ,
               but
               the
               Committee
               has
               taken
               up
               Other
               Resolutions
               since
               ;
               for
               it
               made
               such
               a
               Noise
               ye
               see
               ,
               that
               people
               were
               taken
               Notice
               of
               ,
               and
               undone
               by
               't
               .
               This
               phansy
               of
               Proroguing
               ,
               and
               Dissolving
               ,
               has
               dasht
               all
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               So
               that
               Petitioning
               is
               quite
               out
               of
               Doors
               then
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               not
               so
               neither
               ,
               Bumpkin
               ;
               but
               we
               must
               look
               hereafter
               to
               the
               Timing
               and
               to
               the
               Matter
               of
               our
               Petitions
               .
               Our
               
                 Cock-brain'd
                 Linnen-Draper
              
               there
               made
               a
               Filthy
               stir
               ;
               I
               would
               his
               Tongue
               had
               been
               in
               a
               Cleft-stick
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Well
               ;
               but
               there
               are
               Swinging
               Petitions
               afoot
               yet
               ,
               for
               all
               This.
               
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Nay
               we
               may
               live
               to
               see
               some
               of
               the
               Lords
               Spirituall
               and
               Temporall
               upon
               their
               Mary-bones
               yet
               ,
               before
               we
               have
               done
               with
               '
               um
               .
               But
               not
               a
               word
               of
               This
               ,
               till
               we
               see
               how
               the
               Parliament's
               in
               Tune
               for
               't
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               And
               That
               's
               but
               Reason
               ,
               Citt
               ;
               for
               fear
               We
               should
               be
               for
               One
               thing
               ,
               and
               They
               for
               Another
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Wherefore
               't
               was
               wisely
               done
               of
               the
               
                 Long
                 Parliament
              
               ,
               
               to
               have
               a
               
                 Private
                 Cabal
              
               of
               their
               Own
               :
               For
               so
               long
               as
               they
               drew
               the
               Petitions
               Themselves
               ,
               the
               House
               ,
               and
               the
               Petitioners
               would
               be
               sure
               to
               agree
               upon
               the
               Matter
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               So
               much
               for
               the
               Timing
               ,
               and
               the
               Matter
               of
               Petitions
               .
               But
               when
               shall
               we
               come
               to
               the
               point
               of
               
                 Swearing
                 ,
                 Citt
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               I
               'le
               lead
               ye
               to
               't
               in
               a
               Trice
               ;
               First
               we
               Petition
               ,
               for
               one
               thing
               after
               another
               ,
               till
               we
               come
               at
               last
               to
               be
               Deny'd
               ;
               The
               next
               advance
               is
               to
               Associate
               ,
               and
               Then
               ,
               to
               Swear
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Well!
               but
               This
               must
               be
               under
               the
               Banner
               of
               the
               
                 Peoples
                 Representative
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               No
               doubt
               on
               't
               ;
               and
               That
               's
               the
               Easiest
               thing
               in
               the
               World
               to
               compasse
               ,
               if
               we
               can
               but
               ,
               First
               ,
               get
               a
               
                 Right
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
              
               ;
               and
               then
               ,
               Liberty
               for
               them
               to
               Sitt
               till
               all
               Grievances
               be
               Redrest
               :
               which
               was
               the
               very
               end
               of
               putting
               in
               a
               Clause
               for
               't
               ,
               in
               the
               
                 Late
                 Petition
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               If
               we
               could
               bring
               it
               to
               That
               once
               ,
               we
               should
               be
               just
               in
               the
               Old
               Track
               again
               .
               But
               what
               kind
               of
               Oath
               must
               it
               be
               at
               last
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               It
               must
               be
               an
               Oath
               made
               up
               of
               Ambiguities
               ,
               
               and
               
                 Holy
                 Words
              
               ;
               not
               a
               half-penny
               matter
               for
               the
               Sense
               on
               't
               ;
               for
               you
               must
               know
               ,
               that
               tho'
               it
               looks
               like
               an
               Oath
               of
               Religion
               ,
               on
               the
               
                 One
                 side
              
               ,
               't
               is
               an
               Oath
               of
               Allegiance
               ,
               on
               the
               Other
               ;
               and
               a
               Disclaimer
               of
               the
               King
               's
               ,
               in
               Submission
               to
               the
               Sovereignty
               of
               the
               Commons
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               There
               's
               no
               great
               Question
               to
               be
               made
               of
               the
               Effect
               of
               such
               an
               Oath
               ,
               and
               such
               a
               Conjuncture
               ,
               as
               is
               here
               suppos'd
               ;
               but
               how
               shall
               we
               come
               at
               it
               I
               pre'thee
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Time
               ,
               and
               Patience
               Overcome
               all
               things
               ,
               Bumpkin
               .
               We
               have
               
                 Friends
                 ,
                 Brains
                 ,
                 Mony
              
               ,
               and
               the
               grace
               of
               making
               the
               best
               of
               our
               Opportunities
               .
               One
               man
               is
               wrought
               upon
               by
               Ambition
               ;
               Another
               by
               Avarice
               ;
               a
               Third
               by
               Revenge
               ;
               and
               we
               have
               our
               ways
               of
               Accesse
               to
               all
               Humours
               ,
               and
               Persons
               .
               How
               many
               Favorites
               do
               we
               read
               of
               ,
               that
               for
               fear
               of
               Impeachments
               ,
               have
               Sacrifie'd
               their
               Masters
               ,
               to
               save
               
                 their
                 own
                 skins
              
               .
               For
               
                 Princes
                 themselves
              
               are
               not
               without
               their
               Tractable
               ,
               and
               
                 Easy
                 Seasons
              
               ,
               of
               being
               Prevail'd
               upon
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               From
               what
               you
               have
               here
               deliver'd
               ,
               
               I
               draw
               This
               
                 Generall
                 Conclusion
              
               ;
               that
               Change
               of
               Accidents
               must
               of
               Necessity
               produce
               Change
               of
               Methods
               ,
               and
               Resolutions
               :
               (
               Provided
               allways
               ,
               that
               there
               be
               still
               maintain'd
               a
               Tendency
               ,
               tho'
               by
               
                 Severall
                 ways
              
               ,
               to
               the
               
                 Same
                 End
              
               )
               and
               that
               ,
               in
               all
               Cases
               ,
               the
               Oath
               is
               the
               Sanction
               of
               the
               Confederacy
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               You
               have
               it
               Right
               thus
               farr
               ,
               Bumpkin
               ;
               and
               you
               see
               what
               Power
               an
               Oath
               has
               as
               well
               upon
               the
               Bodies
               ,
               as
               the
               Minds
               of
               men
               ;
               even
               to
               the
               blowing
               up
               of
               the
               Soundest
               Foundations
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               drawing
               Order
               afterward
               out
               of
               That
               Confusion
               .
               You
               see
               ,
               in
               short
               ,
               the
               Effects
               of
               it
               in
               a
               Politicall
               way
               ;
               and
               the
               Ordinary
               Means
               of
               gaining
               it
               .
               You
               would
               not
               think
               now
               ,
               what
               an
               Advantage
               He
               has
               above
               Other
               People
               ,
               in
               the
               Common
               Affairs
               and
               Bus'nesse
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               (
               even
               betwixt
               Man
               and
               Man
               )
               that
               has
               been
               train'd
               up
               in
               This
               School
               of
               
                 Popular
                 Confederacies
              
               ,
               and
               Contracts
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Nay
               ,
               
               Practice
               ,
               and
               Experience
               are
               
                 Mighty
                 Helps
              
               ,
               beyond
               all
               peradventure
               :
               But
               yet
               I
               have
               seen
               some
               People
               go
               a
               great
               way
               in
               Swearing
               ,
               by
               the
               meer
               strength
               of
               Nature
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               
                 Yes
                 ,
                 yes
                 ;
                 for
                 a
              
               Down-right
               Dunstable
               ,
               Thorough-pac'd
               
                 way
                 of
              
               Swearing
               ;
               a
               Ready
               Tongue
               ,
               
                 with
                 a
              
               good
               Memory
               ;
               
                 and
                 a
                 
                 Competent
                 stock
                 of
              
               Assurance
               
                 will
                 do
                 very
                 Pretty
                 things
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Why
               I
               had
               a
               Friend
               to'ther
               day
               that
               was
               at
               a
               Losse
               for
               a
               Release
               ;
               he
               made
               no
               more
               adoe
               ,
               but
               away
               into
               Alsatia
               ,
               where
               he
               told
               his
               Story
               in
               the
               Hearing
               of
               two
               Competent
               Witnesses
               ;
               and
               whip
               Sir
               Jethro
               they
               had
               him
               in
               a
               Twinkling
               ,
               and
               so
               brought
               him
               off
               with
               Honour
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               This
               Old
               
                 Fashion'd
                 way
              
               did
               well
               enough
               in
               Straffords
               days
               and
               Laud's
               :
               But
               we
               are
               now
               Infinitely
               Refin'd
               .
               And
               yet
               I
               cannot
               but
               allow
               that
               a
               
                 Happy
                 Genius
              
               may
               do
               a
               great
               deal
               that
               way
               ;
               but
               when
               you
               come
               to
               
                 Casuisticall
                 Points
              
               that
               require
               
                 Reading
                 ,
                 Conference
              
               ,
               and
               Invention
               ;
               what
               will
               become
               of
               your
               
                 Thorough-pac'd
                 Alsatia-man
              
               ,
               do
               ye
               think
               ,
               with
               his
               
                 Naturall
                 Talent
              
               ?
            
             
               Why
               thou
               art
               in
               the
               
                 Altitudes
                 ,
                 Citt
              
               ;
               a
               
                 Casuisticall
                 Oath
              
               say'st
               ?
               What
               is
               the
               knack
               of
               That
               same
               
                 Casuisticall
                 Oath
              
               ,
               I
               pre'thee
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               A
               
                 Casuisticall
                 Oath
              
               ,
               
               Bumpkin
               ;
               is
               an
               Oath
               with
               a
               Nicety
               in
               it
               :
               which
               Nicety
               may
               be
               solv'd
               
                 Two
                 ways
              
               ;
               either
               by
               bringing
               the
               Oath
               to
               the
               Conscience
               ,
               or
               the
               Conscience
               to
               the
               Oath
               .
               As
               for
               Example
               ;
               The
               Covenant
               was
               a
               
                 Casuisticall
                 Oath
              
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Words
               were
               First
               brought
               to
               the
               Conscience
               ,
               and
               then
               the
               Conscience
               to
               the
               Intent
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Let
               me
               put
               some
               Cases
               to
               ye
               ,
               
               suppose
               a
               Man
               sworn
               out
               of
               his
               Right
               by
               
                 One
                 False
                 Oath
              
               :
               Whether
               or
               no
               may
               a
               Body
               swear
               him
               into
               't
               again
               by
               Another
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Without
               dispute
               you
               may
               :
               (
               See
               the
               Holy
               Common-Wealth
               .
               )
               For
               it
               becomes
               an
               Oath
               of
               Providence
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               apply'd
               to
               the
               maintenance
               ,
               and
               support
               of
               Truth
               ,
               and
               Justice
               .
               And
               this
               holds
               too
               in
               swearing
               against
               the
               
                 Enemies
                 of
                 the
                 Gospel
              
               ;
               when
               the
               Excellency
               of
               the
               End
               a
               tones
               for
               the
               Iniquity
               of
               the
               Means
               .
               Or
               at
               worst
               ,
               't
               is
               but
               venturing
               to
               become
               a
               Cast-away
               (
               after
               a
               
                 Scripture
                 Example
              
               )
               for
               a
               
                 General
                 Good.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Ay
               ,
               
               that
               's
               a
               sure
               way
               Citt
               ,
               for
               a
               man
               to
               shew
               a
               Text
               for
               all
               he
               does
               .
               As
               how
               should
               the
               Saints
               have
               warranted
               their
               Violence
               against
               the
               
                 Late
                 King
              
               ,
               and
               his
               
                 Loyal
                 Nobility
              
               ;
               if
               it
               had
               not
               been
               for
               
                 that
                 Text
              
               in
               their
               favour
               ,
               
                 they
                 shall
                 binde
                 their
              
               Kings
               
                 in
                 Chains
                 and
                 their
              
               Nobles
               
                 in
                 Links
                 of
                 Iron
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Or
               let
               us
               imagine
               that
               a
               man
               has
               a
               Wife
               and
               Children
               ,
               and
               not
               a
               bit
               of
               bread
               to
               put
               into
               their
               Heads
               :
               what
               do
               you
               think
               of
               a
               
                 False
                 Oath
              
               in
               such
               a
               Case
               ,
               for
               a
               Livelyhood
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               
                 Nothing
                 Plainer
                 ,
                 for
              
               he
               's
               worse
               then
               an
               Infidel
               that
               does
               not
               provide
               for
               his
               Family
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               But
               then
               here
               's
               
                 Another
                 Subtlety
              
               for
               ye
               :
               
               One
               man
               swears
               what
               he
               thinks
               ,
               and
               it
               proves
               
                 False
                 :
                 Another
                 swears
              
               what
               he
               does
               
                 Not
                 think
              
               ,
               and
               it
               proves
               True.
               As
               thus
               ,
               I
               see
               a
               Person
               walking
               in
               his
               Formalities
               ,
               and
               swear
               ,
               
                 there
                 goes
                 such
                 a
                 Doctor
              
               ;
               and
               it
               proves
               to
               be
               a
               Baboon
               ;
               I
               see
               somebody
               in
               the
               Chair
               ,
               and
               take
               him
               for
               a
               man
               of
               Quality
               ,
               and
               he
               proves
               to
               be
               a
               
                 Knight
                 of
                 the
                 Post.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               
                 This
                 is
                 only
                 swearing
              
               to
               the
               best
               of
               a
               mans
               knowledge
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               But
               what
               if
               I
               should
               swear
               that
               Gentleman
               in
               the
               Gown
               ,
               to
               be
               a
               Baboon
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               resemblance
               of
               a
               man
               of
               Quality
               ,
               to
               be
               a
               
                 Knight
                 of
                 the
                 Post
              
               :
               And
               yet
               ,
               without
               my
               believing
               either
               the
               One
               or
               the
               Other
               ,
               they
               prove
               to
               be
               such
               ,
               How
               goes
               That
               point
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Such
               an
               Averment
               (
               I
               conceive
               )
               is
               to
               be
               taken
               rather
               for
               an
               Inspiration
               ,
               then
               an
               Oath
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               
                 Now
                 there
                 's
              
               Another
               
                 way
                 of
              
               swearing
               too
               :
               
               
                 And
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 with
                 a
              
               Salvo
               ,
               or
               Reserve
               ;
               
                 which
                 the
              
               Doctors
               
                 of
                 the
              
               Separation
               
                 have
                 in
                 great
                 Perfection
                 (
                 the
              
               Jesuits
               
                 call
                 it
                 a
              
               Mental
               Reservation
               )
               as
               the
               King
               's
               IVST
               Priviledges
               :
               —
               According
               to
               the
               BEST-REFORMED
               Churches
               :
               —
               As
               far
               as
               LAWFVLLY
               I
               may
               —
               
                 and
                 the
                 like
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               
                 What
                 do
                 ye
                 think
                 of
              
               Him
               
                 that
                 parting
                 from
                 a
              
               good
               Fellow
               
                 with
                 a
              
               Pot
               
                 at
                 's
                 Head
              
               ,
               
               made
               Affidavit
               
                 in
                 Court
                 (
                 to
                 excuse
                 his
              
               Non-appearing
               )
               that
               he
               left
               him
               in
               such
               a
               Condition
               that
               he
               believ'd
               he
               could
               not
               live
               a
               Quarter
               of
               an
               hour
               in
               't
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Ay
               ,
               ay
               ,
               and
               the
               guiding
               of
               a
               
                 Dead
                 mans
                 hand
              
               to
               the
               signing
               of
               a
               Deed
               ,
               and
               then
               swearing
               to
               the
               Hand
               ,
               these
               are
               Vulgar
               shifts
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               But
               pray'e
               what
               's
               the
               meaning
               of
               that
               Text
               that
               says
               ,
               
                 swear
                 not
                 at
                 all
              
               ?
               For
               we
               must
               live
               up
               to
               our
               Rule
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               If
               we
               had
               not
               
                 Other
                 Texts
              
               to
               Justify
               swearing
               ,
               
               we
               must
               have
               understood
               it
               according
               to
               the
               Letter
               .
               This
               is
               only
               meant
               of
               
                 Profane
                 ,
                 Customary
                 ,
                 Vain
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Inconsiderate
                 Swearing
              
               ,
               without
               either
               Provocation
               ,
               or
               Profit
               .
               And
               it
               is
               better
               certainly
               ,
               for
               a
               man
               to
               make
               his
               Fortune
               by
               
                 One
                 Pertinent
                 Oath
              
               ,
               securing
               his
               
                 Future
                 State
              
               ,
               by
               a
               matter
               of
               twenty
               pound
               a
               year
               ,
               to
               a
               Lecture
               ,
               when
               he
               dyes
               ;
               then
               to
               go
               to
               the
               Devil
               ,
               out
               at
               the
               Elbows
               ,
               for
               a
               Million
               of
               
                 Idle
                 ones
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               But
               what
               did
               ye
               mean
               ,
               e'en
               now
               by
               Conference
               ,
               and
               Invention
               about
               swearing
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Conference
               is
               nothing
               in
               the
               World
               but
               putting
               of
               your
               Fiddles
               in
               ●une
               :
               
               And
               Invention
               helps
               every
               man
               in
               the
               Gracing
               of
               his
               Part.
               But
               then
               there
               's
               the
               
                 Invention
                 WHAT
              
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Invention
                 HOW
              
               ;
               the
               Invention
               of
               the
               Matter
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Invention
                 of
                 the
                 Manner
              
               ?
               'T
               is
               enough
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Matter
               ,
               that
               it
               be
               fitted
               to
               the
               stress
               of
               the
               Question
               :
               But
               the
               Regulating
               of
               the
               Manner
               requires
               great
               Skill
               ,
               Care
               ,
               and
               Judgement
               .
               There
               's
               nothing
               that
               more
               recommends
               an
               Evidence
               ,
               either
               to
               the
               Bench
               ,
               or
               Jury
               ,
               then
               Modesty
               of
               Behaviour
               ,
               (
               even
               to
               the
               degree
               of
               
                 Bashfulness
                 )
                 Mildness
              
               of
               Speech
               ;
               a
               seeming
               Scruple
               of
               being
               Positive
               ,
               where
               the
               point
               is
               nothing
               to
               the
               Purpose
               :
               but
               a
               Disovery
               of
               
                 Passion
                 ,
                 Ficrecnesse
              
               ,
               and
               Prepossession
               in
               a
               Cause
               ,
               spoils
               all
               ,
               and
               makes
               the
               Testimony
               look
               like
               Malice
               ,
               or
               Revenge
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 'm
                 instructed
                 thus
                 far
                 .
                 But
                 where
                 's
                 the
              
               Advantage
               
                 all
                 this
                 while
                 ,
                 that
                 an
              
               Old
               Covenanter
               
                 has
                 of
                 a
              
               Novice
               ,
               
                 as
                 you
                 were
                 saying
                 e●en
                 now
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Oh
               ,
               they
               are
               Many
               ,
               and
               
                 Great
                 .
                 First
              
               ,
               he
               has
               gotten
               the
               Command
               of
               his
               Conscience
               ,
               
               and
               brought
               it
               to
               Stop
               ,
               and
               Turn
               ,
               at
               pleasure
               ,
               Secondly
               ,
               He
               's
               true
               to
               his
               Marque
               ,
               spring
               him
               what
               Game
               ye
               will
               ,
               he
               Flys
               it
               
                 Home
                 .
                 Thirdly
              
               ,
               he
               has
               the
               Digestion
               of
               an
               Estrich
               ;
               for
               after
               the
               Swallowing
               of
               the
               Crown
               ,
               and
               the
               Mitre
               ,
               there
               's
               nothing
               rises
               in
               his
               Stomach
               .
               Fourthly
               ,
               there
               's
               no
               fear
               of
               him
               ,
               for
               snivlling
               ,
               or
               Repenting
               ,
               and
               telling
               of
               Tales
               ;
               for
               he
               's
               above
               the
               Common
               Fooleries
               of
               
                 Counsel
                 ,
                 Argument
              
               ,
               or
               Remorse
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Nay
               ,
               't
               is
               with
               our
               Consciences
               as
               with
               our
               Jades
               ;
               a
               Phansy
               ,
               or
               a
               Wind-mill
               ,
               puts
               them
               out
               of
               their
               Wits
               ,
               till
               they
               're
               us'd
               to
               't
               .
               And
               there
               's
               no
               fear
               of
               his
               Flinching
               neither
               ,
               I
               'le
               grantye
               :
               For
               a
               Conscience
               that
               has
               stood
               firm
               under
               the
               Ruine
               of
               
                 Three
                 Kingdoms
              
               ,
               will
               never
               Boggle
               sure
               in
               the
               Case
               of
               
                 Single
                 Persons
              
               .
               And
               yet
               I
               find
               many
               of
               our
               
                 Old
                 Stagers
              
               come
               about
               too
               .
               How
               shall
               I
               distinguish
               now
               which
               of
               them
               are
               Sound
               ,
               and
               which
               
                 Rotten
                 at
                 Heart
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               There
               were
               Some
               ,
               ye
               must
               know
               ,
               that
               swore
               either
               in
               Simplicity
               ,
               or
               to
               save
               a
               Stake
               :
               And
               Others
               ,
               in
               Design
               .
               Now
               those
               that
               were
               Noos'd
               Before
               ,
               may
               be
               hamper'd
               Again
               ;
               and
               those
               that
               comply'd
               for
               
                 Advantage
                 ,
                 Then
              
               ,
               will
               do
               so
               Still
               .
               And
               for
               the
               Designers
               ,
               they
               may
               be
               known
               by
               the
               favour
               they
               shew
               to
               their
               
                 Old
                 Principles
              
               ,
               and
               Friends
               ;
               which
               is
               an
               
                 Infallible
                 sign
              
               of
               the
               
                 Old
                 Leaven
              
               in
               them
               still
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               I
               'm
               of
               thy
               Opinion
               ,
               Citt
               ;
               and
               that
               they
               'le
               do
               us
               tho
               Service
               still
               ,
               of
               
                 Honourable
                 spies
              
               in
               an
               
                 Enemies
                 Quarter
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               But
               what
               do
               we
               talk
               of
               True
               ,
               
               and
               False
               ;
               which
               ,
               in
               this
               Fallible
               world
               ,
               is
               little
               more
               then
               Matter
               of
               Opinion
               ?
               A
               
                 True
                 Oath
                 ,
                 Out-Sworn
              
               ,
               passes
               for
               a
               False
               one
               ;
               and
               a
               
                 False
                 Oath
              
               ,
               not
               detected
               passes
               for
               a
               True
               one
               :
               So
               that
               the
               Scandall
               of
               the
               One
               ,
               and
               the
               Reputation
               of
               the
               Other
               is
               a
               thing
               of
               
                 Meer
                 Chance
              
               .
               Nay
               ,
               in
               the
               practice
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               't
               is
               rather
               the
               Folly
               ,
               then
               the
               Crime
               of
               the
               Falshood
               that
               marques
               a
               man
               for
               a
               Rascall
               :
               For
               why
               should
               Perjury
               be
               more
               Veniall
               in
               One
               Case
               ,
               then
               't
               is
               in
               
                 Another
                 ?
                 Dam-me
                 ,
                 Sirrah
              
               ,
               (
               says
               a
               Huff
               to
               his
               
                 Lacquay
                 )
                 if
                 I
                 don't
                 beat
                 your
                 Brains
                 out
              
               ;
               and
               yet
               he
               does
               not
               so
               much
               as
               Touch
               him
               .
               A
               young
               Fellow
               says
               a
               thousand
               times
               more
               to
               his
               Mistresse
               ,
               or
               to
               his
               Creditour
               ,
               and
               makes
               not
               one
               word
               of
               it
               good
               .
               A
               Bully
               will
               do
               as
               much
               to
               an
               Unbelieving
               Taylor
               for
               a
               Suit
               of
               Clothes
               ,
               tho'
               he
               never
               intends
               to
               pay
               him
               .
               And
               yet
               here
               's
               no
               Talk
               of
               
                 Inditements
                 ,
                 Pilleries
              
               ,
               or
               Loss
               of
               Lugs
               in
               the
               Case
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               The
               Reason
               
                 holds
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 Confess
                 ;
                 tho'
                 the
              
               Instances
               
                 do
                 not
                 perfectly
              
               Agree
               :
               
                 For
                 the
              
               One
               
                 is
                 an
              
               Oath
               Originally
               False
               
                 in
                 the
              
               Matter
               
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 the
              
               Other
               
                 is
                 an
              
               Oath
               ,
               made
               False
               
                 by
                 a
              
               Subsequent
               breach
               
                 of
                 it
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               Well
               ,
               but
               all
               is
               For-swearing
               still
               .
               And
               why
               a
               Perjury
               in
               Choler
               ,
               in
               Love
               ;
               for
               a
               Paultry
               Sum
               of
               Mony
               ,
               or
               a
               pair
               of
               pittyfull
               Trowzes
               ,
               should
               passe
               only
               as
               words
               of
               Course
               ,
               and
               yet
               so
               much
               Load
               he
               laid
               upon
               a
               stretch
               for
               the
               Relief
               of
               a
               
                 Necessitous
                 Family
              
               ,
               the
               gaining
               of
               an
               Estate
               ,
               the
               Preserving
               of
               Religion
               ;
               and
               perhaps
               the
               Conversion
               of
               a
               Kingdome
               :
               This
               is
               a
               thing
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               that
               I
               do
               not
               Comprehend
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               Law
               ;
               the
               
                 Law
                 ,
                 Citt
              
               ;
               the
               
                 damn'd
                 Law
              
               !
               that
               's
               the
               ruine
               of
               us
               all
               .
               And
               what
               is
               this
               Law
               at
               last
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               just
               throwing
               up
               of
               
                 Cross
                 or
                 Pile
              
               in
               a
               
                 Vote
                 .
                 We
              
               took
               Crosse
               ,
               and
               it
               happen'd
               to
               be
               Pile
               ;
               and
               so
               we
               lost
               it
               .
               In
               short
               ,
               and
               in
               Earnest
               ,
               we
               are
               guilty
               of
               Breach
               of
               Faith
               in
               the
               most
               Solemn
               duties
               of
               our
               Christian
               Profession
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               Thou
               hast
               spoken
               more
               for
               the
               Power
               ,
               the
               Mystery
               ,
               and
               the
               Benefits
               of
               Swearing
               ,
               then
               the
               whole
               Assembly
               of
               Divines
               ,
               the
               blessed
               
                 Synod
                 Themselves
              
               .
               I
               prethee
               try
               thy
               skill
               ,
               now
               ,
               upon
               the
               Faculty
               of
               LYING
               ;
               which
               as
               it
               Naturally
               goes
               before
               the
               Other
               ,
               so
               I
               think
               it
               should
               have
               preceded
               too
               in
               the
               Order
               of
               place
               .
            
          
           
             
               Citt.
               
            
             
               So
               it
               does
               ,
               and
               it
               should
               have
               so
               preceded
               ;
               but
               that
               
               Swearing
               and
               Lying
               comes
               better
               off
               the
               Tongue
               ,
               methinks
               ,
               then
               Lying
               and
               Swearing
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bum.
               
            
             
               This
               Lying
               
                 is
                 but
                 a
              
               Course
               word
               ;
               
                 the
                 precise
                 folk
                 in
                 the
                 Country
                 call
                 it
              
               Fibbing
               ;
               
                 but
                 That
                 will
                 not
                 do
                 so
                 Well
                 neither
                 :
                 For
              
               Fibbing
               and
               Lying
               ,
               
                 differ
                 just
                 as
              
               Tripping
               ,
               and
               Stumbling
               ,
               
                 or
                 in
                 some
                 sense
                 ,
                 as
              
               Jest
               and
               Earnest
               .
               
                 So
                 that
                 I
                 find
                 it
                 must
                 be
              
               Lying
               
                 at
                 last
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Laudable
               Faculty
               of
               LYING
               .
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 To
                 handle
                 the
                 point
                 Methodically
                 ,
                 Bumpkin
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 Lyes
                 ,
                 
                 Tacit
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Expresse
                   .
                   Tacit
                
                 ,
                 as
                 by
                 
                   Looks
                   ,
                   Signs
                   ,
                   Actions
                   ,
                   Gestures
                   ,
                   Inarticulate
                   Tones
                   :
                   Expresse
                   ,
                
                 as
                 Words
                 at
                 Length
                 ;
                 and
                 those
                 are
                 Lyes
                 either
                 of
                 
                   Creation
                   ,
                   Composition
                   ,
                   Substraction
                   ,
                   Amplification
                   ,
                
                 or
                 Addition
                 :
                 I
                 might
                 carry
                 it
                 farther
                 to
                 
                   Lyes
                   Ecclesiasticall
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Civill
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 'm
                 loth
                 to
                 spin
                 the
                 Thrid
                 too
                 Fine
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 
                   These
                   are
                   High
                   points
                
                 ,
                 Citt
                 ;
                 
                   how
                   shall
                   a
                   man
                   tell
                   a
                
                 Lye
                 I
                 
                   pre'thee
                   ,
                   without
                   Opening
                   his
                
                 Mouth
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Why
                 ?
                 did'st
                 thou
                 never
                 hear
                 of
                 the
                 Language
                 of
                 the
                 Fingers
                 ?
                 But
                 the
                 Question
                 is
                 here
                 upon
                 
                   Hinting
                   One
                   thing
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Meaning
                   Another
                
                 ;
                 and
                 Especially
                 in
                 Politiques
                 ,
                 and
                 Religion
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 a
                 
                   Thorough
                   Reformation
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 
                   I
                   have
                   heard
                   a
                   world
                   of
                   Talk
                   of
                   that
                   same
                
                 Thorough
                 Reformation
                 ;
                 
                 
                   all
                   our
                
                 Meetings
                 ring
                 
                   on
                   't
                   ;
                   and
                   there
                   's
                   such
                   a
                   deal
                   of
                   Clutter
                   about
                   the
                
                 Babylonish
                 Garment
                 ;
                 the
                 not
                 leaving
                 of
                 a
                 Hoof
                 behind
                 ;
                 Root
                 and
                 Branch
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   the
                   Like
                   :
                   But
                   I
                   could
                   never
                   reach
                   the
                   bottom
                   on
                   't
                   yet
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Take
                 notice
                 then
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 Simple
                 ,
                 or
                 
                   Partiall
                   Reformation
                
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 
                   Thorough
                   Reformation
                
                 ;
                 the
                 First
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Language
                 of
                 the
                 Reformers
                 ,
                 is
                 only
                 
                   Pruning
                   of
                   some
                   Exorbitancies
                   in
                   Church
                   and
                   State
                
                 ;
                 As
                 the
                 Regulating
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Kings
                   Courts
                
                 ,
                 paring
                 the
                 Nails
                 of
                 the
                 Prerogative
                 ;
                 the
                 Lopping
                 off
                 here
                 and
                 there
                 a
                 
                   Rotten
                   Lord
                
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 
                   Popish
                   Bishop
                
                 ;
                 the
                 Removall
                 of
                 an
                 
                   Evill
                   Councellor
                
                 ,
                 the
                 purging
                 of
                 a
                 
                   Disaffected
                   House
                   of
                   Commons
                
                 ,
                 or
                 so
                 :
                 The
                 Other
                 leaves
                 
                   no
                   King
                   ,
                   no
                   Lord
                   ,
                   no
                   Bishop
                   ,
                   no
                   House
                   of
                   Commons
                   at
                   all
                
                 ;
                 and
                 briefly
                 ,
                 it
                 signifies
                 the
                 turning
                 of
                 a
                 Monarchy
                 into
                 a
                 Common-wealth
                 ,
                 
                 an
                 Episcopacy
                 into
                 a
                 Presbytery
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 
                   Great
                   Charter
                
                 into
                 
                   our
                   Will
                   and
                   Pleasure
                
                 .
                 In
                 One
                 word
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 Dismounting
                 of
                 our
                 Superiors
                 ,
                 and
                 getting
                 our selves
                 into
                 the
                 Saddle
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Well
                 ,
                 but
                 This
                 must
                 be
                 done
                 by
                 degrees
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Ay
                 marry
                 must
                 it
                 ,
                 Bumpkin
                 ;
                 and
                 many
                 a
                 good
                 morrow
                 too
                 ,
                 before
                 we
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 point
                 .
                 There
                 must
                 be
                 Petition
                 upon
                 
                   Petition
                   ;
                   Remonstrances
                   ;
                   Grievances
                   ;
                   Popery
                   ;
                   Tender
                   Consciences
                   ;
                   Fastings
                   ;
                   Secking
                   of
                   the
                   Lord
                   ,
                   Religion
                   ,
                   Liberty
                   ,
                
                 and
                 Protestations
                 ,
                 without
                 End.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Yes
                 ,
                 yes
                 ,
                 ye
                 told
                 me
                 somewhat
                 of
                 this
                 before
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 lies
                 in
                 a
                 little
                 compass
                 ;
                 We
                 must
                 Get
                 what
                 we
                 can
                 by
                 Begging
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 Take
                 the
                 Rest.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 But
                 now
                 let
                 me
                 shew
                 ye
                 in
                 General
                 ,
                 
                 how
                 this
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 .
                 Whatsoever
                 lessens
                 the
                 Government
                 ,
                 and
                 Exalts
                 the
                 Dissenters
                 in
                 the
                 Eyes
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 we
                 are
                 to
                 consider
                 as
                 a
                 
                   proper
                   Medium
                
                 toward
                 a
                 Thorough-Reformation
                 ;
                 and
                 this
                 must
                 be
                 done
                 by
                 Hook
                 or
                 by
                 Crook
                 ;
                 but
                 provided
                 the
                 thing
                 be
                 done
                 ,
                 no
                 matter
                 how
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 But
                 however
                 Citt
                 ,
                 we
                 had
                 better
                 do
                 't
                 upon
                 the
                 Square
                 ,
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 the
                 Matter
                 will
                 bear
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 out
                 the
                 Rest
                 by
                 Fibbing
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 's
                 a
                 thing
                 of
                 Course
                 Bumkin
                 ,
                 
                 to
                 uncover
                 the
                 Nakedness
                 of
                 the
                 Government
                 ,
                 and
                 rip
                 up
                 the
                 Errours
                 ,
                 and
                 Distempers
                 of
                 Church
                 and
                 State.
                 Why
                 we
                 have
                 a
                 Committee
                 for
                 the
                 Registring
                 of
                 Male-Administrations
                 ;
                 we
                 have
                 our
                 Spyes
                 up
                 and
                 down
                 from
                 the
                 Bed-Chamber
                 to
                 the
                 Meal-tub
                 :
                 There
                 's
                 not
                 a
                 Tennis-Court
                 ,
                 not
                 a
                 Bawdy-House
                 ,
                 not
                 an
                 Eating
                 ,
                 or
                 Drinking-house
                 about
                 the
                 Town
                 that
                 
                   scapes
                   us
                
                 ;
                 not
                 a
                 Glass
                 ,
                 not
                 a
                 Word
                 ,
                 not
                 a
                 Frolick
                 ,
                 in
                 any
                 Considerable
                 Family
                 but
                 we
                 have
                 it
                 upon
                 Record
                 ;
                 and
                 we
                 have
                 those
                 that
                 will
                 make
                 it
                 all
                 good
                 too
                 upon
                 Oath
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 And
                 this
                 goes
                 a
                 great
                 way
                 ,
                 let
                 me
                 tell
                 ye
                 ,
                 Citt.
                 for
                 the
                 People
                 never
                 consider
                 that
                 Rulers
                 are
                 
                   Flesh
                   and
                   Blood
                
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 
                   Other
                   men
                
                 :
                 and
                 if
                 any
                 thing
                 goes
                 amiss
                 ,
                 they
                 think
                 there
                 's
                 no
                 setting
                 it
                 Right
                 again
                 ,
                 without
                 taking
                 the
                 whole
                 Frame
                 to
                 Pieces
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 True
                 Bumkin
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 's
                 the
                 thing
                 that
                 must
                 do
                 our
                 Work
                 ;
                 but
                 then
                 if
                 Truth
                 ,
                 and
                 matter
                 of
                 Fact
                 will
                 not
                 hold
                 out
                 ,
                 we
                 must
                 have
                 Recourse
                 to
                 Invention
                 .
                 And
                 now
                 I
                 come
                 to
                 my
                 Text.
                 You
                 remember
                 the
                 
                   two
                   Topiques
                
                 I
                 gave
                 ye
                 ,
                 of
                 lessening
                 the
                 Government
                 ,
                 and
                 Advancing
                 our
                 selves
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   yes
                   ,
                   but
                   a
                   Government
                   may
                   be
                
                 Lessen'd
                 several
                 ways
                 .
                 
                 
                   Lessen'd
                   in
                
                 Authority
                 ,
                 
                   Lessen'd
                   in
                
                 Power
                 ,
                 
                   Lessen'd
                   in
                
                 Reputation
                 ;
                 
                   that
                   is
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                
                 Esteem
                 .
                 and
                 Affections
                 
                   of
                   the
                
                 People
                 ,
                 
                   either
                   by
                
                 Hatred
                 ,
                 or
                 Contempt
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Very
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 have
                 we
                 our
                 several
                 ways
                 of
                 making
                 
                 our selves
                 Popular
                 :
                 All
                 which
                 must
                 be
                 done
                 by
                 Emproving
                 Opportunities
                 before
                 us
                 ,
                 toward
                 these
                 two
                 Ends.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 But
                 prethee
                 tell
                 me
                 what
                 Advantage
                 can
                 we
                 make
                 of
                 Signs
                 ,
                 
                 or
                 how
                 shall
                 a
                 man
                 tell
                 a
                 Fib
                 ,
                 without
                 a
                 word
                 speaking
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Why
                 dost
                 not
                 thou
                 know
                 (
                 Bumkin
                 ,
                 )
                 that
                 the
                 Language
                 of
                 Nature
                 is
                 infinitely
                 more
                 Powerfull
                 ,
                 and
                 Significant
                 ,
                 then
                 that
                 of
                 Compact
                 ?
                 'T
                 is
                 impossible
                 to
                 put
                 the
                 force
                 of
                 
                   Looks
                   ,
                   Grones
                   ,
                   Actions
                
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 Gestures
                 into
                 Words
                 ,
                 Is
                 it
                 not
                 a
                 Lye
                 to
                 look
                 as
                 if
                 we
                 pray'd
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 Curse
                 in
                 our
                 Hearts
                 ;
                 Or
                 under
                 Colour
                 of
                 a
                 Charity
                 ,
                 to
                 put
                 a
                 shilling
                 into
                 the
                 Bason
                 ,
                 and
                 take
                 
                   half
                   a
                   Crown
                
                 out
                 ?
                 
                   Lord
                   turn
                   the
                   Kings
                   Heart
                
                 :
                 (
                 says
                 the
                 man
                 above
                 )
                 which
                 draws
                 so
                 sorrowful
                 a
                 Countenance
                 after
                 it
                 ,
                 from
                 one
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 Tabernacle
                 to
                 the
                 Other
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 'd
                 swear
                 we
                 were
                 either
                 falling
                 into
                 the
                 
                   '
                   leventh
                   Persecution
                
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 the
                 Pope
                 were
                 already
                 on
                 this
                 side
                 High-gate
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 'T
                 is
                 a
                 strange
                 thing
                 Citt
                 ,
                 the
                 Agreement
                 that
                 we
                 finde
                 in
                 many
                 things
                 ,
                 betwixt
                 
                   Reasonable
                   Creatures
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   brute
                   Animals
                   ,
                   One
                   Grone
                
                 runs
                 quite
                 thorough
                 the
                 Meeting
                 ,
                 just
                 as
                 
                   One
                   Note
                
                 ,
                 sets
                 a
                 whole
                 pack
                 of
                 Beagles
                 a
                 yelling
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 This
                 way
                 of
                 Juggling
                 ,
                 and
                 Dissembling
                 by
                 Signs
                 is
                 certainly
                 very
                 Artificial
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 
                   Incredible
                   Effect
                
                 ;
                 but
                 a
                 man
                 may
                 better
                 understand
                 ,
                 then
                 express
                 it
                 :
                 And
                 
                   Our
                   People
                
                 are
                 the
                 most
                 dextrous
                 of
                 all
                 men
                 living
                 at
                 that
                 way
                 of
                 Address
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 But
                 what
                 say
                 you
                 now
                 to
                 the
                 business
                 of
                 Lying
                 ,
                 or
                 Fibbing
                 ,
                 
                 in
                 words
                 at
                 length
                 ?
                 Pray'e
                 take
                 your
                 Heads
                 in
                 Order
                 ,
                 and
                 read
                 upon
                 them
                 :
                 And
                 let
                 me
                 see
                 some
                 Instances
                 how
                 to
                 apply
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 purposes
                 of
                 drawing
                 the
                 Affections
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 from
                 the
                 Government
                 ,
                 
                   to
                   our selves
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 ,
                 First
                 ,
                 a
                 Lye
                 or
                 (
                 let
                 it
                 be
                 rather
                 )
                 a
                 Figment
                 of
                 Creation
                 ,
                 which
                 Imports
                 the
                 raising
                 of
                 Something
                 out
                 of
                 Nothing
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 a
                 Figure
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 employ'd
                 ,
                 but
                 with
                 Infinite
                 Caution
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Prethee
                 go
                 on
                 Citt
                 ,
                 (
                 for
                 my
                 Brain
                 Clarifies
                 strangely
                 upon
                 't
                 )
                 and
                 make
                 me
                 understand
                 where
                 I
                 may
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 where
                 not
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 may
                 be
                 usefull
                 ,
                 
                 where
                 the
                 
                   present
                   Belief
                
                 of
                 a
                 thing
                 may
                 be
                 of
                 greater
                 Benefit
                 ,
                 and
                 Service
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 
                   Future
                   Discovery
                
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 can
                 be
                 a
                 Detriment
                 :
                 As
                 the
                 Figment
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Late
                   Kings
                
                 ;
                 being
                 Confederate
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Irish
                   Rebels
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Cavaliers
                 cruelty
                 at
                 Branford
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Now
                 though
                 these
                 Impostures
                 had
                 no
                 Foundation
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 they
                 serv'd
                 the
                 present
                 turn
                 yet
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 moving
                 of
                 
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 drawing
                 of
                 men
                 together
                 upon
                 that
                 Occasion
                 ;
                 and
                 when
                 the
                 Truth
                 came
                 afterwards
                 to
                 Light
                 ,
                 the
                 Frogery
                 was
                 only
                 taken
                 notice
                 of
                 as
                 a
                 Cheat
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 was
                 all
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Ay
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   have
                   hear'd
                   of
                   the
                
                 Fobb'd
                 Letters
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   the
                
                 Plague-plaisters
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   the
                   Tricks
                   they
                   had
                   in
                   those
                   days
                   ,
                   still
                   is
                
                 One
                 Plot
                 cool'd
                 ,
                 
                   for
                   the
                   Bolting
                   of
                
                 Another
                 .
                 
                   These
                   Devices
                   stood
                   'um
                   in
                   great
                   stead
                   ;
                   and
                   we
                   have
                   seen
                   something
                   on
                   't
                   of
                
                 Late
                 ,
                 
                   in
                   the
                   Rumours
                   of
                   the
                
                 Kings
                 raising
                 an
                 Army
                 to
                 aw
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ;
                 
                   and
                   the
                   Forty
                   Thousand
                
                 French
                 
                   upon
                   the
                   Isle
                
                 of
                 ●urbeck
                 .
                 
                   These
                   Stories
                   let
                   me
                   assure
                   ye
                
                 Citt
                 ,
                 
                   keep
                   the
                   Humour
                   stirring
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 But
                 what
                 do
                 ye
                 think
                 of
                 the
                 Invention
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Protestant
                   Martyrs
                   Domestique
                
                 ?
                 Where
                 he
                 tells
                 ye
                 of
                 
                   one
                   of
                   his
                   Royal
                   Highnesses
                   Servants
                   at
                
                 Edinburgh
                 ,
                 
                   that
                   was
                   worse
                   then
                
                 Malcuss'd
                 ,
                 
                   for
                   he
                   had
                   both
                   his
                   Ears
                   cut
                   off
                
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 of
                 
                   the
                   throwing
                   Stones
                   at
                   the
                   Windows
                   of
                   his
                   Oratory
                   ?
                
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Why
                 Citt
                 ,
                 
                   was
                   this
                   a
                
                 Lye
                 (
                 
                   as
                   thou
                   calst
                   it
                   )
                   of
                
                 Creation
                 then
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Without
                 the
                 least
                 Colour
                 for
                 't
                 in
                 the
                 World.
                 
                 Now
                 't
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 Fiction
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Imprudence
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 Vexes
                 me
                 :
                 For
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Former
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 certain
                 that
                 the
                 Duke
                 was
                 treated
                 both
                 in
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 his
                 Train
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Highest
                 Instances
                 of
                 Welcome
                 and
                 Respect
                 imaginable
                 :
                 And
                 then
                 for
                 the
                 Other
                 ,
                 the
                 Scots
                 were
                 so
                 far
                 from
                 discountenancing
                 the
                 Office
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 great
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Nobility
                 ,
                 and
                 Persons
                 of
                 Quality
                 have
                 taken
                 up
                 the
                 Vse
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 their
                 
                   Own
                   Families
                
                 .
                 Now
                 for
                 Him
                 to
                 impose
                 this
                 Fiction
                 upon
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 pressing
                 Necessity
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 
                   no
                   purpose
                   at
                   all
                
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 might
                 be
                 sure
                 of
                 a
                 Contradiction
                 by
                 the
                 
                   next
                   Post
                
                 ;
                 This
                 I
                 say
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 slip
                 of
                 a
                 wise
                 man.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Come
                 ,
                 come
                 ,
                 Citt.
                 The
                 good
                 man
                 is
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 to
                 be
                 blam'd
                 neither
                 ;
                 for
                 his
                 Intention
                 was
                 to
                 render
                 the
                 Duke
                 Low
                 in
                 the
                 Opinion
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 discredit
                 the
                 Common-Prayer
                 .
                 Pray'e
                 call
                 to
                 minde
                 the
                 account
                 he
                 gave
                 of
                 the
                 famous
                 Motion
                 in
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 doubling
                 of
                 their
                 Guards
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 set
                 the
                 One
                 against
                 the
                 Other
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 No
                 ,
                 no
                 ,
                 Bumpkin
                 ;
                 This
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 reflect
                 upon
                 Him
                 ;
                 but
                 only
                 to
                 shew
                 thee
                 how
                 to
                 apply
                 this
                 Figure
                 .
                 There
                 is
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 more
                 
                   Profitable
                   Fiction
                
                 ,
                 in
                 regard
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 hard
                 to
                 be
                 detected
                 ,
                 
                 as
                 being
                 grounded
                 upon
                 Thought
                 and
                 Intention
                 ;
                 as
                 the
                 Late
                 Kings
                 Designe
                 of
                 setting
                 up
                 
                   Arbitrary
                   Power
                
                 and
                 Popery
                 ;
                 
                 his
                 purpose
                 of
                 coming
                 into
                 London
                 one
                 night
                 with
                 his
                 Papists
                 ,
                 and
                 Cavaliers
                 ,
                 to
                 
                   burn
                   ,
                   kill
                
                 ,
                 and
                 ravish
                 all
                 before
                 him
                 .
                 Now
                 This
                 was
                 an
                 Invention
                 of
                 
                   great
                   Force
                
                 ;
                 For
                 though
                 in
                 my
                 Conscience
                 his
                 Majesty
                 never
                 intended
                 it
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 story
                 past
                 for
                 current
                 with
                 the
                 Multitude
                 ;
                 only
                 by
                 the
                 Vigilance
                 of
                 some
                 active
                 and
                 zealous
                 Patriots
                 it
                 was
                 prevented
                 .
                 These
                 Figments
                 you
                 may
                 apply
                 to
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 Lessening
                 the
                 Credit
                 of
                 the
                 Government
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 And
                 in
                 some
                 degree
                 ,
                 I
                 hope
                 ,
                 of
                 advancing
                 our
                 selves
                 ;
                 for
                 such
                 a
                 deliverance
                 works
                 Both
                 ways
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Oh
                 ,
                 
                   greatly
                   ,
                   Bumpkin
                
                 ;
                 For
                 as
                 the
                 People
                 were
                 possest
                 One
                 way
                 against
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 for
                 Designing
                 upon
                 their
                 
                   Liberties
                   ,
                   Properties
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Religion
                 ;
                 so
                 were
                 they
                 as
                 much
                 perswaded
                 on
                 the
                 Other
                 hand
                 ,
                 in
                 favour
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 put
                 themselves
                 in
                 the
                 gap
                 ,
                 to
                 withstand
                 That
                 Oppression
                 :
                 whereas
                 by
                 the
                 sequel
                 it
                 appear'd
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Kings
                 Designe
                 was
                 only
                 to
                 defend
                 the
                 Government
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Others
                 ,
                 to
                 Invade
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 We
                 have
                 run
                 much
                 of
                 late
                 upon
                 This
                 Vein
                 of
                 Intention
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 has
                 done
                 notably
                 well
                 with
                 us
                 too
                 ;
                 for
                 we
                 have
                 shook
                 the
                 very
                 Foundations
                 of
                 the
                 Government
                 with
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 O
                 ,
                 Bumpkin
                 ,
                 thou
                 dost
                 not
                 know
                 the
                 Charm
                 of
                 those
                 Four
                 Syllables
                 ,
                 
                 Intention
                 ;
                 the
                 Irresistible
                 power
                 and
                 virtue
                 of
                 that
                 little
                 word
                 ,
                 
                   AFFECTED
                   :
                   Popishly-Affected
                   ,
                   Tyrannically-Affected
                
                 ;
                 This
                 was
                 it
                 that
                 blew
                 up
                 three
                 Kingdoms
                 but
                 the
                 Other
                 day
                 ;
                 
                 Faux's
                 Powder
                 under
                 the
                 Parliament-House
                 was
                 nothing
                 to
                 't
                 .
                 We
                 have
                 no
                 Windows
                 into
                 our
                 Breasts
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 's
                 no
                 proving
                 or
                 disproving
                 of
                 a
                 Thought
                 ;
                 only
                 to
                 those
                 
                   Goblins
                   ,
                   Fears
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Jealousies
                 every
                 thing
                 they
                 look
                 upon
                 appears
                 Double
                 ,
                 even
                 to
                 the
                 discovery
                 of
                 things
                 that
                 have
                 no
                 Being
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Stay
                 a
                 little
                 :
                 May
                 not
                 a
                 man
                 suppose
                 a
                 Third
                 Contrivance
                 now
                 ,
                 as
                 Groundlesse
                 as
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 ?
                 'T
                 is
                 but
                 laying
                 it
                 remote
                 enough
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 thing
                 's
                 Forgotten
                 before
                 ever
                 the
                 Truth
                 can
                 come
                 to
                 be
                 Known
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 This
                 is
                 very
                 well
                 hinted
                 ,
                 Bumpkin
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 have
                 found
                 it
                 a
                 very
                 
                   Commodious
                   Expedient
                
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 This
                 very
                 Juncture
                 :
                 How
                 many
                 Bruits
                 have
                 been
                 rais'd
                 concerning
                 Leagues
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Intelligences
                   Abroad
                   ,
                   Designes
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Intrigues
                 at
                 Home
                 ;
                 that
                 for
                 a
                 Moneth
                 or
                 Six
                 weeks
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 have
                 set
                 the
                 People
                 a
                 madding
                 from
                 one
                 end
                 o'
                 th
                 Town
                 to
                 the
                 Other
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 last
                 not
                 one
                 syllable
                 True
                 ,
                 but
                 all
                 past
                 over
                 as
                 if
                 no
                 such
                 thing
                 had
                 
                 ever
                 been
                 .
                 Take
                 me
                 aright
                 ,
                 Bumpkin
                 ;
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 speak
                 This
                 as
                 condemning
                 the
                 Practice
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 set
                 forth
                 the
                 Effect
                 of
                 this
                 way
                 of
                 Fibbing
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 's
                 understood
                 Citt
                 ;
                 
                 for'tis
                 not
                 our
                 part
                 to
                 Examine
                 the
                 Means
                 ,
                 why
                 they
                 be
                 Good
                 ,
                 or
                 Bad
                 ;
                 but
                 to
                 pursue
                 the
                 Reward
                 ,
                 and
                 bring
                 That
                 about
                 ,
                 by
                 
                   any
                   means
                
                 whatever
                 .
                 But
                 what
                 do
                 ye
                 say
                 now
                 to
                 the
                 Lye
                 of
                 Composition
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 call
                 it
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 
                   Figment
                   ,
                   Citt.
                
                 that
                 's
                 made
                 up
                 of
                 Truth
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 Falshood
                 :
                 but
                 so
                 enterwoven
                 with
                 Colours
                 ,
                 and
                 Disguises
                 ,
                 that
                 't
                 is
                 hard
                 to
                 say
                 which
                 is
                 which
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 
                   As
                   if
                   ye
                   should
                   put
                
                 Rats-bane
                 
                   into
                   a
                   mess
                   of
                
                 Porridge
                 :
                 't
                 is
                 Porridge
                 
                   still
                   ,
                   though
                   it
                   be
                
                 Poyson
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Very
                 well
                 Alluded
                 Bumkin
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Truth
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Porridg
                 ,
                 is
                 only
                 (
                 as
                 the
                 Doctors
                 call
                 it
                 )
                 the
                 Vehicle
                 to
                 convey
                 the
                 Poyson
                 .
                 The
                 Art
                 ,
                 and
                 Mistery
                 of
                 
                   this
                   Fib
                
                 lies
                 in
                 gaining
                 credit
                 to
                 the
                 Fiction
                 ,
                 by
                 acknowledging
                 those
                 
                   Notorious
                   Truths
                
                 that
                 cannot
                 be
                 Conceal'd
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Ay
                   ay
                   man
                   ,
                   for
                   that
                   's
                   but
                
                 telling
                 
                   what
                   every
                   body
                
                 knows
                 .
                 
                   As
                   for
                   the
                   purpose
                   .
                   The
                
                 Presbyterians
                 
                   took
                   up
                
                 Arms
                 
                   't
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   but
                   alas
                   !
                   They
                   never
                   meant
                   any
                   hurt
                   to
                   his
                
                 Majesty
                 :
                 
                   and
                   yet
                   they
                   took
                   his
                
                 Royal
                 Authority
                 to
                 themselves
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   seiz'd
                   his
                
                 Shipping
                 ,
                 his
                 Forts
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   his
                
                 Revenue
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Ay
                 but
                 for
                 
                   that
                   Bumkin
                
                 ,
                 they
                 say
                 learnedly
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Two
                   Houses
                
                 ,
                 when
                 
                   Charles
                   Stuart
                
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 an
                 Army
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 But
                 they
                 say
                 again
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 never
                 meant
                 any
                 hurt
                 to
                 his
                 Person
                 neither
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 they
                 Revil'd
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 Shot
                 at
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Arch-Bishop
                 of
                 St.
                 Andrews
                 was
                 Kill'd
                 ,
                 but
                 then
                 he
                 was
                 an
                 
                   Ill
                   ,
                   Harsh
                   Man
                
                 ,
                 they
                 say
                 :
                 't
                 was
                 done
                 in
                 Revenge
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 Act
                 of
                 the
                 Kirk-Party
                 :
                 We
                 were
                 mightily
                 derided
                 about
                 the
                 
                   Scotch
                   Rising
                
                 .
                 At
                 first
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 more
                 in
                 't
                 ,
                 then
                 a
                 
                   Tumultuary
                   Rabble
                
                 that
                 were
                 got
                 together
                 to
                 deliver
                 themselves
                 from
                 an
                 
                   Illegal
                   Oppression
                
                 :
                 And
                 this
                 past
                 for
                 current
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 was
                 found
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 
                   form'd
                   Rebellion
                
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Covenant
                 was
                 the
                 Foundation
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Doctrine's
                 this
                 .
                 Not
                 to
                 Own
                 any
                 thing
                 more
                 then
                 needs
                 must
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 palliate
                 what
                 's
                 amiss
                 the
                 best
                 we
                 can
                 .
                 And
                 so
                 proceed
                 ,
                 I
                 pray'e
                 to
                 the
                 point
                 of
                 Substraction
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Rule
                   of
                
                 Swearing
                 ,
                 Bumkin
                 ,
                 
                   that
                   is
                   to
                   say
                
                 ,
                 
                 the
                 Truth
                 ,
                 the
                 whole
                 Truth
                 ,
                 and
                 nothing
                 but
                 the
                 Truth
                 ,
                 
                   does
                   not
                   hold
                   in
                
                 Lying
                 ;
                 
                 
                   so
                   that
                   in
                   this
                   Case
                   of
                
                 Substraction
                 ,
                 
                   we
                   tell
                   the
                
                 Truth
                 ,
                 
                   but
                   not
                   the
                
                 whole
                 Truth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Our
                 
                   Common
                   Intelligences
                
                 are
                 singularly
                 good
                 at
                 
                   this
                   Figure
                
                 :
                 for
                 they
                 tell
                 ye
                 just
                 as
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 Story
                 as
                 serves
                 their
                 turn
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 more
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 They
                 do
                 so
                 .
                 Oh
                 they
                 are
                 very
                 well
                 instructed
                 .
                 
                 As
                 in
                 the
                 Story
                 of
                 the
                 Officer
                 that
                 broke
                 a
                 fellows
                 head
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 going
                 to
                 Brantford
                 to
                 chuse
                 
                   Parliament
                   Men
                
                 :
                 He
                 tells
                 ye
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Head
                   broken
                
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 a
                 word
                 of
                 the
                 Provocation
                 ;
                 as
                 the
                 disordering
                 of
                 his
                 men
                 in
                 their
                 March
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 bauling
                 out
                 ,
                 no
                 Courtiers
                 ,
                 no
                 Pensioners
                 ,
                 no
                 Whitehallmen
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 's
                 a
                 ●lagty
                 way
                 though
                 Citt
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 for
                 
                   Satterth
                   wait
                
                 ,
                 about
                 firing
                 
                   De
                   la
                   Noys
                
                 House
                 !
                 He
                 had
                 the
                 clearest
                 proofs
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 of
                 his
                 Innocence
                 ;
                 the
                 Acquittal
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Wench
                 put
                 to
                 Death
                 that
                 accused
                 him
                 .
                 But
                 Honest
                 Benjamin
                 waves
                 that
                 Point
                 ,
                 and
                 tells
                 ye
                 only
                 that
                 
                   ever
                   since
                   the
                   Maids
                   Condemnation
                   she
                   continues
                   firm
                   ,
                   in
                   what
                   she
                   first
                   asserted
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   her
                   being
                   hir'd
                   to
                   Commit
                   that
                   horrid
                   Fact.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 These
                 things
                 are
                 of
                 Infinite
                 use
                 Bumkin
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 ye
                 mark
                 it
                 ,
                 there
                 passes
                 not
                 a
                 week
                 without
                 scandalous
                 Reflexions
                 upon
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Guards
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 people
                 sick
                 of
                 '
                 um
                 .
                 And
                 't
                 is
                 very
                 good
                 Policy
                 this
                 ;
                 for
                 if
                 they
                 were
                 out
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 our
                 business
                 were
                 done
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 These
                 Papers
                 are
                 the
                 true
                 Fireballs
                 ,
                 
                 Forty
                 times
                 beyond
                 the
                 Compositions
                 of
                 Powder
                 ,
                 and
                 Aquavitae
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 They
                 are
                 so
                 Bumkin
                 .
                 There
                 's
                 no
                 need
                 of
                 Poking
                 them
                 into
                 Ha●-Lofts
                 with
                 
                   Long
                   Poles
                   ;
                   Vntiling
                   of
                   Houses
                   ,
                   Breaking
                   of
                   Windows
                   ,
                   Creeping
                   into
                   Cellars
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
                 'T
                 is
                 but
                 one
                 Tugg
                 at
                 the
                 Press
                 ,
                 here
                 in
                 London
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 
                   Eight
                   and
                   Forty
                   hours
                   ▪
                
                 ye
                 shall
                 see
                 the
                 
                   whole
                   Kingdom
                
                 in
                 a
                 Flame
                 .
                 And
                 let
                 me
                 tell
                 ye
                 ,
                 this
                 Fibb
                 of
                 Substraction
                 does
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 towards
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 And
                 so
                 it
                 does
                 in
                 the
                 Report
                 these
                 Pamphlets
                 give
                 ye
                 upon
                 all
                 Tryalls
                 ,
                 where
                 a
                 
                   Popish
                   Cur
                
                 has
                 the
                 good
                 luck
                 to
                 come
                 off
                 .
                 Don't
                 ye
                 see
                 how
                 they
                 whip
                 the
                 Bench
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Jury
                 about
                 the
                 
                   Pig-Market
                   ?
                   Sir
                   Thomas
                   Gascoin
                
                 was
                 return'd
                 
                   Not
                   Guilty
                
                 :
                 but
                 it
                 was
                 by
                 a
                 Jury
                 of
                 his
                 Countrymen
                 .
                 And
                 so
                 ye
                 are
                 told
                 the
                 Charge
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 very
                 slender
                 or
                 no
                 Account
                 at
                 all
                 of
                 the
                 Defence
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Why
                 this
                 is
                 by
                 the
                 Virtue
                 of
                 Substraction
                 :
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 a
                 
                   Negative
                   Lye
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Concealing
                 any
                 
                   Substantial
                   part
                
                 of
                 the
                 Truth
                 .
                 They
                 talk
                 as
                 if
                 there
                 were
                 a
                 Designe
                 afoot
                 for
                 the
                 Suppressing
                 
                 of
                 these
                 Intelligences
                 :
                 and
                 by
                 my
                 Soul
                 ,
                 I
                 believe
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 the
                 Vndoing
                 of
                 the
                 Cause
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Why
                 they
                 Govern
                 the
                 Land
                 man
                 ,
                 
                 Do
                 they
                 not
                 make
                 and
                 Dissolve
                 what
                 Alliances
                 they
                 please
                 .
                 
                   Arraign
                   Judges
                   ;
                   Condemn
                   Innocents
                
                 ?
                 Put
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 In
                 ,
                 what
                 
                   Privy
                   Counsellors
                
                 they
                 think
                 fit
                 ?
                 Place
                 and
                 
                   Displace
                   Secretaries
                   of
                   State
                
                 ?
                 Publish
                 the
                 Privacies
                 of
                 the
                 Cabinet
                 ?
                 And
                 in
                 all
                 Cases
                 ,
                 tell
                 the
                 People
                 what
                 they
                 are
                 to
                 trust
                 to
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Right
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 this
                 passes
                 for
                 Gospel
                 in
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 devil
                 a
                 word
                 on
                 't
                 that
                 's
                 known
                 at
                 White-Hall
                 .
                 But
                 then
                 they
                 have
                 the
                 Cruellest
                 way
                 of
                 Nicking
                 a
                 man
                 when
                 they
                 have
                 a
                 minde
                 to
                 't
                 .
                 Such
                 a
                 one
                 has
                 got
                 such
                 or
                 such
                 a
                 Place
                 at
                 Court
                 ,
                 though
                 so
                 and
                 so
                 :
                 and
                 to'ther
                 must
                 be
                 Committed
                 
                   Close
                   Prisoner
                
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 
                   Lords
                   in
                   the
                   Tower
                
                 may
                 have
                 People
                 come
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 play
                 at
                 Nine-Pins
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Ay
                 ,
                 And
                 then
                 let
                 the
                 Bravest
                 things
                 Imaginable
                 be
                 done
                 by
                 
                   One
                   man
                
                 ,
                 
                 either
                 ye
                 have
                 the
                 bare
                 Abstract
                 in
                 General
                 ,
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 thing
                 done
                 ,
                 or
                 nothing
                 at
                 all
                 :
                 But
                 if
                 Another
                 man
                 does
                 but
                 let
                 a
                 Fart
                 upon
                 a
                 Fit
                 of
                 the
                 Belly-ake
                 ,
                 there
                 's
                 a
                 Thanksgiving
                 presently
                 all
                 over
                 England
                 and
                 
                   Wales
                   ,
                   proclaim'd
                
                 for
                 his
                 Recovery
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cit.
                 
              
               
                 These
                 are
                 Great
                 helps
                 Bumkin
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 can
                 Raise
                 and
                 Depress
                 whom
                 we
                 please
                 .
                 Beside
                 that
                 the
                 Multitude
                 from
                 
                   these
                   Liberties
                
                 draw
                 
                   this
                   Conclusion
                
                 ,
                 either
                 they
                 would
                 Contradict
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 could
                 ;
                 Or
                 Hinder
                 them
                 if
                 they
                 Durst
                 .
                 We'el
                 go
                 now
                 to
                 the
                 Figment
                 of
                 Addition
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 As
                 Substraction
                 is
                 the
                 Truth
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 the
                 
                   Whole
                   Truth
                
                 ,
                 so
                 Addition
                 ,
                 I
                 presume
                 ,
                 is
                 somewhat
                 
                   more
                   then
                   the
                   Truth
                
                 :
                 But
                 pray'e
                 let
                 me
                 distinguish
                 betwixt
                 Composition
                 ,
                 and
                 Addition
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Former
                 ,
                 
                 is
                 the
                 Blending
                 and
                 Confounding
                 of
                 the
                 Truth
                 ,
                 with
                 
                   Fictitious
                   Matter
                
                 :
                 The
                 other
                 is
                 the
                 piecing
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 Truth
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Falshood
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 
                   bare
                   Truth
                
                 would
                 not
                 do
                 the
                 Work.
                 As
                 thus
                 ,
                 It
                 is
                 true
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Army
                 rays'd
                 for
                 some
                 Attempt
                 upon
                 the
                 Netherlands
                 ,
                 in
                 1673.
                 was
                 drawn
                 up
                 on
                 Black-Heath
                 ;
                 But
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Story
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Advance
                 of
                 the
                 
                   French
                   Government
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Promoting
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Irish
                   Religion
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 threatning
                 of
                 a
                 Storm
                 to
                 fall
                 upon
                 London
                 ,
                 is
                 an
                 
                   Additional
                   Figment
                
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 True
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 were
                 Fireworks
                 found
                 in
                 the
                 Savoy
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Addition
                 is
                 false
                 of
                 being
                 design'd
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Story
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 What
                 's
                 the
                 difference
                 now
                 betwixt
                 Addition
                 ,
                 and
                 Amplification
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Addition
                 is
                 a
                 Suppliment
                 of
                 new
                 Fact
                 :
                 
                 Amplification
                 is
                 only
                 an
                 Aggravation
                 of
                 the
                 Matter
                 in
                 Question
                 .
                 Or
                 in
                 short
                 ,
                 the
                 setting
                 a
                 flourish
                 or
                 a
                 gloss
                 upon
                 the
                 business
                 .
                 And
                 it
                 holds
                 as
                 well
                 the
                 making
                 of
                 our
                 
                   Adversaries
                   Odious
                
                 ,
                 as
                 our
                 
                   selves
                   Considerable
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 
                   I
                   have
                   many
                   times
                   observed
                   that
                   Gods
                
                 Judgments
                 ,
                 and
                 Blessings
                 
                   have
                   been
                   still
                   either
                   Imputed
                   to
                   the
                
                 Wickedness
                 
                   of
                   the
                
                 Episcopal
                 Party
                 ,
                 
                   or
                   ascribed
                   to
                   the
                
                 Sanctity
                 
                   of
                   the
                
                 Non-Conformists
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 But
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 see
                 a
                 Master-piece
                 .
                 Reade
                 the
                 Preamble
                 to
                 the
                 Relation
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Kings
                   Army
                
                 at
                 Branford
                 .
                 And
                 take
                 this
                 with
                 you
                 before
                 hand
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 cruelty
                 exercised
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 beyond
                 the
                 common
                 effects
                 of
                 
                   Hot
                   blood
                
                 upon
                 so
                 Obstinate
                 a
                 dispute
                 .
              
               
                 Vnnatural
                 ,
                 
                 Inhumane
                 ,
                 and
                 strange
                 Cruelties
                 ,
                 send
                 forth
                 a
                 Voice
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Voice
                 which
                 they
                 send
                 forth
                 is
                 so
                 loud
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 awakes
                 even
                 secure
                 and
                 sleepy
                 Mankind
                 ,
                 and
                 stirs
                 up
                 their
                 Bowels
                 to
                 an
                 enflamed
                 and
                 united
                 Indignation
                 .
                 The
                 divided
                 pieces
                 of
                 a
                 Woman
                 abused
                 to
                 death
                 needed
                 not
                 the
                 Eloquence
                 or
                 Voice
                 of
                 an
                 Orator
                 ;
                 they
                 spake
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 spake
                 so
                 loud
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 heard
                 by
                 a
                 whole
                 Nation
                 ,
                 and
                 drew
                 forth
                 this
                 Answer
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 such
                 deed
                 done
                 nor
                 seen
                 from
                 the
                 day
                 that
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 Israel
                 came
                 out
                 of
                 Aegypt
                 .
                 Neither
                 did
                 they
                 fetch
                 only
                 an
                 Answer
                 of
                 Words
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 Deeds
                 :
                 All
                 the
                 Men
                 of
                 Israel
                 gather'd
                 together
                 as
                 One
                 Man
                 ;
                 against
                 the
                 Authours
                 and
                 Abettors
                 of
                 that
                 abominable
                 wickedness
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 Lamentation
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 up
                 for
                 a
                 Lamentation
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 England
                 such
                 horrid
                 Acts
                 should
                 be
                 done
                 ,
                 that
                 yield
                 forth
                 this
                 high
                 crying
                 &
                 affrighting
                 Voice
                 —
                 No
                 such
                 thing
                 hath
                 been
                 done
                 since
                 England
                 came
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Aegypt
                 of
                 
                   Rome
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
                 Exact
                 Collections
                 ,
                 Pag.
                 758.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Why
                   this
                   Exclamation
                   was
                   as
                   much
                   as
                   the
                   whole
                   Cause
                   was
                   worth
                   .
                   Ah
                   ,
                
                 
                 Citt
                 ,
                 
                   if
                   we
                   were
                   no
                   better
                   at
                   Oaths
                   and
                   Fibbs
                   ,
                   then
                   we
                   are
                   at
                   Arguments
                   ,
                   we
                   should
                   e'en
                   bring
                   our
                   Hoggs
                   to
                   a
                   fair
                   Market
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Alack
                 for
                 thee
                 Bumkin
                 ,
                 thou
                 dost
                 not
                 know
                 an
                 Argument
                 when
                 thou
                 seest
                 it
                 .
                 Why
                 this
                 knack
                 of
                 Swearing
                 and
                 Lying
                 is
                 our
                 way
                 of
                 Arguing
                 ;
                 and
                 whoever
                 carries
                 the
                 Cause
                 ,
                 
                 (
                 let
                 him
                 carry
                 it
                 right
                 or
                 wrong
                 )
                 is
                 the
                 best
                 Disputant
                 .
                 Prethee
                 tell
                 me
                 ;
                 what
                 would
                 st
                 thou
                 think
                 of
                 any
                 man
                 that
                 should
                 go
                 to
                 convert
                 the
                 Chineses
                 in
                 Welch
                 ,
                 or
                 talk
                 Hebrew
                 to
                 a
                 Laplander
                 ?
                 'T
                 is
                 the
                 same
                 thing
                 man
                 ,
                 to
                 talk
                 Reason
                 to
                 the
                 Rabble
                 .
                 'T
                 is
                 little
                 less
                 then
                 Popery
                 ye
                 Fool
                 ;
                 't
                 is
                 
                   speaking
                   in
                   an
                   unknown
                   Tongue
                
                 ;
                 what
                 were
                 all
                 your
                 Cavalier-Doctors
                 ,
                 and
                 Statesmen
                 the
                 better
                 
                 for
                 their
                 Syllogismas
                 ,
                 their
                 Politiques
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 
                   Cases
                   of
                   Conscience
                
                 ;
                 when
                 the
                 very
                 Noyse
                 of
                 TYRANNY
                 ,
                 and
                 POPERY
                 beat'um
                 all
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Field
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Nay
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 confesse
                 ,
                 Citt
                 ;
                 that
                 
                   Our
                   Case
                
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 decided
                 by
                 the
                 Multitude
                 ;
                 and
                 That
                 way
                 must
                 needs
                 succeed
                 best
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 most
                 accomodate
                 to
                 the
                 Humour
                 and
                 Capacity
                 of
                 the
                 Umpires
                 of
                 the
                 Controversy
                 .
                 But
                 yet
                 I
                 could
                 wish
                 that
                 thou
                 had'st
                 born
                 up
                 a
                 little
                 t'other
                 day
                 ,
                 to
                 Trueman
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 Points
                 of
                 Religion
                 and
                 Government
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Why
                 you
                 must
                 know
                 ,
                 Bumpkin
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 are
                 Two
                 ways
                 of
                 Reply
                 upon
                 Disputes
                 of
                 That
                 Quality
                 ;
                 the
                 One
                 is
                 by
                 Reason
                 ,
                 
                 (
                 which
                 sounds
                 the
                 same
                 thing
                 with
                 the
                 Apostles
                 
                   Vain
                   Phylosophy
                
                 )
                 and
                 the
                 Other
                 is
                 by
                 Clamour
                 :
                 The
                 Former
                 is
                 for
                 your
                 Speculators
                 ,
                 or
                 Pedants
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Other
                 is
                 for
                 men
                 of
                 Zeal
                 ,
                 and
                 Businesse
                 .
                 But
                 there
                 's
                 One
                 has
                 mawl'd
                 him
                 since
                 ,
                 to
                 some
                 purpose
                 i'faith
                 ,
                 I
                 believe
                 hee
                 'l
                 have
                 little
                 Joy
                 of
                 his
                 Disputations
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Oh
                 ,
                 
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 of
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 that
                 have
                 had
                 a
                 Fling
                 at
                 him
                 .
                 There
                 's
                 One
                 of
                 'um
                 they
                 say
                 that
                 's
                 a
                 
                   Devilish
                   Witty
                   Little
                   Fellow
                
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 cann't
                 for
                 my
                 Blood
                 call
                 his
                 Name
                 to
                 mind
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 think
                 't
                 was
                 Pugg
                 ;
                 or
                 thereabouts
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 By
                 my
                 Troth
                 like
                 enough
                 ;
                 for
                 one
                 was
                 telling
                 me
                 to'ther
                 day
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Drill
                 in
                 Bartlemew-Fair
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Leaguer-Pipe
                 in
                 's
                 mouth
                 ,
                 was
                 the
                 very
                 Picture
                 of
                 him
                 .
                 But
                 didst
                 not
                 thou
                 see
                 
                   Romes
                   Hunting-match
                
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   yes
                   ;
                   't
                   is
                   a
                
                 Broad-side
                 
                   with
                   a
                
                 Wooden
                 Cutt
                 ;
                 
                 
                   They
                   have
                   put
                   him
                   in
                   the
                   Head
                   there
                   of
                   the
                
                 Popes
                 Beagles
                 ,
                 
                   with
                   a
                
                 Pen
                 
                   in
                   One
                
                 Pot
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   a
                
                 Fire-ball
                 
                   in
                   the
                
                 Other
                 .
                 
                   They
                   call
                   the
                   whole
                
                 Pack
                 the
                 Antichristian
                 Crew
                 :
                 
                   The
                   Fellow
                   has
                   a
                   woundy
                   Head-piece
                   that
                   Contriv'd
                   it
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Ay
                 but
                 the
                 t'other
                 girds
                 him
                 Confoundedly
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 there
                 's
                 a
                 Letter
                 worse
                 then
                 That
                 too
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 is
                 all
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 Answer
                 :
                 if
                 thou
                 could'st
                 but
                 
                   Recite
                   his
                   Positions
                
                 now
                 ,
                 you
                 and
                 I
                 might
                 bang
                 it
                 out
                 ,
                 had
                 to
                 fist
                 ,
                 in
                 Mood
                 ,
                 and
                 Figure
                 (
                 as
                 they
                 say
                 .
                 )
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Nay
                   let
                
                 mee
                 
                   alone
                   for
                   a
                
                 Reciter
                 ,
                 if
                 That
                 
                   will
                   do
                   't
                
                 .
                 The
                 Crown
                 of
                 England
                 is
                 allow'd
                 on
                 all
                 hands
                 to
                 be
                 
                   Imperiall
                   ;
                   and
                
                 That
                 
                   I
                   lay
                   down
                   for
                   my
                
                 First
                 Position
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Why
                 then
                 y'
                 are
                 a
                 Crack-fart
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Pensioner
                 .
                 Now
                 go
                 on
                 ,
                 
                 without
                 any
                 Demur
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 King
                 is
                 Vnaccountable
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 One
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Three
                   Estates
                
                 ,
                 as
                 
                   Lame
                   Giles
                
                 would
                 have
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Y'
                 are
                 a
                 Sawce-box
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Yorkist
                 ,
              
            
             
               
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 will
                 maintain
                 that
                 England
                 is
                 not
                 a
                 Mixt
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 a
                 
                   Qualifi'd
                   Monarchy
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Y'
                 are
                 an
                 
                   Idle
                   Fellow
                   ,
                   Sirrah
                
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 ye
                 at
                 Masse
                 at
                 the
                 
                   Protestant
                   Coffee-house
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 say
                 again
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 but
                 the
                 Governing
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Governed
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 They
                 are
                 no
                 longer
                 the
                 Governed
                 ,
                 
                 that
                 Govern
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 Governing
                 that
                 are
                 Governed
                 .
                 And
                 in
                 Little
                 ,
                 That
                 Subjection
                 and
                 Dominion
                 are
                 Inconsistent
                 ,
                 in
                 One
                 and
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 subject
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Y'
                 are
                 an
                 
                   Idle
                   ,
                   Impudent
                   Fellow
                
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 'le
                 be
                 hang'd
                 if
                 I
                 don't
                 catch
                 ye
                 in
                 the
                 Sham-Plot
                 .
                 What
                 do
                 ye
                 think
                 of
                 This
                 now
                 ?
                 And
                 tell
                 me
                 without
                 Complement
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 run
                 this
                 Puppy
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 Wall.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 cannot
                 for
                 my
                 Life
                 Citt
                 ,
                 understand
                 this
                 way
                 of
                 Answering
                 yet
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Why
                   prethee
                
                 Bumkin
                 ,
                 calling
                 of
                 Names
                 ,
                 is
                 speaking
                 
                   to
                   the
                
                 People
                 
                   in
                   a
                
                 Language
                 
                   that
                   they
                   do
                   both
                
                 Vnderstand
                 ,
                 and
                 Believe
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Oh
                 ,
                 there
                 's
                 no
                 question
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 on
                 't
                 ,
                 a
                 man
                 had
                 better
                 be
                 suspected
                 for
                 a
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 then
                 for
                 a
                 Papist
                 :
                 Nay
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 but
                 Popishly-Affected
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 go
                 hard
                 with
                 him
                 .
                 But
                 what
                 will
                 ye
                 
                   say
                   Citt
                
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 tell
                 ye
                 of
                 a
                 man
                 that
                 saw
                 the
                 
                   devillish
                   Letter
                
                 ye
                 spoke
                 of
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 somewhat
                 on
                 't
                 my self
                 .
                 But
                 prethee
                 let
                 's
                 confer
                 Notes
                 upon
                 't
                 .
                 Is
                 there
                 not
                 something
                 in
                 't
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 been
                 Fribling
                 with
                 a
                 
                   Printers
                   Wife
                
                 once
                 ;
                 
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 promis'd
                 to
                 bring
                 off
                 her
                 Husband
                 if
                 she
                 'd
                 have
                 done
                 him
                 the
                 good
                 Office
                 ?
                 I
                 had
                 it
                 from
                 Barefoot
                 ,
                 and
                 yo●
                 same
                 Bacon-of-Government-man
                 ,
                 what
                 a
                 devill
                 do
                 ye
                 call
                 him
                 ?
                 the
                 Case-Putter
                 at
                 the
                 Swan
                 in
                 Fish-street
                 ;
                 he
                 that
                 swell'd
                 so
                 at
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Yorke
                 ;
                 Pox
                 on
                 't
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 forget
                 him
                 now
                 ;
                 
                   Did
                   ye
                   never
                   hear
                   of
                   the
                   Thumb
                   ?
                
                 
                 (
                 as
                 Aristippus
                 Says
                 .
                 )
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Why
                 Faith
                 Citt
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 as
                 wuch
                 :
                 But
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 told
                 too
                 by
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Journey-men
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 was
                 always
                 
                   a
                   good
                   Gamesome
                   Wench
                
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Gentleman
                 (
                 being
                 
                   well
                   bred
                
                 )
                 might
                 perhaps
                 offer
                 her
                 the
                 Civility
                 to
                 Oblige
                 her
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 can
                 say
                 nothing
                 to
                 her
                 Gamesomeness
                 ;
                 but
                 she
                 was
                 no
                 Blab
                 ,
                 
                 I
                 can
                 assure
                 ye
                 ;
                 For
                 though
                 she
                 was
                 in
                 Court
                 ,
                 when
                 her
                 Husband
                 was
                 Fin'd
                 and
                 Sentenc'd
                 Upon
                 That
                 
                   Gentlemans
                   Prosecution
                
                 ,
                 she
                 made
                 no
                 words
                 on
                 't
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 
                   That
                   's
                   well
                   observ'd
                
                 ,
                 Citt
                 ;
                 
                   For
                   she
                   should
                   have
                   told
                   the
                
                 Bench
                 
                   me-thinks
                   ;
                   that
                
                 if
                 she
                 would
                 have
                 done
                 so
                 and
                 so
                 ,
                 ●t'had
                 never
                 come
                 to
                 This.
                 
              
            
             
               
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Ay
                 but
                 Yonder
                 's
                 a
                 
                   Broken
                   Thrid-merchant
                   Bumpkin
                
                 ,
                 
                 (
                 and
                 he
                 had
                 it
                 from
                 
                   his
                   own
                   Brother
                
                 )
                 told
                 a
                 friend
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
                 that
                 Truman
                 (
                 when
                 Licensing
                 was
                 in
                 fashion
                 )
                 would
                 never
                 License
                 any
                 thing
                 against
                 the
                 Papists
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 took
                 mony
                 for
                 Licensing
                 ;
                 and
                 layd
                 a
                 Tax
                 upon
                 
                   his
                   Majestyes
                   Liege-People
                
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 Pugg
                 the
                 Notarius
                 has
                 it
                 )
                 without
                 the
                 Consent
                 of
                 their
                 Representatives
                 in
                 Parliament
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 These
                 are
                 bloody
                 things
                 ,
                 Citt
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 resolve
                 to
                 scour
                 him
                 as
                 bright
                 as
                 Silver
                 ,
                 before
                 they
                 have
                 done
                 with
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Nay
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 don't
                 make
                 him
                 either
                 a
                 Papist
                 ,
                 or
                 Popishly-Affected
                 I
                 'le
                 dye
                 for
                 't
                 :
                 yes
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 man
                 living
                 ,
                 that
                 has
                 either
                 
                   a
                   good
                   Estate
                   ,
                   good
                   Furniture
                
                 in
                 's
                 house
                 ,
                 Mony
                 in
                 his
                 Pocket
                 ,
                 or
                 Brains
                 in
                 his
                 Head.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Well
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 my
                 knowledg
                 ,
                 
                   Citt
                   ,
                   Truman
                
                 does
                 not
                 value
                 himself
                 upon
                 any
                 of
                 
                   these
                   Qualifications
                
                 .
                 But
                 prethee
                 let
                 's
                 leave
                 this
                 Noddy
                 a
                 little
                 ,
                 and
                 talk
                 of
                 something
                 else
                 ,
                 what
                 dost
                 think
                 was
                 the
                 reason
                 that
                 our
                 Parliaments
                 have
                 been
                 put
                 off
                 so
                 
                   of
                   Late
                
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 very
                 Question
                 that
                 I
                 put
                 t'other
                 day
                 my self
                 ;
                 
                 and
                 't
                 was
                 answer'd
                 Thus.
                 That
                 the
                 Nation
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 Happy
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 Preservation
                 of
                 the
                 Goverement
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 establisht
                 by
                 Law
                 :
                 for
                 the
                 tearing
                 of
                 the
                 Law
                 to
                 pieces
                 ,
                 must
                 needs
                 distract
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 have
                 no
                 Rule
                 to
                 walk
                 by
                 :
                 That
                 a
                 great
                 many
                 worthy
                 Persons
                 were
                 disappoynted
                 in
                 the
                 Elections
                 ,
                 by
                 being
                 misrepresented
                 to
                 the
                 People
                 :
                 That
                 by
                 these
                 Practices
                 ,
                 diverse
                 persons
                 were
                 Obtruded
                 upon
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 of
                 
                   remarkable
                   Disaffections
                
                 both
                 to
                 Church
                 ,
                 and
                 State
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 therefore
                 ,
                 I
                 suppose
                 ,
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 put
                 off
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 that
                 some
                 
                   Other
                   Distempers
                
                 might
                 be
                 composed
                 ,
                 before
                 their
                 Meeting
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Well!
                 and
                 what
                 Return
                 did'st
                 thou
                 make
                 him
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 Smelt
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 Pope
                 in
                 's
                 belly
                 ;
                 
                 and
                 so
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 no
                 more
                 to
                 do
                 with
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 These
                 People
                 are
                 grown
                 Strangely
                 bold
                 of
                 Late
                 .
                 But
                 Perseverance
                 is
                 a
                 
                   Grace
                   ,
                   Citt
                
                 ,
                 that
                 will
                 carry
                 us
                 on
                 ,
                 thorough
                 
                   Thick
                   and
                   Thin
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Now
                 thou
                 talkst
                 of
                 a
                 
                   Grace
                   ,
                   Bumpkin
                
                 ;
                 
                 there
                 is
                 not
                 any
                 Action
                 ,
                 or
                 Profession
                 ,
                 in
                 Human
                 Life
                 ,
                 without
                 its
                 
                   peculiar
                   Graces
                
                 .
                 There
                 are
                 the
                 Graces
                 of
                 the
                 Tubb
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Pulpit
                 ;
                 the
                 Quack
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Doctor
                 ;
                 Nay
                 ,
                 the
                 Academy
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Padd
                 .
                 as
                 the
                 Scotch-man
                 sayd
                 of
                 
                   Du
                   Vall
                
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 Truss'd
                 up
                 for
                 the
                 
                   High-way
                   .
                   By
                   my
                   Saule
                   (
                   Sir
                   ,
                
                 
                 Says
                 he
                 )
                 
                   It
                   would
                   have
                   done
                   your
                   Heart
                   good
                   to
                   have
                   seen
                   That
                   Gentleman
                   upon
                   Action
                   .
                   One
                
                 man
                 becomes
                 the
                 
                   Bench
                   ;
                   Another
                
                 the
                 Stage
                 :
                 And
                 ye
                 shall
                 see
                 One
                 man
                 Robb
                 a
                 Church
                 with
                 a
                 better
                 Grace
                 than
                 Another
                 Erects
                 an
                 Hospital
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 And
                 then
                 we
                 call
                 a
                 
                   Well-affected
                   Brother
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Babe
                 of
                 Grace
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 's
                 somewhat
                 near
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 Bumpkin
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 Grace
                 that
                 we
                 have
                 to
                 do
                 withall
                 ,
                 is
                 only
                 a
                 certain
                 Gift
                 of
                 Impulse
                 that
                 disposes
                 a
                 man
                 to
                 the
                 Exercise
                 of
                 his
                 Trade
                 ,
                 and
                 Calling
                 .
                 As
                 for
                 Example
                 ;
                 what
                 's
                 a
                 Pick-pocket
                 the
                 better
                 for
                 his
                 Skill
                 in
                 Diving
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 has
                 not
                 the
                 Grace
                 to
                 keep
                 his
                 hands
                 in
                 Ure
                 ?
                 But
                 now
                 for
                 thy
                 Perseverance
                 thorough
                 
                   Thick
                   and
                   Thin
                
                 ;
                 there
                 's
                 more
                 in
                 That
                 ,
                 perhaps
                 ,
                 then
                 thou
                 art
                 aware
                 of
                 ;
                 for
                 there
                 's
                 a
                 difference
                 betwixt
                 Staring
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Stark
                   mad
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 prethee
                 be
                 clear
                 Citt
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 may
                 understand
                 one
                 another
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Dutch
                 have
                 a
                 very
                 good
                 
                   Proverb
                   ,
                   Heaven
                   helps
                   the
                   strongest
                   ,
                
                 
                 (
                 they
                 say
                 )
                 So
                 long
                 as
                 Providence
                 is
                 on
                 Our
                 fide
                 Bumkin
                 ,
                 all
                 's
                 Well
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 'm
                 not
                 for
                 Running
                 my
                 head
                 against
                 
                   Stone
                   Walls
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 But
                 how
                 far
                 must
                 we
                 go
                 then
                 Citt
                 ,
                 and
                 whither
                 Next
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Take
                 me
                 for
                 thy
                 Guide
                 Bumkin
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 Life
                 for
                 thine
                 thou
                 shalt
                 never
                 Miscarry
                 .
                 The
                 game
                 we
                 have
                 to
                 play
                 is
                 a
                 kinde
                 of
                 Trick-Track
                 :
                 (
                 but
                 what
                 do
                 I
                 talk
                 of
                 
                   Trick
                   Track
                
                 to
                 a
                 Bumkin
                 )
                 the
                 great
                 Nicety
                 is
                 to
                 know
                 when
                 to
                 go
                 Off.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 So
                 that
                 in
                 some
                 Cases
                 I
                 finde
                 we
                 may
                 go
                 off
                 :
                 But
                 why
                 must
                 I
                 swear
                 so
                 damnably
                 against
                 Flinching
                 then
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Because
                 we
                 are
                 bound
                 in
                 Honour
                 Bumkin
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 Flinch
                 .
                 But
                 if
                 the
                 
                   Cause
                   it self
                   Flinches
                
                 ,
                 who
                 can
                 help
                 it
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 What
                 do
                 ye
                 think
                 then
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Five
                   Scottish
                   Martyrs
                
                 ,
                 who
                 maintain'd
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Death
                 that
                 the
                 Killing
                 of
                 the
                 Arch-Bishop
                 was
                 no
                 Murther
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Rising
                 ,
                 no
                 Rebellion
                 .
                 And
                 yet
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 take
                 it
                 )
                 Their
                 Cause
                 had
                 Flinch'd
                 to
                 some
                 tune
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 whole
                 Party
                 was
                 either
                 
                   Cut
                   off
                   ,
                   Routed
                
                 or
                 taken
                 Prisoners
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 As
                 a
                 friend
                 ,
                 Bumkin
                 ,
                 the
                 world
                 is
                 made
                 up
                 of
                 Fools
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Knaves
                   ,
                   Some
                
                 are
                 to
                 Act
                 ,
                 and
                 Others
                 to
                 Contrive
                 ;
                 the
                 Fools
                 are
                 to
                 keep
                 up
                 the
                 Claim
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Knaves
                 ,
                 when
                 time
                 serves
                 are
                 to
                 take
                 Possession
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Well
                 ,
                 but
                 what
                 must
                 become
                 of
                 Us
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Interim
                   then
                
                 ?
              
            
             
               
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Interim
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 thou
                 calst
                 it
                 )
                 is
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 Inter-regnum
                 ;
                 
                 wherein
                 we
                 are
                 Absolv'd
                 (
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 )
                 by
                 a
                 certain
                 
                   Extraordinary
                   Dispensation
                
                 from
                 all
                 
                   Bonds
                   ,
                   Civil
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Moral
                 ,
                 till
                 we
                 can
                 get
                 Uppermost
                 again
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 So
                 that
                 here
                 are
                 
                   Two
                   Providences
                
                 ,
                 One
                 upon
                 the
                 Heel
                 of
                 the
                 Other
                 .
                 The
                 One
                 in
                 turning
                 all
                 our
                 Oaths
                 ,
                 and
                 Promises
                 ,
                 in
                 
                   The
                   Interval
                
                 ,
                 into
                 Nullities
                 ;
                 And
                 the
                 Other
                 is
                 an
                 allowance
                 of
                 us
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 the
                 
                   First
                   Opportunity
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 's
                 well
                 Collected
                 :
                 For
                 
                   all
                   Oaths
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Promises
                 are
                 Void
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 thing
                 promised
                 ceases
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 
                   our
                   Own
                   Power
                
                 :
                 And
                 an
                 Oath
                 that
                 was
                 made
                 in
                 the
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 broken
                 in
                 the
                 Spirit
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Deliver
                 me
                 !
                 Here
                 's
                 Truman
                 just
                 upon
                 us
                 .
                 If
                 he
                 talks
                 again
                 stand
                 to
                 him
                 Citt.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Rogue
                 has
                 us
                 in
                 's
                 Eye
                 ;
                 and
                 there
                 's
                 no
                 slipping
                 into
                 the
                 Wood
                 ;
                 but
                 let
                 me
                 alone
                 with
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               Enter
               TRUMAN
               .
            
             
               
                 Tru.
                 
              
               
                 Well
                 met
                 Gentlemen
                 .
                 What
                 ?
                 you
                 'r
                 for
                 a
                 Mornings
                 Draught
                 at
                 Hamstead
                 (
                 I
                 suppose
                 )
                 .
                 I
                 'le
                 e'en
                 back
                 again
                 and
                 keep
                 ye
                 Company
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 If
                 you
                 please
                 Sir
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 a
                 fine
                 Walk
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tru.
                 
              
               
                 So
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 go
                 Squares
                 since
                 the
                 crash
                 we
                 had
                 yonder
                 at
                 —
                 
                   What
                   do
                   ye
                   call
                   the
                   place
                   ?
                
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Oh
                 ,
                 
                 very
                 well
                 ,
                 there
                 's
                 a
                 Book
                 come
                 out
                 that
                 proves
                 a
                 man
                 may
                 talk
                 of
                 Religion
                 ,
                 and
                 Government
                 as
                 learnedly
                 over
                 a
                 Dish
                 of
                 Coffee
                 ,
                 as
                 over
                 a
                 ●ot
                 of
                 Ale.
                 —
                 There
                 's
                 a
                 
                   Bobb
                   Bumkin
                
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 Tom
                 and
                 Dick
                 —
                 (
                 aside
                 .
                 )
              
            
             
               
                 Tru.
                 
              
               
                 Look
                 ye
                 ,
                 Here
                 's
                 the
                 Book
                 .
                 I
                 ha'
                 just
                 read
                 it
                 over
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Pray
                 let
                 me
                 see
                 't
                 a
                 little
                 .
                 —
                 Ay
                 ,
                 
                 here
                 't
                 is
                 :
                 I
                 wonder
                 in
                 my
                 heart
                 what
                 the
                 man
                 means
                 by
                 putting
                 Strange
                 ,
                 and
                 Strangely
                 ;
                 and
                 Strange
                 and
                 Stranger
                 again
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 5th
                 and
                 6th
                 Pages
                 here
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 great
                 
                   Black
                   English
                   Letter
                
                 ,
                 so
                 different
                 from
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Book
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Tru.
                 
              
               
                 Nothing
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 but
                 a
                 high-flight
                 of
                 Wit
                 ;
                 as
                 if
                 a
                 man
                 that
                 is
                 in
                 Trouble
                 ,
                 should
                 cry
                 ,
                 
                   O
                   this
                   villanous
                   ,
                   rascally
                   Care
                   !
                
                 Or
                 tell
                 a
                 
                   Glavering
                   Cur
                
                 that
                 Fawns
                 upon
                 ye
                 to
                 your
                 Face
                 ,
                 and
                 bawls
                 at
                 ye
                 behinde
                 your
                 
                   Back
                   ,
                   Oh!
                   y'
                   are
                   Curtis
                   ,
                   Sir.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 Well
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 'm
                 with
                 you
                 once
                 again
                 .
                 What
                 do
                 ye
                 .
                 think
                 of
                 your
                 University-Dull-man
                 there
                 ,
                 Pag.
                 12.
                 with
                 his
                 ,
                 
                   O
                   Lord
                   ,
                   make
                   these
                
                 Young
                 Willows
                 
                   to
                   grow
                   up
                   to
                   be
                
                 Old
                 Oaks
                 ,
                 
                   that
                   they
                   may
                   become
                
                 Timber
                 ,
                 
                   fit
                   to
                
                 Wansoote
                 thy
                 New
                 Jerusalem
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tru.
                 
              
               
                 Upon
                 my
                 Credit
                 ,
                 this
                 Dulman
                 was
                 a
                 Presbyterian
                 (
                 For
                 
                   your
                   Divines
                
                 have
                 ,
                 here
                 and
                 there
                 ,
                 an
                 Vniversity-man
                 among
                 them
                 !
                 And
                 it
                 was
                 another
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Same
                   stamp
                
                 ,
                 that
                 told
                 God
                 Almighty
                 in
                 his
                 Prayer
                 ;
                 
                   Lord
                   ;
                   if
                   thou
                   didst
                   but
                   know
                   what
                   our
                   Friends
                   Suffer
                   now
                   in
                
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Pray'e
                 let
                 me
                 have
                 a
                 word
                 now
                 .
                 How
                 will
                 ye
                 justify
                 the
                 
                   calling
                   to
                   mind
                   ,
                   relating
                   ,
                   and
                   Printing
                   ,
                   (
                   notwithstanding
                   the
                   Acts
                   of
                   Oblivion
                   )
                   all
                   the
                   Evils
                   of
                   our
                   Late
                   Rebellion
                   ?
                
                 as
                 we
                 finde
                 it
                 charg'd
                 .
                 Pag.
                 22.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Tru.
                 
              
               
                 Nay
                 ,
                 rather
                 ;
                 Citt
                 ,
                 how
                 will
                 You
                 acquit
                 your selves
                 ,
                 either
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 or
                 Man
                 ,
                 for
                 doing
                 the
                 same
                 things
                 over
                 again
                 ;
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 so
                 heinous
                 for
                 Other
                 people
                 to
                 Remember
                 them
                 ?
                 As
                 if
                 a
                 Pardon
                 for
                 
                   One
                   Rebellion
                
                 ,
                 were
                 an
                 Authority
                 for
                 Another
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Pray'e
                 let
                 me
                 read
                 This
                 Passage
                 to
                 ye
                 Here
                 ,
                 
                 Pag.
                 28.
                 
                 
                   He
                   that
                   is
                   not
                
                 against
                 
                   us
                   ,
                   is
                
                 with
                 
                   us
                   .
                   And
                   I
                   never
                   heard
                   he
                
                 (
                 speaking
                 of
                 
                   L'Estrange
                   )
                   ever
                   wrote
                   against
                
                 Catholiques
                 ;
                 
                   except
                   it
                   were
                   a
                
                 Protestant
                 Catholique
                 ;
                 
                   (
                   and
                   that
                   (
                   he
                   says
                   )
                   is
                   a
                   Soloecism
                   .
                   )
                   But
                   he
                   has
                   pepper'd
                   the
                
                 Presbyterians
                 .
                 A
                 Protestant
                 
                   (
                   he
                   says
                   )
                   is
                   a
                
                 Lutheran
                 ;
                 
                   and
                   a
                
                 Catholique
                 the
                 Characteristicall
                 Note
                 
                   of
                   a
                
                 Christian
                 ;
                 
                   And
                   it
                   seems
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   have
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                
                 England
                 
                   stick
                   up
                   her
                   bristles
                   ,
                   and
                   disown
                   all
                   Fellowship
                   with
                
                 Protestants
                 abroad
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   knock
                   out
                   all
                
                 Non-conformists
                 brains
                 at
                 Home
                 ;
                 
                   as
                   the
                   only
                   way
                   to
                   prevent
                
                 Popery
                 :
                 What
                 do
                 ye
                 think
                 on
                 't
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Tru.
                 
              
               
                 Why
                 I
                 'le
                 tell
                 ye
                 Citt
                 ;
                 you
                 never
                 writ
                 against
                 Incest
                 ;
                 are
                 ye
                 
                   for
                   it
                
                 therefore
                 ?
                 L'Estrange
                 never
                 writ
                 against
                 the
                 Alcoran
                 ;
                 is
                 he
                 therefore
                 a
                 Mahumetan
                 ?
                 Neither
                 do
                 I
                 find
                 any
                 thing
                 you
                 have
                 Cited
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 what
                 is
                 True
                 ,
                 and
                 Warrantable
                 .
                 You
                 say
                 
                   he
                   has
                   pepper'd
                   the
                   Presbyterians
                
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 world
                 knows
                 they
                 have
                 need
                 of
                 Seasoning
                 .
                 But
                 why
                 the
                 Bristles
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 England
                 ?
                 For
                 the
                 Beasts
                 ,
                 ye
                 know
                 ,
                 are
                 all
                 in
                 the
                 Purlews
                 .
                 Nor
                 does
                 he
                 speak
                 One
                 word
                 of
                 dividing
                 from
                 
                   Protestants
                   abroad
                
                 ;
                 Only
                 upon
                 Dr.
                 
                   Oate's
                   Testimony
                
                 ,
                 that
                 
                 the
                 Priests
                 lye
                 lurking
                 among
                 the
                 Non-Conformists
                 ,
                 he
                 very
                 Honestly
                 advises
                 the
                 Ferretting
                 of
                 the
                 Conventicles
                 :
                 And
                 This
                 your
                 Authour
                 calls
                 forsooth
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   beating
                   out
                   the
                   brains
                   of
                   the
                   Non-conformists
                   .
                
              
               
                 Blesse
                 me
                 Gentlemen
                 !
                 is
                 This
                 the
                 Pillar
                 of
                 your
                 Profession
                 ?
                 
                 the
                 Mouth
                 ,
                 and
                 Advocate
                 of
                 your
                 Cause
                 ?
                 Why
                 there
                 's
                 not
                 one
                 grain
                 of
                 
                   Common
                   Sense
                   ,
                   Honesty
                
                 ,
                 or
                 
                   Good
                   Manners
                
                 in
                 't
                 ;
                 Not
                 a
                 Ragg
                 that
                 would
                 not
                 bring
                 a
                 Scandall
                 upon
                 a
                 Dust-Cart
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 You
                 may
                 value
                 't
                 as
                 you
                 please
                 ;
                 
                 But
                 he
                 has
                 done
                 as
                 much
                 in
                 his
                 Narratives
                 for
                 the
                 
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 as
                 any
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 as
                 good
                 applause
                 too
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 pass
                 in
                 other
                 peoples
                 Names
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bum.
                 
              
               
                 'T
                 is
                 an
                 admirable
                 Piece
                 ,
                 That
                 of
                 his
                 about
                 the
                 Fires
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 Other
                 things
                 too
                 ,
                 really
                 that
                 would
                 make
                 a
                 mans
                 heart
                 ake
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tru.
                 
              
               
                 If
                 thou
                 mean'st
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 
                   Compunction
                   ,
                   Bumpkin
                
                 ,
                 I
                 cann't
                 Imagine
                 how
                 One
                 man
                 can
                 repent
                 of
                 Another
                 mans
                 Sins
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 suppose
                 thou
                 Speak'st
                 of
                 Earth-quakes
                 ,
                 and
                 Signs
                 in
                 the
                 Ayr
                 ;
                 which
                 are
                 enough
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 mans
                 heart
                 Ake
                 indeed
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 And
                 then
                 for
                 his
                 
                   Style
                   ,
                   Truman
                
                 ,
                 
                 He
                 has
                 a
                 
                   Copia
                   Verborum
                
                 ,
                 for
                 all
                 Sorts
                 and
                 Sizes
                 ,
                 of
                 Matters
                 ,
                 and
                 Men
                 ;
                 as
                 
                   Rogue
                   ,
                   Rascall
                   ,
                   Knave
                   ,
                   Villain
                   ,
                   Traytor
                   ,
                   Trash
                   ,
                   Trumpery
                   ,
                   Trinkets
                   ,
                
                 and
                 so
                 forth
                 ,
                 till
                 this
                 time
                 Twelvemoneth
                 .
                 I
                 'le
                 undertake
                 he
                 shall
                 Pelt
                 ye
                 a
                 
                   Cathedral-man
                   Four
                   and
                   Twenty
                   Hours
                
                 by
                 
                   Shrewsbury
                   Clock
                
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 call
                 him
                 Twice
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 Name
                 .
                 And
                 then
                 on
                 the
                 Other
                 side
                 ,
                 If
                 he
                 has
                 the
                 hap
                 (
                 in
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 his
                 Carier
                 )
                 to
                 stumble
                 upon
                 a
                 poor
                 
                   Dissenting
                   Brother
                
                 ,
                 he
                 licks
                 his
                 lips
                 upon
                 't
                 ,
                 and
                 pours
                 forth
                 nothing
                 but
                 Milk
                 and
                 Hony
                 :
                 Oh
                 the
                 
                   Precious
                   Ones
                   ,
                   The
                   Chosen
                   of
                   the
                   Lord
                   ,
                
                 and
                 more
                 Heavenly
                 Epithetes
                 then
                 would
                 lie
                 betwixt
                 This
                 and
                 High-gate
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tru.
                 
              
               
                 But
                 has
                 he
                 any
                 Languages
                 too
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 If
                 you
                 had
                 him
                 but
                 one
                 half-hour
                 upon
                 the
                 Talking-Pin
                 ,
                 you
                 'd
                 swear
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 swallow'd
                 
                   Calepines
                   Dictionary
                
                 whole
                 ,
                 and
                 spew'd
                 it
                 up
                 again
                 ;
                 And
                 such
                 a
                 Memory
                 —
              
            
             
               
                 Tru.
                 
              
               
                 These
                 are
                 wonderful
                 Faculties
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 to
                 qualifie
                 a
                 man
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Advocate
                 of
                 a
                 Party
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 But
                 what
                 if
                 the
                 Gentleman
                 were
                 as
                 despicable
                 as
                 you
                 make
                 him
                 ?
                 what
                 's
                 That
                 to
                 our
                 Profession
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Tru.
                 
              
               
                 Oh
                 very
                 much
                 ;
                 for
                 if
                 the
                 be
                 
                   Your
                   Representative
                   ,
                   You
                
                 Speak
                 in
                 Him
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 does
                 but
                 
                   Blunder
                   ,
                   Raile
                   ,
                   Falsify
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Cobble
                 ,
                 in
                 
                   your
                   Name
                
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 
                   Your
                   Commission
                
                 :
                 If
                 it
                 be
                 otherwise
                 disown
                 him
                 .
                 But
                 what
                 is
                 your
                 Profession
                 ,
                 First
                 ?
              
            
             
               
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 We
                 do
                 professe
                 our selves
                 to
                 be
                 
                   Loyall
                   Subjects
                
                 to
                 his
                 Majesty
                 in
                 his
                 
                   Just
                   Authority
                
                 ;
                 and
                 
                   True
                   Protestants
                
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 pattern
                 and
                 Practice
                 of
                 the
                 
                   best
                   Reformed
                   Churches
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tru.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 is
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 in
                 
                   Plain
                   English
                
                 ,
                 you
                 are
                 Covenanteers
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Well
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 hope
                 a
                 man
                 may
                 be
                 both
                 a
                 
                   Good
                   Subject
                
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 
                   Good
                   Christian
                
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 a
                 Covenanter
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tru.
                 
              
               
                 Can
                 he
                 be
                 a
                 
                   Good
                   Christian
                
                 that
                 reviles
                 the
                 Mother
                 of
                 our
                 
                   Blessed
                   Saviour
                
                 ,
                 
                 that
                 Stabs
                 the
                 Babe
                 in
                 her
                 Arms
                 ,
                 in
                 Effigy
                 :
                 that
                 Decryes
                 the
                 
                   Lords
                   Prayer
                
                 ,
                 as
                 Apocryphal
                 ,
                 that
                 
                   Robs
                   Caesar
                
                 of
                 his
                 Due
                 ,
                 and
                 Consecrates
                 his
                 Profession
                 ,
                 with
                 Violence
                 ,
                 and
                 Blood
                 ?
                 Or
                 can
                 He
                 be
                 a
                 
                   Good
                   Subject
                
                 ,
                 that
                 gives
                 Laws
                 to
                 his
                 Sovereign
                 ;
                 Nay
                 that
                 takes
                 away
                 his
                 Crown
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Life
                 ,
                 and
                 Tramples
                 upon
                 his
                 Fellows
                 as
                 his
                 Slaves
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Why
                 what
                 's
                 all
                 this
                 to
                 the
                 Covenant
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Tru.
                 
              
               
                 Yes
                 ,
                 by
                 
                   That
                   Covenant
                
                 ,
                 all
                 this
                 was
                 done
                 :
                 And
                 by
                 
                   That
                   Convenant
                   ,
                   Vnrenounced
                
                 ,
                 All
                 this
                 must
                 be
                 done
                 again
                 ,
                 whenever
                 in
                 your
                 it
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 Power
                 .
                 Nay
                 you
                 are
                 Covenant-Breakers
                 in
                 the
                 Not
                 doing
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 were
                 Covenant-keepers
                 in
                 the
                 doing
                 on
                 't
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Citt.
                 
              
               
                 Well
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 business
                 of
                 the
                 Covenant
                 was
                 only
                 to
                 deliver
                 the
                 King
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Hands
                 of
                 the
                 Papists
                 ,
                 to
                 demolish
                 all
                 Monuments
                 of
                 Superstition
                 and
                 Idolatry
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 settle
                 a
                 
                   Thorow
                   Reformation
                
                 .
                 All
                 the
                 mischief
                 fell
                 in
                 by
                 the
                 By.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Tru.
                 
              
               
                 Very
                 good
                 ;
                 and
                 you
                 took
                 him
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 Papists
                 ,
                 to
                 deliver
                 him
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 the
                 Executioner
                 .
                 Did
                 ye
                 not
                 ?
                 Truly
                 a
                 high
                 Obligation
                 .
                 And
                 then
                 for
                 your
                 zeal
                 against
                 Idolatry
                 ,
                 a
                 Rich
                 Crucifix
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 an
                 Idol
                 in
                 a
                 Papists
                 hand
                 ,
                 became
                 a
                 Moveable
                 in
                 yours
                 ;
                 for
                 commonly
                 what
                 ye
                 Took
                 ,
                 ye
                 sold
                 :
                 and
                 your
                 Thorow-Reformation
                 ended
                 in
                 a
                 
                   Sacrilegious
                   Rapine
                
                 and
                 Confusion
                 .
                 And
                 so
                 you
                 're
                 wellcome
                 to
                 your
                 Journeys
                 End.
                 
              
            
             
               The
               End.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47824-e2540
           
             Swearing
             and
             Lying
             Governs
             the
             Word
             .
          
           
             Swear
             seldom
             ,
             but
             to
             Purpose
             .
          
           
             Religious
             
               Swearing
               ,
               and
            
             Profane
             .
          
           
             Consciences
             harden
             by
             degrees
             .
          
           
             The
             Tye
             of
             an
             Oath
             .
          
           
             The
             Use
             and
             danger
             of
             Oaths
             .
          
           
             The
             Project
             and
             Mi●●ery
             of
             thee
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             The
             Covenant
             had
             all
             the
             following
             Oaths
             in
             the
             Belly
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             Good
             Old
             Cause
             cools
             of
             late
             .
          
           
             The
             Fanaticks
             gain'd
             little
             ground
             till
             of
             late
             .
          
           
             No
             End
             of
             Papists
             .
          
           
             How
             to
             know
             a
             Papist
             .
          
           
             How
             far
             the
             Faction
             Acted
             Prudently
             ,
          
           
             The
             oversight
             of
             the
             Fanaticks
             .
          
           
             Poachers
             have
             destroy'd
             the
             Game
             .
          
           
             Much
             Blood
             turns
             Rage
             into
             Pitty
             .
          
           
             Rash
             Enformers
             scandalife
             better
             Evidence
             
          
           
             More
             hasle
             then
             speed
             .
          
           
             Rules
             of
             Policy
             vary
             with
             the
             matters
             they
             are
             to
             work
             upon
             .
          
           
             Practises
             in
             Elections
             .
          
           
             The
             Wisdom
             of
             the
             Long
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             The
             Composition
             of
             a
             Popular
             Oath
             .
          
           
             Change
             of
             accidents
             produce
             change
             of
             Resolutions
             .
          
           
             Natural
             Faculties
             in
             swearing
             .
          
           
             A
             Casuistical
             Oath
             .
          
           
             Cases
             of
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             The
             Saints
             shew
             a
             Text
             for
             all
             they
             do
             .
          
           
             A
             Nice
             Point
             .
          
           
             Swearing
             with
             a
             Salvo
             .
          
           
             Vulgar
             shifts
             .
          
           
             Against
             swearing
             without
             Profit
             .
          
           
             Of
             Conference
             and
             Invention
             in
             swearing
             .
          
           
             The
             advantage
             an
             old
             Covenanter
             has
             of
             a
             Novice
             .
          
           
             True
             &
             false
             only
             matter
             of
             opinion
             .
          
           
             Lyes
             Tacit
             and
             Expresse
             .
          
           
             A
             Thorough
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             A
             Partial
             and
             a
             Thorough
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             The
             End
             of
             this
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             The
             Reformers
             Two
             Topiques
             .
          
           
             Their
             Act
             and
             diligence
             .
          
           
             Several
             ways
             of
             lessening
             Authority
             .
          
           
             The
             language
             of
             Nature
             above
             that
             of
             Comp●ct
             .
          
           
             A
             Lie
             without
             a
             word
             speaking
             .
          
           
             Of
             Fibbing
             in
             words
             at
             length
             .
          
           
             A
             Ly
             ,
             or
             Figment
             of
             Creation
             .
          
           
             The
             Protestant
             Domestiques
             Mistake
             .
          
           
             Intentions
             not
             liable
             to
             proof
             .
          
           
             The
             Force
             of
             the
             word
             Affected
             .
          
           
             No
             matter
             by
             what
             means
             ,
             so
             we
             gain
             the
             End.
             
          
           
             Composition
             .
          
           
             A
             Lye
             of
             Substraction
             .
          
           
             The
             artificial
             Improvement
             of
             Substraction
             .
          
           
             Papers
             the
             true
             Fireballs
             .
          
           
             Pamphlets
             governs
             the
             Land.
             
          
           
             Kissing
             goes
             by
             favour
             .
          
           
             The
             Figment
             of
             Addition
             .
          
           
             Amplification
             .
          
           
             A
             wonderfull
             aggravation
             .
          
           
             Better
             at
             Oaths
             and
             Fibbs
             then
             Arguments
             .
          
           
             Swearing
             and
             Lying
             the
             best
             Arguments
             .
          
           
             Two
             ways
             of
             
               Reply
               ,
               Reason
            
             and
             Clamour
             .
          
           
             Little
             Pugg's
             a
             witty
             fellow
             .
          
           
             Another
             shrewd
             Head-piece
             .
          
           
             Pugg's
             Logique
             .
          
           
             Of
             Subjection
             &
             Dominion
             .
          
           
             A
             Secret.
             
          
           
             Some
             body
             help
             me
             out
             .
          
           
             The
             Lady
             .
             no
             blabb
             .
          
           
             Have
             a
             care
             of
             the
             Thrid-Merchant
             ▪
             
          
           
             Matters
             of
             State.
             
          
           
             The
             old
             Topique
             ,
          
           
             Several
             sorts
             of
             graces
             .
          
           
             Of
             Perseverance
             .
          
           
             Absolution
             from
             Oaths
             and
             Promises
             .
          
           
             Tom
             and
             Dick
             
          
           
             A
             High-flight
             of
             Wit.
             
          
           
             A
             Learned
             Piece
             .
          
           
             Pugg
             the
             mouth
             of
             th●
             Cause
             .
          
           
             Puggs
             Narratives
             .
          
           
             Puggs
             Faculties
             .
          
           
             ●he
             Cove●anting
             Chri●●ian
             and
             Sub●●ct
             .